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Black Thought - Thought @ Work

On Monday, February 2, 2009 I attended the first game in the NBA's Dream Week at Madison Square Garden, as the Knicks played host to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Scenario

I always try to cover the Lakers whenever they play on the east coast, so when they flew to NYC last month, I figured it would be just another win for the Lake Show, but what I didn't bank on was the historic show from Kobe Bryant.

Earlier in the day I went to practice, and I began filming as the players were shooting around...after catching up with Kobe, I figured that I would tape a behind the scenes segment for my web TV show, GAME TIME. 

In the end, Bryant set a Garden all-time scoring record with 61 points. In a word, it was amazing, and for the next 48-hours Kobe was King, that is until LeBron James came close to challenging the new record with a near triple-double, headlined by 52 points.

It's a long season, and anything can happen between now and June, but for one night, I was the happiest journalist in New York, because not only did I watch a great performance...I participated in it, making it as memorable for me, as I'm sure it was for Kobe.