The whole point is that MJ’s stats were hugely inflated. Some key points:

• MJ’s steals and blocks doubled at home vs. on the road (and were up 82% per 36)

• This discrepancy is the largest discrepancy between home vs. away in the history of the NBA by a huge margin.

• At home, he had far and away the most steals in the NBA. But, on the road, he was tied for fourth.

• After he won DPOY, the discrepancy went back down within typical league margins. His DPOY year was an outlier of outliers.

• There were several games where Jordan’s stats didn’t logically make sense. For example, he had more steals than the other team had turnovers.