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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:33,491 --> 00:00:34,576 [crowd cheering] 2 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:36,077 [Jordan] Thank you. 3 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:39,080 To all the fans in the city of Chicago, 4 00:00:40,415 --> 00:00:43,585 if you guys remember in 1984 when they drafted Michael Jordan... 5 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,715 I said then, when I got here, 6 00:00:48,798 --> 00:00:50,633 that we would be champions by the time I leave. 7 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:53,470 -[man] Here they are. -[Jordan] This is what you're looking for. 8 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:58,349 Well, we are five-time champions, going for six, 9 00:00:59,434 --> 00:01:02,103 and we need your support. Thank you very, very much. 10 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:03,313 [crowd cheering] 11 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:31,925 [reporter] You have any sense of destiny, you know, why is all this meant for you, 12 00:01:32,008 --> 00:01:35,095 and what's down the road, or are you just taking it a day at a time? 13 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:39,307 I just want the franchise and Chicago Bulls to be respected as a team... 14 00:01:40,308 --> 00:01:44,187 like the Lakers or Philadelphia 76ers or the Boston Celtics. 15 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:49,067 It's very hard for something like that to happen, but it's not impossible. 16 00:01:49,150 --> 00:01:51,778 But hopefully, I, and this team 17 00:01:51,861 --> 00:01:54,739 and this whole organization can build a program like that. 18 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:02,997 [commentator] Michael Jordan... with 30 points. 19 00:02:03,581 --> 00:02:09,587 And the Chicago Bulls have won their first-ever NBA championship. 20 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,302 ["Been Around the World" playing] 21 00:02:19,222 --> 00:02:21,391 [commentator] There's Jordan for three! 22 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:26,062 They have done it again! 23 00:02:27,230 --> 00:02:28,690 Now, Pippen gets a snatch. 24 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,277 There's Paxson for three! Yes! 25 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,072 For three straight NBA championships. 26 00:02:36,614 --> 00:02:39,951 [reporter] Debate will now rage about whether they are the best team ever. 27 00:02:40,535 --> 00:02:44,372 They're not just great athletes. They're a fascinating assortment of personalities. 28 00:02:44,455 --> 00:02:47,750 The most famous man on the planet is here! 29 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:48,668 [crowd cheering] 30 00:02:49,544 --> 00:02:54,340 My name is Michael Jordan. I played with the Bulls from '84 to '98. 31 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:58,052 Took an 18-month vacation, hiatus. 32 00:02:58,678 --> 00:03:02,015 So I would say that 13 years that I played with the Bulls. 33 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:08,146 Please welcome from the Chicago Bulls, all-star forward Scottie Pippen! 34 00:03:08,229 --> 00:03:09,355 [crowd cheering] 35 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:14,777 Scottie Maurice Pippen from Hamburg, Arkansas. 36 00:03:15,904 --> 00:03:17,864 [commentator] Great passing! Oh! 37 00:03:17,947 --> 00:03:22,160 Baby! It looked like he shifted gears mid-air. 38 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:27,373 He has led the NBA in rebounds for the last five years. 39 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:29,667 Please welcome back Dennis Rodman. 40 00:03:29,751 --> 00:03:31,920 Dennis Rodman. What's up? 41 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:36,382 I was shocked the Chicago Bulls even asked me to come. 42 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:38,384 I think I was a little more eccentric for them. 43 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:40,637 [man] There's something about you that's frightening. 44 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:41,804 Is it because I'm different? 45 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:46,017 [commentator 1] And Rodman just kicked the photographer! The photographer is hurt. 46 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:48,811 [commentator 2] That is the last we will see of Dennis Rodman. 47 00:03:50,605 --> 00:03:54,359 At the heart of this team is a rare spirit, coach Phil Jackson. 48 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:57,946 We created an image that people wanted to be part of. 49 00:03:58,029 --> 00:03:59,530 I think that's all you can hope for. 50 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:03,284 [commentator] The Chicago Bulls have won 51 00:04:04,202 --> 00:04:07,330 the '96 NBA championship! 52 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:09,874 [reporter] What's unique about this particular dynasty? 53 00:04:10,124 --> 00:04:12,418 I guess what's unique is that, we're, uh... 54 00:04:13,544 --> 00:04:15,213 You know, we've got Michael. [laughs] 55 00:04:15,296 --> 00:04:22,220 [fans chanting] Michael! Michael! Michael! Michael! 56 00:04:23,054 --> 00:04:24,097 [screaming] 57 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:25,473 [reporter] Why is everybody here? 58 00:04:25,556 --> 00:04:27,058 -Michael Jordan. -Michael Jordan. 59 00:04:27,141 --> 00:04:29,352 Everybody loves Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan. 60 00:04:30,395 --> 00:04:31,771 [car honking] 61 00:04:37,318 --> 00:04:39,237 [commentator] ...was about to do. 62 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,074 Five seconds remaining in regulation. The inbound... 63 00:04:44,325 --> 00:04:46,577 Pippen rolls it to Kukoc! 64 00:04:46,661 --> 00:04:51,791 Chicago Bulls have won their fifth championship 65 00:04:51,874 --> 00:04:53,668 in the last seven years! 66 00:04:54,669 --> 00:04:57,588 It is bedlam here at the United Center. 67 00:04:57,672 --> 00:04:59,340 [crowd cheering] 68 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:03,261 [reporter 1] To hometown Chicago fans, 69 00:05:03,344 --> 00:05:06,639 winning the big one is starting to feel almost like a constitutional right 70 00:05:06,723 --> 00:05:10,310 as the Bulls took their fifth NBA title on Friday night. 71 00:05:11,352 --> 00:05:16,441 [reporter 2] Count them. One, two, three, four and five NBA championship trophies. 72 00:05:16,524 --> 00:05:19,110 [reporter 3] As hundreds of thousands of fans cheered the Bulls, 73 00:05:19,193 --> 00:05:20,653 the drama of what will happen 74 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:23,406 to this great dynasty was apparent to all... 75 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:26,451 [Reinsdorf] After the fifth championship, which was '96-'97, 76 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:32,123 we were looking at this team and we realized, other than Michael, 77 00:05:32,206 --> 00:05:36,878 the rest of the guys were probably at the end of their high-productive years. 78 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,257 We had to decide whether we keep the team together or not, 79 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:44,677 and we realized maybe this was the time to do a rebuild 80 00:05:44,761 --> 00:05:46,387 and not try to win a sixth championship. 81 00:05:46,471 --> 00:05:47,930 [reporter 1] Can they keep the team together? 82 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,390 [reporter 2] Is there any doubt Michael... 83 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:51,851 [reporter 3] Questions about the future of Phil Jackson. 84 00:05:51,934 --> 00:05:53,811 Will this be his last year? 85 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:56,272 [reporter 4] How will the Bulls deal with their aging stars... 86 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:59,650 [reporter 5] ...becoming something transcendent, you can see it evaporating. 87 00:06:02,737 --> 00:06:07,200 I just kept hearing this over and over, and I was just getting irritated, like... 88 00:06:07,658 --> 00:06:08,785 We were winning. 89 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:09,786 [cheering] 90 00:06:10,828 --> 00:06:14,457 We felt like we were the greatest team ever. 91 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:16,501 [reporter] You have to wonder why Michael Jordan, 92 00:06:16,584 --> 00:06:20,713 who is surely the most popular player in our time, would be, in effect, 93 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:22,590 driven out of professional basketball. 94 00:06:31,974 --> 00:06:33,476 [commentator 1] A spectacular move! 95 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:35,186 [commentator 2] The game's over! 96 00:06:35,269 --> 00:06:37,563 [commentator 3] Chicago Stadium is going wild! 97 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:42,026 [Jackson] First of all, there's no backstabbing going on here. 98 00:06:42,110 --> 00:06:42,985 It's time for me to move on. 99 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:45,363 [Krause] This will be Phil's last year as coach of the Bulls. 