The sneakers were part of history for Jordan and the Bulls, who won six NBA titles in the 1990s.
The Bulls and Utah were tied in the 1997 best-of-seven NBA Finals at two wins each ahead of game five, when Jordan felt ill, feverish and dehydrated due to a stomach virus but played for Chicago anyway.
Jordan scored 38 points in 44 minutes and made the decisive 3-pointer in the dying seconds for a 90-88 Bulls triumph -- delivering the only Jazz home loss of the playoffs -- and Chicago went on to capture the crown in six games, with Jordan taking the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award.
The shoes, which had belonged to a former Jazz ballboy, were first sold at auction 10 years ago for almost $105,000.
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