06-06-2009, 04:07 AM
<!--quoteo(post=42257:date=Jun 5 2009, 09:45 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jun 5 2009, 09:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42228:date=Jun 5 2009, 09:15 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jun 5 2009, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42222:date=Jun 5 2009, 08:33 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jun 5 2009, 08:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42207:date=Jun 5 2009, 12:46 AM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Jun 5 2009, 12:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42205:date=Jun 4 2009, 11:35 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Jun 4 2009, 11:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's playing against the best teams. I mean come on, Kobe can't rape all the teams in playoffs, because they actually have talent and the best defenders. You guys expect Adrian Petersen to average more yards in the playoffs than in the regular season? Nope. Clutchness in hockey is way more common. i.e Malkin & Crosby.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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.
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They were pointing out Kobe's playoff stats were worse over his career in comparison to his regular season, I'm well aware he's been better this year. Last night he looked like he was from another planet and made some absolutely insane shots. The Magic choked, Kobe stepped up. Some guys fade, some play as good or better. That's the whole point.
And Butch, Kobe's shooting 90.1% in these playoffs, including 26 of 27 the last 3 crucial games. He's missed more than 1 free throw only twice in 19 playoff games. As I said, he's a completely different player mentally now than he was earlier in his career.
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.
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They were pointing out Kobe's playoff stats were worse over his career in comparison to his regular season, I'm well aware he's been better this year. Last night he looked like he was from another planet and made some absolutely insane shots. The Magic choked, Kobe stepped up. Some guys fade, some play as good or better. That's the whole point.
And Butch, Kobe's shooting 90.1% in these playoffs, including 26 of 27 the last 3 crucial games. He's missed more than 1 free throw only twice in 19 playoff games. As I said, he's a completely different player mentally now than he was earlier in his career.
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