Kobe Bryant walked into Madison Square Garden this past Monday and told Gotham City why he is going to win MVP this season.Bryant broke the all time Madison Square Garden record of most points scored in a single game by a player. His 61 points beat legends like Michael Jordan and Bernard King. This was Bryants 5th career 60 point game and his 5th 40 point game in the Garden. The score of the game in the end was 126 - 117 L.A. Andrew Bynum, center for the Lakers, got injured just before this game and is expected to be out 8 to 12 weeks. Kobe's performance demonstrated that he alone can get the job done and that Bynum's injury will not hurt the progress of this franchise.
However Knick fans, this is not something to worry too much about. The Knicks played extremely well. Al Harrington had 24 points, David Lee grabbed 12 rebounds, and point guard Chris Duhan dished 9 assists. The turning point of the game, was in the third quarter when the Knicks went on a 10 - 4 run to make it a two point game. The play of the game was Quentin Richardson's two-handed cross court pass to Jared Jefferies for the Allie-oop.
David Lee explained how, "it was very obvious to all of us by the middle of the first quarter that he [Kobe Bryant] wasn't in a distributing type of mode or in a getting 10 rebounds type of mode, that he was going to try to score the basketball tonight."
The Knicks are currently 21 - 27 and stand at 10th place in the Eastern Conference. They are two games behind the 8th seed and playoff spot. If the Knicks continue to play with an up tempo speed and do not turn the ball over, they will be sure to advance and see the playoffs after five years of no postseason.
- Shrenil S. Bhansali
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