100 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:50,576 -[man 1] Are the expectations too high? -[man 2] Where do we go from here? 101 00:06:50,660 --> 00:06:53,162 [woman] The only question: how long can it last? 102 00:07:02,463 --> 00:07:03,673 [crowd cheering] 103 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:11,013 [Wilbon] So, going into 1997-98, the Bulls have won five championships. 104 00:07:11,848 --> 00:07:13,266 There's drama that summer 105 00:07:13,349 --> 00:07:16,602 as to whether they're gonna come back, although I think most of us 106 00:07:16,686 --> 00:07:20,606 who are from Chicago and call Chicago home knew somehow they'd be back. 107 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:24,944 Jerry Reinsdorf, the majority owner... 108 00:07:26,028 --> 00:07:28,239 would have to leave town if they didn't come back. 109 00:07:28,322 --> 00:07:31,951 You can't argue with championship after championship after championship. 110 00:07:32,702 --> 00:07:35,037 They were still the best team in the NBA. 111 00:07:35,913 --> 00:07:39,500 You have Scottie Pippen, an incredibly talented athlete, 112 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:40,960 very skilled scorer. 113 00:07:41,043 --> 00:07:44,172 His mental sharpness and his court awareness 114 00:07:44,255 --> 00:07:47,592 and his basketball savvy made him the greatest number-two player ever. 115 00:07:49,093 --> 00:07:52,972 Dennis Rodman was the defensive presence, the rebounder, 116 00:07:53,055 --> 00:07:56,309 someone who, on a team with big egos, didn't need the ball. 117 00:07:57,018 --> 00:07:59,270 And he never ran out of energy, that was the thing. 118 00:07:59,353 --> 00:08:00,897 Whoo! 119 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:05,818 [Wilbon] At that point, Michael Jordan's already the ultimate sports alpha male. 120 00:08:06,527 --> 00:08:10,114 I mean, the only comparisons that I can recall being apt 121 00:08:10,198 --> 00:08:13,326 were to Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali. 122 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:16,662 That's it. That's the list. There's nobody else on it. 123 00:08:17,246 --> 00:08:18,664 [reporter] Michael, obviously, 124 00:08:18,748 --> 00:08:21,626 in the wake of this incredible celebration, 125 00:08:21,709 --> 00:08:24,504 there'll be some very difficult business decisions. 126 00:08:25,129 --> 00:08:29,133 We are entitled to defend what we have until we lose it. 127 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:32,762 If we lose it, then you look at it and say, "Okay, let's change. 128 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:35,556 Let's just go through a rebuilding." 129 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:40,311 No one's guaranteeing rebuilding's gonna be two or three, four, five years. 130 00:08:40,978 --> 00:08:43,231 Cubs have been rebuilding for 42 years. 131 00:08:43,314 --> 00:08:44,232 [people laughing] 132 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:50,029 If you wanna look at this from a business thing, 133 00:08:50,988 --> 00:08:54,408 have a sense of respect for the people who have laid the groundworks 134 00:08:54,492 --> 00:08:57,036 so that you could be a profitable organization. 135 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:42,331 [Jordan] We had just finished winning a fifth title. 136 00:09:45,793 --> 00:09:49,839 It's a lot of uncertainty, and management started talking about 137 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:53,134 the franchise is gonna change or we're gonna rebuild. 138 00:09:53,718 --> 00:09:55,303 I thought it was unfair. 139 00:09:56,470 --> 00:10:00,891 I would never let someone who's not putting on a uniform 140 00:10:01,642 --> 00:10:05,896 and playing each and every day dictate what we do on the basketball court. 141 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:12,778 So, you know, my mentality was, "Let's put things aside, 142 00:10:12,862 --> 00:10:15,781 you know, from a business sense and focus on that craft. 143 00:10:15,865 --> 00:10:18,534 Let's give them a reason not to think that way." 144 00:10:21,704 --> 00:10:25,166 [reporter] Michael Jordan waded into the undertone of bitterness on the Bulls 145 00:10:25,249 --> 00:10:28,294 when asked what the Bulls' biggest challenge would be this year. 146 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,797 -Um... [laughs] -[reporters laugh] 147 00:10:32,423 --> 00:10:35,468 [reporter] Michael glancing up at the office of GM Jerry Krause. 148 00:10:39,347 --> 00:10:42,391 [Telander] Jerry Krause was the general manager of the Bulls, 149 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:45,853 and he was certainly at the root of 150 00:10:45,936 --> 00:10:49,231 what made the tension of that season so severe. 151 00:10:53,319 --> 00:10:55,738 [Reinsdorf] Jerry Krause was a scout for the White Sox. 152 00:10:55,821 --> 00:10:58,491 He was there when I bought the White Sox in 1981. 153 00:10:59,033 --> 00:11:01,827 And after I bought the Bulls, he came to see me. 154 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:04,372 Said he'd like to be general manager of the Bulls. 155 00:11:04,455 --> 00:11:06,791 If everybody's ready, we can get started. 156 00:11:06,874 --> 00:11:08,376 [Reinsdorf] I asked around the league, 157 00:11:08,459 --> 00:11:11,003 and everybody I talked to said, "Don't touch the guy." 158 00:11:11,420 --> 00:11:13,422 Yeah, he had a way of alienating people. 159 00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:17,760 But I wasn't hiring somebody to win a personality contest. 160 00:11:17,843 --> 00:11:21,097 I wanted somebody who truly believed in building a team 161 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,432 the way I wanted to, and Krause was the guy. 162 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:27,895 [Vancil] To his credit, he did his job. 163 00:11:28,979 --> 00:11:29,814 But... 164 00:11:30,314 --> 00:11:32,066 Jerry had the "little man" problem. 165 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:34,944 He grew up a little fat kid. 166 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:37,488 Not a lot of money. He was always the underdog, 167 00:11:38,447 --> 00:11:42,076 and he just couldn't control that part of him that needed... 168 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:43,911 credit. 169 00:11:44,787 --> 00:11:45,621 [man] Michael! 170 00:11:47,498 --> 00:11:49,250 [Smith] All the attention is going to Michael 171 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:51,627 and Scottie and Dennis and Phil. 172 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,797 And Krause was growing resentful about this. 173 00:11:56,215 --> 00:11:58,718 [Vancil] He was good, but he wasn't good enough 174 00:11:58,801 --> 00:12:00,428 to do it without Michael Jordan. 175 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:02,847 You could argue that Michael Jordan was as good at his job 176 00:12:02,930 --> 00:12:05,808 as anyone has ever been at their job, ever, in anything. 177 00:12:05,891 --> 00:12:08,185 And Krause wants to make the point, 178 00:12:08,269 --> 00:12:11,063 organizations win championships, not players. 179 00:12:11,147 --> 00:12:16,527 Jerry Krause, Bulls general manager, says, "Organizations win titles, not players." 180 00:12:16,610 --> 00:12:19,780 Funny thing, I've never seen him post up and hit a short jump shot. 181 00:12:19,864 --> 00:12:22,491 [reporter] This quote that was attributed to you-- 182 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:24,660 Well, as you know, David, it was a misquote. 183 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:28,914 What I said was that players and coaches alone don't win championships, 184 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:30,040 that organizations do. 185 00:12:30,124 --> 00:12:33,169 I do sincerely believe that organizations, as a whole, win. 186 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:35,254 One part of it can't win alone. 187 00:12:35,337 --> 00:12:37,465 The guy left the word "alone" out of there. 188 00:12:38,257 --> 00:12:39,300 -[scoffs] -[reporter] Right. 189 00:12:39,383 --> 00:12:41,469 He admitted it later on. "Yeah, I left a word out." 190 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:44,305 You dumb son of a bitch, that's what killed the quote. 191 00:12:45,347 --> 00:12:48,768 It sounded like he was making a very specific point 192 00:12:48,851 --> 00:12:50,519 to a very specific person. 193 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:54,190 We know that the team is much bigger than the 15 players. 194 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:58,486 Those guys who work in the front office, they were good people, 195 00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:03,949 but the most important part of the process is the players. 196 00:13:04,033 --> 00:13:09,205 So, for him to say that is offensive to the way that I approach the game. 197 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:14,960 [Wilbon] Krause was picked on an awful lot during this by Michael and Scottie. 198 00:13:15,044 --> 00:13:18,297 I mean, they made fun of him. They mocked him. They mocked him openly. 199 00:13:19,006 --> 00:13:21,008 So those are the pills you take to keep you short. 200 00:13:21,926 --> 00:13:23,511 Or are those diet pills? 201 00:13:26,597 --> 00:13:28,599 Was Jerry Krause a bad guy? No. 202 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:30,976 He was a good guy. He was fun. 203 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:35,064 If you saw him interact with your kids, and saw him, you knew he was a good man. 204 00:13:35,147 --> 00:13:40,194 Jerry Krause was one of the nicest, kindest, sweetest men I've ever known. 