{"id":231627,"date":"2012-09-02T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=231627"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:36:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:36:23","slug":"michael-jordans-seven-greatest-games-in-the-air-jordan-7-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/michael-jordans-seven-greatest-games-in-the-air-jordan-7-raptors\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan&#8217;s Seven Greatest Games in the Air Jordan 7 &#8220;Raptors&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strong hip-hop ties and 90?s wave color blocking make it easy to see how casual friendly the <strong>Air Jordan 7 ?Raptor?<\/strong> is. Don?t get it twisted though, when <strong>Michael Jordan<\/strong> wore them it was all business. Baring no inspiration from the Toronto team to be, purple reigned in the 1992 Playoffs as MJ led the Bulls to a second straight ring in his charcoal colored kicks. Check out seven of Jordan?s best games in this weekend?s big release.<\/p>\n<h2>Playoff Debut<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztlnKZSPtcw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim:<\/strong> Miami Heat<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> Round 1 of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, Game 1<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> April 24, 2012<\/p>\n<p>The Air Jordan 7 may have been the funkiest Mike?s footwear got from a colorway perspective. After playing much of the ?91-?92 season in the wild ?Hares?, MJ brought out the purple-splashed ?Raptors? for the postseason. Good call. Jordan went for 46, 11, and 9 in his playoff opener which looked more like an exhibition game.<\/p>\n<h2>Heat Check<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVcwa99dBB4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim:<\/strong> Miami Heat<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> Round 1 of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, Game 3<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> April 29, 2012<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, nobody on the Heat could check MJ. The Bulls roasted the South Florida expansion club in their first playoff appearance, bringing out the brooms with Jordan chipping in a light 56.<\/p>\n<h2>Elimination Impossible<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D9BKx2HN8Ms\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim:<\/strong> New York Knicks<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, Game 7<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> May 17, 1992<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jordan. The Knicks. Game 7. What else is there to say? Not much, as MJ had the final word by sending the ?bockers back home with a 42 point performance.<\/p>\n<h2>Rivalry Renewed<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9r-9qMl9e2A\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim:<\/strong> Cleveland Cavaliers<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> Eastern Conference Finals, Game 5<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> May 27, 1992<\/p>\n<p>Craig Ehlo may not have been the ?Jordan Stopper?, but if shooting percentage is telling, he did slow him down. Tied up 2-2 and struggling from the field by MJ standards, Jordan got his groove back by dropping 37 points in the series-shifting Conference Finals win.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;The Shrug&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zlaL9OhZQoc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim:<\/strong> Portland Trail Blazers<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> NBA Finals, Game 1<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> June 3, 1992<\/p>\n<p>Was he surprised he was that hot or was he surprised he was that open? We?ll let MJ laugh over that question.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a cold shooting night against the Cavs and coming into more Clyde comparisons, Jordan made a statement by putting up 35 points and six three pointers in the first half of the final&#8217;s opener. Money got his, collecting two league records, but he also spread the wealth by dishing out 11 dimes and giving the hometown crowd the experience of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<h2>MVP #3<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rqLmOrTCPPE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim:<\/strong> Portland Trail Blazers<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> NBA Finals, Game 3<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> June 7, 1992<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls regained the series lead in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, but it was the pre and postgame ceremonies that were more memorable for Jordan fans.<\/p>\n<p>At 29 years of age, Michael Jordan was named best in basketball for the third time. A 67-15 record added credibility to his team leadership, while averages of 30, 6, and 6 proved he was still the most gifted in the game.<\/p>\n<h2>Second Ring<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8h5tR0rQddo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim:<\/strong> Portland Trail Blazers<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> NBA Finals, Game 6<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> June 14, 1992<\/p>\n<p>Individual accolades are nice, but at the end of the day it?s all about the team. His Airness put away the Blazers in six games to bring back-to-back trophies to sweet home Chicago. The ?Raptors? would then go into unofficial retirement as he sported the ?Olympics? that summer and started the next season in the ?Cardinals?.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best to ever play the game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2415,"featured_media":232398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[618],"tags":[1225521,1203968,1209214,1225586],"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>Michael Jordan&#039;s Seven Greatest Games in the Air Jordan 7 &quot;Raptors&quot; | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Michael Jordan&#039;s Seven Greatest Games in the Air Jordan 7 &quot;Raptors&quot; shoes. 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