N.Y. Swag

Whomever made the schedule for the New York Knicks this season obviously has a grudge on the once proud franchise. Kobe on Monday, LeBron on Wednesday, with a 3-course meal of the Celtics on Friday. Wow! I'm sure the Knicks will be sure to send some courtside tickets to the schedule makers next year. Arguably the 2 best players in the NBA, followed by the defending champions proved to be too much for the Knicks as they went 0-3 during those home games. Not only did they lose the games but records were set in the process. Which one do you think was more impressive?
Kobe set a new Madison Square Garden record by topping Bernard Kings record of 60 points with a 61 point performance; the second highest of his career. It was an almost flawless game from KB24 as he hit difficult shot after difficult shot while doing so in the flow of the game. This great feat was accomplished while playing only 37 mins and going 19-31 from the floor, and 20-20 from the charity stripe. More importantly the fans at MSG gave Kobe a curtain call with chants of MVP, something that NY legend Spike Lee has never seen before...not even from Jordan.
LeBron had a tough act to follow on Wednesday but he is rarely one to disappoint . It was originally thought that he scored 52pts, 11ast, 10rbs, but the league office took away a rebound to leave him one shy of a triple double. That would have put LeBron in elite company as only the second player since Kareem Abdul Jabbar to record a triple double while scoring 50 points. With all that aside his performance was incredible to say the least. LeBron's jump shot seems to always improve when he is playing on the biggest stage in the NBA. He hit two 3 pointers and reeled in 16 free throws along the way.


From a statistical point of view LeBron is the winner, although if you are a student of the game (like me) then you will understand that LeBrons 52 was hard fought and not as seamless as Kobes 61. Talk amongst yourselves and be the judge...who had the better performance?

'Peace
Agent 34