37 years ago, Michael Jordan and the “Shattered Backboard”

On August 26, 1985, as part of a tour for Nike in Europe, Michael Jordan took part in an exhibition match in Italy, more precisely in Trieste. That day the young Michael Jordan, who had just been elected rookie of the year, donned the jersey of Stefanel Trieste to face Juve Caserta. This match became famous because wearing his Air Jordan 1he planted 2 of his 30 points on a huge dunk that the backboard mightn’t resist.

Here is this famous dunk

And some pictures of this game

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