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NBA Recap 1998 game 7 Bulls Pacers
By the end, there were frayed edges on his greatness and dents in his mystique. But Michael Jordan did not care about appearances. He dropped the elegance of his game tonight and simply barged into the Indiana Pacers.
It was this brutish display that decided the outcome in the last tense minutes of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals before an unsettled crowd at the United Center. There was the moment when Jordan tossed his tired body into the air and crashed into Derrick McKey, who had menaced him during the series. Jordan was the one left standing. There was the instant he sneaked inside of the brawny Dale Davis and grabbed the rebound of Scottie Pippen's missed free throw. A possession was saved.
This was not the polished Jordan; he made only 9 of 25 shots on his way to 28 points against a defense that showed no deference. But faced with a game that could have meant the end of the Bulls' era, he had the poise of the ultimate winner. A loss and this five-time championship team might have been dismantled on the spot. Instead there was Jordan, an 88-83 victory and relief.
''I'm sure people will say, and I've heard it asked, if the swagger is gone from the Bulls,'' Jordan said. ''Probably. But no one has taken anything away from us. We still have an opportunity.'