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ridethelightening said:
I guess Jordan being in proximity means it was over him?

The whole sequence gives the Pippen dunk the edge. And he even told the little barking dog to sit down and stfu!
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I never discredited the Pippen dunk. Still one of the greatest I've seen.

I was a huge Bulls fan in the 90's and couldn't stand the Knicks. (Although I did start to like them a bit once Houston signed with them).

I just was giving credit to Starks where credit is due. It certainly appears Jordan was making an effort to defend the dunk. So, YES, I would classify that as getting dunked on.
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
I did forget to mention Charles Oakley, representing the Virginia Union University.
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Jordan would have gotten beaten all to Hell like David Thompson in his early high wire years if it weren't for Oakley being there to cover his back and threaten violent retribution.
 
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hatvol96 said:
The series they had with the Pistons in '92 is quite possibly my favorite of all time.
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It was insane. By the end when the smoke cleared, it had little to do with basketball talent. It was blood and guts, who wanted it more.

Funny thing is, if the referee's were from the early 90's and not present day, they would absolutely murder most anything in the league right now.

That includes the Knicks, Pistons and Pacers of the early/mid 90's.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
It was insane. By the end when the smoke cleared, it had little to do with basketball talent. It was blood and guts, who wanted it more.

Funny thing is, if the referee's were from the early 90's and not present day, they would absolutely murder most anything in the league right now.

That includes the Knicks, Pistons and Pacers of the early/mid 90's.
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Steve Nash wouldn't last 10 minutes against those guys with old school referees.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
He would be playing with a rubix cube in room 104C with a morphine drip.
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This about a guy who was calmly popping his nose back into place before draining two free throws to help seal a playoff game. If John Stockton and Mark Price could survive at that time, so could Nash.

Anyway, I remember hating, hating the Knicks (and the Pistons, maybe the Pacers to a lesser extent, too) because they played that overly-physical crap in the 90s to compensate for their talent deficiencies. I loved the Bulls and their athleticism, which, I felt, was the true nature of basketball. The only redeeming thing the Knicks had going for them was not having Bill Laimbeer on the roster.
 
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Unimane said:
This about a guy who was calmly popping his nose back into place before draining two free throws to help seal a playoff game. If John Stockton and Mark Price could survive at that time, so could Nash.

Anyway, I remember hating, hating the Knicks (and the Pistons, maybe the Pacers to a lesser extent, too) because they played that overly-physical crap in the 90s to compensate for their talent deficiencies. I loved the Bulls and their athleticism, which, I felt, was the true nature of basketball. The only redeeming thing the Knicks had going for them was not having Bill Laimbeer on the roster.
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Give me a break. The best teams in the League play that "overly physical" crap. Take the Celtics, for example, while not as tough as that Knicks team, they are the most physical team left and will most likely win it all. That's the way that the game is supposed to be played in the playoffs.
 
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LawVol13 said:
Give me a break. The best teams in the League play that "overly physical" crap. Take the Celtics, for example, while not as tough as that Knicks team, they are the most physical team left and will most likely win it all. That's the way that the game is supposed to be played in the playoffs.
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I'm just thinking about all that low post athleticism Chicago had with Cartright, Longley, and Wennington. Those guys were the embodiments of grace and finesse. Of course, Rodman never played a physical, chippy game. The epitome of sportsmanship, that guy.
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hatvol96 said:
I'm just thinking about all that low post athleticism Chicago had with Cartright, Longley, and Wennington. Those guys were the embodiments of grace and finesse. Of course, Rodman never played a physical, chippy game. The epitome of sportsmanship, that guy.
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Perdue is who he was talking about. He was the athletic one.
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LawVol13 said:
Give me a break. The best teams in the League play that "overly physical" crap. Take the Celtics, for example, while not as tough as that Knicks team, they are the most physical team left and will most likely win it all. That's the way that the game is supposed to be played in the playoffs.
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First of all, I was expressing my opinion I had at the time, when I was a teenager, even if it still somewhat applies (I can appreciate the Knicks, even while hating them). Secondly, the way the Celtics play now isn't the same as what the Knicks did, especially with the rule changes. I hated, and still hated, the way it became a wrestling match with the Knicks. Maybe I should say I appreciated the fluidity and execution of the Bulls, even with the "non-athletic" role players.

And, in the end, after all the crap about physicality in the playoffs, or "how it should be played", teams that play that way don't win (or rarely). Teams that played like the Bulls win the championships. You can try and bully other teams, but championships are won by teams like the Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, etc. that execute.
 
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Unimane said:
First of all, I was expressing my opinion I had at the time, when I was a teenager. Secondly, the way the Celtics play now isn't the same as what the Knicks did, especially with the rule changes. I hated, and still hated, the way it became a wrestling match with the Knicks. Maybe I should say I appreciated the fluidity and execution of the Bulls, even with the "non-athletic" role players.

And, in the end, after all the crap about physicality in the playoffs, or "how it should be played", teams that play that way don't win (or rarely). Teams that played like the Bulls win the championships. You can try and bully other teams, but championships are won by teams like the Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, etc. that execute.
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I disagree completely. First, Detroit sure wasn't too bad "bullying people." And the Spurs always have won because they one of the most physical teams in the League. Physicality wins in the playoffs. If you want proof, just look at the Lakers-Celtics series a couple years ago.
 
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