3 seconds of destiny determines fate. Jordan only said one sentence in this shot, passing the ball to me and rewriting the fate of the Cavaliers
1:49pm, 5 July 2025Basketball
This is perhaps the purest finale in NBA history - no remaining time, no overtime suspense, no next chance in the series, the ball advances and the ball is thrown home. And this historical offense was born so casually: Jordan's words "pass the ball to me" are all tactics. Previously, the Cavaliers equalized the score, the Bulls fell into despair, Jordan's free throws and Carter's mistakes were regarded as "curse of fate", and even the Chicago media were unwilling to go to Cleveland to report the fifth life-and-death battle. But that night, Jordan tore the label of "The Bulls have no winning genes". In the first half, the coach let Jordan focus on passing the ball to save his strength, the Bulls fell into a passive position, and the score difference was once approaching double digits. Cavaliers coach Wilkens was worried during the break: "Don't think it's safe to lead, Jordan wants to tear us apart like a tiger" - even he is calm and nervous. In the second half, Jordan opened fire, while the Cavaliers relied on Clegg Ailu to become a surprise player, scoring half of Jordan. In the last 1 minute and 13 seconds, Pippen overtook the three-pointer, and Ailu immediately responded to the long shot; Jordan made a breakthrough and made a jump shot, and Ailu made another layup and made a fatal blow. Three seconds before the end of the game, the Bulls fell 1 point behind the away game, and the cheers and abuses of 20,000 fans were deafening, and the desperate situation seemed to be unsolvable.
Jordan, who had scored 42 points, walked towards the bench and shouted to the coaching staff: "You think about something else, just give me the ball!" The Cavaliers urgently arranged double teams (Nance + Allen), but Jordan got rid of the catch and shot the winning shot that was famous for history.
Some people say that this ball is the fate of Cleveland and Chicago: the Cavaliers have since fallen into a trough until James arrives; the Bulls ignited the carnival, and although they still lost to the Pistons' East Decision, they relied on Jordan to inject the "winning gene".
After that, the Bulls fired Collins who led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals (due to a mismatch with management and players), and helped Phil Jackson, who was called a "puppet" by the media - this "disputed candidate" who relied on Klaus in the league from 1967 to 1989, became the starter of the Bulls dynasty. And the starting point of everything is Jordan's 3-second finale, which not only rewrites a game, but also plants the seeds of legend.
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