Michael Jordan Moment 16

Bulls vs. Suns, 1993 NBA Finals, Game 4 

By Dr. Jack Ramsay, former NBA head coach

He had so many great games. He always did what it took for his team to win. If it took 55 points to win, he'd come up with 55 points -- as he did on this night against Charles Barkley and the Suns.

Michael always wanted the ball at the end, and he seemed able to make the big play in a critical moment with amazing frequency. Teams would double-team him at times but learned to be reluctant to do so because of his ability to find the open man. Still, scoring was important to him, too. He had a great ability and confidence to score whenever he wanted. I always felt you had to double-team him. If he had a slight flaw in his offensive game, he didn't score quite as well going to his left as he did to his right.

My goal was always to force him baseline and come at him with a second defender. Other teams like the Pistons used this strategy with some success early in his career. But that didn't last forever. His teammates got a lot of open shots, like John Paxson did notably later in this series, because Michael drew all those double-teams. He was a special player.