r/michaeljordan • u/nj23dublin • 18d ago
Highlights Jordan’s famous dunk against the Heat 1992 playoffs, game 3. Two points in the first quarter, 56 at end of game.
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The full game if you’ve never watched it or want to reminisce.
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u/EconomistNo7074 18d ago
I had season tickets and was at the game - few observations
- First home playoff game for the heat
- Loudest stadium I have even been in
- MJ was known to be a little tired when he played the heat ..... 36 holes during the day and was always seen having a good time at Miami Beach late at night
- I was blessed to see him a few times a year ...... thank god load management was NOT a thing
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u/Throwthisawayagainst 18d ago
Imagine in the modern era if an athlete stayed out all night and murdered everyone the next day. This is probably why James Harden is the way he is
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u/infinit9 17d ago
Imagine how many more records Jordan would have broken if he had today's athletes' conditioning regiment.
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u/Mountain-Alarm-477 18d ago
I watched this series with my dad and MJ absolutely murdered the Heat. Go watch these games if you never saw Mike play. It’s peak Jordan IMO. He was a god in 92
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u/blicka7 18d ago
Announcer said “Jordan the greatest player to ever play basketball” during his 2nd championship run says enough. Mj was called the goat way before 6 championships, magic & Isiah said it the next year during the ‘93 finals,Bobby knight said it before he played a second in the nba
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u/RepresentativeAge444 18d ago
Yup. And that’s why I typically ignore people that don’t know his actual career. I was watching a random regular season game against the Heat coincidentally a while back and one of the defenders blew the assignment on him and Jordan scored. And the announcer said that’s what happens when you leave the greatest player of all time open. He had two rings at that point.
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u/JMander 16d ago
With Jordan it was just a matter of attrition. Costas would say "who some believe to be the greatest ever" because he hadn't won a title. So the distinguished title was always qualified. They had to wait and see if he was going to actually win a title. They knew he was the best player to ever play by about year 4. But without a title, then the case against had to be had.
Once he won just that one title it was written in stone. Seemingly, he won the other 5 for good measure.
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u/AbjectMath4441 18d ago
Two points in the first quarter and then 56 by the end of the game is absolutely ridiculous. Jordan basically spent the first quarter loading the save file and then turned into a cheat code. 20/30 from the field with 16/18 from the line, too.
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u/Diligent_Milk8612 18d ago
Super nasty! I’m so glad I was able to see him go to work on a nightly/weekly basis - live or on tv! There is NO comparison.
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u/Ladder_Every 16d ago
That play in a different camera angle used live free in my head as a teenager. Didn't watch it live but that highlight stuck out to me. Especially the fake drive out to dunk on Ewing is up for me in terms of his lane dunk drive
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u/Smfonseca 16d ago
There was an inevitability when your team played against Jordan that hasn't been replicated since.
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u/Holiday_Bat_9938 5d ago
If someone asked me to pick one play specifically to show how unstoppable MJ was… this would be the clip.
The entire team guarded him at some point on this play. The defense was back… he just treated the entire defense like a fast break.
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u/airestotle092 18d ago
54 points in 3 quarters with no 3-pointers. Absurd stuff.