1 00:00:20,172 --> 00:00:21,652 The NBA title up for grabs 2 00:00:21,715 --> 00:00:23,435 beginning Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. 3 00:00:23,467 --> 00:00:24,551 Utah Jazz! 4 00:00:24,635 --> 00:00:27,846 Part two between the defending champs and the Mailman's crew. 5 00:00:28,597 --> 00:00:30,432 Super Mike and the gang looking human, 6 00:00:30,516 --> 00:00:34,186 working on just two days' rest in the thin air of Salt Lake City. 7 00:00:36,230 --> 00:00:38,148 After they lost the year before... 8 00:00:38,649 --> 00:00:41,235 Utah came back better the next year. 9 00:00:44,947 --> 00:00:50,369 The atmosphere in Utah was, "This is it. We can finally vanquish them." 10 00:00:51,078 --> 00:00:52,788 Utah was waiting for us. 11 00:00:53,789 --> 00:00:56,625 We basically had to fly to Salt Lake the next day. 12 00:00:57,292 --> 00:01:00,504 It seemed like, uh, we were running on fumes. 13 00:01:03,215 --> 00:01:06,885 Most people struggle to be present. 14 00:01:07,970 --> 00:01:11,890 People go and sit in ashrams for 20 years in India trying to be present. 15 00:01:12,975 --> 00:01:16,979 Do yoga, meditate, trying to get here, now. 16 00:01:21,692 --> 00:01:23,110 What you listening to? 17 00:01:24,736 --> 00:01:26,405 - What are you listening to? - Huh? 18 00:01:26,488 --> 00:01:27,768 What are you listening to? 19 00:01:27,823 --> 00:01:31,743 Kenny Lattimore. It's brand new, not even out yet. 20 00:01:32,619 --> 00:01:34,788 He's a friend of mine, you know I can get that. 21 00:01:37,499 --> 00:01:42,379 Most people live in fear because we project the past into the future. 22 00:01:43,463 --> 00:01:46,633 Michael's a mystic. He was never anywhere else. 23 00:01:48,427 --> 00:01:49,343 Hey. 24 00:01:49,344 --> 00:01:51,930 I sense you know you're gonna win this first game. 25 00:01:52,681 --> 00:01:53,950 - I sense that. - What'd you say? 26 00:01:53,974 --> 00:01:56,518 Whatever it is, it's "Yes. No. Maybe." 27 00:01:57,978 --> 00:02:01,481 Coming into the final series, what's your mental preparation like? 28 00:02:02,149 --> 00:02:04,276 Yes. No. Maybe. Whatever that was. 29 00:02:05,694 --> 00:02:09,656 His gift was not that he could jump high, run fast, shoot a basketball. 30 00:02:11,158 --> 00:02:13,410 - Can I walk in peace? - Go ahead. 31 00:02:13,493 --> 00:02:14,494 I love you guys. 32 00:02:16,079 --> 00:02:19,082 His gift was that he was completely present. 33 00:02:19,166 --> 00:02:20,542 And that was the separator. 34 00:02:22,169 --> 00:02:24,171 Go ahead! 35 00:02:40,145 --> 00:02:41,730 I got up, I stretched... 36 00:02:42,648 --> 00:02:44,024 had a couple beers... 37 00:02:45,484 --> 00:02:46,944 played the piano... 38 00:02:47,027 --> 00:02:48,027 one cigar. 39 00:02:48,862 --> 00:02:50,364 In the lobby bar? 40 00:02:51,031 --> 00:02:52,491 No, in my room. 41 00:02:53,825 --> 00:02:56,078 I've got a piano in my room, man. I was in there... 42 00:02:56,620 --> 00:02:57,996 It's called the Jordan Bar. 43 00:02:58,622 --> 00:03:01,083 You see that go in? Don't look at my fuckin' feet. 44 00:03:01,959 --> 00:03:03,585 Look at where the ball is going. 45 00:03:06,255 --> 00:03:07,422 MJ, you got four? 46 00:03:07,506 --> 00:03:08,632 KB's got none. 47 00:03:08,715 --> 00:03:10,676 Come on, Keith. Get on the board, baby. 48 00:03:12,219 --> 00:03:13,219 Get on the board. 49 00:03:14,471 --> 00:03:16,807 Get on the board. Go down and rebound that. 50 00:03:16,890 --> 00:03:19,184 The big downfall of a lot of players 51 00:03:19,268 --> 00:03:22,229 who are otherwise gifted is thinking about failure. 52 00:03:24,106 --> 00:03:27,067 - Goddamn it! - Midair right there. That's like... 53 00:03:27,150 --> 00:03:33,282 Michael didn't allow what he couldn't control to get inside his head. 54 00:03:34,574 --> 00:03:38,328 He would say, "Why would I think about missing a shot I haven't taken yet?" 55 00:03:38,412 --> 00:03:39,412 Garbage. 56 00:03:46,128 --> 00:03:47,337 Goddamn! 57 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:50,716 Damn! Put 'em away, MJ. 58 00:03:56,346 --> 00:03:58,098 Ooh, I just love it! 59 00:03:58,974 --> 00:03:59,974 Whoo! 60 00:04:02,811 --> 00:04:04,313 A spectacular move! 61 00:04:04,396 --> 00:04:05,981 The game's over! 62 00:04:06,064 --> 00:04:08,400 Chicago Stadium is going wild! 63 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,547 First of all, there's no backstabbing going on here. 64 00:04:12,571 --> 00:04:13,881 It's time for me to move on. 65 00:04:13,905 --> 00:04:16,465 This will be Phil's last year as the coach of the Bulls. 66 00:04:18,910 --> 00:04:21,955 - Are the expectations too high? - Where do we go from here? 67 00:04:22,039 --> 00:04:23,999 The only question: how long can it last? 68 00:04:36,094 --> 00:04:38,221 This year's Finals has a familiar feel. 69 00:04:38,305 --> 00:04:41,641 Same time, same teams, same places, same high stakes. 70 00:04:41,725 --> 00:04:44,478 But Utah is hoping for a different end result this year. 71 00:04:45,812 --> 00:04:47,832 Remember what we said about your breathing, 72 00:04:47,856 --> 00:04:50,650 and your centering, and getting yourself focused to the court. 73 00:04:50,734 --> 00:04:54,112 You guys know that you gotta support yourselves and your teammates. 74 00:04:54,196 --> 00:04:57,366 Here in this building, it's like sheep to the wolves. 75 00:05:03,455 --> 00:05:05,624 In '98, were you guys in Utah? 76 00:05:06,249 --> 00:05:08,853 - No, my mom didn't let us go. - We were downstairs in the basement. 77 00:05:08,877 --> 00:05:10,962 - Exactly. - Watching the game. We had school. 78 00:05:11,046 --> 00:05:14,591 She felt like Utah was a little hostile for us as young kids. 79 00:05:20,263 --> 00:05:23,266 I don't remember much of the games, and seeing him play. 80 00:05:23,350 --> 00:05:27,062 But I remember the fans and it was so loud. 81 00:05:27,646 --> 00:05:31,024 I mean, the screaming was just nonstop. 82 00:05:31,108 --> 00:05:32,359 It was brutal. 83 00:05:32,984 --> 00:05:34,820 We didn't like the Jazz at all. 84 00:05:34,903 --> 00:05:38,198 As a family, we would get down there and just talk so much trash. 85 00:05:38,782 --> 00:05:40,200 Those games would get crazy. 86 00:05:41,118 --> 00:05:44,871 This Utah team is vastly improved from last year's finalists. 87 00:05:44,955 --> 00:05:47,457 Better skills and much more confident. 88 00:05:47,541 --> 00:05:49,822 The Bulls have beaten every team this season, 89 00:05:49,876 --> 00:05:51,920 except for the Utah Jazz. 90 00:05:52,003 --> 00:05:57,843 Let's get ready to rumble! 91 00:05:59,052 --> 00:06:00,554 Pippen working on Russell. 92 00:06:00,637 --> 00:06:03,056 Double team, Stockton comes over and steals. 93 00:06:03,140 --> 00:06:06,309 Stockton waltzes in off the left side of the lane. 94 00:06:06,810 --> 00:06:09,438 I never said, "Oh, my goodness, this is the Bulls." 95 00:06:09,521 --> 00:06:10,564 Great team, 96 00:06:10,647 --> 00:06:13,650 all the respect that they deserved, they'd get from me. 97 00:06:13,733 --> 00:06:17,946 But I sure didn't feel an aura about Michael Jordan or the Bulls. 98 00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:21,992 I don't know how you would play against somebody with that. We were there to win. 99 00:06:22,075 --> 00:06:23,869 Kukoc has it picked off by Russell, 100 00:06:23,952 --> 00:06:25,912 handed to Stockton, now Malone! 