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A similar black/white/royal blue colorway was released to the public at the end of 2000. The colorway was changed for the public release because the concord purple had looked like royal blue on television. Jordan wore the Air Jordan XI on the way to helping the Chicago Bulls claim the 1995–96 NBA Championship.
Jordan scored 37 points in the contest. After the game, Jordan gifted the shoes to ballboy Preston Truman, who assisted with the visiting team's locker room. The shoes get their name from the documentary miniseries The Last Dance, which focuses chiefly on Jordan and the 1997–98 NBA season. The shoes were sold by Truman in 2020 for US$215,000.
Tinker Linn Hatfield Jr. (born April 30, 1952) is an American designer of numerous Nike athletic shoe models, including the Air Jordan 3 through Air Jordan 15, the twentieth-anniversary Air Jordan XX, the Air Jordan XXIII, the 2010 (XXV), the 2015 Air Jordan XX9 (XXIX), and other athletic sneakers including the world's first "cross training" shoes, the Nike Air Trainer.
With 25 seconds left, Jordan made a 3-point-game-winning basket. The Bulls went on to win the NBA Finals in game 6. [2] The shoes that Jordan wore in game 5 became known as the "Flu Game shoes", even though it was later revealed in The Last Dance that Jordan was suffering from food poisoning during the game. [1]
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In July 2019, the two released another three-sneaker collection, this one featured the "OG Collection" Nike Blazer. This sneaker features an all royal blue suede upper that is accented by a white leather swoosh that complements the white mid-sole and heel. [16] A three-sneaker collection in August 2019 included the "Upside Down" Blazer.