Back-to-Back Dunkadelic Garden Parties, Kobe & LeBron

by Dunkadelic King23 | February 5, 2009 at 12:33 pm

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LeBron James had a record night at Madison Square Garden becoming the 1st NBA player since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976 to score 50 points to go along with a triple-double.

James added 11 assists, and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers to lead them to a 107-102 victory over the New York Knicks. LeBron joined Michael Jordan as the only 2 players to have two 50+ games at the current MSG .

The 52 points was a season-high for LeBron and his 21st triple-double of his star-studded 6 NBA seasons.

Jay-Z the hip-hop mogul sat courtside to watch his good friend LeBron perform on the biggest NBA arena stage. Jay-Z and LeBron are the 2 most celebrated current stars in the basketball and hip-hop culture fusion world.

Jay-Z pays homage to both Jordan and LeBron in his rap lyrics. He often refers himself as the "Mike Jordan of the rap game". Lil' Wayne the rap impresario refers to himself as the "Kobe Bryant of the rap game". Bryant and Jordan both have tremendous influence within the hip-hop culture world.

The merger of basketball and hip-hop was born in 1984 and is known now as The "Dunkadelic-Era" In America, 1984-Present www.dunkadelictv.com . The "Dunkadelic-Era" is celebrating its 25th Anniversary during the year 2009.

Kobe Bryant the superstar guard of the L.A. Lakers two days earlier scored 61 points breaking the MSG record of Bernard King who put up 60 points on Christmas Day in 1984.

LeBron James was born 5 days later on December 30, 1984.

Kobe broke the 55-point record of Michael Jordan by a visiting player. Jordan accomplished his feat on March 28, 1995. Jordan was making his first appearance at MSG since his come-back to the league after a 18-month retirement. It was only his 5th game back as member of the Chicago Bulls.

The back-to-back MSG performances of Kobe and LeBron shows how linked the two superstar players are.

Kobe's name begins with "K" and the next letter of the alphabet is "L" LeBron. LeBron wears the #23 and Kobe wears the following #24. If you remove the K and L from their names they both share 3 of the 5 next letters in their names OBE and EBRON. Kobe was last years MVP and LeBron is the favorite to win this years honor. Kobe and LeBron will be 2 players linked in history as the 2 stars that followed the legacy created by Michael Jordan and that's Dunkadelic!