{"id":1392672,"date":"2021-07-31T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1392672"},"modified":"2021-07-31T07:56:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T11:56:02","slug":"michael-jordan-happily-ate-his-words-regarding-jerry-krause-after-the-bulls-dethroned-the-pistons-in-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/michael-jordan-happily-ate-his-words-regarding-jerry-krause-after-the-bulls-dethroned-the-pistons-in-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan Happily Ate His Words Regarding Jerry Krause After the Bulls Dethroned the Pistons in 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Michael Jordan<\/a> and the Chicago Bulls <\/a>just couldn't get past the Detroit Pistons in the late 1980s and in 1990. Jordan & Co. came up short in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Bad Boys in 1989 and 1990 before finally breaking through in 1991. The Bulls were able to beat the Pistons at their own game, prompting Jordan to admit he should eat his words regarding Chicago GM Jerry Krause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan and the Bulls broke through against the Pistons in 1991<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls jumps to shoot a basket against the Detroit Pistons as Cliff Levingston #53 of the Bulls, Dennis Rodman #10 of the Pistons and Isiah Thomas #11 of the Pistons watch the shot at the Chicago Stadium during the 1991 NBA Playoffs in Chicago, Illinois.
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It had been painful for Jordan and the Bulls, who came ever so close to making the NBA Finals. The Pistons owned the Eastern Conference. After losing in seven games to the Boston Celtics in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals<\/a>, the Pistons got their revenge against Boston the following season, winning in six games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the next two seasons, the Bulls were almost there. In 1989, they came up short to Detroit in the EFC, falling in six games. The next year, they lost to the Pistons in seven. Chicago couldn't get over the hump until the Bulls beat the Pistons at their own game in the 1991 conference finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was almost as if the Bulls had said they've had enough. They weren't bullied by Detroit as they had been in the past. There was no intimidation. They fought back and showed the Pistons they, too, could play that physical brand of basketball without getting agitated by the antics of the Bad Boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When we keep our composure,” said Bulls forward Horace Grant<\/a> after his team swept the Pistons in the '91 ECF, according to Sports Illustrated<\/a>, “I think it frustrates them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We're not used to this,” said Pistons guard Joe Dumars, “and it's a terrible feeling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan said he would eat his words about Jerry Krause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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