Pippen was limited to 8 points on 4–7 shooting in 26 minutes played. Scottie Pippen scored the opening basket on a slam dunk that aggravated a back injury, causing him pain and difficulty moving throughout the game. None of the previous five Finals appearances for the Bulls had gone to a Game 7. At the United Center in Game 5, Michael Jordan missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, allowing the Jazz to stave off elimination with an 83–81 victory and return to Utah for Game 6 and a potential Game 7. In the Finals series, the Jazz won Game 1, while the Bulls won Games 2–4. The Jazz swept the regular season series against the Bulls 2–0, giving them the tiebreaker for home-court advantage. The Jazz defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals, and the Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals, setting up a rematch of the prior year's NBA Finals, which the Bulls won in six games. Background įurther information: 1998 NBA Finals, 1998 NBA Playoffs, and 1997–98 NBA seasonīoth the Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls finished the regular season tied for the best record in the NBA at 62–20. This game earned, and still holds, the highest TV ratings of an NBA game of all time. Game 6 was the final game with the Bulls for Michael Jordan and coach Phil Jackson (both would retire from the National Basketball Association (NBA), then eventually return). Chicago then held on to win after John Stockton missed a 3-point field goal, winning their sixth NBA championship in eight years. The game is widely cited as one of the most intense and iconic games in NBA history, and it is best known for Bulls superstar Michael Jordan executing a quick cross-over on Jazz forward Bryon Russell, and then hitting a jumpshot from behind the free throw line with 5.2 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter to put the Bulls up 87-86. Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals was a professional basketball game that was played on Jbetween the visiting Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center, now known as Vivint Arena, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dick Bavetta, Hue Hollins, Danny Crawford
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