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After shooting 2-for-17 in the Chicago Bulls’ 87-80 win over the Golden State Warriors on Jan. 30, 1998, Michael Jordan shrugged it off. “It was a bad night. A bad night on the job,” he conceded afterward. ”I just take it as that. If I could explain why it happened, I could have corrected it as the game went along. ... You don’t want to have bad nights like tonight. But it happens. No ...
Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine drives past Celtics forward Sam Hauser in the first half Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, at the United Center.

After shooting 2-for-17 in the Chicago Bulls’ 87-80 win over the Golden State Warriors on Jan. 30, 1998, Michael Jordan shrugged it off.

“It was a bad night. A bad night on the job,” he conceded afterward. ”I just take it as that. If I could explain why it happened, I could have corrected it as the game went along. ... You don’t want to have bad nights like tonight. But it happens. No excuses.”

Everything went wrong for Jordan, but the Bulls won the game in Oakland, Calif., taking the pain out of one of the worst offensive performances of his

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