101 00:06:29,207 --> 00:06:31,209 Twenty-second timeout, Chicago! 102 00:06:32,169 --> 00:06:37,799 Guys, this is a scary fucking situation. This game should be dead fucking meat. 103 00:06:37,883 --> 00:06:40,719 Now, goddamn it, get yourselves serious on this. 104 00:06:40,802 --> 00:06:43,138 Come on, think positive, man. Let's go. 105 00:06:43,221 --> 00:06:45,974 It's Scottie back to Michael. Russell's on him. 106 00:06:46,057 --> 00:06:49,644 Around the Longley screen. Michael... dishes to Longley. 107 00:06:50,187 --> 00:06:52,063 Up with the shot... to tie the game! 108 00:06:52,147 --> 00:06:55,609 And it's overtime in game one. 109 00:06:57,944 --> 00:06:59,070 Come on now, let's go. 110 00:07:00,864 --> 00:07:03,200 Twenty-one for Malone! Hooked away by Hornacek! 111 00:07:03,283 --> 00:07:04,618 Trying to stop him. 112 00:07:04,701 --> 00:07:07,204 He's chased by Jordan, but makes it in anyway! 113 00:07:12,125 --> 00:07:18,006 And game one goes to Utah in overtime. 114 00:07:21,635 --> 00:07:23,470 Knowing that this is the last dance, 115 00:07:23,553 --> 00:07:26,223 I'm trying to muster up the energy to finish this off. 116 00:07:27,098 --> 00:07:29,059 We were mentally, physically exhausted, 117 00:07:29,142 --> 00:07:32,437 but we didn't lose focus on what we were trying to achieve. 118 00:07:34,314 --> 00:07:36,566 Hornacek on Michael, fadeaway... 119 00:07:37,025 --> 00:07:38,025 Got it! 120 00:07:39,194 --> 00:07:41,530 Pippen slices through the defense and slams it. 121 00:07:42,906 --> 00:07:44,866 Kukoc... hits off the baseline. 122 00:07:44,950 --> 00:07:49,162 Michael, with the shot clock winding down, against Hornacek. 123 00:07:49,246 --> 00:07:51,873 Michael's gonna do it. Two defenders, a whistle... 124 00:07:51,957 --> 00:07:55,126 Count the basket, plus the foul. 125 00:07:55,210 --> 00:08:00,757 Chicago comes into Salt Lake City, weary or not, and gets out with a split. 126 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,425 Three more, three more. 127 00:08:04,761 --> 00:08:06,429 They swept LA. 128 00:08:06,513 --> 00:08:09,891 You know how much it takes to guard Shaq and try to push that motherfucker around? 129 00:08:09,975 --> 00:08:11,851 That ain't the point. I ain't Shaq. 130 00:08:11,935 --> 00:08:13,687 - Huh? - I ain't Shaq. 131 00:08:14,854 --> 00:08:16,648 Like I said, I ain't Shaq. 132 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,986 The Jazz won game one in overtime at home. 133 00:08:21,069 --> 00:08:23,071 The Bulls won a close game to even it. 134 00:08:23,154 --> 00:08:24,864 It was a hard-fought series... 135 00:08:24,948 --> 00:08:27,367 except for game three in Chicago. 136 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:34,457 Gentlemen, game three! Have a great game. 137 00:08:34,541 --> 00:08:35,541 Careful. 138 00:08:37,752 --> 00:08:40,046 Here's Scottie, into the lane, another runner. 139 00:08:40,130 --> 00:08:42,340 He hits it, plus he's coming to the line. 140 00:08:42,924 --> 00:08:45,176 Eisley has it blocked by Harper. 141 00:08:46,094 --> 00:08:48,263 Karl on the run, a hook. It's an airball. 142 00:08:48,847 --> 00:08:53,476 Michael spins on Hornacek to the left hand. An absolute beauty. 143 00:09:09,451 --> 00:09:13,997 Somehow, someway... he scores. 144 00:09:16,833 --> 00:09:20,253 The Utah Jazz of Malone and Stockton, 145 00:09:20,337 --> 00:09:23,423 the Jazz who managed to get to the Finals two years in a row, 146 00:09:23,506 --> 00:09:25,592 were held to 54 points. 147 00:09:26,176 --> 00:09:30,639 The lowest point total since the advent of the shot clock in any game, 148 00:09:30,722 --> 00:09:32,098 not just a playoff game. 149 00:09:32,891 --> 00:09:33,891 Ridiculous. 150 00:09:34,434 --> 00:09:36,519 Now Bill's the only one who ain't scored. 151 00:09:37,103 --> 00:09:39,606 Wennington, the only Bull who hasn't scored. 152 00:09:39,689 --> 00:09:40,857 So let him do it. 153 00:09:42,317 --> 00:09:44,361 Well, the evening is complete! 154 00:09:46,279 --> 00:09:49,741 A total humiliation for the Utah Jazz. 155 00:09:49,824 --> 00:09:51,326 Beaten by 42. 156 00:09:52,202 --> 00:09:58,083 Chicago leads the series two games to one, but somehow it seems like more than that. 157 00:09:59,084 --> 00:10:01,753 - Coach... - This is actually the score? 158 00:10:04,214 --> 00:10:06,341 - Is this the final? - That's the final. 159 00:10:17,977 --> 00:10:20,897 In sports, Dennis Rodman is in more hot water this morning. 160 00:10:20,980 --> 00:10:22,649 The talk at practice Monday 161 00:10:22,732 --> 00:10:25,694 wasn't just about what the Jazz was missing in game three, 162 00:10:25,777 --> 00:10:28,446 but who the Bulls were missing the day after. 163 00:10:28,530 --> 00:10:32,283 Dennis Rodman, once again, was nowhere to be found. 164 00:10:32,367 --> 00:10:34,679 Is it true that Dennis wasn't at practice today? 165 00:10:34,703 --> 00:10:36,639 - That's true. - Is that an excused absence? 166 00:10:36,663 --> 00:10:39,082 - No, it's not. - What transpired? 167 00:10:39,749 --> 00:10:41,167 I don't know. He's not here. 168 00:10:43,461 --> 00:10:48,550 I got the world heavyweight title, and with Rodzilla in the house, 169 00:10:48,633 --> 00:10:54,055 there will be no stopping nWo Hollywood now! 170 00:10:54,139 --> 00:10:56,766 So, Dennis Rodman ran off after game three. 171 00:10:56,850 --> 00:10:59,102 He took a detour, um, 172 00:10:59,185 --> 00:11:01,271 from playing with the Bulls 173 00:11:01,354 --> 00:11:03,982 to become a wrestler with Hulk Hogan. 174 00:11:04,566 --> 00:11:09,070 And by the way, big dog, I just love the way 175 00:11:09,154 --> 00:11:12,365 you threw Malone around like a dishrag. 176 00:11:12,449 --> 00:11:15,201 You just be the bomb, brah. 177 00:11:16,870 --> 00:11:17,871 I wasn't trying anything. 178 00:11:17,954 --> 00:11:21,291 I was just trying to play basketball, party... fuck all the girls. 179 00:11:21,374 --> 00:11:24,544 And so that just happened to be me, Dennis shit, you know. 180 00:11:25,128 --> 00:11:28,131 There are some things worth missing practice for, brother. 181 00:11:30,049 --> 00:11:33,762 He has a chartered plane ready and waiting to whisk him off to some wrestling deal 182 00:11:33,845 --> 00:11:37,182 where the scripted action called for him to hit a guy with a chair. 183 00:11:38,725 --> 00:11:40,894 Oh, my goodness! That was Rodman! 184 00:11:41,978 --> 00:11:45,106 Dennis' sideshow, is it a reality check for the Bulls? 185 00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:48,401 I think they're all very disturbed, the coaches and the players. 186 00:11:48,485 --> 00:11:51,029 He'll be fined for this latest offense. 187 00:11:51,112 --> 00:11:53,656 Rodman faces punishment by the Bulls for missing practice. 188 00:12:02,415 --> 00:12:04,643 Dickey, you weren't here at the start were you? 189 00:12:04,667 --> 00:12:05,667 No. 190 00:12:05,919 --> 00:12:09,380 We beat up Dennis with some boffers. You got to miss out on that shit. 191 00:12:10,131 --> 00:12:14,677 Because he brought fame and disreputation on all of us. 192 00:12:15,428 --> 00:12:16,554 We were dishonored. 193 00:12:16,638 --> 00:12:18,723 That's a good piece of money, though. 