This is one of my favorite performances from MJ. This was MJ portraying his complete mastery of the game.
35 year old MJ had his Bulls up 2-0 against the young and athletic NJ Nets. With his year-long shooting hand injury, MJ was shooting a 'poor by his standards' 44% in those two games (although he was averaging 35.5ppg). With NJ facing a sweep, they were determined to play hard, scrappy and desperately. But MJ lived for these moments and elevating his game during these times was his trademark. Facing a 'closing' situation, MJ chose to lock into his Yoda mode - yet again.
It wasn't the fact that MJ shot 73% on 16-22 here to finish the series on 53% shooting overall that grabbed me. It was that he displayed yet more poker cards hidden up his sleeve that further separated him as the greatest there ever will be: style, control and mental intimidation. With his jumper on guided-missile control, MJ knew that he could have dropped 40-50 in the first half alone. But he picked his spots and toyed with the game. The mere threat of him anywhere near the ball provided him with the mental dominance that made the Nets scramble with nervous energy. Meanwhile, MJ looked like he was barely sweating during a scrimmage game. In contrast to the scurrying Nets, it appeared as if he was playing in slow-motion with everything coming too easy for him. Calm and cool, he didn't even need to shift gears and attack the rim. The finesse jumper was on, the ability to take over the game was on and his legend took over.
But MJ's mental mastery of the game was what dominated this game. He chose only to shoot 22 shots and only enough to provide the knockout punch. Sometimes, the threat of scoring 50-60 on 75% shooting is even more powerful than actually doing it. Like a master surgeon who only needs one cut to get it right, that was all that was needed. This was truly a masterpiece from MJ's mature, perfected game.
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이번이 49번째로 올린 작품이라는군요 ㅋ
저거 인간 맞습니까... ㄷㄷㄷ 점퍼가 완전 사기구만;;
잊어서 안될것은 이때 조던의 나이가 한국나이로 36살 이였다는 겁니다.16-22... 진짜 너무하는군요.
저나이때 저런클래스를 유지하려고 얼마나 노력했을까요.... 정말 조던 당신은...
난 MJ 를 너무나 사랑하오 ---멋죠
gg 그런데 조던도 터프샷 좀 쏘네여 앗 그리고 조던의 저런 페이더어웨이도 터프샷인가요..?
리바운드 머신 제이슨 윌리암스와 로드맨의 프로필 사진이 참 반갑네요.ㅋㅋ 이 경기 끝나고 제이슨 윌리암스가 듣기 민망할 정도로 조던 칭찬을 했죠.
징그럽게 잘들어가네요 ㅎㅎㅎ
his Yoda mode 미국애들은 요다를 이렇게 생각하는군...ㅋㅋ
진짜 슛팅쩐다 ㅜㅜ!!
하프타임때.. 9/10 이었군요.. ㅡㅡ; 인간이기 거부한 분..
222222222222222222222222 성공률 정말...ㅎㄷㄷ
왜케 농구 쉽게 하는거 같지.. -_-
진짜 재미없다.. MJ도 재미를 못느끼는것 같아ㅋ 농구가 너무 쉬운거지...
볼때마다 경악입니다..
원래 요정도는 우리 그 분은 하십니다 ㅎ~ㅎ 여튼 대단합니다 ~
조던형님 하는거 보면 항상 득점이 젤 쉬었어요^^... 모드죠....