Michael Jordan did something tonight that he never did in his illustrious 14-season tenure in the NBA. He scored just six points.
In Washington's 108-81 loss to the Indiana Pacers before a sold-out crowd of 18,345 at Conseco Fieldhouse -- its worst loss of the season -- Jordan failed to score in double digits for the first time in 866 games, according to the Washington Post.
The last time Jordan scored in single digits came on March 22, 1986 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, when he was a member of the Chicago Bulls, had yet to come close to winning a championship or contemplate his first retirement.
Now, 28 games out of his second retirement, the 38-year-old Jordan made just 2 of 10 shots and 1 of 2 free throws in Washington's second consecutive defeat after its nine-game winning streak was halted on Wednesday night in Charlotte.
Jordan said he probably could have reached the double-digit mark but he did not want to play in the meaningless fourth quarter when the game was decided simply to salvage his scoring streak.