Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina and as a freshman scored the winning basket in the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship game. Jordan was selected college player of the year for the 1983-84 season, and in 1984 he led the United States basketball team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Jordan left …showed first 75 words of 562 total…

…showed last 75 words of 562 total…first NBA team to win 70 games in a season, finishing with 72 victories, and they went on to win the NBA championship title. Jordan was named MVP of the NBA finals, becoming the first player to earn the honor four times. Jordan again led the league in scoring during the 1996-97 season with 29.6 points per game. Chicago bested the Utah Jazz, 4 games to 2, in the 1997 NBA Finals and Jordan received his fifth NBA Finals MVP award.