Bulls x Lakers 17/12/96

i don't think there's any more beautiful boulevard in north america than michigan avenue and the highlight the water tower in downtown chicago especially resplendent this time of the year filled with christmas lights and holiday shoppers and just a couple of miles west of downtown chicago the united center and the starting lineups for the lakers tonight nick van exel and eddie jones in the backcourt jerome kersey for cedric somalis shaquille o'neal and eldon campbell up front they come in 18-7 they are seven and five on the road the chicago bulls will start ron harper and michael jordan in the backcourt scottie pippen bill wenington and dennis rodman back for the second game after serving that two-game suspension will start tonight winning can back in the starting lineup having given way to robert parish and let's check in with greg sager doc rivers commented earlier on guarding shack by committee all week phil jackson has been downplaying the possibility of dennis rodman being the head of that committee tonight he confided to us he did not want to give rodman the added mental burden but robin is up for the task he told me tonight he has his most success against shaq when he antagonizes him throws him off his game by being physical going toe-to-toe but he also confessed that could lead to foul trouble ask for his behavior after serving that two-game suspension for the profanity-laced tirade the post-game locker room rodman says he will try to keep his cool but he stopped short of guaranteeing it all right craig there's a man whose uh latest do looks a little bit like a bowl of sherbet gone sour yeah it really has i tell you what he's good at antagonizing people i tell you he's really good at that dick vavetta hank armstrong and greg willard are the officiating trio tonight this the first of two meetings these two teams six and six in this decade and last week last year the bulls handed the lakers two defeats winning here by ten and uh then that memorable february second game in los angeles when magic johnson returned to the court michael and the bulls came in chicago 20 and three they lost at home to miami on a saturday night on sunday went to toronto and got thumped by the raptors since then have won three in a row the lakers seven and five on the road but they have won five in succession and they have a two-game edge over the seattle supersonics in the pacific division o'neill gets the tap and it's in the hands of nick van exel ron harper will pick him up defensively so that puts jordan on eddie jones rodman has campbell for the start o'neill and bill winnington and if you want to watch someone very early in this game you should watch eddie jones nick van x nick van exel has shot 75 in the first half for the first quarter in his last five or six game that's an amazing statistic 75 on 21 and 28 and he's averaging 11 points per game in the first quarter of those fights can't control it dives out of bounds into the crowd of photographers and that will be los angeles ball that first basket by eddie jones and you can see dennis rodman into it already with his great effort by dennis robin and that's what he plays on obviously great athletic ability but it's his effort that wins games van exel for that's what you were talking about yeah he's deadly you know there's a lot of reasons why but one is teams concentrate so much [Applause] at the other end scottie pippen scans a three and it's a five three ball game talking to del harris this morning about why van exel has found the magic in the last five games and he just kind of nodded some well that's just nick i think what he was saying is he wants nick to do that for three more quarters van x will buy harper and he loses it it's a three on two break parker in the middle takes it all the way and the board goes in the hands of eddie jones here come the lakers two on two van exel dips it off underneath and a foul is called on ron harper nick van exel in the last five games points 12 and then look at the last three quarters and the three-point field goals have been amazing in the first quarter now eddie jones at the free-throw line the concentration is the highest at the beginning of the game you're as fresh as you will be at the beginning of the game and everyone's thinking about shaq at the beginning of the game so it's smart for nick to try to get off to a quick start eddie jones gets them both and it's a 7-3 ball game michael jordan with the offensive rebound rodman gets his first offensive board finds wennington open for the jumper and gets it and the way to beat the bulls obviously is out rebounding them that's what miami did that's what toronto did uh the lakers are going to have to do that they're going to have to do a better job if they're going to win this game here's shaquille o'neal his first shot rebound in the hands of juan harper and the bulls with the chance to tie it in the early going tell you what burn watching ron harper run up and down the court right now this has to be a reasonable concern he looks his knees look like they are really bothering him there's a block a queen block from yeldon campbell take a look at rodman on the offensive board a moment ago you know he's going to be there and he's going to just out effort you every time he thinks the ball belongs to him that's why he that's why charles barkley they're great rebounders campbell double comes from michael jordan eldon campbell here's harper with another rebound and another chance for chicago to tie or take the lead [Music] eddie jones has it that was not easy tied at seven van exel another two an acrobatic deuce yeah and ron harper has his hands full nick van nexter was so quick ron harper looks like he's favoring his leg a little bit that could be problem wentington oh he can shoot him you really can and and it's a nice matchup with him on shaq because he's going to take shaq away from the bucket yeah it's the jumper with uh bill willington that's how he's made he's living in the league yeah it really has and it takes the big man away from where he wants to be and that's underneath the ball will be inbound by inbounded by eddie jones jackson said he was going to start with a matchup with harper and van excellent see how things went elden campbell off the glass for two tell you what when i was in san antonio that was the matchup we feared dennis could guard anybody else in this league except for elton campbell really had huge gains against us because he's bigger hilton campbell loves shooting over guys that he's bigger off the glass for jordan's first basket back to eddie jones for three campbell with the offensive rebound stripped away and knocked out of bounds by michael jordan you know everyone's talking about the inside game of the bulls missing luke longley they can go inside by boasting up their guard michael jordan or their small force scotty pippy back it goes to o'neal the little jump is good and a two-point los angeles lead again jordan with the other end finds huntington this one won't fall another offensive board for rodman though hitman thought about a three goes by kersey scoop shot no rodman can't control it it's out of bounds against [Applause] you can see it right there both out of bounds but then x was the last guy who touched the ball [Music] yeah he is and guys don't want to come out there not only do they not like that you can see shaq he just stood there he said i'm gonna give the guy the shot if you give him that shot he's gonna make it luke longley you saw reacting luke expected back in january he suffered that shoulder problem while body surfing in the pacific ocean ah nice move baseline for shaquille o'neal you know it was interesting dale harris was saying this morning well let's go back and take a look at this he's just bigger he gets that great position uses his body the one thing i'd say to bill whinnington if you know he's going to score you got to follow him before he can get the basket up make him earn it from the free-throw line chicago bulls use a timeout so we are not 707 to go in the first quarter 15 to 13. lakers lead by two [Music] if we all settled for good enough would things ever be good enough the luxurious chrysler lhs cab forward design speed sensitive steering independent touring suspension eight-way power seats personal security system and now get a lease for just 359 a month the chrysler lhs this goes way beyond good enough what's new in your world i don't really feel in particular like i'm some sort of cool guy john travolta talks about his past rolls his favorite moves and hosts a night of grease sunday at 8 on tnt here you go thanks i travel a lot but you don't have to play in the nba to visit new places and meet new people all you have to do is pick up a book because when you know how to read the adventures come to you today's story is little shaq hornish so no matter who you are or what you plan to do learn how to read it opens up a whole new world it's a good thing he doesn't play basketball now and for every championship season to follow a new network dedicated to covering sports as never before from cnn and sports illustrated come cnn sr the 24-hour sports news network ernie johnson in atlanta one big reason miami is on top of the atlantic division at 18-5 this guy timmy hardaway but check it out tonight at miami arena first quarter hardaway bothered by back spasms goes to the floor at miami arena he was helped to the locker room with a lower back strain questionable as to whether or not he will return tonight after he left indiana hit him with a 15-2 run it's 35-27 we go back to chicago all right ej thank you and as you can see miami with a two-game lead over new york the knicks haven't lost since they were thumped at home by miami two weeks ago yeah they're playing good basketball i think a lot of people right now the new york knicks are there whooping boys and they better watch it i think that team at the end of the year is going to be so dangerous dale harris was talking about pat riley as a matter of fact with us this morning and he said riley put it best when talking about how do you defeat chicago it's metal more than physical yeah you have to expect to win when you come into this building or when you play the chicago bulls or when you guard michael jordan you have to expect that you're going to have a better game if you look at him and you come in thinking maybe we can win or if we play well we have a chance you're going to lose you have to believe that you can beat this team that's the only way you can be shaquille o'neal gets the free throw he was six of nine in their most recent win the overtime victory over portland and his uh percentage is at 59 over the last five games so not great but better than it had been i think they take 59 for the season they'd be real happy with that jordan for two he's got four tell you the one big advantage michael has over eddie jones is his body eddie jones is still mature and he needs to get a little stronger michael jordan is as strong as you're gonna get at the guard position here comes shaquille o'neal again harper makes a pass at the double team [Applause] but he's really concerned with the outlet pass back that jumper won't fall wennington battles shaquille o'neal gets it elton campbell puts [Music] 605 to go first quarter come up bill rodman for the jumper hey they gave him that shot all night long he'll kill you he'll be the player again yeah he'll be over here with us after the game great pass by dennis rodman a part of the game no one talks about he's a great passer also that's the third assist for rodman in the first quarter and it's a one-point game yet again now van exel off the dribble drives rodman came to help out defensively so they get it to campbell for two and i think right now besides eddie jones nick van axel and elton campbell are going to be key guys nick manexo has a quick disadvantage and campbell has a size advantage jordan offensive board again for chicago they are winning that battle for three and kersey is fouled by ron harper loose ball foul hey nick just a pump fake right around ron harper he sees he can get into the lane when you get a guy in the lane it causes a lot of problems ryman helps campbell scores i think he might be right about ron harper hurting a little bit he's going to take a seat on the bench down give way to randy brown and randy brown will be a key guy for the bulls because he's a defensive specialist and they might need that especially in the first quarter against nick van next here's van exel for three well here he goes again eight points for van exel in the first quarter percy steps in front of the pass from pippen and a six-point los angeles lead at 23-17 shaquille o'neal from short gets the offensive board hustles and gets the roller this time and it's an eight-point lead jack's really acting like he's really active you love seeing that out of the big guy especially a guy with that type of size [Music] rodman take a look at o'neill again just look how active he is right here he misses the shot he's back on it he's following it up and he puts it up again obviously if it's me i'm following him i'm making him shoot free throws thenx were picked up by randy brown 25-17 4-13 to go in the first quarter entry pass goes away picked up by eddie jones in los angeles campbell from the baseline rodman to jordan jordan's one on four and a foul is going on van excellent that's how much they feared yeah i tell you what it was one on four but michael jordan had the advantage that's right you know most guys when you get this you see one on four and the coaches stand up and yell hold it up phil jackson he said go for it michael he did have the advantage now the pass the ball inbound over jordan 3 53 to go pippin for three [Applause] van exel brown and rodman out now rodman backs away you have not seen the bulls trap yet i they're a strange team in doing that it seems like each quarter try to tighten the grip on you right now i don't think they've trapped much at all so far again jordan with a late double team and a foul is called that puts