Utah prevails over Chicago in a hard-fought Finals game, the exclamation point coming on John Stockton's incredible touchdown pass to Karl Malone for the go-ahead score in the final minute.

New York lost for the third straight game and were ousted in the 1997 playoffs. The Heat lost to the Bulls in the ECF and Chicago defeated the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals.

The Flu Game: suffering from illness and a soaring temperature, Michael Jordan scores 15 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter as the Bulls outlast the Jazz in the classic.

Chicago Bulls icon Michael Jordan threw up all night before Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals after eating pizza in his Utah ...

Bulls forward Scottie Pippen assists teammate Michael Jordan off the court for a timeout in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Salt Lake City on June 11, 1997. The next day, Fite recalled, NBC Sports ...

Just about every basketball fan knows about Michael Jordan's "sick" game during the 1997 NBA Finals. Even though the ...

More than 20 years after the Utah Jazz fell victim to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 1997 NBA Finals, former Utah star forward Karl Malone still has bitter memories. In fact ...

Just about every basketball fan knows about Michael Jordan's "sick" game during the 1997 NBA Finals. Even though the narrative had long been that Jordan had the flu during Game 5 of that series ...

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