The 1996 Post-Game Interview That Shut Down The GOAT Debate

they're going to walk away from here with 70 wins Pippen holds the ball in the back corn as it ticks down [Music] there it is 70 has become a reality for the Chicago Bulls 70 wins on the season for the Chicago Bulls and as they come off the floor Johnny Kerr is down at the end of the floor he'll bring us some of the interviews coach Phil Jackson with the 70 wins history well it's made for this ball club I'm really proud of the organization the ball Club to do this we didn't have a beautiful game tonight Brad but we got away with it isn't this your type of game no you get into mud slug it out you know you're going to play half court basketball with defense that's a trademark all right what what to shoot for now you you rest the guys a little bit or do you go right after it championships what we're after championships what they're after coach Jackson Scottie Pippen Scotty part of History right now baby 70 wins it's great red you know it's kind of great to get this pressure off our backs you know going into this game this team came out and really played us hard and you got to give the Bucks credit it's part of the best game they played all season and we had to really gut it out the second half now I was going to say what's wrong what's your reminder in the second quarter very slow 12 points uh you guys didn't look like you were going to get it together at all well we knew we had to pick up the defense I thought we allowed them too many second shots opportunity they shot poorly from the field as well as we did but they got a lot of second shot opportunities all right you Michael and Dennis have been forces all year again but today Luke Longley stepped in big time I think Luke play Big Boss I thought Ron came in and did a great job Steve knocked a couple big plays threes down and you know this whole team has been playing big all season and we haven't relied on one player it's been a team I know you're going for the championship now but what does the 70 mean to you Scotty it's great I think you know this team really deserves to be a part of History we've been very dedicated on this season trying to win and go out and be focused on every game and it finally paid all for us did you think back in training camp you had a shot at something like this no not really red I think our main focus was to come in here and have a good season and prepare ourselves for the playoffs but it's been extra special it's been more than just a regular season to us well you've been extra special to watch this year thanks get in the locker room and celebrate with your team all right thanks now with 70 wins on the season 70 and 9 on the season well Lakers of course had the 69 and 13. now Michael goes over and uh Rich partnered what does it mean well I think a successful comeback for for myself and for the organization I mean you know last year we went through some disappointments at the end of the season and you know we vowed to come back and get ourselves back on top and you know this is just one step I I must admit We Didn't Start the season say hey we're gonna win seven again we start the season so we're gonna win the championship we're halfway there right now are you glad it's over now that the 70 is a team yeah I'm glad and now we can you know focus on the playoffs which is the most important thing right now all right get in the locker room take a shower great work to win 70 games we started out to win a championship and I think that's still our motivation this just so happened that we've had some success very early and you know some dominance very early and here we are at 70 games and uh I know many questions you're going to ask are going to be asked is what is the meaning of 70 how does it feel and how to affect the team I can save you guys the trouble of asking the question I think financially it's going to take some time for this to sink in because we've been been pretty much motivated for winning the championship which is still our intent but we just never really wanted to put so much emphasis on winning 70. I think after the time's over with and after we win the championship and have time to look back seven the game is going to mean a lot you know but right now it's just one of those those goals and those achievements in the course of a year that we must pay praise to and be very happy that we have achieved it but we must still stay focused to try to win a championship well it it was a very ugly game but sometimes ugly is beautiful in a sense and I think we came out and put a lot of pressure on ourselves to try to in the whole 70 concept right here in Milwaukee sorry Milwaukee but this is the best opportunity for us to end it was right here and we kind of put some added pressure on ourselves and we really didn't seem fluent in in Rhythm as a team you know everyone tried to to do what they could to to to carry the load and we ended up making him a lot harder and you know Milwaukee came out with nothing loose you know they've played us well in the past and tonight wasn't any different they played extremely well and uh and we had a dog fight in the second half you know defensively we stepped up our pressure a little bit we were able to slow them down offensively and you know our offense really wasn't clicking but we made some big shots well it was a side relief because everyone put so much uh meaning in terms of into the 70. then a little bit more than what I put into it I'm happy believe me I'm not I'm not disappointed at all I'm very happy we achieved this now if 70 means you're guaranteeing us a championship then I'll be even more happier but we know that pressure ads from this point forward because we have put our names in history books and I think that's great and but I want to continue to do that with the final piece of this puzzle which is the championship so my emotion was a little bit different I mean I really didn't have the same effect as winning the championship inside the rank it right now I mean it's so early and um I want my five dollars been so early to even try to compare the two you know um or all the things that I've done you know 70 games is a great uh record to to have been a part of but to say that it's above the Championships and then World Championships in the national championships and the gold medals it's too early to you know to compare that [Music] concerned at how hard you guys have had to go to the range down the stretch no I'm not concerned I think it's been a good test a good uh um motivation for us for the finishing of the season I think it's uh kept us in in sharp condition a lot of times when you uh you uh capitalize on your opportunities of winning the division you know home court advantage and all the different things that we won you tend to relax well in this way we can stay sharp you know and I imagine my Minister will diminish a little bit now being that we accomplished this but I want to remain playing because I think that's that's important to have game Rhythm and game sharpness yes well I think I mean he mentally he challenged Us in all different ways and and that wasn't every night you know some we're mature and then and adult players and some of us are veterans to a point where we know how to get ourselves motivated but when we went through stretches where we really had tough times motivating ourselves he he was very good at getting giving us a challenge and pushing us when we needed to be pushed and I think he has so much respect of all the players that you don't have too much rebellious attitudes you know it's acceptance It's a constructive criticism that we have accepted from from Phil because we feel he's he's a great leader and and we're willing to go out and and fight for him as well as for ourselves there's a lot of cigars passed around you know I think we were very uh reserved a little bit we we know this is not the ultimate goal we didn't want to get overboard and in terms of our success and how we we uh we we share that or experience it but um I think you know if we win a championship you'll see a much more enthusiastic uh party believe us don't give me the answers right now among all of your accomplishments depends on what accomplishments you're talking about I got quite a few well my top ten first championship is probably one when we go down the list you got a pencil ten uh the first championship is probably um number one World Championship then my national championship in my Olympic 84. then the second championship NBA third NBA then the second gold medal and then uh draft day and then 70 wins I guess so as you see right now it's I I really don't see the importance until I step back and look back and say hey man that was a major accomplishment you know it's so early right now I mean um the pressure's added now that we won 70 games so we have to win a championship if we win the championship when we win the championship this year I'm pretty sure it's going to break right up in the top three excuse me it's very similar to home games I'm sorry Milwaukee we had a lot of fans and I knew it felt like we were playing at home but um it was gratifying no matter where we did it to get it over and done with and um at least some Chicago people saw us we can go back home in our own beds and you know celebrate with our families and you know and their kids and I'm looking forward to that this accomplishment combined with all your others brought to over the Johnsons and birds and Russells and chamberlains no because I it I think that's something that I I really can't say can be established each one of us playing at different eras with different teams with different levels of success and to compare all of them and say one's better than the next it's an unfair Justice to to the art or to the artists you know being that Magic Johnson Will Chamberlain all the guys before me were with the artists of this game of basketball and we've all learned from them and we'll improve the the picture to a certain extent and to say that one Improvement is better than all of it it's an unfair assessment at least we got a week a couple weeks you know which is probably the biggest breather we've had in a while so uh um I I know it's not going to be a bigger story at 71 as it was at 70 or 72 or 73. so and then we got a week in between the playoffs and in the season so we at least have a breather from you guys we know it's going to heat back up and the pressure is going to increase and I think with the Breather let me be ready to answer some of the stupid questions that we're gonna get foreign

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Published: Sun Jul 23 2023