shaquille o'neal at the free-throw line harris was talking about the growth that he sees in o'neill this year he said don't worry about the free throws that'll come in time what we want you to do is improve on your rebounding your field goal percentage your assist to turnover ratio and if you can find yourself in the top three in the league in those categories you've made great strides and three as far as assist turnover ratio he means centers i hope no one saw that shot right there people underneath should put on hard hats that was ugly maybe the free throw shooting won't come that was ugly that was dangerous see hey he's a comeback player 26-20 325 to go in the first quarter but back on shaq right now he is almost even with assist turnovers and for a big guy that's a great number especially if you look at some of the others in the league yeah both of the assistant runoff is right above three shakil he was looking over his shoulder for van excellent and in the process he forgot about randy brown yeah all right shaquille getting out you know the lakers are trying to do some trapping on the pick-and-rolls and the bulls have said that they're going to run more pick-and-rolls in this game than you usually see them run because they want to get shaq away from the bucket dickie simkins is the second man to try his hand at shaquille as running comes out o'neal short rebound in the hands of scottie pippen so simpkins will pick it up for the final three minutes of the first quarter on o'neill jordan for three o'neill with a rebound [Applause] eddie jones picked up by jordan takes the jumper over him and that's what eddie jones has to do he has to attack michael jordan and make him work so far he hasn't done that when he does it like that michael can have a tough go eddie jones makes the steal and is down right in front of us and he went down hard now jones back up and on the floor and o'neill nice pass and it's uh it's good tell you what makes you clean really well they're playing free offensively o'hara said this morning that they don't have an identity yet as a team offensively or defensively but he would love this this is what he stays over every night another miss from pippin and the double digit lead a chance to expand it now in the final two minutes of the first quarter o'neal give and go beauty [Applause] 12-point lead los angeles hitting 65 in the first quarter it's not just van extra no it's not it's everyone they're getting good shots though they're moving and getting great shots there's a nifty pass underneath the tip and the reverse layup is good back to the 10-point margin 120 to go in the opening quarter that ends a 14-3 run simpkins literally leans on o'neill kersey opened for the giant that was ugly [Music] and as shaquille o'neal makes the nice pass 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truthful with me this morning he just made a point to me during the commercial break doc that the longer this game goes on the more confidence this very young laker team seems beginning yeah i think what people forget about this laker team is that they're young obviously they're talented but they're very young and games like this and quarters like this only make them more dangerous later travis knight a seven-foot rookie from connecticut has come on the floor now number 40 for los angeles to give o'neill a breather and rodman gets the take away here comes michael jordan randy brown pippin calls for it gets the pass from jordan drive to the basket takes the jumper in and out campbell rebound van exel knight byron scott is also on the floor number four along with eddie jones here's knight number one draft pick of the chicago bulls last year and the bulls renounced their rights to him after two weeks and he assigned a free agent contract with los angeles for the minimum well that's because they didn't know luke longwood was going to go body surgery right jordan and another missed by michael jordan chicago hitting just under 50 jordan though it's only two of six in the field will he get the shot off of course oh man the first quarter brilliance for nick van exel continues that's only for two but in the first quarter perfect four for four from the field this one a prayer that was answered at the buzzer everything going the laker way here in the windy city they are up by an astonishing 14. friday night nba on tnt when stockton finds malone it's like magic now watch the real magic try to break up the nba's most famous duo jazz magic friday night at 8. the nba is on tnt don't miss a game good afternoon no one speaks softly or carries a big gun like dirty harry that ain't no cops gun frank lock and low with clint eastwood in magnum force tonight after the nba the new classics are on tnt you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth no no the new 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rebounds during those three games and van exel continued his a terrific first quarter play perfect from the field four for four and tonight ten points rather than the 11 field goals four for four three-point field goals two of three we got an interesting message from ron harper time out he told me that that's how he always runs now i'm used to him in his younger days he said that's how i used to run my last couple of years also robert parish on the floor gives it off to randy brown and they misfire from the bulls now at the other end here's byron scott over steve kerr who's also on the floor and tony cucoch so let's set the lineups now it's brown kerr pippen cue coach and robert parish for the bulls steve kerr entry pass to coach who's guarded by travis knight the thing with the bulls right now they're getting good shots and that has to make you happy or concerned in one way concerned that if they start making them and getting good shots you're in trouble campbell took travis knight fouled underneath campbell they've run more plays for him now with shaquille o'neal yeah that's exactly what they're doing elton campbell when shaq goes out he's the go-to guy he's the guy that they throw it down on the post and they hope they get a double team or that he can score and he likes that adjustment the biggest adjustment he's had to make dale harris was telling us this morning is when he's not the guy when you cut you still have to cut hard you have to cut with a purpose at first he would say well it's not my play i'll just get out of the way you don't get out of the way you still try to cut and occupy the defense and that's what he's trying to learn to do now travis knight gets one or two from the free-throw line and the lead is 15 and 37-22 second roll steve kerr picked up the mismatch for travis knight they have byron scott on tony and pippin is fouled by eddie jones that was a great move by piffin he made eddie jones foul pippen's falling off balance a little bit and he knew that he was off balance here and he made him follow him by leading back into him smart move veteran move curve on the cut finds robert perris the chief gets two playing tonight in his 1579th game campbell over perish yeah if they do that paris is going to have some trouble i didn't know elton campbell could do that [Music] 10 points for campbell and seven rebounds so three in double figures all ready for los angeles here's kerr pick and roll with parrish again two coach for three woefully off the mark parish that's another one two for two for robert paris and if you're a little guy or a big guy watching robert paris play what does he do he gets the ball and he keeps it over his head he never brings it down and he takes the shot and he makes it 21st season of the nba so he he had played three years when kobe bryant was born yeah isn't that amazing give it a little perspective it truly is amazing i mean this is not george blanda kicking field goals in the nfl this is robert parish taking a pounding on the basketball and this is a physical game a game that you have to run up and down the court and this guy is still doing it more hoyt will help whatever hoyt wilhelm was pitching at the age of in the late 40s [Music] 9 35 to go first half pippin finds randy brown nice player nice athletic move 41-28 and a foul called randy brown with a with a wonderful play yeah he's athletic and that's why he brought him in here to try to make things happen he's a great defender but he also is a good finisher derek fisher's on the floor for nick van exel number two the rookie from arkansas little rock he has uh had his play minutes cut the last week or so yeah he's having a rookie season he has a good one and he has a bad one he's gonna play big minutes and he's gonna play small amounts gamble again he's on fire right now three or three in the corner for eldon campbell at the nine-minute mark of the first half travis knight picks up cucoch pippin off the dribble [Applause] scottie pippen a 13 point margin 8 40 to go first half of play hip and guards eddie jones kerr has byron scott there's jones [Applause] travis knight can't quite get there kerr finds the ball and here comes chicago good coach [Music] that was a great pass at the other end fischer for two four point turnaround two you didn't get two they got back to a 15 point margin [Music] pippin gives it back to steve kerr take another look at that uh the touch pass from cucoch you know not only the touch pass the pass from kurt was great the pass from kuch was even better the finish what's the problem there randy brown will head to the bench michael jordan back on the floor so it's jordan and kerr parish cuckoo and pippin and the young fella kobe bryant has just entered the game guarding scottie pippen so the education of kobe bryant will now commence in chicago yeah well michael jordan too strong curt saves it for the bulls after kukota knocked it out to him [Applause] kobe bryant at 18 years of age for three no and here comes derek fisher for the lakers a 45-30 ball game seven 28 to go first half jones they can't miss it's kobe bryant instead of jones kobe bryant has the best three-point percentage of anybody on the lake of teams he's really shooting the ball well they're concerned with him as he tries to have a home run play every play instead of just letting the game come to him hey bernie's 18. [Music] and the lakers lead by 18. o'neal picks up his first foul tonight and q coach will throw it in in front of the chicago bench they've made a switch already putting kobe on michael now bambi education he's now in a post-graduate course yeah boy accelerated learning wow i'm talking about the fast track huh oh my how'd you do your first trip to chicago your rookie year well i pip him and then jordan yeah o'neill watch kobe bryant guarding michael jordan for the first time yeah that's what you call when it was oops play oops he went the wrong way 6 41 to go in the first half of play a 50-32 los angeles league jazz magic friday night at eight nba's on tnt hey whatever sport you're into this holiday season you gotta get into foot locker our strikers are experts at helping you pick that perfect gift like the exclusive nike air flight 84 we're talking more nike reebok and fela than he can fit under a tree then check out a sleigh full of nike sweatshirts and if football is on your list 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stopped orlando's home game winning streak a year ago at 40. they they halted the phoenix street they won big games on the road they won in houston this year in double overtime the only team to do that and they lead by 19 here for the knock against lake they've only played as good as their talent they've lost to toronto they've lost to some other teams but they beat all the good teams byron scott on jordan and jordan is now 3 of 10 from the field kobe bryant blows by steve kerr and an offensive rebound lakers are hitting 65 in the ball game so far there's two more kobe bryant 5 50 to go highest point total in the first half this season for the lakers 61 points they're only eight away from that right now we've still got 544 to go here's a foul the lakers versus obama on kobe bryant first the team and right now you can see whoever could be brian is guarding they're trying to attack and they're not attacking them with their quickness kobe bryant is a quick player they're using their bodies he's still very small light and they're using their bodies to get around more than their quickness coach gets one van exhale is going to come on now for derrick fisher interesting to watch as uh tony cucos went to the line here byron scott going out and just talking very quietly with kobe bryant yeah exactly and that's why they brought byron scott in here not only is he doing it with his leadership off the court byron has some big plays he had a big dunk the other day at age 35. van exel back on the floor bryant has it guarded by rodman parrish has a kneel and two more for shaquille wow and that was a tough shot you can't guard him much better than that 21-point lead jordan three of ten so far is robert parish he's got six right back at you 505 to go first half this crowd sitting in stunned silence right now o'neil wow it's the match between shaq and robert paris and i think the lakers at this point in paris career likes that match up jordan finally gets one he's four of 11. van x was picked up by steve kerr [Applause] for three the entire team they are really shooting the ball well and to beat the lakers the bulls obviously you have to shoot the ball well their lead the league and opponents still going to 39 coach gets a counter at the other end the three-point play that cuts the lead to 19. van exel again picked up by steve kerr kobe bryant now cucoch has him here's o'neill parish backs away [Applause] he's making bankers he's shooting the hook shots and it's a 350 time remaining o'neill is eight of 12. here's kerr no rodman got it jordan two more you know what that was a really smart thing michael jordan is struggling right now from the outside he had the open three he passed up on it and took it closer to make sure he made the shot that's a veteran's smart play van exel can't miss and he looks like ken norton