I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era. – MJ
6. When Jordan returned to the NBA with the Washington Wizards, not many people thought he could replicate the dominance he once showed.
His otherworldly leaping ability was now a thing of the past. Many were afraid he would be a shell of his former self.
Jordan not only proved the majority wrong, but did so in style. He scored 51 points at the age of 38, becoming the oldest player in NBA history to score 50 points.
Here’s to being the bridge to the next generation:
5. Jordan passes Wilt Chamberlain for third on the all-time scoring list with 32,292 career points:
4. On Jordan’s final stage, the 2003 All-Star Game, he wowed us again.
MJ scored 20 points including a go-ahead fadeaway corner jumper with four seconds left in OT to put the East ahead, 138-136. However, the West ultimately tied it and won in double overtime.
3. After winning the All-Star game MVP, Jordan still had one last trick to pull out of the bag – a 43-point masterpiece against the New Jersey Nets — who made it to the NBA Finals — at the age of 40.
As he approached April and the last few games of the season, Jordan became the oldest player to score 40 points in NBA history while single-handedly catapulting the Wizards back into the playoff race:
2. Two larger-than-life moments in the NBA Finals. One in 1993. The other in 1997.
Jordan passed to Pippen, who passed to Horace Grant, who passed to John Paxson, who clinched the 1993 NBA Finals in Game 6.
Jordan knew John Stockton would be doubling him and dimed Steve Kerr for the series-clinching shot at the end of Game 6 in 1997
Two times where Jordan learning to trust his teammates, at exactly the right times, through Phil Jackson and Tex Winter’s system, paid off during crucial scenarios.
Paxson:
Kerr:
1. We said that order doesn’t matter, but had to let you know that we, like many other basketball enthusiasts in the world, would say, when pressed with the issue, that this shot… The Last Shot… Is the moment that best encapsulates Jordan’s career:
“He never really cleared,” Jordan said in regards to Jeff Hornacek, who was screening for Karl Malone across the paint. “That allowed me to go back. He never saw me coming.”
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