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The Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons square up in Paris this Thursday. The last time the City of Light played host to the Bulls was in 1997, when Michael Jordan's legendary team came to town. Let's take a look back at how that memorable event played out.
It was a pre-season tournament, the McDonald Championship. This competition was the product of early attempts to create some sort of platform for international basketball, which involved six professional teams each year.
The Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks slowly found their feet, but as the nineties came to an end and the competition gained traction, there was only one name being uttered across France.
Jordan in Paris? That's better than any royalty, French fans said when they heard the greatest player in the world would be playing in their capital for a series of games.
There was a sense of whipped frenzy, excitement, and yet an element of mystery. They hadn't seen him play in the flesh yet, they weren't sure of what level of eminence to expect.