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The testimony of Michael Jordan this Thursday on the Good Morning America program on ABC television, seems to have multiplied the interest in The Last Dance, the documentary series that will break up the last season of the legendary player in the Chicago Bulls. "It was a very difficult and complicated year," Jordan revealed about the aforementioned 1997-98 academic year, when the team led by Phil Jackson conquered their sixth ring despite knowing that it would be their last year together.

"The general manager, Jerry Krause, had already told the coach that even if we made an 82-0 in the regular season, he was not going to continue, so my position was to join Phil", revealed Jordan in reference to that year, closed with his unforgettable basket in the sixth game that decided the four win against the Utah Jazz (86-87).

The spirit of a "last dance", as the documentary title says, was crucial in the Bulls' locker room, where players of the stature of Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Steve Kerr or Ron Harper also stood out.

33.5 points average

"We try to enjoy and finish the season in the best way," added Jordan, who despite his almost 35 years, was chosen MVP of the Finals, with an average of 33.5 points, four rebounds and 2.3 assists. His 45 points in the sixth game, with the aforementioned suspension with two seconds to go before Byron Russell, rounded off one of his best exploits.

A year earlier, in that same Delta Center, Jordan had also decanted the fifth game of the Finals against the Jazz with 35 points, although he played down for what some considered a cold and others food poisoning.

The Last Dance , which will air on ESPN over the next five Sundays, also reviews the defining moment when the budding idol from the University of North Carolina began to be known across the country. "I was known as 'Mike Jordan', but when I scored the pitch that gave us the title in the 1982 Final Four, my full name became 'Michael Jordan'," underlined the double Olympic champion.

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