Careful when you step to the Greatest of All-Time. Danny Ainge did it. Not a good idea. Maybe Ainge was still sore about losing to MJ in the Finals the year before when he was on the Blazers. MJ scored 40 or more points in four straight games, including 55 in Game 4. His 41 ppg average was the highest in Finals history. Oh, and he won the NBA Finals MVP — his 3rd straight. From the 1993 NBA Finals: MJ and Ainge Get Down.

[tags]Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, NBA, NBA Finals, Danny Ainge, Phoenix Suns[/tags]

Zo can’t believe it. Cliff Levingston was in the house. Gerald Wilkins puts 2 hands on Mike. Wouldn’t matter if he had 3. Thurl Bailey didn’t stand a chance. Pick up your shorts, Joe Dumars. It’s a look at some of MJ’s best game-winners. Enjoy.

The Wiz were still the Bullets. Horace was going against brother Harvey. The Bulls were working the triangle. Michael abusing Doug Overton. Harvey Grant. Rex Chapman. Blocking shots. Giving up the rock to Scottie. Pouring in 57. Adding 10 assists just for fun. Bulls/Bullets, Dec. 23, 1992. Enjoy.

[tags]Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Washington Bullets, NBA[/tags]

Michael palming the ball and waving it about. Michael just abusing Isaiah Rider. Michael with some sick assists to Caffey and Kukoc. Michael pouring in 20 in the 4th quarter. The bench just laughing because he is so ridiculous. This is 6:45 of pure awesome from 1997 against the Blazers. Enjoy…

[tags]Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, Phil Jackson[/tags]

In this episode we get some help from our friends.

The Hoop Doctors have an awesome post featuring their 10 favorite Jordan covers of all-time. Head on over there to check it out. I mentioned in their comments section that this one always stood out to me, even though it did not make their list:

Here is a link to all the Sports Illustrated covers that Jordan graced.

And finally here is a look at the pure charisma Jordan had in a commercial with his mom, who throws down a nasty dunk. Tip of the hat to NESW Sports.

Previous Episodes:
When the Bulls Were Dominant Ep. 2

When the Bulls Were Dominant Ep. 1

Here’s another quintessential Bulls highlight. This comes from game 6 of the Bulls/Knicks series in 1994. Recall that the game before was the infamous “Hue Hollins” game, which turned the tide in that series. Needless to say the Bulls were amped for game 6. No one more so than Scottie Pippen.

No one knows when the next Bulls title run will occur. Could be a long time. So from time to time here on Zoner Sports we will revist “When the Bulls Were Dominant”. First up, one of the lasting memories of the great Bulls defense of the title run: the repeated rejecting of Charles Smith.