Michael Jordan’s Bulls Dynasty: 1996-1997 | NBA Highlights on ESPN
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Take a look at some of Michael Jordan's most memorable moments during the 1996-97 NBA season as he leads the Chicago Bulls on a quest for a fifth championship.
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This man is so far ahead of everyone who has ever played basketball it’s honestly ridiculous
Derek Kudjer no lebron is
If were talking stats, lebron has higher stats but the goal in basketball is to win, and when you do it with so much style like jordan did, it's hard to even put lebron over Kareem when he only has 3 lousy titles.
Legoat James you make me laugh 😂
ProdBy SinOrSin and he barely got one of those 3 titles had to take the Spurs to 7 games Ray Allen did what he was suppose to do but had he missed man oh man smh..
Um?? Kareem magic pistons kobe Lebron Jordan is good but he ain’t head and shoulders above any of these ppl I named he really a kawhi with way better driving ability and athleticism
In 2020,we still talking about MJ，it is so clear who is GOAT
Exactly 🏀🐐❤
Dude, we are also talking about Magic, Bill Russel, Kareem, Shaq, etc. This doesn't mean anything. We get highlights rn bc of the new series. But don't get me wrong he the goat
Penny Tse Yao Ming
You mean Tom Brady!
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MJ saving the sports world decades later. He is the 🐐
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@M I've read your comment elsewhere. Yes, even Americans know how big soccer is globally. It's just smaller than baseball, basketball and football in the US, and that's okay.
the goats are wilt chamberlain and bill russell
if i didn't tell you already the goats are wilt chamberlain and bill russell
One title - Little bit of luck back to back - Quite good Three peat - Dominance x2 Three Peat - Dominance and greatness.
Who did he really have to beat in the finals? Best team was an already old Lakers team
@@england8331 he faced more than one hall of famer 🤦 I think you are delusional
@Steve Lambert how many of them were NBA Champions?
@Steve Lambert people are delusional. Don't forget he never walked out on his team when they were losing or pretend he was hurt . Jordan elevated his team 💪
@@england8331 who did beat lebron's superteam in 2011 finals? Best team was an already old Mavs team..
The 1998 Finals wasn't as close to me because of Game 3 in Chicago when the Bulls won 96-54. I can still remember the score. Greatest defensive stand I have ever seen for a game.
I swear I did not see Utah coming back and putting up a fight the rest of that series after being annihilated in game 3 by 42 points
I watched that game at ESPN restaurant in Manhattan.... We will never see defense like that again
I'm not a bulls fan but I definitely remember that blowout. I used to watch the finals every year if Jordan was playing
I remember watching that game when I was 10 years old with my uncle make so bad I think Utah scored first if I remember correctly
Stockton, Malone, Hornacek were not going away....
For those of you who didn’t get to see Michael Jordan play. His game was one of a kind. Once in a lifetime. He could score better than KD. He could defend like Kawhi. He could dunk like Greek Freak He had a motor like Russ. All in one body. He was the best offensive player and defensive player in the league in the same player. Add in he was the most athletic player in the league and had the best work ethic to match. Long Live the GOAT 🐐
Unfadeable19 super facts!
I'm sorry but all the players you just mentioned has nothing on Air Jordan. No disrespect to them but anyone who grew up in the Jordan era knows he's the best period.
On top of that, he was extremely fundamentally sound and skilled. His most underrated aspect after his defense.
Unfadeable19 And yes, what he’s saying is that LeBron is nowhere near MJ!!!!
Well said even tho KD is actually a better scorer
Jordan the goat no questions asked
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nah
Zaza is the goat 🐐 He can make MJ injured player if he wants to
Naw. What about statistics?
Brayden Wars yes but LeBron better
1996 Sonics team 64 - 18, 1997 Jazz 62 - 20, 1998 Jazz 62 - 20. And fans now try to say Jordan was playing against scrubs.
1991 Lakers 58 - 24, 1992 Blazers 57 - 25, 1993 Suns 62 - 20 with homecourt advantage. All those are records of teams Bulls faced in the finals in all their championships.
The Jazz in 97 also won 64 games...
