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Nuggets insider: Michael Malone delivers firsthand take of Michael Jordan in “The Last Dance”

The sports world is fixated on the ESPN documentary series “The Last Dance,” chronicling the 1990s Bulls dynasty and Michael Jordan with a reported 6.1-million viewers over the first two episodes.

Count Nuggets coach Michael Malone among those glued to his TV. Although he requires no introduction to MJ’s greatness.

“(Jordan) would reach into your chest and pull your heart out if he had to win a game,” Malone told reporters Tuesday on a Zoom teleconference call. “You don’t see that very often. He had that true killer mindset and he brought it every single night. That’s why he’s still, all these many years later, considered the greatest of all time.