Michael Jordan vs Kobe Bryant 1997 - Bulls vs Lakers - December 17, 1997 Points: Jordan 36 Kobe 33

When the 1991 NBA Finals came to an end, one MJ passed the torch to another MJ, a new era began as the Bulls won their first of five NBA championships. Seven seasons later, there's a new kid on the block, Kobe Bryant, some call him The Heir. The 19-year-old is seemingly the future of a rebuilt Lakers lineup equipped to end the Bulls' championship run. This is the end of an era in which the injury-laden Bulls remain food contenders and have set the championship standard the Lakers want to achieve. welcome foreigner to Chicago and there's a buzz at the United Center here that you only get in very special games and we have one tonight when the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Chicago Bulls, the Lakers came out of first place in the middle of the Division Pacific and the defending world champions right now in the middle of the pack in the center and good evening everyone.

I'm Dick Stockton along with Hubie Brown and Brian Burwell are these the two teams that are destined to meet in the NBA Finals in June or are we witnessing a passing of the baton from the Bulls to the Lakers. In any case, we have a standout matchup with both teams playing at or near the top of their game. He will be the Lakers' continued success without Shaquille. O'Neal they are 10-5 without him and it's because they have a deep team and they don't really depend on one man at all, well they are rotating 10 players, five averaging double figures and no one tries more than 13 . shots that are important when they score 100

points

or more, they have a 14-0 record, so you have to keep them in a half-court game where they only have four wins and five losses, it is a deep bench and they arrive with 37

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faced per game.

Kobe Bryant and then they have the inside cut and post-up game that takes them to the foul line 32 times a night. You must solve the half-court trap. Doing so will keep them out of transition basketball. Now the Bull are also without important stars. Everyone knows that Scottie Pippen won't be back until January and when we talk about Michael Jordan we always talk about his offensive exploits. He leaves the NBA in scoring, but defensively tonight he will have to compete with Eddie Jones and then Off. The Bench Kobe Bryant, yeah, you're looking at a tough night for Michael because he has to do it on both ends of the court and he's also struggling with his shot for the first time in his career. 42 field goals, only 19 in triples. 76 at the line, well below their averages, this team, by the way, only one player shoots above 45 percent and that's Tony Cucos, so how are they doing well?

We're going to give it to them in a big way, they're 10-1 in Points at home allowed 86 seconds in the league. How's that field goal percentage against just 41 percent rebounding? They are a definite advantage thanks to Dennis Rodman and at any given time that coach, as well as Harper, gives them a very difficult team to beat offensively. In this building and even without Shaq and Pippen we have a lot of stars tonight and Michael and Kobe maybe a game within a game. Kobe is the star of the future and it's no different than when I had to play against Dr.

J and Walter. Davis and some of the other great players, I think that's the highlight of the game, but I think the game is a little bit deeper than just two individuals, but I'm pretty sure there will be enough excitement or just expectations of excitement in the course of the game that will keep everyone on the edge of their seats oh yeah that's fun that's what this game is about you know you have two great teams playing against each other the challenges are there the excitement is there now It's time to go out and play and let it all hang out right now we're going to the United Center the heavyweights on vacation, Lakers and Bulls, Eddie Jones leads a deep and talented roster in Chicago, where Michael Jordan has remained steady helping the Bulls win 10 of 11 at home The Chicago Stockton Brown and Burwell set it up next.

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I talked to Coach Garyvee and he told me that Shaq is doing individual training in Los Angeles and that they are going to evaluate him with a seven. one day period to determine when he will return, now no one has said anything officially, but I am told that he will return on December 26th at home against the Clippers, which is a nice Christmas gift for all those Lakers fans. true Brian, thank you very much Dale Harris, a very stable man and an exciting basketball club. In a way he enjoys what this Lakers team has done. They are one of the most colorful teams in the league and Phil Jackson is trying to win another world championship. his team, but they seem to have more adversity every year, well the biggest problem has been shooting as a team, also Michael Jordan below 50 percent and then you have the lack of winning on the road, there are only four of eight outside of home. this is something in their five championship seasons in which they had the best or second best road record on the lake.

We have an issue with the game clock, hence the delay before kickoff, and of course the Bulls greatly missed Scottie Pippen, who is expected. In January, after surgery on his left foot and all the rumors of a trade and Pippin's dissatisfaction and the possibility that they could still work things out, but Scottie Pippen, an unhappy injured player right now with the Bulls, is well on four occasions. I said I will never play here again now that February 19 is the trade deadline, so management has to make a decision: do they waive him for the future, keep him happy for the rest of the season and in the future, or do they change it? okay and then getting something in return now it's interesting the names we hear we hear Eddie Jones Austin Stackhouse Smith we hear some interesting people now can they pull off something like this?

Well, everything has to stay within the salary cap and speaking of that. Eddie Jones, who is the star of the Lakers these days, this is a big game for both teams even though it is one of two regular season games and it is mid-December, remember the results of these games and Eddie Jones talked about playing the world champion Chicago Bulls, well we have to take it as another game, a game where you know they are world champions and we want to be world champions and I think we have to go out and play very hard and just come out with a victory you know it's interesting how these players downplay the importance of this game but yubi you know when they win the game whichever side wins they will say this was a statement game oh absolutely I agree agree 100% and when you think Dick, the Lakers are averaging 107 points per game and have the number one best differential, 10 points per game, without Shaquille O'Neal, that's incredible when he joins this team, if they ever make it a good step in the second half of the season. then taking it to the playoffs is definitely going to be difficult to handle and there you can see where they rank first in points on field goals and point differential, which is really one of the most important measuring sticks for NBA teams and The reason we have the delay once again, we are having an issue with the game clock and while we work to fix it at the scorer's table, we will send it to our Atlanta studios and an update of the scores of the games that are They are playing correctly.

Now, right now, let's send it to Atlanta. Alright, thank you very much, Dick Stockton, again, a clock problem there in Chicago, so the anticipation of this game between the Lakers and the Bulls will make you wait a little longer, but it's going to be worth it, uh, remember our Words, in the meantime, let's give you a quick refresher on these scores this Wednesday night, much of the action played early in Detroit in New Jersey is seen there in the second quarter with a three-point Pistons lead . Minnesota struggling loses 10 of 13. They are on the road against the 76ers but with the lead in the second quarter of the game Miami Heat Alonzo Morning back in uniform for the heat did not start played eight points in the half and three fouls. but a decidedly Washington game at this time at halftime Milwaukee and Charlotte the Bucks had lost three in a row Charlotte's lead 1-4 of six consecutive points in less than eight minutes to play in the second quarter Cavs Atlanta big Central Division showdown that takes place in the Georgia Dome all tied at 33 now for Cleveland and Atlanta Boston and Toronto the Raptors at a dismal 2 and 21 for the season Boston is doing things in the third quarter that has just started in the Sky Dome and the Knicks and Pacers are night is always a good matchup at halftime Indiana 43-40, the Knicks won the eighth of the last 11 against the Pacers, but Cheryl returned to Alonso in the morning back in the lineup in late September, surgery for him for that knee left, what did you see in that first half so far to let you know that? maybe Zozo will be okay, everything will be okay, well Vince had knee surgery, the only question you always wonder is if the knee will be stable and we saw him with a quick jump from the baseline, cutting towards the medium and we wanted to see first of all if it would be favoring the need, that was not the case and the only thing I want him to be very curious about is to see if he was going to return with the same intensity and the same aggressiveness that he had before the surgery, but there is no substitute to go out and hit the guys, no, you just need your first hit to stabilize that knee, then you'll be fine, let's rest and then we'll bring you back to the United States.

Center Lakers and Bulls getting ready to start, see you in a moment, joke and welcome back to the United Center, it is not yet underway due to the problem with the game clock, the Lakers and Bulls are getting ready to start and with all the great structure. This drama came to a screeching halt before it started, but you know, once we get started, it should be pretty interesting and let's see if we can get a report now from Brian Burwell on the issue. Brian, well, idiot, they say that. the game clock is fine, it's the 24 second clock that's out of order and what they're going to try to do is follow it and use the stopwatch as a portable timer for the 24 second clock and I and I assume they'll just have it . yell at the referees with less than 10 seconds left to let the players know and that's what we have now.

They are still trying to figure this out. They have about two or three workers coming and going. I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with the 24 second clock, so that's all I know for now. Again, O'Brien, they should give you one of those watches, one of those stopwatches to time the 24-second clock, but it's more important that You'll be there as we watch the players putting on their jerseys, some of them are shooting, you speed up, You go through warm-ups, the same routine and now you stop, what does all this mean to them? Well, you know it depends.

About the guy, every guy is affected differently, the main thing is that once they go up and down the floor, they will break the second slide, everything will be fine and as far as launching the portable stop is concerned, what They will usually announce it with 10 seconds or five seconds, they will talk to both coaches and then they will count down. Now I'm a little surprised they didn't come out in the old days, where you had 24-second clocks on the floor in corners in Baseline. I'm surprised they didn't come out with those, the portable ones, they're going to use the horn they just heard to signal the end of the 24 second clock, but it looks like we're ready to go now as the players crowd around Phil Jackson exactly ago one year these teams play The Dandy the Bulls recovered by 22 and one in overtime at the end of the quarter everything was Tony Cucos hitting a three with 45 seconds left to tie the score at 114 and made two free throws with four seconds left to tie markerto 116, sending the game to overtime.

It was a 22-point lead in favor of the Lakers. Here's Tony, the cool coach with the big three and the final score in overtime the Lakers won 23 losing to the Bulls 129-123 Tony Cucos had 31 points Michael Jordan 30 and Scottie Pippen had 35. Will settle for something similar. I think the United States would take care of that. I know. right start to the game, if you're a Chicago Bull fan the only time the club really played well this year was when Michael shot his 50 percent and then Cucos and Harper came in with 15+ points and Dennis Rodman had a great night bouncing between the 15 and the 20. and that way you need pressure from the bench to come up with big numbers because when you move Cucos to that starting lineup, his production on the bench drops, plus Steve Kerr and Bill Wennington missed 10 games in these first 22 games. already for the season, so this has been an important loss for this club.

Note that the Bulls, who typically have no more than three players scoring in double figures, had five players in double figures on Monday when they defeated the Phoenix Suns 111-104, which matched their highest point total of the year, but keep in mind that the other time the Bulls scored 111 points was in the double overtime victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, so the 111 was significant and there you see the two players who have really taken a step forward. Lately Tony Cucos 68 right now is the number one player in three point field goals in the NBA and Ron Harper also scored again.

It's not really a surprise because Ron Harper had a reputation for being scored before he came here. Ron Harper played well. for Cleveland and Lenny Wilkins averaged over 20 points per game on two occasions when he went to the Clippers he did it another time, we're talking about three times he averaged over 20 during the year he had a career 18 points per game before of wine here now, naturally, here you got your top three scores, so his shot attempts were always down, but now, without overcoming that lineup, he has to step up and it's not like he hasn't before. we had a 15. -One minute delay and if they don't start soon I'll read every NBA team's losing record plus their behind game percentages and no one wants to hear all that, yeah well with another update.

