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The game is widely cited as one of the most intense and iconic games in NBA history, and it is best known for Bulls superstar Michael Jordan executing a quick cross-over on Jazz forward Bryon Russell, and then hitting a jumpshot from behind the free throw line with 5.2 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter to put the Bulls up 87–86.
Jordan won both but Wilkins kept him at the top of his game, as Jordan's 1988 victory on the double-pump dunk from the free-throw line helped sell thousands of shoes and posters. "You had two ...
The semi-finals only had one perfect score of 50 and it was scored by Michael Jordan on his last dunk when he jumped from the free throw line and slammed it home with one hand. Both Terence Stansbury and Dominique Wilkins each scored a 49 in this round. The two that advanced to the finals were Michael Jordan 142 and Dominique Wilkins 140.
His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". [ 5 ] [ 14 ] Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991 and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993 , securing a three-peat .
The music adds a second violin line and a snare drum cadence. At 0:25, a young man performs a "rock the cradle" slam dunk. At 0:29, a young man recreates Jordan's free throw line dunk from the 1988 NBA All-Star Game Slam Dunk Contest. This is the only shot where the original scenery is imitated.
Iconic sports photographer Walter Iooss joins 2 Point Lead host Yannis Pappas to talk about his memories of the 1998 NBA Dunk Contest. Iooss snapped one of the most famous basketball pictures ever ...
In 1996-97, the first season of shot-location data, the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls paced the league with 41.5 mid-range shots per game while the average team took about 32 attempts from that ...
Free throw attempts, 4-game series: 58, vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 1985 First Round. Broken by Shaquille O'Neal in 1999; Free throw attempts, game (regulation): 28, vs. New York Knicks, May 14, 1989. Broken by Shaquille O'Neal on June 9, 2000; Also holds fourth (see below) Free throw attempts, half: 17, second half, vs.