Why Doesn't Kobe Ever Do Good in the Finals?

[kauaihawaii]

He doesn't feel charitable.
He knows he's already on Santa's naughty list.
He wasn't ordered by the court. He already has enough community service hours to put down as a significant mention on his college application.

[ginobli2311]

kobe does not play poorly in the finals. he plays poorly based on superstar standards. there is a huge difference.

the reasons he plays poorly for superstar standards are the quality of defenses in the finals and kobe's proclivity to try to do way too much on the big stage.

he's been far from terrible and he still has won 5 titles in 7 trips.

[imnew09]

Kobe only sucked in the two finals against Boston...
the rest, he did well.
wtf are u guys talking about.

[ginobli2311]

Kobe only sucked in the two finals against Boston...
the rest, he did well.
wtf are u guys talking about.

nah. he was awful against the pistons in 04. his career averages are pretty bad for superstar standards across the board as well.

he's played much worse than he normally does in the finals.

[dr8ked]

Kobe only sucked in the two finals against Boston...
the rest, he did well.
wtf are u guys talking about.

Against orlando he was shooting 43% FG. Compared to other Superstars perfomances in the finals.. This is bad.

[GiveItToBurrito]

Elite defensive teams tend to make the finals and play against him. He's great, but he's not a freakish player like a Tony Parker or a Dwight Howard or a Dwyane Wade where other teams might not have someone who will be able to match up with him, too, which hurts him.

[GiveItToBurrito]

Against orlando he was shooting 43% FG. Compared to other Superstars perfomances in the finals.. This is bad.

And the Pistons series.

[ginobli2311]

Elite defensive teams tend to make the finals and play against him. He's great, but he's not a freakish player like a Tony Parker or a Dwight Howard or a Dwyane Wade where other teams might not have someone who will be able to match up with him, too, which hurts him.

i thought his overall play against orlando was quite good actually. he just struggled in crunch time in that series. but his play was pretty damn good against orlando.

[TryToBeUnbias]

Against orlando he was shooting 43% FG. Compared to other Superstars perfomances in the finals.. This is bad.

kobes FG% doesn't really demonstrate how well he shot in that series.

[dr8ked]

kobes FG% doesn't really demonstrate how well he shot in that series.

FG% doesn't lie. I'm not knocking his game, he played good in the series and he deserved the MVP. But don't knock FG%.. it's accurate.

[ginobli2311]

FG% doesn't lie. I'm not knocking his game, he played good in the series and he deserved the MVP. But don't knock FG%.. it's accurate.

but what is wrong with 43% against a good orlando defense in a series the lakers won in 5?

[tpols]

but what is wrong with 43% against a good orlando defense in a series the lakers won in 5?

well everyone knocks his boston series where he only shot 2% less on a better defense

[ginobli2311]

well everyone knocks his boston series where he only shot 2% less on a better defense

nah. its because his 4th qtr play was terrible and he came up small in crunch time and he came up small in game 7 and he took awful shots.

fg% was actually a small reason for me. as i have maintained.

[TryToBeUnbias]

FG% doesn't lie. I'm not knocking his game, he played good in the series and he deserved the MVP. But don't knock FG%.. it's accurate.

yeah but didnt his FG get killed by him re-entering the game in game 1 when the game was clearly over which ultimately makes his FG lower than it should of been and make it appear that he shot worse then he really did? it also took a dive when we were just running the clock out during game 5 .. it was basically give kobe the ball and when the 24 second shot is about to end let him just throw it up there.

ehh it is what it is. who cares right

[DetroitPistonFan]

It's simple. When he was younger, his shot selection was bad. 2008, Celtics shut him down, 2009 Finals was good and 2010 at age 31, don't expect much dominating games from him now in the Finals just like Jordan. That's how I see it.