‘98 Jazz swept Shaq’s Lakers who had 4 All-stars, took out Duncan/Robinson’s Spurs, and Hakeem’s Rockets. Yet people still diminish how good they were
@@Sticktothemodels 97 Jazz beat Lakers 4 - 1 in 2nd round, beat the Rockets with 3 allstars in 6 games including Stockton buzzer beater in game 6 in Houston. Those were really good Jazz teams. Plus in eastern conference finals Bulls beat a 61 - 21 Miami Heat team in 5 games
@Steve Lambert that 92 Blazers team was loaded with Drexler, Terry Porter, Jerome Kersey, Cliff Robinson, Buck Williams, Danny Ainge, Robert Pack, and Kevin Duckworth. So was 93 Suns team.
Greatest athlete in sports history. Greatest ever to touch a basketball. Coming from LeBron fan.
Ante Zelenika nah lebron best, mj 2
Gymnasts are better athletes. Along with pro boxers
@@libanali8562 nah mj the goat
lol Gretzky was wayyyyy better in comparison.
@@libanali8562 tell your boy to get those rings up then
Im soo happy the younger generation is gonna get to see and appreciate michael jordan. I never thought i would live to see the day the i would have to defend his legacy and debate wether michael is the GOAT or not. MICHAEL JORDAN IS YOUR FAVORITE PLAYER'S FAVORITE PLAYER.... FACTS
Lol no defense was played on him at all. All to his game was hanging mid range jumpers. His offensive game all around isn’t that entertaining to watch for me imo.
Raz lol Kobe copied all his moves, MJ literally could do it all! MJ by far the best player who ever lived. We now have some great offensive players like KD for example, but nobody comes close to MJ
ThatLifeMotivation that’s fine that’s your opinion. I don’t find his offensive game that entertaining. I find guys like Westbrook, Steph, KD, and Giannis to be more far more entertaining to watch. It shouldn’t be about only the amount rings you have that define your greatness. All I hear when it comes to MJ is his rings, how he sticked his tongue out, and his hanging jumper. Physical nature, crazy athleticism, handles, and the style of game of player you enjoy watching should be attributes to greatness in your eyes.
@@ThatLifeMotivation indeed. Im kobes age i. So i saw michaels prime and saw kobe blossom into an ATG. Mike is unquestioned the GOAT. With that said, my favorite player is KOBE bryant. And his favirite player is MICHAEL JORDAN. So lets appreciate this man while we still have him and and glad his getting his flowers from the younger generation that just know his shoes and merchandise. This series is lit
@@Raaazzle Michael was crazy athletic, thats why they start calling him AIR JORDAN, his hangtime was crazy. The mental aspect of the game of Jordan was crazy as well and his defense. His scoring numbers are James Harden esque. No offense, but I think you haven't seen him play a lot. He had sick handles and moves, but like you said I respect your opinion, I love watching those players you named as well. Prime Michael would kill them and teach them a lesson though haha
*When Jordan won the titles he faced all legends of NBA*
That will go over people's head
All legends who would’ve been even greater had he let them win a ring or two. But the Goat wasn’t about to let anyone win while he was at the helm
@@johngriller4997 All but Hakeem
gary payton clyde drexler john stockton charles barkley and karl malone were superstars but not legends
Jordan is always goat in my books no matter what
He's definitely the goat but no matter what?What's the point if it doesn't matter?
Your book? Lol How about history books my friend
Zaza is better MJ is the second greatest 🤣🤣
Lebrons better imo
godam gg well he’s not and never will be the facts all there
mj was the reason why i love basketball, i was in elementary when his name was being mentioned in my neighborhood, even with my classmates, but i first saw him play on tv when i was in high school already. he was great...! i was in college when they won their 6th championship, i had to skip my class just to watch the live telecast😊...anyway im from the phils...so proud i've been able to witness his greatness! thank you HIS AIRNESS for the memories!
Who cares where u from?
You obviously since youve taken the time to comment
@@nosmoke69 😀😀😀😀😀😀
@@marclabor9137 be nice😀
Phils? The land of the poor?
