Kobe just never realized the basic concept of the piston defense. They would double team him on every single drive to the basket so all he should have done was continue to keep driving to the basket and if the pistons kept coming with the double team he should have just kept passing it to the open guy as he did a couple times in this video. However this requires a commitment you can't just do it once in a while when you feel like it or as resorting to it only in a last option situation. You have to do it consistently enough when you have the ball on offense so that not only does your team get comfortable playing that style of basketball but also because it gives you a large enough of a sample size of open shots to allow the law of averages to start to affect the outcome of the game. Affecting the scoreboard and making the opponent pay for doubling your player through continuity in play and meeting the required sample size of open shots for the law averages to have the ability to affect outcomes in a basketball game is how you break the back of this defensive strategy and force them to start playing single coverage or some other defensive scheme. But Kobe's obsession with shooting the ball clouded his ability to stick to the game plan on each possession. He could have easily won finals MVP the Lakers could have easily swept this team had Kobe just kept driving to force the double team and then pass out of the double team instead of trying to force a shot over the top of the defense. Every time he passed lakers got a good shot every time he shot over the top of the defense the lakers probability of success went down significantly.
Guy thinks this was 2023 where everybody shoots 3s lol. This was 2004 where the Lakers shot 32% on the season and 24% on the series. Gary Payton had 4 ppg and Karl Malone was injured and only had 5 ppg. Their 3rd best scorer was Fisher and only had 6 ppg on 30% shooting. In fact the entire team shot sub 40% fg excluding shaq, with most around ~33%. Detroit had a better team period. But go ahead and create whatever narrative you want that they not only lost because of Kobe, but they would've swept if Kobe passed the ball more. Kobe haters woefully ignorant and uninformed as usual. Keep on hating.
@@rizahawkeKobe played for Kobe the Lakers were winning game 4 before Kobe's gunning and game 1 Shaq was playing excellent Kobe missed more shots than Shaq took
@@andresdelportillo9917 Everybody shot horrible that game cause it was a low scoring defensive game. At least Kobe grabbed 15 Boards, that’s a valuable effort.
@@Madvillainy48 yep Jordan is goat in my eyes but bron haters act like only lebron choked in finals.bird have 8 point game in finals.curry shoot 6-24 in 2016 finals.magic johnson become tragic johnson but peoples like nah forget Just remember the lebron one
Not how it works. Kobe deserved that MVP. It was a defensive minded series and Kobe did a lot more than shooting as his defense and rebounding was elite. This 04 series was something else, easily the worst series I've seen from a prime Kobe.
The Pistons should give Kobe that Finals MVP. He definitely was the most valuable in helping them throughout the series win that title. 2008 Kobe struck again but honestly he had a history of taking bad shots and not remaining in the offense. If he hits he's a hero but this was probably his worst performance for an entire series of just shooting and not involving his teammates until he needs them to bail them out with less than 4 seconds on the clock. I'd never take Kobe over Duncan
Kobe and Duncan played to different positions either way kobe was more skilled than Duncan could do more on the basketball court I'm taking the Goat kobe Bean Bryant over Duncan definitely r.i.p the great Mamba.
Kobe had a winning record against Tim Duncan in the postseason Bird brain! Compared to LeBron who couldn't even defeat an old Tim Duncan back in the 2014 finals🤡😂🤣
Kobe was ALL about Kobe. He knew a 4th title without FMVP wouldn’t be good for his career so he cost his “team” the series being selfish & playing hero ball. One of the most overrated All-Time greats ever!
He was essentially a child his whole career. Here's the stat lines of his Finals appearances. They call this goatworthy yet 2002 was his only good performance. 2000 (vs. Indiana Pacers) Series stats 15.6 points (on 36.7% shooting), 4.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.0 steal, 1.4 blocks 2004: (vs. Detroit Pistons) Series stats: 22.6 points (on 38.1% shooting), 2.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.8 steals 2008 (vs. Boston Celtics) Series stats: 25.7 points (on 40.5% shooting), 4.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.7 steals 2001 (vs. Philadelphia 76ers) Series stats: 24.6 points (on 41.5% shooting), 7.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.4 steals, 1.4 blocks 2002 (vs. New Jersey Nets) Series Stats: 26.8 points (on 51.4% shooting), 5.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.5 steals 2009 (vs. Orlando Magic) Series stats: 32.4 points (on 43.0% shooting), 5.6 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 1.4 steals, 1.4 blocks 2010 (vs. Boston Celtics) Series stats: 28.6 points (on 40.5% shooting), 8.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.1 steals
@@Cripsandbloodsaresellouts he had a good year or two. Hell, he tore it up pretty good in his best season... But his career as a whole just lacked maturity imo. Even his injuries stemmed from overtraining because he didn't approach things in the intelligent way you'd expect someone in the goat conversation to.
@Nicholas Mogo but do u see how the dude is calling kobe "kobrick" because of this series, I was just knocking him by saying that about LeBron, if they're gonna make that argument about kobe like that, I can also do that about LeBron.
@Nicholas Mogo exactly all im saying is that the same things that they use to bring down kobes legacy can be used the same way against LeBron, its just that I don't go around hating on LeBron ever, but dudes like this just pisses me off so i made that comment out of anger
@Nicholas Mogo facts these type of people also say kobe is carried, even tho a 20 something year old kobe was scoring superstar numbers playing along Shaq, who would've won those fmvps even with mj as his teamate. For me kobe is greater than LeBron, for u its the other way around, and I respect that, but those r our opinions, but haters like these talk negative about certain person who they don't like to take a hit at their legacy. Kobe also one won without another all NBA first team-teamate, and he's done that back to back, but u won't ever hear them mentioning these accolades, they only talk about the negatives, fact is no one had a perfect career that doest have any negative side that could be criticized
@@noncomplacent Plus, plus, it took BALLS to ignore ALL his OPEN teammates while taking ill advised, off balance, well guarded fadeaways that he hit at roughly 30%.
Here is Jordan's worst playoff game - ruclips.net/video/PD9FhE6d6Gw/видео.html If more games are available, I might also do other star players' worst playoff games such as Duncan, Shaq, LeBron, etc.
