Michael Jordan Said His Infamous ‘Flu Game’ Was Actually Food Poisoning From Eating A Whole Pizza
The final episodes of the documentary The Last Dance aired last night on HBO and though the whole series has given us tons of interesting insight on Michael Jordan and the 1997 Chicago Bulls, perhaps nothing got people talking more than a revelation about...pizza.
In the two-part finale, the doc covered what would come to be known as Michael's "Flu Game," AKA game five of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz. He performed well but looked ill and was said to be suffering from "flu-like symptoms." But in last night's episodes, Michael's trainer Tim Grover and his friend George Koehler explained that the night before the game, Michael had ordered a pizza that was delivered by five delivery men and the whole thing seemed pretty sketchy.
“They’re all trying to look in, and everybody knew it was Michael. So I take the pizza, I pay them, and I put this pizza down and I say ‘I’ve got a bad feeling about this,'" Grover said in the doc.
Apparently he was right because Michael said he was the only one to eat the pizza (he apparently scarfed down a whole pizza???) and later that night was "throwing up left and right."
“So it really wasn’t the flu game. It was food poisoning," he said.
This actually isn't a brand new revelation—in fact, Grover shared almost an identical quote back in 2013. Still, this the first time it's been shared at this scale and it absolutely blew the internet's mind.
MJ is a legend just for letting the #FluGame live for 20+ yrs and not spoiling it with “bad pizza” or “food poisoning” ... Flu Game just sounds better. Great marketing
— Kojo Ebro (@oldmanebro) May 18, 2020
From what Tim Grover and MJ are saying, sounds like they think the five guys who brought MJ's late-night pizza to his room in Salt Lake put something on it that gave him food poisoning. Didn't work. 38 and the game-winner. NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE HIM.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) May 18, 2020
Food poisoning?!?!?! After all these years?!?!?! Over pizza?!?!?!
— Josh🤦🏾♂️ (@JoshByarm) May 18, 2020
So there you have it! Everything we know is a lie and only trust your pizza if there are less than four delivery guys at your door!
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