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00:00As he did in college at North Carolina against smaller players, got away from that because he had bigger teammates
00:05in the NBA.
00:06But he's gone back for a more inside game as of late while the dislocated finger is bothering him.
00:12Well, Dick, you can see just in his three-point shooting, he's only attempted 31 threes during the course of
00:18the year, and he's only shooting 19%.
00:21Seven on the shot clock.
00:22Jordan guarding Eddie Jones gets a piece of it.
00:25Campbell with two on the shot clock.
00:26And we will have five on the shot clock.
00:30Jordan does not get a good pass from Longley.
00:33Has to fire it up and hit for three.
00:35Well, Longley will throw that one to him every time.
00:38Lakers are back defensively.
00:40Kukoc.
00:42And Jordan with a fake.
00:44Michael Jordan went around Robert Ory as if he were invisible.
00:48That was a beautiful move by Tony Kukoc because he could have forced the shot, finding Michael on that baseline.
00:54And Kobe Bryant is going to make his entry right now.
00:58Bryant coming off a season's high 27 Friday against the seven matchup.
01:03You're going to see Kukoc, along with Michael Jordan, will be switching back and forth.
01:0831% shooting by the Lakers who had missed 11 in a row before that slam by Eldon Campbell.
01:12Great move by Jordan.
01:14And he scores.
01:15That was a classic Michael Jordan move going around.
01:18He's got seven.
01:19That was priceless.
01:21Absolutely priceless because he was triple teamed.
01:23Swifter Lakers in the early going.
01:2619 to 9.
01:27Chicago.
01:28Jordan.
01:28Great move inside.
01:30And Michael Jordan teaching Eddie Jones a few things out there.
01:33Now, he's an excellent defender.
01:35But you saw Michael gave him the entire repertoire.
01:38To head fake, the ball fake, and a step through.
01:41Shot off within three to four seconds.
01:42And Jordan is fouled by Eddie Joe.
01:46Over 26 points a game.
01:48Along with Eldon Campbell and Nick Van Exel.
01:50He muscles it up there, but he leaves it short.
01:53Kobe Bryant shooting and hitting with Michael Jordan in his face.
01:57So, Bryant getting his first points of the game.
02:01Remember, he only plays 26 minutes.
02:03He gets off 13 shots.
02:05We saw three of those highlights a week ago against the Golden State Warriors.
02:09And Kobe Bryant at 19 goes for the fake and fouls Michael Jordan.
02:15Now, right here, you're going to see this is a good ball fake by Michael.
02:18Gets him up in the air.
02:19Now, take your time and hope that you can shoot through it.
02:23Jordan in the previous game.
02:24So, they feel their pick any time that you take care of the defensive boards.
02:28And you hold people down and shooting.
02:30Oh, ho!
02:31There it is.
02:32Couldn't hold him down.
02:33That's Kobe Bryant.
02:34Playing center.
02:35And he's been good.
02:36He's a third stringer.
02:37He plays maybe better than a lot of backups in the NBA at center.
02:40Kobe Bryant hitting a three from outside.
02:44We'll meet again February 1st at the floor.
02:47Fisher inside.
02:48Fall away by Kobe Bryant.
02:51Is there anything he can't do anywhere on the floor?
02:53That was such a difficult shot because he was moving.
02:57He caught it and threw a fade away.
02:59He's coming alive.
03:01There is Michael Jordan finally over.
03:03Or he hits.
03:04Michael Jordan gets his first points of the second quarter.
03:08A move to the baseline and a foul against Rick Fox.
03:13You can see some imposing stats.
03:15They're shooting 43% from the field.
03:17That's 23rd in the late.
03:2030% in threes and only 68% on the line.
03:24Jordan is fouled.
03:26The foul shots.
03:27Michael Jordan this season versus his career.
03:30Well, you can see he's six points down from his career.
03:33But how about the field goal percentage?
03:35He's nine down from his career average.
03:38The field goal attempts are the same, so it's not that.
03:41So it's the foul shooting is down and then his field goal percentage is down.
03:46Winnington hopping over or he hits.
03:48Bill Winnington, that's what he does better.
03:51Defending world champs on their floor.
03:53You're going to be behind by Double D.
03:55With his quickness because we had him earlier this season.
03:57And I think the Bulls will have something to say.
04:01And they're looking for you to get in a tough matchup.
04:04They've got 4.5 seconds, just plenty of time.
04:06Here's Michael Jordan.
04:07He's got the catch and he's got Bushler for the layup underneath.
04:11As the Lakers fall asleep defensively.
04:141.9 remaining.
04:16Rick Fox fires it up and misses as the Chicago Bulls hold the top scoring team in the NBA to
04:24only 41 points.
