Michael Jordan The Last Shot 1a
by Brian Reaves
Title
Michael Jordan The Last Shot 1a
Artist
Brian Reaves
Medium
Mixed Media - Digital Art
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Michael Jordan's game-winning buzzer beater is possibly the most memorable shot of his storied career. Jordan retired six months later, but returned to the NBA in 2001 with the Washington Wizards.
Perhaps, the Best description that of that moment is by David Halberstam, a 1998 Contributing Writer for the "The New Yorker," wrote a piece called, Jordans Moment. In that Article he describes this picture perfectly. His description is as follows:
"Russell struggling to regain position, Jordan at the peak of his jump, the ball high up on its arc and about to descend, and the clock displaying the time remaining in the game 6.6 seconds. What is remarkable is the closeup it offers of so many Utah fans. Though the ball has not yet reached the basket, the game appears over to them. The anguish, the certitude of defeat, is on their faces. In a number of instances their hands are extended as if to stop Jordan and keep the shot from going in. Some of the fans have already put their hands to their faces, as in a moment of grief. There is one exception to this: a young boy on the right, in a Chicago Bulls shirt, whose arms are already in the air in a victory call.
The ball dropped cleanly through. Utah had one more chance, but Stockton missed the last shot and the Bulls won, 87-86. Jordan had carried his team once again. He had scored forty-five points, and he had scored his team's last eight points. The Chicago coaches, it turned out, had been prophetic in their sense of what would happen in the fourth quarters of this series, and which player would be able to create for himself with the game on the line. In the three close games, two of them in Salt Lake City, Jordan played much bigger than Malone, averaging thirteen points in the fourth quarter to Malone's three. Jordan should be remembered, Jerry Sloan said afterward, as "the greatest player who ever played the game."
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October 14th, 2021
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