So did Jordan quit in Game 5 of the 89 East Finals?? You can spin anything your way.
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-06-01/sports/sp-1414_1_michael-scores-detroit-s-isiah-thomas-shots
Chicago's Michael Jordan would take only eight shots in 46 minutes?
--Craig Hodges would lead Chicago in shots
and points?
--Bill Laimbeer would be benched by Detroit the entire fourth quarter?
--Detroit's Isiah Thomas and Mark Aguirre would be benched
almost the entire fourth quarter?
--Detroit's starting five would combine in the fourth quarter for three points?
--Brad Sellers would
play 22 minutes for Chicago after not playing in the past three games--and take one less shot than Jordan?
No wonder it was suggested that the Bulls turned Jordan into a $2.5-million-a-year decoy.
"That's a pretty crass thing to say," Jordan's coach, Doug Collins, snapped back. "That's a pretty big shot to take at us.
"Michael scores 46 points, and people say he's not sharing enough of the offense. Now he takes eight shots and you tell him he's the highest-priced decoy in
the game.
"Is that fair?"
Jordan sure didn't think so.
He made a conscious effort, he said, to involve his teammates in the offense, what with the Pistons putting everybody but their trainer on him when he touched the ball.
"Why should I take the shots if they're double-teaming me, triple-teaming me, sometimes even putting four guys on me?" Jordan asked. "Didn't we still get good shots?"
Yes, Michael.
"Well, did we hit 'em?"
No, Michael.
"That's the whole story," Jordan said. "We gotta hit 'em."
so you saying he purposely cost his team the series to make a point?
