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00:00and the heat in the black uniform Steve Smith the rookie from Michigan State
00:06Jordan on him
00:15Pippen had only 11 in game one he said I'm not gonna wait around I'm gonna get mine
00:20early he just wanted everybody to know it's not just Michael Jordan show he
00:24wants to get into the act himself Ryan Shaw who scored early and often in game
00:32one when Miami led at the end of the first quarter by three
00:38here's Paxson
00:45Jordan inside the cart right nine on the clock Horace Grant
00:54as their role player Horace Grant gets an early two well that time they ran the
00:59triangle play cut two cutters through and got a cross pick for Horace who came in
01:04the middle for the jump shot next winner is triangle offense Glenn Rice rebounded by
01:09Grant his second Paxson brings it in with a 4-0 lead
01:15Jordan with Brian no it's Smith on him today
01:25Cartwright over Cycli rebound long
01:31Rice on the run to Cycli
01:34Jordan go flying by Cycli wise enough to be patient good pass by Rice that time he saw that
01:40Cycli was by himself up under the basket gave it to him for the easy dunk shot
01:48now Brian Shaw and Michael Jordan
01:51Jordan's first shot rebounded by Shaw the former Celtic brings it in to Cycli on the
01:57run good break by the Miami Heat they're doing the right thing here they're getting
02:02making Cartwright get up and down the court he cannot run with Cycli and he gets another easy two on the layup
02:13Cycli and Cartwright figure to be more physical in this match Grant is short and a foul against Chicago
02:19Horace Grant pushing off on Grant wrong
02:22here up under the basket is cycling Glenn Rice gave him an easy basket with the dunk shot there for
02:32a good pass by Rice because he looked and saw that he was by himself and he made the pass unselfish basketball
02:41Grant long from Eastern Michigan and he draws the second foul from
02:46Chicago Horace Grant now they're going to say Jordan reaching in on the back side Jordan's first
02:54at the line Grant long 6-9 from Eastern Michigan
02:59he was the
03:01mid-american conference player of the year as a senior in 88 edging out central Michigan's Dan Marley
03:06Marley now starring with the Phoenix Suns
03:09I feel you
03:12all right we got one
03:14improving every year long and with a 14-8 average this year also led the team in steals and shooting
03:22percentage just under 50 percent and he gives the Heat their first lead at 6-4
03:30they're going to a trap right here
03:32Jordan around rice
03:42oh boy I'll tell you went baseline
03:46double clubs came up on the other side beautiful beautiful shot by Michael Jordan
03:52and again the Heat not putting a lot
03:55of body on Michael
03:57Smith doesn't get the roll
04:01Cartwright picks it off here comes Pippen and the Bulls three on three
04:09wow
04:11Horace Grant over the top of two Heat players to get his fourth point
04:17well that was because of the jump shot by Michael everybody was looking at Michael
04:21Horace just trailed that break and tipped it in
04:29long around Cartwright
04:32was that a Michael Jordan
04:34play oh man nice move by by long there he got caught right in the air and just went right around him
04:43tied at eight each team hitting half their shots cartwright's first attempt
04:48rebound long
04:56Ronnie Cycli the former Syracuse star stolen by Pippen his second
05:01he finishes it and was fouled
05:07Brian Shaw got him
05:10well here's Michael he fakes like he's going over the top and he goes baseline
05:14hangs and spins it off the glass I tell you
05:18and here's Grant say okay Michael I can come back and show you a dunk on my own
05:22yes slams it in come on try to get more excited
05:27I love playoff basketball this is the fun time of the year
05:32you can see Michael Jordan's eyes light up as well when you talked with him earlier before the game today
05:37playoff and right away the big smile and bright eyed was Jordan exactly
05:42you know that he understands that the spotlight is on him and he wants to take advantage of that
05:48for minutes gone
06:02over card right
06:06long with a good offensive rebound one of the best in the league in that regard and
06:11Jordan says I'll take it myself. Here come the Bulls.
