Live Blog: Episode Seven, 'The Last Dance'

If you are just as excited as we are to watch 'The Last Dance," check in with us as we document in real-time, fan reaction and excitement as the series continues with part seven and eight tonight!

This will be part seven; we previously blogged on a separate page for part five. Please comment along with us!

The Playoffs is the playoffs, Round 1, New Jersey Nets, 1998

Bulls won in OT by 3, 96-93
"He kind of looked like the Michael Jordan in 1993; mentally and emotionally exhausted."

Jordan's father

"He was my rock" -Jordan
"He was just a wonderful, positive man" -Ahmad Rashad
"You knew Michael, you knew James. They were always together."
Jordan get emotional talking about his father
Jordan's father went missing for three weeks.

His car was stripped and totaled.
August 13, 1993

Jordan's father was found in a creek. Horrible.
Conspiracy theories started going around that Jordan's death is due to Jordan's gambling.

Jordan retiring?

Jordan announced his retirement in October 1993
"The biggest positive for me in this retirement is that my father saw my last basketball game."
"I was at total peace with that decision; totally"
Was this Commissioner David Stern secretly penalizing Jordan for 18 months?

"Ridiculous and no facts. It's just not true" -David Stern

Jordan becomes a baseball player, February 1994.
Baseball

"No rookie has ever received so much attention"
Every ballpark sold-out
He started out with a 13 game hitting streak
Jordan felt portrayed by Sports Illustrated due to the cover of him being "bad" at baseball
"I was this big icon but they treated me like I wanted to be treated, like one of the guys" -Jordan
"He played baseball because it was his dream; his father wanted him to play baseball"

"My mentality was to go out and win at any cost. Im gonna ridicule you until you get on my level" -Jordan
Bulls without Jordan

Scottie Pippen stepped into that role where Jordan once was.
Scottie was the softer touch

"We learned to share the ball and win together as a team" -Pippen

Bulls are at risk of losing the season to the Knicks in the semifinals

Jackson comes up with the game plan for Kukco to hit the game winning shot.
Pippen thought it was an insult; felt he should've had the ball.
Pippen doesn't go in; Jackson sends in Pete Myers
Jackson proved them right and Kukco hits the game winner and advance.
Pippen quit on his team, "This is something we never thought would happen" -Jackson
Bill Cartwright starts crying, "Pip, you let us down"
"If I had the chance to do it all over again, I probably wouldn't change it" -Pippen
Bulls lost in seven games to the Knicks

"Winning has a price. Leadership has a price. I pulled people along when they didn't want to be build. I challenged people when they didn't want to be challenged. Once you join the team you played the game at the level I was at. One thing you can never say about about Michael Jordan, he never asked me to do anything he didn't f**** do" -Jordan

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