Prior to Wednesday night, only seven players had scored at least 50 points in a game in NBA history after turning 35 years old: Alex English, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Jamal

Despite facing the No. 1 seed in the conference, the Celtics were viewed as the favorites. RELATED: Colin Cowherd on what Jayson Tatum lacks, gives LeBron James, Michael Jordan examples As expected, the C's showed their talent in the opening quarter and at one point led the game 25-3.

With Michael Jordan long retired and LeBron James's legacy pretty much fully baked, conversations and arguments about the NBA's greatest of all time have gotten a little bit stale. Shaquille O'Neal did his part to spice them up a bit by suggesting it's time to put a new name on the table for dissection.

Montclair State’s Carol Blazejowski scores 52 points against Queens College, setting a new collegiate scoring record (for men or women) in the current Madison Square Garden in New York. 1982 — The San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks combine for 337 points in the highest scoring game in NBA history,

The face of the NBA is usually just...the face of the NBA. They never ask for it. That's how it was with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. That's how it was with Michael Jordan. That's how it's been for LeBron James and Steph Curry.

Stephen A. Smith shocked the world on Wednesday when he declared that it was time to retire the Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James G.O.A.T. debate on First Take. Smith cited LeBron's long, sustained level of greatness in the wake of his passing 50,

Jordan ruled the '90s, winning six championships and six Finals MVPs. Meanwhile, James has dominated in an era of analytics and 3-point barrages. Mahorn picks James over Jordan. F

LeBron James has had the luxury of teaming up with a remarkable number of top 5 draft picks throughout his career, but what about Michael Jordan? As LeBron continues to defy Father Time at 40 years old,

LeBron James has been at war of words with the NBA media over the last few weeks after the start of the face of the league debate. The four-time NBA champion argued that no one would want to be the face of the league after his retirement because “all the people that cover our game and talk about our game on a day-to-day basis s*** on everybody.

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan shared his thoughts on who he’d prefer to take on in a one-on-one matchup—LeBron James or Stephen Curry. Michael Jordan is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time,

There is an argument to be made for putting James over Jordan, and James' case only grew stronger after he became the first player in NBA history to reach 40,000 career points.