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Chicago Bulls 1997-1998
Michael Jordan's Career as a Chicago Bull
Jordan enjoyed yet another magical season, sweeping the three MVP honors (regular season, All-Star Game and NBA Finals) and finishing it off by hitting the game-winning basket to wrap up the Bulls' sixth championship of the 1990s. Jordan's jumper with 5.2 seconds left in Game 6 gave Chicago an 87-86 victory and a 4-2 win over the Utah Jazz in the championship series. Jordan averaged 28.7 points per game to capture his 10th scoring title, building upon his NBA record.

On December 30th at Minnesota, Jordan scored in double figures for the 788th consecutive game, breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record of 787 in a row. At season's end, his regular-season streak stood at 840 games--the last time he did not score in double figures was on March 22, 1986 at Cleveland when he had eight points. Jordan also moved past Elvin Hayes and Moses Malone to move into third place on the NBA's all-time scoring list behind only Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain, finishing the season with 29,277 points.

Jordan posted season-highs of 49 points on November 21 at the Los Angeles Clippers, 17 rebounds on November 5 against Orlando, nine assists on January 3 at Detroit and five steals on four occasions. He averaged 5.8 rebounds (third on the Bulls), 3.5 assists (third) and 1.72 steals (first, 16th in the NBA) in 38.8 minutes (first, 17th in the NBA) per game. He scored 40 points or more in 11 games. In the All-Star Game in New York, Jordan scored 23 points and earned MVP honors.

In the playoffs, MJ averaged 32.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.52 steals per game, while in the six-game Finals against Utah, he averaged 33.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.83 steals per game. Jordan has been the NBA Finals MVP in each of the Bulls' six championship seasons.

  HONORS
NBA Most Valuable Player
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player
All-NBA First Team
NBA All-Defensive First Team
NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
NBA All-Star Starter

   REGULAR-SEASON STATS

YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG PPG
97-98 Chi 82 82 38.8 .465 .238 .784 1.6 4.2 5.8 3.5 1.72 0.55 28.7

   PLAYOFF STATS

YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG PPG
97-98 Chi 21 21 41.5 .462 .302 .812 1.6 3.5 5.1 3.5 1.52 0.57 32.4

   FINALS STATS

YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG PPG
1998 Chi 6 6 41.7 .427 .814 1.5 2.5 4.0 2.3 1.83 0.67 33.5

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Statistics
Seasons:
1984-1985
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998