Why did LeBron shoot so poorly in the 2015 playoffs?

[eliteballer]

Anyone figure it out?

[SouBeachTalents]

Why did Kobe shoot so poorly in almost every Finals?

[3ball]

Why did Kobe shoot so poorly in almost every Finals?

shooting 39% while taking nearly 40% of your team's shots can't win... Especially if your defensive assignment is a 7 ppg role player (Iggy) that you allow to be better than an all-time great (Curry).. And especially if you dominate the ball at a ridiculous rate (50% more than the RS leader) so teammates are predictable play-finishers that can't perform well against the the best playoff teams.

Jordan never did these things - he never shot 39%, and he never let Byron Russell be > Karl Malone.. And unlike Lebron, who never guarded Curry, Jordan guarded Stockton a lot... He also had a heavier scoring load - in the 1997 and 1998 Finals, Jordan scored a higher proportion of his team's points while on the floor than Lebron did in 2015 Finals.

[3ball]

he only shot 39% despite only being double-teamed 3 times per game (18 times in the entire series)..

How come Lebron shot so poorly despite getting secluded 1-on-1 over and over??... High volume - Lebron's efficiency is poor at the additional midrange and isolations required of high volume shooting, so he can't shoot well at high volume.. Otoh, Jordan WON the Finals, because he shot well at high volume - he shot 51% on 33 fga.

[Meticode]

He had been dealing with a bad back all season long. He was never near 100%. And he took on the Warriors by himself and still took 2 games. Kyrie was out the whole series except game one and Love wasn't there. The offense was strictly ran through him and him alone.

Mozgov
Thompson
LeBron
Shumpert
Delly
J.R.
James Jones
Mike Miller

...that was the rotation they usually ran out there against the Warriors after Game 1.

[FreezingTsmoove]

He had been dealing with a bad back all season long. He was never near 100%. And he took on the Warriors by himself and still took 2 games. Kyrie was out the whole series except game one and Love wasn't there. The offense was strictly ran through him and him alone.

Mozgov
Thompson
LeBron
Shumpert
Delly
J.R.
James Jones
Mike Miller

...that was the rotation they usually ran out there against the Warriors after Game 1.

He had elite shooter Joe Harris on the bench who is a better 3 point shooter than Curry

Bron just doesnt bring out the best in his teammates

[warriorfan]

He had elite shooter Joe Harris on the bench who is a better 3 point shooter than Curry

Bron just doesnt bring out the best in his teammates

Mozgov dropped 30 in game 4, then LeBron froze him out for the rest of the series

Jones Miller and JR as good as 3 point specialists as anyone. They were litterally hand picked for LeBron Ball.

The not enough help thing is getting comical at this point

[G0ATbe]

He shot only 2% worse than kobe did in his finals career.

[eliteballer]

Anyone figure this out?

[NBASTATMAN]

He had elite shooter Joe Harris on the bench who is a better 3 point shooter than Curry

Bron just doesnt bring out the best in his teammates

That is the reason BLATT got fired. He should have played Harris..

[LAmbruh]

He shot only 2% worse than kobe did in his finals career.

Lebron's worst still "The Mamba Standard"


see: 2011 2nd round sweepstakes more details

[3ball]

Lebron failed to have an efficient, 30+ series against championship-caliber comp until 16-18' - he failed every other time before that

That's nowhere near the goat, who was breaking hallowed playoff records against goat teams from his first try in 86' (63 pts)

Lebrons individual performance against champions is horrible compared to mj's

[FKAri]

And this is coming from a Kirby stan? Why did Kirby shoot so poorly in the regular season and playoffs of every single season he ever played?

[NBASTATMAN]

Lebron failed to have an efficient, 30+ series against championship-caliber comp until 16-18' - he failed every other time before that

That's nowhere near the goat, who was breaking hallowed playoff records against goat teams from his first try in 86' (63 pts)

Lebrons individual performance against champions is horrible compared to mj's

Lebron shits on any team MJ played vs besides those Knicks and PIstons.. Mj didnt have great series vs those teams either from what I remember..

Ive said it before MJ is a better player than BRON but his accomplishments came against weak competition compared to what Bron is going against..

Lebron has more impact on the game though..

[3ball]

Lebron shits on any team MJ played vs besides those Knicks and PIstons.. Mj didnt have great series vs those teams either from what I remember..

Ive said it before MJ is a better player than BRON but his accomplishments came against weak competition compared to what Bron is going against..

Lebron has more impact on the game though..

MJ was averaging 40 on 48% against the 86/87 Celts and 30 on 47% against 88-90' pistons - this destroys lebron's 07' Finals, or 26 on 35% vs the 08 celts.. or the 11 Mavs performance

And comp is no excuse because lebron had an extra all-star for his rings (2 perennial all-star teammates)

Give MJ extra all-star teammate and he would sweep the Warriors and every team in history (he was already 6/6 with just 1 all-star)

But teams had to win with just 1 all-star teammate in the 90's, due to goat parity, which lowered net ratings - there were 3-4 Spurs-level teams in the west that took turns losing to MJ in the Finals, while the late 00's spurs were the only 3-star team in the west, hence the higher net rating

And don't inflate his "impact" - lebron only took teams to the Finals because he had 2 star teammates from 11-17', and the 07 run in a weak Conference just like iverson, dwight, and kidd did in that same conference.. so don't overrate his impact - he should be knocked for FAILING to make the Finals in that easy Conference in 09/10, and ceding the easy run to dwight and a 50-win celtics team