And less, by far, than was his wont, as his team hung on for a victory, 77-69, against an amazingly inadequate Bulls team.

In 2007-08, Tangradi was named captain of the Bulls team.

"Both the Celtic and Bulls teams were great, but the number of teams today might make it harder to win," he said.

Surviving members of the 1958 Bulls team were invited to the 2009 International Bowl and were honored before the game.

"It's a fantasy," said Jordan, whose Bulls teams have never survived the opening round of the playoffs and may not this season, either.

The rest of the Bulls team was also averaging 52.5 points a game.

Those Bulls teams, however, did have strong players at power forward in Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman.

He scored 13 of of his 19 points in the last period, which was only 6 fewer than the entire Bulls team.

They are 0-4 in playoff series against Bulls teams led by Jordan.

If Jackson is truly concerned with the "purity of the game," he should re-examine the state of affairs on his Bulls team.