Exactly, he was so unbelievable that it's hard to put into words.

he came back in 1995 and the bulls lost to Orlando in the playoffs granted he might have been a little rusty and the Houston rockets swept Orlando in the finals.....all I'm saying is nobody was better than HAKEEM OLAJUWON IN 1995 AND THE ROCKETS WOULD HAVE BEATEN THE BULLS IN 95 STRAIGHT UP

100%😉😉MJ greatest of all time!

Damn I was born next year

Could this be his greatest game ever? I mean obviously not greatest statistically, but still an MSG scoring record. And then add the "comeback", add @ MSG and Knicks and TNT and game winner ...I mean how can this NOT be his greatest?

Same here

@@lefty3295 his greatest game in my opinion was vs the blazers in the finals when he made 6 3s and had 36 at half

FACTS.

So smooth. The whole hang-time thing is just a byproduct of how smooth MJ was. His body control was insane.

Probably the best midrange shooter ever.

Yeah, his offensive game and footwork was close to flawless, which is why he was so unstoppable at times. Jordan always needed multiple top defensive players guarding him or talking about how to.

@@billj4525💯

Very true, no teams at all had any real answers for Jordans play and athleticism.

Thing of beauty too

Over 6ft 3 Starks..yeah

​@@xavierb9061starks was a good defender and one of the most athletic perimeter players of the era. Also jordan was hitting mid ranges against all kinds of defenders. So height is not an argument.

@@billagap3213 aak questions if you dont know

I kno, it fits him perfectly.

Gotta give it to Starks. He played his ass off on defense. Against damn near anyone else, he would've shut them down. But that's what makes Jordan the GOAT tho.

LoL!!! FACTS.

I SINCERELY miss this era of the NBA, I REFUSE to watch basketball today.

Yeah but he travelled big on that spin move off Starks.

yes, it was...like so MANY around at the time. miss this era. to many great players in the NBA back in the 90's. I grew-up a BIG Baseball fan. like the NBA today, I don't watch it. because the talent, league is so watered down. not exciting like years pass.

@@darrellmfume4020 the league is as talented as ever. Its the love of the game that they lack that players in this era had. Imo if the rules were enforced and soft foul calling/sensitive refs were under control the games would be much better because we’d see more will to win games. The rules that are in place aren’t fully enforced. Carrying is at a all time high, it’s crazy.

Maichael Jordan is GREATER than Goat Jordan.. . GOT IT…

6. a highlight reel only Lance Stephenson 7. high school andrew wiggins 8. jamal murray in the bubble 9. last year in cle Bron

Broke an ankle while doing it too

Yup, I think this was his 5th game back from retirement if I'm not mistaken and man he definitely got up for that game for real..and as you said he wasn't even back to normal form yet

5th game back

not a problem at all, remember he won ATL before the Garden. He was definitely Baaaack

Same year got beat by Orlando

@@znbgarage6685 crazy thing is that’s probably because this is the worst version of Jordan

you couldnt.

@@znbgarage6685 and took revenge later!

“How many points would Jordan average today” Mark Jackson “whatever he wants”

I'll never forget this game either, only his 5th game back from retirement!...I was also 13 years old back in 95 🙂

Starks washed

im with u. i luvd those guys but they didnt have mikes efficiency. i remember when terry cummings intentionally wrapped mike up from behind and he still made the no look throw up lay while wearing his shoes from his rookie year. i said "i hate this guy... but hes the freakin BEST"

yeah, this was his rusty year where he played much much worse than ever before after coming back from baseball. 45 was like a curse for him, but this game was great at Madison Square Garden.

I remembered also thinking his lift wasn't there when i was a kid, but if you look how high he's elevating on jump shot, this version of MJ is still Air Jordan. He was just rusty imo. Also I think the Bulls really needed a powerforward like Horace Grant. If they would of had Grant or his equivalent (i.e. Rodman) this team wins the championship in 95' despite Jordan's rust.

@@ead838 Remember for the '94-'95 season, they lost Horace Grant, Scott Williams and Bill Cartwright. That was a lot of size, rebounding and defending they lost. Williams played huge minutes for the first 3-peat teams. If Houston didn't trade for Drexler for the stretch run in '95, I don't think they make it out of the west.

He was getting up pretty high by time the playoffs started. Took a few weeks to get that lift.

Yeah, especially when he came back from baseball with the number 45. This was a great game where he scored 55 at the garden, but overall he was very very rusty and wasn't the same player at all coming back from baseball, and they lost to the magic in the playoffs. His speed and everything was down. He wasn't shooting well statistically, and was making defensive mistakes as well as many others. He practiced so so much in the off season that he was back to the old Jordan relatively fast. He wanted to take names next season, and prove he was still the top player by far, which he did. MJ took his bulls to 72-10, which was the best record in nba history, and they actually lost a game or 2 at the end of the season that they should have won for sure. Jordan won the mvp and the finals mvp, and they swept the magic, which was the team that beat them the previous year. What a statement by MIke. I think Jordans vertical and speed went down very slightly when he started lifting weights and gaining a little weight for the 91-92 season, and it very very gradually went down after that, but MJ became a smarter player in other ways and added certain skills and new offensive moves that he became confident with. He still had the same abilities for the most part, but he used them more sparingly from what I saw.

@@ead838 Jordan was way off that year, plus you're right about them not having a great team that season either.

bad boy pistons hit him harder

Yeah, he said he literally practiced all day 24 7 in the summer, because that's the kind of effort MJ would put in to things. He wanted to come back take names, and prove to everyone he was the best player in the league by far, as well as keep winning titles. He sure did that. Best record in history with 72-10, and could have even won more game at the end of the season that MJ sat out. He was both the mvp and finals mvp. Not a single person disagreed with MJ being the best player in the NBA by far.

@@Bruce1567 Wth does LeBron have to do with any of this. This is the most common argument with Bron fans but bron can't even score on Jason terry or JJ barea on the brightest stage. He also only led the league in scoring one time compared to MJ's ten. MJ is in a class of his own

No he's not

@@lizardking9010 he is and it ain’t close nice try tho

@@lizardking9010 Jordan is was so far and away the GOAT that you can't even troll.

He’s like 52...

Yes because this his literally his 5th game back in almost 2 years dude! You can see he is still rusty and doesn’t even have that lift he once had. He trains and gets it Back next season tho!

x3 of course@@JCannon38

You have to substitute the shots hes taking not add harden and jordan averaged 37 and 36 jordan wasnt taking threes and harden was they were taking the same amount of shots and went to the free throw line the same amount jordan just made one more free throw then harden they both took 27 shots a game no team is letting someone take 30 shots a game and freethrows

@@SeriouslyWhofartedWith the way fouls are called in today's game Jordan would be shooting 20 free-throws per night at least.

@@jmuir Major hyperbole they both averaged 11 free throw attempts a game jordan 37 points per game harden 36 points per game 20 freethrows a night isnt happening embiid lead the league with 11 as well even back then Ive seen players make jokes to jordan if you touch him its a foul like bro he'll be a top scorer in the league like the other top scorers in the league today

@@SeriouslyWhofarted are you saying Harden is as good as MJ? Lol

@@jmuir Not talking legacy talk and talking prime harden years jordan and harden are matching scoring wise harden is a better playmaker but jordan is a better defender pretty much the same rebounder (I'd say harden was doin it more but ill say same dont matter) now it comes down to winning harden was always at the top or near top of the conference so was jordan I dont really rank players i put people in boxes or bubbles with that being said comes down to winning the chip to put him over