194 00:12:20,975 --> 00:12:22,175 All right, let's go. 195 00:12:22,227 --> 00:12:26,105 Come on, Rodzilla! Rodzilla! 196 00:12:26,898 --> 00:12:31,361 The bad-boy reputation that, frankly, Dennis carefully cultivated 197 00:12:31,444 --> 00:12:33,696 overshadowed his contributions as a player. 198 00:12:33,780 --> 00:12:38,284 But Phil knew that he was a singular defensive player 199 00:12:38,368 --> 00:12:43,498 who contributed mightily to the success of that team. 200 00:12:43,581 --> 00:12:47,085 Does it bother you that he's taking away the focus from the Finals? 201 00:12:47,168 --> 00:12:50,338 No, he's only taking your focus away from the Finals, not ours. 202 00:12:51,005 --> 00:12:55,468 I just think that Phil realized that I need to always do me, 203 00:12:55,552 --> 00:12:56,803 just go do what I do. 204 00:12:56,886 --> 00:12:59,806 You know, like the playoff game, I went to go wrestle. 205 00:12:59,889 --> 00:13:03,017 If I did this, I go over here, if I do that, I got to go do this. 206 00:13:03,101 --> 00:13:05,144 They're gonna get 100% when I'm on the court. 207 00:13:05,687 --> 00:13:08,087 If they see him, they'll think he'll go out that way. 208 00:13:08,940 --> 00:13:10,775 If he closes the door, they just think... 209 00:13:10,859 --> 00:13:11,859 Here's the problem. 210 00:13:12,485 --> 00:13:14,779 You got 300 freaking media out there. 211 00:13:14,863 --> 00:13:18,575 Dennis blew off practice and he got fined and he's got nothing to say to nobody. 212 00:13:18,658 --> 00:13:20,368 As he would say, "in his words." 213 00:13:20,952 --> 00:13:23,997 So we gotta try to sneak him out gate three and a half... 214 00:13:24,622 --> 00:13:27,709 while 300 media are in the main hallway in front of the locker room. 215 00:13:27,792 --> 00:13:29,419 I don't know if we'll get that done. 216 00:14:17,967 --> 00:14:19,887 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 217 00:14:19,928 --> 00:14:23,932 Has there been a Rodman sighting or is he off wrestling with Hulk Hogan tonight? 218 00:14:24,641 --> 00:14:26,517 Eisley, gotta get rid of it. 219 00:14:28,061 --> 00:14:30,897 Rebound to Rodman. It's a two-point game... 220 00:14:31,648 --> 00:14:34,776 and it stays there as Pippen misses, but Rodman chases it down. 221 00:14:36,903 --> 00:14:38,279 Rodman is there! 222 00:14:38,363 --> 00:14:39,948 Scottie for three! 223 00:14:41,991 --> 00:14:44,494 Rodman's there and Anderson fouled him. 224 00:14:45,578 --> 00:14:47,497 The Worm is a poor free throw shooter. 225 00:14:47,580 --> 00:14:51,751 Certainly not the guy you want on the line in this situation if you're Phil Jackson. 226 00:14:52,752 --> 00:14:56,130 He rolls the dice, he makes 'em both! Who needs practice? 227 00:14:56,214 --> 00:14:59,008 Off the court, his tired freak show continues, 228 00:14:59,092 --> 00:15:02,679 but on the court, he brings tremendous energy and heart. 229 00:15:02,762 --> 00:15:04,597 And Chicago wins it by four. 230 00:15:04,681 --> 00:15:07,600 They're poised to finish Utah off on Friday night. 231 00:15:09,978 --> 00:15:11,521 What are your thoughts? 232 00:15:11,604 --> 00:15:15,108 It might not only be your last game with the Bulls, but your last game ever. 233 00:15:15,191 --> 00:15:18,111 You've sat... Sitting on the fence here, 234 00:15:18,194 --> 00:15:20,947 and obviously it's a thing that the world wants to know. 235 00:15:21,531 --> 00:15:24,951 Well, the world basically is gonna have to wait and see what happens. 236 00:15:25,034 --> 00:15:27,245 I mean, uh... 237 00:15:27,328 --> 00:15:30,164 The job is not done, so let's not celebrate yet. 238 00:15:41,467 --> 00:15:43,302 Hey, try not to be dogshit tonight, dog. 239 00:15:43,386 --> 00:15:45,346 For one time, come out ready to play. 240 00:15:47,932 --> 00:15:48,972 Know what I mean? 241 00:15:52,687 --> 00:15:54,355 You go out there, play hard, and we win, 242 00:15:54,439 --> 00:15:56,482 you don't have to hear me no more, ever again! 243 00:15:56,566 --> 00:15:58,818 - I'm going to California with you. - Shit! 244 00:15:58,901 --> 00:16:02,363 - What time is our flight? - Scott, after tonight... 245 00:16:03,489 --> 00:16:06,200 if I ever see you again, I'm gonna whip your ass. 246 00:16:09,203 --> 00:16:10,997 You know I'mma whip your ass. 247 00:16:11,622 --> 00:16:13,583 If it's in a bar, I'mma start a barroom brawl. 248 00:16:15,293 --> 00:16:16,502 Are your shoes okay? 249 00:16:16,586 --> 00:16:18,921 I don't want you sliding all over the damn place out there. 250 00:16:19,547 --> 00:16:22,550 I'mma slide a ring on your hand tonight, Tex. That's all you need to know. 251 00:16:23,676 --> 00:16:27,346 Tonight, game five of the 1998 NBA Finals, 252 00:16:27,430 --> 00:16:30,349 and a win for the Bulls caps the repeat three-peat. 253 00:16:31,267 --> 00:16:33,686 The stage is set for a celebration. 254 00:16:34,437 --> 00:16:37,648 When Michael smells the finish line, he knows how to close. 255 00:16:37,732 --> 00:16:38,900 If this is the last dance, 256 00:16:38,983 --> 00:16:41,194 you might as well have it on your own dance floor. 257 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,240 Malone's first shot is there. 258 00:16:46,824 --> 00:16:48,826 Stockton... gives it to Malone. 259 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,681 I sense a little anxiety, a little tightness here in Chicago. 260 00:16:52,705 --> 00:16:56,042 May be a lack of focus preparing for the parade and celebration, 261 00:16:56,125 --> 00:16:59,045 you're forgetting that you gotta come out and play a game. 262 00:17:01,005 --> 00:17:03,508 Malone... 39 points! 263 00:17:04,550 --> 00:17:07,095 Personally pushing back for Utah. 264 00:17:08,221 --> 00:17:12,350 10.4 seconds remaining. Kukoc will play it in. Pippen... 265 00:17:12,934 --> 00:17:14,185 Out to Kukoc for three, 266 00:17:14,811 --> 00:17:16,020 he hits it! 267 00:17:16,104 --> 00:17:18,397 Five seconds, it's a one-point game. 268 00:17:22,568 --> 00:17:27,907 A two-point Utah lead. Timeout Chicago. Bulls ball at half court. 269 00:17:28,783 --> 00:17:31,327 For the Bulls to win this at home, 270 00:17:31,410 --> 00:17:35,206 they're gonna have to finish with a bang, and a giant bang. 271 00:17:35,289 --> 00:17:36,289 Harper... 272 00:17:39,961 --> 00:17:41,879 Into Jordan, a prayer... 273 00:17:42,630 --> 00:17:44,215 And we go to Utah. 274 00:17:45,049 --> 00:17:49,679 Rip up the headlines. It is very much a series. 275 00:17:51,889 --> 00:17:54,851 I would have loved to have won it here at home... 276 00:17:55,393 --> 00:17:56,477 but it didn't happen. 277 00:17:58,020 --> 00:18:02,024 Everyone thought I could make the shot and that's the beauty of the game. 278 00:18:02,108 --> 00:18:03,526 For 1.1 seconds, 279 00:18:03,609 --> 00:18:06,487 everybody was holding their breath, which is kinda cute. 280 00:18:14,162 --> 00:18:18,124 The Bulls know how to close, but last night, the Jazz held their own. 281 00:18:18,207 --> 00:18:20,418 Utah knew it was going to Salt Lake City 282 00:18:20,501 --> 00:18:21,919 after Friday night's game five. 283 00:18:22,003 --> 00:18:25,006 The Jazz just didn't know Chicago would also be along for the ride. 284 00:18:25,089 --> 00:18:27,717 The Bulls now 5-4 in title-clinching games, 285 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,970 and if they hope to win it this year, it'll have to be in Utah. 286 00:18:33,848 --> 00:18:36,851 This is it. The Jazz have forced a game six. 287 00:18:36,934 --> 00:18:39,145 Can they stay alive and take it to seven? 