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...that I'm from Chicago, and grew up cheering for the Bulls more than any other sports team. I toiled for years as Michael Jordan and company lost repeatedly to the Detroit Pistons, the self-proclaimed Bad Boys, in some of the most intense and thrilling playoff series I have ever seen...
...Celtics and Lakers-Celtics match-ups at the time, so the Bulls versus the Motor City Champs was the most passionate rivalry that I had seen. Along with the help of Scottie Pippen and the Zenmaster Phil Jackson, Jordan was able to exercise three consecutive years of Bad Boy playoff demons with a convincing sweep of the back-to-back champions in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals. Chicago went on the beat the Magic Johnson-led Lakers, the Team of the '80s, in five games and a dynasty was born...
Well, it is probably more appropriate to say that it was actually Jordan that led and coached the Bulls, but the fact remained that Jackson was a clutch playoff coach. There was no way that the Zenmaster would let Shaq and his teammates slip and face possible elimination so early...
...Arena crowd galvanizing Sacramento' s players, the Lakers lost two consecutive games for the first time since the beginning of February. What once was perceived to be an unbeatable team is now reduced to a squad that is 48 minutes away from one of the most humiliating and embarrassing playoff exits in recent memory...
...more about the plot, but I can imagine how it ends: Alex wins the tournament but loses the heart of his wife. Maybe he’s thrown out of the house and, by the end of the movie, spends all his time drinking cheap beer and watching playoff hockey. A happy ending, if I ever heard...