If I get to Wades I'd pick a superstar year rather than when he was past his best. Same thing with Shaq and Duncan. It wouldn't be a big deal if I put up a game from Shaq's Phoenix or Cleveland days, or Duncan in the 2nd half of his career
I remember that series very well.Kobe played like shit and he cost the Lakers at any shot of winning a tittle that year. Shaq was still playing like the best center and Ben Wallace was the best defensive center at the time.If Kobe was replaced by a decent player in the 2004 finals,the Lakers might would have won their 4th Championship in 5 years and Shaq would have 5 rings instead of 4.Kobe is not even in my all time top 20 list because he was by far the most overrated player in history and he cost the Lakers at a chance of winning the series in the 2004 finals because he played so terrible
2001 wcf against the Spurs Kobe shot 51% from the field on 33 ppg a game , 2002 finals Kobe average 26.4 ppg on 51.4 from the field , 2008 wcf against the Spurs kobe average 29.2 on 53.3 from the field , 2009 wcf against Denver 34.1 ppg on 48.1 % , 2010 wcf against the sun Kobe average 33.4 on 52.1 %, yeah by far the most overrated player ever
+Greg Morgan The 2001 San Antonio Spurs defense weren't even as focused on Kobe because of Shaq.And far as the 2002 season,Kobe didn't play as good as he did in 2001 and the 2002 finals,Kobe numbers were inflated because the Nets were one of the weakest teams to ever played the NBA finals.While Kobe did have great series in Western Conference from 2008-2010,Kobe 2 of his last 3 finals Kobe shot the ball very inefficiently and I say even in 2009,Kobe wasn't very efficient in the 2009 finals.My point of Kobe being by far the most overrated player ever stands because just Kobe only had 1 finals appearance where he was efficient and even then Shaq still greatly outplayed Kobe and the Lakers would have won the Championship without Kobe in 2002 anyway.
+Daniel Clark Yes there is a reason why Kobe has 5 rings.He had Shaq and he had Paul Gasol and Phil Jackson which is the best coach in NBA history.You can't judge a player by rings anyway because according to that logic,Scottie Pippen has more rings than Kobe or Dirk is better than Karl Malone because he has a ring while Karl Malone doesn't. The ring arguments are so flawed.
+Kobetardssuckdick okay look at all his accolades and respect he's gotten from his contemporaries and opposing coaches....You really think anyone cares about fg%? If anything fg% is "so flawed"
+Daniel Clark Okay,would you care if the leader on your favorite team is shooting 36% in the finals and cost their team to lose,would you be okay with that?I would want the leader of my franchise to play efficient basketball on both offense and defense .Field Goal % matters along with True Shooting% because it tells if a player is scoring the ball efficiently or not.Kobe is great but he's very overrated.
@@joshuafult84 kobe has actually had allot of bad games in the finals. if people dissect Kobe career game by game like they do bron. you would see tons of similarities. Jordans too. but that's basketball.
@@CCEddieCC Lebron dont have many bad games in finals though, he was not the favourite in 07,14,15,17,18 except in 2011 loss. He won as underdog in 2012 and 2016. There is one thing he had over Kobe is because teams dont triple team Lebron and let him make easy drive. Might be because he will pass to open man for easy lay up. Jordan was in best team whole league, no team was able to put up a big 3 to challenge, talent was low during his time.
Kobe was All-NBA Second Team in 1999-2000. How can he not be a star by then? Oh do you remember his game winner against Jason Kidd in the first round of the playoffs that year? How about his take-over in overtime of Game 4 of the 2000 NBA Finals after Shaq fouled out?
Those are undipusted facts. You can say cherry picking all you want but it doesn't change the fact that Kobe was a star by at least 1999. Keep in mind he already made the All-NBA Third Team during the lock out shortened 1999 season.
@@robertofranciscor.beltran5588 making a all nba team doesn’t make you a star lol and it’s common knowledge that Kobe became the player he was in 2001. Kobe was a bench dude in 1999 and 2000 he was a good starter
It doesnt matter because eventually MJ passed the ball to longley or rodman to get the basket, what matters, job was done with common sense, get the teammates involed to win. This is kobe bricking when he had shaq waiting on low post.
@@Tankpacqikcao “It doesn’t matter” is the most MJ fanboy thing to say, that’s hilarious. Kobe never had less than 2 assists in the 2004 finals, he passed just as much as MJ did.
Don't wanna hear the excuses. That DET team got taken to 7 by the Nets and even gave up 120+ points in one of those games. He choked period. No reason for losing with a prime Shaq vs a team with 0 superstars.
2003 kobe would have won this series but he was injured and under his ideal playing weight. He was great but he needed to be a little stronger to bully tayshaun. 07 kobe would kill this defense. He didn’t play his best but he was the only reason they won one game
@@lioninthesun You just lost with your own logic. Kobe doesn’t win 03 ever. Duncan in 03 is one of the 5 greatest players ever. But if you’re saying he’d have won if he wasn’t injured then the same applies to Duncan in 2000 coming off a title and sweep of Kobe and Shaq in 1999.
Tayshaun shpuld have gotten the fInals MVP! And, with a Pistons win(as they did), it had to go to Prince or Big Ben! Tayshaun destroyed Kobe! The Pistons got the same results as the Lakers did on the overmatched Sixers...
Kobe Bryant has a 567-506 win-loss record as the leader of his team.That's a 52.8% win-rate. His win-loss record for games where he had 30 or more shot attempts is 54-71 (42%). Kobe Bryant has missed postseason 4 times in 12 seasons as the leader and franchise player. NBA Finals averages: Shaq (as a Laker) 33.6ppg 14.1reb 3.0ast 2.4blk 60.2%fg Kobe (with Shaq) 22.1ppg 5.2reb 4.6ast, 1.0blk 41.6%fg Kobe Bryant (as leader) 25.3ppg 5.7reb 5.0ast 41.2%fg 31.3%3pt Pau Gasol 17.3ppg 10.4reb 3.2ast 1.7blk 52.8%fg Even Gasol was a better side-kick than Bryant ever was to Shaq. The stats are all from some of toughest play-off series they've ever played in. Facts. And Bryant's championships have all kinds of asterisk all over them. We all know about his first 3 but even if we just look at the 2 he got when he was the 'leader' of the team, there's a lot of questionable points. The one over the Celtics has so many bullshit refereeing that there are still so many videos on YT showing how the NBA rigged it for the Lakers as they do so often. Then look at the Finals against the Orlando Magic, which is arguably the worst Finals match-up ever in the past 40 years. How the hell did a team with Twilight Coward as their best player even got into the Finals? Well, LeBron's team was expected to beat that Magic team but that's another story.
