Hoops4theSoul

Apr

30

Game Six An Hour Away, Been Nervous All Day

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John Paxson for Three in 1993 Steve Kerr Game Winner in 1997 NBA Finals Michael Jordan over Bryon Russell in 1998 The Chicago Bulls won five of its six trips to the NBA Finals in six games.

There was the stunning comeback from a 17-point deficit against the Portland Trail Blazers in the decisive Game Six of the 1992 NBA Finals.

And then there was John Paxson’s memorable three to beat Phoenix in Game Six of the 1993 NBA Finals and secure the franchise’s first three-peat.

Michael Jordan honored his late father on Father’s Day 1996, when the Bulls crushed the Seattle Sonics in Game Six of the 1996 NBA Finals and capped off an incredible 87-13 season (including the playoffs).

Steve Kerr’s jumper at the free-throw line and Toni Kukoc’s deflection of an inbounds pass in the Game Six clincher of the 1997 NBA Finals pushed the Bulls past the Utah Jazz in the team’s most difficult Finals’ examination.

Michael Jordan’s brisk dismissal of Bryon Russel and picturesque jumper gave the Bulls the second three-peat in Game Six of the 1998 Finals and cemented his Airness’ final image as a Bull.

Unfortunately, recent Bulls teams haven’t had as much luck in Game Sixes.

The last two times the Bulls have been ousted in the playoffs occurred at home in Game Sixes. Chicago lost to Detroit in 2007 and Miami in 2006 in disappointing Game Sixes at the United Center.

In 2005, the Washington Wizards fished off the visiting Bulls in a tight Game Six at the Verizon Center.

Here’s hoping the Bulls summon up some ghosts from championships past and push Boston to the brink of elimination with some better Game Six luck tonight.

I did not see Game Five as it happened. I was playing in a doubleheader for a men’s basketball league that I’m in.

I did catch the overtime on radio and had a bad feeling that the Bulls were not going to win three OT games this series.

After getting a chance to watch Game Five yesterday, I thought both teams played an ugly game.

The Bulls didn’t have any road jitters, but were not as crisp as the first two games of the series.

How the team responded in Game Three at home after losing an incredible Game Two in Boston was really discouraging and could have been the end of the series.

To the Bulls’ credit, the team rebounded and played two gritty games.

Expect Game Six to be another gritty effort. My heart is leaning towards the Bulls, but my gut is saying Boston.

God I hope my heart is right.

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