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