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Article: Jordan, Bulls Tip Cavaliers; Last-Second Shot Ends Series, 103-101
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- The Washington Post
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- May 18, 1993
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In a building where his heroics have become routine, Michael
Jordan did it again tonight.
He sank a remarkable fallaway jumper from the right side of the
foul line at the buzzer, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers, 103-101,
and sending the Chicago Bulls to the Eastern Conference finals for
the fifth straight time.
"Just being able to be there when the team needs you, to come
through, means a lot to me," Jordan said. "It was a fadeaway, and I
hadn't hit a fadeaway all night."
The victory was the Bulls' ninth consecutive in the playoffs,
dating to last year's finals. They swept Atlanta in three straight
and Cleveland in four straight so far this season.
Jordan, still bothered by the sprained ...