At this point in his career, it feels as though LeBron James has done just about everything there is to do as an NBA player. He's won multiple titles. He's scored lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of points. And, well, let's just say that we could literally sit here all day and tell you about all of his individual accomplishments. The guy is probably going to go down as the greatest basketball player to ever walk the planet—and he's got the accolades to prove it.
But last night, LeBron managed to do something that he hadn't done in his storied NBA career. He shot 22-for-32 from the field against the Charlotte Bobcats, knocked down eight three-pointers, and scored a career-high 61 points to lead the Miami Heat to their eighth career win. It was one of the best games of his career. And he made scoring 61 look easy.
That's not all he did, though. After scoring 61 points, LeBron also started once of the most intense sports-related arguments that we've ever seen on Twitter with both his haters and his stans chiming in and arguing against and for the greatness of LeBron James. His haters attacked his 61-point effort by pointing out that, even though he had scored 61, he hadn't come anywhere close to scoring 81 like Kobe Bryant did back in 2006 against the Raptors:
Kobe once hit 12 3's & scored 81 points, relax my heat fans. #mamba
Please don't try to compare Lebron's 61 point effort to Kobe's 81 point game. Please don't.
Nobody is gonna break Kobe's 81. Y'all Lebron dickriders need to calm down.
To that, his stans responded:
LeBron with 61. I'd say we have an MVP race now, right? Kobe fans, I know he scored 81...save those tweets
Y'all keep bringing up Kobe's 81. LeBron not a ball hog like Kobe lol he's a playmaker overall
Kobe fans saying lebron doing this against the bobcats like Kobe didn't drop 81 on the raptors
His haters then went in on the fact that LeBron's 61-point game was one point shy of the 62-point game that Carmelo Anthony had against the Bobcats earlier this season:
Why ppl more hyped bout LeBron than Carmelo a few weeks ago ? #overrated
Carmelo scores 62 and it's no big deal... Lebron scores 61 and all the sudden he's a fucking hero. smh. What if Lebron took a dump??
Lebron has a team full of stars and Kobe had trash ass niggas so 81>61 Lebron your trash Carmelo beat you lol
And to that, his stans responded:
LeBron checks out with 61. He let Melo have the season high. What a good friend.
I hate when niggas try to compare Carmelo to Lebron like WTF CAN YOU COMPARE? Lebron is better in ever category dude
At the end if the day LeBron James is better than Carmelo Anthony ! Way better
Then, all rhyme and reason went out the window, and some people started taking shots at LeBron for no reason:
LeBron stinks.
LeBron still sucks....
LeBron James still sucks. He got lucky.
And his stans just sat back and laughed:
LeBron sucks? So you could beat him in one on one? Yeah, Shut up and go back to playing 2k #AppreciateGreatness
Only niggas who don't know basketball would say LeBron sucks.
People don't realize how ignorant they sound when they say LeBron sucks
Crazy, right? We can't say that we're surprised, though. This is LeBron James, after all. And no one polarizes people quite like he does. So even when he scores 61 points, the haters and stans can't seem to agree on his greatness.
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