1 00:00:09,092 --> 00:00:10,572 [reporter] The NBA title up for grabs 2 00:00:10,635 --> 00:00:12,355 beginning Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. 3 00:00:12,387 --> 00:00:13,471 [chanting] Utah Jazz! 4 00:00:13,555 --> 00:00:16,766 [reporter] Part two between the defending champs and the Mailman's crew. 5 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:19,352 Super Mike and the gang looking human, 6 00:00:19,436 --> 00:00:23,106 working on just two days' rest in the thin air of Salt Lake City. 7 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:27,068 [Aldridge] After they lost the year before... 8 00:00:27,569 --> 00:00:30,155 Utah came back better the next year. 9 00:00:30,238 --> 00:00:31,865 [engine revving] 10 00:00:32,949 --> 00:00:33,865 [crowd cheering] 11 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:39,289 The atmosphere in Utah was, "This is it. We can finally vanquish them." 12 00:00:39,998 --> 00:00:41,708 [Kerr] Utah was waiting for us. 13 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:45,545 We basically had to fly to Salt Lake the next day. 14 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:49,424 It seemed like, uh, we were running on fumes. 15 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:55,805 [Vancil] Most people struggle to be present. 16 00:00:56,890 --> 00:01:00,810 People go and sit in ashrams for 20 years in India trying to be present. 17 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:05,899 Do yoga, meditate, trying to get here, now. 18 00:01:08,526 --> 00:01:09,652 [mouthing] 19 00:01:10,612 --> 00:01:12,030 [man] What you listening to? 20 00:01:13,656 --> 00:01:15,325 - What are you listening to? - Huh? 21 00:01:15,408 --> 00:01:16,688 [man] What are you listening to? 22 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:20,663 Kenny Lattimore. It's brand new, not even out yet. 23 00:01:21,539 --> 00:01:23,708 He's a friend of mine, you know I can get that. 24 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:31,299 [Vancil] Most people live in fear because we project the past into the future. 25 00:01:32,383 --> 00:01:35,553 Michael's a mystic. He was never anywhere else. 26 00:01:37,347 --> 00:01:38,263 [Jordan] Hey. 27 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:40,850 [reporter 1] I sense you know you're gonna win this first game. 28 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:42,870 - I sense that. - What'd you say? 29 00:01:42,894 --> 00:01:45,438 Whatever it is, it's "Yes. No. Maybe." 30 00:01:45,522 --> 00:01:46,815 [laughing] 31 00:01:46,898 --> 00:01:50,401 [reporter 2] Coming into the final series, what's your mental preparation like? 32 00:01:51,069 --> 00:01:53,196 Yes. No. Maybe. Whatever that was. 33 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:58,576 [Vancil] His gift was not that he could jump high, run fast, shoot a basketball. 34 00:01:58,660 --> 00:01:59,660 [indistinct chatter] 35 00:02:00,078 --> 00:02:02,330 - [Jordan] Can I walk in peace? - [reporter] Go ahead. 36 00:02:02,413 --> 00:02:03,414 I love you guys. 37 00:02:04,999 --> 00:02:08,002 [Vancil] His gift was that he was completely present. 38 00:02:08,086 --> 00:02:09,462 And that was the separator. 39 00:02:11,089 --> 00:02:13,091 - Go ahead! - [laughing] 40 00:02:14,134 --> 00:02:16,136 ["Days Like This" playing] 41 00:02:29,065 --> 00:02:30,650 [Jordan] I got up, I stretched... 42 00:02:31,568 --> 00:02:32,944 had a couple beers... 43 00:02:34,404 --> 00:02:35,864 played the piano... 44 00:02:35,947 --> 00:02:36,947 one cigar. 45 00:02:37,782 --> 00:02:39,284 [man] In the lobby bar? 46 00:02:39,951 --> 00:02:41,411 No, in my room. 47 00:02:42,745 --> 00:02:44,998 I've got a piano in my room, man. I was in there... 48 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:46,916 It's called the Jordan Bar. 49 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:50,003 You see that go in? Don't look at my fuckin' feet. 50 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:52,505 Look at where the ball is going. 51 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:56,342 [Kerr] MJ, you got four? 52 00:02:56,426 --> 00:02:57,552 [man] KB's got none. 53 00:02:57,635 --> 00:02:59,596 [Kerr] Come on, Keith. Get on the board, baby. 54 00:03:01,139 --> 00:03:02,139 Get on the board. 55 00:03:03,391 --> 00:03:05,727 [man 2] Get on the board. Go down and rebound that. 56 00:03:05,810 --> 00:03:08,104 [Vancil] The big downfall of a lot of players 57 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:11,149 who are otherwise gifted is thinking about failure. 58 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,987 - Goddamn it! - Midair right there. That's like... 59 00:03:16,070 --> 00:03:22,202 [Vancil] Michael didn't allow what he couldn't control to get inside his head. 60 00:03:23,494 --> 00:03:27,248 He would say, "Why would I think about missing a shot I haven't taken yet?" 61 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:28,332 [Kerr] Garbage. 62 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:29,667 [indistinct chatter] 63 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:36,257 [man] Goddamn! 64 00:03:36,799 --> 00:03:39,636 Damn! Put 'em away, MJ. 65 00:03:45,266 --> 00:03:47,018 [high-pitched] Ooh, I just love it! 66 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:48,894 Whoo! 67 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:53,233 [commentator 1] A spectacular move! 68 00:03:53,316 --> 00:03:54,901 [commentator 2] The game's over! 69 00:03:54,984 --> 00:03:57,320 [commentator 3] Chicago Stadium is going wild! 70 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,467 [Krause] First of all, there's no backstabbing going on here. 71 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:02,801 [Jackson] It's time for me to move on. 72 00:04:02,825 --> 00:04:05,385 [Krause] This will be Phil's last year as the coach of the Bulls. 73 00:04:07,830 --> 00:04:10,875 - [man 1] Are the expectations too high? - [man 2] Where do we go from here? 74 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:12,919 [woman] The only question: how long can it last? 75 00:04:25,014 --> 00:04:27,141 [commentator] This year's Finals has a familiar feel. 76 00:04:27,225 --> 00:04:30,561 Same time, same teams, same places, same high stakes. 77 00:04:30,645 --> 00:04:33,398 But Utah is hoping for a different end result this year. 78 00:04:34,732 --> 00:04:36,752 [Jackson] Remember what we said about your breathing, 79 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:39,570 and your centering, and getting yourself focused to the court. 80 00:04:39,654 --> 00:04:43,032 You guys know that you gotta support yourselves and your teammates. 81 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:46,286 Here in this building, it's like sheep to the wolves. 82 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:47,870 [crowd booing] 83 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:54,544 [interviewer] In '98, were you guys in Utah? 84 00:04:55,169 --> 00:04:57,773 - No, my mom didn't let us go. - We were downstairs in the basement. 85 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:59,882 - Exactly. - Watching the game. We had school. 86 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:03,511 She felt like Utah was a little hostile for us as young kids. 87 00:05:03,594 --> 00:05:05,263 - [inaudible] - [crowd cheering] 88 00:05:09,183 --> 00:05:12,186 I don't remember much of the games, and seeing him play. 89 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:15,982 But I remember the fans and it was so loud. 90 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:19,944 I mean, the screaming was just nonstop. 91 00:05:20,028 --> 00:05:21,279 It was brutal. 92 00:05:21,904 --> 00:05:23,740 [Marcus] We didn't like the Jazz at all. 93 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:27,118 As a family, we would get down there and just talk so much trash. 94 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:29,120 Those games would get crazy. 95 00:05:30,038 --> 00:05:33,791 [reporter 1] This Utah team is vastly improved from last year's finalists. 96 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:36,377 Better skills and much more confident. 97 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:38,742 [reporter 2] The Bulls have beaten every team this season, 98 00:05:38,796 --> 00:05:40,840 except for the Utah Jazz. 99 00:05:40,923 --> 00:05:46,763 Let's get ready to rumble! 100 00:05:47,972 --> 00:05:49,474 [Costas] Pippen working on Russell. 101 00:05:49,557 --> 00:05:51,976 Double team, Stockton comes over and steals. 102 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:55,229 Stockton waltzes in off the left side of the lane. 103 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:58,358 I never said, "Oh, my goodness, this is the Bulls." 104 00:05:58,441 --> 00:05:59,484 Great team, 105 00:05:59,567 --> 00:06:02,570 all the respect that they deserved, they'd get from me. 106 00:06:02,653 --> 00:06:06,866 But I sure didn't feel an aura about Michael Jordan or the Bulls. 