Your turn, LeBron

It's never a comforting feeling for the Knicks to see King James walking onto the court at Madison Square Garden. But that might be especially true Wednesday night, only two days after Kobe Bryant set the Garden scoring record with an electrifying 61-point performance.

"Kobe Bryant's performance was unbelievable. I watched every last second of it and he won the game," James said Wednesday night after the Cavs defeated the Raptors, 101-83, for their 23rd straight home win. "But it's not about individuals in this league — it's about the basketball game. I'm not trying to out-do Kobe or anybody on their team. I'm just trying to win the game."

James warmed up for what is his last trip of the regular season to New York with a 33-point effort. But as for trying to top Bryant, he stressed once again that it's not his style.

"I just go out and play my game," he said. "I'm not a video game where you can expect me to go out there and score 60 or 70. I play the game and I'm not about individual accolades."

Still, James is quite capable of putting on the kind of show the Garden fans saw from Bryant, on a night when he broke Michael Jordan's record for opponents (55) and Bernard King's overall Garden record (60).

"We set the bar up high for him," Mike D'Antoni joked after practice yesterday at Greenburgh. "He's got to play really well."

Source: New York Daily News