Casual fans don't realize how far he is from MJ and many other players because of all the bull sh*t they try to sell with their media. I've looked at Kobe's stats in great detail and found out an important finding that would give us a better perspective on his ability and preferences. Even in his best scoring season, his field goal % around the rim is LOWER than many guards even those who are much shorter and less athletic. Even a pass first point guard in a restricted system like Tony Parker has way better stats in the paint. Kobe Bryant made significantly fewer field goals and attempted lesser shots inside the paint or within 10 feet from the basket in comparisons. And even in Tony Parker''s non prime seasons, he had comparable inside scoring stats if not better. Here are stats for field goals made and attempted within 3 feet from basket for the following players and specific seasons - Tony Parker - 321/498 (08/09 regular season) - 2456 minutes logged - 0.2 attempts per minute - 363 freethrow attempted Lebron James as a rookie - 284/469 (03/04 regular season) - 3122 minutes logged - 0.15 APM - 460 freethrow attempted Kobe Bryant - 260/435 (05/06 regular season) - 3277 minutes logged - 0.13 APM - 819 freethrow attempted Stephen Curry - 171/249 (14/15 regular season) - 2613 minutes logged - 0.095 APM - 337 freethrow attempted (Added him for folks curious about current MVP) Stats for field goals made and attempted within 10 feet from basket - Tony Parker - 411/706 (08/09 regular season) - 2456 minutes logged - 0.29 attempts per minute - 363 freethrow attempted Kobe Bryant - 349/615 (05/06 regular season) - 3277 minutes logged - 0.19 APM - 819 freethrow attempted Casuals and fools would automatically assume Bryant was a much better slasher and much better finisher around the rim and paint than most guards in NBA history due to the fact that he is 6'6 and very athletic and more importantly he is a player that is still constantly being compared with MJ. The truth couldn't be further from the facade and image that the media projects. Tony Parker was a bigger threat at getting high percentage shots and one might even argue he is still better at this day and age. No one can bring facts to deny this. Kobe fans always give his weaknesses a doubt and even go as far as to say he just has poor shot selection. How about finding out the truth instead of buying into whatever nonsense the media tries to sell you because of their agendas. What's sad is that most people don't even realize what kind of a player Kobe Bryant truly is. It is simply a blasphemy to compare him with MJ and most people do not hate him but just feel disgusted at how the NBA and the media is able to create a product out of a basketball player to such an extend that many people do not even know what's true and what's false. And back to those stats, do note Kobe Bryant got to the line 2.25 times more often than Tony Parker even though he was much less capable at getting into the paint or attacking the basket and make no mistake he was also less efficient and effective. It's nothing short from mind boggling. He had less ability to beat his man and finish at the rim hence he has to constantly take the easiest option available to attempt a field-goal attempt, which is to simple shoot the J. That's why he still jacks up so many three pointers in his final NBA season. He doesn't care if the miss ends up as a fast-break opportunity after the defense collects the rebound, he doesn't care if he uses half of his team's possessions to get close to scoring 25 points as long as he maintain his career average and increase his point totals. For 05/06 he attempted 518 three point attempts out of his 2173 shot attempts and he only made 180 of them. Parker only attempted 1263 shot attempts in total and played 821 minutes less and yet he was still able to get into the paint more frequently and finish off more plays. He got to the line 456 times less than Bryant. Talk about unfairness. He is bald but he is not american and he is not 6'6 and most importantly he is on a small market team that is why the NBA doesn't give him the freebies. Kobe Bryant is a great player but without all the advantages the league, the Lakers franchise, the coaches and so on, would he really have a career average of 25PPG and all the allocates or team championships?? Kobe Bryant is just overrated as hell, he deserves a spot in a top 20 rankings of all time mainly because of how his career played out and the fact that a ton of players weren't as fortunate as him to be bestowed upon so much privilege. His entire career has tons of asterisks all over it. He leads the All-Time list in field-goal attempts missed with 16.9k misses including play-offs with around 14.5k misses during regular season alone. No other player is even close to cracking the 16k or 14k mark in terms of misses and according to the NBA's league average, over 76% of a missed field-goal attempt ends up being a defensive rebound. That means that Kobe Bryant alone is responsible for around 12.8k rebounds for his opponents. He has played in 1,543 games as we're talking. That means that he alone as a player is responsible for generating at least 8.33 opportunities per game for his opponents to potentially run a fast-break, and we're only looking at his field-goal attempts missed here. At the end of the day, the only category which Bryant is a clear cut number 1 is having the most amount of missed field-goal attempts in NBA history. He lead the league as number 1 or 2 in the regular season in that category for 9 different seasons, however he was only able to lead the league in field-goals made 3 times. And even with that insane volume of shot attempts, he is not even in the top 10 of all-time in points per game.
+Jun Hee Ho That's a lot of spam man. And t's the usual dacing around the raindrops stuff. Ever single sentence could be dismantled with ease. But just deal with this one.... Bill Simmons is a Laker hater and has Kobe at number 8 all time.
Why do Jordan fanboys aka Kobe/Lebron haters have to be such annoying pricks? Y'all act like Jordan played every position and won 13 titles in his 13 year on the Bulls. Y'all give no credit to Pippen, a top 5 all time defender, or to Phil. Kobe, Jordan and Pippen never made it to the Finals without Phil. Thats a fucking fact. Shaq did and lost. Why you gotta be such a bum and act like Jordan was more than he was? Other players can be just as amazing as him. Magic, Kobe and Lebron all have crazy ass credentials and skills that should rival Jordan as the GOAT, but too many gatekeepers like you being a bitch.