205 00:13:40,778 --> 00:13:45,407 But sometimes, he would love people who really didn't love him back, 206 00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:46,909 and it would disappoint him. 207 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:48,661 [reporter] Did he love Phil? 208 00:13:49,537 --> 00:13:51,205 Well, he loved Phil in the beginning, 209 00:13:51,288 --> 00:13:55,459 but then, you know, they developed a tension between the two of 'em. 210 00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:56,377 Phil, 211 00:13:57,294 --> 00:13:59,171 from a contract standpoint, 212 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:01,048 wanted to be compensated, 213 00:14:01,632 --> 00:14:06,554 like the other coaches that he had beaten, and Jerry wasn't going to do that. 214 00:14:07,137 --> 00:14:09,431 In Jerry's mind, you moved pieces in and out. 215 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:11,141 You didn't move Michael Jordan pieces. 216 00:14:11,725 --> 00:14:15,229 Phil Jackson? You can move him in and out. And he was wrong about that. 217 00:14:17,731 --> 00:14:19,191 [Jordan] I said from day one, 218 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:22,361 if Phil's not coaching, I'm not gonna be a part of rebuilding. 219 00:14:22,444 --> 00:14:26,156 Phil should be the head coach, and I shouldn't be put in a position 220 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,369 to have to make a choice to play for another coach other than Phil Jackson. 221 00:14:30,452 --> 00:14:32,705 Sadly as it may be, I have choices. 222 00:14:33,747 --> 00:14:36,625 You know, and I will not choose to play for another coach. 223 00:14:38,502 --> 00:14:42,256 I think Jerry was looking forward to having a clean slate 224 00:14:42,339 --> 00:14:44,592 and going out and, you know, rebuilding. 225 00:14:45,509 --> 00:14:49,054 His relationship with me had become such a circus. 226 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:52,182 There was no chance for reconciliation. 227 00:14:52,975 --> 00:14:56,437 All of a sudden, there's this guy from Iowa State, Tim Floyd, the head coach. 228 00:14:57,104 --> 00:14:59,857 He goes fishing with Jerry Krause, and I'm like, "What?" 229 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:04,528 So, Krause clearly is grooming the next guy. 230 00:15:05,154 --> 00:15:08,240 He's gonna be the next Phil Jackson. 231 00:15:08,949 --> 00:15:11,493 Krause's stepdaughter gets married that summer. 232 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:16,373 He invites everybody from the team and Tim Floyd... 233 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:20,794 and he doesn't invite Phil Jackson, the head coach. 234 00:15:21,462 --> 00:15:24,590 I recall that, and I think that was bad form on Jerry's part. 235 00:15:24,673 --> 00:15:26,342 I'm not sure it bothered Phil that much. 236 00:15:26,425 --> 00:15:29,553 If somebody doesn't invite me to a wedding, I'd like to thank 'em. 237 00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:30,471 [chuckles] 238 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:33,891 It was sad that there was such an acrimonious relationship 239 00:15:33,974 --> 00:15:37,353 because Jerry Krause started Phil Jackson's NBA coaching career. 240 00:15:38,062 --> 00:15:42,024 Jerry Krause brought him to Chicago as an assistant coach. 241 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:45,694 If that hadn't happened, you never would have heard of Phil Jackson. 242 00:15:47,821 --> 00:15:50,157 [Jackson] You know, things evolve, people evolve. 243 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,035 They don't stay stagnant and static in any position. 244 00:15:53,118 --> 00:15:56,705 And more than anything else, coaches' salaries went like this 245 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,500 and general managers' salaries might have gone like this. 246 00:15:59,583 --> 00:16:01,710 [Vecsey] Do you think Jerry Krause resents that? 247 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,338 I'm not gonna speculate on that. 248 00:16:05,589 --> 00:16:09,218 I have tremendous regard for Phil, personally and professionally. 249 00:16:09,301 --> 00:16:11,512 I really like Phil Jackson, 250 00:16:11,595 --> 00:16:14,515 and I wanted Phil Jackson to come back and coach the team. 251 00:16:15,265 --> 00:16:18,769 And I just thought that the presence of Jerry was counterproductive. 252 00:16:18,852 --> 00:16:22,147 I just thought if Phil and I would sit down and talk, we'd work it out. 253 00:16:22,231 --> 00:16:23,524 And I flew out to Montana. 254 00:16:23,607 --> 00:16:25,943 I offered him the opportunity to come back. 255 00:16:26,026 --> 00:16:27,778 After weeks of public debate, 256 00:16:27,861 --> 00:16:31,782 many would argue that Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf has come to his senses, 257 00:16:31,865 --> 00:16:36,245 signing Phil Jackson to a one-year deal to return as coach next season. 258 00:16:37,037 --> 00:16:39,999 Phil is the coach, Jerry's the owner. Those two needed to talk. 259 00:16:40,082 --> 00:16:43,043 And we got it done, and we're very happy to have it done. 260 00:16:43,127 --> 00:16:45,713 This will be Phil's last year as the coach of the Bulls. 261 00:16:45,796 --> 00:16:48,590 At the conclusion of the year, we'll look towards the future. 262 00:16:49,216 --> 00:16:52,761 Jerry called me to his office and said, "This is going to be your last year. 263 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:56,223 I don't care if you win 82 games in a row, this will be your last year here." 264 00:16:56,306 --> 00:16:59,101 So, I said, "Fine," and I walked out of the room. 265 00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:02,062 And that was the only words that were exchanged. 266 00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:13,741 ["Sur Le Boulevard Du Rythm' Funky" playing] 267 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:33,469 [woman] Michael... Hello, Michael. 268 00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:40,350 -[reporter 1] How much French do you know? -Very little. But that's okay, I get by. 269 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,528 [reporter 2] Michael, what do you think about the Eiffel Tower? 270 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:56,200 [Telander] The Bulls were coming off this glorious season. 271 00:17:56,784 --> 00:17:59,161 They had a three-peat and they won two more. 272 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:01,955 And there they are in Paris, where they were mobbed. 273 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:05,542 I mean, it was like The Beatles had come to town. 274 00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:08,003 -[man 1] Come on. -[man 2] Don't stop. Let's go. 275 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:09,546 Quick step, quick step. 276 00:18:12,007 --> 00:18:16,553 Michael was like the Pied Piper walking down the Champs-Élysées. 277 00:18:16,637 --> 00:18:19,223 I think he was wearing a beret, because he's Michael. 278 00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:21,767 [man] How do you feel, Michael? 279 00:18:22,392 --> 00:18:24,103 How do you feel? 280 00:18:24,186 --> 00:18:25,813 [reporter 1] The NBA champions, Chicago Bulls, 281 00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:28,065 were in Paris for McDonald's Championship. 282 00:18:28,148 --> 00:18:31,151 Just one man is hogging the attention, Michael Jordan. 283 00:18:31,735 --> 00:18:34,446 [reporter 2] "He's bigger than the Pope," screams the morning paper, 284 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:36,115 and everybody wants a piece of him. 285 00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:38,951 -[Jordan] Uh, that's fine. Yeah. -Pocket? 286 00:18:39,034 --> 00:18:40,452 And for the translation. 287 00:18:40,536 --> 00:18:42,287 -Right here is fine? -[Jordan] Right. Yes. 288 00:18:42,371 --> 00:18:44,206 Will you mind signing this, please? 289 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:46,792 No, no. Not now, not now. 290 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:48,335 [speaking French] 291 00:18:53,173 --> 00:18:54,967 [in French] You don't have to be a connoisseur 292 00:18:55,050 --> 00:18:57,511 to know the greatest basketball player of all time. 293 00:18:57,594 --> 00:19:01,348 The person who is the closest to a god on Earth, 294 00:19:01,431 --> 00:19:03,642 Michael "Air" Jordan! Please! 295 00:19:03,725 --> 00:19:06,562 [crowd cheering] Michael! Michael! 296 00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:10,149 [host] Michael Jordan! 297 00:19:11,608 --> 00:19:14,611 Michael Jordan! 298 00:19:17,364 --> 00:19:19,616 [Costas in English] You couldn't make a shortlist 299 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:24,538 of the most consequential and successful teams in American sports, 300 00:19:24,621 --> 00:19:27,583 and leave Michael Jordan and the '90s Bulls out. 301 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:31,628 But the Bulls who immediately preceded the Michael Jordan era 302 00:19:31,712 --> 00:19:34,381 could be characterized as mediocre. 303 00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:45,475 Hi, I'm Bob Costas. Join me and Johnny Kerr 304 00:19:45,559 --> 00:19:51,231 for exciting Chicago Bulls basketball action here on WGN Television, channel 9. 