Behold: United Center

What better of a place is there to celebrate Michael Jordan’s 50th birthday than the United Center? In the second photo, to the upper right are the banners depicting the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cups of 1934, 1938, 1961 and 2010. To the upper left are the Bulls’ NBA Championship banners of 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998. In the background are the retired Blackhawks jerseys of Glenn Hall (1), Pierre Pilote (3), Keith Magnuson (3), Bobby Hull (9), Denis Savard (18), Stan Mikita (21) and Tony Esposito (35). Not pictured: the retired Bulls jerseys of Jerry Sloan (4), Bob Love (10), Michael Jordan (23) and Scottie Pippen (33).

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