SportsCentury Backstory: MJ's "Food Poisoning" A.K.A The Flu Game In The 1997 NBA Finals.
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- This Documentary is a More In Depth Look into this Iconic Game of MJ's that the Last Dance didn't get a chance to cover. Interviews from MJ, the Coaching Staff of Both Teams, The Bulls Training Staff & Team Doctor. Interviews from the Players & the Media that covered the Series. R.I.P. Coach Jerry Sloan.
Phil Jackson: “it’s a psychological battle I’ve never seen anybody overcome”
Win by any means necessary- sick or not - that’s the greatness of Jordan
Exactly they made a lot about him being so-called brutal to his teammates. They were MULTIMILLIONAIRES being held accountable by a Relentless winner of a teammate who was willing to put his own life and body on the line period they could have always played on another team but no instead they were immortalized
MJ played 44 minutes in this game which is one of the finals...thats quite unbelievable...just simply the goat
MJ's trainer told michael the absolute worst thing he could do in that game was to take a break, so he had to keep moving just to get that adrenaline going
as soon as all that adrenaline wore off after game 5, apparently MJ was nonstop throwing up in the locker room
@@skippythealien9627 ...Jordan's trainer, Tom Grover, was right! It was Jordan's own stupidity that gotten him sick in the first place. You don't eat pizza in the wee small of the morning, especially when you play a big game in the afternoon.
@@brucescott4261 Tim Grover is the Michael Jordan of athletic trainers lol. The guy pretty much helped Kobe still maintain a killer edge physically over players who were ten years younger than him, when Kobe was in the later years of his career
Jordan was a killer we all know that but the GOAT sorry thats Wilt Chamberlin still holds over 80 records & his last year was 1973.
Plus Jordan scored 50 points or more in his career 31 times which is very good but Chamberlin scored 50 or more 45 times in one season.
@@patrickgray5633 wilt faced plumbers
The real man never flops
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He didn't have to...in the 90s refs called fouls if you breathed on MJ.
@@mobetta2092 Okay Magic, we've heard that one already, bro
@@MS-ho9wq lemme school you on something young fella. Magic said that because it was commonly known during that time by fans and other players that MJ defenders would get called for fouls if they breathed on MJ. Unlike you, I'm not new to this....been watching NBA since early 80s.
@@mobetta2092 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you're hilarious bruh
🐐 Jordan, Ali and Gretzky. They transcended the sport
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Jordan , Ali , TIGER …. No one knows gretzgky outside America
@@thebrand8483um Gretzky is Canadian and Canada knows him and hockey countries in Europe so don't comment out loud if you don't know
@@k-man3230 u said it best , hockey countries knows him. NO ONE outside of that . Hence he didn’t transcend the sport . Great hockey player no doubt but NO one is talking about gretzky except hockey people. Not the same with Jordan or Ali . Any and every one wether sports or not know them . Basketball countries and non basketball countries .
Michael Jordan is INARGUABLY the MENTALLY STRONGEST ATHLETE EVER!!!!!!!!!! It’s NOT even close. That Man’s will to win is UNMATCHED.
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Kobe 1 Michael 2
@@hatecarrot2219 haha kobe the copycat?
@@classicdufferin8739 doesn't take away from the mentality. I prefer the 2 goats of mentally strong athletes rather than 1 or 2
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Remember watching the Flu Game live on whatever network it was on maybe TNT but I can tell you I didn't think he was going to make it much less that they were gonna beat the Jazz & I was and still am a diehard Bulls fan... The man never let Bulls Nation down he was a true sports hero to the end... G.O.A.T. hands down no question...
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I don't know why people are hung up on this being a hangover, flu or food poisoning? What matters is that MJ was put in a situation where it would've taken normal people at least a full day to recover. And yet he went out there, played as phenomenal as usual, and led his team to victory. Yeah maybe he drank too much instead of eating questionable pizza. Does that make what he did any less unbelievable?
I was only able to watch MJ for half of his career, but he never took a day off unless he absolutely had to. In 93, he played the Knicks -- the most physical team of the 90s, if not ever -- on a bad wrist. He never missed a game, playoff, regular season, or exhibition, since his return in 95. In 2002, he busted his knee, put off surgery for 7 games before his knee swelled up so bad that Etan Thomas described it as being like "The Elephant Man". Even after surgery, he returned for a last ditch effort to make the playoffs. He played all 82 games the next season while turning 40. The only thing more amazing that Jordan's talent on court was his heart. The guy was relentless.
