DELOS SANTOS, JAMES ACE G. PROF.

JOHN MARK NERO

BSBA HRM 2-2D APRIL 15, 2021
TEAM SPORTS (PHED 10042)
Game Analysis No. 1: Michael Jordan’s last game as a Chicago Bulls Player
(June 14, 1998). The Bulls won 87–86, winning their sixth NBA championship in
eight years. Game 6 was the final game with the Bulls for Michael Jordan vs the
Utah Jazz.
INTRODUCTION
Before I discuss the match, I would like to give some short introduction regarding the
two teams fighting for the championship. The Chicago Bulls are an American
professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National
Basketball Association as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central
Division. The team was founded on January 16, 1966 and played its first game during
the 1966–67 NBA season. Meanwhile, The Utah Jazz are an American professional
basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball
Association as a member of the league's Western Conference, Northwest Division.
Since 1991, the team has played its home games at Vivint Arena. This game is highly
contested since it defines if there would be a game 7 in the finals, but hence, Michael
Jordan saved this game with a surprise 2-pt. jump shot from 17 ft. that sealed their
place as the champion of the year 1998. Moreover, this game happened in Utah’s home
court, at the Delta Center, now known as Vivint Arena, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
SUMMARY OF THE GAME
Now let us discuss the summary of the game. In this part of the summary of the game I
will illustrate their respective scores per quarter.

Scoring

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total

CHI 22 23 16 16 87

UTA 25 24 17 20 86
Fig 1.1 Line Score
At the start of the game, the jump ball was between K. Malone and L. Longley,
but R. Harper gained possession of the ball. At 11:44, just sixteen seconds on the clock,
S. Pippen makes a 2-pt. dunk that was assisted by R. Harper. That is just the beginning
of the first quarter, now let us focus on the highlight of the first quarter. One of the
highlights of the first quarter is when M. Jordan made a 3pt. jump shot from 25. ft that
was assisted by T. Kukoc. As it made the score 15-8, in favor of the Chicago Bulls.
Another highlight is when Jordan made another 2pt.jump shot from 19 ft. that tied the
score of 22-22. But still the Utah Jazz won by 3 points, 22-25, in favor of them, the last
shot of the quarter was done by Malone from a free throw shot. Here is a summary of
shots that was made by Chicago Bulls on the first quarter.

Now let us focus on the

second quarter. S. Anderson
makes 2-pt layup, right off
the bat, that makes the
score, 22-27, in favor of the
Utah Jazz, then moments
later, a personal foul was
committed by C. Morris,
consecutively by G. Foster.
Then after two moments of
turnover, both committed by
B. Wennington. He is
substituted by D. Rodman.
Fig. 1.2. Chicago Bull’s Shot After the substitution, T.
st
Chart of 1 Quarter Kukoc tried to do a 2pt. jump
shot from 20 ft. but missed it, still
he compensated for it by doing a
2pt. lay up later that was assisted by D. Rodman. For the Bulls to lead the
second quarter. J. Buechler made a 2pt. jump shot, from 21 ft. that was
assisted by Michael Jordan. But minutes later the Utah Jazz campaigned
so hard that the score reached 28-32, in favor of them, in courtesy of a
2pt. layup of K. Malone which was answered by M. Jordan by scoring a
3pt jump shot from 25 ft., assisted by T. Kukoc. Let us now fast forward on
the ending of the first half as B. Russel makes a 2pt. layup that was
assisted by Malone, to answer that M. Jordan attempted to do a 3pt. jump
shot from 37 ft., but it missed. The box score of the first half is 45-49, in
favor of the Utah Jazz.
The second half would be compressed to give way to the historic
shot that was done by M. Jordan that was ranked Jordan's last shot as a
Bulls player fourth among 50 best single-game performances in 2010. As
four minutes in the third quarter, M. Jordan makes 2-pt jump shot from 17
ft., they are trying to close the gap that M. Jordan, on the shot clock of
2:36 made a successful free throw 1 of 2 to tie the score of 60-60. Many
attempts were made by both teams to further their score, but Utah Jazz
 closed the third quarter by the player, A. Keefe who made a 2pt. layup,
assisted by H. Eisley. That made the score 61-66 in favor of the Utah
Jazz. The game is reaching its finale and it is in a high stake since if the
Utah Jazz wins this game, it would mean that a Game 7 would happen
between them. Now let us now focus on the last quarter of the game. The
game was started by a shooting foul of H. Eisley, M. Jordan made 2
successful free throw that made the score 63-66, still in favor of the Utah
Jazz. Then moments later, M. Jordan makes 2-pt jump shot from 15 ft. but
another attempt of him to make a 2pt jump shot failed that was answered
by C. Morris who made a 2pt. layup, assisted by K. Malone that made the
score 67-70, in favor of the Utah Jazz, after that layup, the Chicago had a
full timeout. After a full timeout request. S. Pippen enters the game for M.
Jordan but after 2 minutes he reenters the court and replaces J. Buechler.
He made two successful free throws then makes a 2pt. jump shot later
from 18 ft. Fast forward. The score was 81-83 in favor of the Utah Jazz,
the Chicago bulls requested another full timeout. After that, M. Jordan
made another two successful free throws. But was answered by J.
Stockton by a 3pt. jump shot assisted by K. Malone, then the Chicago
bulls requested again for another full timeout. S. Kerr enters the game for
R. Harper. Michael Jordan makes a 2pt. layup after resume which made
the score 85-86, it is very nerve wracking just 5.2 seconds remaining
Michael Jordan made his 2-pt jump shot from 17 ft. that sealed the deal.
The score was 87-86 in favor of the Chicago Bulls, thus making them
champion of NBA 1998 season.
PERSONAL OBSERVATION
Since it was the last time for Michael Jordan to play
in Chicago Bulls, let us focus on him only. He
scored in this game with a total of 45 points over
87, he merely scored 51.72 overall for Chicago
Bulls. This is Michael Jordan’s Shot Chart entirety
of the game.
He had a 35 field goal attempts, while only had 15
field goals, he played for almost 42 minutes of this
entire game. He made a 7, 3pt goal attempts and 3
of them made it successfully which made him in this
game can score 3 points with an average of 42
percent. He had the most 3 points in this game but
the highest percentage of making 3 points goes to
Toni Kukoc, in a whopping 50 percent, but he only made 2 attempts, which makes
Michael Jordan’s attempt has more weight.
 Game Analysis No. 2: Kobe Bryant’s last game vs Utah Jazz (April 13, 2016)
wherein he scored 60 points against the Utah Jazz, giving fans one last enduring
memory of his greatness.
INTRODUCTION
Before I discuss the match, I would like to give some short introduction regarding the
two teams fighting for the championship. The Los Angeles Lakers are an American
professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National
Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific
Division. The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt
Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the
league's Western Conference, Northwest Division. Since 1991, the team has played its
home games at Vivint Arena. In addition, this game marks the 1,346th and final contest
of Kobe Bryant’s 20-year career in the NBA. Over the course of his legendary tenure,
the Philadelphia native racked up 18 All-Star nods, five championship rings, two scoring
titles and an MVP trophy. Bryant leaves the game as the third-highest scorer in league
history, behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. The game happened in
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA.
SUMMARY OF THE GAME
Now let us discuss the summary of the game. In this part of the summary of the game I
will illustrate their respective scores per quarter.

