The Last Shot (basketball)
Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals took place on June 14, 1998 between the visiting Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz at the Delta Center, now known as EnergySolutions Arena, in Salt Lake City. The Bulls won 87–86, winning their sixth NBA championship in eight years. Game 6 was the final game with the Bulls for Michael Jordan and coach Phil Jackson (both would retire from the NBA, then eventually return). This game earned the highest TV ratings of an NBA game of all time. Noted highlights of this game included controversial shot clock calls involving Bulls player Ron Harper and Jazz player Howard Eisley. Michael Jordan hit a jump shot with 5.2 seconds left in the game to put the Bulls on top 87–86, Chicago won after John Stockton missed a 3 point field goal attempt.
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“Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there—I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life.... Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.”
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