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Jazz vs Bulls, game 5 '98

Don't forget that Stockton passiveness, was strickly for his passing game and inside team presence. If he started shooting more he wouldn't have been able to get all those incredible passes inside. As Sloan says, a layup is better than an outside shot. Stockton only shoot outside when the team absolutely had to, or he was trying to pull the defense out. And most of the time he gave that responsibility to Russell and Horny.
 
In regards to Stockton and Hornacek's low scoring output, the Bulls were possibly the greatest perimeter defensive team in the past 30 years. Bill Walton said the only players he ever saw give Stockton trouble were Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan and Ron Harper. With their length and the referees refusal to call illegal defense the first 4 1/2 games of the series, the Bulls could force the pick-and-roll baseline and then pre-rotate to Malone at the elbow.

Also, even though it was only 12 years ago, the game was alot different. Nowadays do you think Adam Keefe and Greg Foster could start for a 62-win team? Plus you could handcheck, bump cutters off the ball and just play a whole lot more physically than you can now. Alot more emphasis was placed on size and strength (Ostertag, Longley) than quickness, athleticism and skill.
 
Watching the game right now, and Stockton went rolling on the ground. Closer imspection he had a knee up and out on Kucoc. Kind of funny to see. Oh and then Harper knocks Stockton in the back making him fall to the ground.
 
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Jazz would have won that series had Deron of today been the PG. He would have torched them like he smoked the Denver Nuggets.

At 3:30 on the youtube video, look at the Big 3 Comparison. What an embarrassment.
 
Sloan should've let Horny shoot more threes. Every time that Malone gets the ball the entire bulls team would close up around the paint letting all three of the Jazz players open for a long two or the three point shot. If Stockton would've shot the ball more the Jazz wuld've had a title.
 
vslice02 said:
In regards to Stockton and Hornacek's low scoring output, the Bulls were possibly the greatest perimeter defensive team in the past 30 years. Bill Walton said the only players he ever saw give Stockton trouble were Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan and Ron Harper. With their length and the referees refusal to call illegal defense the first 4 1/2 games of the series, the Bulls could force the pick-and-roll baseline and then pre-rotate to Malone at the elbow.

Also, even though it was only 12 years ago, the game was alot different. Nowadays do you think Adam Keefe and Greg Foster could start for a 62-win team? Plus you could handcheck, bump cutters off the ball and just play a whole lot more physically than you can now. Alot more emphasis was placed on size and strength (Ostertag, Longley) than quickness, athleticism and skill.
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The games WAS a lot different, they also didn't review any calls that involved the clock back then, if the call was wrong, tough luck. That alone would've been the difference maker for the Jazz to push it to game seven.
 
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