They are going to love this, they are trying to find an old 24 second clock to use and they are not sure if there is one in the building so now what they are trying to figure out is if they use the stopwatches what will they do to let you know when the time comes? The 24-second clock has run out. They don't want to use a whistle because that would be confusing because the referees are more into fouls, so right now they're confused. I'm not really sure what they're going to do right, what's with the horn we heard?

They're working on it to see if it works, if they can do it and I think that's what they're trying to see right now. If they can operate that horn manually, where are they going to find an old 24 second? They are looking around. I asked someone. Yeah, they're not even sure about the building. They are in the closet. I think there's a boys club around the corner. Yeah and you won't find anything there that's been demolished so they're the official Steve in the middle, Sean Corbin and David Jones, the other officials working another minute, they're disconnecting that one, you're disconnecting a board and they.

I'm going to put another one in there, the third one. I understand that this is now the third board. It's okay and everything is fine. Modern science. You know, naturally, it's setting us back to the good old days in the ABA and the NBA. Do you know this was common? occurrence that would be resolved in the blink of an eye, where are you? Danny Biosone, the old Syracuse Nats, the owner, who invented the 24-second clock. Well, we'll start soon, we hope, but we have additional coverage. and first we'll send you to Atlanta and our friend Vince Cellini along with Vince, thanks, idiot, and I have some needle nose pliers and a Phillips screwdriver in my car.

I wish I was out there, fixing that one, two, three, but In the meantime, we'll send you to the Georgia Dome, the Cavs and the Hawks in the Central Division and pick this up. Here's our bonus cover for the United Center, Dick Stockton, Hubie Brown, more electronics fun with the Lakers and Bulls, foreigner Vince. Thank you very much Cleveland nine and three on the road and challenging the Atlanta Hawks. We'll get more on that game as we go, but we're ready to go now as the Lakers and Bulls prepare to tip it off. We've been on a 19 minute delay at this point, the Bulls are on the court ready to go and the Lakers will follow when they mention it.

Michael Jordan has a dislocated index finger on his right hand and is talking to him before the game. He said that he has no feeling in the shot and the shots are flat and that is why he does not know that he has been handling a ball to try to recover the field and what he has done is change his game a little. He is operating. more in the paint like he did in college at North Carolina against smaller players he got away with that because he had bigger teammates in the NBA, but lately he's come back for a more inside game while the dislocated finger bothers him, well , idiot, you can.

Look, on his three-point shots, he's only attempted 31-3 over the course of the year and he's only shooting 19. We're talking about Michael Jordan, who before he retired, you know, he shot 34 in the old days with the old line. a lot of people say well, maybe it's the line, it's definitely not the right one Elvin Campbell puts it in for the first points and we understand that all the clocks are running at this moment and he runs away and loses the ball by mistake to Robert Horry now that there was a very soft full court trap and there's your first turnover and Nick Van Exel hits the three, he's second after Leslie, person in the NBA frozen and suddenly five nothing, Lakers, well you gotta remember which force the turnips to go outdoors.

There are not so many layups on the floor, you have to be careful because they are dangerous from three points in their transition game. Eight seconds on the shot clock and Ron Harper gets the Chicago Bulls going after his score. The Lakers pushed the ball very, very quickly. and then they look back ball reversal here anything can happen Eldon Campbell travels before the shot without a basket and gives it to the Bulls this is the first meeting between these teams this year they split last season in fact they have evenly split their last 16 games but Chicago won the last two at home against the teams that have caught the Bulls have given them problems, whether in a full quarter-court, three-quarter-court, or half-court traffic.

Harper posts against Nick Van Exel and suddenly Robert is already on the scene. Dennis Rodman fails. the layup gets its own rebound and a new watch that was a beautiful pass from Harper Longley is now defended by Ori whose coach will shoot a three-pointer and hit Tony Coucos in the 48th leading the final three-point percentage, well it's definitely in the pace, he's shooting 48 from the field and a pretty consistent 48-3 as it's been almost two minutes after a 19 minute delay due to a clock issue opening this game seven on the shot clock. Norton tags Eddie Jones and gets a piece.

Campbell with two on the shot clock and we will have a foul on the arm as shown by one second on the clock and Michael Jordan committing the foul well. Elden Campbell has many facets to his game, he can make the jump shot facing the basket. at 18 or 20 feet and he has success, he can hook inside, he has the fade and he can put the ball on the ground, you have to pay attention to this guy starting his 14th game and has impressive numbers without Shaq he had 22 last night against Minnesota. The Timberwolves are 10 of 12 from the line, so when their center goes to the free throw line and double figures they do well, that's why we brought it to the point at the top of the show, they get to the line 32 tries tonight, you say.

Well, what's the problem? Well, first of all, he gives you easy points and the other thing is he gets fouled in the front court. The people on the other team's court match the substitutions. The Lakers by two. Just over two minutes have passed in the first quarter. The Bulls are coming. with a record of 14-9 in the middle of the Central Division five on the shot clock Jordan doesn't get a good pass from Longley he has to shoot and hit the three well only we'll throw that one at him every time, right? so much for a bad finger, it was a line shot.

Ori comes back and misses from Beyond The Arc and Rodman with the rebound. Dennis Rodman returns to the top. The leader in rebounds in the NBA passes Charles Barkley, who was in front. Longley working against Eldon. Campbell with a drop and only went down with his basket. Well, I like Longley's game this year. He is averaging around 12 points per game, only three goals in double figures that he was able to coach and Michael Joy has been great when the coach was up and down. playing sporadic basketball at the beginning of the year Eddie Jones with a good move against Jordan gets his own rebound and inside Robert Horry finds Rick Fox Fox has been an offensive demon lately but misses from the outside and a flurry of perimeter shots early In the Halfway through, the Lakers are going 19-3 in the game, so you know they're going to get taken any time you blink at Michael Jordan with a drop and a fumble goes to Ron Harper.

Two and a half minutes have passed for three and one. half in fact and a blocking foul a penalty against Eddie Jones the Lakers if you solve their trap in the middle of the court that prevents them from coming out on the fast break if you shoot and miss and crash the offensive backboard and keep the ball alive, you keep them out from Quick Break basketball oh nice place screams and rolls Luke Longley misses the layup that was wide open underneath on a perfect pass from George Luke has to send that down with a dunk that was very soft and Exxon runs Harper on a swing and a shot Van Nixel's wild misses Longley with the rebound and here are Harper The Lakers are back on the defensive and Jordan with a feint, yes.

Uncle Jordan surrounded Robert Horry as if he were invisible. It was a beautiful move by Tony Kukos because he could have forced the shot and found Michael on that baseline. From a screen Rick Fox comes from a 30 point game in the last couple that the Lakers have played and it seems that he is looking for 30 in the first quarter when he makes the shot and the top gives it to the Bulls so that the Lakers fought from the start with only two of 10 field goals, now just keep an eye to the left of your screen, you'll see Cuckoge take the double team and drop it into a beautiful Michael Five fake for Michael Jordan and the Bulls.

They lead 12-7 two coaches from the corner Eldon Campbell with a rebound this Lakers team will rise quickly leading offensive team in the NBA Eddie Jones in your face will advise you a three-point attempt, that is their game and they are going to live according to that, they go Exelon Jones, they both try five triples again, so you know every time you go down, you leave, it's double team on Harper, solo outside pops and that's what the bull center does, crosses through of the best, they move to 12. -18 footer, well, now you have to pay attention if you are the Lakers and say: listen to our outside game.

I like this timeout in yellow. Our outside game is having problems. We're two for 11 on our last 11 shots. We are not. getting a second shot attempt is everything Bulls relief can't come fast enough when you have diarrhea we have a problem we have a delay we are going to miss our window our boy needs Imodium A.D you need something faster faster introducing Imodium Advanced with a new formula that adds a second medication for more complete relief that is even faster than Imodium AD nothing works like the new Imodium Advanced fastest relief you can count on the year is 2013.

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Neither team is double teaming on the ensuing play. They both say you know what to write down.above the defender. The Bulls are 10-1 at home, losing only to the Washington Wizards on Nov. 12 and that. It's the third three-point basket for Chicago, so now the Bulls have a 17-7 lead, so we're playing the second game on a five-game trip. Elgin Campbell struggles to get out, but the muscle lag is greater, yes, and that's a good word because he definitely got fouled, he got mugged on that shot and if they're going to allow that much contact in the low post, Campbell is going to have problems.

Jordan with an unusual aerial ball, but two coaches at the other end with a quick. pass to Longley dropped in hand with Rick Fox The Lakers have missed their last 11 shots the Bulls knock him down It's still the Lakers ball now dick that was a beautiful move that was a hesitation stuttered dribble by Van Exel Harper was faked but he recovered by reaching from behind and getting that deflection 525 left in the first quarter and Kobe Bryant is going to make his entrance right now. Brian is coming off The Season's High 27 on Friday against Houston and topped that Sunday with a 30-point effort. against the Dallas Mavericks Rick Fox had problems early and went to the bench Kobe Bryant has been the leading reserve scorer in the NBA and winning was really very positive at only 19 years old.

Now this is a tough matchup where you're going to see a great coach along with Michael Jordan switch back and forth to two and three Campbell on the screen and roll in the basket and a delay of game warning is called against the Lakers, yeah , the referees will leave you alone if you hit the ball hard, everything is fine, but as soon as you touch it. away from the throw-in, then they will call for a delay again 21 shots from the Lakers who had missed 11 in a row before that Slam by Eldon Campbell, great move by Jordan and he scores, it was a classic move by Michael Jordan, he has seven, that was No It is priceless, absolutely Priceless because it was a triple team.

Here is the screen and the reel and a role of Elton Campbell comes out speaking. He is taking a while to recover. The Bulls show much more energy than the younger, faster Lakers early on. Chicago with a record of 19-9. Jordan great. move in and Michael Jordan teaches Eddie Jones some things out there, hey, Jones is an excellent defender, but you saw that Michael gave him the whole repertoire to fake the ball with his head and step, and Exel with a pretty movement ingenious warned himself from time to time. by Robert Horry and I think with Kobe Bryant in town and I think Michael Jordan had enough incentive, forget about the Lakers Bulls who coached or should I say Longley from the open corner and The Bulls Out big 23-9 and finally Nick Van Exel. with a lay-in you can see right now the Lakers no matter how much they are fighting every time Chicago scores, they are pushing the ball quickly and they are making a shot in three or four seconds and Eddie Jones commits a foul on Jordan.

Impressive to pick it up after the baskets in May, but what an early show from Michael Jordan, now you'll see it here. Michael got double teamed right there and he comes back and picks him up with his left hand and now just look at Michael giving. you are the fake with the head and when he passes by here, now there is your step with the fake and because that step creates such distance from the defender, he is going up in Easy Jordan, leading the NBA and scoring more than 26 points per game, Eddie Jones. His second foul substitutions come with Corey Blunt, a former Chicago Bull who played three years with the Bulls and has done the job off the glass for the Lakers.

