{"id":384215,"date":"2014-06-03T14:26:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=384215"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:37:32","slug":"this-day-in-sneaker-history-michael-jordans-the-shrug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/this-day-in-sneaker-history-michael-jordans-the-shrug\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day in Sneaker History: Michael Jordan’s “The Shrug”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Twenty-two years ago today, #23 put up 35 in the first half of Game 1. Twenty-two years ago, MJ responded in a way that would forever be remembered.<\/p>\n
While MJ and the Chicago Bulls were favored over the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals, few would have anticipated such a lopsided first half of Game 1. Out of the gate, Michael Jordan was charging ahead with 6 three-pointers. The man just couldn’t miss. In disbelief as a viewer (a seven year old kid watching on an 18″ TV in Fresno, CA), I too could relate to MJ’s shrug. What was I watching? \u00a0How could anyone be on fire like that? Was it the shoes?! Oh yeah, the important part – Air Jordan 7<\/a>s on his feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Twenty-two years ago today, #23 put up 35 in the first half of Game 1. Twenty-two years ago, MJ responded in a way that would forever be remembered.<\/p>\n While MJ and the Chicago Bulls were favored over the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals, few would have anticipated such a lopsided first half of Game 1. Out of the gate, Michael Jordan was charging ahead with 6 three-pointers. The man just couldn’t miss. In disbelief as a viewer (a seven year old kid watching on an 18″ TV in Fresno, CA), I too could relate to MJ’s shrug. What was I watching? How could anyone be on fire like that? Was it the shoes?! Oh yeah, the important part – Air Jordan 7s on his feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":384216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1225574],"tags":[1225521,1225452,1225586],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n