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After the coronavirus has halted basketball seasons around the world, the BasketNews.lt website offers to recall classic games from various leagues. We will provide you with a selected meeting each day, which we will describe and invite to review at your leisure.
The forty-sixth matchup is Michael Jordan’s historic appearance in the 1986 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs against the Boston Celtics.
1985-1986 In the third season of the season, Jordan broke his leg in the third game of the season, taking him out of the lineup for 64 games, and when he returned to the park, playing time was limited.
However, the Bulls managed to jump into the playoffs and took eighth place in the Eastern Conference with 30 wins, which meant meeting in the first round with the best team of the regular season, the Boston Celtics (67-15).
In the playoffs, Bulls head coach Stan Albeck, with the permission of CEO Jerry Krause, no longer limited Jordan’s minutes, and in the first game, the 23-yard defender immediately demonstrated his talent.
Jordan scored 49 points at TD Garden, but despite an impressive individual performance, the Bulls lost 104: 123.
It seemed impossible, but in game two of the series in Boston, MJ recorded an even more impressive achievement, which remains the most productive individual performance of all time in the NBA playoffs.
According to the documentary series “The Last Dance,” the day before game two of the series, Jordan played golf, which also included Celtics basketball player Danny Ainge, who the latter claimed earned more than he lost, enraging the Bulls’ leader.
The sophomore league player simply blew up on the night of April 20, 1986, scoring 63 points (22/41 deficits, 19/21 penalties) in 53 minutes, bouncing 5 and taking 3 balls and making 6 assists.
Despite MJ’s phenomenal performance, the Bulls fell against the Celtics in a two-time drama of 131: 135, with Larry Bird scoring 36 points, Kevin McHale adding 27 and Ainge 24.
The hosts also lost the third game of the series in Chicago (104: 122) and ended their show in the 1985-1986 season.
However, Jordan recorded incredible stats with the Celtics in the 1986 playoffs: 43.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists.
At that time, the Celtics had won NBA rings that season, beating the Houston Rockets 4-2 in the final.
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