Rick Fox re-enters the game and Kobe Bryant is there now along with Eldon Campbell and Nick Van Nixle Jordan with the free throws has 11 and the Bulls lead by 14. The main thing for the Lakers at this moment is to continue with their main offensive work , work first on the inner game and then everything else will be much easier. Campbell and again Longley doing a good job body on Eldon Campbell and a technical foul can penalize Dale Harris Maybe by Design yes and no no by Design he is good, he is very good and I agree with him 100 because Campbell has just been assaulted again now that he's on his In the last three offensive moves, he's been fouled on all three and there's no way you're going to be able to work your offense when you're working with your pivots, if they're going to allow all that contact with Campbell on every down, he's gone to the referee on the baseline. and I said: they have committed a foul on me, where is the decision?

Now you will see how they drop it down here. Luke Longley, as he goes to the baseline, will slow him down right here, he looks there, he's there. He did it. They didn't foul him, they took him, they hit him and the good coach took him down and they're still the Chicago Bulls, so certainly not by design, Dell got that technique right. I'm telling you, idiot, I think that's the most overrated thing guys say. I took that one. because I wanted to change the momentum of the team, most guys when they get called for a technical foul get shot.

Here's the cool coach and Rodman doesn't give him a good pass going to the basket, so the Bulls turned the ball over and led 25 to 11. The Bulls have yet to make a substitution in this game. The Lakers have made several with 3 20 remaining in the first look at this point, as Campbell can't get a call. You have to go to other things. Your continuity. double screens, etc., and what about Van Exel, that's the second time he's been able to put it on unmolesterol. Well, I see that Longley doesn't want to leave Campbell because he left Campbell twice.

Two dunks in less than three minutes left in the first quarter. Two coats put it into Jordan. Jordan already with 11 with a change of direction and that time Kobe Bryant did a good job with him and a fumble foul is the penalty against Dennis Rodman stealing his first now Dennis is working very hard here tonight and here he is averaging five offensive rebounds. one game into the season and you know Dennis is one of the best now this is just a great move by Van excluding Longley faking it but once you make that commitment you have to get him through and then rotate back oh yeah the moral. of history get the world's fastest sport utility vehicle introducing the Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited Peter Peterland Magazine's 4x4 of the Year off-road surround sound cool is one of many combinations below, any way you combine it is the max tv only from sony, can i? take your order please, a spicy chicken sandwich.

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There's a pretty big calendar coming up, we'd like to show you a screen. and rolls with Van Exel with the ball and a screen from Campbell now watch as he comes off the screen you'll see Luke Longley make a beautiful pass and then Campbell just takes it down hard, in fact he even took a hit on that. shot that should have been a three-point play, so when you look at the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff, they have a right to be upset right now, the officiating has definitely been a little inconsistent. Eric Fisher replaced Nick Van Exel as Rick.

Fox loses a spin in the street Van Exel the only one who was shooting two of them layups three of five the rest of the Lakers are two of 16 from the field they are frozen and trail by 12. These Bulls have not yet gone to the bench Tony Cucos with a baseline play and a three-on-two break for the Lakers Kobe Bryant against Michael Jordan and the rebound is taken away by Corey Blunt and Rick Fox misses and the Lakers not only fail on the outside, they fail to connect under the basket Rick Fox oh by five as Luke Longley commits the personal foul now this is just a high percentage shot he just leaves it short and now you'll see the hits here great still for forceful he took it off but he misses the follow up when Fox goes up he rushes there up, but leaves it short.

Kobe Bryant shoots and hits Michael Jordan in the face as Bryant gets his first points of the game. Remember he only plays 26 minutes and takes 13 shots, he's shooting 42 percent, but it's definitely a highlight reel. We saw three of those highlights a week ago against the Golden State Warriors and Kobe Bryant in the 19th going for fakes and fouls. Michael Jordan now keep this here. They are beautiful screens, leveled Michael. right there Michael didn't raise his hand and if you don't raise your hand you're neutralizing your size right now here you'll see just a good fake from Michael lifting him up in the air now take Jordan is coming off a 31 point effort against the Phoenix Suns on Monday while The Bulls were starting to come alive playing their best ball and most recently beat the Toronto Raptors by 27.

Their largest margin of victory in their previous game, so they feel like they're doing it now Jordan with 13 points and a 12-point lead, Well, idiot, every time you take care of the defensive boards and hold people and shoot, there it is and you hold Kobe. Bryant moved by the Numbers hit the post through the back door the boy from The Wing there is no noise here at the United Center for that movement of Kobe Bryant again 19 years old at a Marion High School in Philadelphia in the second year Harper gets his own miss bounce as we get closer to a minute left in the first quarter oh you gotta go in, Luke gotta go down, you got Fox on you, now there's no double team and here he comes in and that's what happened, he took advantage of that The Bulls will take advantage of the imbalance, leading 29-17 with less than a minute remaining in the first quarter.

Luke Longley has eight and is second to Michael Jordan's 13th. Here's Derek Fisher using a screen and Rothman gets the rebound which is eight or Michael or Dennis Rodman off the backboard Now you can look at this dick and say, hey, playoff contact is allowed here tonight or you can look at this and say, hey , the Lakers have to grow up here now and say you know how physical this game is going to be, so you. You have to raise your level, you know? For this type of competition, Rick Fox stepped on the line and let's take a look at Kobe Bryant again, there's a backdoor move, they catch him right there, turning his head, they caught Michael, turning his head, he thought he could. regroup, but every time a young man airs that ball, it's now a Long Lake offensive foul and you can say he failed well.

I want to tell you that Longley is 7-2-295 and when he gets into your chest like that You're only six foot six Rick Fox, you don't need to be an actor to go down like Rick Fox did as the Bulls make their first substitutions of the game. Steve Kerr and Judd Bushler enter the game. Sean Rooks, who has been effective. the bench as a rebounder enters for the Lakers two on the shot clock Jordan is going to have to make the shot he makes on the buzzer no, he didn't do it, he didn't do it on time and with 20.1 on the clock the Lakers can play for the last shot, but they're down by 12 and they've been outscored in the first quarter here right now.

Michael seems very fast, he really does, now we know that the Lakers won a good road game last night in Minnesota. The night flew by here but they were at the hotel before 1am so everything was fine. They worked not here, but they worked at the hotel with their scouting report for tonight's game and of course this is a big game, the second of the five games. road trip and you're playing the World Championships on top defending Fisher seven on the shot clock you see the clock Fisher driving inside Daryl Fisher with the basket and the foul Derek Fisher, the backup point guard, commits in his second year from Arkansas Little Rock, well they love him, the coaching staff loves this guy, this guy is a tough guy, he was player of the year, uh, in his conference in Little Rock and I'll just look at the hit, the first hit, the second and he put it. off the boards every time you fall into that paint it's much easier if you take the ball off the glass and Fisher's three point play with 4.6 seconds left and the pass to Ron Harper is cuckoo, who coach takes it out and receives lack? and let's see if it went beyond the arc and it will be a two-shot foul Tony Cucos with 1.6 will go to the line while Corey forceful commits the personal foul your coaching the Lakers screws you you are exasperated you are not happy with the form The game is ending , you don't like all the physical contact, but then again, your guys are drawing fouls.

Jump shooters. That's the third jump shooter that's been fouled and you're like, why are you doing that? Give me a time when you blocked an 18-20 foot jump shot from Nebraska. This is the mentality that Michael Jordan said teams must learn before they can win a championship. He misses the free throw and Wally makes it and that's the end of the quarter, so it ends like it started. with the Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan 13. Luke only 10 while the Bulls shot 57 percent from the fieldthey lead the Los Angeles Lakers 32-20 after one tomorrow night at the superstation it's what you love about Bond really first in the 805 run game so he really plays with it yeah Mark Brunell in Nike Air Marauder He almost took them all the way last year, a fight like him needs some real clues to make the plays he makes.

Terry Collins also has the same shoes, right? I bet he took it further than San Fran and they released Cowboy Country, no one gets you closer to the game than Footlocker, where it all begins and welcome back to Chicago. This is our last NBA broadcast on TBS before the holidays, so we hope this one turns out to be a good one afterward. In the first quarter the Bulls led the Lakers well 32-20 Chicago shot 57 percent the Lakers 29 on three-point shots Chicago three out of three the Lakers one out of five and we know that is the Lakers' game, free throws They are an important key, the Lakers have only tried three Chicago sevens and then the battle of the boards was won at the beginning by Chicago with a plus six, everything is fine there Michael Jordan starts the second quarter on the bench Randy Brown, who suffered a sprained right ankle and a scare at the end. from the other night's game against Phoenix now here comes your half court trap it's the first time they've been in the draft headquarters tonight the main thing is to run the clock to get them out of the half court second Brown off the glass advice from Harper, fumble, two trainers to Hopper inside and an acrobatic move by Ron Harper, who has seven points to start the second quarter, every time you have a trap on the court, your guys are rotating when the shot goes up.

Everyone must bounce. Center and he has been good, it is a third game for Stringer, perhaps he has been in many substitutes in the NBA as a center, Kobe Bryant, making a three-pointer from the outside, he has seven points and already has spectacular internal movement, well, that's part of his game, idiot, try three, hit that one, now.22 of 62. he's shooting about 35 percent Tony Kukos driving and Kobe Bryant rebounding Lakers with Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher along with Eddie Jones Robert Horry and Sean Rooks the ball out of bounds the last touch of the Lakers so that the Bulls have Ron Harper there with Randy Brown and Scott Burrell up front along with Longley and Tony Kukos only scored 10 in the first quarter and the coach makes a mistake, but a foul away from the basket on the Lakers, see, it was a dumb foul by Rooks because you know the guy at the top of the circle in the Triangle when they shoot the post he's just going to move to the wing and that's all he was doing and Rooks just hit the cuckoo that stops by up to 14 leading by 11 Here at the beginning of the second is Burrell trying to attack Eddie Jones and burns him.

Nice move by Scott Burrell as Jones tries to deny and the score is now 36-23. The Bulls are very precise in this first half. I want to send a message to the Lakers, it is not their time yet, we will meet again on February 1 at The Forum. The fish are inside Kobe Bryant's Fall Away. Is there anything he can't do somewhere on the court? It was such a difficult shot because he was moving and he made the catch. and he launched a no-dribble fadeaway. Ron Harper receives a foul and they are going to call Eddie Jones, which could be his third and instead they say that Kobe Bryant is his second now see that he made that catch and he was moving from the opposite corner to make that catch fade being behind the backboard getting up in the air and knocking it down without looking at the basket was really a great move.

I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more of Kobe Bryant before he through oh, you really took a chance, you really took a chance, didn't you? I thought about that before making that statement for a long time or the shot clock Longley on Rooks and Luke Longley with 12 points after a sprain Ankle didn't play in the last game, but only six of eight field goals for the Bulls , who are up by 13. That's just the best thing about the show, we made it a point to highlight that Luke Longley is averaging just 12 points per game. and you can see he's playing with a lot of confidence and Rooks actually caught him right at risk when he took that shot, but he feels like he can score, he's got a good hook shot, he's got that fade and remember he's 7- 2 long arms, Eldon Campbell replaces Sean Rooks and Nick Van Exel is also there, so the starting back for Tandem of Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel with the ball there now for the Lakers is the best three-point shooter. point Camden in the NBA easily passes Harper committing a foul on Kobe Bryant, he tried to pass him but he pushed him and finds Kobe, yes, Bryant just made a change of direction from the top of the circle, Harper is passing him and when It went right in the middle, keep an eye on the right of your screen, you'll see it fly right into your photo right there.