107 00:06:06,949 --> 00:06:10,912 I don't know how you would play against somebody with that. We were there to win. 108 00:06:10,995 --> 00:06:12,789 [Costas] Kukoc has it picked off by Russell, 109 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:14,832 handed to Stockton, now Malone! 110 00:06:14,916 --> 00:06:15,917 [crowd cheering] 111 00:06:18,127 --> 00:06:20,129 [Costas] Twenty-second timeout, Chicago! 112 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:26,719 Guys, this is a scary fucking situation. This game should be dead fucking meat. 113 00:06:26,803 --> 00:06:29,639 Now, goddamn it, get yourselves serious on this. 114 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:32,058 [Jordan] Come on, think positive, man. Let's go. 115 00:06:32,141 --> 00:06:34,894 [Costas] It's Scottie back to Michael. Russell's on him. 116 00:06:34,977 --> 00:06:38,564 Around the Longley screen. Michael... dishes to Longley. 117 00:06:39,107 --> 00:06:40,983 Up with the shot... to tie the game! 118 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:44,529 - [whistle blows] - And it's overtime in game one. 119 00:06:46,864 --> 00:06:47,990 Come on now, let's go. 120 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:52,120 [Costas] Twenty-one for Malone! Hooked away by Hornacek! 121 00:06:52,203 --> 00:06:53,538 Trying to stop him. 122 00:06:53,621 --> 00:06:56,124 He's chased by Jordan, but makes it in anyway! 123 00:06:56,207 --> 00:06:57,750 [crowd cheering] 124 00:07:01,045 --> 00:07:06,926 And game one goes to Utah in overtime. 125 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:12,390 [Jordan] Knowing that this is the last dance, 126 00:07:12,473 --> 00:07:15,143 I'm trying to muster up the energy to finish this off. 127 00:07:16,018 --> 00:07:17,979 We were mentally, physically exhausted, 128 00:07:18,062 --> 00:07:21,357 but we didn't lose focus on what we were trying to achieve. 129 00:07:23,234 --> 00:07:25,486 [Costas] Hornacek on Michael, fadeaway... 130 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:26,945 Got it! 131 00:07:28,114 --> 00:07:30,450 Pippen slices through the defense and slams it. 132 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:33,786 Kukoc... hits off the baseline. 133 00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:38,082 Michael, with the shot clock winding down, against Hornacek. 134 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:40,793 Michael's gonna do it. Two defenders, a whistle... 135 00:07:40,877 --> 00:07:44,046 Count the basket, plus the foul. 136 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:49,677 Chicago comes into Salt Lake City, weary or not, and gets out with a split. 137 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,345 Three more, three more. 138 00:07:53,681 --> 00:07:55,349 [man] They swept LA. 139 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:58,811 You know how much it takes to guard Shaq and try to push that motherfucker around? 140 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:00,771 That ain't the point. I ain't Shaq. 141 00:08:00,855 --> 00:08:02,607 - [man] Huh? - I ain't Shaq. 142 00:08:03,774 --> 00:08:05,568 Like I said, I ain't Shaq. 143 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:07,236 ["Right Here, Right Now" playing] 144 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,906 [Costas] The Jazz won game one in overtime at home. 145 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:11,991 The Bulls won a close game to even it. 146 00:08:12,074 --> 00:08:13,784 It was a hard-fought series... 147 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:16,287 except for game three in Chicago. 148 00:08:16,370 --> 00:08:18,122 ♪ Right here! Right now! ♪ 149 00:08:18,206 --> 00:08:20,666 ♪ Right here! Right now! Right here! ♪ 150 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:23,377 [man] Gentlemen, game three! Have a great game. 151 00:08:23,461 --> 00:08:24,461 [Jordan] Careful. 152 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:25,922 [indistinct chatter] 153 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:28,966 [Costas] Here's Scottie, into the lane, another runner. 154 00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:31,260 He hits it, plus he's coming to the line. 155 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:34,096 Eisley has it blocked by Harper. 156 00:08:35,014 --> 00:08:37,183 Karl on the run, a hook. It's an airball. 157 00:08:37,767 --> 00:08:42,396 Michael spins on Hornacek to the left hand. An absolute beauty. 158 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:56,994 [whistle blows] 159 00:08:58,371 --> 00:09:02,917 [Costas] Somehow, someway... he scores. 160 00:09:05,753 --> 00:09:09,173 The Utah Jazz of Malone and Stockton, 161 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:12,343 the Jazz who managed to get to the Finals two years in a row, 162 00:09:12,426 --> 00:09:14,512 were held to 54 points. 163 00:09:15,096 --> 00:09:19,559 The lowest point total since the advent of the shot clock in any game, 164 00:09:19,642 --> 00:09:21,018 not just a playoff game. 165 00:09:21,811 --> 00:09:22,811 Ridiculous. 166 00:09:23,354 --> 00:09:25,439 Now Bill's the only one who ain't scored. 167 00:09:26,023 --> 00:09:28,526 [commentator] Wennington, the only Bull who hasn't scored. 168 00:09:28,609 --> 00:09:29,777 So let him do it. 169 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:33,281 Well, the evening is complete! 170 00:09:35,199 --> 00:09:38,661 A total humiliation for the Utah Jazz. 171 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:40,246 Beaten by 42. 172 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:47,003 Chicago leads the series two games to one, but somehow it seems like more than that. 173 00:09:48,004 --> 00:09:50,673 - [reporter 1] Coach... - This is actually the score? 174 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:52,300 [crowd laughing] 175 00:09:53,134 --> 00:09:55,261 - Is this the final? - [reporter 2] That's the final. 176 00:10:06,897 --> 00:10:09,817 In sports, Dennis Rodman is in more hot water this morning. 177 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:11,569 [reporter] The talk at practice Monday 178 00:10:11,652 --> 00:10:14,614 wasn't just about what the Jazz was missing in game three, 179 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:17,366 but who the Bulls were missing the day after. 180 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:21,203 Dennis Rodman, once again, was nowhere to be found. 181 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:23,599 [reporter 2] Is it true that Dennis wasn't at practice today? 182 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,559 - That's true. - [reporter 2] Is that an excused absence? 183 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:28,002 - No, it's not. - [reporter 2] What transpired? 184 00:10:28,669 --> 00:10:30,087 I don't know. He's not here. 185 00:10:32,381 --> 00:10:37,470 [Hogan] I got the world heavyweight title, and with Rodzilla in the house, 186 00:10:37,553 --> 00:10:42,975 there will be no stopping nWo Hollywood now! 187 00:10:43,059 --> 00:10:45,686 So, Dennis Rodman ran off after game three. 188 00:10:45,770 --> 00:10:48,022 He took a detour, um, 189 00:10:48,105 --> 00:10:50,191 from playing with the Bulls 190 00:10:50,274 --> 00:10:52,902 to become a wrestler with Hulk Hogan. 191 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:57,990 And by the way, big dog, I just love the way 192 00:10:58,074 --> 00:11:01,285 you threw Malone around like a dishrag. 193 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:04,121 You just be the bomb, brah. 194 00:11:05,790 --> 00:11:06,791 I wasn't trying anything. 195 00:11:06,874 --> 00:11:10,211 I was just trying to play basketball, party... fuck all the girls. 196 00:11:10,294 --> 00:11:13,464 And so that just happened to be me, Dennis shit, you know. 197 00:11:14,048 --> 00:11:17,051 There are some things worth missing practice for, brother. 198 00:11:17,134 --> 00:11:18,302 [laughing] 199 00:11:18,969 --> 00:11:22,682 He has a chartered plane ready and waiting to whisk him off to some wrestling deal 200 00:11:22,765 --> 00:11:26,102 where the scripted action called for him to hit a guy with a chair. 201 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:29,814 [commentator] Oh, my goodness! That was Rodman! 202 00:11:30,898 --> 00:11:34,026 [reporter] Dennis' sideshow, is it a reality check for the Bulls? 203 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:37,321 I think they're all very disturbed, the coaches and the players. 204 00:11:37,405 --> 00:11:39,949 [reporter] He'll be fined for this latest offense. 205 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:42,576 Rodman faces punishment by the Bulls for missing practice. 206 00:11:51,335 --> 00:11:53,563 [Jackson] Dickey, you weren't here at the start were you? 207 00:11:53,587 --> 00:11:54,587 [Simpkins] No. 208 00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:58,300 We beat up Dennis with some boffers. You got to miss out on that shit. 209 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:03,597 Because he brought fame and disreputation on all of us. 210 00:12:04,348 --> 00:12:05,474 We were dishonored. 