Ask Reggie Miller about that.

Paxson in 1993 Play-Offs Final.

True hahahaah😂

Lol yep

No Doubt?

That was probably the most pissed Phil ever got, save for maybe when he threw Kobe out of a practice in 2004, but that was off cam. He talked about it in the post game too. Dumb, dumb play by Pippen. He was sensitive to the derision that he (and Ho) got for passing up the Finals winning shot the year before like a hot potato over to Paxson. Mike even joked about that on tape. He may have had the right to take that shot, but you gotta let some shit slide when it's 1.8 secs left against the Knicks in a playoff game. And invariably Phil made the right call, like he almost always did.

@@KoachKrab127 There may NOT be a link verifying this on youtube, but I wasn't just BSing. Michael Jordan himself was the one making light of it. Those Bulls had various books written about them, I'd be surprised if they all failed to mentioned it. Where I got that from was by personally watching an ESPN interview with Scottie Pippen back in 1994. During the interview, the interviewer played a tape recording of Jordan saying that he "Got tired of carrying their (Pip n Ho's) asses late in games and that his dad (James Jordan) didn't like it either" and also that they (Pip n Ho) wanted the ball more in clutch situations and you saw how fast they passed it to Paxson in 93. You kinda had to be there, this was 25 years ago. It was a Sports Center Sunday Interview and it visibly annoyed Scottie that they would play that after he agreed to sit with them, but those kinds of statements by Jordan were NOT uncommon. He was very abrasive towards teammates when he wanted to be, one of his faults that never get brought up by his adoring media. I'm not saying Jordan was right, I'm just saying that he said it. He was the GOAT, but he had a mouth and an ego to match his brilliance as a player. When he was off playing baseball and came back to do a charity game at Chicago Stadium in 1994 that was under Pippen's name, they hugged. I always thought that was Mike showing that his feelings had softened over that year he was off. They had a minor tiff for a minute -- there was the notion that maybe Mike left for a number of reasons including having to do as much as he did as a player to win titles and then that was followed by Pip making this horrific mistake (I'm sure Pip would admit today that it was his worst decision as a player and one that embarrassed him as a professional if he was willing to go further than that). You could see, however, that Pip was insecure about his status as a clutch shooter. Great, great player, but I thought no matter what that he lacked that one aspect. If he had it, he would've been a superstar every day of the week. I thought he was the one player that hovered as close to universal acceptance as a true superstar as anyone ever did. In my personal POV, Ewing and Nique weren't superstars if guys like Jordan, Magic, Bird, Hakeem were. If I had to choose between Nique and Pip, I might go prime Pip. That's a tough one. Btw, I'm a Lakers fan and always was. This is not coming from a person who liked Pippen all that much. There was bad blood in Port/Lakers early 2000s battles, and he even played LA in the 99 playoffs with Houston and the Rockets media called him "Ham Hands" (meaning bad hands) after a costly turnover that lost them Gm1 by a point. BUT, he was a handful as an opponent and I respected him. Lakers in 91 had as much trouble dealing with him as they did Jordan, imo.

@@KoachKrab127 True enough. You can't quibble with success... If you want my opinion as a non-Bulls fan, yeah, no doubt, those were the right passes to a pretty good clutch shooter in his own right. The forgotten Bull in many ways. Getting into the psyche of a guy who could do as much as Jordan, tho. If he was humble, I think his brain might've exploded. Imagining him as NOT a prick would be hard to do after seeing about 15 mins of his highlights.

@@KoachKrab127 Oh, I would not like to have been Stacey King back then. He went to the worst team. He was overweight by default and also a "once in awhile good player". One of those guys with wasted talents that frustrate everyone. I remember a funny quote of Mike's where he saw King walking into the room with a wrapped gift under his arm and Mike goes, "I hope there's a jumpshot in that box!" The other guy was poor Jerry Krause. Looking and acting the way he did, I heard he got unmerciful treatment. They called him Krumbs because he always had food on his lapels. Also heard the story about Cartwright telling Mike that he'd break his leg the next time he talked to him "that" way. That evidently scared Mike. Bill would've meant it. He was OLD school. Pre-Mike old school.

@Shaun King that happened

Hahahah for real, wtf was that shot lmao !! Pippen is so overrated...

@@Otingocni89 not just that, he also wanted to ruin the 1.8sec inbound pass with half court shot presumably... so 3 major mistakes when it mattered, held and dribbled out the clock on previous play, then a total brick, and then another rushed half arsed attempt, good thing the rest had their head straight to call the time out

​@@Otingocni89overrated? If pippen was overrated? Bulls weren't going anywhere without him.

