The Last Dance

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That full-spectrum relentlessness made him great, but it also left him strange and restless and somehow unfinished.

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In Episode VIII, we get to watch him put all that damage to work.

It seems safe to say, now, that it is not that.

Hehir, too, seems content to approach his inquiry first and foremost as a fan.

Jordan is still not comfortable giving up anything like creative control.

The Bulls couldnt get past the Finals-bound Orlando Magic in the second round of the playoffs that year.

Grant, who had blossomed alongside Shaquille ONeal in Orlandos frontcourt, sealed the series win with a dunk.

I couldnt have done that to Number 23.

Given how Jordan works, it was just the beginning of it.

Thats how angry he was from losing.

So every day at training camp was just a war.

The Bulls went to the NBA Finals and won it.