Is Energy/Chemistry Worth a Damn?

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Right. You don't get to face the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs, and the teams you are facing are even more prepared and focused to try to stop you.
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and you are using last night's 100-75 game in which Kobe scored 40 points, to illustrate that point?
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Unless he averages those numbers from last night throughout the entire playoffs, I don't see that there is a larger point.
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After butch pointed out his playoff numbers don't vary from his overall numbers, Clapp asked "how did he look last night". Then later, he also said that numbers in playoffs are down because you play much tougher teams. I think last night's game is a bad example of both of these points. Kobe's numbers were UP over regular season stats, AND Orlando played about as badly as you would expect Minnesota or Oklahoma City to play.