하이라이트 Michael Jordan at McDonald's Open Final - Paris 1997

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I think this footage is somewhat rare. In October 1997, Bulls went to Paris to compete in McDonald's Open which featured some of the best clubs from all over the world. The other teams competing were Paris St Germain, the champions of France, Olympiakos of Greece, the European champions, Atenas de Cordoba, the South American champions, Barcelona and Benetton, champions of Spain and Italy, respectively.

Jordan playing in Europe was a gigantic event. More than one thousand journalists came from all over the world to witness the tournament. France-Noir, a daily French newspaper, wrote "Michael Jordan is in Paris. That's better than the Pope. It's God in person."

Pippen was injured and Rodman was ill, thus they were absent. In the semifinals Bulls beat Paris St. Germain 89-82 in a quite close game. Kukoc was 0-7, Harper 1-9, Kerr 2-7. Jordan finished with 28pts on 11/23 with 6 assists. Longley and Scott Burrell had also good performances.

On the other semifinal matchup Olympiakos beat Atenas de Cordoba in the final possession. So the Bulls and Olympiakos met in the finals. This time Bulls were more focused and since it was a 20-25 point blowout early in the fourth quarter Jordan only played for 29 minutes and finished with a game-high 27 points. (if anyone's interested I have the boxscores for both Bulls games. )

The camerawork was great in this game. The commentary wasn't English.

Here are the complete results in the tournament. (Bulls entered from the semifinals).

10/16/97
Atenas de Cordoba 87 -- Benetton Treviso 78
PSG Racing 97 -- FC Barcelona 84

10/17/97 (semifinals)
Olympiakos 89 - Atenas de Cordoba 86
Chicago Bulls 89 -- PSG Racing 82

10/18/97 (final and classification)
Benetton Treviso 106 -- FC Barcelona 103
Atenas de Cordoba 88 -- PSG Racing 78
Chicago Bulls 104 -- Olympiakos 78

Post game quotes & notes
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PARIS, Oct.18 -- For most of the 1990's, the Chicago Bulls have been calling themselves ''world champions.''

''Now, it's official,'' Bulls guard Randy Brown said.

Official, but not necessarily emotional. As the Bulls gathered around the trophy at the Palais Omnisports de Paris tonight after their very routine 104-78 victory over Olympiakos Piraeus in the final of the McDonald's Championship, they looked about as overwhelmed as a Nobel laureate would after winning a local poetry contest.

''We didn't really have any doubt we were the best team in the world,'' Michael Jordan said.

No one had any doubt that Jordan was the best player in the world, either, and over the last two nights in this six-team international event that advertises itself as a world club championship, he merely underlined the obvious.

"I think hopefully the fans were pretty pleased despite the little time I was on the basketball court," said Jordan, who played 29 minutes.

On Friday, Jordan scored a game-high 28 points when his supporting cast was abysmal in a surprisingly close 89-82 victory over the French champion PSG-Racing. Tonight, he scored a game-high 27 points, many of them with great panache, against the European and Greek champion Olympiakos when his supporting cast was playing at a far superior level.

''I think the Bulls were much better prepared and concentrated for this game,'' Olympiakos Coach Dussan Ivkovic said.

Jordan's finest move came with just more than four minutes left in the first half when he gave the locals what they came to see as he skirted the baseline, swooped under the basket and stalled out in mid-air to score and draw the foul.

"I think a lot of people in the stands were looking for something unique," said Jordan, who is shown in polls to be the most popular athlete in France.

"It just happened to go in, and I was pretty amazed to get the shot up," he added.

Dozens of banners and hand-made pennants waved from the stands. "Be Legendary MJ," read one. "His Airness Came on Earth to Bless Us," went another. "Give Us a Show Michael - Germany Loves the Bulls," yet another.

Several times Jordan said he put a "little extra mustard on top of the hot dog" to please the fans.

"I think I could sense the competition in their eyes at a challenge," Jordan said. "A couple of times, I gave a head and shoulder fake, and I felt like they were anticipating the worst.

"If they were dreaming of playing Michael Jordan all alone, this was their opportunity. This is not television, they couldn't change the channel.

"I gave one player a fake, and I thought he lost his shoes. He thought it was funny. He laughed, so I laughed too."

Michael Hawkins, who played briefly with the Celtics, directed Olympiakos' offense, often penetrating the Bulls defense.

At times, the Greek team was their equal, thanks to Arturas Karnisovas, who had 19 points, and center Dragan Tarlac, once a Bulls draft pick, who scored 14 points with a game-high 11 rebounds despite inspired opposition from Luc Longley and Bill Wennington.

