Aussie basketball great's shining moment against Michael Jordan's Bulls

Australian basketball legend Chris Anstey has celebrated the release of The Last Dance documentary by detailing how his lowly Dallas Mavericks managed to topple the mighty Chicago Bulls in 1998.

The first two episodes of the documentary, which revolves around NBA legend Michael Jordan’s final season and championship with the Bulls, was released in Australia on Monday evening.

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With NBA diehards lapping up every detail of Jordan’s final season, Anstey stepped in to tell the story of the the Mavericks, who finished the 1998 season with a 20-62 record, managed a double-digit comeback against the soon to be six-time NBA champion Bulls with a lengthy Facebook post.

Anstey described a packed stadium for the game, Jordan’s last in Dallas as a Bull - his five minute commute to the arena took just over half an hour, such was the traffic from fans looking to get a final glimpse of ‘His Airness’.

“Months earlier, my phone rang off the hook when Jordan announced that this would be his last season,” Anstey wrote.

“Family and friends had checked the schedule to see when the Bulls played in Dallas.

“Fans lined the streets between the Bulls hotel and the arena, hoping to get a glimpse of possibly the best team in the history of sports, led by perhaps the greatest athlete ever.”

Nerves strike Chris Anstey in Michael Jordan matchup

Anstey was a bundle of nerves before the game and, knowing it was likely the last chance he’d have to share a court with Jordan, planned to hit the champion guard with a hard foul at some point in an attempt to get a photo with the iconic player.

Unfortunately for Aussie big man, he found himself anchored to the bench in the first half as Mavericks coach Don Nelson opted to utilise 7’6 man mountain Shawn Bradley at centre, as opposed to the 7’0 Anstey.

But with the Mavs down double-digits after half-time, Anstey was thrown into the action, where he soon discovered sharing the court wth such an immense talent could wreak havoc on his game.

“I had never been so nervous walking to the free throw line. It showed. Brick. Brick,” Anstey said of missing his free throws.

“My first moment in the metaphorical spotlight, and I sh*t the bed.

“The stats told us later that I clearly wasn’t the only nervous Maverick out there that night. That was the impact of the aura the Chicago Bulls held. Every second felt high pressure.”

The Mavs had been down by as many as 17 in that game, but with a roaring home crowd, slowly but surely worked their way back into the game.

A Cedric Ceballos three pointer in the dying seconds of the fourth sent the game to overtime, where the Mavs managed to take an early lead.

Dallas eventually won 104-97, with Anstey addming eight points and six rebounds in 20 minutes on the floor.

Anstey recalled trash talking Bulls enforcer Dennis Rodman in the dying minutes, but would admit in his Facebook post that even he figured the Mavs were rank outsiders.

“f you asked how many times could I win a game of basketball that Michael Jordan played in, I’d give you the type of answer that Mary Swanston gave Lloyd Christmas,” he said.

But as long as the "1" exists in “1 in a million”, why can’t it be the first time? Or the next time? What if we allow ourselves to be naïve enough to believe that there is always a chance?”