305 00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:56,528 We weren't very good, uh, during the time leading up to Michael. 306 00:19:56,612 --> 00:20:00,991 The team was, you know, on a downward keel, if you will. 307 00:20:02,075 --> 00:20:03,994 [commentator] They've obviously got some problems. 308 00:20:04,077 --> 00:20:05,913 The ball club has not been winning. 309 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:10,876 Back then, in Chicago, everyone was a Bears fan. 310 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:16,006 Northsiders were Cubs fans. Southsiders were Sox fans. 311 00:20:16,798 --> 00:20:19,259 Blackhawks had fans scattered throughout, 312 00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:22,012 but there was no buzz about the Bulls. 313 00:20:22,804 --> 00:20:25,015 [Reinsdorf] The Bulls were being outdrawn at the Chicago Stadium 314 00:20:25,098 --> 00:20:28,310 by an indoor soccer team, the Chicago Sting. 315 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:31,396 Basically, the state of the team was... 316 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,233 It was Rodney Dangerfield, it didn't get no respect. 317 00:20:34,316 --> 00:20:36,818 The Bulls were in need of a lot of reinforcements 318 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:38,445 if they were gonna be a contending team. 319 00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:45,244 And here comes a young Michael Jordan, brimming with charismatic talent. 320 00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:47,704 [Falk] When he was in high school, 321 00:20:47,788 --> 00:20:50,832 Michael was one of the top recruited high school players in America. 322 00:20:51,833 --> 00:20:53,627 He decided to play at Chapel Hill 323 00:20:53,710 --> 00:20:55,963 for one of the great coaches of all time, Dean Smith. 324 00:20:58,215 --> 00:21:01,760 At the University of North Carolina, Coach Smith ran a very tight ship. 325 00:21:02,719 --> 00:21:06,431 [Peterson] He was a disciplinarian. A tremendous teacher. 326 00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:08,308 Michael had a ton of respect for him 327 00:21:08,392 --> 00:21:10,519 and he knew he had the best interest for Michael. 328 00:21:10,602 --> 00:21:13,105 I think Mr. Jordan's vision and my vision, 329 00:21:13,188 --> 00:21:16,942 who is going to help him continue to grow as a young adult, 330 00:21:17,025 --> 00:21:20,153 not just basketball, but his education. 331 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:22,781 Because for me, then, the first priority was education. 332 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,369 -[indistinct chatter] -[whistle blows] 333 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:33,333 Penetrate. Look at the basket. That's it. 334 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:36,878 Michael's parents did a tremendous job with him. 335 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:39,798 He was a fine young man. 336 00:21:39,881 --> 00:21:42,217 A very conscientious student, a very good student. 337 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:46,888 [interviewer] This is your mom reading aloud a letter home from you. 338 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:54,313 "Dear Mom. How has life been treating you? Fine, I hope. I am doing just fine. 339 00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:56,940 [over tablet] I am sending you my account number 340 00:21:57,024 --> 00:22:00,569 so that you can deposit some money in my account. 341 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:02,654 I have only $20 left. 342 00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:06,450 Tell everyone I said hello and smile. 343 00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:08,952 God and I love you. Love, Michael. 344 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:13,915 P.S. Sorry about the phone bill. Please also send me some stamps." 345 00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:16,293 [laughing] 346 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:20,839 Is that not a college student? "Please send me some stamps." 347 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:25,761 [Smith] He was very inconsistent as a freshman, 348 00:22:25,844 --> 00:22:29,348 but he's one of the most competitive ones we've ever had in our drills. 349 00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:32,851 He wanted to get better, and then he had the ability to get better. 350 00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:38,523 [Williams] Michael Jordan told me he wants to be the best player to ever play here. 351 00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:41,985 I said, "You gotta work harder than you did in high school." 352 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:45,197 He said, "I worked as hard as everybody." I said, "Excuse me. 353 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,075 I thought you wanted to be the best player to ever play here." 354 00:22:48,158 --> 00:22:51,578 He said, "I'm gonna show you. Nobody will ever work as hard as I work." 355 00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:58,877 After about two and a half hours of hard practice, 356 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,838 I'm walking off the floor, drenched sweat, tired, 357 00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:04,591 and here comes Michael, pushing me back on the floor, 358 00:23:04,674 --> 00:23:08,220 wanting to play a little one-on-one, wanting to see where his game was. 359 00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:10,722 I was better than he was 360 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:13,058 for about two weeks. 361 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:15,268 [commentator] Watch out! 362 00:23:17,270 --> 00:23:20,315 [Worthy] He wanted to learn, he wanted to grow quickly. 363 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,067 [commentator] He's on a tear right now... 364 00:23:22,150 --> 00:23:23,860 [Worthy] From month to month, from game to game, 365 00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:25,821 he was soaking up information. 366 00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:31,910 Once he got something and added it to the raw talent that he already had, 367 00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:34,079 it was really explosive to see. 368 00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:41,878 And by the time we got to the national championship game, 369 00:23:41,962 --> 00:23:43,839 he was a great player. 370 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:48,760 [commentator] Forty-fourth NCAA Division One 371 00:23:48,844 --> 00:23:50,470 Men's Basketball Championship. 372 00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:53,974 The largest crowd ever for a basketball game, 373 00:23:54,057 --> 00:23:56,143 an electric atmosphere. 374 00:23:56,852 --> 00:23:59,938 [Jordan] We were getting out there in front of 60-some thousand people. 375 00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:04,025 I was young, but I had no time to be nervous. 376 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:08,488 [Ewing] You had two great teams going against each other, who were well coached. 377 00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:11,241 Both teams were equally matched. 378 00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:18,957 Michael had some big key buckets and had some big shots. 379 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,334 [commentator] Jordan on the... Oh! What a lay-up! 380 00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:24,337 He put that ball up about 12 feet! 381 00:24:24,421 --> 00:24:27,257 It was about as tightly contested a game 382 00:24:27,340 --> 00:24:29,259 as you could ever want to see. 383 00:24:29,342 --> 00:24:32,304 And then, for the ending to be the way that it was, 384 00:24:32,387 --> 00:24:35,223 was rather amazing, as well. 385 00:24:35,891 --> 00:24:39,311 [commentator] Thirty-two seconds to go. A one-point lead for Georgetown. 386 00:24:39,394 --> 00:24:42,230 Dean Smith has said that's timeout. 387 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:45,734 [Worthy] Coach Smith called that timeout. We're down one. 388 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:49,696 This was where Coach Smith was extremely cool. 389 00:24:51,406 --> 00:24:53,575 [Jordan] He was drawing up a play for James. 390 00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:57,621 And he says that, "When you get the ball, swing it back, swing it around. 391 00:24:57,704 --> 00:24:59,122 Michael should have a shot." 392 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:02,209 He looked at me and said, "If you get the shot, take the shot." 393 00:25:02,292 --> 00:25:03,960 He gave me the green light. 394 00:25:04,544 --> 00:25:08,673 [commentator] Thirty-two seconds to go. A one-point lead for Georgetown. 395 00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:11,384 They stay in the one-three-one, with Ewing in the middle. 396 00:25:11,468 --> 00:25:13,011 They've gotta look to get it in there. 397 00:25:13,094 --> 00:25:15,138 [Worthy] They knew they'd be focusing on the internal. 398 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:17,599 That's where the defense was collapsing. 