Michael Jordan 63 points vs. The 1986 Boston Celtics

[Big#50]

The GOAT.

[Akhenaten]

Overrated game


that bullcrap call on Mchale at the end of regulation was DISGUSTING
This forum would literally shut down, if Wade or Lebron got that call in a playoff game

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

The Celtics said that they didn't try to stop him and they let him get his...

Source?

Here's K.C. Jones' take before the series started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zu6JZXwBt8

[Dragonyeuw]

I watched that game in the Jordan Special DVD case. It didn't feel like he scored 63. He did it in the flow of the game and he only reached that amount due to great stamina and the game going to double overtime. He still took a lot of shots which as an MJ fan I would be accustomed to seeing.

Edit: "great stamina" was due to the fact he had been with broken foot so therefore was fresher than his team and opponents.

Same with the 69 point game, as hard as it is to fathom it didn't feel like he was deliberately going out of his way to score as much as possible.

[clayton]

And then he gets shut down when Celtics actually tried.
Let's count how many times the Bulls went past Bird's Celtics: 0. Jordan was only able to win in a weak era, where all them 80's elites declined to retirement. Opportunist at best. GOAT my ass.

[LeBird]

Source?

Here's K.C. Jones' take before the series started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zu6JZXwBt8

It was an interview with Dennis Johnson, I'll post it if I can find it. It was after the 63 point game. The Celts generally didn't double-team or make an special arrangement to suppress one player. As I said though, when they did decide to do that they stopped him at 19.

[jzek]

they had to team up

'cos Wade knew his body wasn't going to let him become a top player anymore and so he badly needed LBJ's help.

[ProfessorMurder]

And then he gets shut down when Celtics actually tried.
Let's count how many times the Bulls went past Bird's Celtics: 0. Jordan was only able to win in a weak era, where all them 80's elites declined to retirement. Opportunist at best. GOAT my ass.

Kobe played a decade after the 80s elites retired. What a coward!

[dh144498]

The Celtics said that they didn't try to stop him and they let him get his. But because of how well he did they decided to knuckle down on him in the next game. Jordan only got 19 the next game.

this. lol at only attempts 41 FGA in 52 minutes because of tough defense.

Jordan stans at their worst.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

It was an interview with Dennis Johnson, I'll post it if I can find it. It was after the 63 point game. The Celts generally didn't double-team or make an special arrangement to suppress one player. As I said though, when they did decide to do that they stopped him at 19.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69vkEcc-zfc

2:26
3:18
3:42
4:05
4:52
5:01
5:31
5:37
6:04
7:07

Are ALL the plays he was doubled.

Can't wait to see that "interview", though.

[OldSchoolBBall]

Overrated game

Yeah, setting an NBA record against possibly the greatest team in history and an all-defensive first teamer after being back for just ~15 games (playing limited minutes at that) a game after dropping 49 points is "overrated."

[andgar923]

So let me get this straight.

He drops 49 points the game before this, and they say they're gonna just let him score?

So during the game when he was almost single handedly keeping the Bulls in the game, getting their players in foul trouble, they just said "let him score!" I mean, it aint like the Bulls almost won (double OT), they just said "let him get his!!"

I think DJ is just being facetious or trying to save face.

Anybody that saw that game knows they were trying to stop him.

So he scored less the following game… wow, I've never seen a player be hot one game and struggle the next… nope :roll eyes:

In fact they tried to guard him with different defenders, they tried to give him different looks, double him, trap him, force him to weak side, etc.etc.

[andgar923]

Yeah, setting an NBA record against possibly the greatest team in history and an all-defensive first teamer after being back for just ~15 games (playing limited minutes at that) a game after dropping 49 points is "overrated."

This is could even be considered part of MJ's 'rookie' season.

[Kurosawa0]

Someday it will be broken, but not by anyone in the league now. LeBron is never going to look to score like that and as good as they are, Melo and Durant have yet to show they really have that kind of level.

Durant could be the best bet to get 64 with how he shoots threes and gets to the line, but it's doubtful playing next to Westbrook.

[andgar923]

Someday it will be broken, but not by anyone in the league now. LeBron is never going to look to score like that and as good as they are, Melo and Durant have yet to show they really have that kind of level.

Durant could be the best bet to get 64 with how he shoots threes and gets to the line, but it's doubtful playing next to Westbrook.

The only one with the skill and mentality is Kobe, but he never got there.