Michael about to pass around Warrior's defense.
Jordan dunks on Golden State Warrior's Scott Skiles.
Michael soars above the stratosphere for a layup.
MJ attempts to recreate his Jumpman "dunk" in 1985 except that he's palming the ball with his right instead of left hand.
Yooo Mamma! Again...
87-88 Slam Dunk Champion
87-88 All-Star game MVP
87-88 NBA Scoring Champion. Averaging 35.0ppg.
87-88 Regular season MVP
87-88 All NBA First Team
87-88 All Defensive First Team
87-88 Defensive Player of the Year
February 26 : Jordan wins the 1988 NBA Slam Dunk Championship and the All-Star
Game MVP.
March 18 : Jordan
scored 50pts in a 113-103 victory over the Boston Celtics at Chicago.
But two days later, the Celtics held Jordan to 26pts and had a 137-107
blowout win at the Boston Garden.
May
21 : Jordan is named NBA Most
Valuable Player for the first time after averaging 35.0 points, 5.5 rebounds,
5.9 assists and 3.2 steals. The award makes him the first player to earn
MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors in the same season. He was
unable to receive his 1988 MVP award. He was in North Carolina taking
golf lessons, practicing 3 hours a day and playing 36 holes a day.
May 18 :
Loss to Detroit in the Eastern Conference Semifinals 4-1.
June
19-21 : Michael played three
rounds of golf in three days in three different states - North Carolina,
Oregon and Washington.
ABOVE & BELOW: Jordan executes spectacular dunks in the 1987-88 All-Star Gatorade Slam Dunk contest.
LEFT : Round 1, dunk #2 MJ pulls-off an overhead reverse two-handed dunk earning him 47 out of 50 points.
Tomahawk on Washington Bullets.
Ewing is Jordan's favorite poster-child since the 1982 NCAA Finals.
1989 Playoffs against arch-rival Detroit. Jordan passes to Pippen against a tight Detroit defense..
88-89 All NBA First Team
88-89 All Defensive First Team
1989 Golf Nut of the Year
January 25 : Scores his 10,000th career points in the NBA, with 33 points in a 120-108 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
April 14 : A streak of 7 consecutive triple-doubles ends.
May 7 : "The Shot". Last second jumper over Craig Ehlo in Game 5 against Cleveland. Bulls beat Cleveland 101-100.
June 2 : Loss to the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals 4-2.
July 23 : Michael played a total of 99 holes of golf in less than 24 hours.
September 2 : At 3:30 a.m. in the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, Jordan marries Juanita Vanoy before four guests during Labor Day weekend.
Sept 8-10 : Michael organised the first annual "Michael Jordan UNCF Celebrity Classic" golf tournament.
Sept 19 : The Michael Jordan Foundation was created.
November 3 : In the season opener, Michael explodes for 54 points against Cleveland.
November 23 : Michael leads to the Bulls to a victory over Minnesota in front of the largest opening night crowd in NBA history - 35,427
MJ's LAST SHOT over Cleveland Cavs, Craig Ehlo was unquestionably the most dramatic moment in NBA Playoff history.
It's hammer time!! U can't touch this!! BRMM BRMM BRMMM BRRMMMM BRMM Man! I love my quarter chicken and chips.
89-90 All NBA First Team
89-90 All Defensive First Team
January 26 : Moves past Bob Love (12,623pts) into first place on the Bull's all-time scoring list.
February 5 : Golf Nut society of America names Michael "Golf Nut of the Year" for 1989
February 14 : Forced to wear No.12 jersey because his No.23 jersey was stolen from the team equipment bag. Scores 26pts in a 135-129 loss to the Orlando Magic.
March 28 : Career high 69pts in a 117-113 OT win at Cleveland. Jordan shot 23 of 37 from the field and made 21 of 23 freethrows, grabs 18 rebounds, hands out six assists and makes four steals. .
Last regular game of the 1989-90 season and Cleveland desperately need to win to clinch the last playoff spot. In comes MJ who scores 69 points with this freethrow in a tight OT game at the Richfield Coliseum, Ohio. Bulls win the game and Cleveland is out of the post-season. Who said MJ was merciful?
Jordan taking a sip of Gatorade during the 90-91 All-Star game.
Jordan does "THE MOVE" in Game 2 of the 1990-91 Finals. Switching from right to left hand of a layup over AC Green.
LEFT : Jordan the Sat Nite Live host !
90-91 All NBA First Team
90-91 All Defensive First Team
90-91 NBA Finals MVP
April 30 : Chicago eliminate the New York Knicks 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs.
May 14 : Chicago defeated Philadelphia 4-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinal.
May 27 : 4-0 sweep of the Pistons in Detroit in the Eastern Conference Finals. Chicago meets the LA Lakers in the NBA Finals.
TOP: Posting-up Magic in the Finals.
June 12 : Wins the NBA Finals 4-1
beating
the Lakers in Game
5 at the Forum 108-101.
Jordan is the Finals MVP. Jordan has 30 points, 10 assists and five steals
as the Bulls win their first NBA championship by defeating the Los Angeles
Lakers.September 28 : Jordan hosted NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
ABOVE : Dunking on David Robinson in the 1990-91 All-Star Game.
His Airness in glide mode to the basket. Whoomp!
A beautiful one-hand jam by Michael.
Jordan in Dream Team 1. Watch out for that killer eyes!
MJ drives against Portland Trailblazer's star player, Clyde Drexler. Drexler got outplayed by MJ and Pippen in the 1991-92 NBA Finals.
91-92 All NBA First Team
91-92 All Defensive First Team
91-92 NBA Finals MVP
92 Olympic Gold Medallist (Basketball) in Barcelona, Spain.
February 5 : Fined US$5,000 and suspended for 1 game after bumping referee Tommie Wood in a triple OT loss to Utah.
April 29 : Scores 56pts in Game 3 to sweep the Miami Heat 3-0 in the first round of the playoff.
May 17 : Beat the Knicks in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, 110-81.
May 29 : Beat Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 to win the Eastern Conference Finals 99-94.
June 14 : Wins the NBA Finals. Chicago Bulls beat the Portland Trailblazers 97-93 in Chicago. Jordan scores 33 points.
July : Wins US Olympic Gold in Barcelona, Spain. Jordan averaged 14.9ppg. Jordan scores 22 points and earns a second gold medal as the original Dream Team crushes Croatia 117-85 at the Barcelona Olympics.
November 8, 1992 Forbes magazine names Jordan the highest-paid athlete in the world, estimating his annual income at $35.9 million (of which a paltry $3.9 million is his Bulls salary).
December 20 : Passes Norm van Lier as Chicago's all-time assist leader.
LEFT
:June 3, 1992, MJ
en-route to a record 6 three-pointers in the Game 1 91-92 NBA Finals against
Portland Trailblazers.
Jerome Kersey can not stop the man who lit up for 35 first-half points. After his sixth three-pointer, he looks to the sidelines and gives a disbelieving shrug as he jogs upcourt.
The demoralized Portland never stood a chance in the finals. In June 14, 1992 Jordan scores 33 points in Game 6. Bulls won their second championship with 97-93.