DiGiorno Pizza had best response to Michael Jordan's 'flu game' story in 'The Last Dance'
One of the great sports conspiracy theories focuses on Michael Jordan's "flu game" from the 1997 NBA Finals. Jordan fans love to point at Jordan's legendary, 38-point performance despite MJ battling an illness. His detractors either doubt the illness completely or call it a hangover.
We all knew that Game 5 performance was going to be addressed in "The Last Dance," and on Sunday, it was that time.
Jordan detailed a story about ordering a delivery pizza in Utah and later coming down with food poisoning. While pizza isn't a food that's commonly associated with food poisoning, that was the story he was going with: DELIVERY pizza.
So, let's see what frozen-pizza makers DiGiorno thought of that story…
Bravo, DiGiorno. Bravo.
It's not every night that a #Brand Twitter account comes through with the perfect tweet for the moment, but DiGiorno managed to both make a legitimately funny joke and promote its frozen pizzas at the same time.
Jordan should have just had DiGiorno – the "flu game" never would've happened.