Magic, who faced the Pistons in the 1989 and 1990 NBA Finals acknowledged the Pistons often walked a fine line with their confrontational approach and that he wasn’t surprised by Jordan’s reaction. “It was always going to happen,” he explained. “They still hate the Pistons today. That was a bitter rivalry. […] You got to give the Pistons credit, they learnt from the [Boston] Celtics and you’ve got to learn how to win a championship before you win one.”