Michael Jordan to the Max Page #3

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their first real test.

Rose backs in.

Now, Rose, stripped by Michael.

Stolen by Scottie.

To Harper. Harper on the run.

Lead pass, Toni Kukoc to...

He dunks the ball with one hand!

Oh, my!

For the next two games,

the scene shifted to Indiana.

On their home court,

the Pacers would win Game 3

behind their tireless guard, Reggie Miller.

Lead pass ahead for Mark Jackson.

This is what Indiana wants.

They run to Miller for three. Got it!

In Game 4, the Bulls led by a point

in the final seconds,

when Miller and Jordan

would square off again.

Here we go. McKey holding, looking.

Here comes Miller to the top.

Miller, a catch. Miller, a look. He hit it!

Reggie Miller knocked it down.

Four-tenths of a second left.

Toni, out near the time line.

Looking, looking, looking,

looking, looking, looking.

Got it to Michael.

And it went in and out!

Hit the board and spun out,

and Indiana wins the game.

with the series tied at two,

fatigue was taking its toll on the Bulls.

And meanwhile, out west, the Utah Jazz

were rolling towards the finals.

Led by future Hall of Famers,

Karl Malone and John Stockton,

the Jazz dominated

the Western Conference Playoffs

and would have ten days rest

while the Bulls and Pacers

continued to battle in the East.

The Bulls lost another game,

and would have to go the full seven

in a series for the first time in years.

By the end of Game 6, doubters were saying

that Michael was finally running on empty.

Bulls trail by two. Here we go!

MJ one-on-one with McKey.

Michael a drive, tripped off his feet,

and McKey stole the ball,

and that's gonna do it.

That will do it. Indianas gonna win it.

He may have been devastated that night,

and l assume he was,

but he had the ability to believe

that we were going to win

and he was going to do well.

Probably one of the most remarkable shots

that everybody remembers

is the shot he made against Cleveland.

The inbounds pass comes in to Jordan.

Here's Michael at the foul line.

A shot on Ehlo.

Good! The Bulls win! They win it!

But they don't remember

that the night before,

he missed three out of six foul shots

that would have sealed the game for us,

and we wouldn't have had

to go to the fifth game.

A normal player would have said,

"l cost us this opportunity"

and probably beat themselves up over it.

Michael, the next day

that we played Cleveland,

got on the bus and said, "Have no fear.

"We're going to win this ball game."

lf we sit here and worry about

what people think of us,

then we don't have a chance.

They still got to come through Chicago.

Utah, Indiana, they still

got to come through Chicago.

l don't care what happens today,

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