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This day in Chicago Bulls history: Michael Jordan Flu Game

In 1997, the Utah Jazz was in their first NBA Finals, series was tied 2-2 after winning games 3 and 4 in Utah, and Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in town for Game 5; the most important game in Jazz history.

Jordan ordered a pizza around 2 a.m. the morning of the game because the Utah hotel the Bulls were staying at did not have room service. Before he knows it he’s calling the team Tim Grover after lying in the fetal position, sweating, and throwing up.

Grover said multiple people delivered the pizza to MJ and he still decided to eat it after strangely thinking why is more than one guy delivering a pizza this late.