'Michael came up with three great plays to end the game, and that’s what great players do.' Before tonight's showing of 'Game 6: The Movie' on SN, loung_s takes you through every moment of the sequence that set up Michael Jordan's iconic 'Last Shot':
, Karl Malone found his fellow Hall-of-Fame pick-and-roll partner John Stockton circling around to the right wing and delivered a laser cross-court pass out of the left block as Stockton got freed up for a wide-open three-pointer to give Utah a three-point lead and sights set on a winner-take-all Game 7 in their championship series.
Looking at the clip above, you’ll notice the Bulls were, by design, spread out to give Jordan an opportunity to attack Bryon Russell one-on-one. The conclusion of the contest didn’t end up working that way, but it was still the smartest option for the Bulls at the time., while explaining this sequence, Jordan mentioned the fact that the Jazz had run this pet play of theirs to give Malone an opportunity on the left block that they’ve done before.
In letting Jordan just walk the ball up and then immediately go into his move, it created an opportunity for him to just attack Russell one-on-one without much fear of a double coming, because the Jazz weren’t able to take their time and get into their set defence. Instead, Utah was forced to play regular man-to-man, and with the way the Bulls players spread out, it left that entire top-of-key area completely open for Jordan to operate.
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