Not to diminish what he did, but millions of other people work 260+ days a year while being sick, injured etc. while making a minimal wage. Where's there glory??
Because it exposes the sports industry....Utah tried to poison that man nd tried to cover it up
Oh BROTHER 🙄
Larry Legend played with bad back crushed knuckles fractured cheekbone etc etc etc….and you gloat over MJ playing while sick….
What a pathetic LOSER!
@@note2owns did they win championships? I mean, if a person is the best burger flipper, u going to give him glory at the same level as winning against Malone and stockton and winning the NBA championship? Malone got MVP, which means he's the best player outside of Jordan.
This is regular activity for people in the working world - they work and perform well while sick. Oooh...a sports ball player played sick - must be a hero of some kind.
Nope.
Will to win. 🐐
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Exactly. That’s the complete proof of him being the goat.
UNMATCHED by ANYONE!!!!
That Part Never even Mentioned A College Friend Strength Coach On The Opposite Team Ordered and Gifted him The Pizza …. He went threw every obstacle Got Bigger Better Stronger Every Year Went Thru All The Greats Played Real D Defensive Player of The Year In a Era Of Hand Checking Your Hands wash part Of The Ball No Flagrant Fouls Not Easy Lanes to The Paint And No one Shot 3’s Went Undefeated in Finals 6 Time Finals MVPs 10 Time scoring Champ Two 3 peats 5 time League MVPs Shoulda Been 8 all time Playoff Scoring Avg. and Shooting Percentage And Not To Mention His Stats Show Everything Wrong With These Millennials Trying To Rewrite History LBJ 4-6 in Finals 1 time Scoring Champ 1 time assist Leader Went to Multiple Teams And Suspect On D and Makes More Excuses than A Liar The Journey was Harder And The Results Where Better MJJ#23 1of1 🙏🏾
MJ Will Forever Be My Fav Player #23!!
Greatest athlete of all time
Yes he is
How fucking awesome is MJs basketball story, Ive seen all the documents regarding Michael, yet I can watch them again later and get pulled right back into the epicness like its my first time watching!
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Yes!! We All want that feeling back!
Same here...
I don’t think there’s anyone with his level of drive and mental toughness to overcome circumstances like these to help his team win.
His trainer confirmed it was pizza that was delivered to the hotel room.
Ammad Rashad also confirmed this.
Still food poisoning is worse feeling ever. I couldn't stand up and gets nauseated all the time
Jordan didn't have a flu, the flu had a Jordan.
If ur an athlete playing against utah teams...dont order any food the night before ur game 😂😂😂
i don't think queen james can do this...
Nope. He couldn't.
Lol
LeBron would tell Silver to postpone the game .
@@melvinmelendez6333 Lebron would call in a bomb threat.
Please Jordan may have been sick but wasn’t sick enough to not play. Great player but a Drama Queen who would con people as Sam Smith said & it wasn’t bad pizza he got drunk & tied one on at a casino party with his buddies the time before this 5th game.
Would LeBron James have performed like that under those circumstances and lead his team to victory? Absolutely not! Michael Jordan is the GOAT!
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Lebron would’ve
Kobe ?
Why is it something Always Compared?
My brother and I watched this game with our jaws dropped!!!! Simply Amazing!!!!!!!!
Marv's voice so iconic in that game.
Without a doubt
MJ's willpower was SUPERHUMAN!!! It's like watching Superman perform a heroric act while ravaged by Kryptonite poisoning.
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Thank you
Michael Jordan: 38 points in the NBA Finals while riddled with illness
Lebron James: 6 points in the NBA Finals in perfect health
There is no debate to be had.
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Pippen was damn near useless on the offensive end during their games against Utah...stop lowkey trying to DIMINISH the goat to just a scorer... that last series versus Utah kukoc had just as many points as Pip in the series per game and he did just as much rebounding and assist work (IN LESS MINUTES and shooting higher percentages)... Jordan doesn't win his championships without Pippen...MAYBE ...but in the finals JORDAN unquestionably CARRIED THEM every time...and went a level BEYOND even his normal greatness...which was ALREADY INSANE
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Pippen definitely carried more weight in the first 3 chips.
