‘The Last Shot’ wasn’t the only highlight of Michael Jordan in his Final game for the Chicago Bulls
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Even if the game keeps getting easier, even if we keep getting the likes of LeBron James and Luka Doncic, “His Airness” did numerous things that could never be done again, ever.
Leave the man’s 30.1 points per game scoring average in the regular season and an unbelievable 33.4 PPG in the Playoffs which overshadows Wilt Chamberlain, and still many of his records will put more than 99% of the NBA players to shame.
His 13 years with Chicago Bulls are arguably the most successful stretch of a basketball player in the Modern NBA. Some of his game and series-clinching plays are some of the NBA’s all-time great highlights to date.
The Ultimate Highlight – Michael Jordan had 45 points of the Bulls’ 87 in his last game for the team
Most Jordan stans or even NBA fans in general, remember his “Flu Game” from the 1997 NBA Finals, “Shrug Game” from the 1992 Finals, and his “The Shot” from Game 5 of the 1989 Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers which was a ‘win or go home game’.
But his Last Shot in his last-ever game wearing the Chicago Bulls uniform, should be considered his greatest shot, and that game is probably the best of all. Credits: NBA Reddit.
Although uncharacteristically, the man had just 1 assist and 1 in the game, his 45 points that night weren’t just more than double the rest of his team’s total, those points were exactly enough to save Jordan the first Game 7 of six Finals appearances.
MJ carrying the Bulls saved them from a potential Game 7
When the Bulls took on the Utah Jazz for Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals in Chicago everyone thought that Jordan and Co. will blow away the Jazz without much problem.
But what ended up happening was Scottie Pippen pulled his back at the beginning of the game and just played as a decoy for the rest of the game. Other than Toni Kukoc nobody else would even score 10-points in the game, as Jordan took the whole responsibility of sharing on his shoulders.
With 42 points on his name and the Bulls having an 84-83 lead in the game with 40 seconds to go, everyone in Chicago was hoping for someone to stop John Stockton from shooting a three-ball.
But no one could. He sank the three and Jazz were now 2-up with Bulls having the possession.
And then Michael, with all his confidence of 13 years and several game winners went ahead for the kill and shot a game-winning 3-point shot which will give the Bulls an 87-86 win, as well as their second 3-peat to make The Last Dance as successful as it could have been.
