What is the value of Michael Jordan NBA finals shots 1998 NBA finals card?

Answer 1

In the 1998 NBA Finals the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz squared off in what would likely be the last chance at a title for all of the Bulls, because Jordan was rumored to be retiring and Phil Jackson was going to be shown the door by Jerry Krause and Jerry Reinsdorf following the end of the season.

The Bulls and the Jazz had fought hard, splitting the first two games in Utah. Chicago had won Game 3, and then they managed to win Game 4. With a commanding 3-1 series lead, the Bulls were favored to win Game 5 and clinch the championship on their home floor. But Utah stunned the Basketball world by beating the Bulls and sending the series back to the Delta Center to decide who the NBA champion would be.

Game 6 was a hard-fought game through all four quarters. The Bulls were unwilling to give Utah an opportunity to actually win the series, while the Jazz didn't want to give the Bulls a chance to deliver the final knockout blow. But with 18 seconds remaining in the game, the Jazz controlled a 1-point lead and appeared to be on the verge of denying the Bulls a series close-out for a second straight game.

With the eyes of the basketball world upon him, and with the Jazz hugging him close, Jordan shot a long 2-point jumper, which he succeeded in burying. The jumper crushed the Jazz's hopes of holding off the Bulls, and five seconds later the buzzer sounded, sealing the Bulls' 4-2 series victory in the Finals and officially sounding the beginning of the end of Phil Jackson's stint with the Chicago Bulls.