06-05-2009, 01:24 AM
<!--quoteo(post=42202:date=Jun 4 2009, 10:19 PM:name=ColoradoCub)-->QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Jun 4 2009, 10:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42201:date=Jun 4 2009, 10:08 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 4 2009, 10:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Kobe's regular season stats (career): FG% -- .455, 3P% -- .341, FT% -- .840
Kobe's playoff stats (career): FG% -- .448, 3P% -- .328, FT% -- .810
His playoff stats aren't too far off his regular season stats. However, his shooting percentage actually gets slightly worse on the big stage, across the board, in the playoffs.
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How did he look tonight? He's a different player now than he was earlier in his career, where most of those stats come from. He's especially on another level mentally than he was just a few years ago. I said if there's a free throw with the game on the line, he's going to make it. I'd rather have him or MJ shooting that than even Steve Nash at the line in those situations.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Kobe Bryant has waited a year, a long year, for another chance at NBA title. He's not about to let this one slip away.
The Olympic gold medal was nice. Not nearly enough.
He covets another golden trophy.
"I just want it so bad, that's all," Bryant said. "I just want it really bad."
Bryant, playing like a man possessed, scored 40 points and the Los Angeles Lakers, who have waited nearly one year for a chance to erase bitter memories of a Boston beatdown and a championship they felt belonged to them, pounded the Orlando Magic 100-75 in Game 1 on Thursday night.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Add in that the defense played in the regular season and playoffs are not even comparable in the NBA. You really think he could score 81 points in a playoff game? The teams focus their entire gameplan for 2 weeks on slowing Kobe down. And as I said, it's not about necessarily playing better, but not playing worse, not letting the pressure bother you. It clearly was a problem the last 2 years for us.
Kobe's playoff stats (career): FG% -- .448, 3P% -- .328, FT% -- .810
His playoff stats aren't too far off his regular season stats. However, his shooting percentage actually gets slightly worse on the big stage, across the board, in the playoffs.
So...there's that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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How did he look tonight? He's a different player now than he was earlier in his career, where most of those stats come from. He's especially on another level mentally than he was just a few years ago. I said if there's a free throw with the game on the line, he's going to make it. I'd rather have him or MJ shooting that than even Steve Nash at the line in those situations.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Kobe Bryant has waited a year, a long year, for another chance at NBA title. He's not about to let this one slip away.
The Olympic gold medal was nice. Not nearly enough.
He covets another golden trophy.
"I just want it so bad, that's all," Bryant said. "I just want it really bad."
Bryant, playing like a man possessed, scored 40 points and the Los Angeles Lakers, who have waited nearly one year for a chance to erase bitter memories of a Boston beatdown and a championship they felt belonged to them, pounded the Orlando Magic 100-75 in Game 1 on Thursday night.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Add in that the defense played in the regular season and playoffs are not even comparable in the NBA. You really think he could score 81 points in a playoff game? The teams focus their entire gameplan for 2 weeks on slowing Kobe down. And as I said, it's not about necessarily playing better, but not playing worse, not letting the pressure bother you. It clearly was a problem the last 2 years for us.
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