jr as he comes down yeah but those hooks might be too early right 22 point lead jordan guarded by byron scott campbell having rested here's jordan for two more no no yeah van exel kobe bryant over coach chief finds cuckoos he'll wait for teammates to come down to him here's jordan off the dribble goes to the free-throw line that's twice that he's passed up the three-pointer jordan will be at the free-throw line but time has been called van exel in the meantime can't miss [Music] the nba on tnt is brought to you by g makers of the chief grand cherokee cherokee and wrangler and by domino's pizza [Music] so [Music] only from domino's new garlic crunch crust pizza roasted garlic baked right into our classic hand tossed dough then sprinkled with parmesan crunchies all around the edge it's a delicate blend of herbs and garlic in every bite of our delicious steaming crust call now and get a large one topping just 9.99 new garlic crunch crust for a limited time only [Music] i started out playing piano and somehow wound up here a high above madison square garden i watch the action and i try to anticipate because once the moment's gone it's gone for good i think basketball is a very musical game there's a certain flow to it so it's a perfect match of two of my passions and maybe it's not what my piano teacher had in mind but i'm lucky enough to have a great view of a great game and i just can't think of anything else i'd rather be doing than that well vern it's christmas time and my gift to you is possibly a championship team john stockton and carl malone are the obvious people with the utah jazz but jeff hornacek has really picked his game up playing great antoine carr off the bench byron russell has stepped in a starting spot and playing well along with greg oyster tag but my god shannon anderson jerry sloane underrated coach but look at shannon anderson i appreciate the gifts and i appreciate the sentiment involved in you thinking that they might win it this year jerry sloane of course one of the retired jerseys here along with bob love there was another 23 that hung up there for oh a year and a half and a lot of teams want them to put that back up don't they look at this shooting percentage by the lakers they just have been tore it in this ball game yeah you got to think at some point that they're going to hit a snag the way they're shooting they're not going to lose i mean obviously you're shooting 65 67 you're in good shape michael jordan at the free-throw line and you can see right now there's a saying in the nba you win by the jump shot you lose or you shoot the jump and you lose by it and that's what they're doing right now shooting all jumpers no penetration no post up boots either which i'm surprised by i thought they would go to michael moore in the post like right here yes eddie jones has him baseline no pippin wanted that rebound yeah he really did and by going to michael in the post what that causes is double teams and freeze guys up on the board and that's why scottie pippen got that rebound because kobe bryant went to trap you know he causes so much attention down on the post and he gets the free throw from the three-point play now pressure applied defensively there's the trap on the baseline kerr two coach time-out called by the lakers and as well as the lakers have played so far vern the one thing we have not seen is that chicago bulls press one of the reasons is because chicago's missing shots and the lakers are making all their shots here's how amazing things have gone here in the first half los angeles is on a pace to score 147 points against a chicago team that is yielding an average of only 88 per game i don't think they're going to get to 147. no if they give 147 that's a entire newspaper article or newspaper chicago though can't shake detroit and by the way chicago and detroit will play in a special christmas doubleheader on nbc coming up christmas day terry mills this season 13 consecutive three-pointers how about that 50 percent three-point field goal percentage and you know who they call on to take the big shots with detroit terry mills he's beating a lot of teams with that three-point shot kobe bryant eldon campbell eddie jones shaquille o'neal and van exel jordan goes after kobe bryant he kicks it back to campbell here's jones and scottie pippen puts it up cuckoo's [Applause] yeah i know that wasn't strategy no i didn't think so dennis rodman will be on sec from this point out in this house jordan [Applause] 150 to go first half o'neal has hit his last six shots there's rodman [Applause] yeah when he's shooting like that they're going to have to double team a little quicker lead is back to 18. [Music] he's starting to feel it the thing i was saying earlier is michael jordan is getting good shots he wasn't making him at some point you know he's going to make it three of his first ten he's now got 17 points here's van exel kerr lost him the tip won't fall from o'neill that's his first miss rodman gets it in the hands of jordan he incurred a little mix-up of communication hip it for three no jordan for two 14-point lead yeah and you can see the pressure the pressure is turning up they didn't get a steal but they got a quick shot on that last possession a 12-4 chicago run traveling a call with which dale harris obviously is in disagreement no he wasn't happy on that but what tony cucco did he had body on him he took the body away elton kimmel fell off balance and that's how he traveled strong to the basket he's fouled and he'll shoot free throws [Applause] coming up on the nike halftime report kenny smith is in the studio he's joined ernie johnson and cheryl miller they'll have scores and highlights from around the league including a look at the jazz stop in the garden to face the new york knicks two coach shoots two utah up by five at the half of that game in the garden was the next goal for their seventh in a row tonight i hope the fans are a little bit happier with uh patrick ewing in new york right now it's been brutal oh it's been awful it's been awful [Applause] o'neill off o'neal and out of bounds chicago gets another chance you know this is an interesting half vern the lakers have had a great half they shot the ball well these last four minutes of this quarter can hurt them for the entire game because the bulls will have the confidence in their press and the lakers will not they'll be thinking about this press the entire second half dale harris doesn't want o'neal to pick up a chief foul here yeah smart play so he's put travis knight on the floor [Applause] 14 13-point lead at 69-56 they're going to spread the four from michael and had a switch not a good matchup for the lakers jerome person regarding michael jordan right now foul before the [Applause] this is just quickness he had no chance i'm surprised that the lakers didn't give help a little bit earlier right here jordan goes to the free-throw line he's got 15 points in the last seven minutes after a very slow start that carves another point off the lead and gets it to 12. you would think the lakers would be happy with this big lead but going into halftime i'm going to tell you the bulls are thrilled to death to be within 11 if michael makes the shot foul [Applause] and he's going to give the official greg willard a little earful but he's doing it in a nice way yes with a smile yeah [Applause] it's amazing what you can tell in the fish dennis could have been saying some terrible words right there but he looked like he was doing it in a nice way the officials can handle that they don't like when you have the arm gestures throwing your hands around that's when you get t corey blunt a former chicago goal played two years here gets the first free throw bushler comes in now for rodman judd bushner on the floor and yet one more word for greg willard as he makes his way to the bench that wasn't nice no and corey once shoots one more free throw [Applause] pippin chases it down final shot got it jerome kersey with a baseline jumper jordan at the other end no well it was something it lived up to the promise did it not we have reached halftime and the los angeles lakers explode for 72 points in the first half most points obviously chicago has given up this year and the bulls at home trail by 15. [Music] welcome back to a tuesday night edition of the nba on tnt from chicago it's the most wonderful time of the year it's a homecoming for doc rivers uh doc coming back to his hometown and we've watched the los angeles lakers lead the chicago bulls by 15 at the half a chance for doc rivers to let you know what's on his mind and what do we call this segment well what do you expect um what's up doc what's up doc vern what's up is that in the nba's 50 years lots of things have changed except for one and that's the pick-and-roll it was and still is the favorite play in the nba you know it's coming you know it'll be there but you can't stop it like havoc and russell stockton and malone some things have changed and some things have stayed the same yeah finished great speech and all doc you had them riveted yeah we're riveted right here yeah i tell you i tell you and the bulls might need that pick-and-roll in this half to get back in this game they might need bugs bunny yeah and a lot of other guys let's check in with greg sager a dominating first half by the lakers with 72 points particularly dominating by shaquille o'neal who touched the ball 24 times he was double-teamed eight triple team three still he made 15 baskets had 23 points and no turnovers i talked to the bulls coaching staff they said shaq is going to continue to get his points particularly against their people the concerns of moats is van exel and campbell they want a pressure van axel get the ball out of his hands and they want to keep eldon campbell off the board so doc look for that press to continue here in the second half all right craig and how did that uh defense by committee on shaquille o'neal do wennington nine minutes uh allowed eight points parish four minutes nine points simpkins and rodman and uh what would you expect now tactically from chicago in the second half well obviously the press they didn't press much in the first half and when they did they were very successful as a matter of fact i think that was the only thing they were very successful in the first half was their press secondly on shaq they really aren't concerned about shaq they expected him to have a big game they're surprised at nick van impe so i'm probably even more surprised that elton campbell's having a great game and he's having it on dennis rodney is it possible for los angeles to shoot 65 again on the second half no they're not going to shoot that well that happens every once in a while once every 20 years and they might do it but i'd say no they're not going to shoot that well can they win this game obviously they're winning by 15 points and as you saw they played an almost error-free first half with only four turnovers and this is a chicago team that forces a lot of turnovers yeah they forced a lot of turnovers but one chicago didn't shoot that well in the first half and two the lakers made every shot they didn't get a chance to press as much as they wanted to so they couldn't cause a lot of turnover now let's check the starting five ron harper is on the floor he went to the bench early and seemed to be in pain but he's got the ball in his hands now it's picked up by nick van exel and they need ron harper they need him to play well and play healthy he is so key to this team in so many ways michael jordan went with the rebound and he's fouled by jerome crystal now you looked at ron harper uh during the layup drill right at the beginning of the second half and asked if he was healthy uh he said yes but it wasn't one of those yes did you believe him it didn't look like he's feeling that well he's so important to this team you remember last year when ron harper went out in the seattle series in the finals the bulls lost two games he does a little work he does the dirty work he's the key role player on this team and without him you lose size you lose experience you lose defense remington gets one of two and the lead is 14. largest lead of the game was 22 points the bulls got it down to 12 in the last 30 seconds but then an important 30 seconds for the lakers as they got a couple of baskets in the last 30 seconds of that first half o'neal guarded by wennington the double team comes from jordan you can't miss can't miss even on a double team you know double teams don't bother shaq that much he's still bigger than everyone he can still see the basket [Music] 11 of 16 for the field for shaquille o'neal and back to a 16-point march jordan jones over the back [Applause] i mean look at shaq right here he sees the double team there but he knows if he can turn he can see the bucket and it really doesn't matter if a guy's there [Music] jones guards jordan hipping from the corner off the feed no rebound o'neal again great shot for chicago exactly what they wanted dick van exel a rare miss tonight for him scottie pippen with the rebound now jordan left wing uses the pick and roll with robin he gets it in the hands of ron harper nice pass from rodman to jordan you don't see that in the stats but shaq causes michael jordan to miss that shot and miss it badly o'neill guarded by rennington again a late double team when he put him on the floor and o'neill with a turnover [Applause] watch michael jordan here he gets in the paint on most guys he elevates he sees shaq and that only stacked but elton campbell was there also two big guys two great shot blockers now ron harper guarded by van exel jordan in the post kicks it out to wellington they find ron harper for three from the corner got it loves shooting the three from the corners that's where you want to find ron harker he really shoots that shot very well four of 12 three-point shots tonight now for chicago under 10 minutes to go third quarter 74-61 [Music] hipping with a double team so they are doubling more here in the second half yeah they are and i tell you what else they're