Originally Posted by
3ba11
2016 goes the Warriors way 99 of 100 times because of the Draymond suspension - Dray doesn't take those exact actions again, nor does he get suspended for it every time, if at all.. And Kyrie doesn't hit that shot everytime either - since Lebron usually wins by the skin of his teeth, these are legitimate considerations..
2013 could go either way, so that hurts Lebron, but that's offset by 2015, which goes either way if Kyrie is healthy..
Accordingly, we have 1 less ring for Lebron so far (2016), while 13' and 15' offset each other... 2007, 2014, and 2017 were sweeps or near-record blowouts, so those results don't change.. 2009 was a gentleman's sweep if not for Lebron's lucky shot (we all know he isn't hitting that one again), and regardless, he loses to Kobe because Lebron was simply a choker at that time in his career (he lost as the favorite from 09-11' including a couple chokes and lost with worst-ever performance in 07' and 08').
Btw, Mo can't play well with Lebron averaging 39 points because that's a massive amount of ball-dominance that robs any sidekick of the capacity to be anything more than a predictable, spot-up shooter..
So a greater portion of Lebron's 39 would need to be assisted (thereby elevating teammates and brand), otherwise he gets destroyed everytime by the Magic's superior offense - notice a consistent trend in Lebron's career of other teams having superior offense to Lebron's teams and therefore going off... If lebron's team offense was better, they would make the Magic scramble around defensively and wear them down, thus leaving them with less capacity to go off offensively as the game progresses - competition is a battle of attrition and the best defense is a good offense - a long-held tenet of all competition.