Michael JORDAN is so ICONIC nobody can surpass him. 🙌🏽💯
Lebron is a great player, an all time great player without question but Jordan is the undisputed GOAT. 6-0 and his legacy alone outshines Lebron’s (and he’s had a fantastic career in his own right) career and this is coming from a Lebron fan
Great. Good to know theres a true lebron fan around thats speaks the objective truth and not these hater fanboys. Respect.
Jack Liu fasho, I find fans of athletes that denies the obvious truth weird asf 😂
You’re not a Lebron fan
Jack Liu 😂😂😂 your a hater
Jordan would of had better numbers if he came out of HS like Lebron too.
Larry Bird said, " He's god in basketball shoes", nuff said.
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No Jordan no basketball GOD.
@Toxic Gaming - sub 2 me are you Larry bird? No..Did you put up 63 against the hof Celtics? No
@@Goldenboy48 And 49 the game before...
@@TheJackKnite Amen
I just remember that Summer in 97' the day when Jordan and the Bulls clinched the title against Utah. I remember watching it at my grandparents when I was 9. I literally ran around the house celebrating that day.
THE GREATEST HUMAN BEING TO EVER STEP FOOT ON THE COURT, AND THIS IS COMING FROM A DIE HARD LAKERS FAN ! 💯🔥🏀🐐🙌🏾
Jay Rome greatest human? Nah greatest player? yes
Wonder McThunder U know what I mean bro
Jay Rome lebron is
Lebron id ☺️
Legoat James Lebron is the king but there’s no way he’s better than Zaza🤣🤣
I like how in these highlights its showing Jordan ability to make 3's. A subtle shot to Lebron and new NBA.
Michael Jordan is still the greatest NBA basketball player of all time in NBA league history! He is the definition of pure true greatness and a professional sports athlete.
The poetry in motion...There is no one like him....
Less than an hour until showtime. Show you youngins what a real GOAT look like.
Pumped, get to feel like a kid again for a moment or two!
Mike Tank Brown ll bill lambeer said bron goat. I guess he a young boy too
Liban 23 Ali I think Pippen said Lebron is too
Anthony Bennett is clearly the goat Not Jordan Not LeBron Not kobe
@@libanali8562 Lambeer and Isiah are Pistons who hated Jordan, no surprise there
That first Bulls three peat was great! The second three peat was greater! Jordan, Pippen, and Phil, all became better at their craft. Rodman’s reemergence definitely helped as well!
95-98 is my favorite MJ. So smart, no useless moves. His game seem so simple but very unstoppable.
It’s not just his insane skill, it’s his mentality and how he broke down his opponents mentally and talking smack AND BACKING IT UP. He is unmatched in this. No other player could do what he could both mentally and physically. The best there ever was.
Look at all that hand checking going on, all the tough defense being played, the double and triple teams, that's why mike is the GOAT, averaging 30 ppg and mostly every shot was midrange barely taking any 3's. No doubt about it 🐐
7:06 😲 turned his back & flipped it up on the rim with the softest touch & ultimate control! Wow...unbelievable highlights...no one is on his level to this day!
MJ the GOAT 6 RINGS 6 FMVPS 5 MVPS 1 DPOY 10X SCORING CHAMPION 3X STEALS LEADER 2X SLAM DUNK CHAMP
Also 9x First All Defensive Team
He's too the best.
This was the best all around version of Jordan. He had it all. 3s, Dunks, Defense... Total package.
6:57 MJ was already in the league for at least 12 years when Iverson was in the league. And still dominating!! 😱😱😱
This 1997 season is one of the Bulls' most underappeciated years. They tied the Lakers for the 2nd most wins at the time of 69-13. MJ played better in the 97 Finals than he did in 96 and 98.
I felt they were a better team in 97 than 96 season. They came close to 70 wins again in 97 but lost final game of the year to the Knicks at the last minute. They didn't even have to play that game and still gave it %100.
