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Michael Jordan's 'Flu Game' Shoes From NBA Finals Sold For Record $1.38 Million

  • Michael Jordan's shoes from Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz sold for $1.38 million at auction.
  • Jordan scored 38 points while battling illness later revealed to be food poisoning from pizza.
  • The shoes were given to a Jazz ball boy who helped Jordan during the game and held onto them for 15 years before selling them.
  • The shoes previously sold for $104,765 in 2013, appreciating over 1,200% in value.
  • The $1.38 million sale price set a record for the most expensive pair of game-used Jordan sneakers ever sold.
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