04:26To come back.
04:27And speaking of explosiveness, what about Michael Jordan?
04:29Yes.
04:30Oh, this guy right now, he just looked at us and said, so much for my index finger.
04:35That's this located.
04:36That was a 3.
04:37Beautiful head fake right there.
04:38And this is just a strong move finishing with that good left hand.
04:43This is what we mean by his quickness.
04:45He's been quick all night.
04:47The head fake and then the up and under step through.
04:49Dennis Rotman saves it.
04:50That is 11 rebounds for Dennis and yet another offensive rebound by the Bulls.
04:55Great pass.
04:56Jordan from Pukoc.
04:58And the Bulls extend their lead.
05:00Pukoc.
05:01Bulls are making it look easy so far in this game.
05:04Michael Jordan with a spin move in the lane.
05:06He's got 25.
05:08Now keep an eye on Dennis as he picks it back.
05:11And then Pukoc gets it over to Michael.
05:14Now Michael will come down in here.
05:16Come back out with a beautiful spin move.
05:19Despite the dislocated index finger which affected his shooting.
05:24A lot of players would like to be affected by the finger the way it's affected Michael Jordan tonight.
05:30He has 25 points.
05:32He gets the playoff time in the matchups.
05:34Kobe Bryant is guarded by Michael Jordan.
05:37And they fall away by Kobe Bryant.
05:40That's the future.
05:41And even Michael Jordan will tell you that Kobe Bryant is the future of the NBA.
05:45You're looking at the present and the future.
05:48Right there.
05:49It is 69 to 49.
05:50A 20-point Bulls lead.
05:52Michael is all over him.
05:53Right in his face.
05:55And Jordan with a move to the basket.
05:57We've got a little show going on here.
05:58This replay of Kobe.
06:00You see he's coming off a baseline screen.
06:03Now watch Michael.
06:04Michael's right on him now.
06:06Now this is just a quick move.
06:07Michael's right up in his face.
06:09Nothing but net.
06:10At the other end Michael says,
06:12Look, I'm turning on him and I'm taking him.
06:14Head fake, take him strong.
06:15Never really in this game.
06:17They took a 5-0 lead.
06:19And that was it for them.
06:21Kobe Bryant fouled by Jordan.
06:23And he'll go to the line.
06:25In 26 minutes a game.
06:29Jordan guarded by Kobe Bryant.
06:32See what he does against the youngster.
06:34Off balance.
06:35Missed the tip.
06:36Rodman almost picked it in.
06:37And here come the Lakers.
06:39Kobe Bryant going to the hoop.
06:42Kobe Bryant, his father Joe Jellybean Bryant,
06:46played in the NBA.
06:47So he was well schooled in this league when he came aboard.
06:50As an old-timer.
06:53And Kobe Bryant blocking Randy Brown into the hands of Nick Van Exel.
06:58Have to be careful there now.
06:59You give him one.
07:00And Harper hits.
07:02But the Lakers struggling with the people of work.
07:04Couldn't listen to be good three-point shooting.
07:06And Eddie Jones got into foul trouble.
07:08Kobe Bryant with 16 points.
07:121 for 10 from the field.
07:14Under a half a minute remaining in the third quarter.
07:17Michael Jordan with the short jumper.
07:1929 for MJ.
07:21And they challenge you in the lane.
07:23That's 37% shooting by the Lakers as Kobe Bryant.
07:28There you see the Lakers out on the floor.
07:30When you think about how many times he scored over 50 points a game.
07:35Kobe Bryant up and under and fouled by Luke Longley.
07:40Well, this is just a strong move by Kobe.
07:41But you can see when he's out on the floor, he has the instant letters in traffic.
07:47Only who goes out with 23 points.
07:49Kobe Bryant, 10 minutes to go.
07:51You're not giving up.
07:52You're just saying we need some stops for some turnovers.
07:56No stop there.
07:5731 for Michael Jordan.
07:59Harper was more of an offensive player before he came to Chicago.
08:03Kind of regained that again.
08:05And an offensive foul is the call.
08:08The minute that we have played here this evening.
08:09But this is how they play defense most nights.
08:12Michael Jordan gets two more.
08:1434 for Jordan.
08:15And the Bulls playing on both ends.
08:18His first shot.
08:19Eldon Campbell has it slapped away by Jordan.
08:23Love the way the Bulls have not given an inch, even with their big lead most of the game.
08:29Jordan trying to get it inside, but the Lakers get it back.
08:32Here is Kobe Bryant with a reverse layup.
08:35Beautiful.
08:37Great move by Kobe Bryant.
08:39See, he has the vision in that move to see that the guy was coming for the shot block.
