michael jordan returned to the chicago bulls on march 18, 1995.
when did michael jordan return to the chicago bulls?
march 18, 1995
in 1994, the bulls lost grant, cartwright and scott williams to free agency, and john paxson to retirement, but picked up shooting guard ron harper, the seeming heir apparent to jordan in assistant coach tex winter's triple-post offense, and small-forward jud buechler. the bulls started armstrong and harper in the backcourt, pippen and kukoc at the forward spots, and perdue at center. they also had sharpshooter steve kerr, whom they acquired via free agency before the 1993–94 season, myers, and centers luc longley (acquired via trade in 1994 from the minnesota timberwolves) and bill wennington. however, they were struggling during the season, on march 18, 1995, they received the news that michael jordan was coming out of retirement. he scored 55 points against the knicks in only his fifth game back, and led the bulls to the fifth seed in the playoffs, where they defeated the charlotte hornets. however, jordan and the bulls were unable to overcome the eventual eastern conference champion orlando magic, which included horace grant, anfernee hardaway, and shaquille o'neal. when jordan returned to the bulls, he initially wore no. 45 (which was his number while playing for the birmingham barons, a minor-league affiliate of the chicago white sox). he chose the no. 45 because his older brother larry wore that number in high school. michael wanted to be half as good as his brother so he chose 23 which is half of 45 (22.5) rounded up. however, jordan switched back to the familiar 23 before game 2 of the orlando magic series.
chicago bulls
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