one more from the Jordan archive

This is the “God, disguised as Michael Jordan” game– 63 points in the 1986 playoffs against Larry Bird and the mighty Boston Celtics. Still an NBA playoff record.

It was only Jordan’s second season (he was skinny and still had hair, you will see). He had broken his foot in the 3rd game of the season and returned just a few weeks before the playoffs.

It’s also strange to see Jordan already in a Bulls uniform, but surrounded by people who would turn out to be non-entities in terms of Bulls history, all of them gone by the time Jordan’s dynasty got going in 1991: Kyle Macy, Orlando Woolridge, Charles Oakley (traded to New York), Coach Stan Albeck. Pippen and Grant only arrived in the 1987 draft, and Phil Jackson only became coach in 1989.

This is good, raw footage again, though a little dark, and you also have to sit through at least 90 seconds of filler before it gets going.