06:25Scotty Pippen.
06:27And Pippen from Central Arkansas.
06:31It looked like Scotty wants to get more involved
06:34and even all the other Bulls want to become more involved today.
06:41Almost unwritten after Michael scored the 46
06:45that he is going to involve the other players more today.
06:49Jordan with a steal. Here he comes.
06:53Oh! Long denies.
06:56That's the first time they've been physical with Michael in the series.
07:01And with it a timeout, 6.49 left in the opening period.
07:07Well, we talked about hard fouls,
07:09and you're about to see one right here.
07:12Michael makes a move on Long.
07:14He goes in and takes his arm down.
07:17And there he is. Ended up on his seat.
07:20Here it comes again.
07:22Got him on the arm.
07:24He goes back, falls down,
07:26and takes a look at Grant Long and says,
07:28Man!
07:29He knew, though. He talked to you about it.
07:31He knew that was coming today, didn't he?
07:32Right. He had talked about it.
07:34Miami Heat players, Brian Shaw,
07:36had talked about it in terms of
07:37when Michael comes down there,
07:39we just can't let him walk in there for dunks and easy layups.
07:42We must make him pay the price
07:43and earn two at the free throw line.
07:47Jordan has his third point,
07:49and Chicago leads 13-8.
07:52The league's top scorer for the sixth consecutive year.
07:55He's just won behind Wilt's all-time record
07:57and even better in playoff action.
08:00Like we were saying earlier,
08:01he loves the playoffs.
08:04And his game just excels
08:05when the playoffs get hit.
08:08Axton and Grant
08:10with a little backcourt pressure.
08:11That worked effectively in Game 1.
08:13A couple of easy hoops for Chicago.
08:22Well, Cartwright was back
08:24to knock it away.
08:27Hexen's first shot.
08:32Grant with another rebound.
08:36That's five rebounds for Horace Grant already.
08:43In the hole to Grant.
08:46He earned it,
08:47and Jordan gave him the kiss.
08:49Yes.
08:50I can see now that Michael
08:51is really trying to get his teammates
08:53involved in this game early.
08:55He doesn't want to score 46.
08:57He wants those guys to get involved,
08:59take the load off itself,
09:00and put the pressure on his teammates.
09:01Len Rice for three.
09:03He was second in the league
09:04and hitting threes
09:05at 155 during the course of the year.
09:08Jordan, that tongue wagging,
09:10he wanted to go.
09:13Pippen does.
09:14He has eight already,
09:17and the Bulls now
09:19have opened a 10-point advantage.
09:22Well, if Glenn Wright said
09:22that toe would bother him on defense,
09:24it's showing right now
09:25because Scottie's taking advantage of him.
09:2820-second timeout
09:29called by Kevin Lockery.
09:36Here's Horace doing his thing
09:37on the offensive glass
09:39and hustling,
09:40saving the ball out to Paxton.
09:44And here,
09:45Michael feeds Horace.
09:46He's got great position down low
09:48in the paint.
09:49Five-footer,
09:50and it's good.
09:53Michael telling him,
09:54good shot.
09:56Horace said,
09:56yes,
09:56great pass.
09:57Give me some more of those passes.
09:59His twin brother,
10:04of course,
10:04Harvey with the Washington Bullets,
10:06had a big year,
10:07the first successful NBA twin tandems.
10:11His twin brother,
10:12of course,
10:13Harvey with the Washington Bullets,
10:14had a big year,
10:15the first successful NBA twin tandem
10:19since Dick and Tom Van Arsdale
10:21started with the Phoenix Suns.
10:24Well,
10:24the Chicago Bulls
10:25are coming out very aggressive today.
10:28They want to make a statement here
10:29early in the first quarter
10:30to the Miami Heat.
10:32Smith for two.
10:32His shot won't fall.
10:34Pippen rebounds.
10:35Bulls by 10.
10:43And Jordan really does seem
10:44to be looking for others.
10:45He's not trying to create
10:46something for himself.
