Michael Jordan vs Karl Malone Highlights (1992.02.03) - 68pts Total! 3OT THRILLER!

The starters yesterday had to play big time minutes. Jordan with 44 minutes, Cartwright 40, Pippen 39, Grant 37, even John Paxson played 29 minutes in that game. I didn't see much. Jack Knees with the basketball, and we're underway. Carl Malone sets it up. Malone, and I believe Horace got a piece of it. Carl Malone inside. Scottie Pippen over Mark Eaton. Pippen gets the back tap rebound. Jordan. Michael had time to set on that two-pointer, stopped it. Carl Malone on the offensive glass again. Malone gets his two baskets off of offensive rebounds. Carl Malone gets loose at the baseline. No, but a foul. Back for scores, and they're one-nil in terms of basketball. Lou Edwards to Carl Malone, quickly to Jeff Malone. Carl Malone is there to their offensive rebound bucket. Got three hoops in her, all off the offensive glass. Here's the lead from Michael Brown, has to save, and Jordan is there to intercept. Tyrone Corbett will set it up. Plays to Malone on the drive over King. 10 points for Carl Malone in this first quarter. About three minutes left to go, first quarter. Jordan over Jeff Malone, and Jeff got a piece. Jordan shoots two. Phil, he had a four foul. He said, coach, just do me a favor. In this first quarter, Utah holding a commanding edge on the boards, due mostly to that man, Carl Malone. He has 12 points. Cartwright in the game now with Stacey King on that front line. Scottie Pippen. He didn't see what happened after. He gets knocked out of bounds, and then they both collide to go down this first quarter. Pippen, double teamed by Corbett and Brown. Cartwright gets it away to Jordan. BJ Armstrong over Carl Malone. They doubled. They doubled every time down except this time. It's about a six second differential shot clock to game clock, and Jordan finds the open shot. Michael has six. Jordan on the inbounds trigger. Time winding down. Carl Malone on the drive, tripped up. Michael is the only one back. They usually throw a nice pass to MJ. The shooting in this period. Just over seven minutes left to go. Second quarter, and Michael Jordan with his first field goal of the period. Eight points for MJ. Jordan with the up fake, loses Edwards. Did he get it off in time? Apparently, he did beat the buzzer. The big Z, yep. St. Louis Hawks in the Utah State. He was a great player. Eaton down low. Good feed from the mailman strong. Here comes Stockton. Malone. Fights this crowd with a time out, or stays with it. His team down by four. They're going to take a 20. Stockton wants to go to Carl Malone, and he does. On the block, King double teams. Eaton inside is fouled, and it counts. Oh, he hits Scottie Pippen, and it was really no contest. Under a minute to go on the half. On the drive, Carl Malone. Got that ball out the top of the key. Stockton triggered it loose for a moment. Bill gets it back. Blocked by Eaton on the floor, knocked out of bounds. Carl Malone got a piece of it. Michael Jordan, baseline, blocked by Carl Malone, and the foul is on the mailman, who argues in rather demonstrative fashion. I think what he's arguing about is it was a late whistle. He was a little. Michael Jordan against the Jazz. Mark Eaton way outside. Stockton pops out. Round to pick by Carl Malone. Now Malone gets two inside and a foul. As well, if not better than anybody in the league, down low, running off a man, rubbing up a man. Now, down low, Stockton started. He ran around the side. And as he does that, the big guy just steps back in, gets a deep position. For the Chicago Bulls. Straight clears to Scottie Pippen. Ahead to Stacey King. A piece of that. Packs him from the outside for three. Stockton, number 12. Carl Malone out front. Mark Eaton in close. Horace Grant has it picked away by Stockton. Stockton traveled as he pumped with Jordan. Very slow and doesn't like what he sees here. Edwards to Malone. Carl Malone, double teamed by Will Purdue and Horace Grant. Jeff Malone is the open man. Ball is winner. Jordan. Drops for Grant. Oh, nice play. Michael Jordan, out of by Jeff Malone. Jordan hangs off the glass. Tough shot by MJ. He has 15. MJ leaning around Jeff Malone. He fakes him. He gives him the fake. He gave the word. He now goes up, ducks underneath. Catches it off the rim and in. Only time on the shot clock. Four minutes left to go in the third quarter. Jordan, right on the money. He has 17. I just said it was a foul on Bobby Hanson. Armstrong. Will Purdue missing in close. Nine rebounds. So it's been 11 rebounds. Jordan picked up by Jeff Malone. To Carl Malone. Steal by Ty Malone. It's a steal by Ty Corbin and a slam by the mailman. Bulls need a basket bad. Paxson. Yes. He has 12. To the mailman on the block against Horace Grant. Double-teamed by Pax and Pax guilty of the foul. To Michael Jordan off the screen by Purdue. Jordan looking for room. They clear it out for him. Over Jeff Malone. Jordan with 19. Only his first bucket of this for Malone. Posting up on the block. Stockton goes to the alternative. Malone from the corner. Going to get a guy on a roll. Jeff Malone. Rebound back tap by Stockton. Chased down by Paxson. Three on one. Pax to Grant. Jordan. Horace took a flight into the seats. It's a Jordan. Michael to try to give Chicago the lead. Great move. To the foul line. Fake to the foul line. Jeff Malone on the wing. Stockton back at the point. Three to go on the shot clock. Stockton a shot blocked by Grant. Taken off by Will Purdue. Time winding down to the right-hand corner of your screen. Stockton gets the step into the lane. Thrown away with three point seconds remaining. Jackson doesn't want to go there. They want to get on a plane and go home. Pippen the inbound to Jordan. The turnaround. No. We go to