Agreed. They were all hypnotised with his huge numbers he dropped every game but fail to realise that he shoots alot and doesnt pass. My hero MJ will pass to paxson or kerr when needed. My Goat MJ passed to longley and they secured a 2 point lead. Thats leadership
Moncrief will be a while. I haven't found any full playoff games of his. There was part of one game between Bulls and Bucks in 85 playoffs but a lot of pieces are missing from the game I might do some more Bowen down the road but no definite timetable. If you haven't seen it yet I have a playlist for Bruce Bowen that you should be able to find under my playlists
@@Weezyfan0306 Kobe is the GOAT choker. Not harden. He’s never lost a series where he was favored to win. And his elimination game stats are ironically better than kobum’s. Sorry I don’t get my nba takes from espn first take like you
Rest In Peace, Kobe Bryant... Because of you, You're wonderful at playing the third game of the 2004 NBA Finals from the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan. And I knew you were having the worst playoff game of all time right before you died from a helicopter crash. Along with your daughter named Gianna, who was 13 years old for having a responsibility for a helicopter ride as possible. You got that?
KOBRICK the shot chucker's FINALS series stats: 2000 (vs. Indiana Pacers) 15.6 points (on 36.7% shooting) 2004 (vs. Detroit Pistons) 22.6 points (on 38.1% shooting) 2008 (vs. Boston Celtics) 25.7 points (on 40.5% shooting) 2001 (vs. Philadelphia 76ers) 24.6 points (on 41.5% shooting) 2002 (vs. New Jersey Nets) 26.8 points (on 51.4% shooting) 2009 (vs. Orlando Magic) 32.4 points (on 43.0% shooting) 2010 (vs. Boston Celtics) 28.6 points (on 40.5% shooting) Not exactly spectacular
@@kimjongun2946 Michael Jordan Finals series Avg. 1990-91 vs Lakers 31.2 ppg (.558%) 1991-92 vs Trail Blazers 35.8 ppg (.526%) 1992-93 vs Suns 41.0 ppg (.508%) 1995-96 vs Sonics 27.3 ppg (.415%) 1996-97 vs Jazz 32.3 ppg (.456%) 1997-98 vs Jazz 33.5 ppg (.427%) Overall Finals 33.6 ppg (.481%)
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The strategy of not doubling Shaq and using 3-4 different defenders worked. Eventually Kobe got impatient and Prince defended him well.
lmao. That's not what happened. Kobe just took crazy ill advised shots his whole career
@@noncomplacentehhh...... that's not really a good thing.
Ben Wallace could hold his own.
@@noncomplacentThat’s exactly what happened. The pistons said so themselves.
Kobe just never realized the basic concept of the piston defense. They would double team him on every single drive to the basket so all he should have done was continue to keep driving to the basket and if the pistons kept coming with the double team he should have just kept passing it to the open guy as he did a couple times in this video. However this requires a commitment you can't just do it once in a while when you feel like it or as resorting to it only in a last option situation. You have to do it consistently enough when you have the ball on offense so that not only does your team get comfortable playing that style of basketball but also because it gives you a large enough of a sample size of open shots to allow the law of averages to start to affect the outcome of the game. Affecting the scoreboard and making the opponent pay for doubling your player through continuity in play and meeting the required sample size of open shots for the law averages to have the ability to affect outcomes in a basketball game is how you break the back of this defensive strategy and force them to start playing single coverage or some other defensive scheme. But Kobe's obsession with shooting the ball clouded his ability to stick to the game plan on each possession. He could have easily won finals MVP the Lakers could have easily swept this team had Kobe just kept driving to force the double team and then pass out of the double team instead of trying to force a shot over the top of the defense. Every time he passed lakers got a good shot every time he shot over the top of the defense the lakers probability of success went down significantly.
thanks phil jackson
Facts
Guy thinks this was 2023 where everybody shoots 3s lol. This was 2004 where the Lakers shot 32% on the season and 24% on the series. Gary Payton had 4 ppg and Karl Malone was injured and only had 5 ppg. Their 3rd best scorer was Fisher and only had 6 ppg on 30% shooting. In fact the entire team shot sub 40% fg excluding shaq, with most around ~33%. Detroit had a better team period. But go ahead and create whatever narrative you want that they not only lost because of Kobe, but they would've swept if Kobe passed the ball more. Kobe haters woefully ignorant and uninformed as usual. Keep on hating.
@@rizahawkeKobe played for Kobe the Lakers were winning game 4 before Kobe's gunning and game 1 Shaq was playing excellent Kobe missed more shots than Shaq took
@@melvynsngltn27yea he won 5 times playing for Kobe hater. Y’all dumb asf
Another contender is game 5 of the 2000 finals, where Kobe shot 4/20 with 8 points
He was injured tho
@@shanerobinson925 why did he take 20 shots while injured
Kobe shot 6/24 in G7 2010 finals
Pacers also abused him with Jalen Rose and Reggie Miller scoring
@@andresdelportillo9917 Everybody shot horrible that game cause it was a low scoring defensive game. At least Kobe grabbed 15 Boards, that’s a valuable effort.
When they say lebron choked in 2011.i show them this video.i am not a Kobe hater but stop it bro
Jordan is literally the only great player that didn't really have a big choke job.
@@Madvillainy48 yep Jordan is goat in my eyes but bron haters act like only lebron choked in finals.bird have 8 point game in finals.curry shoot 6-24 in 2016 finals.magic johnson become tragic johnson but peoples like nah forget Just remember the lebron one
@@yigittarl2022 he choked with a built super team dmbass. Know the difference.
Being biased lowers your IQ.
@@Madvillainy48 Jordan did choke against the magic when he got ripped Costing them the game
@@Ma1q444 That's one game he didn't choke the entire series like bron and he didn't score 8 pts like bron did.
Think this is bad go watch game 7 2010 Finals..he was AWFUL and somehow won Finals MVP while shooting 6-24 in that game and 40% for the series!!
he was the best player in that game lol
Not how it works. Kobe deserved that MVP. It was a defensive minded series and Kobe did a lot more than shooting as his defense and rebounding was elite. This 04 series was something else, easily the worst series I've seen from a prime Kobe.
Makes 0 sense, you media stat watchers don’t even watch the actual game.
The Pistons should give Kobe that Finals MVP. He definitely was the most valuable in helping them throughout the series win that title. 2008 Kobe struck again but honestly he had a history of taking bad shots and not remaining in the offense. If he hits he's a hero but this was probably his worst performance for an entire series of just shooting and not involving his teammates until he needs them to bail them out with less than 4 seconds on the clock. I'd never take Kobe over Duncan
Kobe and Duncan played to different positions either way kobe was more skilled than Duncan could do more on the basketball court I'm taking the Goat kobe Bean Bryant over Duncan definitely r.i.p the great Mamba.
