Well, Kobe posted 60 points last night against the Grizzlies after games of 50 and 65. The Lakers are also on a 3 game winning streak after losing 7 in a row. Kobe has also done this scoring pretty efficiently:
65 pt game: 23-39 FG, 8-12 3pt, 11-12 FT
50 pt game: 17-35 FG, 4-9 3pt, 12-14 FT
60 pt game: 20-37 FG, 3-7 3pt, 17-18 FT
These past few games have just confirmed that KOBE BRYANT IS the BEST SCORER IN THE GAME. Not Dwayne Wade (he's all spin and 18-20 ft jumpers), Not Lebron (he's all about driving to the basket (while taking 3 steps a lot of the time) and clanking jump shots and 3 pointers), not Carmelo (he's a fat piece of crap and I can't believe I would even include him in the argument except for the fact that he WAS leading the league in scoring until Kobe's recent tear), not Allen Iverson (lots of people can score that many points given that many shots), and NOT Gilbert Arenas (Agent Zero does a lot more talking than Kobe when he really is just a poor man's version of Kobe).
When it comes to scoring, Kobe can do it all: he can drive and finish in the half court, he can definitely finish on the fast break, he can pull up from anywhere, he can drive left or right and fade away and pull of insane shots that I don't think can go in (T-Mac is good at that too, but he's Kobe-lite and injured), and he can shoot the 3 as evidenced by the game where he set the single game record for 3-pointers made at 12 against the Sonics on Jan 7, 2003.
What's interesting about this is everybody knows how sick of a player Kobe Bryant is. And yet he has NEVER won an MVP. The MVP trophy is a travesty! Shaq has only won it ONCE. How has the Most Dominant Player Ever (MDE) only won the trophy once. One year he was beat out my ALLEN IVERSON (whom I hate and will never win a championship team unless he's really old and sits on the bench the whole time of a really good team). LOOK at the year Allen Iverson won the MVP - http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/awards_2001.html
He won by a LANDSLIDE and Shaq only got 3rd? The reason for this is because Shaq won the MVP the year before and there is a silly rule in sports that you have to be better then 2nd time around. The Lakers did manage to CREAM the 76ers in the Finals that year (Philly won the first game, then the Lakers won the next 4). Allen Iverson took 41, 29, 30, 30, 32 shot for a total of 162 in 5 games or an average of 34 shots per game! He managed to score 178 points or 37.6 pts per game but 37.6 ppg for 34 shots is not too impressive. Guys like Allen Iverson should Never win MVP.
Also, Tim Duncan won the MVP twice, which at the time I thought was good, but looking at him now, either he is in one of the biggest declines I have ever seen or he is the most overrated players ever. But I'll write about that later.
As it is, I'm changing my MVP vote from Dirk to Kobe simply because if i had to start a franchise (regardless of age, although Kobe's not that old) I would pick Kobe Bryant first, and because he's having a fantastic season with some amazing games that Dirk and Nash have not had.
One final rant. I HATE Skip Bayless most of the time. He says Dirk can't finish because of the Phoenix Game and because of the NBA Finals last year. Did he not watch last year's playoffs when they were Down by THREE to the SAN ANTONIO SPURS with one possession left, and Dirk drove the lane, got hacked and managed to put the ball in the hole and make the free throw. That is as clutch as you get. Did he not see the games against Phoenix when he followed up his 11pt stinker in game 4 to put up 50 pts and 12 reb to put the Mavs up 3-2. Fact is, Dirk was doing fine in the Finals until the Heat got wise and decided to guard him and make his teammates do all the work. Also, looking at the defense played against Dirk and the defense played against Dwayne Wade (Defense reads referee whistle blowing) and I guess the NBA loves slasher guard types because Dwayne Wade could just drive to the basket and automatically get the foul calls, while Dirk (when he didn't have the ball) would get his ass pushed around by Udonis Haslem and didn't get a damn call. LOOK at the box scores, 3 out of the 4 games that the Heat won, Dwayne Wade got 18, 25, and 21 FT attempts. THAT IS ABSURD. That should NEVER happen in a playoff game. I know the NBA is trying to increase scoring but apparently that just means if someone drives to the basket and there is contact on a Star player, then a foul is called. Last year's playoffs were some of the best games I have EVER seen and it almost made me go back to watching the NBA on a regular basis, but the Finals ruined it for me.
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And then 50 again. The most important part about these games is that the Lakers have been winning them. I don't think there is a clear cut MVP yet, though it'll likely come down to Dirk, Nash and Kobe.
The Streak is OVER
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