doing they're pressing the ball it takes them a longer time to get into shaq and when you take that much time to get the ball into shaq there's less time for him to pass it around if you double team after a press there's no time to move the ball around and that's why chicago is going to get in the game with that breath this thing started to turn in the last couple of minutes of the half the lead is now down to 10. the nba on tnt is brought to you by gmc putting you comfortably in command and by villa change the game with sierra's strength and exceptional power life's daily obstacles are easily handled but with sierra's third door you will have one less hurdle to overcome sierra by gmc putting you comfortably in command you got to get me out of here this is not a nice place picking up bad habits man they're making me do bad things what are you blind out of my face even trying to change the way i look it can't get any worse than this i said you got the wrong number chuck oh grantee meet george your new personal trainer nice to meet you not nice not nice it's right not nice i didn't grow up in this neighborhood i'm from a small town in north carolina but some things here are just like home sure every community has problems but when everyone works together it doesn't matter where you're from so team up with your community even if you are the new guy in town [Music] let's take a look back the 1991 nba finals should feature two of the game's greatest stars michael and magic michael jordan and magic johnson one on one throughout the five-game series the lakers took game one in chicago but then michael jordan took charge he led the bulls to four straight wins and after years of frustration they got their first nba title michael jordan was named the series mvp he went on to lead the bulls to four titles in the 90s but none is special i don't think is the first one mike dunleavy the coach of the los angeles lakers it's interesting when you look at the different guys playing on the court then i love watching those old films i keep looking for me but no finals for me yes but you had your moments 9 20. the lead is 10. here's kersey off the iron shaquille o'neal and rodman battle forward and jordan picks it up and a chance to get the lead into single digits now rodman with the screen wentington campbell comes out to pick him up michael jordan guarded by eddie jones scotty pippen is guarded by kersey low post to ron harper three-second violation michael is not happy with ron harper right now he felt mike ryan should have shot i'm surprised they haven't gone around more he has a nice match up down on the post over van axel van exel has him in quickness ron harper has him down to the post that's only the second chicago turnover in the last 20 minutes this has been a really well played game van exel in and out but he'll shoot free throws see van exo is exploiting his his advantage and i'm surprised the bulls aren't exploiting theirs more that actually uses quickness he's just going around guys he knows he has a quickest advantage on ron harper ron harper has a size advantage and it would be i won't be surprised if they don't exploit that a little bit in the second half last foul was on bill winnington here's third well coming up tomorrow night the knicks and the pistons on friday night on tnt the jazz and the magic and then december 26th phil gonna take a tuesday night off next christmas deal and don't forget the latest goals that will take part in the prime time christmas doubleheader on nbc the lakers take on phoenix and the bulls will be in detroit on christmas day michael jordan eddie jones goes after the ball jordan goes to the basket too strong again that was shaq and he was just standing there jordan dunks that most of the time jones quickness wow what a burst to the basket [Applause] and that's what you do jordan goes to the bucket you get the guy the ball who he was guarding and let him run here's ron harper finds wannington for the jumper note harford battling for the loose ball and gets it kicks it over to winnington he'll try another one this one won't go either and the cursi comes out for los angeles ali deadly yeah that's just eddie jones being an athlete right there that's a great shot eddie jones is so athletic he does so many things and he shouldn't be on the all-star team this year you know no one talks about him because you have shaq and he's got a chance for a three-point play you can feel this game picking up right now the lakers have been playing well all night now you can see the bulls are playing well but to the lakers credit they're responding piff and fouled and goes to the free-throw line and it is a three-point play the lead back to 13 seven and a half to go as o'neill picked up his third foul at the other end eddie jones again and you know what they're doing they're anticipating the trap and they're throwing over top eddie jones is flying i know you're thinking where's michael jordan when michael jordan was getting ready to trap and they threw it over everyone said they do it long the best way to beat a trap is you attack it and that's what the lakers are doing that foul on wennington here's fourth jordan and jackson talking and a three-point play for los angeles [Music] jones has hit his last seven shots for the night the lakers still at 64 from the field pippin rejected knocked out of bounds it'll be chicago's inbound back court points tonight 40 for los angeles 25 for chicago and that 25 is michael jordan right but basically he scored most of it jordan calls for it gets it takes the quick jumper fouled by vanx the bulls are making a concerted effort in this second half to get the ball to michael jordan down on the post i mean you see him here working for the ball and that's exactly the matchup he wants van exel down he was hit on the arm that's the first free throw you remember your best night against michael jordan yeah i tell you what it's a great story i um you know you played a back to back games and i had a game against michael and i think i held him like 16 or 14 points i'm not for sure but we played him the next night and on their way out of the arena he saw me sitting in the locker room and he stopped he walked in and said mike great job on me tonight see you tomorrow now how'd he do uh he had a big game he had a big game that he thought it was the funniest under seven minutes to go in the third quarter and o'neal gets two more this is the best i've ever seen shaquille o'neal shoot the ball on the pivot he's 12 of 17 tonight jordan uses every move he can including a travel wow that's michael jordan they call travel on there's a headline that is a headline and he did travel great fake got bumped you can see yes definite travel you're gonna call it you got to call it on everybody oh sure six and a half six and a half to go third quarter that one's out of bounds and a foul is called foul on pippin his second 6 25 to go third quarter 85-68 and you just keep waiting for the run every time the bulls have made a run the lakers have responded it's nice to respond when you got a shack on your team o'neal and he hit eight of his last nine he misses that one if it looks for jordan settles for ron harper wennington gets it back to ron harvard bad pass van exel anticipated here's kersey at the other end let me tell you what every time they turn the ball all over the lakers are taking advantage of it with the long outlet pass los angeles playing superbly tonight and their lead is 19-5-51 to go in the third quarter call your cable operator today and ask about cnnsi the sports news network up here i feel like traffic is miles away with yukon's commanding view and accommodating size unlike some others i am virtually unlimited capacity uconn can make you feel invincible uconn by gmc it puts you comfortably in command [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] on direct ticket only on directv 448th consecutive sellout in chicago for the bulls and this is a stunned crowd right now as the los angeles lakers have had their way with chicago tonight michael jordan will rest eddie jones has played very well thus far yeah he really has he's played great defense on michael though michael has gotten the shots he's wanted but what eddie jones is doing he's getting points himself which makes michael work harder which will make it a lot tougher for the bulls to come back because michael won't have as much energy though i must say punting against michael i've never seen him tired i've never seen he has more energy and i think that's what makes him so great is his energy well he's leading the league and scoring at the age of 33. no one has ever done that before he tells you a lot about the man's drive his energy well and his his will to win is probably unequal at this point yeah it is and he imposes on this team and i can guarantee you at halftime in these last couple of timeouts he's imposing a little bit more of that wheel in a verbal way randy brown is on the floor now for ron harper here's pippin batman falls 5 30 to go third quarter with a 17-point margin 53 points randy brown picks up van excellent coach has eldon campbell percy finds campbell and a foul is called time to take a look at tonight's gmc scoreboard and don't forget to catch all the scores and highlights each night on cnn sports tonight campbell hits the first jordan brown pippen rodman and cucos for the chicago bulls [Applause] campbell with both free throws and he's joined by kersey eddie jones o'neil and mcmahon excellent 19-point margin 89-70 at one point in this quarter chicago had gotten within 10 points there's randy brown with the drive of the basket the bulls have that small unit out there and this is to cause turnovers and run they need to get points off their break if they're not going to get points in the paint randy brown from coach [Applause] now the pressure applied by brown and pippen and once again you can see they're throwing the ball over top and attacking eddie jones keeps slipping behind the defense randy brown using this quick as there tell you what that's what he can do he can really put pressure on defenses with his quickness on both ends eddie jones will inbound now finds elder campbell and they get it from the hands of nick van exel four and a half to go on the third quarter van excellent percy new coach into the hands of rodman who has been a quiet presence tonight you know vernon was thinking the same thing in the first quarter he had that intensity since then we haven't seen much of dennis robin as far as his play nine rebounds for rodman so far in the ball game he had 23 the other night against charlotte jordan for and two come the bulls again with another run now let's see if los angeles responds and they have they have every time eddie jones jordan o'neal now rodman it's his turn to guard him the double comes from randy brown man excellent scoop shot rodman rebound he's in double digits there hip it balls are running randy brown jumper weddington two or four coach rather couldn't get the rebound to go yeah randy brown never had that ball in his hands when he took that jumper man exxon yes that's the answer that's how you answer it watch norway coast to coast and a three-point opportunity that's how you answer against the bulls you attack the lakers young team they are playing mature basketball they're attacking the press everyone else accepts the trap and tries to deal with it instead of trying to beat it cursing and campbell will sit corey blunt is back on the floor and so was byron scott van exel with a chance for a three-point play and dell's going small to match the bulls quickness you know he has a lead he can play games right now robin gets the rebound that's 11 for dennis this leap of the lakers also burns really nice for them to have they are a young team and they don't have to feel the pressure right now they're up cu coach with a quick three-point shot and off the mark from the get-go randy brown with a steal byron scott's back to defend oh wow byron scott with the foul before the pass smart foul absolutely i'm really surprised they caught it usually you don't get that call i'm it's great defense by randy brown first of all and that's why he's in the game is the cause make things happen i'm surprised they called that he had actually gotten rid of the ball before he was fouled so brown goes to the free-throw line to shoot two one more 13 point margin 307 to go third quarter here comes that press again and we should take a look at what eddie jones does now he catches it early here in the back court to give scott some help there's the trap for michael jordan eddie jones loose dan excellent wow hit last by the chicago bulls tell you what van extra got away with a carry and a double on the same play they also got away with a 10-second violation there too but this is what the press does it's only 10 seconds now brown goes for the steal van exhale goes for three yes bad gamble bad gamble and you should have saw the look that michael gave randy brown he's thinking hey we got him down in 10 seconds we don't need the gambler anymore 94-78 pippin byron scott on scotty pippen o'neill's there again at the other end cuckoos into the hands of pippin michael jordan for three again the bulls are getting good shots on the other hand though i tell you what vern shack has changed so many shots this game it's a shame there should be a category chain shots and it should be counted chicago has it and they're running jordan short foul on pippin every time los angeles has had the answer to that yeah they really haven't they've made big shots they've they've hit three pointers that was a huge three-pointer by nick van exel he had another great three-point play right before that or you go down the shack it's a lot easier when you got a cushion the way they have a cushion right now byron scott will go to the free-throw line with 149 to go third quarter steve kerr getting ready to come in for chicago derrick fisher for dale harris and the [Applause] lakers steve kerr for michael jordan tomorrow night on tbs the knicks and the detroit pistons