He was the always the best at everything he did. He was a sure leader, who was confident and had a powerful will to win and be successful.
Becoming the GREATEST basketball player ever/ HOF Member Michael Jordan was known as a basketball prodigy since he was young. And that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan hanging or switching the ball from hand to hand in mid-air.“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. If he wasn't dunking, he was double pumping.
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And he did it in his high-flying way with a series of acrobatic moves that came with delightful regularity. Individually, Jordan authored one of the best all-around performances in championship series history. He has evolved from being better than anyone to being the best player. Whether or not Jordan or his supporters admit it, there has been an advancement in his game. After the Bulls' 108-101 victory in Game 5, Buils coach Phil Jackson said, "The series was a tribute to Michael Jordan." How Michael Jordan won his first NBA championship The Buils won the championship in five games over the Lakers. MORE: Ranking the NBA's top 30 players right nowīut no longer. "But Magic Johnson is the best player I have ever seen." "Michael is head and shoulders above us all,” Bird once said. But the greatest talent is not always the best player. He has long been acknowledged as the greatest individual talent in the world. Together, Jordan and Johnson combined to win the last five MVP awards.ĭespite his accomplishments, Jordan had a lot to prove. Earlier that season, he won his second MVP award. He had won five consecutive scoring titles.
Michael Jordan entered the 1991 NBA Finals as the owner of everything but a championship ring. And the marquee lights sizzled: Magic vs. Again, teams were involved, but there was a bigger individual argument at stake. In 1991, history, for the most part, repeated itself. Johnson was clearly the best basketball player in the world at that moment. The Lakers won the title in six games, and arguments were settled. He averaged 26.2 points and 13 assists while Bird averaged 24.2 points. And Johnson, who always had sacrificed for the good of the team, outperformed everyone. He would not go down easily.īut Bird and the Celtics still went down. In his eighth season, Johnson won his first MVP award.īird, however, had won the previous three. Johnson had become more of a scorer, and he averaged 23.9 points while leading the league in assists with 12.2 a game. Bird had seemed the more accomplished player because he scored more.īut the 1986-87 season was the first in the Lakers' preparation for the impending retirement of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. During the Larry Bird-Magic Johnson era, the Celtics and Lakers were tied 1-1 in championship series. They had met before, but that only enhanced the matchup. A championship was at stake, but there was something much larger. Before 1991, the last one occurred in 1987. They are lusted after, embraced and savored. Jordan's Bulls dispatched Magic Johnson’s Lakers in five games, finishing the series victory on June 12, 1991. This column, by NBA Insider Jan Hubbard, first appeared in the June 24, 1991, issue of The Sporting News, after Michael Jordan had won his first NBA title.
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