Berliner Tageblatt - NBA legend Jordan shoes sell at auction for $1.38 million

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NBA legend Jordan shoes sell at auction for $1.38 million / Photo: © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

NBA legend Jordan shoes sell at auction for $1.38 million

SPORTS 15.06.2023

Shoes worn by NBA legend Michael Jordan in the famous "Flu Game" of the 1997 NBA Finals were sold at auction for $1.38 million, Goldin memorabilia marketplace announced Thursday.

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The sneakers were part of history for Jordan and the Bulls, who won six NBA titles in the 1990s.

The Bulls and Utah were tied in the 1997 best-of-seven NBA Finals at two wins each ahead of game five, when Jordan felt ill, feverish and dehydrated due to a stomach virus but played for Chicago anyway.

Jordan scored 38 points in 44 minutes and made the decisive 3-pointer in the dying seconds for a 90-88 Bulls triumph -- delivering the only Jazz home loss of the playoffs -- and Chicago went on to capture the crown in six games, with Jordan taking the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award.

The shoes, which had belonged to a former Jazz ballboy, were first sold at auction 10 years ago for almost $105,000.

M.Ouellet--BTB

Berliner Tageblatt - NBA legend Jordan shoes sell at auction for $1.38 million

NBA legend Jordan shoes sell at auction for $1.38 million

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