on friday night the jazz and the magic and orlando goes to miami on tbs on december 26th good game one of two at the free throw line for byron scott jordan rests is 10 of 26 from the field tonight 95-78 with 140 to go here's randy brown in and out that was in the rim no mega pardon it was a foul call and scottie pippen is going to go to the free-throw line [Applause] [Music] a little bit about the way this flow of this game has gone every time they make a run someone scores they're turning all over more than they usually do in key situations that's unbull like oh gosh byron scott went down hard [Applause] really hard he's up and living across the timeline and pippin picks up the foul good call by dick aveda i don't think scottie pippen was there first of all let's watch scott hit the floor here frightening wow that is that is that's a body blow you don't see that type of ball very often jones this is the first of two [Applause] 125 to go third quarter 96-79 [Music] the lakers 14-20 at the free-throw line tonight and they'll they'll take that that's not a bad percentage for them you know they're the worst free-throw shooting team in the league now in large part because o'neill shoots one-third of their free throws yeah and they'll it'll continue but you know what you look at the wins and the losses and they have a lot of wins 18 so far and leading in this one [Music] [Applause] yep scottie pippen is trying to bring the bulls back right now himself he knows michael's not shooting well so he's trying to take the game over that's why you like to have two stars on the team hipping with 26 points derrick fisher and a blocking foul called on pippin and again it was a good call scottie pippen was not there i tell you what for referees this is the toughest call in the game to make you can see him moving in the way five fouls on scottie pippen fisher at the free-throw line as a player the worst thing in the world is for a superstar to get five files you hate it you know they don't get favorite calls you know everyone gets the same calls but you feel like these guys can get away with whatever they want did i just hear you say there are no favorite calls well there are some i was trying to be nice there are some uh and uh maybe scotty might be one of the guys and definitely i thought that was the area you were venturing into definitely the guy we're looking at yeah but does he deserve it yes because he gets hit and hacked the entire game and they can't call all those also you know if you called every time that michael jordan was fouled or every time shaq was fouled the game couldn't be played right 98.81 pippin with five fouls push move on for the final 45. here's kugoch gets knight drives puts it up and in [Applause] and the bulls go to the trap again kobe bryant who almost threw it away he's lucky he's gifted couldn't have any time to stay long the body control was extraordinary fisher picked up by randy brown four on the shot clock throws up a crown oh my gosh and he bailed him out he bailed him out and he still made the shot oh man it's been this type of night for the lakers they played well but they've also been fortunate with shots like that nick van exo made one right before the end of the first quarter they've made some big shots three-point play for derrick fisher the number one draft pick from arkansas little rock 101 to 83. 101 against the chicago bull in 3-4 in chicago bryant blocks steve kerr scott at the buzzer in and out but eddie jones and the los angeles lakers have withheld the charge of the defending nba champions the bulls got to within 10 they trailed by 18. 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chicago a team that is nine and one at home the lakers earlier this season defeated houston their only loss at home this season atlanta also with an 8-1 mark but this has been an extraordinary three point three quarters for the lakers it really hasn't if you take away michael jordan shooting he's not shooting the ball well the bulls have 83 points in the third quarter they're not exactly playing awful they would take if you told them going into this game that they were going to have 83 points going into the third quarter and they'd be down by 18 they would have thought you were crazy but they are and that's due to the lakers play 61 from the field we keep saying it can't keep on keep going and it keeps going on started at 65 it was 64 at the half now at 61. and in a season of which the scoring is down throughout the league only four teams averaging over 100 points per game here are the lakers and they're not one of them with 101 at the end of three quarters of play in chicago but one of them is on the court that's chicago and that's why you still have to watch out for them robert parish comes on now with new coach kerr michael jordan and jason kathy on the floor for the first time hipfig with five fouls yeah and a good point earlier we talked about elton campbell shooting over dennis rodman he loves being the taller guy well he's not the taller guy with robert paris campbell picks up parish new coach oh what a defensive play by kobe bryant coach didn't expect that at all from the 18 year old no he thought his experience he forgot that the guy he was shooting on has great athletic ability michael jordan yeah that's just long arms and athletic koko i don't know this guy didn't read about him in split croatia michael jordan fouled and goes to the free-throw line interesting del harris talking about kobe bryant michael that in practice he has in practice with the first team as much as possible and one of the officials just hit the deck in front of us he's back up here's scott no clunk with a rebound [Music] campbell he's fouled and we'll go to the free-throw line yeah that's interesting that he has him actually with the first unit he says in high school he played he was always the best guy on his team he wants for him to get used to playing with great players and that's why he put him in with the starters in practice so he can play with shaq and eddie jones and nick van xm and you see the conversation continuing with 35 year old byron scott and you know what byron is telling him kobe we've never played this world here i don't know what's going on a few teams have yes he's telling him to enjoy this kobe it's not always like this you know i bet he's thinking man they're saying it's tough to play in this building this is not that tough well last christmas i was playing at lower marion high school outside of philadelphia tonight we're beating chicago yeah okay what else what's that tomorrow night we go to milwaukee i like this thing 102.85 kathy one doing a good job defensively gaffy gets it into the hands of michael jordan short 10 of 27 for jordan shooting now and the thing that amazes me about jordan he's getting good shots he's just not making it man you know what he's human campbell for two more and it's back to a 19-point lead michael jordan is one of seven in this half paris comes out to meet the ball guarded by campbell here's michael jordan with cursing elite that one won't go all of a sudden chicago can't find the hole no they can't they're really trying to force the issue michael's trying to force the issue they haven't been in this position very often at home either maybe never 20 and three coming in they lost on the road to utah to end a 12-game season starting winning streak and then lost here to miami ten days ago they went to toronto the next day and lost in toronto the lakers in the meantime going after their sixth win in a row and trying to improve their record to 19-7 good coach that one looked unusual that did it byron scott being the smart veteran that he is used that elbow to push him away from the basket and made it look ugly nick van impe didn't want to look at me who coach shoots two continues to sit with five fouls and a look of disgust ron harper remains on the bench so parrish is out and the five on the floor now cu coach simpkins kathy randy brown and michael jordan and down by this much will be interesting to see when phil jackson goes back with pippen he can't wait much longer now byron scott stolen by tony kuch o'neill's going to come back on the floor and so is eddie jones for dale harris yeah dale harris has seen this team before another steal by randy brown no basket loose ball foul before the basket so randy brown victimized the second time in this half yeah both times i don't make the call well maybe on that one you make the call but still if you see a guy with the bucket give him the bucket let him score the bucket you know there's a thing in soccer called the advantage rule yeah he had the advantage 104.89 simpkins o'neal lets him stay outside michael jordan eddie jones jordan wants it cucoch is fouled by jerome kersey fourth foul on kersey tell you what jordan wants it but not like he usually wants it right now you know he even weighed the ball to the other side he knows when he's struggling a little he wants it in the right spot dale harris better think about getting a timeout really soon here goo goes for three randy brown the quick hands knock this one out of bounds it will be la's but he's been a force here the lead is 12 with 8 54 to go brown and van exel eddie jones three-pointer four every time great shot great penetration by nick van exel another big shot another huge shot michael jordan they had a rebound in the hands of eldon campbell and michael's not even close enough this is an amazing big block he had the same problem in toronto where i think he scored one point in the second half no points no points in the second half 13 points in the game one of nine in this half for jordan 10 of 29 in the ball game man excellent for three i tell you what that was the nail yeah it would have been eight minutes to go jordan underneath rejected by kersey but cuco chases it down brown [Music] turnover van exer eddie jones clean swipe of the ball underneath here comes chicago long range bomb new coach drives it no goaltending call michael jordan that's knocked out of bounds and no goaltending calls exactly right i i thought that was pretty close [Applause] take another look at it doc yeah you can watch tony cucco go up here the real if it's the ball going down but that's close to call so you can go either way with good no call by the rest testing impact jackets in no one's closer to the game hey how those zack is coming the hat works great prepare to test the hat over the past 13 years no other import manufacturer has sold as many sport utility vehicles as american isuzu motors but hey why stop at 13. right now you can lease a 97 trooper or rodeo for some of the lowest prices of the year during the great isuzu fall clearance event the rugged dependable go anywhere isuzus i believe in history and i'm a part of history if the average fan of the day could see some of the moves of elgin bella and connie hawkins then they would say whoa i've seen those things before a great many many many times it was somewhat magical and the fans should know that it isn't just being done the day it had been done yesteryear knits and pistons eight eastern wednesday night on tbs don't miss a game welcome back to chicago we're in the spirit of the season we did our holiday shopping first of all for dennis rodman some pampers for the nba refs he said needed them also for madonna's baby for shaquille o'neal seven steps to success at the free throw line for brian hill who's trying to win without shaq if you have one wish make it big for pat riley who tried to lure juwan howard where the u.s is juwan howard the mystery geographical game how about this one for isaiah ryder the tick tock answer clock so he knows when to arrive and when to leave practice for penny hardaway somebody keep an eye on lil penny who better than sporty craig and for luke longley separated his shoulder body surfing the barbie so much to do surf set and for john stockton and carl malone timer teddy so time won't run out on their bid for an nba title and by the way for all those poor souls who had to guard michael jordan michael's secret stuff doc you could have used this a couple years ago oh greg very nice i hope he was glue randy brown cu coach for three yes the 12-point game burn this game is not over 12 to go 7 12 to go man excel o'neil rodman will pick him up defensively now pippin is back on the floor with five foul foosball knocked out of bounds chicago ball they trailed by as many as 22 in the first half they got it to within 10 midway through the third quarter but la has provided the answer every time and they not only have the answer with their offensive points they've had big stuff this is another big stop that they need jordan back to cuckoo over campbell single digits for the first time since early in the ball game [Music] pick up a new rodeo for the lowest price of the year during the great isuzu fall clearance event going on now oh yeah mud sold separately you know how fast you were going 72 yep 72. hell for a while i was fishing out of pen steering with my knee son you got a 444 barrel in here all you got to show for it is 72. you know what that is backwards is 27 72 [Music] speed vision network catch us if you can get speed vision now with total choice gold and directv to demonstrate the basketball coverage you'll get with nba league pass on directv we've enlisted the help of our friend larry for example here's the nba coverage without directv not bad larry but here's the nba league pass on direct tv just call 1-800-492-4d tv right now and we'll give you this cool limited edition nba league bass directv jacket and the full season broadcast schedule it's obvious with nba lead pass on directv we've got you covered ej back at you from atlanta a little child's play gave the knicks their seventh straight win tonight game tied at 94 with utah at the garden under a minute to go and chris childs knocking down a three-pointer putting him up 97-94 in the knicks hang-on to win this one 99-94 their seventh straight win ewing 25 and 12 childs his high as a nick 24 back to chicago guys okay ej well utah now falls to 18 and four