211 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:07,643 [Jordan] That's a good piece of money, though. 212 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:08,728 [indistinct chatter] 213 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:11,095 [Jackson] All right, let's go. 214 00:12:11,147 --> 00:12:15,025 [Jordan] Come on, Rodzilla! Rodzilla! 215 00:12:15,818 --> 00:12:20,281 The bad-boy reputation that, frankly, Dennis carefully cultivated 216 00:12:20,364 --> 00:12:22,616 overshadowed his contributions as a player. 217 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:27,204 But Phil knew that he was a singular defensive player 218 00:12:27,288 --> 00:12:32,418 who contributed mightily to the success of that team. 219 00:12:32,501 --> 00:12:36,005 [reporter] Does it bother you that he's taking away the focus from the Finals? 220 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:39,258 No, he's only taking your focus away from the Finals, not ours. 221 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:44,388 I just think that Phil realized that I need to always do me, 222 00:12:44,472 --> 00:12:45,723 just go do what I do. 223 00:12:45,806 --> 00:12:48,726 You know, like the playoff game, I went to go wrestle. 224 00:12:48,809 --> 00:12:51,937 If I did this, I go over here, if I do that, I got to go do this. 225 00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:54,064 They're gonna get 100% when I'm on the court. 226 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:57,007 [man 1] If they see him, they'll think he'll go out that way. 227 00:12:57,860 --> 00:12:59,695 If he closes the door, they just think... 228 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:00,779 Here's the problem. 229 00:13:01,405 --> 00:13:03,699 You got 300 freaking media out there. 230 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:07,495 Dennis blew off practice and he got fined and he's got nothing to say to nobody. 231 00:13:07,578 --> 00:13:09,288 As he would say, "in his words." 232 00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:12,917 So we gotta try to sneak him out gate three and a half... 233 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:16,629 while 300 media are in the main hallway in front of the locker room. 234 00:13:16,712 --> 00:13:18,339 I don't know if we'll get that done. 235 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,152 [indistinct chatter and laughter] 236 00:14:06,887 --> 00:14:08,807 [commentator] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 237 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:12,852 Has there been a Rodman sighting or is he off wrestling with Hulk Hogan tonight? 238 00:14:13,561 --> 00:14:15,437 [Costas] Eisley, gotta get rid of it. 239 00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:19,817 Rebound to Rodman. It's a two-point game... 240 00:14:20,568 --> 00:14:23,696 and it stays there as Pippen misses, but Rodman chases it down. 241 00:14:25,823 --> 00:14:27,199 Rodman is there! 242 00:14:27,283 --> 00:14:28,868 Scottie for three! 243 00:14:30,911 --> 00:14:33,414 Rodman's there and Anderson fouled him. 244 00:14:34,498 --> 00:14:36,417 The Worm is a poor free throw shooter. 245 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:40,671 Certainly not the guy you want on the line in this situation if you're Phil Jackson. 246 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:45,050 He rolls the dice, he makes 'em both! Who needs practice? 247 00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:47,928 Off the court, his tired freak show continues, 248 00:14:48,012 --> 00:14:51,599 but on the court, he brings tremendous energy and heart. 249 00:14:51,682 --> 00:14:53,517 And Chicago wins it by four. 250 00:14:53,601 --> 00:14:56,520 They're poised to finish Utah off on Friday night. 251 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:00,441 [reporter] What are your thoughts? 252 00:15:00,524 --> 00:15:04,028 It might not only be your last game with the Bulls, but your last game ever. 253 00:15:04,111 --> 00:15:07,031 You've sat... Sitting on the fence here, 254 00:15:07,114 --> 00:15:09,867 and obviously it's a thing that the world wants to know. 255 00:15:10,451 --> 00:15:13,871 Well, the world basically is gonna have to wait and see what happens. 256 00:15:13,954 --> 00:15:16,165 - I mean, uh... - [crowd laughing] 257 00:15:16,248 --> 00:15:19,084 The job is not done, so let's not celebrate yet. 258 00:15:23,881 --> 00:15:25,257 [indistinct chatter] 259 00:15:30,387 --> 00:15:32,222 Hey, try not to be dogshit tonight, dog. 260 00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:34,266 For one time, come out ready to play. 261 00:15:35,517 --> 00:15:36,769 [inaudible] 262 00:15:36,852 --> 00:15:37,892 [Jordan] Know what I mean? 263 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,275 You go out there, play hard, and we win, 264 00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:45,402 you don't have to hear me no more, ever again! 265 00:15:45,486 --> 00:15:47,738 - I'm going to California with you. - Shit! 266 00:15:47,821 --> 00:15:51,283 - What time is our flight? - Scott, after tonight... 267 00:15:52,409 --> 00:15:55,120 if I ever see you again, I'm gonna whip your ass. 268 00:15:58,123 --> 00:15:59,917 You know I'mma whip your ass. 269 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,503 If it's in a bar, I'mma start a barroom brawl. 270 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:05,422 [Winter] Are your shoes okay? 271 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:07,841 I don't want you sliding all over the damn place out there. 272 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:11,470 I'mma slide a ring on your hand tonight, Tex. That's all you need to know. 273 00:16:12,596 --> 00:16:16,266 [announcer 1] Tonight, game five of the 1998 NBA Finals, 274 00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:19,269 and a win for the Bulls caps the repeat three-peat. 275 00:16:20,187 --> 00:16:22,606 [announcer 2] The stage is set for a celebration. 276 00:16:23,357 --> 00:16:26,568 [Costas] When Michael smells the finish line, he knows how to close. 277 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:27,820 If this is the last dance, 278 00:16:27,903 --> 00:16:30,114 you might as well have it on your own dance floor. 279 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,160 Malone's first shot is there. 280 00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:37,746 Stockton... gives it to Malone. 281 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:41,601 [commentator 1] I sense a little anxiety, a little tightness here in Chicago. 282 00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:44,962 [commentator 2] May be a lack of focus preparing for the parade and celebration, 283 00:16:45,045 --> 00:16:47,965 you're forgetting that you gotta come out and play a game. 284 00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:52,428 [Costas] Malone... 39 points! 285 00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:56,015 Personally pushing back for Utah. 286 00:16:57,141 --> 00:17:01,270 10.4 seconds remaining. Kukoc will play it in. Pippen... 287 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,105 Out to Kukoc for three, 288 00:17:03,731 --> 00:17:04,940 he hits it! 289 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:07,317 Five seconds, it's a one-point game. 290 00:17:11,488 --> 00:17:16,827 A two-point Utah lead. Timeout Chicago. Bulls ball at half court. 291 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:20,247 [commentator 3] For the Bulls to win this at home, 292 00:17:20,330 --> 00:17:24,126 they're gonna have to finish with a bang, and a giant bang. 293 00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:25,209 Harper... 294 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:30,799 Into Jordan, a prayer... 295 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,135 And we go to Utah. 296 00:17:33,969 --> 00:17:38,599 Rip up the headlines. It is very much a series. 297 00:17:40,809 --> 00:17:43,771 [Jordan] I would have loved to have won it here at home... 298 00:17:44,313 --> 00:17:45,397 but it didn't happen. 299 00:17:46,940 --> 00:17:50,944 Everyone thought I could make the shot and that's the beauty of the game. 300 00:17:51,028 --> 00:17:52,446 For 1.1 seconds, 301 00:17:52,529 --> 00:17:55,407 everybody was holding their breath, which is kinda cute. 302 00:17:55,491 --> 00:17:57,242 [crowd laughing] 303 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:07,044 [reporter 1] The Bulls know how to close, but last night, the Jazz held their own. 304 00:18:07,127 --> 00:18:09,338 [reporter 2] Utah knew it was going to Salt Lake City 305 00:18:09,421 --> 00:18:10,839 after Friday night's game five. 306 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:13,926 The Jazz just didn't know Chicago would also be along for the ride. 307 00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:16,637 [reporter 3] The Bulls now 5-4 in title-clinching games, 308 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,890 and if they hope to win it this year, it'll have to be in Utah. 309 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,771 [reporter 4] This is it. The Jazz have forced a game six. 310 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:28,065 Can they stay alive and take it to seven? 