“Michael Jordan made scoring sexy.  His reverse layups, slam dunks, and fadeaway shots were exciting to say the least.” -- Jason Kiang, author on www.bleacherreport.com.
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Chart showing the growth in attendance at Chicago Bulls games by year.
During Jordan’s first NBA season, he attracted foreigners, out-of-towners, and journalists alike to the Chicago Stadium with his slam-dunks and fade-away jump-shots. These antics caused the average attendance per game to nearly double from 6,365 (260,950 total) to 11,887 (487,370 total), which jumped to 18,061 (740,482 total) in the 1987-1988 season.

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Michael Jordan shooting a fade-away jump-shot. Photo from www.actlikeaman.org
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