overtime. Tyrone Corbin. The mailman on the block. Good looking. Nobody covered up Will. Back door Jordan. Michael to Paxson from the outside. Yes. Ring it up Johnny Pax. Carl Malone double teamed in the trench. Rebound back tapped to Jordan. Giving Utah one point lead under a minute to go. Jordan sneaks loose. MJ trying to shake loose. Jordan loses in the lane. Picked off by Carl Malone. Stockton to Edwards. Fouled again by Pippen. On the side. You've got a chance to tap the rebound back out. But the Bulls have to score. This game is history. Scottie Pippen inbounds at center court. Bulls trail by two. Inbounds to Horace Grant. Scottie Pippen. Pippen on the drive. Edwards with a steal is followed by Pippen. Going hard for the hole. Lost the ball. Blue Edwards is going to go to the line. Blue Edwards has been a genuine hero. Blue Edwards has made four in a row from the free throw line. For Blue Edwards. From the free throw line. Pippen the rebound. Utah's lead is three. Still 13.8 seconds to go in overtime. The Bulls are hanging by the skin of their chinny chin chin. First and a foul. The Bulls resume. 9.6 seconds. Jordan from the outside. Yes! It's tied! Six seconds! 28 for Jordan! Watch this! You need three. He knows it. He drives. He's got the over. He steps back. And it's a jump shot. Laces it. Six seconds to go on the clock. We said he was looking for the cape. He found it. Stockton goes the other way. Can't get through. Corbin trying to get it inbound. Throws it to Stockton. Malone! Jeff Malone on the rebound. Pippen on the rebound. And we're going to another extra session. Time winding down. 3.35 in the overtime period. Jeff Malone. Jordan got a piece of it. Pippen picks it out of the air. Pippen off the screen by Perdue. Rebound back tap. Jordan to Pippen on the drive. Score it! Two minutes remaining. To Malone. Blue Edwards back to Carl Malone. Carl Malone on the roll was held, I believe, by Horace Grant. They're calling it on Pippen. The second overtime session. Jordan backing in on Jeff Malone. On the turnaround. Yes! Michael Jordan. Inside. Yes! Thank their heroes enough. They get it right back. Horace gets the ball underneath. And here comes Edwards on the foul. He's a two-inning relief man. Jordan sets it up. Pulls by a point. Michael drops to Wilford. Goal! Big Will! Exclamation point! Timeout Utah. 44.9 seconds remaining. Stockton goes to work for Utah. Feeds Carl Malone on the drive. And it won't go. Rebound Jordan. Michael's got a piece of that shot on the way in. Jordan had to foul him. Fouled by Stockton. Michael gets a piece of this, John. He got just a little bit of it. The ball flips off the ring. That could have gone in. That could have been a foul. But MJ came up over everybody. MJ bangs that one off the rim. Misses them both. Carl Malone on the rebound. A three-pointer can tie for the Jazz. Stockton leads the league. Yes! He's got it. He comes down, fires the three. Timeout by the Bulls. Watch it again. Stockton in rhythm. That's a long, long three. Time left in the right-hand corner. Four. Three on the shot clock. Michael with a force over Malone. Taken out of the air by Carl Malone. As the overtime expires. Carl Malone on the inbounds. Jeff Malone lets it go. And it's short. So we will go to a third overtime here at the Delta Center. Chaknis resets it. Jordan takes it. Feeds Scottie Pippen. On the drive against Stockton. Scores. Foul! They score the goal. Stockton tried to get in front. Jeff Malone to Carl Malone. Backing in on Horace Grant. Blocked by Grant. Carl Malone out the free throw line. Second by Malone is good. And he has 35 to go on the shot clock. Gets it to Jordan. The bailout shot for three is short. Will Purdue keeps it alive. Will Purdue is taken away by Carl Malone. Edwards inside. Carl Malone in a crowd. No, no. Travel. Offensive foul. Carl Malone struggling from the field here in the overtime. Jordan off the screen by Will Purdue. On the drive and a foul. Blue Edwards. What a game. He's got MJ. Stockton feeds Carl Malone. Lost the handle on it. Will Purdue gathers it in. Tied up by Carl Malone. Watch this. Jump ball here. Will didn't get him. Carl Malone. Will Purdue on the tip. Tip control by the Jazz. Stockton. Utah trailing by two. Not Stockton for three. Stockton. Here's Carl Malone on the drive. Big hook for Carl Malone. 17 to go on the shot clock. 15 to go on the shot clock. Jordan finds Paxson. Rebound batted. Taken by Benoit. Knocked away by Jordan on the reach in. He committed a foul. David Benoit. 88%. 14.8 seconds. He does. 10 to go. Time left in the game. Jordan lets it go. And ties the game. 4.9 seconds remaining. Jeff Malone. Malone trying to beat the clock. Jordan got a piece of it and a foul. With 0.5 seconds on the clock. Michael not happy. They drive down the side. MJ hit a basket with four points. There's a technical on Jordan. And he's out. And Jordan is thrown out of the game. Now Phil. Phil has one technical. Phil has won his next technical. Phil will be gone. There's been a lot of bumping and slashing. We talked about it. Everything done from the free throw line. So MJ gets thrown out of the game. Got 34 points in the game. 13 rebounds. 8 assists. Watch it from this angle here. Let's see. He gets the ball first. Well, he got the ball initially. He hits the ball there. Then he hits him on the knee, John. Mark Eaton defends. The wingspan of a 747. The inbounds. Will Purdue stepped out of bounds. Time expires. The Utah Jazz in triple overtime. And look at Phil Jackson on the bench. The Jazz have defeated the Chicago Bulls. 126-123 in triple overtime. What a game. What a win for Jerry Sloan. And his Utah ball club. What a basketball game. Period. Regardless of who you're rooting for. Be back with a final word after this time out.