399 00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:21,811 Our offense shifted to one side. The whole defense went that way. 400 00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:23,855 And Michael was on the left side, 401 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,025 -the ball was reversed... -And Michael's wide open. 402 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:29,945 [Jordan] I caught it in total rhythm. 403 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:33,198 They had no clue that I was gonna take that shot. 404 00:25:33,907 --> 00:25:35,242 [commentator] ...shot. Jordan! 405 00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:39,079 Three! It's over! It's over! 406 00:25:39,162 --> 00:25:44,417 North Carolina has won the 1982 NCAA Championship. 407 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:53,510 [reporter] And the man who hit the crucial shot down the stretch 408 00:25:53,593 --> 00:25:56,805 for North Carolina, Michael Jordan. Those points proved to be the game winner. 409 00:25:56,888 --> 00:25:59,516 Michael, how did it feel when the ball dropped through the net? 410 00:25:59,599 --> 00:26:03,562 It felt really good, that I did something to help out the whole team 411 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:08,358 and maybe win the game, and I just felt very excited at the time. 412 00:26:09,484 --> 00:26:12,112 That turned my name from Mike to Michael Jordan. 413 00:26:12,195 --> 00:26:14,906 It gave me the confidence that I needed 414 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:17,367 to start to excel at the game of basketball. 415 00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:18,952 [crowd cheering] 416 00:26:23,790 --> 00:26:27,335 I'm just a freshman on the block, and I enjoyed my freshman year. 417 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:28,920 [cheering continues] 418 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:36,303 And I hope in the next three years that I'm here 419 00:26:36,386 --> 00:26:38,597 that we can win at least two or three more. 420 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:43,768 What Michael really did was improve considerably 421 00:26:43,852 --> 00:26:46,521 between his freshman and sophomore year. 422 00:26:47,022 --> 00:26:48,481 [commentator] North Carolina turns it over. 423 00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:50,108 Dawkins trying to run past Braddock. 424 00:26:50,817 --> 00:26:52,777 Look at Michael Jordan cover ground! 425 00:26:52,861 --> 00:26:55,155 I think he hit his head on the backboard. 426 00:26:55,238 --> 00:26:58,199 I heard a little bang. And that's how high that young man got up, 427 00:26:58,283 --> 00:26:59,784 he hit the back of his head... 428 00:26:59,868 --> 00:27:04,039 I can't pick one moment. When I think of Michael Jordan, yes, I think of the shot, 429 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:07,375 but I think of three years of watching that youngster 430 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:09,628 get better and better and better. 431 00:27:10,211 --> 00:27:13,173 Michael Jordan's the only player that could ever turn it on and off, 432 00:27:13,757 --> 00:27:15,550 and he never frickin' turned it off. 433 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:20,096 [commentator] Jordan... Look at that! Holy cow! 434 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,230 [Jordan] But after junior year, I was planning on coming back to school... 435 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:30,774 What's up? 436 00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:32,942 What's up? 437 00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:35,570 ...but Coach Smith recommended I go pro. 438 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:39,032 [Peterson] He was very comfortable in Chapel Hill. 439 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:42,202 But at the same time, he was hearing, 440 00:27:42,786 --> 00:27:44,829 "You could be one of the top three or four picks." 441 00:27:45,955 --> 00:27:47,624 So, it was weighing heavy on him. 442 00:27:51,878 --> 00:27:54,923 Well, to tell you the truth, I really just decided, 443 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:57,801 uh, I guess, an hour and a half ago. 444 00:27:57,884 --> 00:28:00,512 I didn't know, I was, you know, 50-50, 445 00:28:00,595 --> 00:28:03,765 and I talked to Coach this morning and, you know, 446 00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:05,767 he helped me and my parents helped me, 447 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:11,773 and I felt that would be better for me to start now, while I'm young. 448 00:28:15,443 --> 00:28:21,408 [announcer] The USA Network presents the 1984 NBA college draft. 449 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:24,994 We are just about ready to go, as we go to the podium 450 00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:28,540 and introduce commissioner of the NBA David Stern. 451 00:28:29,290 --> 00:28:31,543 The Houston Rockets select 452 00:28:32,127 --> 00:28:36,131 Hakeem Olajuwon of the University of Houston. 453 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:37,340 [crowd cheering] 454 00:28:37,424 --> 00:28:42,512 Olajuwon would have been first by anybody who picked, including me. 455 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:46,224 -Portland had Clyde Drexler... -[commentator] Clyde the Glide! 456 00:28:46,307 --> 00:28:48,727 ...who played the same position as Michael. 457 00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:53,314 So, Portland's feeling was that they needed a center. 458 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:56,151 [announcer] Now, the second choice, owned by the Portland Trail Blazers. 459 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:58,278 Let's go to the commissioner, David Stern. 460 00:28:58,361 --> 00:29:02,824 Portland selects Sam Bowie, University of Kentucky. 461 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,079 So, I knew that, you know, Jordan would be there for us. 462 00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:11,249 [announcer] Michael Jordan seems to be the next one up. 463 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,543 The Chicago Bulls 464 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:19,007 pick Michael Jordan of the University of North Carolina. 465 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:22,093 [announcer] The Chicago Bulls, having the third pick in the draft, 466 00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:25,972 and went with the sensational Michael Jordan of North Carolina. 467 00:29:26,055 --> 00:29:30,185 Jordan, who led North Carolina, now looking to step in to lead the Bulls. 468 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,395 [reporter] You've got a great opportunity to step in 469 00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:34,522 and win a city that is crying for a winner. 470 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,983 Perhaps you can turn that Bulls thing around. 471 00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:40,528 Hopefully, I can go in and contribute and maybe turn it around. 472 00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:42,864 I'm looking forward to that. 473 00:29:46,409 --> 00:29:51,706 The reality is we were lucky the draft was before the Olympics. 474 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:57,962 Michael became the most popular amateur basketball player in the world 475 00:29:58,046 --> 00:29:59,422 because of the Olympics. 476 00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:02,175 [commentator 1] Jordan gets it, puts it in the hole. 477 00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:03,802 [commentator 2] Jordan... 478 00:30:04,594 --> 00:30:05,553 [commentator 3] Jordan... 479 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,931 [Knight] He's the best athlete, one of the best competitors. 480 00:30:08,014 --> 00:30:09,599 He's one of the most skilled players 481 00:30:09,682 --> 00:30:13,812 and that makes him the best basketball player that I've ever seen play. 482 00:30:16,105 --> 00:30:18,858 [announcer] US has its ninth gold medal, 483 00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:23,196 but it's been an all-USA show in this tournament. 484 00:30:30,703 --> 00:30:32,956 [Jordan] I came from a program in college. 485 00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:36,459 It was about team game. You know, it was a clean program. 486 00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:39,838 It prepared me to go into the Chicago situation, 487 00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:41,422 which was totally different. 488 00:30:43,341 --> 00:30:48,471 [man] Before Michael Jordan got to the Bulls in 1984, drugs were prevalent. 489 00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:51,724 Cocaine and recreational drugs of all types. 490 00:30:52,308 --> 00:30:53,893 So, they had a lot of partiers. 491 00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:56,771 [interviewer] One of the articles I read, they called it 492 00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,773 "The Bulls' traveling cocaine circus." 493 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,316 [laughing] 494 00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:07,866 I've never read that article. 