Nike honored one of basketball‘s most legendary individual performances with the Kobe 1 Protro 81 Points colorway, commemorating Kobe Bryant’s January 22, 2006 game against the Toronto Raptors, where he scored 81 points to record the second-highest single-game total in NBA history.
The Protro treatment updated the original Kobe 1 with modern performance technology while preserving the silhouette’s classic shape, and the colorway nodded directly to that historic night. Few sneaker stories are as loaded with personal and athletic significance as this release.
The Nike Kobe 1 Protro 81 Points retailed at $210 and released January 22, 2026 on the 20th anniversary of the game through Nike SNKRS.
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