23 Minutes of Michael Jordan's BRILLIANCE 🐐

Allen Houston guards him. Michael, three moves. And a basket. And this time he glances at you. Yeah, he should. He should glance at all of us. Under four and a half minutes to go. Here's Jordan. Here's trouble. Three on three. Jordan in deep. He put his right arm out full length. Goodness! But lots of guys are strong. And lots of guys have skill. And only one guy has this level of artistry. Had to run out, catch it. Now throws it back to Michael. Caught it with one hand. From 15 off the plate. What a shot. The higher right. Jordan on the move. Baseline left. Oh no! John, you and I have seen Michael play every game, right? We haven't seen this one yet. Rebound O'Neal now. Stolen by Jordan from Hardaway. Picked him. Bluffs one at the line. They leave him open. Oh, the Bulls are up. Oh, baby! He left jockstraps all over the hardwood now. Wrapped up by O'Neal. Some way he scores. Game losing streak at Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Jordan a little acceleration. How did he find lonely in the lane? Jordan gets the step on down. Super play. Super, super play by Michael. Michael in transition. Yes, sir. Michael down the lane. A blind pass. The two of their top perimeter guns shooting blanks at the moment. Michael. Look at that move. Now just watch this. As he spins baseline, he comes into the traffic, just throws it up. He didn't even like that. Michael even said that was a deep one. Jordan and Pippen. Very upset. Ruffin has it blocked by Longley. What a play by Jordan. A wraparound pass as he was facing the other way. Netflix shrimp. Finds Reggie Miller. Blocked away. What a play by Michael Jordan. Wow. Thank goodness. Pippen inside. Quick pass. Michael. Blocked. He's down. Down right into the hands of Wilkins. Michael Jordan around. Everybody. Taken down by Steve Johnson up to Michael Jordan. To the hole on Tyler. Dunks over Terry. Terry fouls him. It counts. Broken up by Daly. Michael fakes on Wilkins. Backs him out ahead of the key with a scissor dribble. Nearly lost it. Now takes it right side. Cuts back left. Down the lane. Here come the Bulls back looking for the lead. Three on one. Michael Jordan in for the right. Monster. Michael just spread-eagled almost right over the top of Skyle. Jordan over the timeline into the forward court. Drives the middle. That sort of clogged things up. Jordan. Oh my. It's a pass stolen by Jordan. It's a three on two for the Bulls. Michael in the drive. In for the right. Crossover. Into the lane for a slam. That's the post-up down low. There, Mike. Look at this. Oh. Hang time move. He thought he saw all his hang times on. Be the strongest right now, but he's certainly still up there. Jordan goes in for a dunk. The Bulls can go up 14. Jordan past Petrovich. Wow. Here's Jordan to the baseline for the jam. 15 to 6. Here's Jordan. Nice move on the baseline. Kaboom. Lynch came in and Sabalas went out with his. Oh, wow. There goes Jones. Yep. There it is. Michael Jordan on the breakaway. Robin for Jordan. It's a 20-point lead for the Bulls. Michael in the drive. In for the right. Hesitation move. Through the hoop for the right. Scoop shot. Good on the reverse. Michael. Jordan with the drive and the reverse. Michael Jordan. Michael. What a move. Wow. He's real pleased with the young people he has. Jordan. Beat the shot clock. Right into the middle. Now watch this. I'm going to take you to the middle. Oops. No, I'm not. I'm going to shoot the fadeaway J on the baseline. Always give. Coming back to green. Another steal. My breakaway. Yeah. 42 for Jordan and the Bulls have the lead. Three steals. Jordan. Rodman. Jordan. Oh, my. Well, Hardaway and Askin switched off. I can see them switching. In the second quarter, here's Jordan. Facing a double team. He said they're running a Jeff Van Gumby offense. With Pippen and Ron Harper. Looks here today. With the spin. Against Willie Anderson. And a little move to the baseline. And that shook him free from Willie Anderson. Double screen for him. Here's Jordan. The switch with Anderson on him. But they haven't been able to capitalize on that. Gary Payton has struggled offensively. Jordan. Rodman. Jordan behind the back to beat Michael Jordan. Well, on the fly pattern to Michael Jordan on the catch. Realizing he had to defend. Longley leaving it for Jordan. Jordan from the baseline. Oh, there's plenty of mismatches right now. Jordan has the basketball. Swapped away by Newman. And Mike. You gotta check him early. Yes. Oh, good move. Jordan. Didn't play right there. To play two guys out. Then I'm gonna come in. I'm gonna just hesitate. Left hand. Oh, man. Jordan. They isolate for him. Driving. What a move! Theus on the dribble. Off to the right. Takes it in. And Jordan steals the ball. Here's 33 and 20. Michael. Gets him airborne. Michael Jordan's going to his left. Look at him. Show him the eyebrow fake. Why you gonna try to block Michael's shot? You know he's not gonna give it to you. Anderson. Ever first. Fast or slow. Here, behind the back. He just tricked. Cliff Robinson went right up. He's in his groove right now. Michael Jordan in the frontcourt. Jordan on the move. Down the lane against Johnson. To the hoop. Scoop shot is in. Foul called. Back to Jordan. Iverson with the steal. Comes down. Gets the bucket. MJ puts it in. Top of Theo Radliff. Oh, beautiful. MJ with... Late stages. Second period. Jordan. Spinning. What a finish! Michael Jordan! The 7-4. Jordan. Post up. Jordan. Oh! The double clutch! Must be the best that Grant Hill can be. And Michael Jordan is being the best Michael Jordan. There's no doubt about it. Rick's a little frustrated because he hadn't made shots. Jordan. Two-coach in the lane. Outside to Brown and deep. And Michael turns under a double team. And he hits! At the lane. Gets by the double. Oh, yeah! It's starting to come up, Michael. Here comes Perry. Michael with... Oh! One bounce dribble now to Jordan. Michael in from the left side. Jammed it right over Rollins! Flips it up to Pippen. Back to Michael Jordan. Drives and dunks! Jordan able to score. It's not one of Cleveland's... Pistons. 