The flu game...The utmost inspiring

Premise: 1997 NBA finals, Chicago Bulls v. Utah Jazz

With the series tied at 2-2, Bulls traveled to Utah for a decisive game 5. Jordan woke up in the middle of the night, shaking and sweating and vomiting with the flu. While trainers doubted he would play and he actually needed an IV at halftime, Jordan played 44 minutes of 48 and scored 38 points, 15 in the 4th quarter plus 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block to win the game at 90-88. In the beginning, he was quite pale in the game and didn't have much energy to perform, this led to Utah taking a 16 point lead in the 2nd quarter...at home! But he came back and by doing so and putting up those brilliant numbers, he displayed the utmost inspiring sport performance that I have ever witnessed in my life.

I remember this game clearly even though it's a while ago, waking up very early in the morning to watch the game live at a friend's place who was not that much into basketball with Turkish commentators! "His Airness" was not simply in this world, he was so sick and from the look on his eyes, he seemed as if he didn't see anything around him nor had the energy to do anything about him. Everything he did originated from pure instincts rather his will as he was floating in his own time-space.

Now I clearly remember one game that I had to battle through gigantic migraine headache during a game with our fierce rivals, a low scoring game that we lost sadly 44-48! I remember how painful it was to force myself to play hard, to not letting my guys down and above all to win while I was not functioning normally. Even if everything is fine and working 100%, it takes a little more than that to win. What MJ did at the flu game, against all odds, was far beyond any man's imagination, only a true "Über-Man" can accomplish that.