@@jaymann1762 zzzzzzzzzzzz

Yeah they conveniently left that part out in "The Last Dance" where Pippen got a shot clock violation while trying to force the last shot up, it makes sense with Phil's decision to get the ball to Kukoc after Pippen's failed attempt and Knicks would have been expecting Pippen to get last shot. And that season Tony had made some last second shots to win games. This really shows Pippen had some serious instability in his psyche and major inferiority problems in his own identity, I think he wanted to be Jordan so bad he let his mind drift out of rational reality and more important what was best for the team in that final moment of regulation. Pippen was an all time great but he was never Michael Jordan, nobody was. And recently it has become more apparent with all the hating Pippen has done toward Jordan and Phil Jackson that Pippen developed some major issues with living in Jordan's shadow. Not saying some of what Pippen is mad about is not legitimate. like "The Last Dance" specifically geared toward increasing the AIR JORDAN stock with young fans of this generation. And yeah the Bull's Organization were cut throats when it came to paying their players and taking care of the guys who won the championships, as a diehard Bulls fan it was so RIDICULOUS to watch after the last championship. Yeah a rebuild right? Still rebuilding decades later and have not won shit!

xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx Indiana one is my favourite only because of Millers “take a bow” celebration right before 😂

Toni was like 6'10" with great shooting touch. Like Bird or Durant. He would've gotten more shine on any other team, but he made the Bulls bench squad by far the best in the league.

@@jonmolina948 they shoulda ran a death squad like the warriors. with Rodman at Center and Toni at SF

Shmookee 100 well they threepeated without that so I’m sure they didn’t really feel the need haha.

the one vs indiana is insane

Today basketball in America is show

Thank LeFLOP

Yeah the ref let go of couple of pushes in this clip. Back in the day they let the players get more physical in the playoffs.

Mason trying to slip his foot in Kukoc's landing space

Blame that on malice at the palace in 2004 lol

And Phil Jackson (to at least an extent) too.

I couldn't believe Pippen acted like that.

@@horrorfan4-life689 To his credit, he checked his ego and didnt ever let it get too big after this. Some guys cant be humble like that.

Scottie was garbage in the last seconds of critical games. He had no go to move.

@@horrorfan4-life689 - I can because he thought it was "his team" now. He couldn't lead.

yeah because Patrick's Knicks never could beat Chicago Bulls until Jordan retired.1994 was when he finally got past them only to lose in the NBA finals to the Houston Rockets

The Knicks should have hired Drazen Petrovic instead of John Starks. With Petrovic (if still alive) the team could have won the title.

The Knicks also should have drafted Latrell Sprewell instead of Hubert Davis, who no doubt could have led them to a title if they had him much sooner than 99 as well.

Exactly, Ewing's one of my all-time favorites

Starks wasn't that clutch. He had his GW three blocked by Olajuwan in game 6 of the 1994 finals, then shot 2-18 in the decisive game 7.

Exactly, Scottie shot bricks on those two possessions. If he makes one the those shots there is no need for a game winner. Scottie Trippin

Shouldn’t have gotten to that point. Cartwright couldn’t do shit to Ewing. Just too old and past his prime from his Knick days before Pat replaced him.

The first play was a set play that the KNICKS blew up by flooding the right side. If you watched the video, the second play was a 24 second violation after Kukoc couldn't get open.

@@coreyadams1982 Scottie shot cinder blocks. He nearly broke the backboard.

Scottie thinking he got clutch like Jordan. Kukoc bailed him.

Toni is clutch player , they have same clutch power level to Jordan only in athleticism they differ

Luv it

Alucard Brian 😐😐😐 relax

@@kyletwitty6638 huh? Im chill bruh. I just explain clutch powet

Alucard Brian he's ass stfu goofy

Second 3-Peat: Toni Kucoc: Playoffs Per Game ( 1995/96 to 1997/98 )=11-ppg. FG-42%. Toni Kucoc was a good role-playing player.

@@allanhouston3679 he was playing behind mj, Scottie, Rodman and Harper. Let’s not act like he scored 11ppg as a starter

One of the reasons that Pippen is still angry about The Last Dance documentary.

Wait. Why wasn't he even in the game?? Did he actually quit on his team?

Hes a cry baby

@@V8Supercar1 because Phil drawn a play for kukoc who hit multiple game winning shots that season, so in response Scottie cursed out Phil & refused to go in the game for the final possession..

