How Michael Jordan almost killed my Dad…
I was in the living room watching a Pacers game when my mom started to tell a story about how Jordan’s shot almost killed my dad…
Game 6 of the 98 finals… Michael Jordan takes the cudgels to take back the lead from the Utah Jazz.
It was as if everything he had ever accomplished had led Michael up to this one moment, and in the last minute of his last game, he would need everything he had learned along the way.
With the Bulls trailing 86-83 and less than a minute remaining in the game, Jackson called a timeout. On the inbound, Jordan cut to the basket, received the inbounds pass, and laid the ball in despite the presence of several Jazz defenders in his face, trimming Utah’s lead to 86-85. The Jazz brought the ball upcourt and fed the ball in to forward Karl Malone, who was set up in the low post with Rodman on his hip. Malone jostled with Rodman and then received the ball, but Jordan sliced around behind him and swatted it out of his hands for a steal.
At this point my dad shut off the tv and grabbed for his medicine in order to ease his chest pains brought about by the tension filled game… he of course recovered and got his wind back, but was unable to continue watching the game. Had he not shut it off, he would have had a heart attack… It was only the following day that he found out from the papers that the Bulls won the championship.
Jordan then slowly dribbled upcourt and paused at the top of the key, eyeing his defender, guard Bryon Russell. With less than 10 seconds remaining, Jordan started to dribble right, crossed over to his left (while arguably giving Russell a bit of a push in the wrong direction), pulled up, and fired his shot. The two-point jumper found nothing but net with 5.2 seconds left, giving the Bulls a 87-86 lead. After a desperation three-point shot by John Stockton missed, Jordan and the Bulls had won their sixth NBA championship, and secured the franchise’s second three-peat.
from wikipedia
He missed his morning routine of hanging out with his friends, drinking coffee, because he wasn’t feeling strong enough. The next day however he was able to head on down to the old joint… it was there he found out that another friend almost had a heart attack because of the last few seconds of the game and did not make it the previous day… another acquaintance however was not so lucky as he did suffer a heart attack and he did die being rushed to the hospital…
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your dad must be a retard why the hell would he nearly pass out from a damn game?!?!?
Oh I can assure you he wasn’t retarded. But heart disease and old age will have that effect on you
Thanks for dropping by
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