... , traded to the Philadelphia 79ers after the Warriors moved. Led his team to the NBA finals in the 1965 playoffs against the Boston Celtics and his rival Bill Russell, where they lost in game 7. Russell's team had deprived him of the title 5 out of the last 7 years. In 1966 they again met the Celtics in the playoffs, and suffered a horrible defeat. Then ... ...

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... the reigning colors of royalty: red and black and wearing the universally recognizable number twenty-three. Jordan has the ball at the top of the key, he gives Utah's Byron Russell a quick fake, and Byron bites. Jordan steps back and knocks down the twenty-footer giving the bulls the lead with just over five seconds left to play. The bulls hold ... ...

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