@@angelopatterson9584 Never
@StarOfDavid444 kobe is a r word
Kobe had a winning record against Tim Duncan in the postseason Bird brain! Compared to LeBron who couldn't even defeat an old Tim Duncan back in the 2014 finals🤡😂🤣
@@rafaelmeza725 lebron has a winning record against Kobe
Great team performance by the Pistons. The one two inch punch was not half as good as Shaq is always referring to.
Casual Gaming & more by Kigama it’s one bad series he’s talking about how good they were in their prime teams 1999-2002
@@joshuafult84 One bad series? U must be so confused u mistook the NBA Finals for the Super Bowl.
@@Kig_Ama the finals is one SERIES
@@evergreatest8909 one serieSSSSS of most important best of seven games. no ordinary games like in a regular season. Stop downplaying it.
Uh Kobe actually just held the ball and went one on one against a team and still couldn't win
damn... Kobe choked before? Crazy... I actually watched this series.
2004 Pistons he lost them the series, 2008 Finals he lost them the series. 2010 he shot 6-24 and 0-6 from three and Won because of Gasol
@@phillipmoore6249 Gasol shot badly in that last one too, especially on free throws. Though both did their damage on the boards.
jp3813 Gasol had the last 8 points down the stretch. Kobe shot 0-5. “Mamba mentality”
@@phillipmoore6249 what does mamba mentality have to do with that?🤡
samin basir it’s a fake mentality. Shooting a bunch at a low percentage isn’t a mentality, it’s bad basketball. Iso shooting bad shots isn’t cool
Some evidence of kobe Bryant not a true first team defender but makes the list every year
You never played . I hate when clowns get on here n just run there mouth
@johnnybrison4150 you stink go take shower boy
@johnnybrison4150 are you slow? Of course I played
How is one game evidence of Kobe not being a “true first team defender”?
The only thing you ever played was this video 🤣🤣
Kobe was ALL about Kobe. He knew a 4th title without FMVP wouldn’t be good for his career so he cost his “team” the series being selfish & playing hero ball. One of the most overrated All-Time greats ever!
He was essentially a child his whole career. Here's the stat lines of his Finals appearances. They call this goatworthy yet 2002 was his only good performance.
2000 (vs. Indiana Pacers)
Series stats 15.6 points (on 36.7% shooting), 4.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.0 steal, 1.4 blocks
2004: (vs. Detroit Pistons)
Series stats: 22.6 points (on 38.1% shooting), 2.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.8 steals
2008 (vs. Boston Celtics)
Series stats: 25.7 points (on 40.5% shooting), 4.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.7 steals
2001 (vs. Philadelphia 76ers)
Series stats: 24.6 points (on 41.5% shooting), 7.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.4 steals, 1.4 blocks
2002 (vs. New Jersey Nets)
Series Stats: 26.8 points (on 51.4% shooting), 5.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.5 steals
2009 (vs. Orlando Magic)
Series stats: 32.4 points (on 43.0% shooting), 5.6 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 1.4 steals, 1.4 blocks
2010 (vs. Boston Celtics)
Series stats: 28.6 points (on 40.5% shooting), 8.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.1 steals
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@@noncomplacentso that means Kobe never really had a good quality performance
@@Cripsandbloodsaresellouts he had a good year or two. Hell, he tore it up pretty good in his best season... But his career as a whole just lacked maturity imo. Even his injuries stemmed from overtraining because he didn't approach things in the intelligent way you'd expect someone in the goat conversation to.
Kobe hit the last five shots in a row to beat a team in his last game in the nba. Stop hating.
Is this part of the 'mamba mentality'?
Shut up nigga
@@yrnkid8748 or 'adulterer's mentality'
@@djembequeuelong7353 hater, fuck off!
this was before that
@@djembequeuelong7353 lmao 😂😂😂😂
KOBRICK in this series-fg% .381 3p% .174
And LEBRICK got outscored by Jason Terry in the playoffs 🤷🏿♂️
@Nicholas Mogo nah I don't hate LeBron respect him a lot actually, its pisses me off when his fan boys attack and undermine kobes legacy
@Nicholas Mogo but do u see how the dude is calling kobe "kobrick" because of this series, I was just knocking him by saying that about LeBron, if they're gonna make that argument about kobe like that, I can also do that about LeBron.
@Nicholas Mogo exactly all im saying is that the same things that they use to bring down kobes legacy can be used the same way against LeBron, its just that I don't go around hating on LeBron ever, but dudes like this just pisses me off so i made that comment out of anger
@Nicholas Mogo facts these type of people also say kobe is carried, even tho a 20 something year old kobe was scoring superstar numbers playing along Shaq, who would've won those fmvps even with mj as his teamate. For me kobe is greater than LeBron, for u its the other way around, and I respect that, but those r our opinions, but haters like these talk negative about certain person who they don't like to take a hit at their legacy. Kobe also one won without another all NBA first team-teamate, and he's done that back to back, but u won't ever hear them mentioning these accolades, they only talk about the negatives, fact is no one had a perfect career that doest have any negative side that could be criticized
Kobe shot his team out of SO many games...
boy that 1 out of every hundred crazy ass shots that somehow went in though... that's what made him the goat!
@@noncomplacent Plus, plus, it took BALLS to ignore ALL his OPEN teammates while taking ill advised, off balance, well guarded fadeaways that he hit at roughly 30%.
I see u never played basketball, they leave ppl open who are trash
@@johnnybrison4150 Wrong and wrong, kid. They left those guys open because they KNEW Kobe doesn't pass.
@@BleedColtsBlue I know the players that was open they wasn’t no shooters stop the lies
Kd juts has 7-33 now his entire playoff fg % will be shit lel poor guy
This is the best video on the channel
+Kobe Not Top 100 James Harden>Shaq
+1ST TEAM ALL DEFENSE
Shaq > Bird
Bob Cousey How is Shaq better than Bird if Harden is better than Shaq
1ST TEAM ALL DEFENSE
Ask yourself that.
Bob Cousey Curry>Shaq
Bird>Shaq
Kobe>Shaq
Shack>Shaq
Here is Jordan's worst playoff game
- ruclips.net/video/PD9FhE6d6Gw/видео.html
If more games are available, I might also do other star players' worst playoff games such as Duncan, Shaq, LeBron, etc.
