“Everybody says I pushed off — bull----,” Jordan said on TheLastDance.
The moment captured Michael Jordan’s superior footwork, his clutch shooting and his flair for the theatrical. But should Jordan’s iconic decisive shot for the Chicago Bulls against the Utah Jazz inhave been waived off? After all, Jazz fans often have argued the Bulls’ star pushed off on Bryon Russell.
Jordan said he made eye contact with Bulls coach Phil Jackson, who did not want to take a timeout for a few reasons. One, Jackson did not want the Jazz time to conserve energy and set up its defense. Two, Jordan had the ball. So Scottie Pippen echoed the thoughts of he and his other teammates when he described the team’s strategy on the final play: “get the hell out of the way.”
“When he made that shot,” former Bulls guard Steve Kerr said, “you could feel the energy being sucked out of the building.”Bulls respected Pippen’s toughness
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