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Lebron23
02-11-2022, 01:29 PM
In the 2012 NBA Playoffs. Same Team that LeBron and the Heat defeated in the NBA finals.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2012-nba-western-conference-semifinals-lakers-vs-thunder.html
Lebron23
02-11-2022, 01:34 PM
Yea that series just proved how much lakers were relying on kobe.

Kobe was averaging 27.3 ppg in the 2013 nba season before he tore his Achilles. Dwight was still averaging a double double.
John_Connor
02-11-2022, 02:42 PM
imagine being this shook of a guy that died 2 years ago


and kobes last healthy season was 2013. last healthy playoffs was 2007
TheGoatest
02-11-2022, 02:45 PM
Kobe was 33, that is THIRTY THREE years old and completely healthy. Yet this is quietly swept under the rug and never mentioned.
LAL
02-11-2022, 02:54 PM
Kobe was 33, that is THIRTY THREE years old and completely healthy. Yet this is quietly swept under the rug and never mentioned.

He had serious knee problems and damaged his wrist in pre season. That wasn't prime Kobe.


Prime & 34 y.o Kobe > Any lebron
Axe
02-12-2022, 02:19 AM
Ringless without phil jackson. :ohwell:
John_Connor
02-12-2022, 02:22 AM
Ringless without phil jackson. :ohwell:

what does he have like 2 years without phil ( not counting the bench or achilles years ) and one of them was a rebuilding season


so like 2012 was the only year lol
Axe
02-12-2022, 02:27 AM
what does he have like 2 years without phil ( not counting the bench or achilles years ) and one of them was a rebuilding season


so like 2012 was the only year lol
What about before the 1999-2000 season? Lmao

Edit: oh so he was a role player before that season
TheGoatest
02-12-2022, 05:22 AM
Ringless without phil jackson. :ohwell:

Or Derek Fisher.

I still can't believe how free of a pass a healthy Kobe got for this loss. Against a team everyone says were "babies" and inexperienced. What happened? :confusedshrug:

Oh yeah, this was the season Andrew Bynum was All-NBA 2nd team too.
k 96
02-12-2022, 01:27 PM
He had serious knee problems and damaged his wrist in pre season. That wasn't prime Kobe.


Prime & 34 y.o Kobe > Any lebron

Exactly.
IllegalD
02-12-2022, 08:59 PM
In the 2012 NBA Playoffs. Same Team that LeBron and the Heat defeated in the NBA finals.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2012-nba-western-conference-semifinals-lakers-vs-thunder.html


Still melting down, Louie? Insecure pinoy boy has been on a downward spiral meltdown ever since it dawned on him that LeBron will NEVER win another championship again and it was HIS OWN DOING that destroyed his best chance with the Lakers.

Go sell some shrimp out of your bike to college kids and get your mind off it. And say hi to your sister for me.

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!! :dancin:hammertime::djparty:lebroncry::yaohappy:
John_Connor
02-12-2022, 09:52 PM
What about before the 1999-2000 season? Lmao

Edit: oh so he was a role player before that season

99 and 12 by bad. he started one year prior to phil getting there

huge sample size bruh
TheCorporation
02-13-2022, 12:12 AM
Painful times for me and my Lakers :(
kawhileonard2
02-13-2022, 12:29 AM
More titles than Lebron as well despite Lebron switching teams 4 times with stacked squads.
Micku
02-13-2022, 03:02 AM
He wasn't healthy. He was playing hurt that whole year if I can recall. He had a bunch of injuries he was playing with.

But that Thunder team was gonn'a beat that Lakers team even if he was healthy.
WhiteKyrie
02-13-2022, 10:41 PM
He wasn’t healthy in 2011 and 2012. His last season healthy was 2013.
imdaman99
02-13-2022, 11:04 PM
I heard the super bowl halftime show started at 8:24. Can someone confirm? For Kobe :cry:
ImKobe
02-14-2022, 12:38 PM
Steve Blake missed a wide open corner 3 to win Game 2 (I think he got death threats after that miss) & Gasol turned it over in a tie situation at the end of Game 4 that led to the KD game-winner. Also, Kobe had 42 pts in his last Playoff game while the rest of the Lakers did next to nothing on offense in the 2nd half (more TOs than made FGs for the rest of the Lakers in the 2nd half). Kobe had a slow start to the series with two 20-pt games but averaged 39/7/4 in the last 3 and he was playing on one leg.


He wasn’t healthy in 2011 and 2012. His last season healthy was 2013.

Facts. He had bad knees and obviously had the ankle injury in the 1st round of the 2011 Playoffs, he also was in a walking boot for most of the 2nd half of that 2012 season IIRC with a shin injury that bothered him for a while.


He wasn't healthy. He was playing hurt that whole year if I can recall. He had a bunch of injuries he was playing with.

But that Thunder team was gonn'a beat that Lakers team even if he was healthy.

Still should have gone 6-7 games at least though with the size advantage the Lakers had inside. Two plays changed the entire series.