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Golden State Warriors head coach and former Chicago Bulls guard Steve Kerr had one of the most epic lines from Sunday's “The Last Dance” finale.
Kerr narrated Michael Jordan's famous game-winning, championship-clinching shot against the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA Finals, and how he described the atmosphere in the arena was nothing short of awesome.
According to Kerr, the entire arena of the Jazz pretty much fell silent after MJ drained that shot. At that point, everybody knew that the game and the series had been won.
"When he took that shot, you can just hear the energy just get sucked right out of the building." —Steve Kerr#TheLastDance pic.twitter.com/MHdXS9Qr3L
— ESPN (@espn) May 18, 2020
To add to what Kerr said, not only did he hear the energy drop inside the arena, but it is likely that they also all felt the opposite. It's not hard to imagine that their energy was at an all-time high, as that moment must have almost felt like a tangible object that materialized.
As the collective hearts of the Jazz faithful dropped to the floor, the bliss of Michael Jordan, Steve Kerr and the rest of the Bulls went through the roof.
In hindsight, it would have been great if Jordan made that final shot in the United Center in Chicago. MJ gave everything he had for the franchise and the city, so it would have felt right that he ended what was an unparalleled career on his stomping ground.
Then again, Jordan is as ruthless a competitor as they come. It is also perhaps only fitting that he closed out his career by silencing their opponents' supporters — an excellent metaphor to His Airness shushing all the critics that have hounded him throughout his playing days.