311 00:18:28,148 --> 00:18:31,944 Both games here in Salt Lake City. The crowd is going nuts. 312 00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:47,126 [Blase] The calm before the storm. 313 00:18:47,209 --> 00:18:49,128 Not a lot of joking today, huh? 314 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:53,340 Like in those movies when you see the lion just sitting in the shade, just staring? 315 00:18:55,592 --> 00:18:56,885 Might see the kill today. 316 00:18:59,096 --> 00:19:01,598 [reporter] Some injury news, and it's not good news 317 00:19:01,682 --> 00:19:03,350 for Bulls forward Scottie Pippen. 318 00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:06,145 After a great defensive effort in game three, 319 00:19:06,228 --> 00:19:08,188 during which he drew numerous charges, 320 00:19:08,272 --> 00:19:12,818 Pippen has been experiencing stiffness in his back. Earlier, we spoke with... 321 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,303 [Jordan] Everybody got their hand in? 322 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:21,368 Hands in means "All for one, and one for all." 323 00:19:21,451 --> 00:19:23,491 [Pippen] This is it. Let's go out and give our best. 324 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:26,832 - [player] What time is it? - [all] Game time! [grunt] 325 00:19:27,457 --> 00:19:30,586 [Costas] We welcome you back to Salt Lake City for game six. 326 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:34,131 And should the Jazz win tonight and force a game seven, 327 00:19:34,214 --> 00:19:35,549 then it would be worth noting 328 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:39,553 that very few teams have ever won a seventh game on the road in the Finals. 329 00:19:39,636 --> 00:19:43,265 Utah would have a slight edge, it would seem, in that scenario. 330 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:45,767 So, if the Bulls want to bring the hammer down, 331 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:47,978 game six is the time to do it. 332 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,409 Jordan, guarded by Russell. 333 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:06,205 Hornacek will open on Pippen. They'll try and post Scottie on him. 334 00:20:06,288 --> 00:20:09,291 They go to it right away. Stockton comes over on the double team. 335 00:20:09,374 --> 00:20:11,710 Now back to Scottie, and they couldn't recover, 336 00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:13,337 and an easy two for Scottie. 337 00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:16,006 [Pippen] I started the game, 338 00:20:16,089 --> 00:20:20,135 and the first play of the game, I went for a dunk. 339 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,721 And it jammed my back. 340 00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:26,183 I was done after that. 341 00:20:26,266 --> 00:20:31,647 I'm telling MJ I can't go no more. "Dude, I'm done." 342 00:20:34,316 --> 00:20:38,028 [Costas] It looks like Pippen is laboring as he moves up and down the court. 343 00:20:38,111 --> 00:20:41,406 A back injury is one of the most crippling of injuries. 344 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:45,869 Malone... gets his first! 345 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:51,250 Jordan for three. Got it! 346 00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:56,088 The Bulls lead by nine, but here's the bad news for them: 347 00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:59,466 moments ago, Scottie Pippen, accompanied by trainer Chip Schaefer, 348 00:20:59,549 --> 00:21:01,760 leaves the bench and heads for the locker room. 349 00:21:02,302 --> 00:21:03,720 He was in such pain. 350 00:21:03,804 --> 00:21:05,847 Um, so disabled. 351 00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:08,892 He had continued loss of function. 352 00:21:08,976 --> 00:21:11,478 He was losing mobility and his pain was increasing. 353 00:21:11,561 --> 00:21:14,064 It was just sort of... kind of spiraling. 354 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:17,987 [commentator] Scottie's telling the medical staff he is not able to play. 355 00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:20,070 That could be the end of it for Scottie tonight. 356 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,031 [Costas] Malone in traffic. 357 00:21:23,573 --> 00:21:25,826 Got his own, and put it back in. 358 00:21:25,909 --> 00:21:27,911 - Malone against Wennington. - [whistle blows] 359 00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:30,914 [Costas] Off balance, hit it, plus the foul! 360 00:21:31,623 --> 00:21:35,794 When Scottie left, we were just kinda holding on. 361 00:21:40,674 --> 00:21:43,635 [Costas] Shot clock violation. Michael gave it up. 362 00:21:44,261 --> 00:21:47,889 They weren't even close to hoisting a shot before 24 seconds. 363 00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:49,099 It's Malone... 364 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:53,145 And it's Utah with the lead. 365 00:21:53,729 --> 00:21:56,189 Only moments ago, they trailed by nine. 366 00:21:56,273 --> 00:21:59,401 [commentator] This will be a very wearing game for Jordan. 367 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:01,820 They'll try to tire him down and wear him out. 368 00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:05,198 It will be interesting to see if he'll have enough at the end of the game 369 00:22:05,282 --> 00:22:07,284 because of the minutes he's gonna have to play. 370 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:14,499 [Pippen] During the break, I was in the locker room 371 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,919 trying to get some heat and steam and stuff put on it 372 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:21,214 to try to see if I can, you know, do something. 373 00:22:22,257 --> 00:22:24,137 [Rashad] Ahmad Rashad, back at the Delta Center, 374 00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:25,844 where the Jazz lead the Bulls by four. 375 00:22:25,927 --> 00:22:29,598 The big story in the first half has been the condition of Scottie Pippen's back. 376 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:30,682 He's really been hurting. 377 00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:33,018 Scottie Pippen is back out here on the floor. 378 00:22:33,101 --> 00:22:36,480 Whether or not he'll be able to play, and play effectively, we'll find out. 379 00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:40,734 Could you start? Really? 380 00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:42,778 All right. 381 00:22:43,653 --> 00:22:45,923 [Costas] Utah in possession as we start the third quarter. 382 00:22:45,947 --> 00:22:47,240 Malone, right to work! 383 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:53,455 Rodman battling like crazy, but can't quite hold onto it. 384 00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:56,708 And Rodman trips Malone up. They've got to call a flagrant here. 385 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:58,377 They've got to call a flagrant. 386 00:23:01,254 --> 00:23:05,217 [commentator] I love what I'm seeing, the battle between these two guys. 387 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:07,719 They're fighting, giving it everything they got. 388 00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:15,143 [Costas] Rodman... drills a 20-footer, and gives it that "go figure" gesture. 389 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:18,063 This is Scottie out high, immediately returns it to Harper. 390 00:23:18,146 --> 00:23:19,689 A little jump hook. It's good. 391 00:23:21,024 --> 00:23:24,194 Is Pippen anything more than a decoy now on offense for Chicago? 392 00:23:24,778 --> 00:23:27,697 I was a decoy that whole game, but they didn't know it. 393 00:23:29,199 --> 00:23:32,411 Michael said, "You just stay out here, do what you can do. 394 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:35,664 You better being out here than in the locker room." 395 00:23:35,747 --> 00:23:38,500 So I gutted myself through that game. 396 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,087 [Costas] Pippen, giving it his best. 397 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:43,880 And that time, it was good enough. 398 00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:46,925 Pippen is barely getting up and down the floor. 399 00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:49,219 So, I'm taking all the shots, 400 00:23:49,302 --> 00:23:54,057 I'm bringing all the energy, and I got very little left in the tank. 401 00:23:54,641 --> 00:23:57,853 [Costas] As we start the fourth quarter, Jordan has scored 29 points. 