Will Kevin Durant ever have a performance like this?

[lilteapot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-VzBeOrdAg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eEXIn8vpZ7o/T9IoIPT6API/AAAAAAAARCw/Mgo3Jx7Wkkk/s1600/kjqsdup-tw1.png

:bowdown:

[NumberSix]

Yes. On a Thursday in mid January.

[russwest0]

Lol didn't he drop like 40/16 vs the Clippers in a closeout game?

[lilteapot]

Lol didn't he drop like 40/16 vs the Clippers in a closeout game?
Yeah on 50 percent shooting and they still only won by 5 points. Lebron's performance was complete dominance, because they blew out the Celtics.

[SouBeachTalents]

Yeah on 50 percent shooting and they still only won by 5 points. Lebron's performance was complete dominance, because they blew out the Celtics.

By this logic Jordan's 63 point game was less dominant too

[Beastmode88]

Yeah on 50 percent shooting and they still only won by 5 points. Lebron's performance was complete dominance, because they blew out the Celtics.

How come he couldn't do it to the spurs?

[played0ut]

Lebron on 'the look'.

[quote]
Do you think you'll change people's minds about that?
I hope. I hope. I hope people will see that there are different ways of winning. And I win by

[russwest0]

Yeah lol I recall KD scoring 16 straight points vs the Spurs in the 2012 playoffs in the 4th quarter.

Shit was epic.

[lilteapot]

By this logic Jordan's 63 point game was less dominant too
It was though because they lost the game:roll:

[Hoopz2332]

Lol didn't he drop like 40/16 vs the Clippers in a closeout game?


that game was nowhere as good as LBJ's. LBJ was in god mode:eek: :bowdown: he even took his foot off the pedle after then went up by 14+ or could have easily had like 50+

[red1]

Yes. On a Thursday in mid January.
:oldlol:

[lilteapot]

Lebron on 'the look'.



http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9824909/lebron-james-michael-jordan-fear-failure-35-point-games-more-espn-magazine



Its a pretty good interview.
That is a good interview. Loved this part:


MJ had a killer instinct for sure. But if people really think that MJ didn't talk to nobody and didn't smile on the court, they're crazy. They're crazy. I've seen him. I was watching a clip the other day of him blocking Charles Barkley, and they're laughing about the play -- on the floor. Right now, if I block Kevin Durant on the floor, or I block Carmelo Anthony and we laugh about it? Ahh, I'm going to get killed [laughing]. I'm telling you. But there are different ways of killing.

[KG215]

Yeah on 50 percent shooting and they still only won by 5 points. Lebron's performance was complete dominance, because they blew out the Celtics.
And the 2014 Clippers > 2012 Celtics. LeBron's performance was better and came against a better defensive team, but just because Durant's game against the Clippers didn't come in a blowout doesn't have as much to do with the defense as it does the quality of team.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

he put up 45/15/5 but if you watched the game he was better than the stats indicate....everytime the team needed a basket he scored...everytime it looked like boston was getting close...

[SouBeachTalents]

he put up 45/15/5 but if you watched the game he was better than the stats indicate....everytime the team needed a basket he scored...everytime it looked like boston was getting close...

I agree, even his masterful stat line doesn't tell the true story of how dominant LeBron was in that game

[russwest0]

That is a good interview. Loved this part:

My problem is how much he plays the victim mentality in regards to manners like that.

"MJ blocked Barkley and laughed about it afterwards."
"If I block someone on the floor and laugh about it, I'm going to get KILLED"

"Killed" by who? This is the problem with LeBron. He is acting as if him blocking another player on the floor and then laughing about it would be some huge ass deal to everyone and that he deserves pity everytime he gets criticized for something as if it only happens to him.

MJ was criticized for a bunch of irrational shit as well, he just wasn't caught up in an egocentric mentality to where he placed himself above everyone else and took offense to criticism as if he was the only one that it was happening to.

[lilteapot]

And the 2014 Clippers > 2012 Celtics. LeBron's performance was better and came against a better defensive team, but just because Durant's game against the Clippers didn't come in a blowout doesn't have as much to do with the defense as it does the quality of team.

Also the fact that Lebron's game was more important since they were on the brink of elimination, he crushed every single Celtic run, none of the shots he was making were guardable, and it's a once in a lifetime performance. Wade was also subpar in that game, Bosh only played about 15 or so minutes and was barely a factor.

The fact is Lebron's game 6 is more memorable and it's for good reason. It's one of the greatest playoff performances ever.

