Remember that old Snoop Dogg and DPG video, “New York, New York,” which had Death Row’s crew stomping all over New York?
Yeah, that was Kobe Bryant tonight.
In honor of tonight’s 61-point outburst against the New York Knicks, the crew at WCBias has a few title suggestions for Spike Lee’s upcoming documentary on Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant (all titles are taken from movies/albums based on N.Y.):
- King of New York
- New York State of Mind
- New York, New York: It’s the City of Dreams, and Defending 24 is Tougher Than it Seems
- New York, I Love (to Play Against) You (Especially When Isiah was Coaching)
- The Devil Wears Purple & Gold
- The Day the Knicks D Stood Still
- He Got Game, The Knicks Got Lame
- 61* (* point total came against a Mike D’Antoni “defense”)
Pretty unbelievable, Kobe pours in 61 points when the Lakers need it most – the same day they found out center Andrew Bynum is out eight to 12 weeks after tearing the MCL in his right knee.
Kobe’s 61 points (I still don’t know how he dropped 81 on Toronto three years ago) were the most ever by an NBA player at Madison Square Garden.
After the game, KCAL sideline leprechaun, I mean reporter, John Ireland said “there is something about this city and this building” that brings out the best in Kobe.
Hold on to your Lucky Charms, Johnny. A look at the actual stats shows Kobe brings something special every night.
Coming into the game, Kobe’s numbers against the Knicks were no better than his career averages.
In 23 games against the Knicks, he averaged 24.4 ppg (hitting 45.7% from the floor), 5.0 rpg, 4.0 apg and 0.4 bpg.
For his career, Kobe is averaging 25.1 ppg (45.4 %), 5.3 rpg, 4.7 apg, 0.6 bpg.
Yeah, he’s that good … all the time.
And that’s good news for Laker Nation, because they’re going to need that kind of production over the next eight to 12 weeks if they want to take this team to the Finals and get past the Boston Celtics or the Cleveland LeBrons in June.