402 00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:01,523 He's played 34 of the 36 minutes so far... 403 00:24:02,190 --> 00:24:04,484 after playing 45 on Friday night. 404 00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:08,113 You have to believe fatigue is an important factor now. 405 00:24:08,697 --> 00:24:11,533 Out to MJ for three! It's short. 406 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:13,827 Michael... Short. 407 00:24:14,411 --> 00:24:17,539 The jumpers come up short when fatigue is a factor. 408 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:20,292 There's Pippen heading back to the locker room again 409 00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:22,836 to try to stretch out that ailing back. 410 00:24:24,588 --> 00:24:26,691 [Schaefer] We had a massage therapist working with him 411 00:24:26,715 --> 00:24:29,342 and using medication and doing everything we could... 412 00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:32,345 to try to relieve his pain and his symptoms. 413 00:24:33,054 --> 00:24:36,725 Treat him for five minutes so he can get pain relief and play for five minutes. 414 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:38,916 [reporter] They had him in the back, 415 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:42,063 they were putting ice on his back and electrical stimulation for pain relief, 416 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:45,317 and they were trying to bide their time up until the ten-minute mark 417 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,737 to bring him back out and see if he can play the last ten minutes of the game. 418 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:52,365 As you can see, he's back on the floor. We just have to see how it goes. 419 00:24:54,534 --> 00:24:57,412 [Schaefer] Anybody that'd have a notion that Pippen was a soft player 420 00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:59,164 is patently absurd. 421 00:24:59,247 --> 00:25:03,001 He's as tough a player and as intense a competitor as anybody I've worked with. 422 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:05,712 What he did in game six was extraordinary. 423 00:25:06,630 --> 00:25:08,548 I know so many players that would've tapped out 424 00:25:08,632 --> 00:25:10,258 without hesitation in that situation. 425 00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:15,347 And he was gonna just throw it out there and finish it no matter what. 426 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:19,768 [Costas] Malone, three defenders on him and they take it away. 427 00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:23,396 It's Pippen wincing as he comes up with the loose ball. 428 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,732 Scottie just hobbling around. 429 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:28,693 Jordan with the jumper. 430 00:25:29,736 --> 00:25:31,655 And with 37 points 431 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:36,284 as Utah falls behind now for the first time since the second quarter. 432 00:25:37,827 --> 00:25:39,496 Stockton has a little daylight... 433 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,831 and Utah has a three-point lead. 434 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:46,127 Pippen in the lane, 435 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:49,965 connects on the turnaround. Playing through clenched teeth. 436 00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:53,552 Game six is going back and forth and back and forth... 437 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:56,846 and I just didn't see any way this wasn't going seven. 438 00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:00,600 Utah was really mentally tough. 439 00:26:01,685 --> 00:26:02,685 [Costas] Fifty seconds. 440 00:26:04,521 --> 00:26:05,521 Malone... 441 00:26:08,024 --> 00:26:10,485 Crosscourt Stockton, a three... 442 00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:11,569 It's there! 443 00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:21,454 There was less than a minute to play. We're down three. 444 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:23,498 Phil calls timeout. 445 00:26:24,457 --> 00:26:27,377 [commentator] This is a big 20-second timeout for Chicago 446 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:30,046 because it allows Jordan to get some rest. 447 00:26:30,797 --> 00:26:33,425 [Costas] Michael Jordan, at this advanced stage of his career, 448 00:26:33,508 --> 00:26:35,385 has to carry the team. 449 00:26:35,468 --> 00:26:38,972 He has to play extra minutes in a grueling series. 450 00:26:39,556 --> 00:26:43,560 And that last sequence in the final half-minute-plus... 451 00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:48,648 is one of the greatest sequences you'll ever see in any sport. 452 00:26:49,524 --> 00:26:51,860 [commentator] The Bulls want a two-for-one possession here. 453 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,321 Try to get a quick score and get to the free-throw line 454 00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:56,364 to give them two opportunities for one. 455 00:26:57,949 --> 00:26:59,367 [Costas] Pippen into Jordan. 456 00:27:01,077 --> 00:27:02,996 Michael working on Russell. 457 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:05,498 Brings them to within one. 458 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:10,420 Michael takes it right to the rim and lays it in, so now we need to stop. 459 00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:13,548 [Jordan] When I made the layup and it went back down, 460 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:16,801 I knew they were gonna run that patented play through Karl Malone. 461 00:27:16,885 --> 00:27:19,554 They ran that play a couple times prior. 462 00:27:20,555 --> 00:27:23,683 And Dennis and Malone had been fighting all game. 463 00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:26,311 And Karl totally forgot that I was on the weak side. 464 00:27:28,938 --> 00:27:31,566 [Costas] Malone is doubled. They swat at it and steal it. 465 00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:36,863 Michael never clears, so Malone doesn't see him. 466 00:27:36,946 --> 00:27:39,199 He comes from the blind side and strips him. 467 00:27:39,783 --> 00:27:42,452 [Jordan] Now I got the ball, and I can see Phil, 468 00:27:42,535 --> 00:27:44,454 basically out of the corner of my eye. 469 00:27:44,537 --> 00:27:46,122 He wasn't gonna call a timeout. 470 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:50,168 If we could do something without them talking about it, 471 00:27:50,251 --> 00:27:52,212 working against a set defense, 472 00:27:52,295 --> 00:27:54,673 we'd rather go with a live ball situation. 473 00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:59,302 [Costas] Seventeen seconds from game seven or from championship number six. 474 00:27:59,886 --> 00:28:02,806 [interviewer] What are you thinking as you're coming back up the floor? 475 00:28:02,889 --> 00:28:05,266 "Get the hell out the way." [chuckles] 476 00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:08,895 "Get the hell out the way," only thing I was thinking. 477 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:13,316 I ain't had to do shit. All I did was plant myself right down there. 478 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,902 I knew it, I said, "He's gonna shoot this fucker." 479 00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:17,946 He is not gonna pass this fucking ball. 480 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:22,158 I don't give a fuck if it's John Paxson or fucking Steve Kerr. 481 00:28:22,242 --> 00:28:23,868 Hell no, this is his turn. 482 00:28:25,036 --> 00:28:26,663 [Jordan] When I scoped over the floor, 483 00:28:26,746 --> 00:28:30,083 I felt like I can get a jump shot off or I can get all the way to the basket. 484 00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:33,837 So it's just a matter of me picking the right time when to attack. 485 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,590 [Costas] Jordan, open... 486 00:28:37,674 --> 00:28:39,217 Chicago with the lead! 487 00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:44,639 Timeout Utah. 488 00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:47,517 5.2 seconds left. 489 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:53,064 Michael Jordan running on fumes with 45 points. 490 00:28:54,023 --> 00:28:57,610 [commentator] At the end of the game, you gotta get it out of his hands. 491 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:58,987 He's a killer. 