Michael Jordan's Greatest Moments
Posted: Tuesday January 12, 1999 01:01 AM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Some of Michael
Jordan's most memorable big-game performances.
The skinny freshman's 1982 corner jumper that beat Georgetown in
the NCAA Finals and gave North Carolina's Dean Smith his first national
title.
The still NBA playoff-record 63-point performance against Larry
Bird and the Celtics in 1986 after missing all but 18 games of the regular
season with a foot injury. "God came to the game tonight and played under
the name of Michael Jordan," Bird said. The Bulls lost the game 135-131.
The Shot. With the Bulls down one point in the deciding fifth
game, he went high over Cleveland's Craig Ehlo to hit
a jumper that clinched the opening-round series against the Cavaliers in
1989.
The highlight-film drive against the Lakers in the 1991 Finals,
changing hands in mid-air for an acrobatic, left-handed bank shot on the
other side of the basket.
The shrug after raining down 3-pointers against Portland in the
opener of the 1992 Finals as the Bulls went on their second title. He hit a
playoff-record six 3s in one half against the Blazers.
The Shot II over Gerald Wilkens, beating Cleveland again in the
Eastern Conference semifinals, 1993.
The winning jumper over Steve Smith
against Atlanta in just his fourth game out of retirement in 1995.
The game-winning jumper over Bryon Russell
in the opener of the 1997 NBA Finals against Utah.
His game-winning 3-pointer and 38-point effort against the Jazz
in Game 5 -- 15 in the final period -- when he was so sick and dehydrated
he was doubled over at times as he walked off the floor.
His steal and game-winning jumper to beat the Jazz in the closing
seconds of Game 6, giving the Bulls their sixth title of the decade last
June.
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