michael jordan played the position 13 in the nba.
what position did michael jordan play in the nba?
13
midway through the 1996 nba finals, seattle coach george karl decided to assign payton to play defense as a shooting guard instead of his normal point guard assignment in order to defend jordan. though the bulls won the series, seattle's (and especially payton's) defense held jordan and the bulls to their lowest offensive output in an nba finals and "frustrated the best player in the game." in his first three nba finals, jordan averaged 36.3 points per game and had scored at least 30 points in 14 of his 17 games. however, in the 1996 finals, jordan averaged 27.3 points per game and scored more than 30 points in only one of the six games. in a game 5 preview after payton had held jordan to a career nba finals low of 23, an nba pregame show described the rivalry of two strong defensive players renowned for their competitiveness. "[in game 4, jordan had his] lowest output in a finals game, much of it with payton guarding him. though afterwards, jordan refused to give payton credit, saying 'no one can stop me, i can only stop myself. i missed some easy shots.' the truth is, jordan finds the nba's defensive player of the year [payton] annoying. he views the [young payton] as impudent, and he would love to have a big game at [payton's] expense." (nba on nbc preview, game 5) the sonics won that game by 21 points and payton held jordan to 26 points – jordan's second-lowest-scoring finals game in his career up to that point. in game 6, which the bulls would win to capture the championship, payton played 47 minutes and jordan missed 14 of his 19 shots, getting a career finals low 22 points. bill walton, commentating for nbc at the time, said payton "outplayed" jordan during the second half of the series, and that seattle coach george karl would "rue" the decision to "hide [payton] from 'the king'" in the early games of the series. during this series, payton and his sonics also held jordan's bulls to the lowest-scoring quarter in their nba finals history. michael jordan would never score fewer points in an nba finals game than his 22 points in game 6, and would never be held under 30 points more than twice in a finals series, which the sonics did five times.
gary payton
bullet::::- michael jordan, all-nba first team









































bullet::::- michael jordan, nba most valuable player award









































bullet::::- michael jordan, nba finals most valuable player award









































bullet::::- michael jordan, nba all-defensive first team









































bullet::::- scottie pippen, nba all-defensive second team









































bullet::::- michael jordan, regular season leader, field goals (990)









































bullet::::- michael jordan, regular season leader, field goal attempts (1837)









































bullet::::- michael jordan, regular season leader, total points (2580)









































bullet::::- michael jordan, regular season leader, scoring average (31.5 points per game)









































bullet::::- michael jordan, associated press athlete of the year









































bullet::::- michael jordan, sports illustrated sportsperson of the year









































section::::award winners.:nba all-star game.
1990–91 chicago bulls season