492 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:06,411 Watch Jordan's left hand here as he gives Russell the push. 493 00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:08,246 Referee can't see that. 494 00:29:08,329 --> 00:29:11,750 Jordan frees himself up for a clean look. 495 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:15,754 [Jordan] Everybody say I pushed off him. 496 00:29:15,837 --> 00:29:19,591 Bullshit. His energy was going that way. I didn't have to push him that way. 497 00:29:19,674 --> 00:29:22,260 Russell was already stumbling away. 498 00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:25,138 That hand on his backside 499 00:29:25,221 --> 00:29:28,475 was the equivalent of a maître d' showing someone to their table. 500 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:32,854 [Kerr] When he took that shot, 501 00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:36,149 you could just hear the energy get sucked right out of the building. 502 00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:44,908 [Costas] That may have been the last shot Michael Jordan will ever take in the NBA. 503 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:52,624 If that's the last image of Michael Jordan, how magnificent is it? 504 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:56,336 [Kerr] And those devastated fans... 505 00:29:57,003 --> 00:30:02,342 were just groaning this collective groan as the Jazz take timeout. 506 00:30:07,847 --> 00:30:11,142 I'm tired as hell. I'm exhausted. 507 00:30:11,726 --> 00:30:13,144 But I have one more stop. 508 00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:15,396 [man] One more stop, big man, one more stop. 509 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,235 Here we go, baby. Come on, baby, one more stop. 510 00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:25,365 I can't do nothing else. Just go to the basket. 511 00:30:25,448 --> 00:30:28,535 You got to be ready to run a charge. Don't give 'em another T. 512 00:30:48,263 --> 00:30:50,640 [Jordan] I'm collecting my thoughts, but I'm tired. 513 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,434 I'm trying to muster up the energy... 514 00:30:55,144 --> 00:30:56,354 to finish this off. 515 00:30:56,896 --> 00:30:59,899 [Costas] If they score, there's a game seven. 516 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:03,319 If they don't, for the second straight year, 517 00:31:03,403 --> 00:31:05,113 - they go out on six. - [whistle blows] 518 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:07,699 [Costas] Stockton, Harper's on him. 519 00:31:07,782 --> 00:31:10,326 Behind the screen. Harper got a piece of it. 520 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:11,661 It comes off! 521 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:15,373 [triumphant instrumental music playing] 522 00:31:15,456 --> 00:31:17,208 [Costas] The Chicago Bulls... 523 00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:21,921 have won their sixth NBA championship, 524 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:24,424 and it's their second three-peat. 525 00:31:24,507 --> 00:31:26,259 [cheering] 526 00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:33,850 [Jackson] Oh, my God! That was beautiful! 527 00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:36,227 - What a finish! - [Jordan] I had faith! 528 00:31:36,311 --> 00:31:38,897 [Jackson] I'll bet you did. God bless you. 529 00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:40,148 [inaudible] 530 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:52,410 The Chicago Bulls, the 1998 NBA Champion, 531 00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:55,121 and a team for the ages. 532 00:31:57,332 --> 00:31:58,958 - Can you believe it? - Yeah, I can. 533 00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:00,042 I can't believe it. 534 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:02,128 - I believed in it. - That was beautiful. 535 00:32:02,712 --> 00:32:04,714 I never gave up. I never gave up. 536 00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:08,134 Every time we were close, I knew we were gonna do it. I knew it. 537 00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:12,972 1998 NBA Finals MVP, Michael Jordan. 538 00:32:13,056 --> 00:32:14,641 [crowd cheering] 539 00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:21,356 [all cheering] 540 00:32:36,746 --> 00:32:39,958 He's a hero. He's the guy that delivered every time he was asked 541 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,751 during these types of situations. 542 00:32:43,252 --> 00:32:45,463 Man, can you believe it? Six. 543 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,007 - Six! - Six. 544 00:32:48,091 --> 00:32:51,219 Six of 'em! Six of 'em! 545 00:32:51,928 --> 00:32:55,056 Yes, sir! Six of them! 546 00:32:55,848 --> 00:32:58,935 Now, y'all say whatever you want, they can't win till we quit. 547 00:32:59,018 --> 00:33:00,018 [laughing] 548 00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:01,312 [indistinct chatter] 549 00:33:09,237 --> 00:33:12,073 Check that out. Man, look at that. 550 00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:14,909 That's waterproof color right there, that's waterproof. 551 00:33:16,077 --> 00:33:19,414 - What was you watching this afternoon? - I was watching Man with the Iron Face. 552 00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:21,666 - [man] Iron Mask. - [Jordan] Iron Mask. 553 00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:23,584 And he's here! 554 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:26,004 You know what I told the guys when we stuck our hands in? 555 00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:27,630 - What? - All for one and one for all. 556 00:33:27,714 --> 00:33:29,507 - [all laughing] - I did. I'm not kidding. 557 00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:31,735 - Congratulations. - [Jordan] Thank you. I'm glad you came. 558 00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:34,637 You did some beautiful stuff just now, man. That was poetic. 559 00:33:34,721 --> 00:33:35,972 Thank you. Thank you very much. 560 00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:38,099 Can you continue this, with this championship? 561 00:33:38,182 --> 00:33:40,977 I'm not even gonna think about this. All I'm gonna think about is 562 00:33:41,060 --> 00:33:43,980 tonight have fun, tomorrow morning, we'll worry about everything else. 563 00:33:44,063 --> 00:33:46,315 Scottie, now that you're celebrating, feeling good, 564 00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:48,234 you're coming back next year, right? 565 00:33:48,776 --> 00:33:52,113 I'll answer that in a couple days. Maybe at Grant Park. 566 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:53,531 [indistinct chatter] 567 00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:56,075 Greatest team to ever play this game. 568 00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:58,369 You just gotta respect it. If they don't respect that? 569 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:02,040 There's a lot of people doing a lot of illegal drugs. 570 00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:03,039 [laughing] 571 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,841 - Thanks, man. - That's what it is. That's it. 572 00:34:05,334 --> 00:34:06,334 [fans cheering] 573 00:34:06,335 --> 00:34:07,920 Can you imagine? It's still daylight. 574 00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:10,548 We might be able to get some golf swings in. 575 00:34:11,591 --> 00:34:13,092 [indistinct chatter] 576 00:34:16,971 --> 00:34:19,974 This is great. This was the greatest. 577 00:34:20,975 --> 00:34:22,310 Dennis, good job. 578 00:34:23,102 --> 00:34:25,063 Fellas. Great job. 579 00:34:25,146 --> 00:34:28,691 [Jordan] Thank you, man. Take care, man. Tell the wife I say hello, okay? 580 00:34:28,775 --> 00:34:30,276 [Malone] See you guys. Excuse me. 581 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:35,823 - [sirens blaring] - [fans cheering] 582 00:34:47,418 --> 00:34:49,128 [Kerr] Upon arrival at the hotel... 583 00:34:49,712 --> 00:34:54,717 we just had cameras in front of us and people waiting for autographs. 584 00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:57,762 That was so amazing, you know, just being with the group... 585 00:34:57,845 --> 00:35:01,099 - Jordan! Jordan! Jordan! - ...and feeling that rush of adrenaline... 586 00:35:01,849 --> 00:35:05,061 because of people's adoration for Michael, mainly. 587 00:35:05,144 --> 00:35:06,270 [all cheering] 588 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,706 [indistinct chatter] 589 00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:29,167 [man 1] Goddamn! 590 00:35:29,585 --> 00:35:31,345 [man 2] I'm sorry, is this the smoking floor? 591 00:35:31,379 --> 00:35:33,019 - [man 3] Yes, it is. - [man 4] It is now. 592 00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:34,173 [indistinct chatter] 593 00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:39,345 [singing] ♪ We are the champions ♪ 594 00:35:40,263 --> 00:35:41,263 ♪ My friend! ♪ 595 00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:43,808 - Kiss it. - [chuckles] Kiss the trophy? 