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One of my favorite parts of Carmelo Anthony's historic 62-point game was watching every one of his teammates (give or take Metta World Peace) react like a giddy fan. The Knicks looked like a team last night. They played a nice, cohesive game with with and around Melo, and they looked like they enjoyed each other's company for the first time in weeks. By the end of the game, they were doing (almost) everything in their power to make sure he made history. It was sweet. All the post-game stuff reflected that, too. Here's a lovely pile of tweets:
Woodson: "I was calling for Iman and he wouldn't even go in. He wanted Melo to get the record."
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) January 25, 2014
Shumpert joking in locker room: "Between me and Melo, we had 66 points tonight. It was all about me and Carmelo Anthony" #Knicks
— Zach Schonbrun (@zschonbrun) January 25, 2014
Tyson: "One of the great performances of our generation."
— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) January 25, 2014
The Knicks watched a Muhammad Ali speech before the game. JR said it really affected Melo.
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) January 25, 2014
huh
.@tysonchandler on Melo: "Once he got rolling, my whole thing was, 'how can I get him open?" #Melo62
— NBA New York Knicks (@nyknicks) January 25, 2014
JR, jokingly: "[Melo] better play the 4 the rest of the year!" This shouldnt be a joke by now, though.
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) January 25, 2014
Iman: "It was jaw dropping. We didn't know what to do but get our popcorn and watch."
— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) January 25, 2014
"I thought he was gonna go for 80," Shumpert said. "I would've left him in, personally." Iman's on a roll
— Zach Schonbrun (@zschonbrun) January 25, 2014
Felton: "I saw that look in his eye. Eye of the Tiger. Eye of a lion."
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) January 25, 2014
Eye of an ocelot. Eye of a jaguarandi. Eye of a badger. Eye of a naked mole rat. Eye of an amoeba. Eye of a fig.
(By the way, Melo's scared of cats, so that's FUCKED UP, Ray.)
Lol JR RT @ForeverKelseyy: pic.twitter.com/yP32bSPYTM
— KG_NYK (@KG_NYK) January 25, 2014
Anthony: "It came within the rhythm of the game; the flow of the game. It's surreal."
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) January 25, 2014
Melo: "Guys were asking me if something was wrong [before the game]. Wasn't anything wrong, I was just locked in"
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) January 25, 2014
Anthony said his teammates wouldn't let him sub out early in the 4Q. Said he tried to sub himself out before setting the record
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) January 25, 2014
Anthony: "I wanted to come in [with a performance] to say that I don't accept losing."
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) January 25, 2014
Anthony said Ewing came up to him after the game. Smiled when he thought abt the fact that Jordan, CHA's owner, probably saw it, too.
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) January 25, 2014
Carmelo: "It really hasn't sunk in yet. It's still surreal.'' Melo said came to game extra focused and more quiet than usual.
— Marc Berman (@NYPost_Berman) January 25, 2014
Melo, on if he has words for Kobe: "Tell him I was going for 81. I had 7 minutes left."
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) January 25, 2014
Bernard King tonight: "I am very proud of Carmelo Anthony. I consider him to be one of the greatest players in our game...
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) January 25, 2014
BK: "If anyone was to break my Knicks record that I have held for so long, I'm absolutely delighted that it was Carmelo."
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) January 25, 2014
TOO MUCH FUN pic.twitter.com/oJBKMO9sxl
— charlie widdoes (@charliewiddoes) January 25, 2014
JR also noted "Every time I've seen that look, he's gone off."
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) January 25, 2014
I like this Carmelo Anthony quote: "There’s only a small group of people that knows what that zone feels like."
— Andrew Keh (@andrewkeh) January 25, 2014
<3<3 Family <3<3
I love it! @lala's video http://t.co/5urGI5gF9t
— Chris Delgado (@Delblogo) January 25, 2014
Carmelo's son Kiyan ran the interview. He told me my IPhone battery was running low & told a frustrated reporter "you ask the next question"
— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) January 25, 2014
After ESPN's Ian Begley kept getting interrupted, Carmelo's son Kiyan told Ian: "just keep talking"
— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) January 25, 2014
BREAKING: Melo's son apparently hit a HR today. (He must be in some sort of winter league.)
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) January 25, 2014
Some tweets from the Knicks themselves:
Wowwwww big homie @carmeloanthony went bonkers in the garden tonight! lmao...glad to be apart of history! #garden #62 #knickstape!!!
— Toure Murry (@toure_murry) January 25, 2014
62. Unbelievable. @carmeloanthony
— Cole Aldrich (@colea45) January 25, 2014
What More Can I Say...... That MAN IS VERY SPECIAL #Melo62
— Tim Hardaway Jr (@T_HardJR) January 25, 2014
Witnessed greatness such an honor and privilege to be apart of something special.. #melo62 http://t.co/XBW2nexThP
— Tim Hardaway Jr (@T_HardJR) January 25, 2014
Lol JR RT @ForeverKelseyy: pic.twitter.com/yP32bSPYTM
— KG_NYK (@KG_NYK) January 25, 2014
@carmeloanthony Tremendooo!!!! 62 pts. Nunca había visto en vivo una actuación así. Récord de anotación en el Madison S Garden. Crack!!
— Pablo Prigioni (@PPrigioni9) January 25, 2014
Big shout to @carmeloanthony for his record setting game tonight #KnicksTape
— Raymond Felton (@RFeltonGBMS) January 25, 2014
- Here's Coach Nick's breakdown of the 62 points.
- Here's the wonderful Knickerblogger recap from Jamrock C. Avant.
- Here's Stacey Gotsulias's Knicks Wall recap: "Nothing went wrong."
- Jared Dubin goes 1n$s1d3 th3 num83r$.
- And here is the heartiest laugh of all time:
<3s all around. That was the best.