US basketball icon Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers shooting shirt from his legendary 2006 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors is displayed during a special single-lot auction at Sotheby's in Beverly Hills, California, February 15, 2022. - Bidding opens at USD $200,000 for the shooting shirt, the only worn memorabilia from the 2006 game against the Raptors that has ever been offered at public auction. The sale, which concludes on February 22, 2022, comes the heels of a surge in the sports collectibles market including the sale of Bryants game worn rookie season jersey that sold last year for $3.7 million, the record sale price for a item of Kobe Bryant memorabilia. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

Kobe Bryant's Lakers Shooting Shirt from 81-Point Game Sells for $277K at Auction

Timothy RappMar 6, 2022

The shooting shirt Kobe Bryant wore before his 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors in 2006—the second-most points ever scored in an NBA game, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game for the Philadelphia Warriors in 1962—sold for $277,200 at auction on Sunday, per Sotheby's.

Per TMZ Sports, "the shoes from that historic game were sent to the Basketball Hall of Fame, and the uniform is owned by Bryant's family—so this might be the only Bryant-donned item from the game that ever becomes available."

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TMZ added that the shooting shirt was reportedly worn by Bryant six other times throughout his career.

David Kohler, the president of SCP Auctions, won the bid.

"After collecting Kobe Bryant memorabilia throughout many years, I am thrilled and honored to add this very special artifact from one of the most significant games in NBA history to my collection," he said.