LeBron James lit up the Knicks. Well, is it really a stretch that the 23 year-old MVP candidate went for 50 in the Cavaliers’ 119-106 win at The Garden earlier tonight?

Come on. You know better. Especially when it comes to the Dumb and Dumber Clown Management 101 philosophy which excludes actual team defense along with any sort of logic.

Anyone who coughed up a few bucks to go was there for one reason only. To witness one of the NBA’s best superstars. Well, how about that? That Nike LeBron commercial looks prophetic:

“We are all witnesses.”

You knew James would lead his Cavs to victory. The two questions were by how many and how much would he get? He wound up with his second 50-point night of the season and fifth of already a brilliant career.

“I’ve dreamed about playing well in this building and it’s overtaken of how I could ever dream about,” the affable James expressed to the Associated Press after shooting 16-of-30 from the field including a deadly seven from downtown on 13 attempts.

“To get a standing ovation in the greatest basketball arena in the world, it was a dream come true for me. It’s one of the best things that ever happened to me.”

Hey. Still some of the most knowledgable hoops fans (despite losing braincells from how dreadful these Knicks are) have to find something to appreciate in such a pathetic season which now has their team a cool 25 under (18-43). 

The one and only Walt “Clyde” Frazier likes to refer to their team as “heroes.” Try more like zeroes as there’s nothing heroic about this NBA laughingstock. All you ever get is that same idiotic stoic look on Lord Isiah’s ghostly face. Yeah. He’s going to hell alright and taking the ship with him. Welcome to Team Titanic. Jim Dolan has a nice seat up above as the New York Knickerbocker boat goes down probably with some cheap cigar and one of his band’s third rate blues songs.

Did we mention that the Knicks only trailed by two entering the final 12 minutes before predictably doing what they do best. Tanking in crunch time. They were outscored 35-23 by the Cavs with James cashing four of his three’s when it mattered most.

He did all this after injuring his right pinky on a dunk attempt back in the opening quarter. No matter as he notched 20 first half points on an efficient 7-of-12 which included a fadeaway trey at the buzzer.

Just how special is LeBron? He also made history by becoming the first player to score at least 50, hand out 10 assists and grab eight rebounds since legendary NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Jan.19, 1975.

“The 3-ball for him, that’s the shot that you would hope that he takes,” said Dumb and Dumber Team President Isiah Thomas of James’ lethal shooting from long range. “However, when he makes them like that, he’s virtually unguardable because he’s big, he’s strong, he’s fast and he’s unselfish, also. He’ll give the ball up.”

Thomas’ club trailed by only a point with less than four and a half left but predictably got outscored 11-1 with James nailing three trifectas keying the spurt to put the game out of reach at 110-99 with over two minutes remaining.

James was even congratulated in person by a diehard fan after he exited to loud cheers with 23 ticks left.

“It was a great feeling. You get a fan to come down there to express the way he feels about you … told me I was his favorite player, that never happens,” he noted.

“I respect him, I respect his pride and for him to come out there and tell me something like that face to face, it’s like the (most) unbelievable thing that ever happened to me.”

His proud coach Mike Brown summed up the special night quite well:

“You can’t take it for granted because he’s that good. He’s just a great player. I try not to because coaching a guy like that, working with a guy like that, it’s probably a once in a lifetime deal. You just try to take advantage of every second that you’re with him.”

Now imagine LeBron playing on the grandest stage. On second thought, don’t. It’s enough to make you sick. He’d probably somehow be ruined.

Just ask Stephon Marbury.