Just some data & stats news.... it doesnt mean anything more than that, i just find it notable/interesting Lebron made & took more gamewinning/gametying shots than Jordan in playoffs in less games, but then again he may also been put in more crucial last second gamewinning/gamelosing possession situations than Jordan, not compared to Kobe though (who played many more games than Jordan & took the most gw/gt shots under 10 secs.)...
Criteria:
With 10 secs or less left in 4th or OT, fieldgoal to take the lead or tie the game.
Lebron James -
1 shot to tie the game
7 shots to take the lead (gamewinners)
11 missed
Total - 8 of 19 (42.1%) in 166 playoff games
Michael Jordan
Total - 7 of 15 (46.6%) in 179 playoff games.
Kobe Bryant -
2 shots to tie the game
3 shots to take the lead (gamewinners)
17 missed
Total - 5 of 22 (22.7%) in 220 playoff games.
Source:
Basketball-reference shot & game finders, no problem for Kobe/Lebron but it doesnt date back enough to cover all those Jordans shots in detail so i used
THIS (click me) aswell, in those shots the photo is about ~2-3 years old(?), since that photo nothing changed for Kobe (and obviously Jordan) but Lebron however added 2 more (1 gamewinner & 1 buzzer beating gamewinner) out of 5.... which now also from
what i heard (click me) ties Jordan for most buzzer beating gamewinners in playoffs aswell...
Jordan is the GOAT, was the better player, Jordan > Lebron, all praise the almighty untouchable Jordan and all that hoopla.... doesnt mean anything except what this above literally means, which is simply Lebron has hit more gamewinners in the playoffs than Jordan... so please dont accuse me of such an agenda with this, the only agenda here is that its just some data & news i found interesting & impressive i wanted to share and perhaps commend Lebron a bit maybe, this is not bad afterall and kindof thread worthy, thats it...