1997 Nike 'Hoop Heroes' Publicity Event

A basketball player, wearing a stylised Nike kit with a helmet, smashes through a glass backboard on a basketball hoop during the Nike Hoop Heroes event, a promotional match featuring several NBA players, at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany, 15th September 1997. Nike Sports Entertainment's 'Hoop Heroes' event included a thirty-minute game with an American team competing against a team drawn from German clubs. (Photo by Bongarts/Getty Images)