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He played \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003e44 minutes — more than any other player in the game\u003c\/span\u003e — and delivered \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003e38 points, 3 steals, and 5 assists\u003c\/span\u003e in a 90-88 Bulls victory that put Chicago up 3-2. The Bulls won the series in six. The shoe on his feet that night became one of the most mythologized objects in sports history, and its colorway — \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eblack tumbled leather and Varsity Red\u003c\/span\u003e — became impossible to separate from the performance it was worn during. The 2025 retro also carries a behind-the-scenes story of its own: Jordan Brand originally planned a \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003e\"Heritage Twist\" variant\u003c\/span\u003e to replace the OG release, and the collector community's unified backlash against that plan was significant enough that Jordan Brand reversed course entirely and committed to the straight OG-faithful execution the shoe deserved.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 2025 build is confirmed as \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003ethe most OG-faithful \"Flu Game\" retro since the original 1997 pair\u003c\/span\u003e — correcting construction details that prior retros accumulated over four release cycles. The \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003epremium black tumbled leather upper\u003c\/span\u003e returns with the dense, textured surface quality that defines the AJ12's material identity, with \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003esignature rising-sun inspired stitch lines\u003c\/span\u003e running across every panel — the stitching pattern \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eTinker Hatfield\u003c\/span\u003e based on the Japanese Rising Sun flag aesthetic that informed the silhouette's entire design language. The \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eVarsity Red lizard-textured mudguard\u003c\/span\u003e wraps the lower profile with the scale-patterned reptilian overlay that has always been the colorway's most distinctive material detail — the texture adding dimension to the red panels that a smooth leather would never achieve. A \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eJumpman emblem on the tongue and heel tab\u003c\/span\u003e carries the identity branding, while the \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003esemi-translucent red rubber outsole with black herringbone traction pods\u003c\/span\u003e and an \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eexposed carbon fiber shank plate\u003c\/span\u003e complete a sole unit that delivers performance credentials and the colorway's signature underfoot red in one continuous structure. 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