their fourth defeat and the knicks having been spanked at home by miami by 24 two weeks ago learned something that night yeah they have they learned that they have to play with fire and they're doing it right now they're winning some big games and the crowd in new york we hope sounds like this tony cucoch 13 points in the last three minutes and 40 seconds and now this young laker team which has led throughout faces a challenge yeah they really do you know they're thinking right now we've done everything right and they're still there they're still making a run the bulls won't go away and this is going to be an interesting time for this young lady team right now shaq van exel eddie jones will have to be the guys who answer the call hitman comes to double on shaquille o'neal now retreats [Applause] [Music] eddie jones wow what a drive boy i tell you what that is a great drive and when the team's making a run at you the best way to go back at them is be aggressive 21 points for jones in the night the lakers hit 62 in the first three quarters here's two coach not to pippin that's for two in and out they are three of eight in the fourth quarter so things have slowed down for them offensively uh 550 remaining in regulation [Applause] o'neill out to kersey rodman with the rebound and see the lakers don't have to be concerned with their offense now if they play great defense the rest of this game they still can win the bulls have to do both jump stop in the lane no here comes van exel the lakers will run first in the right way van exel all the way up and in i tell you what i found more interesting is michael jordan right now i'm not even looking for a shot he wants scotty pippen he wants tony cuco to take this game over dale harris trying to calm van exel down i'm not sure what that's all about but then excellent glaring in the vicinity of chicago eddie jones with that brilliant drive holiday greetings from budweiser [Music] the people who bring you budweiser wish you and yours the very best of everything this holiday season you can't wait when developing the seiko kinetic watch we applied for 50 patents how could we fit them all inside we took out the battery seiko kinetic the amazing quartz watch that never needs a battery lakers 62 from the field through three quarters they've fallen off but not by much 58 look at the points in the paint edge doc yeah and that's something we talked about before the game now phil jackson said we understand we're going to lose the points in the paint they thought they would make it up with their other guys and michael jordan shooting 10 for 29 tonight that's where they've lost some of those points michael jordan for the season 49 from the field and right at 33 in the third percent tonight just above that well those numbers held up tonight 58 and 111 points already put up by the l.a lakers their regular season high was 112. they didn't score 126 in houston but that was the game that went to double over yeah double overtime game you know you see 50 on the bulls you win you shouldn't win they're holding teams at 39 this year and you shoot 50 you should win they're not only shooting well they're defending well down the stretch here they've had some big stops and they're making big shots randy brown and pippen joined cue coach rodman and michael jordan jordan is fouled by eddie jones and that's what you don't want to do you don't want to get him on the free-throw line and you don't want to get michael jordan on the free-throw line right now either hey he's struggling from the field make him shoot shots lakers with three full timeouts chicago with two they both have a 20 and chicago has three fouls to give and it's 5 12 left in this game you're thinking michael jordan has struggled the worst thing to do is to get a guy struggling put him on the free throw line let him get his confidence going and then he makes more shots this this is steal this game is not over the bulls won't go away especially if he's got a cologne named after him he can make this thing smell pretty 504 to go in regulation campbell the van excellent percy nope rebound scottie pippen stripped away rodman dives forward o'neil gets it great play by jerome kirsten he's playing big 10 of 15 for nick van x for tonight and 27 points a 13 point lead with 4 24 to go that one knocked out of bounds by kersey the lakers have everything on their side they have a 13 point lead it's 4 23 michael jordan is struggling they're playing great defense they're making big shots everything on their side except for than that playing in l.a [Music] oh beautiful pass [Applause] randy brown gets it the lead is back to 11. here comes the trap kersey across the tunnel line four minutes remaining eldon campbell pippin plays with five fouls has to give way and cursey tracks down the loose ball another big play by jerome percy he's missed two shots got the ball back that equals 48 seconds more of basketball for the lakers campbell bodies his way in finds the open man kersey misses another and this time coach has it three and a half remaining dipping for three [Music] knocked out of bounds by jordan 3 22 to go the lead is eight and as well as the lakers have played to be only up eight points they have to be shaking their heads [Applause] van exel campbell shaquille o'neal thrown away oh wow they got mixed up there eddie jones tried the back door vanessa left never leave the ground if you don't have a place to pass the basketball and that's exactly what nick bennett will do fourth turnover in the quarter 12 for the night jordan jones doing a good job defensively and timeout is called a 22nd timeout call by chicago watch nick van exel he leaves the ground nowhere to pass the ball eddie jones tried the back door at the time no one could get the pass that's the old rule you don't leave the ground unless you know where you're passing the basketball that leads us with 254 remaining in regulation play and dale harris doing a little teaching in that los angeles laker medal for these young guys shaquille o'neal in the fourth quarter no points no field goals attempt no free throws no rebounds well i tell you what the no rebounds are surprising and they're no free free throw attempts but they've trapped the boosted trap every time they're making them pass and you know what he's passing the ball he's passing the ball out he's letting the other guys win it and nick van exel and eddie jones are doing just that 10 seconds remaining on the shot clock cue coach will throw it in you know after this game dale harris will go up to shaquille said you know what you were great tonight in the fourth quarter and you didn't even score coach gets it to the hands of jordan a little pump fake michael drives dishes puts it too far underneath and the shot goes in scotty pippen the lead is six [Applause] pippin and jordan in the backcourt man excellent finds eldon campbell rodman guards o'neill shot clock at nine knocked out of bounds by jordan seven on the shot clock and jordan energy is up again it's up defensively not offensively yet but it's up defensively great pass by michael jordan he's struggling he's going to let somebody else beat him elton campbell has it kersey for three off the mark rodman rebound nothing here not a good shot they have more time scottie pippen off the dribble taken away by eddie jones great steal by eddie jones another big defensive stop by the lakers again the lakers don't need to score if they can keep getting stops like that they already have the lead they have points and that has to be frustrating they didn't get the call on a reach down there and they get the foul on that end the bulls can't be happy with that call it was a good call over the back is a foul [Applause] fresh 24 158 to go in regulation play the lead is six ball was tipped two coats with a steal here's randy brown jones is back and jones fouls randy brown tony cucoch with that steal tony when you think him the big offense he's playing great defense and he's planted on eldon campbell he's trying to front he's trying to make him at least not allowing elton campbell to fill his body and so eldon can't seal them randy brown for the season only a 53 percent free throw shooter whoops and you can tell on the dribble on the free-throw line that he was thinking this is a tough shot for me it's amazing the game is so mental randy brown can shoot the basketball but it's in his head that he can got 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great pass for scottie pippen he understands the game of basketball and he also understands you don't always have to be a great scorer to win a basketball game robin goes for the steal here's pippin who was fouled no basket foul on the breakaway rodman with the steal pippin with the shot yeah and great defense by the bulls smart foul smart foul by shaquille o'neal another guy who's not a great free throw shooter that no one talks about is scottie pippen 60 for the season three of four tonight [Applause] the lead is four text winner in his 50th year of coaching giving some advice to phil jackson on the chicago bench the advice is keep the press on [Applause] the lead is three and now it's the bulls [Applause] wow my goodness boy i tell you what they're everywhere wow i tell you what that's that's a tough that's a tough call right there that's that's a tough one you sound surprised that it was made i'm surprised it was made because not only that it was michael jordan i didn't i didn't think it was a father i didn't think that was a good call on anybody it worked anyway you know when you're on the school yard they say cheetah's through that's what michael just said see that smile from jordan percy shoots one more 114 110 with 91 seconds remaining in regulation play randy brown has played this half in place of ron harper new coach finds scottie pippen jordan guarded fiercely by eddie jones in the post and a foul on eddie jones and you knew they were gonna call it uh it was way too much contact down there and again uh obviously you can't fault eddie jones from his place playing a great defensive game on michael but when the guy is struggling from the field you'd rather for him to make a shot and put him on the free-throw line derrick fisher getting ready to check in jordan 7 of 10 tonight from the free-throw line that shot right there speaks volumes one more tell you what dale harris has a lot of faith in his young rookie derrick fisher putting him in in this time of a basketball game with 119 left the last field goal scored by jordan he gets one of two games with 359 remaining in the third quarter these points in the fourth have come from free throws timeout los angeles and eddie jones did something you do not want to do and that's dribble in the corner on this bulls defense eddie jones and randy brown with each other tell you what just get to your huddle right now through the lakers the bulls don't mind you getting upset they want you to get upset they want you to get mad get upset feel as much pressure as you can feel right now because they're going to do the same thing 116 to go 114 to 111 really an extraordinary game this los angeles team on the road we didn't think they could keep it up and this defensive pressure by chicago has been extraordinary yeah the defensive pressure has gotten chicago back in the game any other team is out of this game the way the lakers have played but now chicago chicago has played well but all game all games the lakers have come up with an answer so far in his last two minutes they have not the guy again will have to be van exo or eddie jones because they can't get it to shot if they can get it to shaq early in this press he has a shot but right now due to this fresh shack doesn't catch the ball until there's six or five seconds left on the shot clock rodman's been on him through most of the fourth quarter pippin has played the entire quarter with five fouls the entry pass van exel in the air finds elvin campbell now back to derrick fisher let me speed again very fortunate campbell here's the annex with 10 on the shot clock fisher for three on the front rim o'neal over the back no foul call takes a little stubborn step and misses the sean campbell and a foul is now called on chicago oh my goodness great rebound by shaq you know and it did look like shaq went over his back but shaq is so big he can reach over your back without touching him and that's probably what he's thinking you know what else he's thinking right now i'm glad that's elton campbell on the foul line gamble is three of four on the foul line [Applause] tonight [Applause] no i have no idea i'm surprised they didn't call it a violation on nick van excel they had given campbell the ball and that's what bill jackson is saying right now listen you've given him the ball he can't step in the lane the refs have to stop the play not the player scottie pippen has a smile a mile wide and i hope he's not saying the same thing charles barkley said last week i think that's exactly what he was saying well i'm not going to repeat it i'll tell you that thank you for that if you were with us last week barkley talked to chris carr in the free time yeah and it worked pippin's hollering at him he missed them both clifford's got the rebound boy okay you're right 4-3 in a tie oh my goodness and it's been a tony cuckoo show in this second half how long has it been the last time this game was tied it was tied at 13 apiece [Applause] 47.3 seconds left today people who didn't send the money western union and the heartbreak it caused what happened alex oh my cousin richie was getting married and uh the night before he calls me up he lost his wallet and he can't pay for the tux and i went to the overnight delivery place do not send cash this is right here on the envelope do you want to see the wedding photos yeah here's richie and his lovely bride faye hey it's your money use western union the fastest way to send money worldwide [Music] [Music] um the nba on tnt is brought to you by brewery fresh budweiser who reminds you fresh beer tastes better by isuzu equipment for real life by mcdonald's the official