In , Tim Grover, MJ's former personal trainer, spilled the beans about what happened that fateful night in Utah. And I'm just I take the pizza, and I tell them, I said, 'I got a bad feeling about this. Nobody else I come to the room, he's curled up, he's curled up in the fetal position. We're looking at him. We're finding the team physician at that time. And immediately I said, 'It's food poisoning.
Not the flu. Although we now know the true story, the "Food Game" just doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Chicago Bulls. But despite the fact that Kerr and Jordan both lost their fathers prematurely to senseless gun violence, the Golden State Warriors coach says they never spoke about it to each other.
Of course, why Reinsdorf and Krause were so insistent on a rebuild in the first place remains baffling, and Jordan insists in the doc that he and his teammates all would have been willing to take smaller deals in exchange for one more championship run.
Yes, they would have signed it. Would I have signed for one year? Yes, I would have signed for one year. I had been signing one-year contracts up to then. Would Phil have done it? Before they did, however, Phil Jackson called one final meeting to get some closure. That ritual involved each Bull writing what the team meant to him on a piece of paper, reading it to his teammates and placing it in an empty coffee can, before Jackson ultimately set them all ablaze.
This is the last dance. And every guy had emotional words to say, and I remember Michael [Jordan] actually wrote a poem. Jordan credited Jackson for inspiring him to participate in the exercise. Then everybody put the paper in the can and at the end of the session, Phil turned out the lights and he lit the paper in the can.
This article was featured in the InsideHook newsletter. Perhaps he had experienced a late night and was experiencing the effects of it the next day. Maybe he was actually sick. Maybe he wasn't sick at all and it was just a mind game. Some wonder if Jordan had been up late gambling the night before Game 5. Regardless of what actually happened, what we know is Jordan looked visibly weakened on the court throughout a Game 5 performance that would end up adding to the incredible legend and folklore of his legacy.
Despite having the flu or flu-like symptoms, Jordan rose to the occasion like we were used to seeing him do. Phil Jackson mostly used an eight-man rotation that day in addition to Jud Buechler and Jason Caffey finding a handful of minutes each.
But the Bulls were relying on their two stars to lift them to a series lead while heading back to Chicago for Game 6. Scottie Pippen played 45 minutes, shooting 5-of from the field for 17 points but also having 10 rebounds and five assists.
Both scenarios would have left him with an upset stomach, possibly vomiting and dehydrated alcohol is dehydrating because it is a diuretic, making the drinker urinate more, thus drying out the body. If you had been the team doctor and you saw Jordan suffering from these conditions, what would your recommendation have been? I would have given him anti-nausea medication, anti-diarrheal medication and as much fluids as possible in the hours leading into the game, either intravenously or by mouth, if he insisted on playing.
But, a day of rest would have been preferred. As Dr. Gaines helped explain above, just the fact that Jordan was able play at such a high rate without passing out was incredibly impressive on its own. Throw in the fact that he led the game in minutes played and scoring shows this feat goes beyond just stats, into a territory few athletes will ever reach.
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