Lebron lost 1st Round with top 5 players like Luka/AD, so "1-9" officially over

[3ba11]

NEVER say it again because 1-9 with lottery cast > 2-8 with top 5 players (Luka/AD)

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[SouBeachTalents]

1-9

[3ba11]

1-9

2-8

[marLeY baLL]

ill battle justin in da end 1 on 1

[rapper] goOD vs eViL

[John8204]

MJ never beat Larry Bird in games that counted

[StrongLurk]

Luka isn't top 5 this year.

AD was only top 5 in the bubble, and they won.

[ImKobe]

Lebron has lost 11 of his last 13 Playoff games and that's with prime/peak AD & Luka. Absolutely pathetic.

[StrongLurk]

Lebron has lost 11 of his last 13 Playoff games and that's with prime/peak AD & Luka. Absolutely pathetic.

AD/Luka also lost those games with Lebron so I guess they are pathetic too?

AD is in street clothes again and Luka has never recovered his 100% form this year. The crazy thing is Lebron has been absolutely cooking over the last 13 playoff games, but admittedly, he has sucked at closing them for the most part because he's just too damn old to play superstar ball for 48 minutes. His coaches should be capping him at 38mpg honestly.

[SouBeachTalents]

AD/Luka also lost those games with Lebron so I guess they are pathetic too?

AD is in street clothes again and Luka has never recovered his 100% form this year. The crazy thing is Lebron has been absolutely cooking over the last 13 playoff games, but admittedly, he has sucked at closing them for the most part because he's just too damn old to play superstar ball for 48 minutes. His coaches should be capping him at 38mpg honestly.

Yep, over those 13 playoff games

38-40 year old LeBron: 27/9/8 on 63%TS

28-30 year old Kobe: 30/6/5 on 58%TS

Pretty amazing how even in his old age, he's basically right there with peak Kobe.

[TheMan]

Lebron has lost 11 of his last 13 Playoff games and that's with prime/peak AD & Luka. Absolutely pathetic.

[ImKobe]

Yep, over those 13 playoff games

38-40 year old LeBron: 27/9/8 on 63%TS

28-30 year old Kobe: 30/6/5 on 58%TS

Pretty amazing how even in his old age, he's basically right there with peak Kobe.

Kobe played vs. elite defenses. Bran's doing this against Denver and Minnesota (who are not that great defensively when Toody is benched).

from the same Playoff run at 38 years old:

22 ppg on 55%TS vs Memphis
25 ppg on 60%TS vs Golden State


And if he's basically peak Kobe in this stretch then how the hell is he getting swept or gentleman's swept with a top 5 player in the league on his squad? lol

[SouBeachTalents]

Kobe played vs. elite defenses. Bran's doing this against Denver and Minnesota (who are not that great defensively when Toody is benched).

from the same Playoff run at 38 years old:

22 ppg on 55%TS vs Memphis
25 ppg on 60%TS vs Golden State


And if he's basically peak Kobe in this stretch then how the hell is he getting swept or gentleman's swept with a top 5 player in the league on his squad? lol

Minny has a top 5 defense statistically. And did you say the D'Antoni Suns had an elite defense?

Lmao

[ImKobe]

Minny has a top 5 defense statistically. And did you say the D'Antoni Suns had an elite defense?

Lmao

That's with Rudy on the court. They've been benching him in this series if you've been paying attention. Lebron can't score on Rudy we've seen him try plenty of times. Without Gobert they're about 5 points per 100 worse on D which would put them in the bottom half of the league on D and also Lebron has shot 4% worse with Rudy on the court in the series (46% vs 50%). Minnesota can get away with benching Rudy in 4th quarters because Lebron and Luka run out of gas so Wolves are better off favoring offense over defense in these spots. It's crazy because without Gobert both RS & Playoffs they're below average on D yet the Lakers can't take advantage for the most part.

Also you're comparing a large sample size of 3 Finals runs to 3 series where Lebron played against a mediocre defense for the most part which is hilarious to begin with.

Even this series the averages look nice because he was explosive in G3 (disappeared didn't do shit in the last 5:59 in the 4th when they were down 1 to start) and got a lot of calls in Game 4 and had 0 points & 2 shots in the 4th with Luka getting doubled the whole quarter.

[White Hammer]

2-8 just doesn’t have the same ring to it. It’s the poor man’s 1-9.