I woke up this morning knowing I needed to write an article here on Down the Drive, but wasn't sure what I wanted to share. Where is the tie-in? Where's the story? Then it came to me... LeBron James.
"The King" put on a clinic last night in Cleveland in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, scoring 37 points (on 37 shots), securing 18 rebounds and dishing out 13 assists, making him the first player to ever put up those numbers in NBA Playoff history.
Not bad.
While I'm normally not terribly impressed by the obscure stats - "he is the first player to score three baskets from the left side of the floor, on a Wednesday in January" - James' numbers are very impressive and the media hoopla surrounding him today is completely warranted.