{"id":448574,"date":"2015-05-27T16:49:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T20:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=448574"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:30:39","slug":"michael-jordan-advances-to-first-nba-finals-this-day-in-sneaker-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/michael-jordan-advances-to-first-nba-finals-this-day-in-sneaker-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan Advances to First NBA Finals | This Day in Sneaker History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all know <strong>Michael Jordan<\/strong> has six rings, but what&#8217;d it take to get to his first one? Before MJ could show his stuff on the game&#8217;s biggest stage, he had to go through the Detroit Pistons and boy was that a task. The Bad Boys roster led by Isaiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer gave Money and the Bulls all they could handle for three straight seasons, ousting His Airness in the &#8217;88 Conference Semis, only to be followed by back-to-back Conference Finals beatdowns in &#8217;89 and &#8217;90.<\/p>\n<p>On this day in sneaker history 24 years ago that all changed. By playing team ball, MJ and company figured out the Bad Boys and beat them in a four game sweep for their first trip to the NBA Finals. Wearing the Black\/Infrared Air Jordan 6, take a trip down memory lane in this week&#8217;s video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know Michael Jordan has six rings, but what&#8217;d it take to get to his first one? 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