Michael Jordan vs Rookie Tim Duncan 2OT Duel 1997.11.03 - Duncan With 19 Pts, CLUTCH MJ Had 29 Pts !

MJ taps it, but it goes right back to Duncan. The Spurs will open up on offense. Bulls spread it out a little bit. Ron Harper goes right to the basket. Robinson there for the rebound. It's an outlet pass up very quickly. They want to run. They like to push it up the floor. Defensively, they're different than the Boston Celtics, but offensively, they like to run, and they're pretty good when they get it up and down quickly. Sam Duncan, so the two big guys right away. He went right in the hole. When Robinson got the rebound, he went down and posted Luke up. Phil thought they might have a tough time scoring. You look at these two shot blockers they have. They're going to make you try to hit perimeter jump shots. There's David Robinson stepping out and challenging Michael Jordan. And now Robinson is at the other end of the floor as MJ hits that. Robinson tried to block the shot and then released, anticipating his team getting the rebound. Nice pass. Luke tried to bounce it off. Sam Duncan came over to help. Sean Pelliot in the way. Demonte Williams really is a two-guard. He doesn't have that perimeter game, but he is a guy that will play hard, score a little bit for him last year. Michael got him in the air and puts it in. The jumper from the wing puts it in. Doesn't seem anything fancy with Duncan. It's just pretty fundamental basketball. Looks like we saw a little bit with Boston. The big guys run the floor that well. Tony goes in and lays it in. Then he's got his hands full here. MJ spins. Quadruple team. Luke goes in. This time he got it. He's fouled. Great pass to MJ inside. MJ steps out. Now takes the long range. Hits to the right side. A little slow to get that ball to Michael that time. Michael's right now. Greg Popovich is going to put Monty Williams in the game. MJ takes it away. What a play. Goes right down the lane. Had it knocked away. He walked. MJ just took it away. Did you see the hands? It was just pawing and pawing at that ball. Finally knocked it away. He just stole the ball from Sean Elliott. Now Robinson puts it down. Loses it on his hip. Watch the hands go after. You're right. Just keep going. They just touch it out of bounds. MJ. Stopping at one. MJ with it on the wings. Spin move against Monty. Got him in the air. Puts it up. Hooked the ring. He'll go to the line for a pair. He is so much fun to watch when he gets in a zone like this. 48-46. It's a two-point game and it can be tied right there. San Antonio needs a timeout and they take it. 6-0-5 left in the third. They're on their feet at the United Center. The Bulls are tied with San Antonio. Tim Duncan with the jump hook. Puts it in. MJ right wing. Fake. Now backs it off. Michael goes baseline. That didn't touch any board at all. You'd think the only way he could get it up was hitting it off the board. Now it's hand blocked to the inside. Tim Duncan. That was a jump hook. He just stepped right in front of Dennis and stealed him beautifully. Right at the rim. Finds Elliott. Backs it back to Tim Duncan. Top of the circle. Jump hook. They gave Elliott a little opportunity to go one-on-one there. He spun in the lane. It was a nice recognition of a double team. Really getting out there. Ray Clay tell you there's two minutes left. Duncan. Turner. Tony takes his shot. The Bulls are 7 for 12 here. He misses it. It's kicked out to Luke Long. He gets it to Michael. He lets it go as the buzzer goes by. Bingo! We're in overtime. Michael ties it up. 8 for 13 from three-point range. For the Chicago Bulls. 0 for 5 from there. And Michael does what he does best. The red light was on. And so was the guy that wears the cape for the Chicago Bulls. Back screen. Luke. For a second. Shot clock at 4. At 3. He can do it again. Great defensive play. They get the back door. He gets over on Elliott. Blocks the shot. And the worm grabs the rebound. Gets taken down. We'll take another look at it. Done it again. To the spur. To catch it in the air. And put that thing up. Tony didn't throw it high enough. The Bulls and Spurs are tied at 79. Jordan goes inside for Luke. Put it up. Got it blocked. Just put it right back up in the air. Run that several times. Hadn't got much out of it. But it's available. And Luke has time. He's only got 10 in the shot clock. Game clock at 36. Michael. One on one with Sean Elliott. Fakes the shot. Fakes it again. Baseline jumper. Coming down. Looked like they were in trouble. Jordan hit a 3 at the buzzer. To tie the game. It went to double overtime. And the Chicago Bulls here at home. Had a tremendous victory.