@@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. Scottie blew it to win 70 games 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Facts 💯💪🏿👍🏿
Lakers won 56 games the 96-97 and 61 97-98 season
@@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. they lost their last 2 games I'm hoping for a back to back 70 wins that '97 😀
Oh man he was on fire!🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Jordan is the best the ever was, the best there ever will be!! 👊
4:30 That buzzer beater, in the Finals, with the fist pump. EPIC
When we get 6, it's gonna be bigger. MJ = GOAT
the goats are wilt chamberlain and bill russell
Micheal jordan is flawless
the leader, the captain, the scorer and absolutely the greatest
And had this insanely laser charisma.
90's basketball never gets old.
Im 22 so i never got to really watch actually play...i was highlights of him they were good now watching this just shows how much work n dedication he put into the game his game is an work of art just poetry
MJ was just clinical.
As I type this, we got 40 minutes to go! Wooooo! I can reminisce everything in detail for every Bulls' title run. I have clearer memory for the last 2 Finals as I was already like 16 and 17...
Pat4Clippers I have to watch it later 😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓
Bruh half the comments in this thread are from you!
What a physique!
“When we get six it is going to be bigger” 🍾 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
And he got 6 😂
His skill level and Basketball IQ was light years ahead of everyone else the man was so good I can remember being afraid to miss watching a game no matter what team they played because he would always do something to make you go WOW how did he do that
one of my fav seasons
That's true rediculous he is not ordinary human he is Unstoppable no matter what the cause the flue game finals the goat. 👍⛹️👅🐂
Almost all of TNT’s former players/tv personalities can attest to gettin cooked by MJ 😂
Indeed Miller Barkley shaq Chris Webber
Watching Jordan is like watching a master artist doing work. He's that supremely skilled
I am so happy I could watch him play. I feel a bit of nostalgic as I watch this, because of MJ I fell in love with basketball. I would crawl down my bed as a teen to watch his late games.
3:00 this hard drop step and pull back to pull up and sharp jump shot then splash! Just nothing compares to it, just pure art of the sport. A move from the GOAT. Nothing comes close.
Back to back to back...twice 🐐
you play to win and if you want to win go with mj.🐐
Just finished the 1st quarter of the doc, and ah........... coming from a HUGE Lebron fan....... MICHAEL JORDAN’S THE REEEEAAALL GREATEST.OF.ALL.TIME!!!!
He was the most perfect basketball specimen. He had all the skills and work ethic you saw in Kobe, the efficiency and defense you see in Kawhi, and the motor and athleticism you see in Westbrook.
MJ is the reason the game changed from being a big mans game to a wings game teams started prioritizing wings over bigs
A country was named after him because of his greatness.
Goat 🐐🐐🐐
One word to describe this man GREATNESS!
they went 203-43 from 96-98, every time i say that out loud i just laugh at how nuts that is
most importantly their playoff records were a combined 45-13
The GOAT!Flawless
Miss this type of basketball games. The time and effort he dedicated to make that mid range jumper pure. Now its rarely you see someone fades away because the defense that the rules allow is close to none.
Jordan and Tiger Woods have one thing in common. They refined their sport and made it global.
My favorite Jordan year. In a complete groove.
Best content ESPN has put out in a while
Crazy part is this Bulls was just one win short from a 70 wins almost making history as the only team to have back to back 70 win seasons
Michael “What’s a game 7” Jordan 😂😂🐐
Hero and the 🐐in the game of Basketball!
Jordan at 40 put up the same stat line as rookie Lebron
MJ made a tennis/running shoe brand not only the most successful shoe brand in the US but the no. 1 sports brand in the world.
Well done ESPN. This video was well put together for the GOAT. The first instrumental was amazing, even has a 90s feel to it. 4:10 mark OMG
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NJ THE BEST ALL IN HISTORY . FROM ITALY 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹👏🏾👍🏾💪🏾👍🏾
Mike had mad handle.
People dont know this but there was another GOAT of sports other than Michael. He dominated the 80s, 90s and 2000s. He amassed 80 International Championship Titles and several US Opens. Everytime he wins he says "i just got lucky" He is the most Humble and Amazing Efren Reyes of Pool!
8:40 MJ really called it at 4-peat. GOAT.
