Michael Jordan's shoes from 1997 'flu game' sell for more than than $1 million.
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 has announced.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.
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