Michael Jordan laughing at Gary Payton’s defensive claim quickly became a meme

Michael Jordan was already one legendary meme before “The Last Dance” starting airing on ESPN. Now each week it seems like his reactions to things on the show are quickly catching up to the “Crying Jordan” meme.

Jordan’s latest perfect reaction came during Sunday night’s second episode. The producer gave him a tablet to watch as Gary Payton explained how he shut down Jordan in Game 4 of the 1996 NBA Finals and things would have been different if he had covered Jordan for the first three games of the series, which were all wins for the Bulls.

Jordan found that claim to be very funny:

Gary Payton: I wore down Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan: pic.twitter.com/SX9fLY6ZZT

— Blue Wire (@bluewirepods) May 11, 2020

Twitter did its thing:

*Mitchell Trubisky drops back to pass*

NFL Defenses: pic.twitter.com/5ekAtkW2o8

— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) May 11, 2020

“I’m not like the others” pic.twitter.com/IwtVjCCwQq

— Amara (@AmaraBaptist) May 11, 2020

Horace Grant saying he’s hungry after having 6 points and 7 boards… pic.twitter.com/XzZr7MAYBp

— Andrew Schulz 👑HEZI (@andrewschulz) May 11, 2020

And when she messages you out of the blue to ask if you are too pic.twitter.com/lJYTAdd3Fd

— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) May 11, 2020

my eyebrow lady when she finally sees me again pic.twitter.com/z8gDaqUfLU

— kelly cohen (@ByKellyCohen) May 11, 2020

Me reading back my own tweets before they go on to get 2 likes #TheLastDance pic.twitter.com/sFejVWtbVT

— BROTHER (@BrotherHQ) May 11, 2020

When social media platforms receive your request for verification… pic.twitter.com/3x0durazWR

— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) May 11, 2020

We'll definitely see the NFL start on time in September! pic.twitter.com/8ecsRJXgWy

— Ken Fang (@fangsbites) May 11, 2020

Steph Curry's Warriors were better than the Bulls#thelastdance pic.twitter.com/9jjJCqNpjt

— FanDuel (@FanDuel) May 11, 2020