08:46I mentioned how he got his first name, Kobe.
08:49Look at the impact tonight.
08:5123 minutes, 21 points to lead the team.
08:54And he has nearly half of the Lakers' second-half points.
08:58With 26, nothing to shout about.
09:01A little advice from the master right here.
09:04Well, the one thing about him is that he keeps it alive.
09:09Morrell active, making the most of his playing time in the second half.
09:13Jordan looking for room and hits the jumper.
09:1536 points now for Michael Jordan.
09:18Coming off.
09:18Luke Longley also on the bench after establishing a career high of 23.
09:23Kobe Bryant with his second three-point basket now with 24 points.
09:28Turn it over to the Lakers, and here's Bryant.
09:31Wow!
09:32Let's get the slam dunk back into the All-Star game after that one, huh?
09:36I'll tell you, that was impressive.
09:37That was impressive.
09:39He's impressive.
09:40You know Michael Jordan is impressed with that.
09:43Well, every time that he gets an opportunity from here to the end of the game, he's got to try
09:46something.
09:47Now he's made a three, and then that whirlwind wickle.
09:50There you go.
09:51Points of the game for Joe Klein.
09:54Kobe Bryant fires and hits a three by Bryant.
09:57He's got 29 points, and he is one point away from his season's high.
10:0426-point effort in his own right.
10:07Lonzo Morning will be back now with Miami.
10:11That's right, Indiana and Cleveland playing excellent basketball.
10:15Cleveland doing it with four rookies out of their first six players.
10:18Charlotte, they've got firepower.
10:20Absolutely.
10:21This is a dynamite, dynamite Eastern Conference.
10:25And the dynamite player at 19 years of age, Kobe Bryant, now with 32 points.
10:31And that is a season's high for him.
10:33So he has gone up the ladder in the last three games, 27 Friday against the Rockets, 30 Sunday against
10:40the Mavericks.
10:41And he's got 33 points tonight against the Chicago Bulls.
10:46He doesn't ski with one ski either.
10:49Yeah, there you go.
10:50I mean, this young guy's got a three-point game.
10:53What he doesn't do, you name it, he can do it.
10:56Game is over, and the Chicago Bulls send a message to the L.A. Lakers,
11:00although Kobe Bryant has sent a message to everyone else that he is the future.
11:06Michael Jordan with 36 to lead the Bulls.
11:09Kobe Bryant with 33 to top the Lakers.
11:12The final score, the Chicago Bulls 104, the L.A. Lakers 83,
11:17as the Bulls hold the Lakers to their lowest scoring output of the season, 83 points.
11:23And right now, let's go to Brian Burwell.
11:24All right, it's not as though at this stage in his career that he needs to make statement games,
11:29but, Michael Jordan, this was a pretty good statement for you tonight.
11:33Well, I don't know about a statement.
11:34I think, you know, I was just trying to go out there and do my job
11:37and see how we can come out and fight a team that's very young, very agile.
11:43They're without a key player, but we were able to hold our balance
11:46and more or less control the tempo and not let them outrun us.
11:50We got their big scores in the foul trouble early in the first half.
11:53We were able to take advantage of that.
11:55Your evaluation of the young fella, Kobe?
11:57I remember I was young like that.
11:59He certainly has a lot of skills, and you see that.
12:01He's got a lot of confidence, and I think it's just a matter of time for him.
12:04You know, you realize how good he is.
12:06He's actually in his second year of college, and certainly he's learned a lot.
12:10He's in a top league, actually, and he's certainly going to learn a lot more,
12:15and he's going to be a lot better if he keeps improving.
12:17Did you impart any wisdom to him throughout the game?
12:21Oh, yeah.
12:21He asked me one question when we were down, you know, bent down at half court,
12:25and he wanted to know how, when I turn around on my jump shot, how to lock the defense
12:29and how to feel the defense.
12:30I told him you should feel the defense with your legs.
12:33Once you feel the defense with your legs, you more or less got to feel where the defense is,
12:36and you can take advantage of that.
12:37So you don't have a problem giving away trade secrets during a game?
12:41Not at all.
12:42You know, it's just a matter of, you know, I think that enhances his basketball skill,
12:46and, you know, someone did that for me, and certainly I'm not against giving him any kind of,
12:51you know, hints about his game if he asks.
12:53I'm certainly not going to, you know, come out and try to, you know, give him too much information.
12:57The kid, he's learned a lot in the short amount of time he's been in the league,
13:00and believe me, he's going to continue to learn.
13:02Just like to wonder what he would have done in a Carolina blue uniform, right?
13:05All right.
13:06Thanks a lot, Mike.
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