restaurant of the nba by autozone the best parts in auto parts and by nike 47.3 seconds left in regulation notched at 114 all los angeles with a timeout and during that timeout greg zager was close enough to eavesdrop greg [Applause] well the only person yelling louder than the crowd was del harris particularly at his team he said they have not gotten a good shot in the last 10 minutes he's tired of the players throwing the ball around making bad passes he wants the ball down low he wants a good shot in other words get the ball to shot they're trying to get the ball a shack the problem is when you press like the bulls are doing they're choking the time they're using up so much time on the clock even when shaq gets the ball there's not enough time to do anything then the bulls in a trap he throws it out of the trap like he is supposed to do and there's no time on the clock they have to get the ball up and attack like they were doing earlier they are not attacking anymore they're trying not to lose instead of trying to win the basketball game lakers having shot excellently for three quarters are five of 18 in the fourth quarter 28 and they've turned it over six times timeout call by the lakers that's their last timeout and we've still got 47.3 remaining testing impact jackets in unit 2. no one's closer to the game hey hallelujah zach is coming the hat works great prepare to test the hat to want him was easy dad meet david mccall to meet you sir same here dude to love him was exciting tell me you need me i need you david to leave him was impossible playing this month and direct ticket only on directv jacob ryan is charged with an unthinkable how far will a parent go to protect the child they love what if you've destroyed evidence that would prove he's innocent meryl streep liam neeson jacob's not a killer are you prepared to bet his freedom before and after playing this month on direct ticket only on directv 28 seconds to go back to play both teams missed one quick shot and now with 22 seconds and 10 on the shot clock the lakers have it annexed guarded by pippin [Applause] [Music] 11 of 16 in the ball game he's been the guy to take the big shots there was no time to get the ball in the shack and van exel saw that so what did he do he used his quickest he got it to the bucket i tell you what scotty pittman was there every step that's just great defense better offense van exel has hit the last three los angeles field goals and what we missed was michael jordan finally taking a shot getting a good shot and coming up short again they getting the ball back and scoring on a van extra shot what a big shot michael jordan now 10 of 30. for the night a 22-point lead established by los angeles in the first half they had leads of as many as 18 or 19 in the most of the second half lakers got it to within 10 in the third quarter and then a surge led by their defensive effort in the fourth they finally tied it up at 114 all but now the lakers lead by two and a big two that is it's gonna be interesting right now to see what phil jackson does he usually would go to michael jordan michael jordan is 10 for 30 right now tony cucco was on fire scotty pippen i think has had an advantage offensively all night do you go to one of those two or do you go to michael jordan i go to michael jordan that sounds crazy but he's made so many big shots i might have to stay with him now i will say this that in the past bill jackson loves giving the ball to tony cucco's down the stretch he is a big game big shot maker he's made a lot of them for this team to coach in the fourth quarter tonight 16 points four of five on three points the three pointers in the fourth quarter tonight o'neal has taken only the two shots doc has explained that uh the result of the pressure the press more than anything else yeah really he's not struggling he has not had a chance even on that last possession they wanted to get the ball down to shaquille o'neal when vanessa looked at the clock was five seconds on the shot clock he had to drive if he hadn't thrown that down to the post they would have trapped him or fouled him and they didn't want either one of those things to happen now michael on the other hand has actually played well himself in the fourth quarter not shooting well but he's been all over the place defensively rebounding blocking shots it'll be interesting again what happens on his last call 14.2 remaining in regulation play and this is when the confidence of a superstar comes into effect a a normal player or an average player or even a good player who's having a 10-30 night he wouldn't shoot the ball he wouldn't want the ball i guarantee you michael jordan has no problem getting the ball down here and taking the shot and one thing he can do he can always draw files steve kerr has also checked into the chicago lineup so it's cu coach and kerr rodman pippen and jordan has four three-point shooters on the court the the rule is you go for a tie at home and a win on the road they're at home but they're not playing well so it'll be interesting to see what they do again ignore that three in the shot clock in the lower left 14.2 remaining in the game [Applause] tell you what vern that's not an awful foul that's not an awful foul he had a nice opening he was enough he's fair enough further enough away from shaq and i don't think shaq has blocked that shot shaq knew that you can see he was following coach tonight five of six from the three-throw line a chance to tie if he hits them both one more los angeles out of timeouts what a huge fourth quarter randy brown is going to check in for steve kerr and this delay is not helping tony cucco at all standing on the free-throw line that long he's made big shots before [Applause] we're tied eddie jones almost loses it van exel we're going to overtime scotty pippen got a good laugh at van exel walking off the floor they've been going at it for the last 10 minutes of this game and the bulls right now are showing a championship heart down by 22 at one point tonight we wind up notched at 116. a five-minute overtime is coming up united center sold out this is the 448th sellout consecutively for the chicago organization of course most of those in the old building across madison avenue but boy this crowd has been thrilled tonight they sat in stunned silence for much of the first three quarters of the ball game the bulls fell down by 22 points to the hot shooting los angeles laker team then they began to apply the defensive pressure in the second half finally caught up and tied it for the first time at 114 all with 47 seconds remaining now we're tied and i would think momentum is wearing the chicago yeah momentum obviously is on chicago's side experience is on chicago's side but i tell you what there's a theory in the nba if you dig a hole for yourself and you keep trying to dig out you dig out you finally dig out once you do dig out of that hole there's nothing left the thing that the lakers have on their side they have youth and they have legs and that could help them in this overtime i tell you who i would worry about again and i keep saying this i know you think i'm crazy michael jordan over time to players you feel like it's a whole new ball game when you've been down all game you've been struggling all game and then you get into overtime you go there and you're sitting in there and i can tell you right now he's sitting there thinking wow i get another shot at this and you don't want to give him another shot i would think not earlier in november on the road in houston this young los angeles laker team went into double overtime and handed the rockets one of only two losses they've suffered this year chicago has not been in overtime thus far this season and they've never lost their boys no they did and i pointed that out to you earlier that they were down by 12 points with about four minutes left and they look so calm like we believe in ourselves and that's why they have four big trophies the lakers must and i'm saying must establish in the paint low post score again they went totally away from that league due to the bulls defense they need to get back to that if they're going to win this game lakers were up by 13 with four and a half remaining just to underline your point here is o'neill the double comes from michael jordan it's stolen if the bulls take the lead it'll be their first of the night and it will not go for michael jordan no it will not michael's looking at randy brown like you should have shot it i tell you what scottie pippen he probably didn't see michael but it would have been a great time right off this steal to give michael the bucket so he can get an easy point and get his rhythm going jordan 1 of 11. in the second half and now over time campbell guarded by coach pippen and pickman has five pounds right and how about the aggressive defense and how about that prayer and how about the offensive board and another one o'neal back to van exel with a fresh 20 now on the shot clock 20. they're going to have a shot and get the ball to shack early into the clock skip pass out to cursey he's been cold and he has to make a shot because that's the guy they're trapping off of right now kersey is two of 13 from the field hip it for three this is like a boxing match right now both teams are trying to fit each other out feel each other out in the overtime andrew golota is back home in chicago i don't think he's in the building [Applause] and that's been the man that's been the man [Applause] you know you would think you would think michael and shaq has been tony hugo and he's been dick man x on his second half [Music] good coach pick and roll with dennis rodman o'neal shifts out on kukoch tied it up i tell you what they have a great mismatch with tony that time he was shot before his elder campbell tony knows he can go around him and he's doing that he's not selling just for those three point shots he's taking the ball to the market [Applause] man excellent guarded by randy brown help comes that axle hits it wow and they did what they wanted to do they took him away from the double team they took him away from the pick-and-roll and he still made the shot 33 points for van excellent jordan from kipping no one of 12 in this half for michael jordan the thing that's most amazing about michael the shots aren't close anymore [Applause] kersey two of 14. new coaches open right side they go underneath whoa my gosh oh my goodness randy brown are you kidding me no when he went up for that shot i was thinking there's no way he's gonna make this shot that was a john starks against the bulls in the playoffs three or four years ago two to go in overtime man axel has been brilliant tonight this time he'll go to the free-throw line go back and take a look at randy brown when you look at this and the odds are not on his side that's elton campbell and jerome kersey going after that there's no way he makes that shot unless he dunks it fowl was on cuckoo that's his fifth vanexel 33 points tonight look at him and scotty phil they've been going at it all game i don't know what they got going but it's pretty good pippin is not passing up any chance to say something no he's not and obviously nick will not either [Applause] a one-point laker lead randy brown gets it to cuckoo there's the switch again and o'neal has cuckoo takes it over him for [Applause] oh three goodness that is the first chicago lead tonight wow and you know what set that up was the play before he took shaquille off the dribble so she killed gave him some room he got a three-point up underneath rodman takes o'neal down hard that looked like a playoff foul yeah that was a play this is the playoff game it didn't start out that way but it sure is now and that's how you have to foul shaq he's so strong he's so strong the good thing about this was they didn't call a flagrant which they very easily could have there was the three by cucochii's five of six on three pointers since the third quarter and you can see shaq back when his heels thinking he's gonna take he's gonna take me and he takes the jump shot o'neal three of four tonight and i can tell you now it's hacker shack time when he gets the ball if he has any chance of scoring they're going to follow and they soon they really should rodman big rebound hippin has it this is the first chicago lead of the night uh i think you go to scotty or you go back you go back to tony i think you got to keep going to tony when a man's in the zone you milk it as long as you can excel picked up by randy brown one minute to go in overtime dan exel now has 35 points tonight he's on fire and i tell you what he's on fire against a great defender randy brown is a great defensive player and nicholas [Applause] make it worth your while you know what that's not a bad move by him anyway make the rest make the call listen scotty pippin had a point-blank wide open layup goaltended maybe the rest won't make the cover you never know well that was reminiscent of when he knocked away from kenny anderson overtime in the portland win the other night a two-point lead 30 seconds remaining vanxel for three in and out eddie jones for three in and out rodman rebound timeout chicago and percy knocks the ball away be careful here comes o'neill and i tell you scotty and micah are saying dennis you're not getting in anything right now what's missing this whole thing right now bearing is a great timeout by dennis rodman because he didn't want to get fired he understands what he can do he didn't want to get fouled he calls a timeout before the lakers can follow him and now the force maybe will take him out and take that threat away that young fellow he saw was very angry yeah he was that is a great call let me tell you that's a great call and that's just an overreaction by dennis he's trying to get something going another excellent smart play by dennis rodman and boy jordan and pippin were really quick to get into the wrestling match yeah and jordan's good i tell you he looked good on that i wouldn't wrestle him either don't want to play him wouldn't want to wrestle him look at this