{"id":213258,"date":"2012-05-07T23:23:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T04:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=213258"},"modified":"2022-09-13T23:21:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T04:21:02","slug":"this-day-sneaker-history-michael-jordan-hits-the-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/this-day-sneaker-history-michael-jordan-hits-the-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day In Sneaker History: Michael Jordan Hits &#8220;The Shot&#8221; in &#8217;89 NBA Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which one of <strong>Michael Jordan&#8217;s<\/strong> game-winning shots is most memorable to you? Could it be Michael Jordan&#8217;s &#8220;Last Shot?&#8221; What about the shot he nailed in the &#8217;82 NCAA Championship? Or was it &#8220;The Shot?&#8221; Our <a href=\"\/tag\/this-day-in-sneaker-history\/\"><em>This Day In Sneaker History<\/em><\/a> column spotlights the latter moment mentioned on the 23-year anniversary today. We all remember the two dribbles towards the top of the key, the double-pump jumper in mid-air and the after-shot celebration (in addition to Craig Ehlo&#8217;s collapse), but which shoes did MJ hit &#8220;The Shot&#8221; in? Check out the video below in which associate editor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/geokthree\">George Kiel III<\/a> revisits this classic moment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTCyOUsx05E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"382\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213287\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air Jordan 4 Black\/Cement - 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213287\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air Jordan 4 Black\/Cement - 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213287\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air Jordan 4 Black\/Cement - 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213287\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air Jordan 4 Black\/Cement - 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213269\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Jordan wearing the Air Jordan 4 Black\/Cement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_213267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213267\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Jordan dunking against the Cavs in the Air Jordan 4 Black\/Cement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember this moment? Better yet, do you remember which shoes he wore?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":213304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1232703,3,1225574],"tags":[1225673,1225452,1225575,1225586,1225706,1225474],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>This Day In Sneaker History: Michael Jordan Hits &quot;The Shot&quot; in &#039;89 NBA Playoffs | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy This Day In Sneaker History: Michael Jordan Hits &quot;The Shot&quot; in &#039;89 NBA Playoffs shoes. 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