This legend really knows how to play his game... Just when everything is all shutdown, he got everybody talking about him after more than 2 decades. A visionary indeed..
Greatest player I've ever seen hands down. I'm quite sure some younger people will change their minds after really seeing Jordan play now
Disagree. Whenever someone younger looks at Jordan highlights, they're quick to say he played unskilled (nowadays if u can't shoot 3s you're considered "unskilled", unathletic dudes in a weak era. Even though he played in an era with AT LEAST 4 top-10 players all-time (Duncan, Hakeem, Kobe, Shaq), and nobody in today's game is more athletic than Drexler or Wilkins was.
MJ's jumpshots are therapeutic
I was borned in 99. I never had any idea about NBA. But I always said that I support Chicago Bulls cause of MJ. Watching The Last Dance I appreciated more players in that team other than MJ. Kukoč was great, Rodman was a beast, and Pippen was a tremendous player. That's how big was MJ. Even if you never watched NBA, you knew him. GOAT. No question about it.
Even with his athletecism starting to slip, he still moved with such grace
@5:33 watch number 40 putting his right arm on Jordan’s left, as Jordan drives he gets bumped and slapped in the face. Jordan doesn’t even flinch and proceeds to scoring. Now that’s the difference between the real goat and the wanna be #23
I was wondering if anyone noticed that.
Lots of hand checking and just physical play in that sequence. Same actually in episode 9 of the doc against the Pacers. When they show in slow mo how MJ was bumped and just harrased with screens. Just physical play with lots of contact even when he was moving without the ball. Required insane amounts of energy from MJ and then still to go up and score shooting those fadeways and turnarounds. Mind boggling focus, mental and physical stamina. Just an unbelievable beast of an athlete. GOAT of basketball no doublt and one of the greatest athletes to ever walk this earth.
People talk about the Lakers or Pistons as if they became seniors in just a year or two giving the Bulls a chance to win yet they dont talk about Jordan and the Bulls also got old between 91-98 but yet won 6 rings.
Man i love mj but i never knew he was this great
Bulls actually went 69-13 this season nearly having another 70 win record for second consecutive time! This was probably a Top 5 team all time but it is often not discussed because they just went 72-10 the previous season.
GOAT
Dam Mike was Ice Cold!!!! The real G.O.A.T.
The ESPN Documentary tonight was awesome. THE LAST DANCE! I can't wait to see more next Sunday. It really brought back a lot of memories of The Bulls 1998 Season that I had long since forgotten about. I remember all the talk that it was Phil Jackson's last season with The Bulls but I tried to ignore it. It didn't make sense to me that Phil would want to leave and it made me sad. I thought it was all over money. I never knew that it was Jerry Krause who wanted him gone and had told Phil that it would be his last season. I remember all the drama with Scottie Pippen and Krause too. Scottie was terribly underpaid and Krause was also openly and actively shopping him to be TRADED which was a major insult. Pippen was a huge part of The Bulls winning and one of the best players in the league. It seems like Scottie Pippen intentionally waited to have his foot surgery during the season so he had an excuse to play and who could blame him with the way Krause was treating him? There was so much drama going on in the early 1998 season for The Bulls it's amazing they were able to pull things together and win one last time.
After watching this I don’t know how anyone can compare Lebron to him. This is another level.
5:31 the purpose of a drop step and a pump fake is to elude the defender and get a good shot ; not to bang your body to the defender who’s airborne and ask the refs to blow it so you can go to the line. Man I miss the 90’s, where basketball was real.
Mentally and physically he was better than everyone else
The only way I’ll watch the nba, if Jordan comes back
"when we get 6 it's gonna be bigger"... 🐐
MJ is the GOAT
mj!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Real Goat.
7:30 is it just me or does that look like a hero pose in art or comics?? Like he should have a cape on catching that ally oop? There is none like Mike won't be none like him either! I'm sorry we already "witnessed" greatness in the greatest form possible! #🐐
inside outsider best shooting awsomeq the goat
Dude literally is a 10 in all basketball traits
ESPERTO EN NÚMERO MICHAEL JORDAN ESPN ESO ES SU MAJESTAD