{"id":1170121,"date":"2020-05-18T11:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1170121"},"modified":"2020-05-18T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:05:22","slug":"twitter-loves-that-michael-jordans-flu-game-is-now-the-pizza-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/twitter-loves-that-michael-jordans-flu-game-is-now-the-pizza-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Loves That Michael Jordan's &#8216;Flu Game' Is Now the &#8216;Pizza Game'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Famed documentary producer <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/baseball-documentarian-ken-burns-has-a-big-problem-with-the-last-dance\/\">Ken Burns  expressed misgivings<\/a> about <em>The Last Dance<\/em>, citing the relationship between <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/michael-jordan\/\">Michael Jordan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/michael-jordan\/\"><\/a> and the production company as a conflict of interest that damaged the project\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But did ESPN perhaps overreact to the criticism by somehow recruiting famed director and conspiracy theorist Oliver Stone to produce an episode of the 10-part look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/the-chicago-bulls-became-a-better-team-during-michael-jordans-retirement-according-to-former-bulls-assistant-jim-cleamons\/\">Chicago Bulls  dynasty<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018The flu game\u2019 is now officially Michael Jordan\u2019s \u2018pizza game\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Remembering Michael Jordan\u2019s flu game | NBA on ESPN\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OO7WQL1IU_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/michael-jordans-best-nba-finals-performance-wasnt-the-flu-game\/\"><strong>Michael Jordan\u2019s Best NBA Finals Performance Wasn\u2019t the \u2018Flu Game\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 9 of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dennis-rodman-made-a-quirky-demand-before-his-interview-for-the-last-dance\/\">The Last Dance<\/a><\/em>, ESPN\u2019s groundbreaking examination of the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls dynasty, brought the legendary story of \u201cthe flu game\u201d back into the spotlight Sunday \u2013 and Twitter went out of its mind because of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nnarrative for more than two decades has been that Jordan played out of his mind\nin Game 5 of the 1997 NBA finals despite battling the flu. But now the story\nhas officially shifted to Jordan blaming food poisoning from tainted late-night\npizza as the actual cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan\nand others interviewed for the segment said the food was delivered by five\nindividuals from the only Salt Lake City restaurant they were able to find open\nat the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nled to this contender for Tweet of the Year by the maker of a popular brand of\nfrozen pizza, playing off its well-known marketing campaign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Delivery pizza. Go figure.<\/p>&mdash; DiGiorno (@DiGiorno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiGiorno\/status\/1262193670482255874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If that\u2019s what happened, then the story becomes even more legendary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHello this Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls and I would like to order a pizza in my name.\u201d<\/p>&mdash; jason concepcion (@netw3rk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netw3rk\/status\/1262196410025308160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/nba-fans-should-stop-bringing-up-michael-jordan-playing-with-the-flu\/\">NBA Fans Should Stop Bringing Up Michael Jordan Playing\nWith the Flu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Version 1.01 of \u201cthe flu game\u201d suggests without\noutright asserting it that the restaurant providing the pizza intentionally\nmade Michael Jordan sick. Jordan said he woke up at 2:30 a.m. vomiting \u201cleft\nand right.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow, Jordan was able to answer the bell at\ntip-off and went on to post 38 points and seven rebounds as Chicago won Game 5,\n90-88. The Bulls went on to close out the series two nights later with a 90-86\nvictory in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It all makes for a great story, though Twitter\nexpressed some uncertainty as to the identity of the delivery man or men:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a show we did research on the pizza delivery man in Utah that tried to end MJ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xOVv1NM49d\">pic.twitter.com\/xOVv1NM49d<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Travis Hancock (@TBoneWFNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBoneWFNZ\/status\/1262342357778907137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This pic just surfaced from hotel camera....here are 3 of 5 pizza delivery guys that brought MJ&#39;s pizza the night he had food poisoning.....<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LastDance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LastDance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3OkTtyPZET\">pic.twitter.com\/3OkTtyPZET<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Christopher D Pittma (@pittman_Cpitty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pittman_Cpitty\/status\/1262365057960247297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/jarrodwalsh\/status\/1262343003764436992\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/johnroy5807\/status\/1262357524679925760\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>There\u2019s skepticism about this Michael Jordan story<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So the Bulls could somehow secretly sneak Dennis Rodman out of the building with a bunch of media in hot pursuit... but they couldn\u2019t secretly order a pizza for MJ in Utah?<\/p>&mdash; Kurt Pegler (@KurtPegler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtPegler\/status\/1262205929778544640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/who-was-michael-jordans-father-figure-gus-lett\/\">Who Was Michael Jordan\u2019s Father Figure Gus Lett?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\nare obvious questions about the circumstances around Michael Jordan\u2019s illness on\nthe day of Game 5 in Utah. For starters, if five people showed up to deliver\nthe pizza, then four of them would seemingly have been fanboys and gawkers who\nknew the pizza was being delivered to the Chicago Bulls\u2019 hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did\nthe team not take precautions to hide their players\u2019 identities? Was there not\na go-fer that could have been sent out to pick up the pizza to avoid giving\naway the destination? And why was Jordan the only guy eating pizza (and getting\nsick) when there were other people in the room?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there\u2019s this from the\nTwittersphere:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I mean, you ordered pizza in Utah...<\/p>&mdash; Rear Admiral (@RearAdBsBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RearAdBsBlog\/status\/1262192353827344385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/BobbyBigWheel\/status\/1262192192619233280\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&#8216;The Last Dance' director answers one question<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone has been poisoning the Knicks\u2019 pizzas for 21 years<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheLastDance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheLastDance<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricStangel\/status\/1262197630840516609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/michael-jordans-cigar-habit-played-a-surprising-role-in-his-nba-success\/\">Michael Jordan\u2019s Cigar Habit Played a Surprising Role in\nHis NBA Success<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After <em>The Last Dance<\/em> concluded Sunday, director Jason Hehir revealed that he was told in interviews he conducted that the reason only Michael Jordan ate the pizza is that the Hall of Fame guard split on it to claim it as his own, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/michael-jordan-says-bad-pizza-not-the-flu-made-him-sick-before-iconic-game-5-win-over-jazz-015415320.html\">Yahoo reported<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/michael-jordan-says-bad-pizza-not-the-flu-made-him-sick-before-iconic-game-5-win-over-jazz-015415320.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based\non what we\u2019ve learned about one of the greatest players in NBA history over the\nyears and through <em>The Last Dance<\/em>, that sadly seems plausible because of\na unique blend of pettiness and jerkish behavior by a man known to hold a\ngrudge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll\nlet Twitter have the last word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My thought after hearing the Utah pizza story: I feel sorry for MJ\u2019s kids. 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