scotty great presence of mind by rodman the call of a timeout cursing game yeah you can say whatever you want about dennis robin as what he does off the court or whatever that guy knows the game of basketball and i'm telling you that is a great that's a great time out he understands hey i'm not a good free throw shooter i got a rebound they're going to foul me i'm calling a timeout that is a heads up great call in a tight game where a lot of times you don't have time to think he did that's a smart play [Music] so the lakers have three full-time outs left chicago has used one neither has a 20 and the lakers have one foul gift well that's we've talked so much about michael jordan's struggle in the second half shaquille o'neal scored four points in the third quarter he has been scoreless in the last 23 minutes and 20 seconds and that's why bill jackson was so calm about guys guarding shaquille because he understood that the bulls have the best press in nba history in nba history there's never been a press like this and he believes in that press and what that press does it takes big guys out of games because they can't get the ball they can't get the ball in the post can't score what what has been most surprising to you about la's inability here in the fourth jess nick van x was such a great ball handler i'm surprised that there that the bulls are successful in getting the ball out of his hands i thought he would be able to break little guys have had success against this press because they've been able to break it with their ball handling and nick vanessa in the second half of the fourth quarter has not been able to do that it's not his fault he's going up against a great press well we said at the outset but this one had some promise yeah boy what a what a christmas gift this has been for all of us and we've got 20.7 remaining chicago leading by two 125 123. i mean if you're the lakers what are you thinking right now we played great you're the lakers you're thinking we played great we're down two on the road with 20 seconds left in the game they must foul right away i'm surprised that dennis robin is still in the game if you're the lakers you let him catch the ball dennis is getting down court to get out of the way he's trying to get as far away from the ball as he can and he's on the court the lakers had a foul give there so they have to do it again and if you're the bulls if all the guys on the court who touches the ball you want steve kerr to touch the ball had the foul to give obviously [Applause] and that's what the bulls are doing there are several guys open just there and he wanted to get the ball to steve kerr smart play by the bull that's why they're a world championship basketball [Music] team [Music] [Music] [Applause] i love this game [Music] introducing the ultimate pant by hager if you only had one pair of pants this would be it pulls up by two 125 123 with 17.7 remaining in overtime the lakers still with three timeouts no fouls to give now chicago having used another timeout they have one remaining and that's a big timeout for the bulls because now they have to get the ball in they don't want to waste that last time out you don't know what's going to happen with this game this game has been so crazy you know there's going to be a foul committed by the lakers right away they're probably going to try to steal the ball first and then call them foul they did take hitters robin out and i think that's a great move about bill jackson but bill winnikin is another guy who will shoot free throws a little bit better than bill willington but so can a shoot better than robin but so can i and you i'm not so sure about me i'll tell you what though dennis is as bad as you think he is he makes stick free throws a lot of times too he's he's a tough player scotty pippen will inbound cue coach kerr jordan and wennington eddie jones flies with michael jordan [Applause] because eddie jones went for the steal they anticipated that he was gonna follow him and michael jordan is thinking hey he never found me let me use some more time up on the clock and that's exactly what he's thinking right now jordan just looked back at van exel there now van exel is going to say something i think yep and jordan just pulled his pants down they they tripped each other almost inadvertently that i don't think the inadvertently applies now jordan shoots and for the first time in chicago history the fans are nervous with jordan on the line and you don't see that very often three-point lead now this is the shot this shot means a lot lakers call time they trail by four they led 113 to 100 with four and a half minutes remaining in regulation play well there's some promise in detroit tomorrow night the new york knicks have won seven in a row the pistons have kept pace with the chicago bulls so far this season great story there that game coming up tomorrow night at eight o'clock eastern time on our sister network tbs 16.8 left in this one van exel has had a brilliant night played his heart out he's he's played so well he's played nice defense he's made nice passes and he's made big shot at the big shot at the big shot but if they don't win this game he should run from scotty pippen triscotti will be all over him lakers hit 61 from the field the first three quarters in the fourth quarter and overtime nine of 30 for 30 and you know you got 16.8 seconds right here what they want to do is get a quick shot they don't need a three be nice it'd be nice if they can get one but they want to get a quick bucket and a foul either way it'd be nice to get a three van x is a great guy to set it up because he has the step back jump shot and he's been hot all night van exel with 33 points he's the only laker to hit a field goal in the last 11 minutes of the game yeah but the lakers have some guys that they can put in uh i think they they can put in byron scott you can see i think they're gonna put in kobe bryant derrick fisher they got a bunch of guys who can shoot threes here so what they're going to do they're going to give it to van exel and try it and get him to break the defense down to see if he's going to get help and if he gets help he'll kick it out and throw it to one of those guys going through if not he's gonna take it all the way to the bucket well our butt player of the game with his effort in the fourth quarter in overtime tony cucoch just a brilliant fourth quarter he has 31 points and six rebounds nine of 16. he was deadly from three-point range in the final stanza tonight and he gave chicago its only lead of the game with a three-pointer over shaquille o'neal and as good as his his offense was his defense might have been even bigger he made big steals he played elgin campbell down the stretch held him scoreless also and he deserves it it's an easy easy prize to get tonight percy will inbound van exel has it guarded by randy brown thrown away tipped by michael jordan who disagrees violently with the call [Applause] and the lakers will throw it in well they tried to get the iso played for van exo uh he actually had the shot i'm surprised he passed it on there they were looking for byron scott not a bad guy to look for i'll tell you that bryant's also on the floor o'neill guarded by tell you what randy brown just twisted his ankle you got to find his man and his man is van excellent and they don't get it to it 7.1 seconds left cuckoo just fouled out but watch randy brown here right now they don't recognize if they could have gotten that ball to nick van exel he had a point-blank three into nothing randy brown could do about it and they're going to leave him in two coach will have to sit randy brown stays on the floor [Applause] wennington replaces him and the problem what happens here now is you have to keep dennis rodman on the floor also due to that injury brown can't go no dennis is probably and he is a higher percentage for the frequent yeah tough spot tough spot for him to be in right now and the second rodman is fouled by eldon campbell at the free throw line the lakers dead last in the league in that category have hit three of their last 12. yeah the pressure uh and the inability to be good free-throw shooters and that'll hurt you that'll hurt them all season they need big leads down the stretch because teams are going to foul them they're going to follow all their guys the guy you want on the line is man exo and once he gives it up it's an easy foul rodman hits the first he's got one more and you know what robin is doing right now he's making the lakers hater he's making him hate him and he wants them to got them both time out los angeles [Applause] when they were down by 22 in the first half of this ball game you never had a sense that they uh they lost their composure that they ever felt like they were out of it you know you got but the heart of a champion i don't know if we've seen a better example than tonight this has been a great game to watch and and the lakers they have to be devastating the sad thing about this and this tough thing about the nba they have to play tomorrow night right up the road in milwaukee so it's out to the airport and onto the plane for at least mercifully a short trip but scottie pippen and and he's been relaxed all game i tell you what though you look at michael he's such a competitor he's really happy with his win he's excited he had a big part in it defensively he's down mentally right now he's he's upset at the way he played and that's what drives him i mean what's going through your mind right now if you're a laker it shoulda coulda woulda it is it's a shame too because they had them i mean they had them they had them exactly where they wanted them and a couple of turnovers is what turned this game around every time the brutes got a turnover the lakers start thinking more about their press and they gave the bulls more confidence in the press something they believed in all along anyway did you look at the game scotty had a good game michael has 30 points but didn't play very well and they still win and they win because tony cucco they won because randy brown played a great game you know ron harper a guy who's the heart of this team and one of the hearts of his team didn't play much and they still win this basketball game you never can count them out nick van exel with 33 tonight but an apparent 36 big barton it's apparently not going to be enough 14 of 21 from the field now ron harper reappears on the floor with jordan kerr rodman [Applause] and scottie pipper who has played the entire fourth quarter in overtime with five fouls kobe bryant robin with another rebound that's 18 tonight an extraordinary game the lakers lead by 22 in the first half they lead by 13 with four and a half to go in regulation tony cucoch leads them from behind with a brilliant brilliant fourth quarter in overtime and let's check in with craig sager well dennis obviously you're down 22 points you guys never gave up at what point did you look in their eyes and say hey we can win this thing i don't know what it says it's amazing you know it's it's kind of emotional where you see these guys we never gave up we never gave up and you see in the fourth quarter we still we didn't get calls when he get anything but tony kukos came up big night big time 35 points for scottie pippen also three points on the souffle when he and jordan took you down to the sidelines that's what basketball is all about people like to see stuff like that a little activity a little you know a little here and there i mean but that's the way it should be you know don't contain it as well just let them go let them be wine free baby a very emotional week for you with a suspension but did you have fun tonight you said you're a board earlier was this what it's all about a great time this kind of games i like to get up for and hopefully the rest of the season be like this and um you guys can't you can't say enough about this team we're old team but we're very veteran and wise and crafty team and people should not count us out great rebounding terrific job on jack defensively in the second quarter and nice free throws at the end oh yeah you know shaq only had what six points in the second half or something like that you know people said that uh dennis robinson didn't stop his dad but they can't deny but he's a hell of a basketball player yes he is thanks a lot dennis let's go back that dennis rodman knew exactly how many points shaquille made yes tony dennis said big large i mean any adjective you had a terrific second half yeah we didn't quit uh we always play and play like this uh till the end 48 minutes actually we played some more minutes tonight you needed those yeah yeah but uh it's it's hard but nobody nobody quit we hustle every play until the end actually as dennis said we got some calls but it doesn't matter yeah we play as impressive as your offense was and the big shots i was telling burn i was more impressed with your defense down the stretch you were on campbell most of the fourth quarter you also caused some nice steals at the end of the game and in the fourth quarter uh they always joke about my defense but i think it's improving and i'm trying to prove that each time i step on the court uh tony there was a demeanor in the team i mean no one ever lost their composure you're you're trailing by 13 with four and a half to go and it looked like the game was just starting um it happened for us a few times the last year that we came back from 20 even 30 points uh the deficit i think that was then we're gaming we didn't win that one but we came like plus six after the being down by 30 so uh but we realized that the basketball games like uh people said everybody has a run so why not try one more not give it a shot and it happened tonight well you guys gave us all of us who enjoy this game a terrific christmas present thank you very much you're welcome congratulations tony cucoch thank you the chicago bulls win it 129 to 123 in overtime they go to 21-3 and we're going to ernie johnson and sheryl miller in atlanta after this

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