596 00:35:43,891 --> 00:35:45,518 - [man] Yeah. - Oh, man! 597 00:35:45,601 --> 00:35:47,687 - [piano playing] - [indistinct chatter] 598 00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:53,901 Yeah! Damn right! [laughing] 599 00:35:54,527 --> 00:35:58,156 Phil said, "Can you play 48 minutes?" I said, "Whatever it takes." 600 00:35:59,115 --> 00:36:00,950 It didn't help much when Scottie went down. 601 00:36:01,033 --> 00:36:03,995 I wasn't expecting him to go down. That scared the shit out of me. 602 00:36:04,078 --> 00:36:06,918 [reporter 1] How good did that jumper feel? I see you gave the little... 603 00:36:06,956 --> 00:36:08,833 Oh, I had to, everything was short! 604 00:36:09,458 --> 00:36:12,295 Flicking my wrist, everything was short. I had a great... 605 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:15,214 - That time I put one of them... - [reporter 1] All the way! 606 00:36:15,298 --> 00:36:17,842 [Jordan] Fundamental shit, you throw your two fingers at it. 607 00:36:17,925 --> 00:36:19,635 [all laughing] 608 00:36:20,386 --> 00:36:22,138 [reporter 2] Got another one in ya? 609 00:36:22,221 --> 00:36:24,265 It's the moment, man. It's the moment! 610 00:36:24,348 --> 00:36:27,435 That Zen Buddhism shit, y'all get in the moment and stay here. 611 00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:28,598 [man speaking indistinctly] 612 00:36:28,644 --> 00:36:32,523 Just stay in the moment till next October, then we know where the hell we are. 613 00:36:32,607 --> 00:36:33,607 [all laughing] 614 00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:40,865 [reporter] Champs, world champs, NBA mack daddies. 615 00:36:41,449 --> 00:36:43,951 Chicago completing its second three-peat this decade. 616 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:47,830 Tens of thousands of fans in Chicago's Grant Park, 617 00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:49,248 chanting, "One more year!" 618 00:36:49,332 --> 00:36:50,875 [crowd chanting] One more year! 619 00:36:50,958 --> 00:36:54,253 I wanna tell Jerry Reinsdorf he'd better bring 'em back. 620 00:36:54,337 --> 00:36:57,006 Because if he doesn't, we're gonna ride him out of town. 621 00:36:57,089 --> 00:36:58,341 [all cheering] 622 00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:04,805 [announcer] And now, your six-time world champion 623 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,807 Chicago Bulls! 624 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:08,100 [crowd cheering] 625 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:15,983 About a year ago, Jerry Reinsdorf called me and asked me, 626 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:17,777 did I think we could do it again? 627 00:37:17,860 --> 00:37:19,737 [crowd cheering] 628 00:37:20,738 --> 00:37:21,989 [Jackson] I said yes. 629 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:26,118 Without Scottie coming back, we never would have got it done. 630 00:37:26,702 --> 00:37:29,789 And Michael loaded us up on his shoulders and carried us home. 631 00:37:33,167 --> 00:37:37,046 And I want to thank Jerry Krause for giving us the opportunity to do it. 632 00:37:37,129 --> 00:37:40,383 - He had another plan, but he put it aside. - [crowd booing] 633 00:37:40,466 --> 00:37:41,466 Thanks, Jerry. 634 00:37:42,176 --> 00:37:45,179 We can't knock him. We gotta give him credit. 635 00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:50,184 He deserves the credit because he was the general manager of those teams. 636 00:37:51,727 --> 00:37:55,940 I've had a lot of great people in my life, and that's why my success happened. 637 00:37:56,524 --> 00:37:59,568 I played with Phil Jackson, the greatest coach in the game. 638 00:37:59,652 --> 00:38:01,946 Michael Jordan, the greatest player in the game. 639 00:38:02,029 --> 00:38:05,700 Jerry Krause, obviously the greatest general manager in the game. 640 00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:10,830 I want to thank all my teammates, the organization. It's been a great run. 641 00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:13,291 Thank you for our last dance. 642 00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:15,793 [crowd cheering] 643 00:38:17,503 --> 00:38:21,215 I know a lot of people didn't think we'd end up back in Grant Park this year. 644 00:38:22,675 --> 00:38:25,303 Nobody knows if we're gonna be in Grant Park next year. 645 00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:34,145 But the one thing I do know is my heart, my soul and my love 646 00:38:34,228 --> 00:38:36,397 has always gone to the city of Chicago. 647 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:37,857 [crowd cheering] 648 00:38:40,943 --> 00:38:44,155 And I do know that, no matter what happens, 649 00:38:44,238 --> 00:38:47,992 my heart and my soul and my love will still be in the city of Chicago. 650 00:38:52,955 --> 00:38:55,958 [Kremer] You have to almost appreciate his celebrity even more. 651 00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:59,670 Because he didn't have those platforms to be known worldwide. 652 00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:03,507 There was no ability to promote yourself through social media, 653 00:39:03,591 --> 00:39:07,887 to post videos, no tweets, nothing like that. 654 00:39:07,970 --> 00:39:09,680 He was known for his play 655 00:39:09,764 --> 00:39:12,558 and for having this larger-than-life persona. 656 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:14,685 [crowd cheering] 657 00:39:17,563 --> 00:39:19,732 [Reinsdorf] I'm most proud of the impact 658 00:39:19,815 --> 00:39:23,069 that those teams had on the city of Chicago and the fans. 659 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:28,449 When we had the celebrations after each of the championships in Grant Park, 660 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:33,204 and to look out over a crowd of faces as far as you can see, and they're all happy. 661 00:39:33,287 --> 00:39:36,874 They're all happy. It makes you feel good that you played some role 662 00:39:36,957 --> 00:39:38,876 in bringing happiness to these people. 663 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:43,255 [Stern] In '92, the NBA was in 80 countries. 664 00:39:43,964 --> 00:39:47,343 And now the NBA is in 215 countries. 665 00:39:47,968 --> 00:39:51,472 Anyone who understands that phenomenon of that historical arc 666 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:54,600 will understand that Michael Jordan and his era 667 00:39:54,683 --> 00:39:56,811 played an incredibly important part in it. 668 00:39:57,436 --> 00:39:59,146 He advanced us tremendously. 669 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:07,863 There are great players who don't have an impact beyond their sport. 670 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:14,829 And then there are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. 671 00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:19,834 Michael Jordan helped to create a different way 672 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:23,212 in which people thought about the African-American athlete, 673 00:40:23,295 --> 00:40:27,508 a different way in which people saw athletics 674 00:40:27,591 --> 00:40:30,845 as part of the entertainment business. 675 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:36,016 He became an extraordinary ambassador not just for basketball, 676 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:38,644 but I think for the United States overseas, 677 00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:42,523 and part of American culture sweeping the globe. 678 00:40:43,649 --> 00:40:45,609 Michael Jordan and the Bulls... 679 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:48,487 changed the culture. 680 00:40:58,914 --> 00:41:05,171 That night, Jerry Reinsdorf called me up, and he asked me to come back. 681 00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:08,007 After the sixth championship, 682 00:41:08,090 --> 00:41:10,426 I offered him the opportunity to come back. 683 00:41:10,509 --> 00:41:12,761 "You've earned the chance, the opportunity to come back, 684 00:41:12,845 --> 00:41:15,139 regardless of what was said before now." 685 00:41:16,182 --> 00:41:19,268 I said, "Well, I think I should just take a break." 686 00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:23,272 I said, "I don't think it's fair to Jerry, 687 00:41:23,355 --> 00:41:25,983 and I know it'd be difficult for him to accept that." 688 00:41:26,859 --> 00:41:28,194 [interviewer] Let me play you... 689 00:41:28,944 --> 00:41:32,114 This is Jerry Reinsdorf saying why he had to break the team up. 690 00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:33,491 - Reinsdorf? - Yeah. 691 00:41:34,617 --> 00:41:36,994 I can't wait to hear this. I never understood... 692 00:41:37,077 --> 00:41:40,956 We've never had any dialogue about why. I made my own assumptions why. 693 00:41:45,544 --> 00:41:47,304 [Reinsdorf] Now after the sixth championship, 694 00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:48,578 things were beyond our control. 