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Re: "Championship Odds"
« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2009, 09:29:05 AM »

Offline wdleehi

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I'm not sure I agree with that. I know we beat them both, but I think overall Kobe's stat's were better than Lebron's against us in the playoffs last year. They both struggled, but if I remember correctly Lebron really didn't have a good game until game 7.

It depends upon what you think is a "good game".  Game 5 he was certainly very good.  In the other games, he struggled with his shot, but killed us with assists and rebounds.  He scored 32+ in each of the last three games.

Stats are here: 

http://www.basketball-reference.com/fc/pgl.cgi?player=jamesle01&year=2008

I don't see how Kobe was any better.  He struggled shooting nearly as much as Lebron did, but didn't really have big contributions in other areas to make up for it.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/fc/pgl.cgi?player=bryanko01&year=2008

Not to mention the defense he put up on Pierce until game 7.