I bet Harper is doing a good job. Ryan shooting over Harper misses the chance to start now with Pippen out. From there, he started 19-18, now exactly Wally with an old-fashioned hook shot. Here comes Van Exel pushing him up, he retreats defensively, however, there is less than eight and a half left to play and there is the loop that goes in and out of the pass, how? passes that was just a quick payoff, he was looking for a quick, don't worry, right, and they're and they're playing like it's a shot. Oh, the 11-point deficit, now the Lakers behind, you take them down.

Excel has the great advantage. He knows it and scores well against them. The Bulls have taken advantage of their mismatches almost every time they see them and they are doing just that. You are absolutely right 40-27 and there is Eddie Jones cutting to the basket. Eddie Jones is coming off a 32-point effort against Minnesota, the NBA's player of the month for November, but on the other end, the genius coach opens up at the end, you're seeing spectacular basketball on both sides, we're talking about the quickness of the Lakers later. a score, but the Bulls are showing you too, they are definitely optimistic this year more than any other time, now just keep it there, it was a lob pass and the thing went through the hole beautifully and on the ball, the give and see Randy Brown to Longley from two coats that's a textbook ball game, yeah they caught them spinning a beautiful move when your man leaves you to help a guy, you go to the front of the rim, timeout called by Del Harris , excellent total ball movement. about the selfish game and here's your guard around the situation now once Campbell moved on Longley takes a beautiful step forward and the biggest advantage of the game for the Chicago Bulls we will be right back get the latest scores and highlight interesting things, uh and comfortable collection of Michael Jordan Duncan needs yes, donut Roy, you can dunk a donut director Steven Spielberg sister CBS Studios quick update on the Cavs in the Hawks the Cavs have won seven straight on the road trying to cut a two-game lead and middle Atlanta keeps him in the center, but Shawn Kemp rejected there by Dikembe not at home Hawks returns to the other side mookie feeding Laettner who has 16 in the game to this point third quarter score five minutes remaining hits the Hawks with seven points Advantage we will send you back to the United Center dick Stockton and QB Ray, we would like to show you that last play, you will see the triangle offense right here, but if you don't go to the corner or the post, you will see the cuckoo coach Flash and the pass will come. toward the high post, Brown will step up and drive to the basket.

We call him a guard around the game. I see now right here you will see Campbell go to take there and Luke Longley will go to the rim and you have complete disinterest. play that happened back and forth no no no that was a guard around giving a goal it was for you when you played with your white tennis shoes and your black socks and your short jeans that your mom has on the playground do you remember the last one The time I asked you , that was Michael Jordan has been on the bench for five minutes and the Bulls have increased their lead by three Jordan getting the arrest because this unit has done the job Randy Brown and Ron Harper in the defensive zone Burrell along with two coats and Longley As the 24-second clock expires and the problems continue for the men in purple and gold, yes, they just can't establish their inside game.

Campbell was upset again, he is on the verge of a technical clearance and as I have been saying well all along. has the right to vote, don't be Bryant, Robert, Horry, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel and Eldon Campbell on defense against the Bulls, who lead 44-29 and a foul was called against the Lakers, yes, Brian was caught grabbing Brown while cutting to the right. Right now, in the lane, the Chicago Bulls with this unit on the court are not running as much in a triangle, they are running a lot of what we call an open set, there is a lot of movement and a lot of passing.

Kobe Bryant comes out with three. personal fouls and while he's doing it, Michael Jordan comes back. Rick Fox had replaced Kobe Bryant, who scored nine points while he was there. The Bulls moved the ball well and it is reflected in 13 assists so far in this game with Cucos getting five and Randy Brown. three Off the bench he stays there with Jordan here is Burrell shooting on Rick Fox Longley receives the loose ball and there is Tony from three and Hawks going after him and this time the foul was called against the Bulls with 6 26 left in the first half will be the second on Luke, yes it's about time he was above the back end but you'll see this is one of the Bulls strengths, they shoot at a low percentage but get 16 offensive rebounds so they get more . second shots 20 point advantage in shooting percentage in this game as Laurie misses from the outside and Horny tries to save him and does very well a lot of time on the shot clock for the Lakers, no need for them to rush the EXO man spinning his way into the ball.

He moves away, but Longley kicks him out of bounds and it's still Lakers ball. The Lakers just need a little energy here. A tough defense. Get a couple quick baskets and you'll be right back at it. The energy is there. The ball just doesn't. There are six minutes left in the second quarter, enough time, as you point out, Judy, the Lakers have scored only 29 points. They come as the leading scoring team in the league. Randy Brown with a steal on the world screen, bayonet pass, so Brown. surrounds Van Exel but the Bulls come up empty, that was a strong move, the EXO man will hit and miss from three and once again the Lakers got there in a hurry, they are patient, as you pointed out, they can get back into this game. here is Jordan for three and Scott Burrell with the offensive rebound gets his own rebound again, it is blocked inside and here is Van Exel ahead of Eddie Jones Randy Brown's infraction on an offensive foul is the penalty against Jones and that could be his third now that was a great great defensive play by Randy Brown, he cut off Eddie Jones and Eddie Jones elevated, they weren't going to deny him now just keep an eye on this now watch Randy come check it out, it's coming right into your screen now take that one and if Notice that he protected himself by raising both arms so that when Jones caught him, he would get right to those two forearms, so Eddie Jones has to come out of the game with three and John Barry, which the Lakers use sparingly, but he is a nice extra. guard to have the former Atlanta Hawk on his team, well, they like him because he comes in firing and can score two coaches slapped by Ori Randy Brown, playing an inspired defense since he entered the second quarter and offensively coming from a season high of 14 points in Monday's win against Phoenix comes to life here: Michael Jordan finally surpasses Ori.

Michael Jordan gets his first points of the second quarter. 15 in the game. Longley second with 14. Michael is fast, everything about him is excellent, there is no doubt. Since he's definitely inspired by facing the Lakers working against Rockman, there's Eldon Campbell with a good baseline spin, look, he's got it all, what he really does, he's got a good hook, he's got a good fadeaway jump shot. , but then it has the up and the down. In addition to the power drop step move, Rodman plays the center position right now for the Bulls' relatively smaller team on the court, so you have to go through Campbell on the other end of the court, take advantage of the disadvantage height that Rodman has exchanged. by Rick Fox and this will be an easy layup at the other end, so the ball was moved away from Michael Jordan and Rick Fox had problems early he has two points in the game lead of 13 points, it was 17 and Phil Jackson of the Bulls falls a timeout with 357 left in the first half, a 13 point lead, now there's a good strip from Fox and getting the ball out now, we're seeing here tonight that the Lakers can't do anything in their half court game, they're struggling on their three point shooting, but the opportunities are there, you know the game now gets into it, log in to nba.com and reach out to every team and every player, explore NBA news and notes, visit the store of the NBA or chat with NBA players and coaches, go to nba.com.

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You know, the injured guy is recovering. Weddington was blocked again by Campbell and the 24-second clock expires, so Whittington can't get much lift and Campbell was right in his face twice. Two key subs during the championship years were Winnington and Kirk, because they come in, they keep the center on us because Winnington carries them high and then Steve Kurt just gets away from it all, a drive. from Jordan and then the forgotten man Scottie Pippen so far the Bulls have kept the Lakers at bay the Lakers have 20 points in the first half only 15 so far in the second quarter well you can see I mean this guy is on you Giving a lot of different moves, I see him come in and oh there, he just, he really nailed Winnington with that right elbow, caught Winnington right in the ribs, Eldon Campbell with a three-point play and now it's a 10-point game, the Lakers have scored seven points in a row.

The most important thing right now is that you know that you can have 107 points per game with a difference of 10 points if you don't play hard for 48 minutes, along with a move to the baseline and a foul against Rick Fox. Jordan will become a shot free. line and fox with his first foul which is the team's fourth foul against the Lakers Bulls also have four joint hosts Vince Cellini and Cheryl Miller at the end of the first half of the Nike halftime report scores and highlights from the ninth as well as any other news from around the league coming soon to Nike's halftime report Michael Jordan there's Eddie Jones and Kobe Bryant on the bench discussing things uh Jones with three and Bryant with three personals now you can see some impressive stats from Michael here over the course of the season Michael gets to the line nine free throw attempts per game, but throughout his career, a shooter of 84 free throws this year, just 76 percent of six of seven tonight at the line, so he surprised at the line on the way to his 17 points.

John Barry gets fouled by Steve Kerr, that's the second and fifteenth foul against the Wolves, you have to pay attention to John Barry because he comes in, he loves to shoot threes, they give him the green light, he can put the ball on the floor and take you to the basket Additionally, he is an excellent passer in traffic. Del Harris likes his talent and they are looking at him in the future because they would like him to be able to play point guard, as you can see, playing a little over eight minutes per game. In a team full of players on the board, they are happy with Van Exel and then Derek Fisher as a substitute at the point, but in case of injury you always want to have that third player, the advantage is reduced to 10 once again as the Lakers. draft here is Dennis Rodman with a pass to Whittington and Winnington fouled Eldon Campbell upset with that call, he thought he had the ball instead of the man and Campbell picked up his first and all the teams after five fouls, penetrated the ball.

The Bulls move was excellent and this is just a strong move and that's the way to get it to the basket take it with both hands send it down Campbell strong an excellent shot blocker gets two a game definitely hits him on that shot it which is interesting will be despite the 10-1 record here at home Bill Jackson didn't think the Bulls were playing that well even though they were winning at home, so for the first time he went to practice yesterday at the United Center , they're normally in Deerfield, but they're at the United Center practicing on this court yesterday, idiot, they're shooting 43 field goals, that's 23rd in the league, 30th in three-pointers and only 68 at the line.

Jordan gets fouled, they talk about free throws, they're 27th out of 29 teams. the NBA in free throws, yes, so he will bring you here and say: look, yes, I am not going to tell you that my triangle offense is not working, what I am telling you is that we are giving you and your players good shots . you're missing shots and you're missing Val's shots. Jordan makes Michael Jordan's first free throw this season compared to his career. Well, you can see it's six points behind his career, but how about his field goal percentage? That's nine shy of his career average.

His field goal attempts are the same, so it's not that, but his free throw attempts are down and his field goal percentage is down tonight so far. Michael Jordan 19 points, eight of nine from the line, he has already gone to the line nine times and we have 148. remaining in the first half Campbell turns around Weddington or hits Eldon Campbell again with a short shot from the line bottom and Dennis Rodman with his tenth rebound of the game again the Lakers with opportunities inside Jordan outside the rim and off the field. be Lakers ball with 129 on the clock now we could have seen it first because that's the second air ball from him, tell Marty Aaronoff, come on, we need a statistic here.

