Tonight’s episode of TheLastDance made Michael Jordan’s feelings about the Bulls–Pistons rivalry—and that infamous 1991 “walk-off”—very clear: “They didn’t have to shake our hands. We knew we whipped their ass already”
two days after the Pistons were eliminated. “It was one of the ugliest examples of basketball in memory.”
“Go back to us losing in Game 7,” a visibly angry Jordan said after watching footage of Thomas’s remarks on an iPad. “I shook everybody’s hand. Two years in a row. We shook their hands when they beat us. There was a certain respect to the game that we paid to them. That’s sportsmanship, no matter how much it hurts. And believe me, it fucking hurt.”Michael Jordan takes on the Detroit Pistons in Game 2 of the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals.
Despite the hearsay, Jordan himself has never said outright that he kept Thomas off the team as retaliation for his actions in the 1991 playoffs—and Thomas has taken Jordan at his word.
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