Chris Webber reminisces about the time when Michael Jordan smoked a cigar in a Ferrari before knocking out his Bullets from the playoffs.
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Michael Jordan has more 50-point games in the playoffs than games with less than 20 points. This should tell you something about the Jumpman – he wasn’t the type to chicken out on the playoff stage.
More often than not, Jordan would be looking for a way to get himself fully psyched. Whether it amounted to inventing an imaginary slight, or just plain old trash-talking, MJ did his best to get his juices flowing.
And more often than not after that, the Bulls legend would end up taking the W on the night. It was just the way things went. Talking trash to Jordan meant almost certain evisceration of your team and its chances of taking the game.
Kevin Garnett knows that feeling only too well, having goaded a 32-year-old MJ in his 72-10 season. Reggie Miller and Magic Johnson have also felt the full force of vengeance coming from #23. We can now add Chris Webber, Rod Strickland and their Bullets team to that list as well.
Chris Webber on Michael Jordan smoking a cigar in a Ferrari pre-game
After Jordan had rained hell and fire on the Wizards with a 55-point outing in Game 2, his Bulls were in position to complete a sweep of the Bullets. And judging from his pre-game demeanor, as Chris Webber described it, he was totally up for it:
“Game 3, we get off the bus, and Juwan (Howard) is from Chicago and used to work out there. I’ll never forget, Jordan was sitting on his Ferrari, and Pippen was right there, and they have a cigar lit.”
“We get off the bus, and we have to pass them with a lit cigar. You want to talk about posturing? Forget Phil Jackson. You got Michael Jordan there behind the scenes smoking a cigar before the game, letting us know that he’s the Red Auerbach before the game even started.”
The Bulls took a 1-point victory from the Bullets’ building to advance to the second round of the playoffs.
![Jason Williams and Chris Webber have always been known to indulge in strange antics with each other, which was raised by Comedian Andrew Schulz, on his show, Flagrant. Appearing on the show, Jason Williams was asked whether he was involved "in a drive-by paintball shooting of Chris Webber's house in Sacramento". The White Chocolate burst into laughter and "plead the fifth". Williams confessed that maybe "his house caught some bullets along the way". However, to everyone's surprise, he told the comedian that "he [Chris Webber] was probably with me in some them drivebys." Adding to this, Williams also shared a hilarious story of a similar driveby with Webber, where the latter's shoe fell off but he had to somehow get it back. "We were doing that one time..we couldn't get in the gate or something so we decided we're going to go down and do our thing at the security guard at night, right, so we got two little scooters we are riding on these scooters and we dropped them in the dark and we are walking through the woods and whatever, we go the paintballs, we got the rocks, boom boom and we take off and left the scooters. But C Web's shoe falls off. And we got back and I was like 'Bro, where is your shoe?'" The story left everyone in the panel in splits as Williams made the 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee go all the way back to fetch his shoe because living in an all-white community, Webber was probably the only one with that size of shoe. However, on a serious note, the 2006 NBA champion confessed that it was one of the most fun times he had with his former teammate. He added that "it was a blessing in disguise" because they had to play a lot of games in different locations. It is obviously heartwarming to see such a chemistry between the legendary duo of Sacramento Kings. Jason Williams once had to travel in the undercarriage of the team bus Rookie hazing has been a part of teams in the NBA, where the veterans on the team try to build chemistry with young players in their own ways like alotting chores. Chris Webber once narrated one such incident where the rookie Jason Williams hid in the undercarriage of the team bus to avoid it. Upon reaching the hotel, the team noticed that Williams was missing. After searching for some time, the team looked under the bus and there was the 1998 draftee. When Webber asked him the reason, White Chocolate responded, "I don't wanna ride with y'all bi*ches up here." Even though it is a fun tradition among teammates to get to know each other, it did take a toll on the one-time All-Star. However, it was not long after this, the two developed good team ability to make some amazing plays together.](https://cdn-wp.thesportsrush.com/2023/11/7f3ad985-nba-2023-11-08t231816.707.jpg?format=auto&w=384&q=75)