288 00:18:39,228 --> 00:18:43,024 Both games here in Salt Lake City. The crowd is going nuts. 289 00:18:56,287 --> 00:18:58,206 The calm before the storm. 290 00:18:58,289 --> 00:19:00,208 Not a lot of joking today, huh? 291 00:19:00,291 --> 00:19:04,420 Like in those movies when you see the lion just sitting in the shade, just staring? 292 00:19:06,672 --> 00:19:07,965 Might see the kill today. 293 00:19:10,176 --> 00:19:12,678 Some injury news, and it's not good news 294 00:19:12,762 --> 00:19:14,430 for Bulls forward Scottie Pippen. 295 00:19:14,513 --> 00:19:17,225 After a great defensive effort in game three, 296 00:19:17,308 --> 00:19:19,268 during which he drew numerous charges, 297 00:19:19,352 --> 00:19:23,898 Pippen has been experiencing stiffness in his back. Earlier, we spoke with... 298 00:19:28,903 --> 00:19:30,383 Everybody got their hand in? 299 00:19:30,446 --> 00:19:32,448 Hands in means "All for one, and one for all." 300 00:19:32,531 --> 00:19:34,571 This is it. Let's go out and give our best. 301 00:19:35,326 --> 00:19:37,912 - What time is it? - Game time! 302 00:19:38,537 --> 00:19:41,666 We welcome you back to Salt Lake City for game six. 303 00:19:41,749 --> 00:19:45,211 And should the Jazz win tonight and force a game seven, 304 00:19:45,294 --> 00:19:46,629 then it would be worth noting 305 00:19:46,712 --> 00:19:50,633 that very few teams have ever won a seventh game on the road in the Finals. 306 00:19:50,716 --> 00:19:54,345 Utah would have a slight edge, it would seem, in that scenario. 307 00:19:54,428 --> 00:19:56,847 So, if the Bulls want to bring the hammer down, 308 00:19:56,931 --> 00:19:59,058 game six is the time to do it. 309 00:20:11,779 --> 00:20:13,489 Jordan, guarded by Russell. 310 00:20:14,115 --> 00:20:17,285 Hornacek will open on Pippen. They'll try and post Scottie on him. 311 00:20:17,368 --> 00:20:20,371 They go to it right away. Stockton comes over on the double team. 312 00:20:20,454 --> 00:20:22,790 Now back to Scottie, and they couldn't recover, 313 00:20:22,873 --> 00:20:24,417 and an easy two for Scottie. 314 00:20:25,710 --> 00:20:27,086 I started the game, 315 00:20:27,169 --> 00:20:31,215 and the first play of the game, I went for a dunk. 316 00:20:31,966 --> 00:20:33,801 And it jammed my back. 317 00:20:35,052 --> 00:20:37,263 I was done after that. 318 00:20:37,346 --> 00:20:42,727 I'm telling MJ I can't go no more. "Dude, I'm done." 319 00:20:45,396 --> 00:20:49,108 It looks like Pippen is laboring as he moves up and down the court. 320 00:20:49,191 --> 00:20:52,486 A back injury is one of the most crippling of injuries. 321 00:20:54,322 --> 00:20:56,949 Malone... gets his first! 322 00:21:00,411 --> 00:21:02,330 Jordan for three. Got it! 323 00:21:04,582 --> 00:21:07,168 The Bulls lead by nine, but here's the bad news for them: 324 00:21:07,251 --> 00:21:10,546 moments ago, Scottie Pippen, accompanied by trainer Chip Schaefer, 325 00:21:10,629 --> 00:21:12,840 leaves the bench and heads for the locker room. 326 00:21:13,382 --> 00:21:14,800 He was in such pain. 327 00:21:14,884 --> 00:21:16,927 Um, so disabled. 328 00:21:17,970 --> 00:21:19,972 He had continued loss of function. 329 00:21:20,056 --> 00:21:22,558 He was losing mobility and his pain was increasing. 330 00:21:22,641 --> 00:21:25,144 It was just sort of... kind of spiraling. 331 00:21:26,187 --> 00:21:29,067 Scottie's telling the medical staff he is not able to play. 332 00:21:29,148 --> 00:21:31,150 That could be the end of it for Scottie tonight. 333 00:21:32,526 --> 00:21:34,111 Malone in traffic. 334 00:21:34,653 --> 00:21:36,906 Got his own, and put it back in. 335 00:21:36,989 --> 00:21:38,991 Malone against Wennington. 336 00:21:39,575 --> 00:21:41,994 Off balance, hit it, plus the foul! 337 00:21:42,703 --> 00:21:46,874 When Scottie left, we were just kinda holding on. 338 00:21:51,754 --> 00:21:54,715 Shot clock violation. Michael gave it up. 339 00:21:55,341 --> 00:21:58,969 They weren't even close to hoisting a shot before 24 seconds. 340 00:21:59,053 --> 00:22:00,179 It's Malone... 341 00:22:02,723 --> 00:22:04,225 And it's Utah with the lead. 342 00:22:04,809 --> 00:22:07,269 Only moments ago, they trailed by nine. 343 00:22:07,353 --> 00:22:10,481 This will be a very wearing game for Jordan. 344 00:22:10,564 --> 00:22:12,900 They'll try to tire him down and wear him out. 345 00:22:12,983 --> 00:22:16,278 It will be interesting to see if he'll have enough at the end of the game 346 00:22:16,362 --> 00:22:18,364 because of the minutes he's gonna have to play. 347 00:22:22,243 --> 00:22:25,579 During the break, I was in the locker room 348 00:22:25,663 --> 00:22:28,999 trying to get some heat and steam and stuff put on it 349 00:22:29,083 --> 00:22:32,294 to try to see if I can, you know, do something. 350 00:22:33,337 --> 00:22:35,217 Ahmad Rashad, back at the Delta Center, 351 00:22:35,256 --> 00:22:36,924 where the Jazz lead the Bulls by four. 352 00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:40,678 The big story in the first half has been the condition of Scottie Pippen's back. 353 00:22:40,761 --> 00:22:41,762 He's really been hurting. 354 00:22:41,846 --> 00:22:44,098 Scottie Pippen is back out here on the floor. 355 00:22:44,181 --> 00:22:47,560 Whether or not he'll be able to play, and play effectively, we'll find out. 356 00:22:49,603 --> 00:22:51,814 Could you start? Really? 357 00:22:52,815 --> 00:22:53,858 All right. 358 00:22:54,733 --> 00:22:57,003 Utah in possession as we start the third quarter. 359 00:22:57,027 --> 00:22:58,320 Malone, right to work! 360 00:23:00,281 --> 00:23:04,535 Rodman battling like crazy, but can't quite hold onto it. 361 00:23:04,618 --> 00:23:07,788 And Rodman trips Malone up. They've got to call a flagrant here. 362 00:23:07,872 --> 00:23:09,457 They've got to call a flagrant. 363 00:23:12,334 --> 00:23:16,297 I love what I'm seeing, the battle between these two guys. 364 00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:18,799 They're fighting, giving it everything they got. 365 00:23:20,384 --> 00:23:26,223 Rodman... drills a 20-footer, and gives it that "go figure" gesture. 366 00:23:26,307 --> 00:23:29,143 This is Scottie out high, immediately returns it to Harper. 367 00:23:29,226 --> 00:23:30,769 A little jump hook. It's good. 368 00:23:32,104 --> 00:23:35,274 Is Pippen anything more than a decoy now on offense for Chicago? 369 00:23:35,858 --> 00:23:38,777 I was a decoy that whole game, but they didn't know it. 370 00:23:40,279 --> 00:23:43,491 Michael said, "You just stay out here, do what you can do. 371 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,744 You better being out here than in the locker room." 372 00:23:46,827 --> 00:23:49,580 So I gutted myself through that game. 373 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,167 Pippen, giving it his best. 374 00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:54,960 And that time, it was good enough. 375 00:23:55,503 --> 00:23:58,005 Pippen is barely getting up and down the floor. 