Bernard King scored 60 points in a Christmas matchup against the Nets in 1984. Credit: AP/Bill Kostroun
He was ready to have a great game.
That is how Bernard King remembers feeling as he drove to Madison Square Garden on Christmas morning 36 years ago. He had goosebumps. He was excited. He was ready.
"I was at the height of my basketball career and profession," King told Newsday in a phone interview this week. "It was Christmas Day and I felt it was an honor to play. You knew all your peers around the league would be watching.