Now some media and fans like to discuss the single-core championship, and it is currently recognized that there are two teams that have led the team to win the championship with a single core, one is the Houston Rockets led by Olajuwon in 1994, and the other is the Dallas Mavericks led by Nowitzki in 2011, and some fans said that the Bulls in 98 should also be regarded as a single-core championship, for this, "American Yang Yi" A-Smith disagreed, he thought: Jordan's performance that season was really good, but he had a helper Pippen by his side, so he couldn't be considered a single core, Smith's point of view also caused heated discussions among some fans!
First of all, I want to explain what is a single core? Simply put, the team has only one super core, and other teammates have limited abilities, and can only rely on the core to win, such a team is basically a single core, so from this standard, the Bulls team in 98 is considered a single core to win the championship? In fact, it is calculated, why do you say that? You can use data analysis first!
Jordan was full of regular season that season, playing a full 82 games, and was the only player on the team who was full of attendance, don't forget that he was 35 years old at that time, Jordan averaged 28.7 points per game in the regular season, and Pippen, who ranked second, scored 19.1, but you must know that Pippen only played 44 games in the regular season in '98, so the gold content of this data is not high.
In the playoffs, Jordan's average score per game is 32.4, Pippen has dropped to 16.8 per game, and the shooting rate has also plummeted, which shows that Jordan's playoff data is better than the regular season, and Pippen's playoff data is weaker than the regular season, and the score gap between the two in the playoffs is almost double, which is greater than the score difference between Nowitzki and Terry in the playoffs in 2011!
In fact, there is not only a gap in data, in that season, if you have watched the Bulls' games, you should know that if there is no Jordan, it is not certain whether the Bulls can enter the playoffs, because Pippen chose to have surgery and rested for 38 games, Rodman is also stop-and-go, and has no mind on the court, and the ability of other players is not enough, so Jordan can only carry the team forward by himself and bring the team into the playoffs.
This season, Jordan won the regular season MVP, the regular season scoring title, the All-Star MVP, the Finals MVP, and the final championship, in addition, he was also selected for the best team, and the best defensive team, to be honest, these honors are not won by many players in their lives, but Jordan did it in one season, and he is already a 35-year-old veteran.
Jordan in the finals also did the ultimate, both offensive and defensive, showing strong aggressiveness, if there was no Jordan's god-level performance, the Utah Jazz that year had a good chance to win the championship, because from the overall strength of the two teams, the Jazz are stronger than the Bulls, it is because of Jordan that their championship dream is shattered.
It is undeniable that Pippen's ability, but seriously, Pippen's help to Jordan that season was really limited, and even inferior to Kukoc, which is by no means to belittle him, so Yang Yi of the United States said that Jordan in 98 is not a single core, because there is Pippen by his side, this statement is completely unconvincing.