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The greatest to ever play the game of basketball, Michael Jordan left behind a sporting legacy of which most athletes can only dream. A prolific scorer, tenacious defender and high-flying dunker ...
In 1988, Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan beat Atlanta Hawks forward and two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion Dominique Wilkins with an iconic dunk from the free-throw line.
Michael Jordan outscored all but one opponent he faced in his playoffs career. The exception was in the 1985 Eastern conference 1st round in Jordan's rookie season when Milwaukee Bucks power forward Terry Cummings outscored Jordan (29.5 ppg to Jordan's 29.3 ppg). Highest Player Efficiency Rating all time playoffs, career: 28.6
The 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest is widely heralded as one of the greatest dunk contests of all time. It featured two of the highest flyers of the time, Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins. The other participants of the contest included Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Darrell Griffith, Larry Nance, Terence Stansbury, and Orlando Woolridge. Both ...
His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". [ 5 ] [ 14 ] Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991 and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993 , securing a three-peat .
Iconic sports photographer Walter Iooss joins 2 Point Lead host Yannis Pappas to talk about his memories of the 1998 NBA Dunk Contest. Iooss snapped one of the most famous basketball pictures ever ...
Michael Jordan, Isaiah Rider, Kobe Bryant, Brent Barry and Dwight Howard are the only players to have won an NBA championship and a slam dunk championship. Kobe Bryant is the youngest player to win the slam dunk contest at the age of 18, while Dominique Wilkins is the oldest player to win the slam dunk contest at the age of 30.
In 1996-97, the first season of shot-location data, the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls paced the league with 41.5 mid-range shots per game while the average team took about 32 attempts from that ...