Bulls vs. Vancouver 1995 - MJ scores 19 in 6 minutes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp1LakhBh-U

the Grizz vs. grizzled veterans

look at these clowns

sick drives on collapsing defenses and fadeaways over the defense

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would the Bulls have won this game if Jordan had elected to pass in the fourth?

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Why the total lack of discussion?

[coastalmarker99]

Why the total lack of discussion?

I remember that these expansion teams did things to mess with Jordan here is a weird story


It was during that first half that someone rang the Target Center switchboard to tell an operator that Michael Jordan’s mother had been hospitalized. Posing as Larry Jordan, MJ’s best-known sibling, the caller used whatever bit of late-1990s grift was still available to terrorize a visiting basketball player:

Jordan was told no one had been admitted to the hospital under his mother's name. Two women reached by The Associated Press at the hospital in Rocky Mount, N.C., also said no one had been admitted under that name Tuesday.

A Target Center security guard got to MJ as he left the floor before halftime, with Chicago up 56-47.

"We were a little bit in disarray because we had either a prank call or hoax," Jackson said. "Somebody notified Michael that his mother was in the hospital, so he spent some time at the phone trying to verify it, even though it wasn't true. So he got out there with about seven minutes to go and that changed the start of the period."

Jordan missed all five of his shots in his truncated third quarter, as the Wolves built confidence:

"The prank call at halftime got us out of our rhythm," coach Phil Jackson said. "Michael missed the start of the second half trying to verify that it was a prank."

The Bulls were working on the second night of a back-to-back:

"It took the rhythm away from him," Jackson said of the phone call. "He was going pretty good the first half."

Jordan hit 4-9 shots in the fourth quarter, but his helpers faded down the stretch as Minnesota churned onward to a 99-95 win.


After initially refusing comment on the phone call, insisting he’d only discuss the specifics of the game, Jordan stuck with reporters before calmly digging in:
"It was tough focusing," he said. "The game didn't really have the same meaning after that. I really didn't know. There were really a lot of unknown questions there. Fortunately, it was a hoax and you don't want to give it too much credence. It's just one of those things you have to deal with."

[LonelyOwl]

The 15 win Vancouver Grizzlies led by the great Greg Anthony.

How did MJ pull off such a great performance against such a juggernaut team like the Vancouver Grizzlies

[1987_Lakers]

The 15 win Vancouver Grizzlies led by the great Greg Anthony.

How did MJ pull off such a great performance against such a juggernaut team like the Vancouver Grizzlies

:oldlol:

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thanks guys I almost felt like I was the only one watching this games

this converts to a rate of 152 points for MJ for the game if he played the full 48 min.

that's as good as Klay's rate for his monster quarter or anyone else's in the NBA record book

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this would have worked against any team in the league

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Jordan missed all five of his shots in his truncated third quarter, as the Wolves built confidence:


speaking of which, Jordan always had trouble making more than 6 in a row from mid-range

[Roundball_Rock]

Why the total lack of discussion?

A 72-10 win team beating a 15 win expansion team isn't anything noteworthy. You guys are forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel like this now? :(

[Mauzah]

Nice find OP, I was at this game and that 4th quarter was insane. The Grizz were up, bench player Darrick Martin was talking shit and Jordan was like **** this and took over.

Outside the arena Bill Wennington walks out some side door by himself LOL

[Mr. Woke]

Bottom of the barrel performance.

Vancouver was a shithole back then. I don't blame Steve Francis for not wanting to play up there.

[BigtimeNBAFan]

Yeah it shows how mentally weak and fragile Jordan was that he worried about his mom being in the hospital. Lebron was in a bubble secluded from his family for months and delivered the championship.

[Shooter]

A 72-10 win team beating a 15 win expansion team isn't anything noteworthy. You guys are forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel like this now? :(

It's slim pickings because once LeBron has shifted the narrative of GOAT that also means Kareem gets a bump and MJ gets a downgrade. They're grasping.

10 Finals

LeBron, Kareem, Russell

That's it.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Same game Darrick Martin kept repeating "Not tonight, Mike. It ain't your night Mike!"

Dude was awful thru the first 3 and then went postal in those last 6 minutes. When the Bulls pulled away, MJ went up to Martin's face and said "Shut up, Bitch" :oldlol:


Yeah it shows how mentally weak and fragile Jordan was that he worried about his mom being in the hospital. Lebron was in a bubble secluded from his family for months and delivered the championship.

*Retarded COVID Twenty-Twenty poster alert*