Twenty five years ago, Michael Jordan had one of the most iconic moments of his illustrious career on this very day, pouring in a game-high 39 points against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals. Jordan, not known as a three-point shooter was as hot as a forged iron in the first half, railing home six three-pointers to the amusement of the crowd, his teammates, his opponents, but even more impressively so — himself.
His Airness drilled trifectas one after the other, with the Blazers' defense happy to let him take them, playing a game of percentages — but Jordan kept hitting them and when he hit his sixth over the outstretched arm of Cliff Robinson, he couldn't do much more than to shrug at the bench.
Jordan had 35 points in the half as the Chicago Bulls rolled to a comfortable 17-point lead before the Blazers were forced to call a timeout.
The Bulls Twitter team couldn't let this hailed anniversary pass by, reminding the Blazers of the iconic moment.
On this day in 1992: Michael Jordan shrugged after making his sixth three-pointer in the first half of Game 1! pic.twitter.com/tHJtNTgiUJ
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) June 3, 2017
Portland of course had to mute them for a day, given the onslaught of trolling that await them today.
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) June 3, 2017
Before Twitter even existed, the Bulls hounded the Blazers for decades, taking every chance possible during the broadcast of the 1992 NBA Finals to remind their opponents of the chance they had to draft Jordan with the second overall pick — rather selecting Sam Bowie, who turned out to be a dud with multiple injuries throughout his short-lived NBA career.
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