In three different points of the 10-part documentary, “The Last Dance” we see Michael Jordan come across former NBA star and current Boston Celtics executive, Danny Ainge.
Ainge is interviewed about his round of golf with Jordan in the 1986 NBA Playoffs. Jordan put on an all-time performance the next against Ainge and the Celtics, scoring a playoff record 63 points in an overtime loss for the Bulls.
Ainge would appear again playing against Jordan and the Bulls as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns in the 1992 and 1993 NBA Finals.
Ainge is yes, that same Danny Ainge broke the hearts of Notre Dame fans everywhere in 1981.
1998 Chicago Bull was a one-time Notre Dame student?