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I'll tell you an interesting music story about the greatness of Michael Jordan. When I was coaching in Washington, we played the Indiana Pacers and we were down music 25 at the end of the third quarter. And I took Michael out of the game.
Well, I found out that he had eight points in the music game and he broke a streak of like 860 something games in double figures. He looked at me music and he said, "Do you think I can still play?" He said, "You know, to be my coach, you have to believe in me and believe I can still play." He said, "You did the right thing tonight. I don't care about the points, but I needed to know that you believe in me."
music We get on the plane. He has a few cocktails, smokes a couple cigars, all the things you're not supposed to do. music At 7:30 that morning, he's down in the fitness room with Tim Grover working out like you can't believe. We play the music New Jersey Nets the next night and Michael scores the first three times he has the ball. Byron Scott takes music a timeout. Michael comes over. He says, "I want the ball right there the rest of the game and don't take me out till I tell you." Two minutes to go in the game, he gives me the sign like, "That's enough."
music He walks over to the bench. I said, "What happened tonight?" He said, "Well, the guy was guarding me, told me his back was hurting. Don't music ever tell me you got a problem. He said, I'll make you pay for that. 51 points later, 51 points at music age 41, he came back the next game with 46. And he looked at me, he said, "I told you I could still."