+Nobody Touches Jordan Would love to Duncan or even Bostons big 3
Wade's has to be Game 4 or 5 of the 2014 Finals.
If I get to Wades I'd pick a superstar year rather than when he was past his best. Same thing with Shaq and Duncan. It wouldn't be a big deal if I put up a game from Shaq's Phoenix or Cleveland days, or Duncan in the 2nd half of his career
Nobody Touches Jordan Oh ok makes sense
***** Game 4 of the 2011 Finals IMO.. His game 1 vs the Celtics in 2008 was pretty shit as well.
I remember that series very well.Kobe played like shit and he cost the Lakers at any shot of winning a tittle that year. Shaq was still playing like the best center and Ben Wallace was the best defensive center at the time.If Kobe was replaced by a decent player in the 2004 finals,the Lakers might would have won their 4th Championship in 5 years and Shaq would have 5 rings instead of 4.Kobe is not even in my all time top 20 list because he was by far the most overrated player in history and he cost the Lakers at a chance of winning the series in the 2004 finals because he played so terrible
2001 wcf against the Spurs Kobe shot 51% from the field on 33 ppg a game , 2002 finals Kobe average 26.4 ppg on 51.4 from the field , 2008 wcf against the Spurs kobe average 29.2 on 53.3 from the field , 2009 wcf against Denver 34.1 ppg on 48.1 % , 2010 wcf against the sun Kobe average 33.4 on 52.1 %, yeah by far the most overrated player ever
+Greg Morgan The 2001 San Antonio Spurs defense weren't even as focused on Kobe because of Shaq.And far as the 2002 season,Kobe didn't play as good as he did in 2001 and the 2002 finals,Kobe numbers were inflated because the Nets were one of the weakest teams to ever played the NBA finals.While Kobe did have great series in Western Conference from 2008-2010,Kobe 2 of his last 3 finals Kobe shot the ball very inefficiently and I say even in 2009,Kobe wasn't very efficient in the 2009 finals.My point of Kobe being by far the most overrated player ever stands because just Kobe only had 1 finals appearance where he was efficient and even then Shaq still greatly outplayed Kobe and the Lakers would have won the Championship without Kobe in 2002 anyway.
+Daniel Clark Yes there is a reason why Kobe has 5 rings.He had Shaq and he had Paul Gasol and Phil Jackson which is the best coach in NBA history.You can't judge a player by rings anyway because according to that logic,Scottie Pippen has more rings than Kobe or Dirk is better than Karl Malone because he has a ring while Karl Malone doesn't. The ring arguments are so flawed.
+Kobetardssuckdick okay look at all his accolades and respect he's gotten from his contemporaries and opposing coaches....You really think anyone cares about fg%? If anything fg% is "so flawed"
+Daniel Clark Okay,would you care if the leader on your favorite team is shooting 36% in the finals and cost their team to lose,would you be okay with that?I would want the leader of my franchise to play efficient basketball on both offense and defense .Field Goal % matters along with True Shooting% because it tells if a player is scoring the ball efficiently or not.Kobe is great but he's very overrated.
Kobe was becoming amazing after this series but gotta admitted that in 2004 final,Kobe was garbage
Nah Kobe choked in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2012 playoffs too
Kobe was already amazing before this 2004 series he just was trash in the finals
@@joshuafult84 kobe has actually had allot of bad games in the finals. if people dissect Kobe career game by game like they do bron. you would see tons of similarities. Jordans too. but that's basketball.
@@CCEddieCC Lebron dont have many bad games in finals though, he was not the favourite in 07,14,15,17,18 except in 2011 loss. He won as underdog in 2012 and 2016. There is one thing he had over Kobe is because teams dont triple team Lebron and let him make easy drive. Might be because he will pass to open man for easy lay up. Jordan was in best team whole league, no team was able to put up a big 3 to challenge, talent was low during his time.
@@1vaultdwellercap
what the instrumental that starts at 4:22?
Kobe was All-NBA Second Team in 1999-2000. How can he not be a star by then? Oh do you remember his game winner against Jason Kidd in the first round of the playoffs that year? How about his take-over in overtime of Game 4 of the 2000 NBA Finals after Shaq fouled out?
You’re cherry picking
Those are undipusted facts. You can say cherry picking all you want but it doesn't change the fact that Kobe was a star by at least 1999. Keep in mind he already made the All-NBA Third Team during the lock out shortened 1999 season.
@@robertofranciscor.beltran5588 a star that played hero ball way too much vs the pistons in 2004 that led to their downfall
@@robertofranciscor.beltran5588 making a all nba team doesn’t make you a star lol and it’s common knowledge that Kobe became the player he was in 2001. Kobe was a bench dude in 1999 and 2000 he was a good starter
@@themaskedmagic1783 shaq being selfish and staying out of shape played a role
T. Prince, the best Kobe stopper
Not even kobe still outplayed him
debatable if this is his worst playoff game, he has a lot of them that his bigs carried him to victory.
(2:06 -2:08) unable to box out rip hamilton but still looked at shaq as if he's blaming him. What a prick
Why are you hating on a dead man ?
@@Erik-lc3ut Kobe played like trash in the finals. Its a fact not "hate".
@@Erik-lc3ut he played like trash
@@Erik-lc3ut are you suddenly not a prick if you die?
bahaha this is hilarious. Kobe with countless chokes.
I was so confused on 11:34
The announcer said the Lakers won and the scoreboard said it too.
5:22 man broke his own ankles
Jordan vs Seattle 96 finals: 31% FG, 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 4 TOV with 3 fouls
It doesnt matter because eventually MJ passed the ball to longley or rodman to get the basket, what matters, job was done with common sense, get the teammates involed to win. This is kobe bricking when he had shaq waiting on low post.
@@Tankpacqikcao “It doesn’t matter” is the most MJ fanboy thing to say, that’s hilarious. Kobe never had less than 2 assists in the 2004 finals, he passed just as much as MJ did.
@@Tankpacqikcao Just because MJ was carried by Rodman and Pippen to a win doesn’t mean he had a better performance than Bryant. 🤣🤣
@@d3adyoutubeaccountwhat the fuck does this have to do with the video you fucker
Kobe Bryant got shut down by easily one of the best defenses the NBA has ever seen and coach Larry Brown's defensive scheme
Don't wanna hear the excuses. That DET team got taken to 7 by the Nets and even gave up 120+ points in one of those games. He choked period. No reason for losing with a prime Shaq vs a team with 0 superstars.
