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Michael Jordan\u00a0and the\u00a0Chicago Bulls\u00a0faced the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

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The SuperSonics were coached by George Karl, who went to UNC, the same school as Jordan. MJ and Karl knew each other pretty well and occasionally played golf together in the summers.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Jordan was furious when Karl didn\u2019t say hello to him when the two were at the same spot for dinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe walked right past me,\u201d Jordan said in “The Last Dance” documentary. \u201cI say, \u2018Really? So that\u2019s how he\u2019s gonna play it.\u2019 It\u2019s a crock of sh-t. We went to Carolina, we know Dean Smith, I\u2019ve seen him in the summer, we play golf. You gonna do this? Okay, fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s all I needed. That\u2019s all I needed for him to do that and it became personal with me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Bulls won the first three games of the 1996 NBA Finals. Jordan averaged 31.0 points while shooting 46.0% from the field, 50.0% from beyond the arc and 81.1% from the free-throw through the first three games, and it appeared the Bulls would sweep the SuperSonics.<\/p>\n

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However, Seattle responded by winning Games 4 and 5. SuperSonics star Gary Payton guarded Jordan and did a great job. MJ averaged 24.5 points while shooting only 41.5% overall and 0.0% from three.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people back down to Mike,\u201d Payton said in “The Last Dance.” \u201cI didn\u2019t. I made it a point. I said, \u2018Just tire him out. Tire the fu-k out of him. You just gotta tire him out.\u2019 And I kept hitting him and banging him and hitting him and banging him. It took a toll on Mike. It took a toll.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then the series changed and I wish I could\u2019ve did it earlier. I don\u2019t know if the outcome would\u2019ve been different, but it was a difference and beating him down a little bit.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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With the Bulls up 3-2, the series shifted back to Chicago. Jordan didn\u2019t shoot the ball well in Game 6. He shot just 5-of-19 from the field.<\/p>\n

However, MJ did shoot 11-of-12 from the free-throw line. He finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and the Bulls won by 12 points for their fourth championship.<\/p>\n

Jordan won the 1996 NBA Finals MVP Award. He averaged 27.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.2 blocks in the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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