Named to the 1997-98 NBA All-Interview First Team
Named NBA Most Valuable Player for the fifth time in 1997-98 and a unanimous selection to the 1997-98 All-NBA First Team Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for a record ninth time in 1997-98
Totaled a game-high 44 points (22-24 FT), 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a 111-109 victory over the New York Knicks on 4/18 Notched his 5,000th career assist, recording a game-high 37 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals, in an 87-78 win over the Orlando Magic on 4/11
Registered a game-high 40 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 109-94 victory over the Houston Rockets on 4/5 Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 4/5, averaging a league-high 35.7 ppg, 5.0 apg and 4.3 rpg for the 3-0 Bulls
Scored his 29,000th career point, posting a game-high 41 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, in a 107-93 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on 4/3
Named NBA Player of the Month for March, averaging a league-leading 28.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.5 apg and 2.07 spg for the 13-1 Bulls
Totaled a game-high 42 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in a 102-89 victory over the New York Knicks on 3/8 Named All-Star Game MVP for the third time, recording a game-high 23 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals, in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game in New York
Registered a game-high 40 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists against the Utah Jazz on 2/4
Posted a game-high 45 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 106-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on 1/18 Totaled a game-high 44 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals in a 90-89 victory over the New York Knicks on 1/9
Recorded game-highs of 34 points and 9 assists and grabbed 9 rebounds in a 105-96 win over the Detroit Pistons on 1/3 Registered a game-high 44 points (15-22 FG) and 5 rebounds in a 114-100 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on 1/2
Named NBA Player of the Month for December, averaging a league-best 28.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg and 3.2 apg for the 11-3 Bulls Broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA record by scoring in double-digits for the 788th consecutive game, scoring a game-high 33 points, against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 12/30
Posted a game-high 47 points (18-26 FG, 11-13 FT), 4 rebounds and 3 steals in a 97-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks on 12/27
Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 12/21, averaging 30.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.7 apg and 2.00 spg to lead the Bulls to a 3-0 week
Scored a game-high 29 points, moving past Moses Malone into 3rd place on the NBA all-time scoring list, in a 100-82 victory over the New York Knicks on 12/9
Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 11/23, averaging 37.3 pppg (.500 FG), 4.7 rpg, 4.3 apg and 1.33 spg for the 2-1 Bulls
Totaled a season-high 49 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a 111-102 double-overtime win over the L.A. Clippers on 11/21 Recorded 29 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists in a 94-81 victory over the Orlando Magic on 11/5
1998 Playoffs
Named Finals Most Valuable Player for the sixth time after averaging 33.5 ppg to lead the Bulls to a 4-2 series victory Hit the game-winning jumper with 5.2 seconds left, posting a game-high 45 points and 4 steals, in an 87-86 win over the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the NBA Finals
Registered a game-high 37 points, 5 rebounds and 3 rebounds in a 93-88 win over the Utah Jazz in Game 2 of the NBA Finals Recorded a game-high 33 points and 3 rebounds against the Utah Jazz in Game 1 of the NBA Finals
Averaged 31.9 ppg and 5.5 rpg against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals
Passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to became the NBA's all-time leading playoff scorer (5,762 points) and passed Dennis Johnson into fourth place on the NBA's all-time playoff assists list (1,006), in an 88-83 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals
Totaled a game-high 41 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals in a 104-98 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals
Averaged 29.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 4.6 apg against the Charlotte Hornets in the Eastern Conference Semifinals
Averaged 36.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 2.7 apg against the New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference First Round
Posted a game-high 39 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in a 96-93 win over the New Jersey Nets in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round
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Was selected in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
Named NBA Finals MVP in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA MVP in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998
The Bulls' all-time leading scorer with 29,277 points
His career scoring average of 31.5 is the highest of any player in NBA/ABA history
Led the NBA in steals in 1988, 1990, 1993
Holds NBA playoff record for most points in a game with 63 at Boston on 4/20/86
Named to All-NBA First Team from 1987, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '96, '97, '98
NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1988
NBA All-Defense First Team 1988, '89, '90 ,'91, '92, '93, '97, '98 NBA All-Star from 1985-93, 1996-98
NBA All-Star Game MVP in 1988, 1996, 1998
NBA Rookie of the Year in 1985
Scored his career-high 69 points in a 117-113 overtime win at Cleveland on 3/28/90
His 23 consecutive points vs Atlanta on 4/16/87 were the most ever by an NBA player
Member of the 1992 and 1984 Olympic gold medal basketball teams
Recorded two playoff career triple-doubles both at New York 5/9/89 and 6/2/93
Jersey #23 retired on 11/11/94 at the United Center Collegiate Career
Winner of the Dr. James Naismith Award in 1984
Winner of the John Wooden Award in 1984
Left North Carolina after his Junior year
Member of the NCAA Division I Championship team in 1982 Named NCAA College Player of the Year in 1983 and 1984 Unanimous selection for First Team All-American in 1983 and 1984
