Here is an amazingly cool video of raw baseline footage from the game where Jordan made The Shot against Cleveland.
The part right after the shot where the reporter/cameraman run out onto the floor is priceless.
They didn't really come all that close. They went to the Finals, that's close to me. Granted the East was weak and they got swept. Then Dwight Howard got closer than Lebron ever did to winning a title as a 1 man team.