CAVS SNAP LOSING STREAK IN LEBRON-KOBE BATTLE, KOBE SETS CAREER ASSIST MARK

Both men were the best players in the league at one point. The past met the present. Kobe vs Lebron. Both men put on great performances, King James with 36 points and the Black Mamba with a double-double including a CAREER-HIGH 17 assists.But in the end the team with the better supporting cast won out, proving that depth is still relevant in todays “all about me” style of play. The Cavs won 109-102. “It’s always fun, a pleasure,” James said. “It’s two of the best competitors this game has probably ever seen, and to be on the same floor with him, somebody I looked up to when I was a child growing up, seeing him go straight from high school to the NBA, it’s fun, it’s great. I hated him being out of the NBA last year because of injury, and it’s fun having him back.”