After months of anticipation, ESPN aired the first two episodes of “The Last Dance” on Sunday night, premiering the long-awaited documentary on Michael Jordan’s life and playing career. Basketball fans have gone a month without watching a game so everyone was hungry to tune in and the numbers showed.

ESPN reported an average of 5.8 million viewers across the two-hour premiere, surpassing the highest-rated NBA game the network has ever shown. With that many people tuning in, it did not take long for everyone — from the experts to the casual fans — to chime in with their opinions on Jordan.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.