?Isiah [Thomas] Is Human?: Michael Jordan Once Unlikely Defended Fierce Pistons Rival for Embarrassing Moment Against Larry Bird?s Celtics

Many consider Michael Jordan to be the greatest basketball player of all time. Jordan won 6x NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He further had one of the greatest careers the league has ever witnessed. In an interview from 1987, Jordan reacted to a major blunder made by All-star point guard Isiah Thomas in a crucial game.

In an interview with Bryant Gumbel from 1987, Michael Jordan reacted to his then soon-to-be rival Isiah Thomas’s embarrassing moment in the eastern conference finals against the Boston Celtics. He made a humbling remark on the All-star guard.

Michael Jordan commented on Isaiah Thomas’s blunder against the Celtics

In the final seconds of Game five of the Eastern Conference Finals, Isiah Thomas made a major blunder. The blunder cost them the game and the series. With a one-point lead and ten seconds left in the game, the Detroit Pistons had the game in their hands. But the whole game flipped on its head in just a matter of seconds.

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In an interview with Bryant Gumbel from decades ago, where Michael Jordan, then three years into the NBA, sat down and talked about basketball, his career, and the previous night’s thriller showdown. After showing the clip of Thomas’s blunder, Gumbel asked Jordan what he thought of it; Jordan replied, “Well, it shows that Isiah [Thomas] is human.”?Jordan then gave an insightful take on the play from a basketball point of view.?

With just a few seconds left of the clock and down by one, Larry Bird tries for a layup but gets denied in the post by 2x DPOY Dennis Rodman. Following the rejection, the ball goes out of bounds after deflecting a Celtics player. Isiah Thomas goes to inbound the ball and makes a colossal blunder by making a poor pass to Bill Lambier. The ball got intercepted by Bird, who then layed it up for the lead. The 2x NBA champion’s blunder cost the Pistons the Game five as the Pistons failed to score after that possession.?

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After winning Game five, the Celtics went on to win the series, eliminating the Detroit Pistons. They faced off against Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. The Celtics came short in the finals and lost to the Lakers in six games.