![]() But after accessing the NBA's historical shot location data and accounting for the brief use of a 22-foot 3-point line before it moved back to 23.75 feet in 1997-98, we can understand MJ's scoring prowess in fascinating detail. Today, we have technology that allows us to track the most intricate on-court details in any game. This piece - which, via the NBA, uses access to the shot locations for nearly every attempt dating back to the 1996-97 season (five of MJ's games and 1.4% of all shots leaguewide weren't tracked that season) - is possible thanks to that initiative. That shot location data set the stage for a new way to evaluate players' abilities. Just like he did versus the Bullets in Game 2, he dominated from the midrange. That's how we know that while Jordan led the league in scoring in 1996-97, he ended up tied for 57th in the NBA in points in the paint and 54th in made 3s per game. But something else happened: The NBA began recording estimated X-Y shot location data. That season, Jordan won his ninth scoring title and his fifth NBA championship. The rest of the Bulls scored 54 points on 43 shots. His usage rate was an absurd 45%, but he was efficient, needing just 35 shots to get his 55 points. Jordan scored 20 of the Bulls' 23 points in the fourth quarter of a close game. He scored 42 on 2-point field goals alone.Ĭheck out all those red dots in the midrange in this vintage NBC shot chart: MJ didn't nibble around the edges or hunt foul calls all night. It was an amazing display, but how he did it was telling. Michael Jordan went off, scoring 55 points, equaling his highest output since he returned from retirement in 1995. ON APRIL 27, 1997, Chris Webber and the Washington Bullets were visiting the Chicago Bulls for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. " Game 6: The Movie," a cinematic production of 1998 NBA Finals Game 6 airs on Wednesday, May 20 at 9 p.m. Many regard the 1995-96 Bulls team as the best in NBA history with 72 regular season wins and a 14-1 start in the playoffs on the way to a dynasty standing by winning a fourth of six NBA championships.Editor's note: This story was first published on April 16, 2020. He then led the Bulls to a 72-10 record in the 1995-96 season and the first of three more championships from 1996-1998 after the three from 1991-1993. Jordan’s return to basketball in 1995 with his famous “I’m back” pronouncement was one of the world’s biggest stories that year. He is the Bulls franchise career leader in seasons played, games played, points, scoring average at 31.5 per game, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, total rebounds, assists and steals. He scored at least 50 points with the Bulls 33 other times. He had a career high 69 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1990 and scored at least 60 points in an NBA game five times. In the 1986 playoffs against the eventual champion Boston Celtics, he scored 63 points. 3 overall by the Bulls in the 1984 draft after three seasons at the U. when his father was on a business assignment, but he was raised in North Carolina. He was voted a top 50 all-time NBA player and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Jordan’s number 23 was retired by the Bulls and he has a statue of his likeness in the United Center. He was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, including with the 1992 Dream Team. ![]() of North Carolina and he made the winning shot. ![]() He led the league in steals three times and was All-Star slam dunk champion twice. He was all-defensive first team nine times and the NBA scoring leader 10 times. He was All-Star game MVP three times and Defensive Player of the Year. He was the NBA Most Valuable Player five times and a 14-time All-Star. Jordan won six championships with the Bulls and was named Finals MVP all six times. He finished his playing career with two seasons with the Washington Wizards and went on to become the owner of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 13 seasons with the Bulls with a year and a half hiatus to play baseball in the Chicago White Sox minor league system. Jordan’s connection with the Jordan Brand has made him a billionaire and one of the world’s richest people. His presence also affected the length players wear their uniform shorts and their look from earrings to a shaved head. His connection with Nike and the Air Jordan changed the fashion landscape for sports shoes. Jordan’s influence on 20th Century society separates him from anyone else in the game. Most observers of the game of basketball, as he liked to say, agree Michael Jeffrey Jordan with his combination of skill, will and accomplishment is the greatest player the game ever has seen.
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