The pair played phenomenally throughout the finals, with Jordan averaging an insane 41 points per game, the finals record still held today. However, it was a different player who scored the game-winning shot in game 6, with John Paxson writing his name into Bulls history, with a game-winning three with 3. The Bulls finished their season with the second-best regular-season record of all time at The Bulls followed that up by winning 69 games the next year and breezed their way through the playoffs once again to meet a new opponent, the Utah Jazz, lead by all-stars Karl Malone and John Stockton.
Neither team could gain the advantage over the first four games, with both teams winning their home games. Game 5 went down in history as one of the greatest performances of all time in any sports. The night before the game, Michael Jordan woke up at 2am, complaining of a huge amount of weakness in his body and uncontrollable sweating.
He was lethargic throughout the first half, with the Jazz racing to a 16 point lead. The Bulls also reached the Eastern Conference finals in and before being eliminated by the eventual champion Detroit Pistons.
Detroit also eliminated Chicago in the Eastern Conference semifinals in Those are the teams that stood in the way the most against Jordan in the postseason. Jordan's success wasn't limited to the NBA. He made the game-winning shot in the NCAA men's basketball national championship game. LeBron debate. Seven of Russell's teammates in Boston have seven or more championships. Bob Cousy won six championships with Boston. There are only four players in NBA history who didn't play for Boston who have at least six championships.
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Here's a breakdown of the many rebuilds after the Jordan era, and what went wrong. In the lockout season, the Bulls finished with a franchise-low 13 wins. Krause's favorite European player, Toni Kukoc, led the team in scoring Tim Floyd took over as head coach for Phil Jackson, but the team was still running the same triangle offense the Bulls ran during their championship years. That offense doesn't work too well when you don't have players like Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Kerr on the floor, and Chicago found that out the hard way.
The rock-bottom season landed the Bulls the No. Chicago took Duke standout Elton Brand first overall, and immediately he saw individual success in the league. Brand won Rookie of the Year, and averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds in his first two seasons. However, that didn't translate to team wins as Chicago went during that two-year span. As good as Brand was early in his career, though, Krause had his eyes on bigger dreams.
The mids started a wave of prep-to-pros talent, which began with Kevin Garnett in The following year, Kobe Bryant was drafted right out of high school, and it quickly became the trend to spend high draft picks on players who were fresh off of high school graduation.
Despite the success of Brand, Krause decided to flip him on draft night for the chance to have two young top-five picks in the draft. In one trade, the Bulls decided to restart again, this time with two teenagers running the show. Telling Elton was," Krause told the Chicago Tribune in But Tyson had a chance to be a star.
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