All he had to do was pass to the open man he just not good at team basketball even Phil said it.
2003 kobe would have won this series but he was injured and under his ideal playing weight. He was great but he needed to be a little stronger to bully tayshaun. 07 kobe would kill this defense. He didn’t play his best but he was the only reason they won one game
He was also the reason why they lost the other 4 games lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@URMOMMA346 hell no, you obviously didn’t watch because shaq played little to no defense or even tried
In which case 2000 Duncan wins if he didn’t miss the series, wins 01 if Antonio Daniels wasn’t his best teammate
@@hardwoodthought1213 whatever
@@lioninthesun You just lost with your own logic. Kobe doesn’t win 03 ever. Duncan in 03 is one of the 5 greatest players ever. But if you’re saying he’d have won if he wasn’t injured then the same applies to Duncan in 2000 coming off a title and sweep of Kobe and Shaq in 1999.
Tayshaun shpuld have gotten the fInals MVP! And, with a Pistons win(as they did), it had to go to Prince or Big Ben! Tayshaun destroyed Kobe! The Pistons got the same results as the Lakers did on the overmatched Sixers...
Kobe Bryant has a 567-506 win-loss record as the leader of his team.That's a 52.8% win-rate.
His win-loss record for games where he had 30 or more shot attempts is 54-71 (42%).
Kobe Bryant has missed postseason 4 times in 12 seasons as the leader and franchise player.
NBA Finals averages:
Shaq (as a Laker) 33.6ppg 14.1reb 3.0ast 2.4blk 60.2%fg
Kobe (with Shaq) 22.1ppg 5.2reb 4.6ast, 1.0blk 41.6%fg
Kobe Bryant (as leader) 25.3ppg 5.7reb 5.0ast 41.2%fg 31.3%3pt
Pau Gasol 17.3ppg 10.4reb 3.2ast 1.7blk 52.8%fg
Even Gasol was a better side-kick than Bryant ever was to Shaq. The stats are all from some of toughest play-off series they've ever played in. Facts.
And Bryant's championships have all kinds of asterisk all over them. We all know about his first 3 but even if we just look at the 2 he got when he was the 'leader' of the team, there's a lot of questionable points. The one over the Celtics has so many bullshit refereeing that there are still so many videos on YT showing how the NBA rigged it for the Lakers as they do so often. Then look at the Finals against the Orlando Magic, which is arguably the worst Finals match-up ever in the past 40 years. How the hell did a team with Twilight Coward as their best player even got into the Finals? Well, LeBron's team was expected to beat that Magic team but that's another story.
Casual fans don't realize how far he is from MJ and many other players because of all the bull sh*t they try to sell with their media.
I've looked at Kobe's stats in great detail and found out an important finding that would give us a better perspective on his ability and preferences. Even in his best scoring season, his field goal % around the rim is LOWER than many guards even those who are much shorter and less athletic. Even a pass first point guard in a restricted system like Tony Parker has way better stats in the paint. Kobe Bryant made significantly fewer field goals and attempted lesser shots inside the paint or within 10 feet from the basket in comparisons. And even in Tony Parker''s non prime seasons, he had comparable inside scoring stats if not better.
Here are stats for field goals made and attempted within 3 feet from basket for the following players and specific seasons -
Tony Parker - 321/498 (08/09 regular season) - 2456 minutes logged - 0.2 attempts per minute - 363 freethrow attempted
Lebron James as a rookie - 284/469 (03/04 regular season) - 3122 minutes logged - 0.15 APM - 460 freethrow attempted
Kobe Bryant - 260/435 (05/06 regular season) - 3277 minutes logged - 0.13 APM - 819 freethrow attempted
Stephen Curry - 171/249 (14/15 regular season) - 2613 minutes logged - 0.095 APM - 337 freethrow attempted (Added him for folks curious about current MVP)
Stats for field goals made and attempted within 10 feet from basket -
Tony Parker - 411/706 (08/09 regular season) - 2456 minutes logged - 0.29 attempts per minute - 363 freethrow attempted
Kobe Bryant - 349/615 (05/06 regular season) - 3277 minutes logged - 0.19 APM - 819 freethrow attempted
Casuals and fools would automatically assume Bryant was a much better slasher and much better finisher around the rim and paint than most guards in NBA history due to the fact that he is 6'6 and very athletic and more importantly he is a player that is still constantly being compared with MJ. The truth couldn't be further from the facade and image that the media projects.
Tony Parker was a bigger threat at getting high percentage shots and one might even argue he is still better at this day and age. No one can bring facts to deny this. Kobe fans always give his weaknesses a doubt and even go as far as to say he just has poor shot selection. How about finding out the truth instead of buying into whatever nonsense the media tries to sell you because of their agendas.
What's sad is that most people don't even realize what kind of a player Kobe Bryant truly is. It is simply a blasphemy to compare him with MJ and most people do not hate him but just feel disgusted at how the NBA and the media is able to create a product out of a basketball player to such an extend that many people do not even know what's true and what's false.
And back to those stats, do note Kobe Bryant got to the line 2.25 times more often than Tony Parker even though he was much less capable at getting into the paint or attacking the basket and make no mistake he was also less efficient and effective. It's nothing short from mind boggling.
He had less ability to beat his man and finish at the rim hence he has to constantly take the easiest option available to attempt a field-goal attempt, which is to simple shoot the J. That's why he still jacks up so many three pointers in his final NBA season. He doesn't care if the miss ends up as a fast-break opportunity after the defense collects the rebound, he doesn't care if he uses half of his team's possessions to get close to scoring 25 points as long as he maintain his career average and increase his point totals.
For 05/06 he attempted 518 three point attempts out of his 2173 shot attempts and he only made 180 of them. Parker only attempted 1263 shot attempts in total and played 821 minutes less and yet he was still able to get into the paint more frequently and finish off more plays. He got to the line 456 times less than Bryant. Talk about unfairness. He is bald but he is not american and he is not 6'6 and most importantly he is on a small market team that is why the NBA doesn't give him the freebies. Kobe Bryant is a great player but without all the advantages the league, the Lakers franchise, the coaches and so on, would he really have a career average of 25PPG and all the allocates or team championships??