376 00:23:58,589 --> 00:24:00,299 So, I'm taking all the shots, 377 00:24:00,382 --> 00:24:05,137 I'm bringing all the energy, and I got very little left in the tank. 378 00:24:05,721 --> 00:24:08,933 As we start the fourth quarter, Jordan has scored 29 points. 379 00:24:09,016 --> 00:24:12,603 He's played 34 of the 36 minutes so far... 380 00:24:13,270 --> 00:24:15,564 after playing 45 on Friday night. 381 00:24:16,148 --> 00:24:19,193 You have to believe fatigue is an important factor now. 382 00:24:19,777 --> 00:24:22,613 Out to MJ for three! It's short. 383 00:24:22,696 --> 00:24:24,907 Michael... Short. 384 00:24:25,491 --> 00:24:28,619 The jumpers come up short when fatigue is a factor. 385 00:24:29,203 --> 00:24:31,372 There's Pippen heading back to the locker room again 386 00:24:31,455 --> 00:24:33,916 to try to stretch out that ailing back. 387 00:24:35,668 --> 00:24:37,771 We had a massage therapist working with him 388 00:24:37,795 --> 00:24:40,422 and using medication and doing everything we could... 389 00:24:41,465 --> 00:24:43,425 to try to relieve his pain and his symptoms. 390 00:24:44,134 --> 00:24:47,805 Treat him for five minutes so he can get pain relief and play for five minutes. 391 00:24:48,556 --> 00:24:49,996 They had him in the back, 392 00:24:50,057 --> 00:24:53,143 they were putting ice on his back and electrical stimulation for pain relief, 393 00:24:53,227 --> 00:24:56,397 and they were trying to bide their time up until the ten-minute mark 394 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,817 to bring him back out and see if he can play the last ten minutes of the game. 395 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:03,445 As you can see, he's back on the floor. We just have to see how it goes. 396 00:25:05,614 --> 00:25:08,492 Anybody that'd have a notion that Pippen was a soft player 397 00:25:08,576 --> 00:25:10,244 is patently absurd. 398 00:25:10,327 --> 00:25:14,081 He's as tough a player and as intense a competitor as anybody I've worked with. 399 00:25:14,665 --> 00:25:16,792 What he did in game six was extraordinary. 400 00:25:17,710 --> 00:25:19,628 I know so many players that would've tapped out 401 00:25:19,712 --> 00:25:21,338 without hesitation in that situation. 402 00:25:21,422 --> 00:25:26,427 And he was gonna just throw it out there and finish it no matter what. 403 00:25:27,970 --> 00:25:30,848 Malone, three defenders on him and they take it away. 404 00:25:30,931 --> 00:25:34,476 It's Pippen wincing as he comes up with the loose ball. 405 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,812 Scottie just hobbling around. 406 00:25:38,022 --> 00:25:39,773 Jordan with the jumper. 407 00:25:40,816 --> 00:25:42,735 And with 37 points 408 00:25:43,444 --> 00:25:47,364 as Utah falls behind now for the first time since the second quarter. 409 00:25:48,907 --> 00:25:50,576 Stockton has a little daylight... 410 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,911 and Utah has a three-point lead. 411 00:25:55,748 --> 00:25:57,207 Pippen in the lane, 412 00:25:57,291 --> 00:26:01,045 connects on the turnaround. Playing through clenched teeth. 413 00:26:01,629 --> 00:26:04,632 Game six is going back and forth and back and forth... 414 00:26:05,466 --> 00:26:07,926 and I just didn't see any way this wasn't going seven. 415 00:26:08,969 --> 00:26:11,680 Utah was really mentally tough. 416 00:26:12,765 --> 00:26:13,765 Fifty seconds. 417 00:26:15,601 --> 00:26:16,601 Malone... 418 00:26:19,104 --> 00:26:21,565 Crosscourt Stockton, a three... 419 00:26:21,649 --> 00:26:22,649 It's there! 420 00:26:29,073 --> 00:26:32,534 There was less than a minute to play. We're down three. 421 00:26:33,494 --> 00:26:34,578 Phil calls timeout. 422 00:26:35,537 --> 00:26:38,457 This is a big 20-second timeout for Chicago 423 00:26:38,540 --> 00:26:41,126 because it allows Jordan to get some rest. 424 00:26:41,877 --> 00:26:44,505 Michael Jordan, at this advanced stage of his career, 425 00:26:44,588 --> 00:26:46,465 has to carry the team. 426 00:26:46,548 --> 00:26:50,052 He has to play extra minutes in a grueling series. 427 00:26:50,636 --> 00:26:54,640 And that last sequence in the final half-minute-plus... 428 00:26:55,599 --> 00:26:59,728 is one of the greatest sequences you'll ever see in any sport. 429 00:27:00,604 --> 00:27:02,940 The Bulls want a two-for-one possession here. 430 00:27:03,023 --> 00:27:05,401 Try to get a quick score and get to the free-throw line 431 00:27:05,484 --> 00:27:07,444 to give them two opportunities for one. 432 00:27:09,029 --> 00:27:10,447 Pippen into Jordan. 433 00:27:12,157 --> 00:27:14,076 Michael working on Russell. 434 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,578 Brings them to within one. 435 00:27:17,413 --> 00:27:21,500 Michael takes it right to the rim and lays it in, so now we need to stop. 436 00:27:22,126 --> 00:27:24,628 When I made the layup and it went back down, 437 00:27:24,712 --> 00:27:27,881 I knew they were gonna run that patented play through Karl Malone. 438 00:27:27,965 --> 00:27:30,634 They ran that play a couple times prior. 439 00:27:31,635 --> 00:27:34,763 And Dennis and Malone had been fighting all game. 440 00:27:34,847 --> 00:27:37,391 And Karl totally forgot that I was on the weak side. 441 00:27:40,018 --> 00:27:42,646 Malone is doubled. They swat at it and steal it. 442 00:27:45,023 --> 00:27:47,943 Michael never clears, so Malone doesn't see him. 443 00:27:48,026 --> 00:27:50,279 He comes from the blind side and strips him. 444 00:27:50,863 --> 00:27:53,532 Now I got the ball, and I can see Phil, 445 00:27:53,615 --> 00:27:55,534 basically out of the corner of my eye. 446 00:27:55,617 --> 00:27:57,202 He wasn't gonna call a timeout. 447 00:27:57,286 --> 00:28:01,248 If we could do something without them talking about it, 448 00:28:01,331 --> 00:28:03,292 working against a set defense, 449 00:28:03,375 --> 00:28:05,753 we'd rather go with a live ball situation. 450 00:28:05,836 --> 00:28:10,382 Seventeen seconds from game seven or from championship number six. 451 00:28:10,966 --> 00:28:13,886 What are you thinking as you're coming back up the floor? 452 00:28:13,969 --> 00:28:16,346 "Get the hell out the way." 453 00:28:17,514 --> 00:28:19,975 "Get the hell out the way," only thing I was thinking. 454 00:28:21,435 --> 00:28:24,396 I ain't had to do shit. All I did was plant myself right down there. 455 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,982 I knew it, I said, "He's gonna shoot this fucker." 456 00:28:27,065 --> 00:28:29,026 He is not gonna pass this fucking ball. 457 00:28:29,109 --> 00:28:33,238 I don't give a fuck if it's John Paxson or fucking Steve Kerr. 458 00:28:33,322 --> 00:28:34,948 Hell no, this is his turn. 459 00:28:36,116 --> 00:28:37,743 When I scoped over the floor, 460 00:28:37,826 --> 00:28:41,163 I felt like I can get a jump shot off or I can get all the way to the basket. 461 00:28:41,872 --> 00:28:44,917 So it's just a matter of me picking the right time when to attack. 462 00:28:46,460 --> 00:28:48,670 Jordan, open... 463 00:28:48,754 --> 00:28:50,297 Chicago with the lead! 464 00:28:54,009 --> 00:28:55,719 Timeout Utah. 465 00:28:56,512 --> 00:28:58,597 5.2 seconds left. 466 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:04,144 Michael Jordan running on fumes with 45 points. 