NBA Career: Part One

In Michaels 1985-86 season he broke a bone in his left foot just three games into the season. He was forced to miss all but eighteen games in the regular season. He was still voted to the All-Star team but could not play because of the games he missed for his foot. Amazingly he did come back from his injury to score a NBA playoff-record 63 points in a first-round game against the Celtics. (NBA.com) Sadly in that game they lost 131-132 in double overtime. In that series he average 43.7 ppg and now if there were any doubts about Michael Jordan at that point they were gone. Going into the 1986-87 season he had broken numerous records. For starters he scored 40 points or more in nine consecutive games and 23 straight in one game to set an NBA record. (NBA.com) They did make it to the first round of the playoffs that season but the Celtics, like the season before, put them out of the run. The Bulls were going to make sure this next season was going to be a good one they obtained a lot of good players to compliment Michael and to help him on the floor. So that very season they made it past the playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers and into the semifinals against the Pistons. They ended up losing to the Pistons in the playoffs. Each season though the Bulls were getting closer and closer to their ultimate goal, a NBA Championship.