Michael Jordan is a former professional American basketball player,Olympic athlete, businessperson, and actor. Considered one of the bestbasketball players ever, he dominated (主宰) the sport from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s.
Michael began his professional basketball career when he was chosen bythe Chicago Bulls in 1984. Then, there was a time when the Bulls kept addingnew players and changing coaches, but they didn't win. Seeing that, Michaelfelt like he needed to do all the scoring as he couldn't trust the otherplayers'skills. Many people thought that Michael Jordan might never win achampionship (冠军) if he kept trying to do it all by himself.
To improve their performance on the court, Coach Tex Winter taught theBulls his triangle offense. It included sharing the ball and moving around thecourt in a specific way. Michael was unsure. He thought he was the only onethat could make the big shots. Tex Winter told him he should learn to trust histeammates to make the triangle offense work best. But that was difficult forMichael.
The Bulls faced the Utah Jazz in the 1997 National BasketballAssociation Finals. After four games, the series was tied 2-2. Finally, Michaelscored thirty-eight points and the Bulls won. Then, they had a chance to winthe series in Game Six. Michael had the ball near the end of the game with Jazzplayers swarming (拥上) around him. Instead of trying adifficult shot, he passed the ball to a teammate, Steve Kerr, who made thewinning basket. Michael finally trusted his teammates and he didn't always haveto take the big shot.
From then on, Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBAChampionships and earned the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award five times.With five regular-season MVPs and three All-Star MVPs, Michael Jordan becamethe greatest basketball player of all time.