495 00:31:11,452 --> 00:31:13,788 -[interviewer] Accurate? -Uh... Look... 496 00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:17,292 Guys were doing things that I didn't see. 497 00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:21,880 I had one event, preseason. I think we were in Peoria. 498 00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:24,424 It was in a hotel so I'm trying to find my teammates. 499 00:31:24,507 --> 00:31:26,467 So I start knocking on doors. 500 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:29,596 I get to this one door, and I knock on the door, 501 00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:32,348 and I can hear someone says, "Shh. 502 00:31:33,474 --> 00:31:34,642 Someone's outside." 503 00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:40,231 And then you hear this deep voice, says, "Who is it?" I says, "MJ." 504 00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:42,692 And then they all say, "Oh, fuck, he's just a rookie. 505 00:31:42,775 --> 00:31:45,069 Don't worry about it." So they open up the door. 506 00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:49,490 I walk in, and practically the whole team was in there. 507 00:31:50,199 --> 00:31:54,162 And it was like, things I've never seen in my life, 508 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:56,289 you know, as a young kid. 509 00:31:56,372 --> 00:31:59,167 You got all... You got your lines over here. 510 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:02,170 You got your weed smokers over here. You got your women over here. 511 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,175 So the first thing I said, "Look, man, you know, I'm out," 512 00:32:07,258 --> 00:32:10,553 because all I can think about, if they come and raid this place, 513 00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:15,975 right about now, I am just as guilty as everybody else that's in this room. 514 00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:19,520 And from that point on, I was more or less on my own. 515 00:32:21,564 --> 00:32:23,733 [Telander] His townhouse was just a regular place. 516 00:32:23,816 --> 00:32:26,277 And at the start, his mom would be there an awful lot. 517 00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:29,238 And Jordan's buddies would come by, 518 00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:33,451 players and what have you, but he was just living like he was still in college. 519 00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:37,413 [Jordan] I enjoyed, you know, just hanging out, playing cards, 520 00:32:37,497 --> 00:32:40,500 watching movies, you know, I wouldn't go into the clubs. 521 00:32:41,584 --> 00:32:44,045 Whatever somebody else might've been doing off the court, 522 00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:48,508 if it was partying or whatever, that wasn't part of what he wanted to do. 523 00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:50,843 Orange juice and 7-Up was his go-to. 524 00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:56,641 I don't smoke, I don't do lines. I didn't drink at the time. 525 00:32:56,724 --> 00:32:59,811 I was looking just to get some rest, get up and go play. 526 00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:04,565 When Jordan first came to the Bulls, he was the number-three pick 527 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:08,903 so a lot of people thought, "Well, he's only 6'6". So how much can he really do?" 528 00:33:09,779 --> 00:33:13,074 We wish he were 7'1", but he isn't. 529 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:15,284 Michael gotta realize he's not seven foot, 530 00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,787 so he's not gonna carry a team in the NBA. 531 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:20,999 I really don't think that, uh, 532 00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:24,544 in the NBA anymore, there's really not any such thing as a one-man team. 533 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:27,588 And I don't think that you can come in expecting one guy 534 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:29,048 to turn the whole thing around. 535 00:33:29,632 --> 00:33:34,721 There was no one alive, not Coach Smith, not Rod Thorn, who drafted him, 536 00:33:35,805 --> 00:33:39,225 no one, none of the experts, thought that he would become what he became. 537 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,437 [Jordan] When I first got to Chicago, 538 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,440 I went in considering myself the lowest on the totem pole. 539 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,985 Whatever people had been saying about me, I still had to earn my stripes. 540 00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:54,657 [Higgins] When he arrived into the gym on the first day of practice, 541 00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:57,952 you can see that this guy is the best player here. 542 00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:00,955 This cat is different. 543 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:05,793 [Loughery] When we drafted Michael, I did not know how good Michael was. 544 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:09,213 The strength he had, the physical strength, was amazing. 545 00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:14,719 [Thorn] The first day of practice, 546 00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:19,557 I got a call from the assistant coach, and he said to me, 547 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,894 "Congratulations," and I said, "For what?" 548 00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:26,814 And he said, "You did not screw this draft up. 549 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:29,108 This guy is really good." 550 00:34:30,193 --> 00:34:33,780 [Jordan] From the first day in practice, my mentality was 551 00:34:33,863 --> 00:34:35,907 whoever is the team leader on that team, 552 00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:37,492 I'm going after him 553 00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:40,787 and I'm not gonna do it with my voice because I had no voice. 554 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:42,914 I had no... I had no status. 555 00:34:43,623 --> 00:34:45,208 I have to do it with the way that I play. 556 00:34:45,291 --> 00:34:47,001 [announcer] Twenty-three, Michael Jordan! 557 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:49,378 I felt like I earned my stripes in the third game. 558 00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:55,510 Milwaukee's always been a nemesis for Chicago. 559 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:58,554 Every time we played 'em, they beat us. 560 00:34:59,347 --> 00:35:04,310 They had Sidney Moncrief, who was the reigning defensive player of the year, 561 00:35:04,393 --> 00:35:06,395 and they had a tremendous defensive team. 562 00:35:06,479 --> 00:35:08,898 I kind of thought I knew his potential 563 00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:12,318 because I had played against the best players in the NBA so far. 564 00:35:12,401 --> 00:35:15,905 The Magics and the Birds and the Dr. J and Kareem. There were some great players. 565 00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:19,784 Then all of a sudden, this rookie comes into the NBA, 566 00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:22,912 and I watched the way he moved on the court and his instincts, 567 00:35:22,995 --> 00:35:25,248 I'm like, "Wow. That's going to be scary." 568 00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:27,959 [commentator] Milwaukee Bucks have taken control here, 569 00:35:28,042 --> 00:35:29,627 and they have a nine-point lead. 570 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:32,255 [Jordan] We were losing, going into the fourth quarter. 571 00:35:32,338 --> 00:35:36,300 Before, guys would get down on themselves and then they just kind of give up. 572 00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:39,595 "Okay, we just chalk this up. We look for the next game." 573 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:41,722 I'm saying, "The game's not over with." 574 00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,809 And Kevin Loughery sensed that in me, 575 00:35:44,892 --> 00:35:47,812 and he just started feeding me the ball, and I just started going. 576 00:35:47,895 --> 00:35:50,148 [commentator] Jordan now has 24 and is keeping the Bulls in it. 577 00:35:50,231 --> 00:35:51,816 Jordan goes for it! Gets it! 578 00:35:52,942 --> 00:35:54,527 There's Jordan driving... 579 00:35:54,610 --> 00:35:57,155 Whoa! Unbelievable! 580 00:35:57,238 --> 00:36:01,701 [Moncrief] Every time we went to trap him, he would split, go down the lane, 581 00:36:01,784 --> 00:36:03,327 make a really difficult shot. 582 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:05,246 He was so explosive. 583 00:36:05,788 --> 00:36:08,040 I don't think there's anybody that could defend Michael. 