Michael Jordan After Learning Anthony Peeler Was Guarding Him Instead Of Byron Scott: "Fifty"

Byron Scott was one of the NBA legends who played against Michael Jordan and saw how great Michael inside the court.

The former NBA champion shared a story about MJ during their playing days.

In his appearance on ‘The Dan Patrick Show' Byron Scott recalled a story about them playing Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Scott was out for the game that time and after Michael Jordan learned about who will guard him, Jordan claimed he'll score fifty points and he did.

"You guys remember Anthony Peeler? Out of Missouri. So we got the Chicago Bulls coming to town and, unfortunately, I got a sprained ankle. I enjoyed guarding Mike because he was—the one thing I did with Mike is I never got him pissed off. He makes a shot, you say, ‘Good shot, Mike!' You don't talk trash to him so that he can go off for 60. You try to kill him with kindness. You don't talk trash to him."


"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?' I said, ‘What's up, MJ?' 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.' [laughs] So I told Anthony Peeler, ‘Listen, MJ is probably going to go for about 50 tonight on you. So just don't piss him off. Just be cool.' He ended up with 54."