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"So it must have been a pretty exciting moment," I
said to Tim Hallam.
We were standing under the basket in the minutes before the Atlanta Hawks game; Hallam had
just returned from Philadelphia where Jordan had, indeed, scored his fifteen
thousanth career point, right on schedule.
"I suppose it was exciting, but I was kind of bummed", Hallam
said.
"You were ?" I said. "Why ?"
"Because it came on a free throw," he
said. "Screws up my highlight film for next year."
John Diamond, Hallam's young assistant, said, "Ninety-nine and
oh-one were so good."
Meaning : Jordan had made a picturesque shot from the field to score points
number 14,998 and 14,999; he had made another gorgious field goal that resulted in points
number 15,001 and 15,002. But point 15,000 had come on a free throw - thus it would
look boring on film, and probably wouldn't even be included on the season sum-up
highlights reel that the Bulls front office prepared for promotional use.
"Pretty inconsiderate of him," I
said.
"I mentioned it to him on the plane," Hallam said, laughing.
"He was very apologetic."--Bob
Greene, "HANG-TIME, days and dreams with Michael Jordan", 1993, page 139-- |
