:24:00
that was so special.
:24:02
By the hand of the Almighty
:24:05
We fowered
in this generation
:24:10
Triumphantly
:24:14
Won't you help to sing
:24:19
These songs of freedom
:24:22
'Cause all I ever had...
:24:24
When Michael came back,
:24:25
and Jud and I were driving
down to the game,
:24:29
and I said,"Jud, you know,
does Phil start Michael?
:24:32
I mean, he hasn't been here for,
you know, 60 games, 65 games."
:24:36
And Jud looked at me
And he said,
:24:38
"Steve, as a general rule,
:24:40
"when you have your own
statue outside the stadium,
:24:42
you don't
come off the bench."
:24:45
There'll be other great players,
there's no question about that.
:24:49
But what he's done
for the game...
:24:51
I don't think anybody
will touch his greatness.
:24:53
and that's why eveybody's
holding on here in the finish...
:24:57
to just be apar of...
if this is the last run,
:24:59
eveybody wants to be
apart of it and witness it.
:25:06
The Bulls had gone
to the finals five times,
:25:08
and five times they had won.
:25:11
The fact that this might be
Michael's last chance...
:25:14
made these finals
the most anticipated ever.
:25:17
The Jazz had earned
the home cour advantage...
:25:19
on the strength
of their regular season.
:25:20
And now,
the world tuned in...
:25:22
to see if Michael
could beat the odds...
:25:25
and win one last time.
:25:32
Right here, right now.
:25:33
Right here, right now.
:25:35
Right here, right now.
:25:37
Right here, right now.
:25:39
Right here, right now.
:25:50
Michael circles, spins,
hangs, fires, scores.
:25:56
In game one, the Bulls
took the Jazz into overime.