Byron Scott with an all-time classic MJ story:
“So they’re getting off the bus, we’re done with shootaround, and we’re walking out and MJ says,
‘B Scott, what’s going on?’ He said, ‘Man, I hear that you’re not playing tonight.’ I said, ‘No, I sprained my ankle.’ He said, ‘Who’s guarding me?’
I said, ‘Anthony Peeler.’ He’s like, ‘Oh. 50.’ So I told Anthony, ‘Listen, MJ is probably going to go for about 50 tonight. So just don’t piss him off. Just be cool.’”
He ended up with 54.