Jordan, that's his second airball in a half. I've seen it so call it Air Jordan no that's Air Jordan oh okay I wasn't sure exactly what had just come in from the mezzanine to get that bounce that wasn't an air ball I thought I might have skimped on the Front Range, but I'll always give it a little doubt, since you know, George works against Fox 10 on the shot clock, with a minute left with a half Whittington jumping over Ori hits Bill Whittington, that's what which he does best and gives the Bulls a 53-38 lead, yes. look he moves your center away from the basket and it's usually a high percentage he just has to get back into shape, same with the current shot to go up 15 points with less than a minute left and 10 on the shot clock to the Lakers out of town at 10. and occasionally a double 15 point lead on Ori with one second and time running out before Campbell could get up and score, that's the kind of half that's been a bad clock manager, yes and very frustrating for Dell Harris, for Elm Campbell and for Ori, or he did a great thing every time his double team took the guys away from the basket, he did it and opened the area for Eldon Campbell, unfortunately no He threw a balloon in front of him. from the rim, so the Lakers have problems with 35 percent shooting from the field and seven turnovers.

If you do that against the defending world champions on their home court, you'll be behind by double digits. Jordan gets fouled and that's going to be Rick Fox with his second and Michael again will go to the line so he'll be in the stripes with double digits in the first half well you know he's on top of his game every time he gets more than 10 free throw attempts. He is making things happen tonight. m I'm just impressed with this quickness because we had him earlier this season where he wasn't as quick as he is tonight, accelerated against the Lakers team.

The Lakers got a lot of play in the NBA as a team they could possibly unseat. the Bulls who have been playing without Pippin Lakers without Shaq and I think the Bulls will have something to say and they are already saying something in this game leading 55-38 equaling their largest margin playing for the final shot for all downs and The purposes of this first half were called by Randy Brown at five on the clock, she didn't give Barry any kind of look and fouled him and it's going to be three threes and Kerr is mad at himself, well, Barry when he came down from the middle of the lane, you know, they set him up, they put a screen on him, he got right to the middle of the lane, he was looking for the three from the catch and then while he was doing the ball fake, he catches the car, Kirk catches. he with his hip hip to hip there third personal foul on Steve Kerr the Lakers have been left without Eddie Jones their top scorer with Shaq out of action has three and Kobe Bryant who scored nine points in spectacular fashion From the bench also with three Judd Bushler coming in for the last 4.5 and Bill Wennington leads right now what the Bulls are doing is going with all their three point players and then they will have Rodman as the starter, but they will press quickly and they are looking. so you can get into a tough matchup, they had 4.5 seconds, enough time here's Michael Jordan, he's got the catch and he's got a bushler for the layup underneath as the Lakers fall asleep defensively. 1.9 remaining Rick Fox shoots and misses as Chicago Bulls Hold the NBA's highest-scoring team to just 41 points as the Bulls' starter sees plenty of action and has 50 with Michael Jordan leading the way with 21.

Now only notice how all three jerseys go well for Michael and leave Bushler underneath completely open and stuff. It's the end of the first half here at the United Center, where the Chicago Bulls defeated the LA Lakers to the tune of 57-41 in, Saturdays on NBC in the PlayStation Sports Department, so Michael Jordan with things in hand at the half 21 points later. two quarters for Michael in a 16-point lead for the Chicago Bulls over the Lakers welcome you to the Nike halftime report where all the highlights are handcrafted that's our promise to you I'm Vince gillini this is Cheryl Miller let's get right to it some highlights and watching the Cleveland Cavaliers play last season was like watching John Tesh and Kenny G in a battle of the bands.

I mean, this was torture, but an influx of rookie talent and the high-flying Sean Kemp made Up Tempo enjoyable to play during Cleveland and a recent 10-game winning streak remodeled calves in Atlanta challenging the Hawks for the most record. top of the Eastern Conference we go to the Georgia Dome now Lenny Wilkins, the former Cavs coach, against Mike Fratello, the former Hawks coach, and we watch the ball movement here Cheryl doesn't see this anymore but that's why they lead the East with the records of good ball Movement of the Hawks and then Steve Smith with the end the Hops with the lead of 10 points in the first second quarter Smith, Christian Laettner and later ball on the ground and then to the basket entering the hawks strong had a two point lead at that point in the third quarter now Sean Kemp running into Kendall is showing a little range there knocking down that the Cavs had a two point lead at that point now, but we fast forward to five and a half minutes remaining, a little more than that and now the Atlanta Hawks have taken it to a 12-point lead.

Cleveland had seven in a row on the road, Atlanta looking for its fourth in a row. win another solid game tonight Heat at Wizards MCI Center Zoe back in D.C and back in uniform after left knee surgery wasted no time making a shot knocks that jumper over Terry Davis Wizards though 21-8 Wizards just dominating this game Weber backdoor pass to a cutting cow Chaney for the layup 44-27 Wizards and Rod Strickland with a strip to Timmy Hardaway and gets the easy layup Hardaway didn't score for three quarters of play, I think then the morning and Davis get tangled both picked up techniques there a little frustration but a little happiness for the Wizards 88-74 which is a final Strickland had 21 in the game tomorrow he returns with 24 but not enough and now the Wizards 6-0 in their new Arena the NCI Center Milwaukee Charlotte fourth quarter eight and a half minutes left Charlotte with a three-point lead over the Bucks the Hornets have won their last four the Bucks have lost three in a row Detroit winning in New York on Tuesday night now in the Nets and it's New Jersey 87 -78 with 6 35 to go there Grant Hill with 12.

Keith Van Horn continues to impress 19 so far in that game the Wizards at home perfect a little flawed on the road what's up with that? It's really a Jekyll and a top team over and over again. way, but I'll tell you what, when Ross Strickland scored 21 points tonight, you have Juwan Howard and then C Webb playing when those three guys are in play and then you add a caliber chain, he was much more relaxed offensively when At Home , this team is really difficult to beat and they are showing it in thenew MCI Arena, but I think it's a good bonus that the heat makes Zoe come back there and play well, it was nice, but not enough, not quite, says the Nike halftime report.

Then we return to the hoop in Heartland. The Knicks are going bird hunting. New York faces Indiana. Someone was going to win their fourth game in a row. Patrick and company waiting for someone to wear the dark t-shirts. What are you doing? What are they doing? They know the only time they yell "box out" is when they're out of donuts. They remind me of my shoe rack. I have a penny and a lot of moccasins, thank you stranger. Yes, I broke it snowboarding and the bad thing is that it is my arm that rings the bell, well let's see, you will need something light and portable with a good and clear sound, this model should work.

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We go to Market Square Arena, now we will turn into a very good game in a tight game Fred Hoiberg beats the shot clock buzzer by three and then Patrick working on Smith turns on him and picks him up and takes him down 75-69 Pacers in the fourth Patrick Ewing with a miss Mark Jackson with a basketball. Cheryl all the way down the court now look at how the defense splits up can we see the move oh jumping jumping that was Van Gundy's Shake Indiana 87-80 Ewing with 23 11 rebounds Smith's Pacers 18-7 win their fourth win consecutive against the Knicks now? lost six in a row on the road as we take a look at Indiana now Cheryl close to home close to family because you talk about the influence of the birds on this team well you know last season this was an Indiana team that once the starters stepped on, they hoped they could put up enough points to cushion their lead so that when the second unit came and wasted, they would still have some points, which is not the case this season.

Larry Bird has done an excellent job of instilling a lot of confidence in the team. second unit guys like Travis, Jalen Roy's best Rose Fred Hoiberg has been pitching extremely well, then there was Antonio Davis and then Mark Pope who has been non-existent, has played very well for this Indiana team, why has he Have you been able to find a place for Jalen Rose? a productive area for him, you know, Larry came in and basically analyzed Jalen's game, first of all, you have two great guards that have point guard skills, you have a guy that could shoot the three-point shot and now he can score everything he can.

What he needed to do was really work on his midrange game, he has done that and there is still a lot of confidence in Jalen Rose and it has paid big dividends, yes the proof is in the pudding, there is no doubt about that, going back to the scores that the Timberwolves achieved. the Lakers a night ago Losers of 10 of 13 in Philadelphia and look at the Sixers 85-77 Alan Iverson with 21 in this game, our Brian Burwell is a PS for this game saying the Pistons are hot after Jerry Stackhouse could squeeze the trigger on a trade maybe that will happen soon we will keep you updated in the Lost World Toronto the Raptors look for their first home win in 43 days they will host Boston look at Boston move the basketballMcCarty for three yes he knocks that one down and that gave him some protection to the green thanks no 87-83 now 11 ticks left the Raptors looking to fall to 2 and 22.

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Welcome back to the NBA on TBS here at the United Center in Chicago, the Bulls playing a textbook game. putting on a clinic and leading the LA Lakers 57-41 at halftime and the stats uh back up what the Bulls have done they're shooting 49 to 34 for the Lakers Luke Longley already surpasses his season average in scoring and rebounding Eddie Jones with profile personal problems, he has three, only two, the history of rebounds and we have to go back to the top QB when you said that the way to play against the LA Lakers is to keep him in a half-court game and that is precisely what the Chicago Bulls have .

Well done tonight, the main thing, idiot, is that you can't give them turnovers, so they go out in the open field. Four turnovers for Chicago every time Chicago shoots. They are giving up 12 offensive rebounds. They cannot come out on counterattacks. You keep it in a half court game now they fight on their first drive 10 of 35 shooting 28 percent Plus two of ten on three can't do it but the shots are there, could be a great second half here, it all adds up to a lead bull, but the Lakers have the explosiveness to return and speaking of explosiveness, what about Michael Jordan?

Oh, this guy right now just looked at us and said a lot about my index finger being dislocated, it was a beautiful three-headed feint right there and this is just a strong move ending with that nice left hand, this is what we want Say with his quickness, he's been quick all night, head feinting and stepping up and down through Michael on his way to a big 21. and going to the line 11 times. and he's made 10 of them always an indication that he's on his game right now, let's check in with Brian Burwell, thanks, idiot, now that 41 points for the Lakers equal their season low in the half and Dale Harris said that what bothers him is They don't come out and play their game, which is Up Tempo, but they also don't have the good sense when the Up Tempo when the fast break isn't there to fix it and get some good shots in the half court. says you just have to work on it a little better in the second half, back to you at the table, okay, although you are the Lakers' leading scorer, Eldon Campbell with 11, but he hasn't done the job from the glass, Nick Van Excel. nine Kobe Bryant nine and John Barry five Bryant and Eddie Jones each with three personal fouls for the Bulls Michael with 21 Luke Longley with 14.

Tony great coach eight Ron Harper seven seems much more than three men in double figures when this is change for Chicago dick uh several observations there and then let's also see if Ori and Fox will come to life right now, they're one of nine from the floor and they're getting hit in their defensive burst, they can't block people off the board so we start on the second half Luke Longley with the great coach Tony and Dennis Rodman in front on the board Michael Jordan and Ron Harper all oppressing tonight by the Lakers very soft and without hard traps for passion Rodman also Longley who puts great again The Movement of the ball through the bowl is interesting because everyone underestimates the passing ability of Dennis Rodman, a very intelligent player and when he makes the pass, he puts it right in the money.

