The Last Shot
Jordan's title-clinching jump shot over Bryon Russell closed out his final championship as a Bull.
With the Bulls trailing late in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz, Michael Jordan stole the ball from Karl Malone, then hit a jump shot over defender Bryon Russell with 5.2 seconds left to put Chicago ahead for good.
The shot clinched the Bulls' sixth championship and second three-peat, and it was Jordan's final field goal as a member of the team before his second retirement (he would later return briefly with the Washington Wizards).
The image of Jordan's follow-through, frozen for a moment after the release, remains one of the most reproduced photographs in American sports history.
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