2023-05-23 09:39:00
2014 is already far enough away, but some parents still suffer from that time as they still listen to their children slaughter “Let It Go” since they watched Frozen together. Only two months following the release of the film (did you see this hook), Carmelo Anthony decided to ignite Madison Square Garden by achieving the best scoring performance in the history of the Knicks and MSG.
The Knicks then come out of a good 2012-13 season concluded by elimination in the second round of the Playoffs. The next one is more complicated.
At the start of 2014, New York has only 15 wins out of 42 games. Carmelo Anthony tries to keep the house afloat to snatch the Playoffs at the end of April but the mission promises to be difficult for Melo, a little too alone. Because yes, Jason Kidd retired last season and Amar’e Stoudemire spends more time with the Knicks physio than on the court. On January 24, 2014, New York received the Charlotte Bobcats in its lair, future Playoffs team and sixth best NBA defense that year. While on paper, this match is nothing transcendent, Melo decided to transform the latter into a memorable meeting by releasing the greatest offensive performance of his career.
That time Melo dropped a career-high 62 points in The Garden ????????????
Celebrating 7️⃣ | #STAYME7O pic.twitter.com/yMNWBgGZi9
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) May 22, 2023
62 points at 23/35 in shooting including 6/11 from the parking lot and a nice 100% in free throws. All served with 13 rebounds in “only” 39 minutes, because the game was folded so quickly that we had time to have a long garbage time.
Knicks coach Mike Woodson might have brought him in once more in the fourth quarter to break the 70 puntos mark, but Pas-de-Calais (62, Pas-de-Calais, you got it) it was already quite enough for a victory in the pre-tanking era. And the Bobcats had already had enough of it.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, known for his disgusting shooting gestures but good defender, has just taken on the head the greatest performance in scoring in the history of the Knicks and Madison Square Garden. ME7O, MKG, MSG,… Too many acronyms present in a story that will go down in the annals of the Manhattan franchise and this mythical hall.
A simply historic performance, there are no other words available in the dictionary except legendary. We will have to wait to see a record like this fall. But in any case, as Elsa said at the top of her mountain, the stars are reaching out to Melo now, we are just waiting for the beautiful tributes and deserved rewards for all of her work.
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