Eddie Jones, playing with three fouls, misses a three, his glucose, the rebound, so it's Jones. being a great guard up front, Elgin Campbell at center with Rick Fox and Robert Horry on the floor, if you're going to come out catching early, you've got to make it happen, you've got to get the turnovers you can't give them this and a good play. defensive Ori slams the ball away Longley Lakers trying to make a run they made a run they were down by 17 cut it to 10 before the Bulls broke the game open again in the second quarter Eldon Campbell Baseline slam and 13 now for the Lakers Center, well, Fox might have forced that shot.

I like the way he folded the bet, he sent it hard, it's like a 2-2, but now it's soft, once you get over it, they match, man. -a man and against the veteran team with older legs you want to make them work harder and that's what the Lakers are trying to do. Luke Longley, though, comes out and has another basket, he has two hoops here in the third quarter. Fox started with two. coats with 10 on the shot clock again it's Eldon Campbell and he's pushed well, you know, if I'm Luke Longley, you know what I like, he's complaining, I mean, he almost put his forearm through his back, now hold a eye inward.

I just looked. the forearm goes straight to Elton Campbell. I only look at him once he passes as he goes up bam so it'll be three personals on Luke Longley it's been less than two minutes here in the second half dick Stockton UV Brown Brian Burwell with you Eldon Campbell with his second basket of this third quarter look to Dick, continue on to Campbell, try to trap Longley in that room and get him out of there because they get smaller when they go to Winington and when you trap, it's a cumulative effect if you're If you're going to wear down a team, you might not get the turnover right away, but you could wear down a veteran team.

Here's Ron Harper missing all three. Campbell hits the loose ball and Harper finishes it and Van Exel saves a basket that goes to Longley for the break but Nick Van Exel was alert up to this point the Lakers are half a step behind all night Chicago has been extremely quick catching the most of the loose balls here is Longley defended by Campbell towards Harper here is Jordan around the screen Michael Jordan misses his first shot in the second half but Dennis Rodman stops him in his 11 rebounds for Dennis and another offensive rebound from the Bulls great pass Jordan who coach and the Bulls extend their lead yes they have gone for a 22 timeout right now good decision by Dell and what is the main reason for the timeout two second shot chances the Bulls score on both are rushing outRight now you don't see that enthusiasm that has taken their hearts away, but as a coach what you are trying to do is make them work.

Good pass from Cooper, it's a great pass and a beautiful finish from Michael, who coached with seven assists and is playing the complete game that the Bulls want. He has gotten enough rebounds in the game and scored, he has three rebounds, so Tony Cucoach, who always said he wanted to start, is not, of course, with Pippin, but he takes his opportunity and makes the most of it now, Well, idiot, you're looking. a guy who plays 31 minutes is first on the team in field goal percentage at 48 percent, no one else is over 45. He's first in three-pointers with a three-point percentage at 48 and leads the team and He assists with 4.4 assists in the game and when that man comes off the injured list in January.

The genius coach will once again be the valuable sixth man that the Bulls have used to win a series of titles 63-45. The Bulls lead Rick Fox with a great pass to Campbell and out of bounds. the call against Eldon Campbell right now once again the underlying Orion Fox they have to get involved here offensively and do a better job on the defensive board and there are two coaches again Tony Cucos with 10 points and speaking of orian fox they have a combined two points between them one for nine shots three and a half minutes Abby left here in the third quarter and just sat back to join this one as the Lakers have never really challenged the Bulls in this one as Van EXO shoots an aerial ball.

Back to Cucos, the souls are making it look easy so far in this game, Michael Jordan with a spin move in the lane he has 25. and here on cruise control right now they are playing with great confidence, everything is his beat, Robert Horry. this is a three point attempt and the rebound by Tony Kukos the Chicago Bulls try to extend their winning streak to three games and a bull foul below now you know when Luke Longley beats you you know you're in a lot of trouble here Now keep an eye on Dennis as he picks it up and then the KUB coach passes it to Michael.

Now Michael will come down here and come back out in a beautiful spinning motion. It is a foul by the Laker and falls on Eldon Campbell, his second on Michael Jordan. Despite the dislocated index finger that he is effectively shooting, many players would like to be affected by the finger the same way it affected Michael Jordan tonight, he has 25 points and is 7-14 from the line. Kobe Bryant has returned to the game for The Lakers are also playing with the burden of three personal fouls, so Jones and Brian and what Del Harris are going to expect might as well include him, oh, absolutely, include him in the game and not worry about the faults that don't. make a little difference, you're going to get hit here tonight mainly because your guys in the offensive zone can't do anything and you can't guard the backboard so they're getting short showing the ceilings and finally Eddie Jones lines up with him . a 24-point lead by the Chicago Bulls, an unexpected route for the Bulls to this point, Eddie Jones fails and Sean Rooks follows him, while Sean Rooks throughout his career knows that he averages just 10 points, a game very deceptive, can shoot a high percentage, does.

I don't have quickness, so every time he picks you up inside, just take it hard to Run Tony, whose coach misses from three on Ori's rebound. He's not a bad third Santa to have on your team, I think he can also play power forward. you and you can play against two big guys if when it comes playoff time in the matchups, Kobe Bryant is protected by Michael Jordan and following Kobe Bryant is the future and even Michael Jordan will tell you that Kobe Bryant is the future of the NBA you're looking at the present and the future right there it's 69-49 a 20 point lead for the Bulls Michael is in that city right in the state and Jordan with a move towards the basket we have a little show Here, between number 23 and number eight, you feel the dunks, yes, you feel it, and the public too.

You know Kobe Bryant is 19 years old at the same age. Michael Jordan was a sophomore at the University of North Carolina and Ryan is missing from the outside and Dennis Rodman rebounding Rodman has been a workhorse, you know, doing a fantastic job. Jordan working against Brian. Double team Michael again. They doubled them four on the shot clock. Here it is. Rodman takes it out of the air with a ball and will pass the Lakers 71-49. The Lakers never really took a five-and-nothing lead in this game and that was it for them. Kobe Bryant got fouled by Jordan and will go to At the line, this replay of Kobe, you see him come off a background screen and then look at Michael.

Mike. Michael is right on top of him. This is just a quick move. Michael is right in his face, nothing but a web on the other end. Michael says: look, I am. I'm coming at him hard and taking a head fake, take it hard and a timeout with five 29 left in the third. What if it were me? What if things were different? If he wasn't healthy or if he never got the chance. What if my mother didn't teach me to take the time and give back these are the things I ask myself the things that helped me continue to be a true volunteer to better your community join in a GMC Yukon every day looks like a little snow today with highest power in its class and track automatic, all wheel drive, Yukon can change the way you feel behind the wheel, yes it comes with GMC, puts you comfortably in control, what are they doing, hey, ya You know, the only time you scream is when the donuts are gone, you remind me of my Shoe Closet, a Pinner and a bunch of loafers.

Let's see an update on the city of Atlanta here at TBS Studios. The Hawks and the Cavs and Steve Smith take over this game in the second half. in the rainbow over Cedric Henderson part of 23 points on the night for Smith Atlanta winning 94-83 over its Central division rival Atlanta is now the best in the conference 19 and five we return to the United Center dick and hubing well Vince, thank you very much The Atlanta Hawks are now tied with the Seattle Sonics for the best record in the NBA in a very close battle in the Central Division until we reach the hole where the Chicago Bulls are so Kobe Bryant will go to the free throw line.

Scoring 27 points against Houston on Friday, he was held scoreless with two and a half minutes left in the third quarter and scored all 27 points in less than 13 minutes. Well, he backed that idea up the next game with 14 in the fourth quarter. Look, there's more to this young man. It's a man's game that simply scores because in 26 minutes per game he gives you four rebounds and three assists and he gets you one and a half steals per game. He gives you stats that a lot of starters give you in 32 to 34 minutes. comparison between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan so far and of course remember Kobe comes off the bench, one in two from the line is a 21 point lead for Chicago, well they're going at their speed now you know they had their trap once they gave you are the only trap that named that check Tony Cucos put it in two layers with a great game he has 12 points eight assists and four rebounds excellent full effort by Tony Cuco Eddie Jones now protected goes around Cucos and gets fouled with good quickness Eddie Jones, who was hampered by foul trouble, scored just two points tonight.

It's just a very quick move from Eddie Jones. He is an excellent slasher and loves to take it hard to the basket tonight. There has been a good strategy at any time in Chicago. has had a major mismatch just like the last field goal Brooks picked up Tony Cucos Cucos right after the dribble straight to the rim, so Michael Jordan with his third foul and Eddie Jones, who is the player of the month in November, now they're back in the swing after a slight drop scored 32 against Minnesota last night and uh tonight due to foul trouble they didn't do much just one of seven from the field three points for Eddie Jones yeah less than five minutes left in the third fourth 73-51 guys Dennis Rodman jumped up and he's going to shoot two, you can see what the strategy is right now, the Bulls are going down the court, they're spreading out, they've got three guys right on the other side of court F, two guys outside the lane and they say that we are right now.

The guy who's going to take advantage of your bad matchup and your bad matchup is whoever Rooks is playing and that's the guy they take off the dribble, force you to rotate and find free guy Dennis Rodman with no goals against the Phoenix Suns but with 21 rebounds in his last game. The game gets its first point and receives applause from the crowd, so it won't be shut out again tonight. Now the important thing is that he came into this game when he was shooting 36 percent and you know Dennis usually does a half-decent job at the foul statue. normally at some point in the 50 the lead is 13. 23 I must say that another team we have the Lakers excited, Corey decisively beat Eddie Jones getting the assist and it is 74-53, four and a half to go here in the third quarter Randy Brown there along with Ron Harper, Michael Jordan left, actually the third dog with two boats and Dennis Rodman.

Michael Jordan rebound. Van Exel Lakers, the highest scoring team in the NBA, but not tonight as Nick Van Exel is now in double figures. Well, you're looking at an initial unit. That's Five Guys so powerful in double figures and tonight they just can't throw it into the ocean, they're still shooting under 30 percent as a unit, well this women's game is a great offensive team against one of the best defensive teams in the world . league and the D is winning Randy Brown misses the jump shot yeah and yeah you would say hey that's why you can see teams only shooting 41 for the game against Chicago second best in the league and that's the best move of the ball that we have seen.

The Lakers tonight, well with this unit everything is off the dribble unless they go to Rooks and in an occasional post-up what they are trying to do is take you off the dribble, force you to double find The Free People Randy Brown with the staff. missing and here's Corey Blunt, who did a great job off the glass on Friday night, the Philadelphia 76ers and Allen Iverson against the Miami Heat on TNT next Tuesday. UV and will be at the Fleet Center when the Hornets and Celtics stop coaching Dave Collins. against his former team Rick Pitino doing a great job Boston one game under 500 the Heat and the Pistons next Friday so we'll feature a little bit of the heat while Eldon Campbell is on the bench at 15 right now since we have less of three and with half a minute left in the third quarter Jordan guarded by Kobe Bryant look what he does against the unbalanced young man the point man missed Brockton almost turned him over and here come the Lakers Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant his father Joe Jelly Bean Brian played in the NBA like this who was well educated in this league when he brought up Dick, he was behind the three-point line on the catch-one rebound and he was up.