They were the necessary character actors in games that were written for Jordan. His reported $33 million salary is probably more than the combined budgets of the two European clubs opposing him.

On Friday, the Bulls shot 42 percent from the field. Tonight, they shot 52 percent. On Friday, they were outrebounded; tonight, they won the battle of the boards, 49-36, and outscored Olympiakos in every quarter. About the only elements that remained mediocre were their 3-point shooting and Toni Kukoc, who bore scant resemblance to the versatile, cocksure golden boy who once dominated European basketball. He scored a total of 5 points in two games on 2-of-15 shooting from the field, in part because he is recovering more slowly than expected from a foot injury.

''We had a game a little more befitting of the Bulls and the tradition we've had,'' said Chicago Coach Phil Jackson, who arrived here without the injured Scottie Pippen and the ill Dennis Rodman.

But Jackson still had Jordan. And at the end of what he admitted was probably his last international game -- future barnstorming tours excepted -- Jordan was given the most valuable player award, named for the former Croatian star Drazen Petrovic, who played for the Nets and was killed in an automobile accident in 1993.

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[김을똥]

배경음 구리다 ㅎㄷㄷㄷ

[세상이나를]

이게 무슨 게임이에요? 무슨 취지로 어디와 겜을 하는거죠?

[bin96]

벌써 10년전이네요 그때부터 보고 싶던 영상을 이제야 보는군요. 위 원문 내용에도 살짝 언급이 되었지만, 맥도날드 콘테스트라고 전세계 클럽팀들이 유럽에서 모여서 토너먼트 하는 이벤트라고 알고 있습니다. 92년인가 93년에 불스 vs 피닉스 해서 불스가 우승한 그 해에 피닉스 선즈가 여기 참가해서 역시 쉽게 우승한 것으로 알고 있고요

[bin96]

피닉스 우승한 경기는 제가 본 기억이 있는 것 같은데..가물가물해서..기억이 맞다면 바클리는 여전히 날라다녔고 --; 쉽게 이겼습니다. 최근에도 이 이벤트가 열렸는지, 어느 팀이 참석했는지는 제가 잘 모르겠네요. 아 최근에 스퍼스가 참석해서 우승하지 않았던가요? 역시 기억 가물가물..

[bin96]

유럽의 강팀들과 붙어서 실제 세계최강팀이 어딘가 가려본다는 취지라고 보면 될거 같고 그래서 nba 에서도 우승팀 또는 준우승팀이 갔던거 같고요, 위 영상의 불스가 출전했을때 불스는 PIP 과 로드맨이 없네요 --; 게다가 쿠코치까지 최악의 컨디션이었나 봅니다. 그래서 첫겜은 고전한거 같은데 집중 좀 해주신 결승전은 유럽챔피온 상대로 쉽게 완승을 거두는 걸 보면 역시 ~ 싶습니다. 상대도 부상선수등이 있었는지는 모르겠습니다만.

[pippen76]

승부욕의 화신이신.. 그분에게 대충.. 은 없습니다.. ㅎㅎ

[Randolph_Blues]

노래 좋네~ ㅋ

[killmesoft]

마사장님 플레이를 보면서 항상 느끼는거지만 얼마나 연습하면 저 점프샷이 몸에 익숙해질까요? 비스무래하게 한번만 해도 주위에서 나이샷이라고 하는 훼이드어웨이를 할때마다 성공시키는걸 보면 정말 답이 없다는 생각 외에는 들지 않네요 -_-

[Cross]

아.. 정말 잘하네요 - -;; 조던..

[david kim]

아~~~ 저 완벽하고 부드럽고 이질적인 페이더웨이와 리ㅣㄹ리리리리리릴리스~~

[urmysoul]

역시 완벽하네요.

[Juan Veron]

끝나고 들어갈때 정말 황제의 풍모..

[케이지가넷]

음악만 바꾸면 좋을거 같은데..

[Mr. Basket]

정말 잘한다... 슛팅가드란 이런것이다 라고 보여주는듯... 라이브 오버롤로 치면 99.9가 나올 슈가 ㅡㅡ; 잡담이지만 왜 라이브 오버롤에는 더블클러치는 없는겨.... ㅜㅜ 있으면 좋겠는데... 개인적으로는 조던의 더블클러치가 제일 멋있는데... 라이브에서 쓸수가 없어서... ㅜㅜ

[Air Jordan.23]

딱 이거네 공중에서 떠서 내려가네...그면 던져야지