10:47Pippen has it rejected.
10:48Out of bounds.
10:49Knocked away by Glenn Rice.
10:53Eight seconds on the shot clock.
10:58It'll be six-year-old Phil Jackson
10:59who has improved the Bulls' record
11:02in each of his four seasons.
11:04Three seasons.
11:07Miami personal five.
11:09Rice with his first.
11:13Jackson's first year,
11:14Phil Jackson here.
11:15The Bulls won 55,
11:16then 61 last year.
11:18And the NBA high by 10,
11:2067 this season.
11:22Oh!
11:25That triangle play.
11:28Bill dumped it off to Michael
11:29and he slammed it.
11:30I tell you,
11:31the Bulls are ready today.
11:33You can sense that early.
11:36Miami,
11:37three for 11 shooting
11:38and now three for 12.
11:4025%.
11:42I like it.
11:45They're going to call that
11:47carryover against Jordan.
11:49A traveling call.
11:50In his juking,
11:53he was kind of rolling with it
11:55and running with the ball.
11:57A rare call.
11:58A very rare call
11:59from Michael Jordan
12:00to getting a traveling call
12:02called on him.
12:12Smith moves inside
12:13and scores his first basket.
12:15Steve Smith.
12:18Where did he go to school anyway?
12:19That's Steve Smith.
12:20I think that school
12:21called to Michigan State.
12:24He's a fellow Spartan.
12:26He's almost 6'8".
12:27Big guard.
12:29Much like Magic Johnson
12:30who restated the position.
12:33Great set up by Cartwright.
12:38They are running that backdoor play.
12:41First time, Michael.
12:42This time, Scottie.
12:44Diffen may get the 40 today.
12:45He's got 10 already in the first quarter.
12:48Rice.
12:49Glenn Rice.
12:50And Glenn Rice,
12:51his first hoop.
12:52The Bulls are more aggressive.
12:55They're quicker.
12:56They're faster today.
12:57And that's why they're getting
12:58all these easy hoops.
13:02Cycling out on Jordan.
13:04Jordan giving a little Muhammad Ali routine.
13:08And he gets it to fall.
13:10The basket to Jordan.
13:18They're having problems with the clock again
13:20as we did in game one.
13:24And one side not working
13:25and the other has got 89 minutes
13:27and 84 seconds left in this game.
13:29Kevin Lockery,
13:35who was Jordan's coach
13:37in his rookie year here in Chicago.
13:41Okay, here we go.
13:42We got Michael with the ball here.
13:44He's going to make the pass
13:45to Cartwright inside.
13:48And then he's going to cut
13:49baseline for the dunk.
13:53Here we go.
13:55Baseline.
13:56Beautiful pass by Cartwright.
13:57And even a better dunk
13:59by Michael Jordan.
14:00And Cartwright later
14:01did the same thing
14:02setting up Tiffin.
14:04I understand there's been
14:06a minor electrical fire
14:08over at the scorers table
14:11which accounts for
14:12the blackout now
14:13of the
14:15clocks above the
14:17baskets league.
14:2024 second clock
14:21in game clock.
14:22And so as they try
14:22to make those repairs
14:23we will take a commercial break.
14:26333 left
14:27in the opening period.
14:28I want a 10 and a 5.
14:29That's all.
14:30Well if you think
14:31the Chicago Bulls
14:32are hot right now
14:33leading by 10
14:34with 333 left
14:35in the first quarter of play
14:36you wouldn't believe
14:37how hot this shot clock is.
14:39Sparks just flew
14:40Dick Enberg.
14:41Sparks flying right now
14:42for the Chicago Bulls.
14:44They still have a malfunction
14:45with the shot clock.
14:46Guys at Caltech
14:47are too busy.
14:47I don't think we can call them.
14:49Dick?
14:49Well maybe it's
14:50Noman for the Miami Heat.
14:53337 to go in the first quarter
14:55and speaking of the Miami Heat
14:57and their expansion year
14:59they won 15 games.