LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers will travel to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks on Saturday (8:30 p.m. EST on ABC).
James has played 32 games in the «World's Most Famous Arena,» amassing a record of 23-9. His averages at Madison Square Garden — 28.0 points, 7.4 assists and 6.9 rebounds — are not far off from his overall career average — 27.0 points, 7.4 assists and 7.5 rebounds.
He has met the Knicks only once in the postseason — the first round of the 2012 playoffs — in which the Miami Heat won 4-1. He averaged 27.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists, and only scored less than 20 points once in that series.
James has had his fair share of memorable games at Madison Square Garden throughout the years. Here's a look at some of the most notable.
Game result: 119-105, Cleveland Cavaliers win
After dropping 45 points at home against the Knicks in November, James did himself one better at the Garden in March.
He became the first player with at least 50 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds in a game since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Jan.19, 1975, according to the Associated Press. James exited the game to chants of «MVP!» and called the standing ovation «a dream come true.»
Game result: 104-101, Cavs win
Though the numbers aren't among James' best at the Garden, it was the on-court antics that became the story. James and Enes Freedom had a butting of heads in the first quarter.
James dunked the ball, and then wouldn't move out of then-Knicks guard Frank Ntilikina's way as he tried to inbound the ball. Freedom took offense to that, standing up for Ntilkina as James shoved Freedom, leading to a double technical.
Freedom said postgame: «I don't care… what you call yourself. King, Queen, Princess, whatever you
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