Michael Jordan vs Dominique Wilkins - The Most Explosive Athletic Rivalry In NBA History by @Blitz Sports Network - Post Details
Michael Jordan vs Dominique Wilkins - The Most Explosive Athletic Rivalry In NBA History
Millions of NBA fans remember the epic dunk contests featuring Michael "Air" Jordan vs Dominique Wilkins, The Human Highlight Film. They were spectacular dunkers. The modern day focus on those dunk contests sometimes ignores that the on court rivalry was a huge part of NBA history. Dominique validated his greatness against the GOAT. It could certainly be argued that Michael Jordan vs Dominique Wilkins was the single most explosive rivalry in NBA history. When the Bulls & Hawks played? You could cut the anticipation with a knife. Jordan vs Wilkins match-ups were "circle the calendar" type days. And the last thing you wanted to endure was a loss, where your favorite player was outscored. Michael Jordan vs Dominique Wilkins produced some of the highest scoring head to head match-ups, in NBA history. Jordan & Wilkins combined for 25 games of 35 points or more, during the rivalry, against each other. This was an explosive rivalry that was must-see-TV for basketball fans all around the world. From their first contest in December 1984 where Jordan outscored Wilkins 34 to 26, all the way up until their final contest in November 1996 where Jordan outscored Wilkins 35 to 25... these 2 competitors battled in the most entertaining rivalry in NBA history. Head to Head lifetime regular season averages (45 games): Michael Jordan - 31.6ppg, 52.0%fg, 35.7%3pt, 85.0%ft, 7.1reb, 6.2ast, 2.6stl, 0.9blk Dominique Wilkins - 29.8ppg, 47.8%fg, 32.7%3pt, 81.9%ft, 6.8reb, 2.8ast, 1.4stl, 0.6blk How great was Dominique? Well, Dominique Wilkins outscored Michael Jordan in 48% of the games they played in. Start putting this man on your Small Forward lists, please. Dominique Wilkins outscored Michael Jordan in 22 of 45 regular season games & 1 of 3 playoff games. From 12/26/91 - 3/20/91 Bulls & Hawks played 3x, and Dominique Wilkins outscored Michael Jordan in 3 straight games which was Dominique's longest streak of games, in which he outscored Michael Jordan. Head to Head lifetime playoff averages (3 games): Michael Jordan - 34.3ppg, 52.6%fg, 46.2%3pt, 88.2%ft, 6.7reb, 4.3ast, 1.7stl, 1.7blk Dominique Wilkins - 30.0ppg, 42.7%fg, 25.0%3pt, 76.7%ft, 5.3reb, 3.0astl, 1.0stl, 0.3blk Michael Jordan went 27-18 vs Dominique Wilkins during the regular season & 3-0 against Dominique Wilkins during the playoffs. In this contest right here you'll witness 2 of the most athletic facial dunks (22:24) & (23:00), in NBA history. This is the type of action fans expected during this rivalry, and saw quite often. Jordan & Wilkins were extremely competitive with each other, even though they played different positions. They were always attempting to best each other & it was fun to watch. The dunk contests were only a small part of this rivalry. TIMESTAMPS: 2:39 - Game begins 2:55 - Dominique Wilkins bank shot 4:04 - Michael Jordan hang time bank shot and 1 5:00 - Michael Jordan driving layup 6:00 - Moses Malone dunk 6:19 - Horace Grant dunk 6:38 - Michael Jordan put back dunk 8:09 - Scottie Pippen layup 8:15 - Dominique Wilkins layup 8:25 - Michael Jordan driving layup and 1 10:00 - Jordan to Pippen dunk 10:38 - Michael Jordan steal & breakaway dunk 11:10 - Spud Webb transition floater and 1 12:04 - John Battle jumper 13:32 - Dudley Bradley jumper 15:52 - John Battle driving layup and 1 16:26 - Michael Jordan acrobatic layup 16:35 - Michael Jordan blocks Antoine Carr 17:25 - John Battle jumper 17:58 - Spud Webb to Moses Malone layup 18:55 - Jack Haley brutal hard foul on Dominique Wilkins 20:12 - Dominique Wilkins signature baseline spin move vs Scottie Pippen 20:37 - Reggie Theus steal & layup 20:54 - Scottie Pippen jumper and 1 21:29 - Michael Jordan put back 21:50 - Dominique Wilkins put back dunk 22:04 - Moses Malone blocks Charles Davis 22:24 - Dominique Wilkins thunderous revenge dunk on Jack Haley 23:00 - Michael Jordan revenge dunk on Moses Malone & Dominique Wilkins and 1 23:30 - Ultra slow mo replay of Jordan's dunk on Dominique & Moses 24:30 - Doc Rivers driving layup 24:51 - Michael Jordan pull up jumper 25:05 - Dominique Wilkins driving finger roll layup 25:16 - Michael Jordan turnaround fadeaway jumper 25:39 - Michael Jordan baseline fadeaway jumper 26:00 - Dominique Wilkins jumper 26:50 - Michael Jordan blocks Antoine Carr 27:51 - Doc Rivers driving layup and 1 28:12 - Michael Jordan jumper 28:22 - Doc Rivers jumper 29:23 - John Battle jumper 29:42 - Jon Koncak jumper 30:15 - Spud Webb floater and 1 30:53 - Spud Webb drive & kick to Koncak 32:15 - Cliff Levingston pull up jumper 33:12 - John Battle bank shot 33:40 - Moses Malone jumper 34:17 - Michael Jordan breakaway dunk and 1 35:30 - Jordan to Pippen layup 35:57 - Scottie Pippen layup 36:12 - Michael Jordan jumper 36:38 - Michael Jordan driving layup 36:55 - Michael Jordan jumper 38:02 - Michael Jordan jumper 38:35 - Michael Jordan free throw 41:50 - John Battle jumper 41:58 - Dominique Wilkins blocks Scottie Pippen 42:24 - Michael Jordan clutch free throws
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