3 and 40 to play in the first. Jordan all the way to the baseline. Now here's the turn and gunning. 7 to go on the shot clock. Oh! Here's Jordan in deep on Elo. Oh, yeah! A spectacular night for the Bulls as Joy Houston. Slithers through the lane and... But didn't get the lucky bounce, did it? Michael Jordan against Ray Allen. Going baseline. Oh! On to Michael Jordan. Oh! And the Bulls lead. MJ's got it. 2 seconds. 1 second. In the lane. Oh, yeah, son! Watch out. Don't get a 3-second call here, guys. Goes around Geiger. MJ double. Oh! Wow! Reverna Maxwell and Mason had him blocked off. Jordan. 2 more. Too much. Michael talking to him. He had the orthoscopic surgery. Michael comes through. Hands. Yes! It's under pressure. Tips to Jordan. Michael a fake. Wheels in. Lower right. Shoots it in. For Jordan. He's their go-to guy. And here he comes. Along the baseline. Oh! Jordan. Look at this. He's up longer. That's why he's such a great passer. I mean, maintains that level. And a tie the series at 1. Chicago looking to go up. 2-0. Face line and extending. Michael Jordan here. Jordan setting it up on Chaney. More time to do no wrong. Williams out on fouls. Luke is playing with 5. Jordan. Jordan had to adjust that shot. With Leitner all over him. Some bad shots. Now Jordan with the move on Hardaway. Alonzo Mourning is a good perimeter shooter. Has good mechanics. Good releases. Somewhere where he just lost his confidence. Holes 32. The Heat 21. Jordan. Yes. Telling us earlier that his team has played better on the loop. Another sweeping move. Jordan breaks through the defense. And spotted Scottie Pickman way before that. And that is setting up these drives. But starting... Fake to the postman behind him. It gets worthy in the air. And then clear path to the basket. Tuning those guys. Trying to keep fresh legs on Michael as much as possible. Takes a right bounce for Scott Williams in this game. Against Hawkins. Gets it out of what they won in school here, Jim. They go up 5. Oh, man. Michael in the corner. Takes a screen roll from Lennington. Immortal. Jordan. Across the lane. Short. Two seconds. One second. This is to time. Yes, sir! David Robinson says, damn! 56. Michael one-on-one with Sean Elliott. Fakes the shot. Fakes it again. Aggressiveness back. But that was not a smart play. Jordan with that incredible hang. He lost the handle. Had a clear lane to the hoop to Jordan. Fade away at the buzzer. Spectacular. He wants a little more movement. MJ. But his foot comes inside. With the left hand. A beauty. Around Chapman. In on the dice. Beautifully done. And... Under 2 1⁄2 to go first quarter. Jordan in close. Oh, he's got that on the way down. Clears. Drives on Wallace. To the fall away. Nicely done. 83-75 Portland. MJ spins. Ryder fell. Michael. Oh, my. Oliver Miller wouldn't have a chance to get it. Jordan. Again. If you can bet that Michael would love to take the shot now. And he got it. It's baseline. Goes away from him. Michael Jordan was anticipating the trap. He dribbled around Ewing. Pulls it back. Concentration all the way on the front of the rim. Records of the Eastern Conference of the NBA right now. Jordan. A double-team beat. In the early going. 19-9 Chicago. Jordan. Great move inside. And 16 in the first quarter. Dancing on Leonard. Up and down. On the brakes. Right there. Wow. I mean, you have to keep going. And that's what Leonard did. I'll tell you what. That was. All the way in. Left side of Jordan. Reverse. Oh. Incredible move by Michael Jordan. A reverse. Went into the air left. Reverse right and got the basket. Michael Jordan so creative in the air. What a pass by Jordan. Oh, what a play. He's got it. He works on Porter. A 10-2 run by Minnesota. Michael Jordan. What a play. His 14th rebound. Jordan. Nice is an understatement. Jordan spinning away from the double-team. Go right there to hold on. MJ accelerates. Down the hole. Again, it's a three-point deficit for the Bulls. Michael. 20-second timeout. And then slides through by J.R. And they said, uh-uh. Get me out of here. With the offensive foul. With five minutes remaining. Here in the third. Michael Jordan. Spectacular reverse layup. He's got 23. Michael's done five things tonight that have just been. Michael right there to pick it up. Like we say, they play in peaks and valleys. Michael Jordan with a very difficult shot. Falling away toward the baseline against. Michael. And a 20. Michael Jordan with a fall away. Throwing on the run. And it's another thing of beauty. 35,000. Jordan looks to cut it to one as he splits two defenders. He leads the double-team. Gives the fake. Both defenders go for it. The nice. Five seconds left. Here's Jordan. Three seconds left. And Jordan hits. Grant out left. Pippen. Three seconds. Jordan's more subsequent win. Michael Jordan saves the day. One on one. Five seconds to go. Jordan off the glass. Inbounds the cart right to Jordan. Time winding down. Michael for three. Oh, yeah. Sellers has Jordan. Jordan with two seconds to go. Puts it up. And scores. At the buzzer. Michael Jordan has won it for Chicago. You just have to come. 2.5 seconds. Jordan again. And you just have to come. Got it again. Racing the clock. Jordan for the win. And again. He is now back. 17 seconds. From championship number six. Jordan. Here we go. With one and six tenths seconds left. Wizards need the bucket for the win. Jordan the jumper. Four seconds. Fakes. Shoots. Oh!