In 1998, France broke the spell that confounds teams like the NBA's Utah Jazz: being unable to win big if named after a musical style.

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Estrada informs me that the day before he canceled his morning appointments to watch Game 5 of the NBA championship between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz, particularly Michael Jordan.

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These shoes, in the black and red colorway, are the ones Jordan wore when he hit the game-winning shot over Byron Russell of the Utah Jazz in Game six of the 1998 NBA Finals.

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He went on to spend four years playing in the NBA, the top basketball league in the world, with Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets.

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