467 00:29:05,103 --> 00:29:08,690 At the end of the game, you gotta get it out of his hands. 468 00:29:08,774 --> 00:29:10,067 He's a killer. 469 00:29:14,530 --> 00:29:17,491 Watch Jordan's left hand here as he gives Russell the push. 470 00:29:17,574 --> 00:29:19,326 Referee can't see that. 471 00:29:19,409 --> 00:29:22,830 Jordan frees himself up for a clean look. 472 00:29:24,957 --> 00:29:26,834 Everybody say I pushed off him. 473 00:29:26,917 --> 00:29:30,671 Bullshit. His energy was going that way. I didn't have to push him that way. 474 00:29:30,754 --> 00:29:33,340 Russell was already stumbling away. 475 00:29:34,258 --> 00:29:36,218 That hand on his backside 476 00:29:36,301 --> 00:29:39,555 was the equivalent of a maître d' showing someone to their table. 477 00:29:42,266 --> 00:29:43,934 When he took that shot, 478 00:29:44,017 --> 00:29:47,229 you could just hear the energy get sucked right out of the building. 479 00:29:50,274 --> 00:29:55,988 That may have been the last shot Michael Jordan will ever take in the NBA. 480 00:29:57,865 --> 00:30:03,704 If that's the last image of Michael Jordan, how magnificent is it? 481 00:30:04,830 --> 00:30:07,416 And those devastated fans... 482 00:30:08,083 --> 00:30:13,422 were just groaning this collective groan as the Jazz take timeout. 483 00:30:18,927 --> 00:30:22,222 I'm tired as hell. I'm exhausted. 484 00:30:22,806 --> 00:30:24,224 But I have one more stop. 485 00:30:24,308 --> 00:30:26,476 One more stop, big man, one more stop. 486 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,315 Here we go, baby. Come on, baby, one more stop. 487 00:30:34,401 --> 00:30:36,445 I can't do nothing else. Just go to the basket. 488 00:30:36,528 --> 00:30:39,615 You got to be ready to run a charge. Don't give 'em another T. 489 00:30:59,343 --> 00:31:01,720 I'm collecting my thoughts, but I'm tired. 490 00:31:02,596 --> 00:31:04,514 I'm trying to muster up the energy... 491 00:31:06,224 --> 00:31:07,434 to finish this off. 492 00:31:07,976 --> 00:31:10,979 If they score, there's a game seven. 493 00:31:11,605 --> 00:31:14,399 If they don't, for the second straight year, 494 00:31:14,483 --> 00:31:16,193 they go out on six. 495 00:31:16,944 --> 00:31:18,779 Stockton, Harper's on him. 496 00:31:18,862 --> 00:31:21,406 Behind the screen. Harper got a piece of it. 497 00:31:21,490 --> 00:31:22,741 It comes off! 498 00:31:26,536 --> 00:31:28,288 The Chicago Bulls... 499 00:31:29,498 --> 00:31:33,001 have won their sixth NBA championship, 500 00:31:33,085 --> 00:31:35,504 and it's their second three-peat. 501 00:31:42,886 --> 00:31:44,930 Oh, my God! That was beautiful! 502 00:31:45,013 --> 00:31:47,307 - What a finish! - I had faith! 503 00:31:47,391 --> 00:31:49,977 I'll bet you did. God bless you. 504 00:31:58,652 --> 00:32:03,490 The Chicago Bulls, the 1998 NBA Champion, 505 00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:06,201 and a team for the ages. 506 00:32:08,412 --> 00:32:10,038 - Can you believe it? - Yeah, I can. 507 00:32:10,122 --> 00:32:11,122 I can't believe it. 508 00:32:11,164 --> 00:32:13,208 - I believed in it. - That was beautiful. 509 00:32:13,792 --> 00:32:15,794 I never gave up. I never gave up. 510 00:32:15,877 --> 00:32:19,214 Every time we were close, I knew we were gonna do it. I knew it. 511 00:32:19,798 --> 00:32:24,052 1998 NBA Finals MVP, Michael Jordan. 512 00:32:47,826 --> 00:32:51,038 He's a hero. He's the guy that delivered every time he was asked 513 00:32:51,121 --> 00:32:52,831 during these types of situations. 514 00:32:54,332 --> 00:32:56,543 Man, can you believe it? Six. 515 00:32:57,711 --> 00:32:59,087 - Six! - Six. 516 00:32:59,171 --> 00:33:02,299 Six of 'em! Six of 'em! 517 00:33:03,008 --> 00:33:06,136 Yes, sir! Six of them! 518 00:33:06,928 --> 00:33:10,015 Now, y'all say whatever you want, they can't win till we quit. 519 00:33:20,317 --> 00:33:23,153 Check that out. Man, look at that. 520 00:33:23,236 --> 00:33:25,989 That's waterproof color right there, that's waterproof. 521 00:33:27,157 --> 00:33:30,494 - What was you watching this afternoon? - I was watching Man with the Iron Face. 522 00:33:30,577 --> 00:33:32,746 - Iron Mask. - Iron Mask. 523 00:33:33,538 --> 00:33:34,664 And he's here! 524 00:33:34,748 --> 00:33:37,084 You know what I told the guys when we stuck our hands in? 525 00:33:37,167 --> 00:33:38,710 - What? - All for one and one for all. 526 00:33:38,794 --> 00:33:40,587 I did. I'm not kidding. 527 00:33:40,670 --> 00:33:42,815 - Congratulations. - Thank you. I'm glad you came. 528 00:33:42,839 --> 00:33:45,717 You did some beautiful stuff just now, man. That was poetic. 529 00:33:45,801 --> 00:33:47,052 Thank you. Thank you very much. 530 00:33:47,135 --> 00:33:49,179 Can you continue this, with this championship? 531 00:33:49,262 --> 00:33:52,057 I'm not even gonna think about this. All I'm gonna think about is 532 00:33:52,140 --> 00:33:55,060 tonight have fun, tomorrow morning, we'll worry about everything else. 533 00:33:55,143 --> 00:33:57,395 Scottie, now that you're celebrating, feeling good, 534 00:33:57,479 --> 00:33:59,314 you're coming back next year, right? 535 00:33:59,856 --> 00:34:03,193 I'll answer that in a couple days. Maybe at Grant Park. 536 00:34:05,195 --> 00:34:07,155 Greatest team to ever play this game. 537 00:34:07,239 --> 00:34:09,449 You just gotta respect it. If they don't respect that? 538 00:34:10,784 --> 00:34:13,120 There's a lot of people doing a lot of illegal drugs. 539 00:34:14,121 --> 00:34:15,921 - Thanks, man. - That's what it is. That's it. 540 00:34:17,415 --> 00:34:19,000 Can you imagine? It's still daylight. 541 00:34:19,084 --> 00:34:21,628 We might be able to get some golf swings in. 542 00:34:28,051 --> 00:34:31,054 This is great. This was the greatest. 543 00:34:32,055 --> 00:34:33,390 Dennis, good job. 544 00:34:34,182 --> 00:34:36,143 Fellas. Great job. 545 00:34:36,226 --> 00:34:39,771 Thank you, man. Take care, man. Tell the wife I say hello, okay? 546 00:34:39,855 --> 00:34:41,356 See you guys. Excuse me. 547 00:34:58,498 --> 00:35:00,208 Upon arrival at the hotel... 548 00:35:00,792 --> 00:35:05,797 we just had cameras in front of us and people waiting for autographs. 549 00:35:05,881 --> 00:35:08,842 That was so amazing, you know, just being with the group... 550 00:35:08,925 --> 00:35:12,179 - Jordan! Jordan! Jordan! - ... and feeling that rush of adrenaline... 551 00:35:12,929 --> 00:35:16,141 because of people's adoration for Michael, mainly. 552 00:35:39,247 --> 00:35:40,247 Goddamn! 553 00:35:40,665 --> 00:35:42,425 I'm sorry, is this the smoking floor? 554 00:35:42,459 --> 00:35:44,099 - Yes, it is. - It is now. 555 00:35:52,344 --> 00:35:54,888 - Kiss it. - Kiss the trophy? 556 00:35:54,971 --> 00:35:56,598 - Yeah. - Oh, man! 557 00:36:01,603 --> 00:36:04,981 Yeah! Damn right! 558 00:36:05,607 --> 00:36:09,236 Phil said, "Can you play 48 minutes?" I said, "Whatever it takes." 559 00:36:10,195 --> 00:36:12,030 It didn't help much when Scottie went down. 560 00:36:12,113 --> 00:36:15,075 I wasn't expecting him to go down. That scared the shit out of me. 561 00:36:15,158 --> 00:36:17,998 How good did that jumper feel? I see you gave the little... 