Jordan led the Bulls to rule the NBA in the 1990s, the same period of the backcourt players can hardly be very limited, and in Jordan's finals trip, "Glove" Payton contributed a lot of famous scenes, of course, he and Jordan two "trash talking king" between each other, there are Peyton help the team in the defensive end let Jordan play uncomfortable, The shooting percentage plummeted, surrendered a poor performance of only 5 of 19, can be called "blacksmith", Payton and Jordan career total of 21 times against each other, next to review the situation between them, to see what kind of data the two Hall of Fame backcourt players have played.
The league has a rookie who dares to "spray" Jordan
In 1990, Gary Payton entered the NBA draft as a Pac-10 defensive player of the year and a three-time MVP of the Far West Classic tournament. In his senior season, he averaged 25.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 8.1 assists, and 3.4 steals. He was also included in the National College Basketball Player of the Year discussion by Sports Illustrated. In the NBA draft, Payton waited only a short time to hear his name called and he was selected by the Sonics with the second overall pick in the first round. Such a pick gave him a huge confidence boost, ambitious start to his NBA career, and just into the preseason, Payton contributed an impressive moment.
1990-91 NBA preseason, the Sonics and Bulls in a game, rookie Peyton played like a shark in the game, later he recalled this experience, thinking that he was one of the best players in the world, with the Bulls in the preseason with 19 points, Jordan that game did not play much, And an excited Payton rushed to the Bulls bench to trash talk Jordan, he didn't care who Jordan was. Of course, Jordan is one of the greatest stars in the history of the NBA, in the course of his career, many stars are full of respect for Jordan, the rookie season of Peyton is regardless of those, and he and Jordan as long as more than 10 years of "lip war" story officially opened after the preseason game.
Regular season was taught by Jordan to be a man
In the preseason, Peyton can only be said to be unilateral with Jordan's trash talk, to the regular season, Jordan's move really represents his recognition of Peyton this opponent. In the 1990-91 season, the Bulls away from the Supersonic in a regular season game, this is the first time in Peyton's career in the regular season against Jordan, and later Peyton recalled this experience, Jordan was told his teammates, the supersonic rookie guard to me, and Peyton is not afraid, he thought, in Jordan's head scored 19 points is not a problem, he can win Jordan, However, during the game, Jordan was putting on a "personal show" and Payton was presented as "a fan watching the game on the court."
Jordan played 27 minutes to get 33 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 7 steals, and Payton only 2 points scored, sent 5 assists but 4 mistakes, frequently made by Jordan fouls, the supersonic final 95-116 lost to the Bulls, the first time in his career against Jordan, Payton can be said to be abused almost can not find the north, This can also be seen as Jordan gave him a special NBA rookie welcome ceremony, Jordan ran to the Sonics bench and Peyton said: "What did you say in preseason?" This is the real me. Welcome to the NBA, lad." Peyton held his breath and wanted to prove himself, at least once in the regular season against Jordan, and that was six years.
At the beginning of his career, Payton continued to improve himself, and the Supersonic also gave him the opportunity to deal with the situation more and more easily as he retired from the team. In 1993-94, he was selected to the All-Star game for the first time in his career, and was also selected to the All-Defensive Team for a while. The supersonic regular season record was 41-41 from 1990-91. Became 47-35, 55-27, 63-19, step by step up the climb, to sit in the league's top spot in the highlight moment, however, until Jordan's first retirement, Payton played in the Supersonic regular season did not win once Jordan's Bulls, 1990-91 season to 1992-93 six games lost. Jordan finished with 33 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 steals, 31 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 31 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 1 assist. Payton had 2 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists, 2 steals, 10 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 9 points, 5 assists, 1 steal, 18 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.
It wasn't until the 1995-96 season that Payton had his first win against Jordan, which was the first full season after Jordan's first comeback. In a game that the Sonics hosted the Bulls, Payton scored 26 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal, shooting 62.5%, efficient individual offense, and activated the team with passes. Jordan was limited to only 6 of 19 shots by supersonic players, scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and the Supersonic eventually won 97-92 against the Bulls, and since then, Payton and Jordan have played a total of eight times in the regular season, Payton has helped his team win four times, and the regular season career record against Jordan's team is 5-10.
Summit meet, with injury prevention Jordan into a blacksmith
In the history of the league, there are many high-profile star rivalries in the era because they are in the East and West and other reasons, and finally only staged in the regular season, and missed the finals, like Kobe and James, 23vs24 is not waiting for a finals showdown, as for Olajuwon and Jordan failed to lead their teams in the finals to compete. This also makes many fans feel sorry, Olajuwon's Rockets and Jordan's Bulls are the only two teams in the NBA90's to win consecutive championships. In the 1995-96 season, Jordan opened the new season after the offseason devil training, Olajuwon took the Rockets to impact the three consecutive championships, the outside world has a lot of imagination of the finals Bulls to Rockets, however, Payton led the team to puncture this beautiful fantasy bubble, he and Jordan came to the summit to meet.
In the 1995-96 regular season, Peyton was elected DPOY, selected as the best defensive team for a while, and the best second team, helping the Supersonic play a 64-18 record, ranking first in the West, Jordan's side is taking the Bulls to play a 72-10 regular season record, and winning the MVP, the playoffs, the Supersonic first passed the King with a 3-1 total score. The second round against the Rockets, the result has Olajuwon, Drexler, the defending champion Rockets were swept by the supersonic, the series Payton averaged 24.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 2 steals, the offensive and defensive body, the West final against the Jazz, Payton and Jordan's rookie, the legendary guard Stockton played the show. Series average 20.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6 assists, 1.6 steals to help the supersonic tiebreak to advance, Jordan is to help the Bulls with a three-round series 11-1 luxury record out of the East, Jordan finals on Olajuwon is no, there is a season of DPOY and MVP confrontation, Peyton as a finals opponent to fight with Jordan on the fight.
The finals officially started, it is embarrassing that the supersonic directly ate three consecutive defeats, the match point has been taken by the Bulls, was the supersonic coach George Karl arranged to mainly defend others, keep the physical command of offense and scoring Gary Payton in the game sometimes just worry, Jordan three games average 31 points per game, shooting rate 46%, Payton is an average of 15 points 7.3 rebounds 6 assists, lost three games in a row to Peyton completely can not stand, he asked George Karl to defend Jordan, then, with a foot injury to play Gary - Payton in the series all his efforts to defend Jordan, good results, and also in the offensive end has a good performance.
G4 and G5, Payton respectively scored 21 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 23 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, with the supersonic two games, Payton under the main defense, Jordan these two games were only 23 points and 26 points, of which G3 19 shots only 6, G6, Payton help supersonic Jordan limited to 19 shots only 5, he is 7 of 10. Jordan had the first and only time in his career to score less than 30 points in three consecutive Finals games, which occurred after Payton defended him, but the Bulls ended the series with a victory in G6, averaging 27.3 points per game in the series, the lowest scoring game of Jordan's career. Although he did not win the final victory and did not lead the team to win the championship over Jordan's Bulls, Payton left precious images for the NBA, and the showdown between him and Jordan is one of the most classic and memorable matchups in the league.
