It was like shark infested waters like Jordan tired Patrick Union, Karl Malone, Reggie Miller.

Everybody was like about to give me a ring.

Now it's just hilarious when you think about it that it was a fax.

I wonder how many people watching this don't even know what a fax machine is.

Sent that statement in the fast on back.

And then, you know, it was like a little rusty the first couple games and then just rattled off incredible performances.

But it's so iconic, just I'm back.

What else needed to be said?

This is when all of the fans from opposing teams went like this.

He's batch best about the reaction is a young fan bulls.

You know, I I just remember we need to get That was just like, Okay, so we're waiting and we're gonna win again.

That's amazing on That's kind of what happened.

I mean, it only took the next season where they put up a record 72 10 year well, until the warriors.

But, um, the bulls won a championship.

Others, there's the difference.

See, uh, em back out there you know, rest of these in trouble.

Down.

This is the double nickel five.

Five games after way were wondering, Is it gonna take some time to kick off the rust?

I don't know.

There was doubt that he'd get back to being really good, but I think there was some question about how long it would take serving notice right away.

He loved coming into the garden and shutting up the Knicks fan.

Spike Lee.

Any high life of NJ Barton is really, really bad for the city of New York.

I don't even have to watch the rest of this to know how it is.

The Knicks are gonna look sorry, and it is gonna be looking like you're welcome.

This the game, Would you like?

Okay, you're visiting back.

It was incredible.

I mean, it was one of his favorite stages.

Guard was absolutely electric.

People would find department days, market off on the calendars, thousands of down $2 to sit up front, watched a wife might come in and destroy their team.

I walked into the garden that night in the media entrance on Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street.

Now made famous slice like And as I'm walking in the door, a guy yells out to me, Did you $10,000 for your best Falls?

There's some guys staying.

So I watched the game from a ball in the closet.

M.

J.

And 45 as you would say to play games with you a minute.

You Daisy, watch this and he was like, I'm so sad for my whole city.

I'm still confused as to why, I don't know, forgive the reason used.

Why he had were the 45.

Still don't know why this day Watch Jordan story behind.

It's just you know what?

It's another example.

It's like so jerseys think the journey that I actually had.

My So I was already late to the party, actually, but I think about it likes to party.

So it was his 15 back when a $45.55 point ruining the entire city.

I'm gonna rank Jordan's 55 in the garden way up, maybe in my top 10 for sure.

Maybe in my top five drone performances of all time, that was magic.

There are no words to describe the magic of that night.

Read Rivers, where I need to get arrested again.

Same spot he's going to.

The free throw line wasn't gonna miss them.

I'm stopping.

It was like more surgical.

Just, you know, I don't think this spots you don't get to a pull up jumper.

It was just lose a big a beaut, man.

And that's the thing that we missed.

Today's games are just just stop on the dime.

You could stop.

Just elevated over.

Maybe you'll see that.

Get off me, John Starks.

Get off me!

Just John starts just getting all of the bad things.

But you gotta respect starts.

You know, there's always that story back emotions before he before he made it to the lead and then MJ made him want to go back in bag groceries.

Now, is this really worth it?

I hated John Starks so much when I was young.

Like I didn't really know what hate Waas what as faras the Innocents heat John Starks, John Starks had to give him a high five for that been stirred, smiling M J was back The money.

The money is back because this man was must see TV just Oh, Michael Jordan had a flair for the dramatic that was unmatched.

He lived in these moments.

You will be on the biggest stage pregnancies and Spike Lee party there.

Hold on.

Of course, the legend that is fighting in the New York Knickerbockers had the nerve to disrespected greatness.

How much he's put on for that franchise like you could be a Pistons fan will hold you down.

I went home with a whole movie after this.

If at this moment you had said, I'll give you $1000.

But Michael Jordan doesn't take your shot.

Not one person in the building taking up on that.

I got a guy wide open underneath the basket.

I got to do it, and I just couldn't tip the shot.

He couldn't.

Winter was fade away, but Knicks were so scared of that they have a second defender.

Adam, when he turned around in mid airs by the shooting, saw the guy in the whole wide open.

That's so good.

That's so good and such for basketball, the past past a winning I mean for the game winner.

It just It spoke to Michael at his best, Michael at his greatest Michael at his most theatrical, Michael, kicking the Knicks ass, which I know.

He specialized.

I think I believe, knowing him a little bit.

The teams You got the greatest job from beating Georgetown and Knicks.

Patrick Ewing's like, Why did I have to play in the same era as Michael Jordan?

They had a squad, and, uh, there was a series of years where not only could you play on the big stage, but they was gonna make you pay for it because there were a physical squad, every possession personal.

And that's what also now heightened their home court.

Mixed fans wanted this so badly they want to their crack at Jordan.

They've beaten the Bulls a year before, but it was one thing to beat them without my now.

They wanted them with my so for Michael to walk into that building for 55 points and then practically mock them by giving the ball up on the last possession to win the game.

It only made it bigger and better.

You took it.

You took it right here.

Everything else Knicks fans, which for Chicagoan is the greatest feeling in the world.

People just don't like literally a generation and 1/2 alone.

Don't know people that are 28.

They don't know people, people, people that are our 30 might have heard stories, but they were super young.

I was so fortunately when this and this would not.

I was 15 years old.

I was glued to TV like there was nothing else like matter, and it was just watching this mangled from 55 after not playing and not sweating, you know, n BA TV or ESPN.

I guess we've all sort of have the rights to this old footage.

Stop putting on the 2016 finals.

How lazy is that?

Get the Millennials away from the choices.

Put some really basketball.

So real great games on.

Put on some Jordan games, put on the double nickel game in the Garden.

If millennials don't like that, they're unplugged anyway.

While you're trying to appeal to them, put the Jordan double nickel game on against the Knicks in the Garden.

What's better than that?

Not anything from the 2000 teen stop.

Yeah, at all time.

Great performance.

And, um, no matter who puts up numbers or how big numbers go in, masses were gardens.

For me, one of the best, if not the best.

Given the circumstances, it was basically like if you didn't know, I'm still that new.

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