Why does everyone act like MJ never had a bad playoff series?

[eliteballer]

85: Bucks
87: Celtics
88: Pistons
89: Pistons
90: Pistons
92: Knicks
93: Knicks
95: Magic
96: Magic, Knicks, Sonics
97: Hawks, Heat

Shot poorly vs all these teams

[Dictator]

Uh oh...better start checking your rep daily..........

inb4.........

[HYJ]

No player in any sports has a perfect career. But in the end all the good games of MJ trumps he's bad game.

[SAKOTXA]

Off topic, but i'm watching the game 2 of the 1993 NBA finals on NBATV. MJ made the game look so easy.
Oh and Danny Ainge is underrated.

[nnn123]

Because he's only had like 3 bad series in his career, almost all of them happening outside his prime: 93 knicks, 95 magic, 97 heat. Not sure why OP listed those other series

[Inception28]

Because his great playoff series completely outweigh them.

[Da_Realist]

Because he's only had like 3 bad series in his career, almost all of them happening outside his prime: 93 knicks, 95 magic, 97 heat. Not sure why OP listed those other series

93 Knicks was NOT a bad series. He just shot poorly through most of the games.

[Chuck Thou NBA]

because he was still young and because he has 6 rings

[Da_Realist]

85: Bucks
87: Celtics
88: Pistons
89: Pistons
90: Pistons
92: Knicks
96: Magic, Sonics
97: Hawks, Heat

Horrible list

[andgar923]

85: Bucks
87: Celtics
88: Pistons
89: Pistons
90: Pistons
92: Knicks
96: Magic, Sonics
97: Hawks, Heat

Even then, he's still better than Kobe.

Mad?

[Indian guy]

This list is so inaccurate

[nnn123]

93 Knicks was NOT a bad series. He just shot poorly through most of the games.

I would say that the 93 series was a bad series, because there were games where the team NEEDED him to come through, but didn't - games 3, 6. Ditto with 95. I would disagree with people who say he played poorly against the 96 sonics (using FG% as the prime argument), because he dominated the 1st 3 games, leading the team to a 3-0 lead, and only started playing badly with the series out of reach. You could say the same about the 97 heat series.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

93 Knicks was NOT a bad series. He just shot poorly through most of the games.

That seems to be the criteria by which most people determine whether a series is bad or not (i.e. Kobe's/LeBron's finals)

[Duncan21formvp]

85: Bucks
87: Celtics
88: Pistons
89: Pistons
90: Pistons
92: Knicks
96: Magic, Sonics
97: Hawks, Heat

And outscored everyone in every series in his career.

[Da_Realist]

I would say that the 93 series was a bad series, because there were games where the team NEEDED him to come through, but didn't - games 3, 6. Ditto with 95. I would disagree with people who say he played poorly against the 96 sonics (using FG% as the prime argument), because he dominated the 1st 3 games, leading the team to a 3-0 lead, and only started playing badly with the series out of reach. You could say the same about the 97 heat series.

Game 3 -- not only did Jordan almost have a triple double (22, 8, 11, 2, 2) but the Bulls led by 11 points after the 1st Quarter, 19 points after the 2nd Quarter and 23 points after the 3rd Quarter. When did the Bulls need more from him this game?

Game 6 -- shot poorly, but still had 9 assists. I'd say this was a sub par game for him but it definitely wasn't a bad series in general.

Game 1 -- bad game

Game 2 -- shot poorly but almost led the team to a comeback win when Scottie was ejected

Game 3 -- see above

Game 4 -- 54 points

Game 5 -- Triple Double, controlled the game from start to finish. Had 11 or 12 assists going into the 4th Quarter

Game 6 -- see above

Not a bad series at all. One of my favorites, actually.

:EDIT Games 4 and 5 were PANTHEON type games. They should count extra. Any series that have 2 games like Games 4 and 5 should never count as a "bad series"

That seems to be the criteria by which most people determine whether a series is bad or not (i.e. Kobe's/LeBron's finals)

Yes, that's the only thing that matters to some of you.