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Posted on: October 14, 2016 at 11:33:06 CT
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http://www.complex.com/sports/2016/05/michael-jordan-told-byron-scott-score-50-points
Here is the story Byron Scott told:
You guys remember Anthony Peeler? Out of Missouri. So we got the Chicago Bulls coming to town and, unfortunately, I got a sprained ankle. I enjoyed guarding Mike because he was—the one thing I did with Mike is I never got him ****ed off. He makes a shot, you say, ‘Good shot, Mike!’ You don’t talk trash to him so that he can go off for 60. You try to kill him with kindness. You don’t talk trash to him.
So they’re getting off the bus, we’re done with shootaround, and we’re walking out and MJ says, ‘B Scott, what’s going on?’ I said, ‘What’s up, MJ?’ He said, ‘Man, I hear that you’re not playing tonight.’ I said, ‘No, I sprained my ankle.’ He said, ‘Who’s guarding me?’ I said, ‘Anthony Peeler.’ He’s like, ‘Oh. 50.’ [laughs] So I told Anthony Peeler, ‘Listen, MJ is probably going to go for about 50 tonight on you. So just don’t **** him off. Just be cool.’ He ended up with 54.
Scott’s memory is correct, too. Here is a Los Angeles Times article from that night that proves MJ hung 54 on Peeler and the Lakers. It's worth noting the Lakers managed to beat MJ's Bulls, but it's still a great story.
Here is the story Byron Scott told:
You guys remember Anthony Peeler? Out of Missouri. So we got the Chicago Bulls coming to town and, unfortunately, I got a sprained ankle. I enjoyed guarding Mike because he was—the one thing I did with Mike is I never got him ****ed off. He makes a shot, you say, ‘Good shot, Mike!’ You don’t talk trash to him so that he can go off for 60. You try to kill him with kindness. You don’t talk trash to him.
So they’re getting off the bus, we’re done with shootaround, and we’re walking out and MJ says, ‘B Scott, what’s going on?’ I said, ‘What’s up, MJ?’ He said, ‘Man, I hear that you’re not playing tonight.’ I said, ‘No, I sprained my ankle.’ He said, ‘Who’s guarding me?’ I said, ‘Anthony Peeler.’ He’s like, ‘Oh. 50.’ [laughs] So I told Anthony Peeler, ‘Listen, MJ is probably going to go for about 50 tonight on you. So just don’t **** him off. Just be cool.’ He ended up with 54.
Scott’s memory is correct, too. Here is a Los Angeles Times article from that night that proves MJ hung 54 on Peeler and the Lakers. It's worth noting the Lakers managed to beat MJ's Bulls, but it's still a great story.
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