I remember some guys who did this well, the guy now with basketball he's not bad at. He still has an old moment and Kobe Bryant blocks Randy Brown in the hands of Nick Van Exel, you have to be careful here, now you give him a man that Axel misses and steals the rebound. Kobe Bryant, although he scored 14 points in 16 minutes, so you get an example of how he could score in a hurry, a block foul is the whistle like cuckoos going to the hoop well they come with this unit they lull you they run up and down like summer league and if you don't pay attention they come back to the game you're watching 13 days of 007 on TBS the ball station with formidable strength and clearly individual style this Sierra is the most powerful half-ton pickup in GMC history Sierra gives you the style to set you apart from the pack and the power to pull it GNC's Sierra puts you comfortably in control when we created an NHL Face-Off 98 we wanted everything to be exactly as it is in the NHL, even the sound effects, okay, okay first time time, well LeClaire Come on, what are you a figure skater now?

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Rodman gets his 15+ rebounds, they are so hard to beat Derek Fisher has come in as a defensive point guard for the Lakers Jason Cathy making his first appearance in Jordan's Fall Away game against Brian Mrs. Longley cleans up for him Luke didn't give up 24 points, which is a career high of 22, that is, and he has equaled his career high, so two more and he has it here, Kobe Bryant in the hands of Michael Jordan with two minutes left in the thirdfourth, they both lead 76-58 and Harper hits, but the Lakers fight with the people here in front, yeah.

Jones Eddie Jones Fox and Ori in this game are two of 17. You can't make it, where do they go because they need those guys on defense to create turnovers to get out in the open field and they listen quickly. good three-point shots and Eddie Jones got into foul trouble Kobe Bryant with 16 points 78 to 60. O'Brien who came in as the NBA's leading bench scorer with 17 plus a Harper game with Jordan Lawley Brown and Jason Pappy and a good play by Eddie Jones over the top hitting the ball Out Eddie Jones one of the best defensive players in the NBA one of the leaders in steals three eighths one there Jones gets his own rebound and Eddie Jones hits it and number six he's one of nine from the field and now he's one of ten so Eddie Jones can't find him tonight so at the top of the frontcourt as you pointed out they didn't get anything done their leading scorer was Jack out of action, one of 10 from the field less than half a minute left in the third quarter Michael Jordan with the short jump shot 29 for MJ well, the difference between the two teams one team stays within what they run they are getting good high percentage shots the Lakers on the other end everything is a flow everything is being challenged by Chicago and you can see why teams can't shoot the high percentage the Bulls are all over the place and they are helping and challenging you in the lane which has 37 Lakers shots when Kobe Bryant goes to the line with 3.6 seconds left in the third Ron Harper committing his second foul, maybe people are curious to know why Kobe Bryant's name is called Kobe.

Well, Joe Bryant's father played in Italy and loved Kobe beef, which is the really special status you get. in Japan, so he decided to serve with his wife's blessing to name his son Colby in honor of Kobe beef, better than being called sirloin, easy for me, kid, okay, there you see that the bank of The Lakers continue to do a good job tonight, not the starters, but the bench. Randy Brown has entered and has been effective in the buzzer failures and that is the end of the third quarter Luke Longley tying a personal record with 22 points Michael Jordan however leads everyone with 29 and after three the Chicago Bulls lead the LA Lakers by a score of 80-61.

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At that moment, New Jersey celebrates that they got the monkey off their back tonight by beating the Pistons 105 101 Grant Hill with 25 in the game Brian Williams scored 18. Keith Van Horn, the rookie, 22 points to help the Nets return to the United Center. We're back here as we prepare for the start of the fourth quarter. You know it's going to be none other than the 76ers and the Toronto Raptors here it's not an easy night in the Eastern Conference for either of these teams, absolutely idiotic, there's going to be a mad race for the playoffs, you've got 12 legit teams trying for eight spots now at the end of three Chicago shooting 48 percent the -37 The only two of 13 and three free throws or a wash but the battle of the Chicago boards for a plus 12.

Rick Fox with Sean Rooks Kobe Bryant Corey forceful and Gary Fisher in a Randy Brown's steal and in the cross he committed a foul before the shot and the foul is against Kobe Bryant, he has four, so Eddie Jones and Kobe Bryant, the two guards tonight, each with four personal fouls, well, with this group, you know where Burwell and Brown are. Very very fast Defenders Longley blocking along with Ron Harper on an offensive foul against Luke Longley good call that's that guard around that's Luke Longley's fourth when he caught the ball he turned and hit a back screen now you know they were taught to do that and now just keep an eye on this now just look at the back screen and watch it turn the screens but it was too fast.

You have to give the player a step, a step there, so I was a great call, no one responded to Ron Harbor. The Lakers tried to make a run without their starting guard, the excellent Jones there and Rick Fox scored it, so only the forwards' second basket, two of eight for Fox Fox, went up in flames, you know, he's really scoring a lot of points lately averaging. about 18 a game and you thought maybe you knew he was feeling like he belongs in that offensive flow. Sean Rooks inside against Luke Longley will send Longley to the line by the way, after a 30-point game against the Houston Rockets. there's Eddie Jones, it hasn't been his ninth three points and four personal fouls as the Chicago Bulls make a statement against the Lakers here, they'll meet again on February 1 at the Great Western Forum and there are a lot of people who think the Lakers and the Bulls will meet in the NBA Finals comes because you talk to people in Seattle and some of the other contenders in the East have other thoughts Motley with a career high Now 23 points and in the Ron Harper turnover the Bulls do not They are such a fast type of team that they prefer to look and then find their people with a couple of passes, not a big guy who dribbles in a pass on a layup, happily open and hits Jason Pappy who is coming off 18 points and 18 rebounds , the maximum of the season.

Phoenix and doing the job with Rodman off the boards in that last game, yeah, and he was rewarded for not playing in the first half, he's fine, he wants more playing time. Phil Jackson said: Sorry, you're just not going to get it with this rotation, my car. fixes today in my seat my boiler and my lawnmower what idiot are you going to catch us for the great taste it will not fill you up and will never let you down turn it into a Bud Light that will take you for a ride whatever you want I want four ways like wherever you turn it's affordable it's fun it's complete the game really looks a lot like jazz you can take a jazz quintet and five people on a basketball court really like it the setter would be like the piano please because in most bands , the piano is like your brain, then you have the power forward, which is like the drummer.

I think that small forward position would have to be given to that tender Saxon, but I think that if I were a coach I wouldn't take it. in the game I play against a good contesting Sixers on Friday night at eight the NBA is on TNT 20-point lead by the Chicago Bulls recently Michael Jordan passed Moses Malone into third place on the all-time scoring list times, but maybe it's surprising games that these guys have played Hubie, yeah, look there, Michael has made 872 games, the amount of points, but how about the fact that Kareem has played 500 more games than Wilt and then, When you divide the 500 games by the difference here of 7? 000 points equals about 14 points per game, which gives you an idea of ​​how incredible Wilt was when he was on the court when you think about how many times he scored over 50 points per game, Kobe Bryant Up and Down and missing Luke Longley like Jordan is guard Kobe Bryant, five personal fouls on Luke Longley, who has set a career high in points tonight, well, it's just a strong move from the Governor, you can see it when he's on the court, he's got the instincts. and the athletic talent's ability to always make a shot, regardless of whether it's open, whether it's in traffic, and being able to draw a foul to possibly be a potential three-point scorer in the land where Joe Klein will come. in place of Luke Longley Joe Klein added to the Bulls this year 13th year away from Arkansas has traveled a lot but is a good man to have as an extra big man to replace Long Lee who comes out with 23 points Kobe Bryant in 21 minutes has scored 19 points tonight give up he's the same we need some stops or some turnovers let's stop there 31 for Michael Jordan The Chicago Bulls are destined to exceed their offensive production, so there's no doubt the way they're going The Bulls Style with defense and Technique and a technique against Robert Horry at least has something in his column, he has no points or personal fouls and now he picks up the team well, it is interesting because, as you know, he added 15 pounds this year in the build of his body and ranks 21st and steals 36th in rebound 17th in Blocks, he's doing everything from a defensive standpoint for the Lakers, but when we go back to when he was with Houston when the Rings won, he was a perimeter scorer , a rebounder, a shot blocker, he was a great three point shooter and a great scorer like 14 15 points per game not much of an offensive threat similar to what Ron Harper was more of an offensive player before coming to Chicago get that back again and an offensive foul is the decision yes that time yes Michael was being manhandled in the post there by Brian Mike and Michael had to elbow him in the chest there four personal fouls on Michael Jordan who has 32 points in the game many of them from the free throw Spike Kobe Bryant with a fall away and Jason Cathy the rebound Chicago Bulls trying to make it three games in a row against the LA Lakers trying to let the Lakers know that despite their 14-9 records they struggle on the road , this team has not abandoned its bid for another world title and they know they have Scotty Pippen back.

January Nick Van Exel takes it to Rick Fox Fox works against Scott Farrell, who gets a piece of Burrell's good defensive play out of bounds on the Lakers' last touch, yeah, that's another indication of what we're talking about, this one team has not given. They can't do anything defensively, they're on the Lakers, they've risen to the challenge of every minute we've played here tonight, but that's how they play defense most nights. Okay, Jordan gets two plus 34 for Jordan and the Bulls playing on both ends. If this is like this score is tied, not a 23 point lead, Brian and here's Robert Orley from the outside, he'll do it.

Campbell continues the game with a jump shot and Scott Burrell the rebound, it's a good old-fashioned whipping that the Lakers are giving. coming tonight at the hands of the world champions Klein with his first shot Eldon Campbell has slapped him Jordan I love the way the Bulls haven't given an inch even with their big lead most of the game Jordan tries to get it in but The Lakers See it again here, Kobe Bryant with a reverse layup, a beautiful big move by Kobe Bryant. You see that he has division in that movement. You see the guy was coming for the shot clock and all he did was stay up in the air and go up the other one. side and use the rim 21 points for Kobe Bryant seven on the shot clock and Burrell gets fouled by Rick Fox let's see Kobe in action again now just watch the defender come into his picture right there to block the shot just the presence to stay inside the shot, Don't force it, float underneath and finish if I mention how he got his first name, Kobe Impact tonight, 23 minutes, 21 points to lead the team and has almost half of the second half points of the Lakers, 26, nothing that sounds small.

A tip from the master right here, well the only thing about it is that, sure, the Lakers call it Showboat Showtime, they make fun of it about the fact that it's a highlight reel, but there isn't a single person who doesn't think so. be. the superstar of the future and everyone likes the fact that he has humility and that he asks advice from legendary players and coaches and is very polite and talks to everyone, he was educated absolutely well and also comes with the university board. scores of 1080 could have attended any college in the United States and, uh, you like, he's got the whole package.