@@willielumplump6118 I see. Wow.

to this DAY

Revenant He sure is.

@Kam Mike Moses Malone

@Kam Mike Best of Bulls 1.jordan 2.pipen 3.kukoč 4.rodman 5.any of Bulls Salut from Croatia

I liked him back in the day. But I really sleep on him

I didn't know Euronymous was a Bulls fans.

Yeah, and there is a thing not average american knows, the fact was that kukoc was one of the most experience clutch players of all time in basketball, he just did it in Europe, not NBA, he made shitload of buzzer beaters back there, however i still think scotie was one of the greatest athletes in the sport, every coach dream is to have guy like him on his board

From his wiki page- FIBA World Championship MVP (1990) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1991) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 5× Euroscar Player of the Year (1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998) 4× Mister Europa Player of the Year (1990-1992, 1996) 3× EuroLeague champion (1989-1991) 3× EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1990, 1991, 1993) EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer (1990) FIBA European Selection (1991) That's quite a resume. Easily one of the greatest Euros ever.

@@thespiralgoeson And that's a list without his national team accomplishments and without NBA titles! He is the true European goat

@@clansman89 Luka wants a word, and he is only age 22 in the NBA right now 2× NBA All-Star (2020, 2021) All-NBA First Team (2020) NBA Rookie of the Year (2019) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2019) EuroLeague 2010-20 All-Decade Team (2020) EuroLeague champion (2018) EuroLeague MVP (2018) EuroLeague Final Four MVP (2018) All-EuroLeague First Team (2018) 2× EuroLeague Rising Star (2017, 2018) Euroscar Player of the Year (2019) 3× Liga ACB champion (2015, 2016, 2018) Liga ACB MVP (2018) All-Liga ACB First Team (2018) 2× ACB Best Young Player (2017, 2018) 3× ACB All-Young Players Team (2016-2018) 2× Spanish King's Cup winner (2016, 2017) Sports Illustrated Breakout of the Year (2019) 2× Trofeo Costa de Sol champion (2016, 2017) FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2015) EB Next Generation Tournament champion (2015) EB Next Generation Tournament MVP (2015) Slovenian Sportsman of the Year (2018)

It was also one hell of an inbound pass from Pete Meyers.

trebledc actually its because kukoc enormous experience of making last shots while playing in europe, he actually scored more buzzer beaters during his career than his airness

@Drink Me he did if u include buzz beaters in europe

He got it especially because Pippen refused to play after seeing how Phil drew it up during the timeout. They had 1 less sure fire option for the game winner on the floor when he did that.

@@mile6272 - Kukoc had 64 buzzer beaters in his entire career. Jordan had 141, most in his first 5 years, Bird is second with 43. Kukoc only had 4 buzzer beaters in the NBA, the rest with Benetton.. Per ESPN.

@@justafanintexas7913 If you include europe there is a lot more.

Underrated ? ? Toni Kucoc: Playoffs Per Game ( 1995/96 to 1997/98 )=11-ppg. FG-42%. Toni Kucoc was a good role-playing player.

@@allanhouston3679 Yes underrated. You can just read off basketball reference. He came off the bench on those bulls teams. Won 6th man of the year in 96'. You should see scottie's FG% in those playoff series. Hell, Jordan had some bad shooting series in that era. It was a defensive slow pace era. Kuckoc did it all on the court and was very clutch. Ahead of his time as a 6'10" guy that could move and shoot. If he was a starter on a lesser team he would have been an all-star.

Scotte Pippen missed the previous two shots.

@@allanhouston6759 very badly too..🤣🤣🤣

@@ericbruscoe5956 Yes.

One of the shittiest former NBA players. I can't think of another player being salty that his teammate made a shot.

Last shot for what & choke? That right there tell u how selfish Scottie was NOT letting his own teammate eat instead taking ALLL tha credit for himself am glad phil did tha right thing on benchin' him & am also glad Toni Kukoc hit tha game👏👏winner & pippen had to witness that 👀on the bench be grateful for ur teammate instead of a a**hole🤐......

Right. Pippin was never a buzzer beater type player

@@michaelfernandez6010 never..in fact I would even say he was bad at taking shots under pressure..

@@ericbruscoe5956 well hes not a 1v1 type player he cant really create his own shot

What's funny is that people still think jordan needed pippen kukoc could've replaced pip easily

I will. That was an absolutely perfect out-of-bounds pass to Kukoc!

@@briansd2772 lolol

Kukoc did a amazing job sealing his man off from the pass ! Great game

You're right man . Great pass, great shoot.

