Michael Jordan
Michael JordanJordan, Michael (1963- )
American professional basketball player, a leading scorer in the National Basketball Association (NBA), who led the Chicago Bulls to three consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (1991-1993). Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina and as a freshman scored the winning basket in the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship game. Jordan was selected college player of the year for the 1983-1984 season, and in 1984 he led the United States basketball team to a gold medal in the Olympic Games.
Jordan left college in 1984 to play with the Chicago Bulls team in the NBA. He finished his first season (1984-1985) as one of the top scorers in the league, with an average of 28.2 points per game; he was also named rookie of the year and made the first of his eight All-Star game appearances. Jordan finished the 1986-1987 season as the second player, after Wilt Chamberlain, to score more than 3000 points in a single season. He led the NBA in scoring for seven consecutive seasons (1987-1993), tying Chamberlain's record, and averaged more than 30 points per game in each season. He became the Chicago Bulls' all-time leading scorer, with 21,541 points, and his NBA scoring records include: highest career scoring average (32.2 points per game); highest career playoff scoring average (34.4 points per game); most points in a playoff game (63 points against the Boston Celtics in 1986); and the highest scoring average for an NBA championship series...
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