562 00:36:18,036 --> 00:36:19,913 Oh, I had to, everything was short! 563 00:36:20,538 --> 00:36:23,375 Flicking my wrist, everything was short. I had a great... 564 00:36:23,917 --> 00:36:26,294 - That time I put one of them... - All the way! 565 00:36:26,378 --> 00:36:28,922 Fundamental shit, you throw your two fingers at it. 566 00:36:31,466 --> 00:36:33,218 Got another one in ya? 567 00:36:33,301 --> 00:36:35,345 It's the moment, man. It's the moment! 568 00:36:35,428 --> 00:36:38,515 That Zen Buddhism shit, y'all get in the moment and stay here. 569 00:36:39,724 --> 00:36:43,603 Just stay in the moment till next October, then we know where the hell we are. 570 00:36:49,067 --> 00:36:51,945 Champs, world champs, NBA mack daddies. 571 00:36:52,529 --> 00:36:55,031 Chicago completing its second three-peat this decade. 572 00:36:55,115 --> 00:36:58,910 Tens of thousands of fans in Chicago's Grant Park, 573 00:36:58,994 --> 00:37:00,328 chanting, "One more year!" 574 00:37:00,412 --> 00:37:01,955 One more year! 575 00:37:02,038 --> 00:37:05,333 I wanna tell Jerry Reinsdorf he'd better bring 'em back. 576 00:37:05,417 --> 00:37:08,086 Because if he doesn't, we're gonna ride him out of town. 577 00:37:10,005 --> 00:37:15,885 And now, your six-time world champion 578 00:37:15,969 --> 00:37:17,887 Chicago Bulls! 579 00:37:22,976 --> 00:37:27,063 About a year ago, Jerry Reinsdorf called me and asked me, 580 00:37:27,147 --> 00:37:28,857 did I think we could do it again? 581 00:37:31,818 --> 00:37:33,069 I said yes. 582 00:37:33,987 --> 00:37:37,198 Without Scottie coming back, we never would have got it done. 583 00:37:37,782 --> 00:37:40,869 And Michael loaded us up on his shoulders and carried us home. 584 00:37:44,247 --> 00:37:48,126 And I want to thank Jerry Krause for giving us the opportunity to do it. 585 00:37:48,209 --> 00:37:51,463 He had another plan, but he put it aside. 586 00:37:51,546 --> 00:37:52,546 Thanks, Jerry. 587 00:37:53,256 --> 00:37:56,259 We can't knock him. We gotta give him credit. 588 00:37:57,260 --> 00:38:01,264 He deserves the credit because he was the general manager of those teams. 589 00:38:02,807 --> 00:38:07,020 I've had a lot of great people in my life, and that's why my success happened. 590 00:38:07,604 --> 00:38:10,648 I played with Phil Jackson, the greatest coach in the game. 591 00:38:10,732 --> 00:38:13,026 Michael Jordan, the greatest player in the game. 592 00:38:13,109 --> 00:38:16,780 Jerry Krause, obviously the greatest general manager in the game. 593 00:38:17,781 --> 00:38:21,910 I want to thank all my teammates, the organization. It's been a great run. 594 00:38:22,535 --> 00:38:24,371 Thank you for our last dance. 595 00:38:28,583 --> 00:38:32,295 I know a lot of people didn't think we'd end up back in Grant Park this year. 596 00:38:33,755 --> 00:38:36,383 Nobody knows if we're gonna be in Grant Park next year. 597 00:38:40,470 --> 00:38:45,225 But the one thing I do know is my heart, my soul and my love 598 00:38:45,308 --> 00:38:47,477 has always gone to the city of Chicago. 599 00:38:52,023 --> 00:38:55,235 And I do know that, no matter what happens, 600 00:38:55,318 --> 00:38:59,072 my heart and my soul and my love will still be in the city of Chicago. 601 00:39:04,035 --> 00:39:07,038 You have to almost appreciate his celebrity even more. 602 00:39:07,122 --> 00:39:10,750 Because he didn't have those platforms to be known worldwide. 603 00:39:10,834 --> 00:39:14,587 There was no ability to promote yourself through social media, 604 00:39:14,671 --> 00:39:18,967 to post videos, no tweets, nothing like that. 605 00:39:19,050 --> 00:39:20,760 He was known for his play 606 00:39:20,844 --> 00:39:23,638 and for having this larger-than-life persona. 607 00:39:28,643 --> 00:39:30,812 I'm most proud of the impact 608 00:39:30,895 --> 00:39:34,149 that those teams had on the city of Chicago and the fans. 609 00:39:35,275 --> 00:39:39,529 When we had the celebrations after each of the championships in Grant Park, 610 00:39:39,612 --> 00:39:44,284 and to look out over a crowd of faces as far as you can see, and they're all happy. 611 00:39:44,367 --> 00:39:47,954 They're all happy. It makes you feel good that you played some role 612 00:39:48,037 --> 00:39:49,956 in bringing happiness to these people. 613 00:39:51,124 --> 00:39:54,335 In '92, the NBA was in 80 countries. 614 00:39:55,044 --> 00:39:58,423 And now the NBA is in 215 countries. 615 00:39:59,048 --> 00:40:02,552 Anyone who understands that phenomenon of that historical arc 616 00:40:02,635 --> 00:40:05,680 will understand that Michael Jordan and his era 617 00:40:05,763 --> 00:40:07,891 played an incredibly important part in it. 618 00:40:08,516 --> 00:40:10,226 He advanced us tremendously. 619 00:40:13,980 --> 00:40:18,943 There are great players who don't have an impact beyond their sport. 620 00:40:20,153 --> 00:40:25,909 And then there are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. 621 00:40:25,992 --> 00:40:30,914 Michael Jordan helped to create a different way 622 00:40:30,997 --> 00:40:34,292 in which people thought about the African-American athlete, 623 00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:38,588 a different way in which people saw athletics 624 00:40:38,671 --> 00:40:41,925 as part of the entertainment business. 625 00:40:43,176 --> 00:40:47,096 He became an extraordinary ambassador not just for basketball, 626 00:40:47,180 --> 00:40:49,724 but I think for the United States overseas, 627 00:40:50,433 --> 00:40:53,603 and part of American culture sweeping the globe. 628 00:40:54,729 --> 00:40:56,689 Michael Jordan and the Bulls... 629 00:40:57,941 --> 00:40:59,567 changed the culture. 630 00:41:09,994 --> 00:41:16,251 That night, Jerry Reinsdorf called me up, and he asked me to come back. 631 00:41:17,377 --> 00:41:19,087 After the sixth championship, 632 00:41:19,170 --> 00:41:21,506 I offered him the opportunity to come back. 633 00:41:21,589 --> 00:41:23,841 "You've earned the chance, the opportunity to come back, 634 00:41:23,925 --> 00:41:26,219 regardless of what was said before now." 635 00:41:27,262 --> 00:41:30,348 I said, "Well, I think I should just take a break." 636 00:41:31,724 --> 00:41:34,352 I said, "I don't think it's fair to Jerry, 637 00:41:34,435 --> 00:41:37,063 and I know it'd be difficult for him to accept that." 638 00:41:37,939 --> 00:41:39,274 Let me play you... 639 00:41:40,024 --> 00:41:43,194 This is Jerry Reinsdorf saying why he had to break the team up. 640 00:41:43,278 --> 00:41:44,571 - Reinsdorf? - Yeah. 641 00:41:45,697 --> 00:41:48,074 I can't wait to hear this. I never understood... 642 00:41:48,157 --> 00:41:52,036 We've never had any dialogue about why. I made my own assumptions why. 643 00:41:56,624 --> 00:41:58,384 Now after the sixth championship, 644 00:41:58,418 --> 00:41:59,658 things were beyond our control. 645 00:42:00,211 --> 00:42:02,839 Because it would have been suicidal 646 00:42:02,922 --> 00:42:05,174 at that point in their careers, to bring back... 647 00:42:05,758 --> 00:42:09,178 Pippen, Steve Kerr, Rodman, Ron Harper. 648 00:42:09,262 --> 00:42:12,849 Their market value individually was gonna be too high. 649 00:42:12,932 --> 00:42:15,602 They weren't gonna be worth the money they'd get in the market. 