But they don't remember that the night before he missed three out of six foul shots that would have sealed the game for us, and we wouldn't have had to go to the fifth game. A normal player would have said, "Oh, I cost us this opportunity, probably beat themselves up over it." Michael, the next day that we played Cleveland got on the bus and said, "Have no fear. We're gonna win this ball game."

"If we sit here and worry about what people think of us, then we don't have a chance. They still got to come through Chicago. Utah, Indiana, they still got to come through Chicago. I don't care what happens today, I don't care what happened in the other series. And they still got to come through Chicago. We will win game seven."

Indiana the ball. Michael a steal. MJ on the run, he will dunk the ball.

Michael was facing the ultimate elimination, lose, and end his career on a note of defeat. Despite Michael's promises, the Pacers led by 13 points early on. Then Michael led the Bulls on a furious rally.

Circled, he's loose, driving, and dunks the ball, a foul!

It was the kind of run that had led the Bulls to their five previous championships. But there was still a half of basketball to play.

You were in the conference finals. In the seventh game, we were down going into the fourth quarter. And I thought maybe, maybe this is it. maybe we've had the last hurrah. But something rose up in these players, led by our hero.