It was 25 years ago today that the Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz, 87-86, in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
Michael Jordan was tightly guarded by the Jazz's Bryon Russell (who's an alumnus at Cal State Long Beach, just like me) in the final seconds of the 4th quarter...but still managed to make the shot that would give him and the Bulls a sixth NBA championship. And in Jordan's case, the last one of his pro-basketball career.
I wanted the Bulls to win this title, seeing as how the Utah Jazz—much like what the Denver Nuggets did to LeBron James, Anthony Davis and their squad last month—swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals that year. MJ avenged Shaq, Kobe, Derek Fisher, Rick Fox and company without realizing it...or definitely not caring about this, heh.
Michael Jordan ending his NBA career in a blaze of glory was one of the many highlights from my first week or so of being a high school alumnus. (Ignore MJ's stint with the Washington Wizards a few years later.) And there would be many more to come during the summer of 1998—before I began my college career at CSULB.
Happy Hump Day!
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