It’s also media and fan overblown.
It was a little glossed over in the 30 for 30 but not overlooked by Pistons fans. But when the Pistons finally got over on the Celtics in 88, the Celtics all walked off the court also with time left on the clock. However, there’s video of McHale shaking hands with Isiah so somehow that is remembered instead of Bird and the rest of the cast not shaking hands and just walking off. And Isiah even said, at that moment, they weren’t offended that the Celtics had walked off. They were like, oh , did we finally just beat them? But Jordan’s thin skinned ass had to feel all insulted over the same Larry had done because it was Isiah and the Bad Boys, and NOT video’d or at least not brought to attention was that Joe Dumars did trail behind and shake some of the Bulls players hands, just like McHale did. got twisted because the Pistons were national villains.
So telling how the media shaped the perception of those two similar events.