584 00:36:08,749 --> 00:36:10,668 [Jordan] We come back and we win the game. 585 00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:14,005 From that point on, everybody on that team felt like, 586 00:36:14,088 --> 00:36:16,215 "This young kid is not gonna let us lose." 587 00:36:16,299 --> 00:36:20,219 Everybody on that Bull team, within a two-week period, 588 00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:22,430 knew he was the best player we had. 589 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:25,683 [commentator] And now the noise factor begins to really increase. 590 00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:29,020 Here is the man, Michael Jordan, from North Carolina, 591 00:36:29,103 --> 00:36:31,397 the number-three pick in the NBA draft. 592 00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:33,566 ["I Ain’t No Joke" playing] 593 00:36:37,528 --> 00:36:39,030 Jordan... What a move! 594 00:36:40,072 --> 00:36:43,409 Jordan on the breakout, driving all the way and jams it home! 595 00:36:43,492 --> 00:36:45,494 [Riley] As a rookie, he was not a rookie. 596 00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:48,998 He proved, right out of the gates, 597 00:36:49,081 --> 00:36:51,209 there was none other like him. 598 00:36:51,834 --> 00:36:53,502 [commentator] Driving all the way in... 599 00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:56,714 That's unbelievable! He's put it in... 600 00:36:56,797 --> 00:36:59,050 It was like he had, like, a... 601 00:36:59,133 --> 00:37:00,968 extra levitation gear or something. 602 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:02,386 It just didn't seem real. 603 00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:08,267 His balance, his footwork, 604 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:09,685 his fundamentals. 605 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,605 [commentator] To Jordan. Looking for penetration. 606 00:37:12,688 --> 00:37:14,106 [Johnson] The dude was just... 607 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:15,816 Mmm-mmm-mmm. 608 00:37:17,485 --> 00:37:20,196 [commentator] Bodies going flying. What a move! 609 00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:22,782 Jordan driving... What a move! 610 00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:28,913 [reporter] How's the transition been from college to the NBA? 611 00:37:28,996 --> 00:37:30,790 Well, I think it's been pretty easy. 612 00:37:30,873 --> 00:37:32,500 ♪ Your off-beat DJ, if anything he play ♪ 613 00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:34,418 ♪ Sound familiar, I'll wait till E say ♪ 614 00:37:34,502 --> 00:37:36,837 ♪ Play 'em So I'mma have to diss and broke ♪ 615 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:39,924 ♪ You could get a smack for this I ain't no joke ♪ 616 00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:57,441 [reporter 1] He's only played professional basketball a few months, 617 00:37:57,525 --> 00:37:58,776 but at age 21, 618 00:37:58,859 --> 00:38:03,197 Michael Jordan is the National Basketball Association's hottest draw. 619 00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,116 [reporter 2] Since he arrived, the stadium, 620 00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:09,161 which used to be two-thirds empty, has been sold out every game. 621 00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:11,372 When Michael first came to town, 622 00:38:12,373 --> 00:38:14,959 I didn't have the money to buy tickets for a Bulls game, 623 00:38:15,042 --> 00:38:18,796 even the discount ones, back in the day. I was pretty broke. [chuckles] 624 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:26,012 But suddenly, you have a sports figure that put Chicago on the map, 625 00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:28,431 and that everybody was able to rally around. 626 00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:32,018 [McIntyre] Chicagoans like to think of themselves as being a little tough, 627 00:38:32,101 --> 00:38:34,270 blue collar, roll up your sleeves. 628 00:38:34,937 --> 00:38:36,314 You never mail it in. 629 00:38:36,897 --> 00:38:40,026 So people love to see somebody who gives it everything they've got. 630 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:41,110 Jordan did that. 631 00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:46,157 [commentator] Tonight's attendance: 18,688. 632 00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:49,452 When Michael came in '84, we got an immediate shot in the arm. 633 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:52,163 The city was just beside herself. 634 00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:55,541 The interest just grew, and it grew dramatically. 635 00:38:55,624 --> 00:38:58,294 It was just a phenomenal thing to watch it. 636 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:03,966 Country boy that comes into the big city and makes the big city a special place. 637 00:39:04,467 --> 00:39:06,761 Seems like it's exciting again. 638 00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:09,263 He does some things that I just never seen before. 639 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:12,224 Words can't describe him. He's poetry in motion. 640 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:14,769 [announcer] ...sellouts everywhere they go... 641 00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:19,523 The 1984-85 season will go down in history as the year Michael Jordan came to town. 642 00:39:19,607 --> 00:39:22,485 He has touched the hearts of Chicagoland and the nation. 643 00:39:22,568 --> 00:39:24,195 What's in his immediate future? 644 00:39:24,278 --> 00:39:27,031 Coronation as the NBA's Rookie of the Year. 645 00:39:27,114 --> 00:39:32,578 A fitting tribute to a man who rescued what some considered a dying franchise. 646 00:39:32,661 --> 00:39:36,832 The 1984-85 NBA Rookie of the Year: 647 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:37,750 Michael. 648 00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:39,460 [crowd applauding] 649 00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:22,378 -Don't mess up. -[laughs] 650 00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:26,173 Don't mess up. Don't mess up. 651 00:40:35,349 --> 00:40:36,475 Come on. 652 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:41,188 -I like this. This is French. -Okay. 653 00:40:42,022 --> 00:40:43,065 -How's the wife? -Good. 654 00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:45,526 -You just get here? -I was here for the game last night, 655 00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:47,528 -when we came in. -Really? Cool. 656 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:49,155 -Pretty great. -Reading all about you. 657 00:40:49,238 --> 00:40:51,449 -Enjoyed the photo of you. -Yeah... 658 00:40:53,659 --> 00:40:56,745 You guys are not allowed. Sorry. Nah, I'm just kidding. Come on. 659 00:40:58,038 --> 00:40:59,165 -[man] Thanks. -[Jordan] All right. 660 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,127 [indistinct chatter] 661 00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:06,797 I'd like to thank you for coming along on this ride, on this fabulous train. 662 00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:10,468 You gotta set me up with a schedule for when I get back. 663 00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:12,386 Get this shit taken care of. 664 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:13,721 -Okay, so that looks good. -Yeah. 665 00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:15,806 [indistinct chatter] 666 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,649 [reporter] Basketball fans from around the world 667 00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,276 have been gathering since early today, 668 00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:30,821 here at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy, here in Paris. 669 00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,199 They're here to see one man, Michael Jordan, 670 00:41:33,282 --> 00:41:36,368 five-time NBA champion Chicago Bull. 671 00:41:36,452 --> 00:41:37,995 [crowd cheering] 672 00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:55,137 [Telander] Scottie Pippen wasn't there. He had an injury, 673 00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:57,264 and you figure, "Well, they don't need him." 674 00:41:57,348 --> 00:42:00,017 Dennis Rodman wasn't there either, he was holding up. 675 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:01,560 But it was almost irrelevant 676 00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:04,021 'cause you knew Michael was going to annihilate everybody. 677 00:42:06,398 --> 00:42:08,984 [commentator 1] The Bulls are without Dennis Rodman 678 00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:10,611 and they're without Scottie Pippen. 679 00:42:12,321 --> 00:42:14,406 [commentator 2] Intimidation, that's what this is all about. 680 00:42:14,490 --> 00:42:18,118 These guys have never played against a team like this. 681 00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:20,788 Nothing but net for Michael Jordan! 682 00:42:21,664 --> 00:42:24,625 Jordan... Look out! Three in a row! 683 00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:25,793 Jordan... 684 00:42:27,002 --> 00:42:28,045 Oh, baby! 685 00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:31,715 Michael played every game as if it was his last. 686 00:42:31,799 --> 00:42:32,800 Every single game. 687 00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:35,052 There was never a day off. 688 00:42:35,886 --> 00:42:38,472 He knew that there was gonna be somebody in that crowd 689 00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:41,267 that never saw him play before. That's what kept him going. 