MJ is the real man! if you could able to put some shoe on Mj's foot for a win from other players who are great at that time they were battling with flu I think it's gonna be a different story and never could be the same as MJ. that's an epic one which made him as GOAT..
Meanwhile someone I know complains about cramps
Cramps really hurt and make it really hard to play but sickness is just sickness and u can shove it away temporarily with the right mindset
No body will ever beat that, Bill Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Kobe or the self-promoted goat, LeBron. MJ overcame the illness in a game he made the winning short. He walked out of the arena on his two feet enhanced his greatness then and after winning the second 3 peat cemented his place in history of the sport of basketball. GOAT forever. When in future a guy wins triple 3 peat within 10 or 12 years with a same franchise as MJ won double with Bull within 8 years, then the GOAT status will be passed to the new guy. As it stands now, no body comes close.
PREACH!!!!!!!!
👏👏👏👏👏Well said. I always say that, to me if you wanna be the GOAT just like you said. Win 3 3peats in 11 years with 1 Franchise, without bringing in other superstars then you can claim the GOAT status. 2 3peats is phenomenal people don't realize. Winning 6 years in a row in a team sport... it's never been done... in any professional sport. It's like the Patriots winning 6 superbowl in a row.
This is only one out of the MANY reasons Lebron James doesn't even belong in the same realm as this man & if you don't like it-TOO DAMN BAD!
Word Up! 💯% Bro
Exactly, Michael Jordan came through for his team and city. LeBron would whine and complain asking for doctors to look over him.
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He had a hangover, both great players
@@rolandtomassi3486 Hangover or Food Poisoning MJ’s will to Win pushed him through to a 5th Championship. Whatever it Takes!
Does not matter whether why he was sick he stayed true to his self that's what life is all about. I wish the whole world was like him never give up
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And this is why Lebron James will never be the G.O.A.T.
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That's why he's the GOAT
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“If you bought into that you coulda been sold anything in the world” 😂😂😂
How amazing it must have been to be part of the bulls management, team assistance and everything surrounding the bulls when Michael Jordan was there. Every game was like a great adventure.
Exactly. Even as a fan, that's exactly how it felt...
There are many that had wanted to see Houston in that final.
Word! I wanted to see that matchup also. Especially MJ & Clyde going @ each other again. Dream would have gotten his numbers & the series would be a dogfight but the Bulls win the series in 6 games. MJ goes to GOD Mode in the Finals.
19:19 didnt expect MJ couldnt hit a three. 🤣🤣🤣
MJ had no weaknesses in his Game.
@@DaleTrinihooperAustin your delusional Michael Jordan was a terrible three point shooter
@@marcelg4709 32.7% career 3pt shooting is not terrible. And in the 95-96 season, he hit 42.7% from 3pt range. Also had an NBA Finals record for most three pointers in a half.
@@marcelg4709you don't know basketball
Shout out to Pippen for saying "I'll guard my guy and yours, you just do what u do best, score in the 4th." Lol need teammates like that
MJ & Scottie were an unbelievable Duo on the Court. It was all about Winning & the sacrifices made to get that end result. Now Scottie Flipped the Script shitting on MJ & Phil to sell his book & liquor Brand. Their relationship is forever changed now.
Might as well since he was damn near useless on the offensive end during their games against Utah...stop lowkey trying to DIMINISH the goat to just a scorer... that last series versus Utah kukoc had just as many points as Pip in the series per game and he did just as much rebounding and assist work (IN LESS MINUTES and shooting higher percentages)... Jordan doesn't win his championships without Pippen...MAYBE ...but in the finals JORDAN unquestionably CARRIED THEM every time...and went a level BEYOND even his normal greatness...which was ALREADY INSANE
@@josephharden5592 without Kukoc? Take away the croatian and Bulls wouldn't even surpass Pacers that year
@@DaleTrinihooperAustin the sacrificed to get the success and that’s great
@@DaleTrinihooperAustin how everybody shits on pippen he has his book and mj has his doc which says less about pippen and mind u jordan never spoke up about getting payed less even though he messed up mj still shouldve put his 2 cents in and speak how pippen was getting payed 2mill and jordan 30 mil
Forgets to mention Jordan dropping 38pts and a 3 pointer with seconds to go in the game and also getting the win. Dude needs to be a news anchor instead.
