Michael Jordan vs Dominique Wilkins Highlights Bulls vs Spurs (1996.11.30)-Last Duel! 60pts Total!

In Michael Jordan and in Dominique Wilkins, you have the two top active career scores in NBA history on the floor tonight. Both have scored over 30 points in the same game 16 times and he led the league in scoring for two years and then Michael came along and he's been doing it ever since. Meek has also been a second in the league in scoring three times to Michael Jordan in his career. Southwestern flavor with that turquoise, yes indeed. Weddington and Purdue, got a former teammate on the tip but it's controlled by the San Antonio Spurs. Michael on the block against Del Negro, double down from Meek, great look by Rodman. Rodman looking for a cutter, Pippen is open to the arc. The drop for Jordan and the fadeaway. Michael who comes off a 36 point performance last night. Wilkins, pulled up in the lane, Elliott's got a wide open throw and he carries it. Weddington gets the quick spot. Pippen can't handle the rebound, Weddington retrieves, Jordan's open to the baseline, unchallenged. Johnson finds Wilkins in the lane, he lost his footing and it's picked up by Joe Weddington. Jordan to Scottie Pippen. You would expect a lot of teams have been trying to run the Bulls. Johnson on the drive, here's Wilkins. Wilkins to the right hand, gets the roll. His first two points of the game, within reach so to speak. Quick turnaround by Michael, eight to go on the shot clock, San Antonio. Dominic Wilkins against Dennis Rodman. Nice move across the lane. What a switch around that is. Elliott gets it in play. Rebounding of Will Purdue. It's the first time on this trip they've been down like that. Michael the turnaround, not for long. Jordan cuts the deficit to seven. Avery Johnson, third in the NBA in assists. Dominic Wilkins out of the yard. He's just been getting the ball and firing it. Person with a back injury and Charles Smith with a knee injury. Michael Jordan back to the basket against Del Negro. To the fadeaway, hard to stop that. Ten points for Jordan. Michael five of ten from the field. Harper sets the floor to Michael. Jordan for three, bring it up. A little stutter step for Mike and he backs up on Mad Max. Picked up on a switch by Dennis Rodman. The mismatch is Neek down low. Down on Dominic Wilkins. Eighty percent shooter from there. Ornaments again this holiday season. Purdue eight rebounds in this first quarter. Michael with time winding down against Maxwell. Jordan nails it. Team for Michael in this first quarter. Gives it up to Will Purdue. Down low to block on Wilkins by Kathy, but a foul. Williams and Will Purdue up front for San Antonio. Michael backing Maxwell. Falls away under pressure and hits. Eighteen for Michael Jordan. Leaves for Wilkins. Dominic on the drive. Maxwell to the back door. Nicely done. Great ball movement by San Antonio. Jordan gets the step down the lane. Wilkins up front. Mike rebound. Jordan now with four caroms. Here's the lead. Rodman left by Wilkins. Brown out front to Scottie Pippen. Michael giving room. Johnson. Back out front. Here's Sean Elliott. Wilkins giving time to measure this trail. Nobody out on him at all. Somebody would contest him on a shot of ten. Bill close to getting an offensive foul. Turning on that. Pippen for three again. Ring it out. Oh, make it two. Apparently he had a foot on the three-point line. So, Dennis picks up his first technical foul. Dominic Wilkins at the line. Meek on the block against Tony. Kuko's got a piece of it. Knocked it away to Pippen. Michael in transition. The lob. Beautiful. Scottie gave it up to Michael. He ran the court. Michael laid it right up for him. Scottie hammered it down. He's got 18. Timeout, San Antonio. To the fadeaway. Bill Purdue, yet another rebound. A career high. They can make it 11. Meanwhile, the Bulls are 13-23 from the field. Chicago owns the biggest lead for either team tonight. Wilkins for three. Ring it up. Dominic makes it an eight-point ballgame. 18 for Wilkins. Eight and a half minutes to go. Tony Kuko to Michael Jordan in the lane. Did the splits on that one. Went up in the air. Went in. Twenty-six. Wilkins almost trampled. Dominic to the pirouette. That was a classic Dominic Wilkins move. He's got 20. Elliott turns for three. Wilkins came from the top of the key that time to grab the rebound. Tap it back in. Dennis picks up his fourth foul and Wilkins will go to the free-throw line. He still has a lot of life left in his NBA career, doesn't he? Harper out front to Jordan. Jordan gets inside and Maxwell. And Maxwell ties him up. This is a little bit like Miami. Miami in next game. The Bulls with only three field goals here in this last quarter. Take a look at the matchup. Jordan 27. Dominic 23. The big-time stars of this game. Will Purdue coming back into the lineup for San Antonio. Talking to Tony last night. He's got a new baby girl. Jason Campy. Bulls leading 87 to 79. Jordan off the screen by Rodney. That says that he'll sit down. Three minutes to go. And this is the fourth quarter. Michael out of the pump. Three for Mike out of the corner. Bob Hill shaking his head. Doesn't know what to do. Oh, no, he didn't. I thought I heard a whistle down there. Dominic Wilkins. Wilkins all the way down with a slam. 25, big boy for Dominic. Tony Kukoc. Skip pass to Michael out of the corner. There it is. Michael Jordan becomes only the 10th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points. Bulls finishing it out. Michael Jordan to Steve Kerr. And that will do it. Look at the crowd jump to their feet as they announce here. 25,000. Everybody coming over. Shake hands. Dominic Wilkins, long-time enemy of his. Everybody out there out of court to congratulate Michael. 25,000 over a brilliant, brilliant career. He is the second fastest player to reach 25,000. Only Will Chamberlain got to 25,000 points in his career in fewer games than it took Michael Jordan to get there. There you take a look at it. Michael Jordan, a landmark for him. Another milestone in a tremendous career. Michael Jordan out of the corner. Big smile. Glad to get that off my back. He took him about four or five shots to get that one in the hole. Michael needed 35 coming in red and that's exactly what he got. 35 points to reach that plateau.