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In case you needed more reasons to go see Kevin Hart…

Kevin Hart -- who will visit Buffalo on March 10 -- has got game.

blog by Ben Kirst • February 25, 2012 @ 9:20am

You probably know Kevin Hart is funny—he has headlined comedy tours and appeared in numerous music videos, television shows and feature films (including his own stand-up movie, Laugh At My Pain, which made over $7 million and was the most successful limited-release film of 2011). The man can make people laugh.

You probably know Kevin Hart is short—the little guy stands about 5’2.

And you probably also know that Kevin Hart is coming to Western New York for a huge show as part of his Let Me Explain That tour on March 10 at the First Niagara Center (1 Seymour Knox III Plaza, Buffalo). Tickets start at $39.50.

But did you know that Kevin Hart has game? That’s right, the Philadelphia comic knows his way around the basketball court, as he proved on Friday at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Orlando.

Hart was the MVP of the contest, showing an impressive ability to get to the basket, a tight mid-range game and even the dexterity to flip a sweet alley-oop, as he did for East teammate / hip-hop artist J.Cole. Hart’s East team, coached by Dwight Howard, defeated the West, 88-54.

Does Hart have eligibility left? When Hart visits to Buffalo in two weeks, embattled Canisius Head Coach Tom Parrotta may want to talk his way backstage.

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