"He walks into our locker room" - 9x All-Star once shared Michael Jordan’s epic pregame threat before torching rivals with 60-point game

Former NBA star Dominique Wilkins recalled how Michael Jordan once gave one of his teammates a warning before they played against each other. In Wilkins' story, the nine-time All-Star talked about how the Chicago Bulls star visited the Atlanta Hawks' locker room before the start of their game.

Jordan was extremely competitive and talked trash to his opponents whenever he could. During his time in the NBA, countless stories of how he would talk to his opponents before the game were shared. Wilkins' story is no different as the Bulls legend knew that he'd put on a scoring masterpiece in front of a crowd.

Back in the 1986-87 season, the Hawks played against the Bulls during the regular season and Jordan was unstoppable. While he warned the player assigned to guard him, Randy Wittman, he still had an offensively dominant performance.

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"I will never forget this, I never had a player do this," Wilkins shared. "Jordan walks into our locker room, suit and tie, I'm like, 'What the hell is he doing in our locker room?'"

"So he walks by me, he walks by Kevin [Willis] and gets to Randy Wittman and said, 'Lace 'em up, it's gonna be a long night.' He had 60 [points] that night."

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Jordan ended the night with 61 points, 10 rebounds, and four steals. Despite his efforts, however, the Bulls lost that night, 117-114, as the Hawks still got the regular season win. MJ was the only player who scored at least 20 points for Chicago.

The second-highest scorer that night was Charles Oakley, as he had 19 points. This was the time when Jordan didn't have significant help on both ends and would do most of the heavy lifting himself.

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What were some of Michael Jordan's notable scoring outbursts that season?

The 1986-87 season was one of the most entertaining seasons to be a Michael Jordan fan. He took his game to the next level and had a few high-scoring games. He scored over 60 points twice that season, once against the Hawks and once against the Detroit Pistons, when he finished with 61.

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Against the New Jersey Nets on February 26, Jordan scored 58 points to lead the Bulls to a 128-113 win. The other starters for the Chicago team also scored double-digits in that game. On March 24, he had 56 points, seven rebounds, and eight steals against the Philadelphia 76ers.

In that game, he led the Bulls to a 93-91 win.

His lowest-scoring game that season was on December 13 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Jordan only scored 11 points and shot 3-17 that night. The Bulls suffered a 113-90 blowout loss.

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