695 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:51,759 Because it would have been suicidal 696 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:54,094 at that point in their careers, to bring back... 697 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:58,098 Pippen, Steve Kerr, Rodman, Ron Harper. 698 00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:01,769 Their market value individually was gonna be too high. 699 00:42:01,852 --> 00:42:04,522 They weren't gonna be worth the money they'd get in the market. 700 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:09,777 So, when we realized that we were gonna have to go into a rebuild, 701 00:42:10,319 --> 00:42:12,238 I went to Phil and offered him 702 00:42:12,321 --> 00:42:14,448 the opportunity to come back the next year. 703 00:42:15,115 --> 00:42:17,159 But he said, "I don't wanna go through a rebuild. 704 00:42:17,243 --> 00:42:18,869 I don't wanna coach a bad team." 705 00:42:19,453 --> 00:42:21,789 That was the end. It just came to an end on its own. 706 00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:25,543 You know, had Michael been healthy and wanted to come back, 707 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:28,754 I don't doubt that Krause could've rebuilt another championship team 708 00:42:28,837 --> 00:42:32,216 in a couple years. But, yeah, it wasn't gonna happen instantly. 709 00:42:39,932 --> 00:42:43,269 In '98... Krause already said at the beginning of the season, 710 00:42:43,352 --> 00:42:47,314 Phil can go 82-0, and he was never gonna be the coach. 711 00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:51,986 So, when Phil said it was the last dance, it was the last dance. 712 00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:54,405 We knew they weren't gonna keep the team. 713 00:42:54,488 --> 00:42:58,534 Now, they could have nixed all of it at the beginning of '98. 714 00:42:58,617 --> 00:43:01,036 Why say that statement at the beginning of '98? 715 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,414 If you ask all the guys who won in '98... 716 00:43:03,956 --> 00:43:06,166 Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler, blah, blah, blah... 717 00:43:06,709 --> 00:43:09,169 "We give you one-year contract to try for the seventh." 718 00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:12,673 You think they would've signed? Yes, they would've signed. 719 00:43:12,756 --> 00:43:15,342 Would I have signed for one year? Yes, I would have. 720 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:18,095 I'd been signing one-year contracts up to that. 721 00:43:18,178 --> 00:43:20,264 Would Phil have done it? Yes. 722 00:43:20,347 --> 00:43:22,766 Now, Pip, you would've had to do some convincing, 723 00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:24,476 but if Phil was gonna be there, 724 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,271 if Dennis was gonna be there, if MJ was gonna be there, 725 00:43:27,813 --> 00:43:31,150 to win our seventh, Pip is not gonna miss out on that. 726 00:43:33,402 --> 00:43:35,195 You know, '91-'92, I was... 727 00:43:36,238 --> 00:43:39,825 I was young, full of energy, hungry. 728 00:43:39,908 --> 00:43:44,204 In '98, when you're winning six out of eight, 729 00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:48,334 and yet being just as dominant as you were in '91, 730 00:43:49,710 --> 00:43:52,171 that's where the craftsmanship came in. 731 00:43:52,254 --> 00:43:55,674 I think '98 was much better than any of the other years 732 00:43:55,758 --> 00:43:59,762 because of how I was able to use my mind as well as my body. 733 00:44:00,346 --> 00:44:04,224 [interviewer] So was it then satisfying to leave at your peak? 734 00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:05,224 No. 735 00:44:05,225 --> 00:44:07,394 [interviewer] Or is it maddening to leave at your peak? 736 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:10,272 It's maddening, yeah, because I felt like... 737 00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:12,775 we could have won seven. 738 00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:15,611 I really believe that. 739 00:44:15,694 --> 00:44:19,782 We may not have, but, man, just not to be able to try, 740 00:44:19,865 --> 00:44:23,952 that's something that I just can't accept. 741 00:44:24,036 --> 00:44:26,246 For whatever reason, I just can't accept it. 742 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:31,543 This is a good time to go. 743 00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:35,214 It's a great run, we'd had a wonderful time. Good team. 744 00:44:37,132 --> 00:44:38,132 Time to go. 745 00:44:38,634 --> 00:44:40,844 ["Present Tense" playing] 746 00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:49,853 [Kerr] I remember there was this team meeting with Phil... 747 00:44:51,021 --> 00:44:53,899 and it was like, "This is it." 748 00:44:56,151 --> 00:44:59,196 [Jackson] My wife had gotten her master's in social work 749 00:44:59,279 --> 00:45:03,117 and she was part of a group that went in to help people who were grieving. 750 00:45:05,369 --> 00:45:10,249 One of the things they did was a ritual, in which they put things to rest. 751 00:45:13,168 --> 00:45:17,589 He says, "This is it, the last dance. Last time we're ever gonna be together." 752 00:45:20,175 --> 00:45:24,138 He asked everybody to bring in anything you want to write 753 00:45:24,221 --> 00:45:26,181 about what the team means to you. 754 00:45:26,265 --> 00:45:30,644 [Jackson] "Write what being on this team has meant to you during this year... 755 00:45:31,186 --> 00:45:33,522 and read it and we'll burn it in a coffee can." 756 00:45:34,189 --> 00:45:37,985 [Kerr] And every guy had emotional words to say. 757 00:45:38,068 --> 00:45:40,696 And I remember Michael actually wrote a poem. 758 00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:46,660 It was a depth of emotion that you never thought he had. 759 00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:50,539 ♪ You can spend your time alone ♪ 760 00:45:50,622 --> 00:45:52,791 [Jordan] Phil had this knack, 761 00:45:52,875 --> 00:45:55,753 no matter how big you are or how big you think you are, 762 00:45:55,836 --> 00:46:00,174 to always draw you in to be a part of the process. 763 00:46:01,550 --> 00:46:05,179 I'm not a poet. I just spoke what I felt at the time. 764 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:08,390 We're always gonna be bonded. 765 00:46:10,517 --> 00:46:13,187 You say thanks for the past, enjoy the moment. 766 00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:15,272 Let's make sure we end it right. 767 00:46:17,232 --> 00:46:19,735 [Kerr] We saw him as this bully sometimes. 768 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:24,156 But that day, he showed his compassion and his empathy for all of us. 769 00:46:24,990 --> 00:46:28,744 Then everybody put the paper in the can, and at the end of the session... 770 00:46:29,244 --> 00:46:33,248 Phil turned out the lights and he lit the paper in the can. 771 00:46:34,166 --> 00:46:36,919 It's one of the most powerful things I've ever seen. 772 00:46:38,045 --> 00:46:41,507 ♪ You can spend your time alone ♪ 773 00:46:41,590 --> 00:46:45,052 ♪ Re-digesting past regrets, oh ♪ 774 00:46:45,135 --> 00:46:50,182 When I look back, it's very gratifying to come from Wilmington, North Carolina, 775 00:46:50,265 --> 00:46:53,060 and never been in Chicago 776 00:46:53,894 --> 00:46:57,064 but that became my home and became a part of my history. 777 00:47:01,401 --> 00:47:05,656 My passion on the basketball court should have been infectious 778 00:47:05,739 --> 00:47:09,493 because that's how I tried to play. I played for them. 779 00:47:10,786 --> 00:47:11,954 Start with hope. 780 00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:13,997 Start with hope. 781 00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:17,626 ♪ In the present tense ♪ 782 00:47:20,128 --> 00:47:21,922 [Jordan] We went from a shitty team... 783 00:47:23,048 --> 00:47:26,176 to one of the all-time best dynasties. 784 00:47:26,260 --> 00:47:29,471 All you needed was one little match... 785 00:47:30,597 --> 00:47:32,349 to start that whole fire. 786 00:47:36,937 --> 00:47:39,815 [commentator 1] Stolen by Pippen! Scottie Pippen, a great play! 787 00:47:44,236 --> 00:47:47,364 [commentator 2] Here's Michael at the foul line, a shot on Ehlo... Good! 788 00:47:47,447 --> 00:47:49,950 [commentator 3] The Bulls win it! They win it! 789 00:48:00,252 --> 00:48:03,755 [commentator 4] A spectacular move by Michael Jordan! 790 00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:06,758 [inaudible] 791 00:48:37,789 --> 00:48:41,209 [Jordan] I just want the franchise and Chicago Bulls to be respected. 792 00:48:41,293 --> 00:48:44,504 Like the Lakers or the Philadelphia 76ers or the Boston Celtics. 793 00:48:45,047 --> 00:48:46,840 Hopefully I can... That this team 794 00:48:46,924 --> 00:48:49,635 and this organization can build a program like that.