Conference finals stats from the unanimous mvp in 2000 Shaq

[Lebron23]

Kobe was a glorified sidekick.

[ArbitraryWater]

Shaq was a career loser before and after Kobe. Bean was the real heart and soul of the team but crowds liked seeing Shaq beat people up. (even though he got swept many time, much more than most GOATs)

This is the kind of in depth analysis I come to ISH for

[ArbitraryWater]

the 13 and 18 point games came in a win, 12 point game was in a blowout 30 point loss not sure how that changes even if he goes 9/9 considering Shaq couldn't make any FTs in that game.

They got blown out cause Kobe made 2 shots. If he had made 12 shots, itd be a whole different story.

[Tavr]

Not one of Shaq's better series and certainly an underwhelming Game 7.

Reading through this thread however, I think you're minimizing the finals vs Indiana. Some of those games were absolutely close and decided in the final minutes. I'm sure you remember that 4th quarter/OT Kobe had in Game 4.

[3ba11]

Kobe led the Lakers in scoring for the 2001 and 2002 Western Playoffs

and then it was a foregone conclusion in the Finals, so simple Shaq-ball was sufficient