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It's not an act. magic is just as great as Jordan.
Jordan had trouble with Magics size.
Pippen on Magic...
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Jordan had trouble with Magics size.
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
In the post yeah Mike had trouble, but not on the perimeter. Magic was racking up easy assist from all areas the entire series, Worthy, Perkins and Divac were killing the Bulls front line.
NYC Rebel
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Worthy was hurt coming into that series and rookie Divac was inconsistent throughout. Magic was screaming on Divac that entire series. I felt bad for dude.
@ the revisionist history like Magic wasnt still elite and getting his against Pippen.The move was smart bc instead of keeping Jordan on him all game long and having him use alot of energy on the defensive end, esp with Magic backing him down in the post, Jackson would switch Pippen on him throughout the course of the game to pick him up at half court and sometimes full court...this stifled the offense of the Lakers a bit and helped conserve Jordan's energy for long stretches.
Worthy, Perkins, and Divac got theirs with Magic setting them up...Magic was still doing his thing out there....Worthy and Perkins didnt struggle until game 4..first 3 games they were solid.
NYC Rebel
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The move was smart bc instead of keeping Jordan on him all game long and having him use alot of energy on the defensive end, esp with Magic backing him down in the post, Jackson would switch Pippen on him throughout the course of the game to pick him up at half court and sometimes full court...this stifled the offense of the Lakers a bit and helped conserve Jordan's energy for long stretches.
Worthy, Perkins, and Divac got theirs with Magic setting them up...Magic was still doing his thing out there....Worthy and Perkins didnt struggle until game 4..first 3 games they were solid.
He wasn't beasting in the post with Pippen on him. The Jets were a changed team coming into that series with Magic killing teams passing out of the low blocks. He was beastin himself, but they needed him to keep backing players down to open space. He couldn't do that on Pippen to help keep the Lakers with the Bulls.
Divac was still too green and inconsistent.
god shamgod
Veteran
The revisionist history in here is disgusting.They're tryna say mj couldn't handle magic yet magic dominated pippen more than he did mj.Jordan haters have this ability to overrate the shyt outta pippen it's hilarious cuz most of the nikkas who do never watched that era
It also shows how great magic was
NYC Rebel
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The revisionist history in here is disgusting.They're tryna say mj couldn't handle magic yet magic dominated pippen more than he did mj.Jordan haters have this ability to overrate the shyt outta pippen it's hilarious cuz most of the nikkas who do never watched that era
It also shows how great magic was
You have a hard time reading.
Magic may have beasted, but the Lakers to win needed him to pass out of the low blocks.
Pippen didn't allow Magic to push him down there.
holidayinn21
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The revisionist history in here is disgusting.They're tryna say mj couldn't handle magic yet magic dominated pippen more than he did mj.Jordan haters have this ability to overrate the shyt outta pippen it's hilarious cuz most of the nikkas who do never watched that era
It also shows how great magic was
the lakers were a slow pace, post up team that year.
pippen took away their biggest strength: magic posting up.
that alone made them a jumpshooting team, which they weren't good at.
NYC Rebel
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Exactly. Pippen did not allow Magic to get him down to the low blocks like Jordan did.
that was the entire difference of the series. I was sorta mad...
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NYC Rebel
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Again, this Pippen guarding Magic thing is a bit overrated.
Jordan started the game, halves and down the stretch on Magic.
Pippen played him in stretches but that was either with Jordan out or with Jackson trying to switch things up bc Magic was wearing him out down in the post....it usually resulted in a mismatch that the Lakers exposed (Jordan on Divac or Worthy in the post several times) and Jackson would switch it back to Jordan on him by game's end.
Jordan started the game, halves and down the stretch on Magic.
Pippen played him in stretches but that was either with Jordan out or with Jackson trying to switch things up bc Magic was wearing him out down in the post....it usually resulted in a mismatch that the Lakers exposed (Jordan on Divac or Worthy in the post several times) and Jackson would switch it back to Jordan on him by game's end.
NYC Rebel
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No...it didn't. The Lakers play changed when Pip was on Magic. It forced the Lakers to depend on Vlade and took Perkins out the game.