Scoring

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total

LAL 19 23 24 25 101
Fig 1.3 Michael Jordan’s Shot
Chart
UTA 21 36 18 21 96
Fig 2.1 Line Score
At the start of the game the jump ball was between by R. Hibbert vs. J. Withey but T.
Lyles gains possession of the ball. The first attempt of field goal was by G. Hayward, but
he missed 2-pt layup from 1 ft., after a defensive rebound by Randle, Kobe misses a 3pt
jump shot from 24ft., after a few moments J. Withey makes 2-pt jump shot from 6 ft that
was assisted by S. Mack. Then K. Bryant attempted to make a field goal but missed a 2-
pt jump shot from 19 ft. and was met by a defensive rebound of Hood. 2 minutes in the
game Utah has scored 2-0. Bryant had missed two times for a 2pt. jump shot before
scoring a 2-pt jump shot from 10 ft. Making the score 6-6. After committing a shooting
foul by Hibbert, Whitney made 2 free throws which he missed in his first attempt but
made the latter one successful. It was answered by Nance in which made Bryant score
a 2pt. jump shot from 15 ft. making the score 7-8, in favor of LA Lakers. After a shooting
foul committed by Withey, Bryant made a free throw attempt which was successful,
making the score 7-11, prior to his 2pt layup. After a defensive rebound by Neto,
Brooker makes a 2pt layup which was assisted by him. Making the score 11-11, this
was the second tie in the first quarter, when in total they made 3 ties under 56 seconds
in the shot clock. The game closed with the score of 21-19, in favor of the Utah Jazz,
when Neto made a 2pt layup, after Bryant missed a 3pt jump shot which Ingles of the
Jazz successfully rebounded. Now let us focus on the second quarter but it would be
quick, so does the next 2 quarters. Both teams only had 2 ties in this quarter early on. T.
Lyles lead the game in second quarter he is the scoring leader for this quarter. But
Bryant leads the first until the last except of the second one, and in the end, he had 60-
point contribution. Which is roughly 59 percent of their score.
PERSONAL OBSERVATION
Kobe dominated three of the quarters, but still he did great in the second one. He
played for 42 minutes. Made 50 field goal attempts but only succeeded on making 22.
Which made he had a chance of making a point by 44 percent, he had 21 attempts of 3
points, but only made 6 of them, which makes his chance of making 3 points only 28.6
percent in this game. He made 12 free throw attempts which he only missed 2, which is
good. This is the last game of Kobe for the LA Lakers, and he went out with a bang