{"id":146041,"date":"2011-01-31T19:28:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T01:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=146041"},"modified":"2022-09-15T02:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T07:37:00","slug":"footwear-flashback-kobe-drops-81-in-nike-zoom-kobe-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/footwear-flashback-kobe-drops-81-in-nike-zoom-kobe-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Footwear Flashback: Kobe Drops 81 in Nike Zoom Kobe I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers of the 2005-06 season were not the Lakers of today. A 45-37 team, the road to redemption and the road to the playoffs were both long and rocky. With Shaq gone Kobe carried the weight of the franchises&#8217; success along with their failures. Midway through the season the team was on the bubble but Kobe was heating up. A January road trip saw the Lakers lose two straight games to conference rivals with Kobe putting up totals of 51 and 37, respectively. Coming back home how would he respond?<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers hosted the Raptors in what would be Kobe&#8217;s peak scoring performance. 81 points. The second most all-time only to Wilt Chamberlain&#8217;s famous 100 point night. Jumpers, free throws, dunks, you name it, everything fell. It all came together to in what would be Kobe&#8217;s first signature model from Nike, the Zoom Kobe I. Could Kobe win a championship as the face of a franchise? Could Kobe sell sneakers with Nike? The answers were yes and yes. The colorway he wore was unreleased at the time but later dropped in a limited release inspired by the performance. Since then Nike has put out a &#8220;Concord&#8221; colorway of ever Kobe sig.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong> Kobe Bryant<br \/>\n<strong>Shoe:<\/strong> Nike Zoom Kobe I<br \/>\n<strong>Event:<\/strong> Career High 81 Points vs. Toronto Raptors<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> 1\/22\/06<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146051\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Footwear Flashback: Kobe Drops 81 in Nike Zoom Kobe I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146055\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Footwear Flashback: Kobe Drops 81 in Nike Zoom Kobe I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146052\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Footwear Flashback: Kobe Drops 81 in Nike Zoom Kobe I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146056\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Footwear Flashback: Kobe Drops 81 in Nike Zoom Kobe I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers of the 2005-06 season were not the Lakers of today. 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