By the way Kobe is still better than LeBron. In both of their matchups this season Kobe scored way more points than LeBron did. Now I know that might not seem like much but to make a comparison Shaquille O'neal scored 29 points and had 24 boards in his first game ever against Michael Jordan's Bulls. The Magic won that game in overtime because of a late turnover by one of Jordan's teammates, however Michael scored 64 points in that game.
Now, looking back on that game after Jordan's career who is considered the better player?? Kobe is a better player than LeBron; he has accomplished more during his career than LeBron has and has played with better players than LeBron has.
Historically, it's fair to argue Kobe is better; four championships versus zero says a lot, even if three of Kobe's were from playing second fiddle to Shaq.
However, in terms of judging the current player, why ignore statistics and wins, and focus only on head-to-head? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Also, of course, you're wrong in your facts. The last time the two met, Lebron outscored Kobe 37 to 31, and had more rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks than Kobe, and shot a higher percentage both from the field and from the line. The game before that, Kobe did outscore Lebron, but only shot 33% from the field. The Cavs won both games.
In 13 head-to-head matchups all-time, Lebron holds an 8-5 edge in wins, and leads Kobe in points per game, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, FG%, and 3PT%. Kobe has fewer turnovers, and a better FT%.
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