Whats better 61 or 55?

Well if you are a golfer, 55 is Tiger Woods on crack.  Its been awhile since I posted a blog but I just saw something on espn.com that blew my mind. 

ESPN will post a poll question on its website to engage thoughtless purveyours of the sports world.  Today’s poll question came on the back of the incredible performance that Kobe Bryant put on in New York City last night.  Kobe scored 61 points in Madison Square Garden, the most ever scored in the now defunct worn down arena. 

The record Kobe broke belonged to the great Bernard King, who scored 60 points for the Knicks on Christmas Day in 1984.  However not to allow a great player from the West Coast go without comparison, the East Coast Bias world had to throw in Michael Jordan’s “record” of 55 points, the most ever at MSG by an opposing player.

Cool.

So what poll question does ESPN post?  Pretty straight forward actually: “Which performance at Madison Square Garden was most impressive?” 

The two options? Kobe’s 61 points or Jordan’s 55 points.  Thats it!!!

Choosing the two was pretty simple.  Hmmmm more points is better right?  So after clicking and choosing Kobe’s feat, ESPN will take you to a “Electoral Map” showing you the break down of how the rest of America is voting.

At first I was thinking this was pretty boring because outside the state of Illinois and maybe North Carolina, the rest of the country would choose the obvious and pick the guy who scored more points right?

So you can guess that I was astounded when the map revealed itself that minus California there was a clean sweep for Jordan!  WTF?

Would somebody please explain to me how this makes sense.

For those who did not witness the game, the crowd in Manhattan were chanting in unison MVP MVP MVP for Kobe when he went to the free throw line.  When Kobe exited the game a standing ovation which included Spike Lee.

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