If you’re a fan of the NBA then at some time or another you’ve probably heard that Michael Jordan once scored 63 points in a playoff game against the Boston Celtics. In fact, his 1986 double overtime effort still stands today as the most points ever scored in an NBA playoff game. What you probably didn’t know was that Jordan foretold his stellar performance to several Celtics players the night before. In 1986 Michael Jordan had began taking up golf. In the early stages of the Chicago Bulls first round matchup with the Celtics the opportunity to play a round of golf between games presented itself. The players were Danny Ainge of the Boston Celtics, Michael Jordan , and a couple of reporters; Mike Carey from the Boston Herald and Mark Vancil from the Chicago Sun-times. According to Ainge , Jordan liked to talk trash on the NBA hardwood as well as the golf course and on this outing things would be no different. Jordan would talk but with his golf game still in its infancy, he was...
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