Chris Webber details one of his first experiences with Michael Jordan and talks about the 1997 NBA Playoffs between the Bulls and Bullets.
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Michael Jordan seems to have a lot of fun asking his opponents who’s checking him on a particular night. Byron Scott claims to have been approached by Jordan prior to a Lakers-Bulls game in November of 1992 and when he told MJ that Anthony Peeler was guarding him that night, all he said was, ‘50’.
Well, the Lakers got more than what Michael had said he would do as he dropped a light 54 points on them on 21 made field goals. There are several more instances where Michael Jordan has scoffed at his opposing defenders and proceeded to light them up for a string of buckets.
The Washington Bullets in 1997 were a young team that were just above average across the board, led by Chris Webber and Juwan Howard.
While they made the Playoffs in 1997, they wouldn’t stay all too long as their first round opponents were the defending champ Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan asks Chris Webber who’s guarding him prior to Game 2.
Dan Patrick gets out some of the best Michael Jordan stories from his guests and Chris Webber was no different. While Webber seems to indicate this game was during the Bulls’ 1996 season, they did not face off in the Playoffs in ‘96 and did so in 1997.
In addition to that, Webber claims to have had 50+ points scored against him and his Washington Bullets in either Game 2 or Game 3, which is what Michael Jordan did in Game 2 of the ‘97 first round series where he scored 55 points in a 109-104 win.
Safe to say that if Jordan was ever smoking a cigar before a game, that game could be chalked up as a loss to the opposing team.
![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)