1987 Game 2 Chicago Bulls @ Boston Celtics Michael and Larry

I've got to thank this uploader for putting up all these games from the 1980's when the NBA was REALLY competitive and great unlike the current NBA!!! About this game, a couple of things I need to comment on. Everyone talks about Jordan scoring 63 against Boston in the 1986 playoffs but it looks like Jordan ABUSED Boston in the 1987 playoffs too!! Jordan's '87 playoffs against Boston gets overlooked. Jordan's stellar playoff performances against Boston in 1986 and 1987 foreshadowed the epic playoff performer he became as he punished the Cavs for the next two years in the playoffs and then went on to win 6 Finals MVP's!! Also, Charles Oakley scored 25 POINTS in this game!! That's probably a playoff career-high for Oakley. I don't recall him EVER putting up enough shots to score 25 points in a game in his career. A poster on here mentioned that this (1986-87) would have been Len Bias' rookie year and first playoffs. Based on the assumption that Bias would have been a superstar, you can imagine how dominant Boston would have been if they had a 6-8, athletic guy who could hit mid-range jumpers like Bias on this roster. Would they have started Bias or brought him off the bench? Finally, the Bulls would go on to make several FRANCHISE-ALTERING decisions a few months after this game was played when they selected SCOTT Pippen and Horace Grant in the first round of 1987 NBA Draft. The Bulls adding Pippen and Grant was pretty much the final pieces of the championship dynasty that the Bulls would eventually become beginning in 1990-91.

NBA on cbs just hit different.

I actually find this game more fun and enjoyable to watch than the 1986 Celtics-Bulls game 2

This is awesome!!

one thing is for certain. Bias could’ve relieved Mchale and let him heal his foot 🦶

Sure Wish You Had Celtics Games From: "80-81", "83-84" & "85-86". But I'm Still Very Happy To Get These Games Too & Thank You.

Just noticed Jordan playing in the low top 2s. Ppl didnt play in low top hardly ever back then

Shoutout to Dick Motta, Mark Eaton, and the other names I last saw on my basketball card.

Another great post.

Great post. Thanks for the upload. And this great quality. Awesome. And here you see the young jordan way ahead of his time.

Len Bias would have been a rookie on this Celtics team. Pippen will be a rookie the following season

Always wonder what it would have been like for bird & magic to go to a crappy team like mj instead of play with hof players from the getgo.

Compare the rosters from 78 to 79. 79 has 3 hof players plus cornbread Maxwell. McHale & Parrish join the same year bird does. How ya gonna keep from winning? Duh.

Oakley was trash offensively

Really annoying the refer to Boston as "world" champions. Just factually inaccurate. They were NBA champions that was it. There was no world tournament for clubs .

F’in Bill Walton …. Totally agree with Shaq… overrated and nothing but a glorified benchwarmer

Discovering this time machine treasure made me excited to watch the NBA in 2024. Even the commercials. 🫶🏼👌🏽