# DVD Transfer 87 (NBA on TNT - Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks - Michael Jordan "Double Nickel" Game)

(c)1995 NBA Entertainment/TNT-WarnerMedia Discovery DVD Transfer 87 is the March 28, 1995 NBA on TNT game pitting the defending Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks (44-23 coming in) hosting the 36-33 Chicago Bulls in a renewal of one of the NBA's biggest rivalries of the 1990s. However, much more was at stake here than simply a rivalry between the two most dominant teams in the East up to then. Nine days earlier, Michael Jordan's first retirement ended with a fax that simply stated "I'm Back"; and on this night in front of a national audience on TNT Jordan - temporarily wearing #45 due to his usual #23 having been retired (the number would be unretired during the playoffs) - proved he was back, scoring 55 points ("double nickels") to break his own record (from 1986) of most points scored by an opposing player at Madison Square Garden. Despite this, the key moment by Jordan came with an assist with time running out to backup Bulls center Bill Wennington (in the game after Chicago's other big men - Will Perdue, Luc Longley and Toni Kukoc - all fouled out), who scored the winning basket as the Bulls narrowly edged out New York 113-111 (overcoming Patrick Ewing's 36 points). Needless to say, the various storylines brought out plenty of stars, as in addition to regulars such as Spike Lee; other notable attendees included Bill Murray (who would co-star with Jordan on "Space Jam"); NBA Commissioner David Stern; talk-show host Phil Donahue alongside his wife, former "That…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1995
- By: NBA Entertainment; Turner Network Television-WarnerMedia Discovery
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/dvd-transfer-87)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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