Michael Jordan Highlights vs Knicks (1988.12.29) - 37pts, KILLING the KNICKERBOCKERS!

He's ready to jump against Cartwright. Hewing tips to Mark Jackson. Jordan into the frontcourt. Michael left to the circle. Works through a double-team. Takes it right of the lane. Inside shot. Banked it in. Michael Jordan puts the Bulls up 4-0. Sam Vincent into the frontcourt for the Bulls. Jordan quick drive. Baseline left for the dunk. Michael Jordan just exploded past Gerald Wilkins. He knew he was going baseline. Baseline right. Pippen looks to inbound. Still looking. He comes into Corzine. It's not close. Jordan gets a dunk out of it. Michael Jordan with six and the Bulls lead by eight. Picked it up underneath and said, uh-oh, I got two. Dust, go ahead. Green in the lane. Jump shot all the way. No good. Rebound battle. Slapped out by Corzine to Jordan. Michael on the drive. All the way in. Feeds Pippen. Scottie lays it in. Bulls scoring in transition. They go up by ten. Jordan off to the right. Right corner. Hodges a three by Craig Bookett. Craig Hodges. Second three. Ahead to Sellers to get it in the frontcourt. Not at Jordan. Michael down the lane for the left. Lays it up. No good. But a foul called and Jordan is on the line. Michael Jordan's second free throw. That's in. 42-38. Michael right side against Wilkins. Baseline right. Double fake. Lean in jumper. Bank. No good. Wilkins left around a Ewing screen. Takes it all the way to the hole. Misses the layup. Corzine the rebound. Throws an outlet pass to Vincent. Vincent a lob ahead to Jordan. Michael lays it in. How does he do that? How does he do that? How does he know how to play that angle off the glass from mid-flight? Sam took the ball, flipped it up. He couldn't catch it and slam it, so he caught it, controlled it, laid it up. Newman fouled him. He tries for three. Michael's free throw is good. Fly to the right. Dumps it into Ewing. Right of the lane. Ewing fakes low right. Jordan blocks his shot from behind. Vincent out with a loose ball. Dishes it for Pippen for the dunk. Now the Bulls have jumped to an eight-point lead with five and a half minutes left in the game. It's a Lakers game. Here's Jordan. Baseline left. Comes up shooting. Book it. Chicago up 10. Shot rimming good. Rod Strickland got the lean in jumper to go out front. He has five. Jordan on a breakaway. Two-hand jam. So much for the New York four-court press. They thought Ewing was back there. He's out of the game. Outside left is Walker. Under double-team pressure. Outside pass Jordan to Steele. Michael another breakaway. In on Tucker. Scoops it up. No good. A foul on Tucker. Michael Jordan pushes the free throw. Good. Rod Strickland has 12 points in the game. Sam Vincent up court for the Bulls. Pull-up shot left of the lane. Is it? The Bulls back in front by one. Pippen outside. Missed Steele. Newman. Scottie at the foul line. Right side pass tipped away but to Jordan. Michael on the drive for the jam as he drove the right baseline. Michael Jordan with 20. Michael Jordan a moment ago got a two-hand dunk when he drove the right baseline. And Jordan has it left side against Johnny Newman. 12 to shoot. Michael on the drive. Foul on him. Hank Jumper. Good. Oh, man. Picks up the foul. His second. And Michael Jordan on the line. How do you stop that one? Michael went to the middle. Gave a fake. Everybody came to him. He went up. Had people all over him. Everybody chased him. Wilkins chased him. Mad time from the back. Everybody there. Michael hits the free throw. So his three-point play brings the Bulls within one. Played by Jordan. And Jordan with the steal. Forced by Ewing to make that pass. Corzine gives it back. Jordan. And we're tied at 74. Got that Bull alive. There's Jordan. Fouled by Ewing. Foul on him. Bull's not shooting well at the line. Four and a half left. Third quarter. Jordan now guarded by Tucker who just checked in. And a blocking foul. Whoever is isolated. For the Bulls. Find the small forward spot. The three spot. Past to Corzine. Baseline right goes to the hoop. And lays it up. Good! Mark Jackson. Here's Jordan with it now. Michael left the lane. Shoots under pressure. Hits him. Michael Jordan ties the game. He's got 31. Jordan into the frontcourt. High stepping on Mark Jackson. In for the right side. Shoots it up. Baseline right and hits an unbelievable shot. Harness Grant trying to inbound. He comes in play. Two Hodges. Hodges on the dribble to the backcourt. A hit to Jordan. Michael pushing hard on the drive. In for the right to the hoop. Lays it in. The Bulls have the lane. 114 remaining. 104-103. Works in between the circles. Wide right Hodges. Michael Jordan down the lane. All the way inside. Lays it high and good. The game is tied. Jordan has 37. Jackson left around Ewing's screen. Long pass in the left corner to Gerald Wilkins. Back out to Jackson. Against Hodges. Runs over Hodges. He nearly traveled. Ewing gets a loose ball. Lin-Lin jumper. Banking around and out. Rebound inside. Tipped away. It's out of bounds. Which way? To the Bulls with 22 seconds left. And Doug Collins takes time. New York showing half court track. Scottie Pippen in the frontcourt. Hodges has it right side. Oakley on him. Left side is Pippen. 12 seconds left. Scottie Pippen on the dribble outside. 8 seconds. Jordan has it now. Michael in the drive. In for the right. Lays it up. Blocked. Horace Graham with a follow. No. Rebound. Pippen's follower in the lane. Yes! The Bulls win! Game's over! The Bulls win! What a win! Scottie Pippen's buzzer beater wins it for the Bulls. What a rebound sequence we had on the Jordan layup. It was blocked. Horace Graham tried to follow. His off-balance shot wouldn't go. The ball kicked out to Pippen. A 13-footer in the lane. Right through as the clock went dead and the Bulls win it by 2 tonight. 108-106.