Young Michael Jordan vs Young Karl Malone - Shoot out In Utah | Malone Attempts To 'Isiah Thomas' MJ

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The Bulls had lost 6 out of their last 7 games against the Utah Jazz heading in to this contest. The Jazz had the Bulls number, during this stretch of NBA history. 3/21/84: 117-95 Loss 3/9/85: 111-105 Loss 3/24/85: 110-93 Loss 11/27/85: 114-96 Loss 12/21/85: 117-104 Win 12/3/86: 99-94 Loss 12/20/86: 91-89 Loss Now you add in these elements for the dramatics: - The Bulls were in the midst of a brutal 8 game circus road trip which was one of the worst road trips in NBA history - Michael Jordan had the flu - Scottie Pippen left the game due to a dislocated left thumb with 1:17 left in the 3rd quarter - The Michael Jordan Come Fly With Me sequence takes place, in this game, in which Jordan dunks on Stockton, gets yelled at by a fan, accepts the challenge, and dunks on Melvin Turpin to shut the fan up. - Karl Malone attempted to take Michael Jordan's head off with a full speed flying elbow (His Isiah Thomas signature elbow move.) - Also add in Stockton & Malone were Michael Jordan's future teammates on the Dream Team & rivals in the future 97 & 98 NBA Finals. - Bulls were losing, heading in to the 4th quarter - The bench collapsed without MJ in the 4th quarter - Bulls were down 7 points with less than 5 minutes remaining in the game What more can you ask for? Adding more context to the brutal road trip. Distance from Chicago to Boston (984 miles) to Milwaukee (1,074 miles) to Dallas (1,057 miles) to Houston (239 miles) to Oakland (1,915 miles) to Utah (730 miles) to Denver (519 miles) to San Antonio (932 miles) and back to Chicago (1,240 miles) for a grand total of 8,690 miles. The Bulls traveled nearly 9 thousand miles in 13 days, which would get you 1/3rd of the way around the planet, flying at the equator. (1987-88 Season) TIMESTAMPS: 2:28 - Game begins 3:15 - MJ vs 7'4" Mark Eaton (no call) 3:22 - MJ hanging elbow jumper 3:42 - Malone vs Brad Sellers, and 1 4:20 - MJ ball fakes Stockton & hits jumper 4:44 - MJ vs Stockton fast break layup 4:58 - Stockton crossover & jumper off the glass 5:12 - Clyde Drexler compares Michael Jordan with Larry Bird & Magic Johnson 5:54 - Stockton to Thurl Bailey dunk 6:04 - MJ jumper 6:54 - Malone to Hansen to Stockton layup 7:17 - Malone plows through Jordan for the layup 8:10 - Bailey jumper 9:00 - Darrell Griffith rainbow baseline jumper (wet) 9:32 - MJ had been missing from the game so the announcers talk about the reports that Jordan was sick with the flu / cold on that long road trip 10:01 - Pippen blocked twice but makes 3rd attempt 11:06 - Griffith jukes & blows past Pippen for the bucket 11:25 - Griffith 3 point rainbow jumper from the top of the key (wet) 12:22 - Pippen pull up jumper 13:26 - Karl Malone vs Charles Oakley Greco-Roman match 14:34 - MJ delivers hard foul & knocks Malone to the floor 15:18 - MJ cleans up a sloppy play for the bucket 15:36 - Stockton burns John Paxson with the hesitation & crossover 16:35 - MJ baseline reverse pivot off the glass jumper 16:49 - Mark Iavaroni chase down block on John Paxson 16:53 - Stockton to Malone 17:17 - Stockton no-look pass to Griffith for the dunk 17:53 - Stockton drives down the middle of the Bulls defense 18:05 - MJ jumper 18:22 - MJ hesitation & reverse layup 19:30 - MJ blocks Malone 20:23 - MJ steals Stockton's entry pass with 1 hand 22:06 - Michael Jordan Come Fly With Me dunk on John Stockton 22:54 - Michael Jordan Come Fly With Me dunk on Melvin Turpin 23:00 - "Was he big enough?" 24:13 - Replay of MJ dunk on Mel Turpin 24:45 - MJ pump fake leapin' leaner jumper 25:09 - MJ post-up turnaround fadeaway jumper (wet) 25:25 - Malone fadeaway jumper in the paint 25:45 - 7'4" Mark Eaton shoots down at the rim with his left handed hook 25:58 - Charles Oakley flops, gives up a layup on other end to Malone 26:50 - MJ lightning quick crossover, baseline drive & powerful dunk 27:36 - MJ blocks Malone as Artis Gilmore pushes Malone to the floor 28:37 - MJ blocks Bailey 28:46 - MJ blocks Bailey (again) 29:06 - MJ turnaround fadeaway elbow jumper (wet) 30:23 - Stockton to Bailey 30:45 - Malone post-up fadeaway jumper 31:26 - Malone post-up baseline fadeaway jumper (wet) 31:41 - Malone blocks Charles Oakley 32:47 - Pippen jumper (wet) 33:08 - MJ blocks Rickey Green 33:33 - Pippen leaves game with dislocated thumb 34:18 - Griffith top of key jumper (wet) 34:27 - Green to Malone, and 1 35:56 - Green top of key jumper 37:04 - Bailey jumper 38:31 - Bailey hook shot 39:23 - Malone pump fake 1 dribble pull up jumper off the glass 39:51 - Stockton fast break crossover & lefty layup 42:44 - Malone delivers a mid-air elbow to MJ's head at full speed 43:08 - Best angle of Malone elbowing MJ on the back of his head 43:59 - MJ clutch baseline reverse pivot bucket 44:37 - MJ clutch contested pull-up jumper in traffic 44:51 - MJ steal & save 45:06 - Karl Malone clutch post-up bucket over Horace Grant, and 1 49:25 - Michael Jordan drops Hansen & drills the clutch pull-up jumper 50:42 - MJ's final contributions to the game