650 00:42:16,185 --> 00:42:20,857 So, when we realized that we were gonna have to go into a rebuild, 651 00:42:21,399 --> 00:42:23,318 I went to Phil and offered him 652 00:42:23,401 --> 00:42:25,528 the opportunity to come back the next year. 653 00:42:26,195 --> 00:42:28,239 But he said, "I don't wanna go through a rebuild. 654 00:42:28,323 --> 00:42:29,949 I don't wanna coach a bad team." 655 00:42:30,533 --> 00:42:32,869 That was the end. It just came to an end on its own. 656 00:42:32,952 --> 00:42:36,623 You know, had Michael been healthy and wanted to come back, 657 00:42:36,706 --> 00:42:39,834 I don't doubt that Krause could've rebuilt another championship team 658 00:42:39,917 --> 00:42:43,296 in a couple years. But, yeah, it wasn't gonna happen instantly. 659 00:42:51,012 --> 00:42:54,349 In '98... Krause already said at the beginning of the season, 660 00:42:54,432 --> 00:42:58,394 Phil can go 82-0, and he was never gonna be the coach. 661 00:42:58,478 --> 00:43:03,066 So, when Phil said it was the last dance, it was the last dance. 662 00:43:03,149 --> 00:43:05,485 We knew they weren't gonna keep the team. 663 00:43:05,568 --> 00:43:09,614 Now, they could have nixed all of it at the beginning of '98. 664 00:43:09,697 --> 00:43:12,116 Why say that statement at the beginning of '98? 665 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,494 If you ask all the guys who won in '98... 666 00:43:15,036 --> 00:43:17,246 Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler, blah, blah, blah... 667 00:43:17,789 --> 00:43:20,249 "We give you one-year contract to try for the seventh." 668 00:43:21,250 --> 00:43:23,753 You think they would've signed? Yes, they would've signed. 669 00:43:23,836 --> 00:43:26,422 Would I have signed for one year? Yes, I would have. 670 00:43:26,506 --> 00:43:29,175 I'd been signing one-year contracts up to that. 671 00:43:29,258 --> 00:43:31,344 Would Phil have done it? Yes. 672 00:43:31,427 --> 00:43:33,846 Now, Pip, you would've had to do some convincing, 673 00:43:33,930 --> 00:43:35,556 but if Phil was gonna be there, 674 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,351 if Dennis was gonna be there, if MJ was gonna be there, 675 00:43:38,893 --> 00:43:42,230 to win our seventh, Pip is not gonna miss out on that. 676 00:43:44,482 --> 00:43:46,275 You know, '91-'92, I was... 677 00:43:47,318 --> 00:43:50,905 I was young, full of energy, hungry. 678 00:43:50,988 --> 00:43:55,284 In '98, when you're winning six out of eight, 679 00:43:56,119 --> 00:43:59,414 and yet being just as dominant as you were in '91, 680 00:44:00,790 --> 00:44:03,251 that's where the craftsmanship came in. 681 00:44:03,334 --> 00:44:06,754 I think '98 was much better than any of the other years 682 00:44:06,838 --> 00:44:10,842 because of how I was able to use my mind as well as my body. 683 00:44:11,426 --> 00:44:15,304 So was it then satisfying to leave at your peak? 684 00:44:15,388 --> 00:44:16,304 No. 685 00:44:16,305 --> 00:44:18,474 Or is it maddening to leave at your peak? 686 00:44:18,558 --> 00:44:21,352 It's maddening, yeah, because I felt like... 687 00:44:22,562 --> 00:44:23,855 we could have won seven. 688 00:44:25,148 --> 00:44:26,691 I really believe that. 689 00:44:26,774 --> 00:44:30,862 We may not have, but, man, just not to be able to try, 690 00:44:30,945 --> 00:44:35,032 that's something that I just can't accept. 691 00:44:35,116 --> 00:44:37,326 For whatever reason, I just can't accept it. 692 00:44:40,246 --> 00:44:42,623 This is a good time to go. 693 00:44:43,416 --> 00:44:46,294 It's a great run, we'd had a wonderful time. Good team. 694 00:44:48,212 --> 00:44:49,212 Time to go. 695 00:44:57,388 --> 00:45:00,933 I remember there was this team meeting with Phil... 696 00:45:02,101 --> 00:45:04,979 and it was like, "This is it." 697 00:45:07,231 --> 00:45:10,276 My wife had gotten her master's in social work 698 00:45:10,359 --> 00:45:14,197 and she was part of a group that went in to help people who were grieving. 699 00:45:16,449 --> 00:45:21,329 One of the things they did was a ritual, in which they put things to rest. 700 00:45:24,248 --> 00:45:28,669 He says, "This is it, the last dance. Last time we're ever gonna be together." 701 00:45:31,255 --> 00:45:35,218 He asked everybody to bring in anything you want to write 702 00:45:35,301 --> 00:45:37,261 about what the team means to you. 703 00:45:37,345 --> 00:45:41,724 "Write what being on this team has meant to you during this year... 704 00:45:42,266 --> 00:45:44,602 and read it and we'll burn it in a coffee can." 705 00:45:45,269 --> 00:45:49,065 And every guy had emotional words to say. 706 00:45:49,148 --> 00:45:51,776 And I remember Michael actually wrote a poem. 707 00:45:53,653 --> 00:45:57,740 It was a depth of emotion that you never thought he had. 708 00:46:01,702 --> 00:46:03,871 Phil had this knack, 709 00:46:03,955 --> 00:46:06,833 no matter how big you are or how big you think you are, 710 00:46:06,916 --> 00:46:11,254 to always draw you in to be a part of the process. 711 00:46:12,630 --> 00:46:16,259 I'm not a poet. I just spoke what I felt at the time. 712 00:46:18,010 --> 00:46:19,470 We're always gonna be bonded. 713 00:46:21,597 --> 00:46:24,267 You say thanks for the past, enjoy the moment. 714 00:46:24,350 --> 00:46:26,352 Let's make sure we end it right. 715 00:46:28,312 --> 00:46:30,815 We saw him as this bully sometimes. 716 00:46:31,524 --> 00:46:35,236 But that day, he showed his compassion and his empathy for all of us. 717 00:46:36,070 --> 00:46:39,824 Then everybody put the paper in the can, and at the end of the session... 718 00:46:40,324 --> 00:46:44,328 Phil turned out the lights and he lit the paper in the can. 719 00:46:45,246 --> 00:46:47,999 It's one of the most powerful things I've ever seen. 720 00:46:56,215 --> 00:47:01,262 When I look back, it's very gratifying to come from Wilmington, North Carolina, 721 00:47:01,345 --> 00:47:04,140 and never been in Chicago 722 00:47:04,974 --> 00:47:08,144 but that became my home and became a part of my history. 723 00:47:12,481 --> 00:47:16,736 My passion on the basketball court should have been infectious 724 00:47:16,819 --> 00:47:20,573 because that's how I tried to play. I played for them. 725 00:47:21,866 --> 00:47:23,034 Start with hope. 726 00:47:23,743 --> 00:47:25,077 Start with hope. 727 00:47:31,208 --> 00:47:33,002 We went from a shitty team... 728 00:47:34,128 --> 00:47:37,256 to one of the all-time best dynasties. 729 00:47:37,340 --> 00:47:40,551 All you needed was one little match... 730 00:47:41,677 --> 00:47:43,429 to start that whole fire. 731 00:47:48,017 --> 00:47:50,895 Stolen by Pippen! Scottie Pippen, a great play! 732 00:47:55,316 --> 00:47:58,444 Here's Michael at the foul line, a shot on Ehlo... Good! 733 00:47:58,527 --> 00:48:01,030 The Bulls win it! They win it! 734 00:48:11,332 --> 00:48:14,835 A spectacular move by Michael Jordan! 735 00:48:48,869 --> 00:48:52,289 I just want the franchise and Chicago Bulls to be respected. 736 00:48:52,373 --> 00:48:55,584 Like the Lakers or the Philadelphia 76ers or the Boston Celtics. 737 00:48:56,127 --> 00:48:57,920 Hopefully I can... That this team 738 00:48:58,004 --> 00:49:00,715 and this organization can build a program like that.