Chapter 181: Michael Jordan Career Review
Michael Jordan (Michael Jordan), born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, is a former American professional basketball player, a shooting guard, and the greatest basketball player in history. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In the 1984 NBA Draft, Jordan was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the third pick in the first round. [1] In the 1986ā87 season, Jordan averaged 37.1 points per game, winning the title of point champion for the first time. [1] In the 1990ā91 season, Jordan won the regular season MVP and Finals MVP titles in a row, leading the Chicago Bulls to their first NBA championship. In the 1997-98 season, Jordan won the 10th scoring title of his career and led the Bulls to their sixth championship. During his 19-year career, Jordan announced his retirement twice (in 1993 and 1998) and officially retired on April 16, 2003
On September 11, 2009, Michael Jordan was inducted into the NBA Basketball Hall of Fame.
On September 12, 984, Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Draft, and he was ranked third among rookies in the entire league, ahead of Hakim Olajuwon and Sam Bowie. From this time on, until his first NBA championship, Jordan has been a typical solo player.
Jordan averaged 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game in his rookie season, winning the Rookie of the Year title and being named to the NBA Second Team. Jordan averaged 29.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game in his debut playoffs. But unfortunately, the team lost 1:3 to the Milwaukee Bucks and was eliminated.
Jordan played just three games in his second season when Jordan was left with a fractured bone in his left foot and was voted for the All-Star Game, but was unable to attend. At the end of the season, Jordan was back on the court. In the first round of the playoffs, Jordan scored 63 points in the second game between the Bulls and the Celtics, breaking the NBA playoff scoring record, and it was only Jordan's sixth playoff game, but the Bulls still lost to the Celtics 131-135 in two overtimes in this game, and finally eliminated 0-3.
At the beginning of the 1986-87 season, Jordan began to occupy the NBA record books. This year, he averaged 37.1 points per game in his first seven games and averaged 30 points per game this season. Jordan scored 40 or more points in nine consecutive games, setting a league record. During All-Star Weekend, he won the slam dunk contest, but in the playoffs, the Bulls were still eliminated in the first round by the Celtics.
In the 1987-88 season, Jordan won the regular season scoring title, the best defensive player, the All-Star MVP, and the regular season MVP. In the first round of the playoffs, Jordan led the Bulls to eliminate the Cavaliers, but lost 1-4 to the Detroit Pistons in the second round.
In 1988-89, Jordan led the league with 32.5 points per game, while averaging career-high 8.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game. In addition, he averaged 2.89 steals per game, which ranks third on the steals list. In Game 5 of the first round of the playoffs and the Cavaliers, Jordan hit the killer shot.
Before the 1989-90 season kicked off, the Bulls brought in Phil Jackson. Under the guidance of "Zen Master" Jackson, the Bulls introduced a triangle offense. This season, the Bulls are 55-27, the best record in franchise history since 1971-72. Jordan scored a career-high 69 points against the Cavaliers. However, in the 1990 Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls still lost to the Pistons in seven hard-fought games.
In the 1990-91 season, Jordan led the Bulls all the way to victory, losing only two games in the entire playoffs, and Jordan led the Bulls to win the championship for the first time. That included avenging the victory over the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, beating the Lakers in straight games after losing one game at home in the Finals. Jordan averaged 31.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 8.4 assists per game and lifted the first of his six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player trophies.
In the 1991-92 season, Jordan averaged 30.1 points per game, winning both the regular season MVP and Finals MVP titles for the second year in a row. In the first round of the playoffs against the Miami Heat, Jordan averaged 45 points per game and led the team to a 3-0 overall victory. This season, Jordan once again led the Chicago Bulls to a championship.
In 1993, Jordan led the Bulls to four of the five playoff victories over Patrick Ewing's New York Knicks. In the crucial fifth game, Jordan played a "triple-double" performance: 29 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. The Bulls then cleared in six games. In the Finals, Jordan set a record in six games against the Phoenix Suns: he averaged 41.0 points per game and managed to win three consecutive championships
However, not long after the joy of three consecutive championships, Jordan received the bad news that his father had been murdered. Just before the start of training camp for the new season, Jordan announced his retirement and was ready to start his baseball career. Baseball was a sport that his father inspired him from a young age, and Jordan eventually joined Major League Baseball. In fact, he wasn't too successful on the baseball field.
At the end of the 1994-95 season, Jordan uttered the famous phrase "i'mback." Jordan, who returned to the NBA, averaged 26.9 points per game in 17 regular season games, and the Bulls had a 13-4 record. In the playoffs, Jordan averaged 31.5 points per game, but the Bulls still lost to the Orlando Magic, who have Shaquille O'Neal.
In the 1995-96 season, Jordan averaged 30.4 points per game and led the Bulls to a 72-10 record. Jordan won the regular season, All-Star Game and Finals MVP that season, and only Willis Reed could pull off the feat.
In the 1996-97 season, after six games, Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to defeat the Utah Jazz and win the championship for the second and fifth consecutive season. Jordan won the scoring title for the second consecutive time and the ninth time in his career, and won the Finals MVP for the second consecutive season.
In the 1997-98 season, Jordan won the title of point champion for the third consecutive season and the 10th time in his career, and once again set the regular season MVP, the all-bright game MVP, and the finals MVP. On June 14, 1998, in the final minute of the six finals, it was again the Chicago Bulls vs. the Utah Jazz, Jordan successfully broke the ball from Malone and scored the winning goal after shaking off his defender Cassel. With the goal, the Chicago Bulls won their second three-peat, and the sixth in eight years.
In 1999, when collective bargaining reached an impasse, Jordan announced his retirement again, saying that "there is no longer the goal that I had when I was a basketball player."
On September 25, 2001, Jordan officially announced his comeback and signed a two-year contract with the Washington Wizards. Jordan averaged 23 points per game in his first season with the Wizards. Jordan brought in his former Bulls coach Doug Collins to the Wizards in an attempt to improve the team. But in two years, the Wizards failed to make the playoffs.
Jordan averaged 20 points per game in the 2002-03 season, when he played in his final All-Star Game. On November 28, 2002, Jordan announced that he would retire for the third time after the season. On April 16, 2003, Jordan played the last second of his career with the Washington Wizards to the Philadelphia 76ers. His team has not made the playoffs for 2 consecutive seasons.
Jordan scored more than 50 points 39 times in his career, including 8 all-time firsts in the playoffs, 5 times with more than 60 points, and the highest single-game score of 69 points all-time. (To be continued.) )