Maybe Gatorade can work vs. Covid-19...
That’s dumb. Everyone knows it won’t work unless you chase it with disinfectant and a horse dewormer. Duh.
The Greatest of All Time.
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G.O.A.T= MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN 23
Imagine you're close to Mj and someone offers you money to fuck with him in the finals and it back fires this bad
I don't understand why it is so hard for MJ to quit in the middle of a game and stop playing defense. Should have learned from the pro's of today how to play the game.
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🤣 Good one buddy. I don't think we will see competition like this on a basketball court anymore.
Mjjjj he is a Goat best player ever💪💪👍🤩
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whatever the name.. flu poisoined covid etc... 1 thing for sure he is not in a good condition.. simple.. he is sicked.. and he play fenomenal
That boy was hungover 😂😂😂😂
Still owns lefraud sober
If it had been the stomach flu, known medically as gastroenteritis, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroenteritis , that's contagious, and his teammates could very well have gotten it. The pizza theory is correct.
He was hungover lol c'mon man
@@ctwishkeyprn2039 no, food poisoning
@@ctwishkeyprn2039stop it he had food poisoning
MJ was too competitive to drink before Game Days and Game Times he was so focused
Goat 🐐
That’s Randy Brown Lmao … the one MJ said Gilbert Arenas remind him of 😂
Jerry Sloan with his negative comment. I play when I am sick as hell and still win games. Don't hate there mr. Sloan. Jazz will never win.
Couldn’t beat Jordan with a flu.
Still couldn’t beat Jordan even with home court advantage in 98
Couldn’t defeat the underdog Pistons in the 2004 finals when he joined the “Super Laker”.
Karl Malone is truly the definition of a choke artist.
S/O to Moses Malone from my hometown! R.I.P.
The music makes the doctor seem suspicious, all dodgey eyed and shit 🤤
The goat
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The guy who made the pizza finally spoke up about it! He said that he was mad because they got the order for the pizza a few minutes before they closed. He didn’t wash his hands and used old pepperoni that had already been thrown away! That’s how MJ got food poisoning! He didn’t know it was for MJ! Not until the delivery guy got to the hotel! Who happened to be with his friends because it was the last delivery. So when they found out it was MJ all 5 of them went to deliver the pizza! Which is why the team thought he was poisoned on purpose!
Like Mike, If could be like Mike
The MVP couldn't out hustle a sick guy!
If Malone hit both free throws then Jordan would have hit a 3.
It's gotta be the Shoes!
That box out wasn’t Ostertag’s fault; that was all on Malone!!
Why in the world did they double tesm Scottie down the stretch of that game….The Jazz’s IQ was not the highest
Most competitive human on the planet.
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Greg Ostertag did not let the team down at the end. After Jordan's missed free throw, the ball bounced Karl Malone's way and he had a halfassed effort to rebound it! MVP my azz! Karl Malone blew it for the Utah Jazz by making bad shock decisions and not using his weight and muscle to dominate.
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And now Pippen trying to throw shades at this Flu game...like at close doors he knew it's fake or something.
.yet we see here he's worried and tjat telling MJ.not to worry of defense and just make thr shots so they cam wiin
.Hr talk lately like he's the real man not MJ, yet even in times MJ wss sick he can't even take MJrole... If he's the man then just win, don't rely on a sick guy..it's your chance. Take it.. But this proves he cant..MJ has to bail hilm out.
Now I know how MJ felt when he got that stomach virus. I got the same thing and its no F’ing joke.
Wow, not Ostertag's fault that Jordan got that rebound off the miss on the free throw line. It was hornacek and stockton who lined up at the 3 pt line instead. Never noticed that.
carl malone thought he was jordan lol 😅
This is crazy! You have to see DJ Roberson video dude literally is INSANE!!!
