{"id":24760,"date":"2009-04-08T17:16:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T22:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=24760"},"modified":"2022-09-15T03:06:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:06:53","slug":"kicks-on-court-honoring-michael-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-on-court-honoring-michael-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicks On Court: Honoring Michael Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>After the response we got from the David Robinson and John Stockton posts, we know you&#8217;ve been waiting on this one, <strong>Kicks On Court<\/strong> honors Michael Jordan, and his legendary career, with a look at some of his greatest moments.<\/p>\n<p>The memories are endless, so we did our best to narrow it down to our favorites. &#8220;His Airness&#8221; is simply beyond what all writers, announcers and sports broadcasters could ever describe with words. Even now thinking about the many moments leaves me in awe, and grateful for the multiple times I saw him play in person. Without him, where would all of us be as sneakerheads?<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Michael on the great accomplishment of being inducted into the Hall Of Fame. Thank you for the memories, past, present and future.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know what your favorite Jordan memory is in the comment section.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan hits the game winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan leads Team USA to the Gold Medal in the 1984 Olympics<\/em><br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan scores 63 against Boston in the Playoffs in 1986. Larry Bird&#8217;s response, &#8220;God disguised as Michael Jordan&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan wins his first Dunk Contest title in 1987.<\/em><br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan wins his second NBA Slam Dunk Contest title in 1988.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan wins his second NBA Slam Dunk Contest title in 1988.<\/em><br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan with one of the greatest blocked shots of all time on Patrick Ewing in 1989<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan&#8217;s game winning shot over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 NBA Playoffs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>MJ scores a career high 69 against the Cavs. Don&#8217;t forget the 18 Rebounds, 6 Assists, and 4 Steals<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Michael shakes John Starks and Charles Oakley, then Dunks on Patrick Ewing, and one!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Michael shrugs his shoulders after hitting a record 6th 3-pointer in one quarter against the Blazers (Sorry for the German)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan&#8217;s famous &#8220;The Shot&#8221; against the Lakers in the 1992 Finals out shined his overall performance, 15-18 FG&#8217;s, 33 Pts, 7 Rebs, 13 Asst. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan leads the &#8220;Dream Team to Olympic Gold in 1992.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Michael shoots his free throw with his eyes closed after some &#8220;friendly&#8221; taunting between he and Dikembe Motombo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan returns to the game to find his #23 in the rafters. His first game back has highest TV ratings for an NBA game since 1975. Jordan scores 19 points.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan&#8217;s first trip back to Madison Square Garden since his retirement, Michael scores 55 points against the Knicks<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Michael leads the most dominant team in NBA history to a fourth title, and regular season record of 72-10<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Michael&#8217;s puts up the only triple-double in the NBA All-Star Game history in 1997<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Michael&#8217;s &#8220;Flu Game&#8221; against the Utah Jazz in Game 5 of the 98 NBA Finals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan&#8217;s famous &#8220;last shot&#8221; against the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the 98 NBA Finals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>Jordan becomes the oldest player to score 40+ points in a game in 2003, then backs it up with another 40 point performance later in the season<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<em>In his 14th All-Star Game, MJ becomes the all time leading scorer in All-Star Game history<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the response we got from the David Robinson and John Stockton posts, we know you&#8217;ve been waiting on this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,835],"tags":[1225452,1225551],"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>Kicks On Court: Honoring Michael Jordan | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Kicks On Court: Honoring Michael Jordan shoes. 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