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The Nike Sportswear “Sharpie” Pack includes the Nike Air Foamposite One and the Nike Air Penny 6 as a nod to becoming the first player in NBA history to score 40 points in back-to-back playoff games when his team scores less than 100. Also, Penny was the first player to score 40 points back-to-back in a the playoffs against a Pat Riley-coached team.During the 1996-1997 season, the Orlando Magic lost their big man Shaq, leaving the load of the team onto Penny Hardaway’s shoulders. Following a 45-win season, the Magic managed to make the playoffs and play agains the Miami Heat. They fell 0-2 in the first two games of the series, when Hardaway then scored 42 points in Game 3 and 41 in Game 4 to force a Game 5, but the Magic fell short to loss the series.While Penny Hardaway was making history during that series, he also debuted the Nike Air Foamposite One “Sharpie” – but not by planned. This “Sharpie” version of the Nike Air Foamposite One wasn’t actually created by Nike. Instead, Penny was being hassled by the NBA about wearing his all-Royal Foams, so he went in the locker room and took a Sharpie to meet the NBA’s 50/50 guidelines for sneakers back in the league at that time.The shoe features an all-Royal Blue Foamposite ...