I bet Michael Jordan was saying, Kobe, why didn't you go toNorth Carolina instead of coming into the league and playing a couple? of years there, Eddie Jones is short and I would have said well, he wouldn't have played for Dean Smith this year, there you go, but Bill Guthridge is doing a great job here. Cappy makes the most of his playing time in the second half. Jordan. looking for space and makes the jump shot 36 points now for Michael Jordan who is coming off a great game against Phoenix on Monday night of the 31st. Joe Klein gets the rebound and here is Randy Brown with Kobe back great pass behind him spectacular pass in and will be Touched for the last time by the Bulls and a timeout call Nell Harris allowed her starters to stay on the court was looking for a run, didn't get it with six minutes left versatility has become my classic style , baby, come on, experience my smooth, soft rhythms. moves on the Grand Cherokee pipe nine limited now if you want to roll with me just to really play with it yeah Mark Brunell in the Nike Air Marauder almost took them all the way last year a wrestler like him needs some real traction to get the plays that Carrie Collins makes also has the same shoes, right?

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with six minutes left in the fourth 92-67 tomorrow on TBS Timothy Dalton plays James Bond in The Living Daylights part of 13 days of 007. tomorrow night starting at 805 Eastern only on the superstation now you can see the bounce has been a complete mismatch in favor from Chicago, but we sat in the Best of Show Chicago isn't pitching well in any category.

The field goals, the three-pointers are the foul line, but they beat you with defense and rebounds and they are showing it and showing us tonight. Well, it will be interesting to see what the Lakers do. They are held to their season low of 84 points and were defeated at home by the Cleveland Cavaliers 94-84. Now they have 67 points. Eddie Jones out of bounds out of bounds and it's still Lakers ball now that they have Eddie Jones. or he's still there, but they've come in with the rest of the geyser substitutes and then also Phil Jackson has put his second unit out there, except Harper Steve Kerr Jason Kathryn and a jump between the Bulls and the Lakers. only 34 field goals and it has been like that throughout the game.

The numbers haven't changed much from the first quarter until now. The reason this is such a big win for Chicago is the fact that it's only seven-and-seven against teams. that there are more than 500 playing better than 500 basketball, they have fought against the good team that is why this is great and you look good making an adjustment with the clock that is why we had the whistle, the 24 second clock did not move, so Lo I'll adjust Scott Perrell came to Chicago in a trade with Golden State for Dickie Simpkins and a draft pick, but he's struggled here, now we're talking about a player who really made a major contribution when he was in Charlotte and still scored points. in Golden State and he's a three-point shooter, he's a slasher but in this triangle offense he's definitely struggling, he's not giving them the points but he's giving them the defense.

Ron Harper feeds Jason Kathy, who passes to Oron Burrell. He was a star in the Big East at the University of Connecticut and turned down a baseball career as a pitcher while he was a first-round pick in baseball. Jeff was drafted in the first round in basketball. Toronto Blue Jays. I think with the team that drafted him first. below and Corey Blount with the layup making it 94-69 with less than five minutes left and Burrell on the layup. I want to ask you about the Bulls, three men in double figures is what they normally have with Pippen returning.

We're really going to have more shots for other people and we're going to have more people in action like they do now offensively no I think it'll happen idiot they'll go back to Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen Tony cucucha his main scores his main shot attempt guys the guy that The one What's going to suffer is going to be Luke Longwood and he's taken a big step forward and he's played well without Pippin there, he's stepped in, he's shooting a high percentage and he's giving them, you know, he's not giving them Pippin's numbers night in and night out, of course. not because he doesn't get a lot of freebies on the fast break and isn't a three-point shooter, but it's nice to see them finally get the ball to a center in the Triangle offense and give shot attempts to Mario Bennett, who was the 12th man in this one. roster is in the game right now Bennett, who was out all of last year, had two knee surgeries, well, he's out of the University of Arizona, played in the CBA for two different teams and just feels like this is the first . moment he hasn't had knee pain since leaving college reflects the ball to Kerr with two on the shot clock, Steve Kerr and the shot clock expires and Judd Bushler, who scored the layup for the points end of the first.

Half has come into the game replacing Ron Harper. Harper came out tonight after scoring nine points. Michael Jordan, of course, got the well-deserved rest. He scored 36 points. Luke Longley also on the bench after setting a career-high 23. Kobe Bryant with his second three. point basket now with 24 points Ryan is coming off some big games 27 against Eastern on Friday topping him with 30 against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday there's Joe Klein in the low post with the 336 left for the Lakers and here's Bryant Wow, let's get the dunk back in the All-Star Game after that, uh, I'll tell you it was Awesome, that was awesome, that's awesome, you know, Michael Jordan is impressed with that, well, every time he gets a chance from here until the end of the game, he's going to try something. , now he's hit a three and then that Whirlwind There You Go 23 Now 26.

I have to say Kobe Bryant Kathy holds it as we relax for three minutes to go in the game 98-74. the Chicago Bulls on their way to a stunning win over the LA Lakers people are wondering if this is a sign of the future with the Lakers the future the Bulls to pass hold up the phone here's John Barry on the ball and gets fouled Well John took that one too far, should have left it on the right side of the rim. Now, this is just Brian, now just keep an eye on this as he rises.

It is spectacular. He will not have the dunk contest in the All-. Star Game this year, as it has probably seen its best days, look at the Lakers dick, you made an interesting point a few minutes ago and that is that the Lakers are a very young team, they don't have any players over 29, Elton Campbell is The oldest player, at 29 years old, and when you think that when they get them back, the Young basketball team will be together for a while and you hope that management can lock them all down and allow them to grow. Jerry West won't find a better general. manager in the game that Jerry West of the Lakers good proof that year after year Joe Klein in a change from 100 to 76. the 208 to go first point to game four Joe Klein Kobe Bryant shoots and scores a triple from Brian who has 29 points and is one point away from his season high, he did it in 27 minutes Mario Bennett on the steal and Kobe Bryant gives it back to Mario Bennett, he was a big guy and a good shot block from Burrell or you can see.

Yes, this young man has a talent, he has it all. John Barry rebounds on Klein Smith and there's a half and a half left and they're going the other way. Kathy will get the easy stop 102-79 Eldon Campbell, the elder statesman, as you pointed out, looking at things, scored 15. Tonight, the next one scores and highlights Craig Sager with a meeting with Lakers guard Nick Van Exel , tonight and EXO scoring over 11, only 11 with one, three, but he's had a glorious season so far as has Eddie Jones, but tonight none of the starters really. came the way Del Harris would have wanted Kathy with another chance for the Bulls to lead and you know, go to the lion's den on Friday night, the Lakers go to Atlanta on Friday and then move on to Charlotte Saturday as a day off and then They moved to Houston before returning home, so they have three big games left here on this trip.

They felt pretty good about winning the first game against the Timberwolves, but things moved forward in class tonight and now the Lakers will be 1-1. on this road trip and eight and five on the road overall and our best player in the game is resting well everything he did tonight 36 points, 12 of 22 from the field and 11 of 12 from the line and I'm sure that both Eddie Jones and Kobe Bryant will go to O'Brien with a 26-point effort in their own right. Ryan Birdwell, by the way, will be out to interview Michael Jordan after he finishes this game, it would be interesting to see what he thinks of Kobe.

Bryant and what he thinks of the Bulls' impressive effort tonight, including his home run and second-half trip east, will be Showtime stuff. Alonzo Morning he will return now with Miami and we will see what happens with that baseball club we have. Scottie Pippen, hopefully New York will always be better, that's right, Indiana and Cleveland play great basketball. Cleveland is doing it with four rookies of its first six players. Charlotte, they have firepower, absolutely, this is a dynamite Eastern Conference, dynamite, and dynamite player at 19 years old. Kobe Bryant, of age, now has 32 points and that is a season high for him, so he has moved up the rankings in the last three games 27 on Friday against the Rockets 30 on Sunday against the Mavericks and he has 33 points tonight against the Chicago Bulls and you I know I read an article in a clip, someone says yes, but you know, he doesn't post things, he doesn't ski on a ski either, yeah, there you go, I mean, this young man he has a three-point game, you name it, he can.

The game is over and the Chicago Bulls send a message to the LA Lakers although Kobe Bryant has sent a message to everyone else that he is the future Michael Jordan with 36 to lead the Bulls Kobe Bryant with 33 to surpass the Lakers in the final score the Chicago Bulls 104. The LA Lakers 83 while the Bulls hold the Lakers to their lowest scoring production of the season 83 points and now let's go to Brian Burwell. I don't know about a statement. I think you know, he was just trying. go out and do my job and see what you know, see how we can go out and fight against a team that is very young, very agile and without a key player, but we were able to maintain that balance and more or less control the pace and not let them surpass us, we got big scores in foul trouble early in the first half, we were able to take advantage of that.

Your assessment of young Kobe. I remember I was that young. You know he certainly has a lot of skills and you see that, he has a lot of confidence and I think it's just a matter of time for him. You know, you really realize how good he is. He's actually in his second year of college and, well, he's certainly learned a lot. Actually, he is in one of the best leagues and he will certainly learn a lot more and be a lot better if he continues to improve. Did you impart any wisdom to him during the game?

Oh, yeah, he asked me a question when we were there, you know, we were at half court and he wanted to know how, when I turned around on my jump shot, how to block the defense or how to get to the defense field. They all told me that they should feel the defense with their legs. Once you feel the defenses on your leg, you more or less have to feel where the defense is and you can take advantage of that so you don't have problems giving away trade secrets during the game. You don't know at all.

It's just a question. Do you know? I think that improves his basketball ability and you know, someone did that for me and I'm certainly not against giving him any kind of clues about his game. If he asks me, I certainly won't. go out and try to give too much information to the kids that he's learned a lot from in the short amount of time he's been in the league and believe me he's going to continue to learn and I wonder what he would have done in the Carolina blue uniform okay a lot thanks Michael, let's get back to Dick and you'll be fine.

They said Dr. J was a great ambassador for the NBA. You just talked to another one, the current one. Michael Jordan. Jordan and Brian were each named. minute player tonight while the Bulls win 104,283 and we will return to the United Center in Chicago after these foreign messages here in Chicago the Bulls make three games in a row and are 15-9 on the year beating the Lakers who have their streak of three Back-to-back wins broke the LA now to 18-6, a full game behind the Seattle Sonics. It's interesting to hear Michael Jordan talk to Brian Burwell about how Kobe you just said before he's not afraid to ask questions and that's a great sign for the Guy, well you have to admit the young man is doing it, he's not a head tough, wants to learn, asked the boy an important point here, how do I feel that defense?

And it's great that Michael takes the time and respects the young man. men because everyone knows that this young man is humble,He's been blessed with great talent and isn't afraid to ask some pretty impressive questions, uh. Victory, although for the Chicago Bulls, well, the Bulls were at their best every time you got 100 dicks, you know, that's an advantage for other people. 34 from the field, four of 18 and three are killed on the boards for 18. They can't do it on the road, they will have a rematch on February 1, but tonight it was all Chicago, Bulls, that's the story from here in the United.

Center right now, let's send it to Orlando Studios to Vince and Cheryl, thanks Dick and just a reminder. Inside the NBA will come in a moment tonight. Alonzo Morning returns to