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Article: Bulls defeat Jazz.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- June 12, 1997
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SALT LAKE CITY _ Michael Jordan was all but staggering, a pained look in his bloodshot eyes from an energy-sapping virus. And still he played on. That is what the greatest do.
In Jordan's storied career, the 38 points he scored Wednesday night in the Delta Center, giving the Bulls a 90-88 win and a commanding three-games-to-two lead in this best-of-seven NBA Finals, will rank as a triumph of will over pain, of insurmountable desire over a body that was telling him to quit.
``I wanted it really bad,'' Jordan said. ``At halftime, I told (coach) Phil (Jackson) to use me in spurts. But I wanted it really bad.''
Before the game there was a ...