690 00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:45,604 It wasn't, "I went to see this guy play and he only got 12 points." Didn't happen. 691 00:42:46,188 --> 00:42:50,317 [commentator 1] Call Häagen-Dazs 'cause I want two scoops of this scoop shot. 692 00:42:50,901 --> 00:42:53,153 [commentator 2] The French players just helpless out there. 693 00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:56,490 The Bulls won by 26. Jordan, il fait très bien. 694 00:42:57,366 --> 00:42:58,701 [laughing] 695 00:42:58,784 --> 00:43:00,995 Your first championship. Congratulations, dog. 696 00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:02,955 I'll get a bottle of champagne with you tonight. 697 00:43:03,038 --> 00:43:03,956 All right. 698 00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:05,958 Can I get a hug, too? 699 00:43:09,461 --> 00:43:12,298 -It don't count. -I'm gonna hug Jeffrey and Marcus, then. 700 00:43:12,381 --> 00:43:15,134 -I won a championship, I'mma go tell them. -It don't count. 701 00:43:15,217 --> 00:43:19,513 Good game. All right, man. Good game. 702 00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:21,265 -Can I have your... -Good game. 703 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:25,144 [crowd cheering] 704 00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:35,613 [singing] ♪ We can go home, home, home ♪ 705 00:43:42,494 --> 00:43:44,455 [indistinct chatter] 706 00:43:44,538 --> 00:43:46,915 -Is that going to the Berto Center? -[Jordan] Get out of here. 707 00:43:46,999 --> 00:43:50,044 -Is that going to the Berto Center? -[Jordan] No. Phil, keep it. 708 00:43:50,919 --> 00:43:53,714 -Don't let Jerry get it. -[man] What? 709 00:43:57,551 --> 00:44:00,429 All right. For all you guys who have never won before, 710 00:44:00,512 --> 00:44:01,930 welcome to being a champion. 711 00:44:03,098 --> 00:44:05,976 That's a good start. That's a good start. 712 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:08,520 Tonight, Michael put on quite a show. 713 00:44:09,104 --> 00:44:15,611 And we're proud to go home and continue on this quest for another championship 714 00:44:15,694 --> 00:44:19,031 in 1997-98. Thank you. 715 00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:24,828 [Kerr] Phil always looked for a theme for every season, 716 00:44:25,579 --> 00:44:28,791 and given that it was the last year we were going to be together, 717 00:44:28,874 --> 00:44:31,001 management had already made that decision. 718 00:44:31,543 --> 00:44:33,712 In typical Phil fashion, you know, 719 00:44:33,796 --> 00:44:36,131 he had a name for it. 720 00:44:37,549 --> 00:44:39,468 [Wennington] We arrived at the practice facility. 721 00:44:39,802 --> 00:44:42,638 It's our first official meeting as a team. 722 00:44:42,721 --> 00:44:44,181 Get the team handbook. 723 00:44:45,391 --> 00:44:48,602 Laminated on the front page: Last Dance. 724 00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:50,854 I talked to the players about, 725 00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:54,775 particularly, how important it was for us to really be together 726 00:44:54,858 --> 00:44:57,861 in this last run that we were going to have. 727 00:44:57,945 --> 00:45:00,406 So, I called it The Last Dance. 728 00:45:00,489 --> 00:45:02,366 [Wennington] That whole meeting was... 729 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:06,370 enjoy what's happening because this is it. 730 00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:12,793 [cheering] 731 00:45:15,295 --> 00:45:18,590 [announcer] Good evening, and welcome once again to Bulls basketball 732 00:45:18,674 --> 00:45:22,511 as the Bulls open the home portion of their '97-'98 campaign. 733 00:45:22,594 --> 00:45:26,390 Game time programs tonight, folks. Only two bucks on the outside. 734 00:45:26,473 --> 00:45:30,144 If you don't go see Michael Jordan, you're missing out on life. For sure. 735 00:45:30,227 --> 00:45:34,231 She said do you want Christmas presents under the tree 736 00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:39,069 or do you wanna see Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman? 737 00:45:39,153 --> 00:45:40,696 -Yeah. -We picked the Bulls. 738 00:45:41,780 --> 00:45:45,409 [man] Bulls caps, T-shirts! Right here! T-shirts! 739 00:45:45,492 --> 00:45:49,788 [reporter 1] Tonight, Jordan and the Bulls return to Chicago for the ring ceremony. 740 00:45:49,872 --> 00:45:52,708 It's not like the first time, but it ain't bad for MJ and company. 741 00:45:52,791 --> 00:45:54,543 Ring number five and banner number five. 742 00:45:54,626 --> 00:45:57,045 [reporter 2] Your fifth ring ceremony just as exciting as the first? 743 00:45:57,755 --> 00:46:01,175 Even more so. You put it in perspective so we're looking for number six. 744 00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:02,843 Good luck tonight. Thanks for stopping. 745 00:46:02,926 --> 00:46:04,386 [commentator] Always nice to hear Michael 746 00:46:04,470 --> 00:46:06,680 talk about the possibility of winning number six. 747 00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,682 And you'll see that ring ceremony. 748 00:46:08,766 --> 00:46:10,893 It's only moments away, here at the United Center. 749 00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:16,732 [Jackson] This is the last night 750 00:46:16,815 --> 00:46:18,984 we celebrate the championship of last year. 751 00:46:19,067 --> 00:46:21,403 It's going to be a nice celebration, and we'll enjoy it. 752 00:46:21,487 --> 00:46:24,948 What's important is winning this game. We've got to start off with a win. 753 00:46:25,032 --> 00:46:26,742 Okay. So get yourself back in tune 754 00:46:26,825 --> 00:46:29,286 to what we have to do, and take care of business tonight. 755 00:46:29,369 --> 00:46:30,621 Okay. All right, guys. 756 00:46:36,251 --> 00:46:37,961 [reporter] David Stern, thank you for talking to us. 757 00:46:38,045 --> 00:46:38,879 [Stern] Good to be here. 758 00:46:38,962 --> 00:46:41,381 [reporter] Talk about the perspective you can put on this team 759 00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:42,966 and what it has meant to your league. 760 00:46:43,050 --> 00:46:45,511 [Stern] There'll never be quite another team like this. 761 00:46:45,594 --> 00:46:50,182 They have gotten to be the number-one sports team in the world. 762 00:46:50,265 --> 00:46:54,436 It's a very exciting time in the life of the league and in my life, too. 763 00:46:56,980 --> 00:46:58,524 [inaudible] 764 00:47:02,444 --> 00:47:03,987 How's it going? You gonna warm up now? 765 00:47:04,071 --> 00:47:05,989 Yeah, we just gonna warm up right now. 766 00:47:07,241 --> 00:47:09,493 Look, Jerry, you wanna do some layups with us? 767 00:47:09,576 --> 00:47:10,410 Yep. 768 00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:12,746 -They gotta lower the rim. -Yep. 769 00:47:13,747 --> 00:47:16,834 [Stern] I'm here on behalf of basketball fans around the world 770 00:47:16,917 --> 00:47:22,089 to congratulate the 1997 NBA champion Chicago Bulls, 771 00:47:22,172 --> 00:47:28,262 a team for our time, the basketball team of our time and one for the ages. 772 00:47:28,846 --> 00:47:32,891 [announcer] The architect of the 1996-97 Bulls championship team 773 00:47:32,975 --> 00:47:35,686 and two-time executive of the year, Jerry Krause! 774 00:47:35,769 --> 00:47:37,271 [crowd cheering and booing] 775 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,443 [announcer] Phil Jackson, the coach! 776 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:45,112 [crowd cheering] 777 00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:53,704 And now, your five-time world champion Chicago Bulls! 778 00:47:54,913 --> 00:47:56,915 ["Sirius" playing] 779 00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:05,465 Bill Wennington! 780 00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:07,926 Steve Kerr! 781 00:48:08,010 --> 00:48:09,970 Toni Kukoc! 782 00:48:10,053 --> 00:48:12,514 Dennis Rodman! 783 00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:16,727 Scottie Pippen! 784 00:48:16,810 --> 00:48:18,270 [cheering continues] 785 00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:23,442 From North Carolina, 786 00:48:23,525 --> 00:48:28,572 at guard, 6'6", Michael Jordan! 787 00:48:37,748 --> 00:48:39,416 If you guys remember in 1984 788 00:48:39,499 --> 00:48:42,002 when they drafted Michael Jordan to the city of Chicago... 789 00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,253 [crowd cheering] 790 00:48:43,795 --> 00:48:46,715 I said then that we would be champions by the time I leave. 791 00:48:47,507 --> 00:48:49,635 Well, we are five-time champions, going for six, 792 00:48:51,094 --> 00:48:53,472 and we need your support. Thank you very, very much. 793 00:48:57,184 --> 00:49:00,187 [Jordan] That season could be the end, you know. 794 00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:03,482 It could very well be the end, and we had to think that way. 795 00:49:03,565 --> 00:49:06,735 Let's get refocused back in this game, let's get out of the blocks quickly, 796 00:49:06,818 --> 00:49:08,654 and let's do what we did last time. Let's go. 797 00:49:09,488 --> 00:49:11,698 -[man] What time is it? -[all] Game time! [grunt] 71714

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