Kobe Bryant is just overrated as hell, he deserves a spot in a top 20 rankings of all time mainly because of how his career played out and the fact that a ton of players weren't as fortunate as him to be bestowed upon so much privilege. His entire career has tons of asterisks all over it.
He leads the All-Time list in field-goal attempts missed with 16.9k misses including play-offs with around 14.5k misses during regular season alone. No other player is even close to cracking the 16k or 14k mark in terms of misses and according to the NBA's league average, over 76% of a missed field-goal attempt ends up being a defensive rebound. That means that Kobe Bryant alone is responsible for around 12.8k rebounds for his opponents. He has played in 1,543 games as we're talking. That means that he alone as a player is responsible for generating at least 8.33 opportunities per game for his opponents to potentially run a fast-break, and we're only looking at his field-goal attempts missed here.
At the end of the day, the only category which Bryant is a clear cut number 1 is having the most amount of missed field-goal attempts in NBA history. He lead the league as number 1 or 2 in the regular season in that category for 9 different seasons, however he was only able to lead the league in field-goals made 3 times. And even with that insane volume of shot attempts, he is not even in the top 10 of all-time in points per game.
+Jun Hee Ho That's a lot of spam man. And t's the usual dacing around the raindrops stuff. Ever single sentence could be dismantled with ease.
But just deal with this one....
Bill Simmons is a Laker hater and has Kobe at number 8 all time.
I'm curious...where did you get all these stats?
Why do Jordan fanboys aka Kobe/Lebron haters have to be such annoying pricks? Y'all act like Jordan played every position and won 13 titles in his 13 year on the Bulls. Y'all give no credit to Pippen, a top 5 all time defender, or to Phil. Kobe, Jordan and Pippen never made it to the Finals without Phil. Thats a fucking fact. Shaq did and lost. Why you gotta be such a bum and act like Jordan was more than he was? Other players can be just as amazing as him. Magic, Kobe and Lebron all have crazy ass credentials and skills that should rival Jordan as the GOAT, but too many gatekeepers like you being a bitch.
@@geordiejones5618 Blah blah blah Where are your facts.
JORDAN GOAT. Lebron #2 after MJ. Kobe is not top 5.
Now watch lebrons 2011 series against the mavs . This 2004 finals kobe performance would make u give him an A+ grade compared to that meltdown
Of course someone's gotta bring LeBron on a Kobe video. lmao
Naw both Kobe and LeBron were horrible
@@elevatorelliot714FACTS 💯💯💯
Kobrick’s boyfriends hate the fact that he is the most overrated player in NBA history. Mamba Mentality?? FOH he’s the all time NBA brick thrower.
Agreed. They were all hypnotised with his huge numbers he dropped every game but fail to realise that he shoots alot and doesnt pass. My hero MJ will pass to paxson or kerr when needed. My Goat MJ passed to longley and they secured a 2 point lead. Thats leadership
Why do the pistons keep on double and triple teaming then in this video if he's so awful at basketball? How did he even make the nba?
KOBRICK💯
LeChoke💯💯
@@Unstoppableforce5031 y’all always bring lebron up
@@Unstoppableforce5031 insecurity spotted
KODEAD
I thought he would do anything for rings... Why is he not passing to ball to Shaq then ? oh never mind fmvp right :)))))
can we get some Sidney vids and Bowen's ?
Moncrief will be a while. I haven't found any full playoff games of his. There was part of one game between Bulls and Bucks in 85 playoffs but a lot of pieces are missing from the game
I might do some more Bowen down the road but no definite timetable. If you haven't seen it yet I have a playlist for Bruce Bowen that you should be able to find under my playlists
I'll look definitely haven't seen jet
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Top 5 shooting guards of all time
1. Jordan
2. Harden
3. Wade
4. Kobrick
5. AI
Wade over Bryant is legitimately hilarious.
And Harden is the GOAT choker no doubt 🔥💯
@@Weezyfan0306 Kobe is the GOAT choker. Not harden. He’s never lost a series where he was favored to win. And his elimination game stats are ironically better than kobum’s. Sorry I don’t get my nba takes from espn first take like you
kobe is a top 11-13 range, not top 5
Deeeeeetroit Basketbaaaaaallll!!! 🥳
Watching this after Kobe died. RIP. Great player, but glad my Pistons could beat him in the Finals.
If it was 2010 or 2001 Lakers would win that
Shaq got 14 pts in this same game? You.didn't know it? HahahahaA DAF kids.
Tayshaun Prince owns Kobe Bryant since day1
Rest In Peace, Kobe Bryant... Because of you, You're wonderful at playing the third game of the 2004 NBA Finals from the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan. And I knew you were having the worst playoff game of all time right before you died from a helicopter crash. Along with your daughter named Gianna, who was 13 years old for having a responsibility for a helicopter ride as possible. You got that?
Vintage Kobe bricks. Mamba mentality or whatever lol chump
KOBRICK the shot chucker's FINALS series stats:
2000 (vs. Indiana Pacers) 15.6 points (on 36.7% shooting)
2004 (vs. Detroit Pistons) 22.6 points (on 38.1% shooting)
2008 (vs. Boston Celtics) 25.7 points (on 40.5% shooting)
2001 (vs. Philadelphia 76ers) 24.6 points (on 41.5% shooting)
2002 (vs. New Jersey Nets) 26.8 points (on 51.4% shooting)
2009 (vs. Orlando Magic) 32.4 points (on 43.0% shooting)
2010 (vs. Boston Celtics) 28.6 points (on 40.5% shooting)
Not exactly spectacular
@@noncomplacent holy cow!! Only 1 finals did he shoot 50+!!!
@@kimjongun2946
Michael Jordan Finals series Avg.
1990-91 vs Lakers 31.2 ppg (.558%)
1991-92 vs Trail Blazers 35.8 ppg (.526%)
1992-93 vs Suns 41.0 ppg (.508%)
1995-96 vs Sonics 27.3 ppg (.415%)
1996-97 vs Jazz 32.3 ppg (.456%)
1997-98 vs Jazz 33.5 ppg (.427%)
Overall Finals 33.6 ppg (.481%)
Kobe destroyed the Lakers with his awful shot selection.