(I GOTTA do this one...) The term is 'inbounds pass' An out-of-bounds pass...you're probably not gonna want mentioned...

His rookie year but he was a Star in Europe and won two times European Cup

Fortunately, your opinion doesn't count.

Ok Captain Obvious

Quality is important not quantity !

What did he curse in Croatian!?

Iv An hahahahaahah kad sam skuzio umro sam od smjeha

rakitipakiti I am Croatian and he cursed “A dog f**** your mother in the pu**y”. In Croatia this is common language

They are underrated in the USA,not in Europe.

They were legends in Europe well before they ever went to NBA, with multiple euro championships between them. Kukoc once quipped how the American sports journos treated those accomplishments dismissively, like it's an amateur league where the players had a regular day job in a shipyard or something, and then after work they'd all gather for a few games of hoops. In reality the euro basketball courts were bloody battlegrounds.

except that one had a second less and was a three pointer... difficulty 10/10

you are talking about the result which was different. The play (inbounds to Kukoc) is the same. Ever hear of a fucking "playbook'? SAME PLAY. No exception. Of course the outcome is different.

patrick quilla it was 3 point shot kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g5dhdb2B2bLHZnU.html

exactly

Eso es verdad

Thankfully they called a time out because Pippen wanted to play it fast and ran right into a double team with 1,8 left

This was a bad look for Pip. I don't remember if Phil benched him, I believe he refused to go out for the last play because Toni was getting the ball. He probably still resented Toni. Toni got his payback from when he was on the Croatia team against the Dream Team and Pip and Jordan shut him down.

@@jonmolina948 - Pippen refused to take the floor and that's why Cartwright cut him a new one after the game in the locker room.

You just saw that shit on the last dance dont lie

@@mrb6967 so did you

Yes. And Drazen Petrovic!

Saw this live when I was a toddler, it was incredible!!

Me too, which I was so bummed about, with being a Knicks fan and all though! The series probably would have been a sweep if not for that shot, what with the Knicks having all the momentum with the game about to seemingly go into OT, until Kukoc put that to an end too!

Comparing him to Wiit, he is not much of a monster. Nevertheless, great player.

@@domagojrucevic9086 ANYONE compared to wilt will fall short lol.. Ewing is still a top 5-7 center of all time.

@Aaron Roberto "Watered down" as compared to what? A player can't help when they played. Who knows? Perhaps 75 years from now, future viewers will say that people like Shaq played in a "watered down" era. Wilt DOMINATED his era. Period.

A lot of 90s players get overlooked just because they couldn't beat Jordan. Ewing, Barkley, Miller, Stockton, Malone, Drexler, Payton, those early 90s Cavs squads, all underrated to some degree mainly because they played in Jordan's era.

Giwrgos Marakis never made the allstar team with the sixers nor the hawks. when he was expected to be the 2nd option

that's because he was no longer in his prime at those times..

did Hue hollins call a foul?

Faustino III Tumamak late 20's is not prime? Haha....

you consider age? he was plagued with injuries when he was in atlanta..while he was in the sixers, iverson seldom passes. Toni was like a 3rd option at that team not the 2nd option you falsely mention.

Reason that Phil was so pissed was because Scottie Pippen refused to participate in the last play of the game and decided to stay on the bench. Pippen was angry that the last shot was not drawn up for him to take as Phil had Kukoc already in mind to take that last shot as he did against the Pacers earlier in the year. This is why Phil is livid walking off the court instead of enthusiastic. You'll also notice when you replay the clip that Pippen is nowhere to be seen after the shot as he already beat everybdoy else down the corridor into the locker room.

I remember reading about it somewhere. He tore him a new one for the way he acted. My man Kukoc was clutch.

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I heard Cartwright was so mad that he was gasping for air in the shower

Cartwright was no joke. He was brought in to develop Horace Grant. And when he retired he an assistant coach under Phil Jackson.

Cartwright was traded for Charles Oakley

Me

@Roman James Then stop looking at comments, I don’t know why you’re so butthurt.

@Roman James they dont look at the comments and just scroll down or simply look at videos that's it . sorry if i hurt your feelings

Yeah, but at least they still won the series in the end, which was what mattered most though! Bummer they were so close to winning the whole thing that year, which they fell just short of too. :(

freakyfornash knicks fan here too, I loved knicks basketball in the 90’s!

@@dennissanchez5171 Oh yeah, and those sure were the days! Only way they'll ever return is when douchebag Dolan is finally gone once and for all at last!

@@freakyfornashthey won the series because referee Hugh hollins in game 5 acted like a blind idiot.