[lilteapot]

MJ was criticized for a bunch of irrational shit as well, he just wasn't caught up in an egocentric mentality to where he placed himself above everyone else and took offense to criticism as if he was the only one that it was happening to.

lmfao this chump is trying to pretend Jordan isn't exactly this type of person :roll:

[Hoopz2332]

he put up 45/15/5 but if you watched the game he was better than the stats indicate....everytime the team needed a basket he scored...everytime it looked like boston was getting close...


LBJ could have had 55-65 if he didn't take his foot off the gas in the 4th once they got the big lead. He had 41 pts after 3qtrs and only scored 4 in the 4th since that's all they needed after he got them the big lead.

[russwest0]

lmfao this chump is trying to pretend Jordan isn't exactly this type of person :roll:

Find me clips or quotes MJ whining about criticism as if he's the lone victim of it and then I'll get on board with you, sure.

[Lebronxrings]

i don't think anyone will ever have a performance like that, much less dubeta aka Chokeant aka NoringD.

[tmacattack33]

That will go down as one of the best playoff performances of all-time.

Many great players have not and will not have a playoff performance like that ever. So saying that Durant has not is no big deal.

[edrick]

My problem is how much he plays the victim mentality in regards to manners like that.

"MJ blocked Barkley and laughed about it afterwards."
"If I block someone on the floor and laugh about it, I'm going to get KILLED"

"Killed" by who? This is the problem with LeBron. He is acting as if him blocking another player on the floor and then laughing about it would be some huge ass deal to everyone and that he deserves pity everytime he gets criticized for something as if it only happens to him.

MJ was criticized for a bunch of irrational shit as well, he just wasn't caught up in an egocentric mentality to where he placed himself above everyone else and took offense to criticism as if he was the only one that it was happening to.

He wouldn't get killed for it?

He got killed for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXQCT47EAc

[JT123]

Find me clips or quotes MJ whining about criticism as if he's the lone victim of it and then I'll get on board with you, sure.
Well he cried like a baby after Jeff Van Gundy called him a con artist, so there is that.

[JT123]

MJ was criticized for a bunch of irrational shit as well, he just wasn't caught up in an egocentric mentality to where he placed himself above everyone else and took offense to criticism as if he was the only one that it was happening to.
:facepalm This is how we know you didn't actually follow basketball when MJ played. After Jordan won his first ring it was a universally accepted unwritten rule that no one was allowed to utter a single negative word about MJ. Look what happened to Van Gundy after he called Jordan a con artist. The media crucified his ass for weeks! :lol
To quote Andrea Kramer "You couldn't win any points in the media if you said or wrote anything bad about Michael. No one wanted to hear that stuff."
You make it too easy russ. Learn your history before making outlandish statements.

[raprap]

My problem is how much he plays the victim mentality in regards to manners like that.

"MJ blocked Barkley and laughed about it afterwards."
"If I block someone on the floor and laugh about it, I'm going to get KILLED"

"Killed" by who? This is the problem with LeBron. He is acting as if him blocking another player on the floor and then laughing about it would be some huge ass deal to everyone and that he deserves pity everytime he gets criticized for something as if it only happens to him.

MJ was criticized for a bunch of irrational shit as well, he just wasn't caught up in an egocentric mentality to where he placed himself above everyone else and took offense to criticism as if he was the only one that it was happening to.
Lets act like idiots like you and skip wont criticize him for being too friendly and with no sense of competitiveness.

[GODbe]

:sleeping People only make a big deal about that game cus everyone thought LeBald was gonna choke but for the first and last time ever, he came through when his team needed him. If that was KD nobody would be calling this sht "one of greatest playoff games ever". He does this all the time, just not in a weak conference.

[JohnFreeman]

Yes. On a Thursday in mid January.
lol

[jimmy77x]

Bran Stans still clinging to this one game their hero wasnt a beta choking bitch :lol

[SouBeachTalents]

Bran Stans still clinging to this one game their hero wasnt a beta choking bitch :lol

2 Finals MVP's

[pastis]

durant plays in the west. he cant rest whole seasons like lequit and the east-clowns.

durant > lebron

[J Shuttlesworth]

Also loved LeBron's performance against the Pistons w/ 25 straight points. So epic

[KBaller33]

His best game ever. He took the Celtics out by himself. My favorite part was in the 3rd quarter when the Celtics were making a little run and the crowd was gaining their energy and excitement back and then LeBron shuts everything down with a three. Amazing performance

[SouBeachTalents]

durant plays in the west. he cant rest whole seasons like lequit and the east-clowns.

durant > lebron

What happened when they met in the Finals?

[JUDGE WITNESS]

Yes. On a Thursday in mid January.
:lol