A video showing Pippen's dominant skills against the Utah Jazz in game 1 of the 1997 NBA Finals. He put up a key performance on both ends of the court helping the Chicago Bulls to secure the first point of the series.
Advanced metrics like PIE (Player Impact Estimate) showed that Pippen was actually the MVP of the game despite Michael Jordan hitting that famous game-winner. He scored a 22.2 PIE, which was first in his team and first overall.
A close breakdown of each play:
- @00.11 he tricks Stockton into thinking he is going for the help defense, forcing the pass and then comfortably closing on the shooter, which airballs.
- @00.20 great help defense, erasing Harper's mistake and blocking Stockton's layup.
- @00.28 great post game and jump hook against the defense of Russell.
- @00.39 Pippen reads the play perfectly and executes the extra pass to an open man (Brown).
- @00.47 this play shows Pippen's excellent off-ball movement and how he perfectly grasped the triangle offense, finishing an easy dunk.
- @00.58 Antoni Daimiel's comments on Pippen's key contributions as a help defender.
- @01.26 A good positioned Pip gets the offensive rebound.
- @01.35 Pippen disturbs the Jazz's play by stealing the ball from Russell.
- @01.44 Excellent give and go with Luc Longley to score a key three point shot.
- @01.57 Pippen completely destroys Russell's confidence by easily blocking his shot and finishing with a dunk on the other side.
- @02.09 Another great move in the low post. He has the complete package.
- @02.19 Pippen sees a matchup advantage in Jordan vs Hornacek and delivers him the ball for an easy turnaround jumper. Basketball IQ.
- @02.27 some plays are repeated.
- @02.51 Pippen first bothers Anderson's drive to the hoop, and then forces the steal against Karl Malone.
- @03.05 Pippen perfectly executing the triangle-offense from the low post, sees Longley's move to the middle and passes him the ball.
- @03.12 Grabbing those rebounds like a dominant center.
- @03.20 scores a key three-point shot in the 4th quarter.
- @03.34 easy fastbreak layup.
- @03.43 denies the interior pass to Karl Malone, disrupting the Jazz's offense yet again.
- @03.52 toying with a great perimeter defender like Russell.
- @04.02 Pippen with the help defense to stop Stockton's drive to the basket, and then recovers to close on Foster's shot. Impressive defensive play.
- @04.12 great pass by MJ.
- @04.20 Another amazing defensive play by Pippen. First he traps Stockton on the pick&roll, and then he changes to defend Carr (bigger and stronger than him) on the post, blocking his shot like it's kids play.
- @04.38 another key three pointer in the 4th. Clutch.
Excuse me for my grammar since english is not my first language.
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