@@thegreyavenger2 And the Knicks did get a huge break with that highly questionable call. No way they win the series without it, but those are the breaks with that being said though!

Nailed it

Oh, so this was the controversial game. Gotcha, thanks.

Lila Stroup You seriously give the guy a free pass for acting like a baby? He was anointed to fearless leader status whilst Mike was swinging at breaking balls in Birmingham and THIS is what he did with it. He had Bill Cartwright in tears before the final play because of his temper tantrum. No way was his behaviour excusable.

YOu missed your calling bro..should have a mic in your hand..:)

I remember this game too, scottie kept himself out

Hes the best wingman.

He has career average like 24 percent from 3 and he is a 3 point specialist. He clutch tho

@@sawsawlang5412 Not even close...

What is the tittle of the sounds pls

Toni Kucoc: Playoffs Per Game ( 1995/96 to 1997/98 )=11-ppg. FG-42%. Toni Kucoc was a good role-playing player.

Yessir

yup

+Colton W biggest mistake they made was not bringing back X-Man. he put the fear of God in Pippen

wrong. pissed because of loosing 6pts lead and pippen situation

The chest bumping at 2:30ish I guess

@@vendingdudes nah, that's something normal when a timeout is called after a made hard basket

@@kjcuevas4287 i agree, but its the only moment in the clip that could justify the headline. Clickbait really.

click-bait

In the regular season, Reggie Miller did celebrate by bowing to the Chicago crowd, and then Kukoc hit the gamewinner

julian nicolas they had Oak, John Starks, Xavier McDaniel, etc.. they just couldn’t get by MJ and the Bulls. Even after MJ retired they just weren’t able to get over that last hurdle.. even when MJ was gone the Bulls were a few plays from still going back to the finals.

The only reason they never won it was Jordán.

Higher-self Also the Knicks had a very good chance of winning it all in 97, but that fight against the Heat, led to most of the team getting suspended. Because of this their chances of winning were over. The Knicks had enough: They had Ewing (before the broken wrist), Oakley, Starks, Houston, Larry Johnson, Buck Williams, Ward, and Childs. The Knicks were cursed due to bad breaks, Jordan, The Refs, The League, and themselves. They had enough to win a ring.

ronniebobby edition 💯

Second all star? That was never the answer for Ewings misery vs MJ and the Bulls. MJ was just tougher at clutch time... and end games. A role player would have been the answer for the knicks, someone like a Rodman, someone to disrupt MJs flow... But still... Its MJ. 😬

me lol

I am here to justify that there is no racial issues...he missed the shot twice! Quit crying ang nagging for attention Pippen. Are you Collin now???

YUP

Exactly...no racial issues here. Just a nagging whining bitter soul that is crying for attention.

Exactly

He DIDN'T miss the last shot. There was poor spacing, as he was waiting for Kukoc to relocate to an open area so he could drive and pass to him, but Kukoc stood around and blew up the play. He had no problem with Kukoc taking the final shot, as he himself wS looking for Toni. What he objected to was Phil Jackson having such little faith in him after his MVP season that he wanted him out of bounds completely in a TIE game where a miss doesn't lose you the game, but sends you to overtime. Larry Bird famously ripped up K C Jones last play and said give me the damn ball. Lebron did the same to David Blatt in 2015 versus Chicago. I don't know why this particular play has been overblown over the years and Pippen posdition so misrepresented.

@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 HAHAHA You're a Michael Jordan HATER extraordinaire defending Scottie Pippen. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

razumin te skroz

@@davix587 huh? Lol

Second best player on that team.

Jalen Smith I really hope they talked about this on last dance

@@obryantmuralles5237 Nothing so far lol.

Pippen is a girl.

U noticed how pippen wanted to attempt some mircle shot with 1.8 left , then timeout was called

@@s1n0qu33 They did but I dont remember which episode.

Its hand checks, so...

b wade yeah you know they don’t know basketball when they say ARM CHECK

And also bring back choking the coach neck as well.

How old are you?you look young. I remember this era. This was the best of all time. Jordan will always be the best in my book .

@@pob-4810 i agree. She loojs alittle young for this era

I'm guessing it was probably because they didn't actually realize Pippen wasn't on the floor at first, which was hard to believe. I remember watching (and also have the) MSG feed to this game, and recall how Marv Albert didn't mention that he wasn't until the very last second, just before this play happened.

Nope...

He actually wasn't happy about what happened with Pippen!

Maybe... or maybe he just wanted to act Like a BOSS