GOAT
Awweeee Daddy knew!! 💜
Perfecting the art of something *valuable......will always serve yiu and others in a productive manner. #everytime .There's 3 people in Life, that will forever be privy to what someone is truly capable of. Either those that genuinely love you and those that have experienced you (negatively or positively) first hand. I'm sure that MJ's father has seen him rise to the occassion in many ways. To hear anyone doubt what someone can do, even though they're seeing specifics with their own eyes. The minute their excuses are uttered, you really have to unleash whatever crickets with disgust. As the obvious doesn't up and change based on what someone wants to think/ would rather think. It seems like most folk were busy feeling some type of way about hi.. To the point that they couldn't believe what their own eyes showed them. #interesting
Jordan owns lefraud shames
Mind over matter is a real thing.
lebron will cry like a girl after watchin this😂
"Pizza" 😉
Jordan was going to bury you no matter what that's why he's the best ever.We got 2 Chicago icons that had flu games and man did they perform
The mailman doesn't deliver on Sundays!
Can someone tell me WHO IS A carl Malone fan 🤣🤔 I don't know anyone 🤣 he was always jealous of MJ
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💯% MJ’s Competitive Drive sets him apart from his competition.
Kirk Gibson ❤23 if you wear it play like a goat. “I don’t believe what I just saw “;
Why would he fake being sick?
Jordan is a great player that will never be denied but even though I thought he was sick I never thought he wasn’t gonna play, pass out later or collapse on the floor despite being sick I thought he was putting on a little bit.
Michael Jordan is a tough guy but not against needles
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I remember that gsme
JORDAN HAD THAT DOG!!!
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My version would be the diarrhea game considering the UNHOLY DEMONS I release in the toilet everyday. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
No poisoning food , was as ordinary happens in the kitchen ,many did not clean their hands while handling with food.
Jordan is the 🐐🐐🐐 lebron 😂😂😂
Why does Jud Buechler look so scared
They gave him Gatorade????? read the labels doc.!!!!!!
Does anybody know the piece of music that starts at 21:10 and its name?
Did you ever find out? It's called Streets of Soho by Guy Barker & Graham Walker
@@DanaFromAlaskayou are a lifesaver ♥️
He knew if he didn't play they would have lost the championship. He wasn't going to let his teammates down. That's a leader. He's the reason why I don't like athletes like Simone Biles. She cost her team the gold. No chance in hell Michael Jordan would have done that. This game is proof positive.
Listen close to the story , I love MJ. Too many joyous moments watching him grown up & as grown man.
However, this story sounds like BS. Not that he was sick , but the Hotel w no room service. There is little Easter eggs in the story. If you listen close that you can tell our bullshit why would Michael Jordan even agree to stay at a hotel with no room service?
He could bring a chef or at least a personal assistant (TIM GROVER) isn’t a dumb guy.
Nikes lied regarding MJ before. The True Banned One, now every 5-7 years they drop the ‘Flu Game 12s’ and you would be amazed with a backstory does for a sneaker, especially concerning marketing they eat it up.
Just my theory, not buying the pizza / flu/oh TLD it’s now “ the food poisoning game” nope but result would’ve been same 🐐 and I’m sure it wasn’t his idea to lie either time.
You spelled hangover wrong...
2-3 days hangover.. Right...
Yet he didn't look like shit after playing 36 holes of golf and drank 10-12 cans of beer.. Must be fun to slurp fake news.
ruclips.net/video/Wq_vDB6qVFY/видео.html
He was hungover ,with the flu & food poisoning on top of that !!.
Probably Jordans best game....but he ain't Tom Brady(goat)
funny that these teams have 100s of staff around...they have docs, trainers, managers, etcetc...and they DON'T have a cook? in an away game? ridiculous....MJ must've drank too much and that's it.
by the way coca cola usually helps reduce food related migraine
That's what yall get Jazz and Stockton I hope it hurt bad ...bad bad ...
Sad the 🚀 fan 😁🤘🏿tx✌🏿💚🤎🖤
MJ probably was hitting the bottle of Old Grand dad before game time , that's why he was sick 😂 .
He isn't that weak. He's known to play 36 holes of golf and 10 to a dozen cans of beer and drop 40 without looking tired like that.
Here's for reference:
ruclips.net/video/Wq_vDB6qVFY/видео.html