MJ vs Charles Barkley (1993 NBA Finals Game 2)

[Round Mound]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twr6sr2Qa_8

[Harison]

Nice game

[LBJFTW]

Great game. The Bulls won 111-108 as Danny Ainge's last-second shot was rejected by Pippen. I recently watched game 4 on the Ultimate Jordan Three Disc DVD when Jordan dropped 55, which is equally as great.

[DuMa]

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[Big#50]

I feel super old.

[OldSchoolBBall]

Notice the amount of off the ball work and using defenders' momentum and line of vision against them, give and go's etc. that MJ does in this game. Masterful basketball. I laugh when people suggest that guys today are more skilled than him. You never see this type of stuff done today by anyone.

Mike Fratello at 8:39 says: "Jordan, who moves as well as anyone in the league without the basketball..." How many of today's top players can we say that about? A lost art indeed.

PS - Round Mound, you linked to the 28 minute mark in the video, not the beginning of the video.

[Jacks3]

lol @ the horrific defense in that vid. Just laughably bad.

[Bigsmoke]

lol @ the horrific defense in that vid. Just laughably bad.

this

[andgar923]

lol @ the horrific defense in that vid. Just laughably bad.

Damn you Jordan and your ability to read, react and execute, for your ability to split and avoid double teams, to exploit mismatches, ability to move without the basketball and create easy shots, for your superior athletic abilities and skills... DAMN YOU!!!!

[Jacks3]

damn you suns for your horrible defensive front-court, lack of rotations, horrible close-outs, mediocre communication, and lack of effort....DAMN YOU!

[andgar923]

damn you suns for your horrible defensive front-court, lack of rotations, horrible close-outs, mediocre communication, and lack of effort....DAMN YOU!

It's okay to be mad, you should be.

MJ would've embarrassed today's defense even worse.

[Jacks3]

yes, terrible defense does get me pissed off, but i take solace in the fact that in my era the defenses are 10X more advanced. thank god.

[DJ Leon Smith]

yes, terrible defense does get me pissed off, but i take solace in the fact that in my era the defenses are 10X more advanced. thank god.

I agree. Look at the perimiter defense from the NBA's All-Defensive First Team SG in this era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylPC8ojduiA