Kobe Clutch 3 pointer streak

Mamba Venom · Post #1 » by **Mamba Venom** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 9:18 am

Kobe being clutch last 3 games

After going 2-20, Kobe hits a clutch 3 pointer w/ 20 secs left - then plays good D for the W
Kobe hit a 3 w/ 1:40 left sealing the victory (16-28) - 57.1% - 40 points
Kobe hits a 3 w/ 3 secs left in the game from deep (10-16) - 62.5% - 24 points

Let's hope the slump is over and Kobe is healthy and has energy again. Props for 3 clutch shots and 3 important W's after Kobe became the punch line for many jokes. The slump was the worst month of Kobe's career statistically (he aggravated the torn ligament after a fall in Minny, had to adjust to wearing a mask and a broken nose, and had his best friend and co-captain traded all while M Brown was an absolute coaching genius).

Go Lakers! Time to get hot. We must eliminate the Mavs in play-offs!

crimsonkb24 · Post #2 » by **crimsonkb24** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 10:35 am

Where are the haters now ? Go and share your petition :evil:

Gek · Post #3 » by **Gek** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 12:53 pm

2 games does not a season make.

Sofa King · Post #4 » by **Sofa King** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 1:55 pm

Gek wrote:2 games does not a season make.

MelosSoreWrist · Post #5 » by **MelosSoreWrist** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 4:31 pm

Gek wrote:2 games does not a season make.

Well, he is leading the league in scoring and the Lakers are on top of their division and 3rd in conference.

Post #6 » by **crazyeights** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 4:44 pm

MelosSoreWrist wrote:
Gek wrote:2 games does not a season make.

Well, he is leading the league in scoring and the Lakers are on top of their division and 3rd in conference.

I know you got this "well we're only 3rd in the West" thing from the players, but have any of you noticed how content Kobe and the guys seem to be with this? They are resting on some relatively mediocre laurels, IMO. Shows a lack of....something....not sure what.

Imadogg · Post #7 » by **Imadogg** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 7:45 pm

crimsonkb24 wrote:Where are the haters now ? Go and share your petition

3 game streak of beating New Orleans, Golden State, and New Jersey... in the last 2min of the game.. be proud of the Lakers my man 8-)

Mamba Venom · Post #8 » by **Mamba Venom** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 8:29 pm

2 Ws w/o Bynum is good. Sessions was also amazing the last 2 games. As was Pau. The team is coming together and tonight we are going to show the world that the Blakers is an insult to us and they are the Clippers aka flop city.

Gek · Post #9 » by **Gek** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 9:35 pm

MelosSoreWrist wrote:
Gek wrote:2 games does not a season make.

Well, he is leading the league in scoring and the Lakers are on top of their division and 3rd in conference.

2011-12 Scoring Leaders
Kobe: 28.0 ppg, 42.7 FG%
Durant: 27.5 ppg, 50.2 FG%
Lebron: 26.7 ppg, 53.7 FG%
Love: 26.5 ppg, 45.1 FG%
Westbrook: 24.4 ppg, 47.4 FG%

The only people in the top 10 shooting worse than Kobe are Deron and Carmelo. Only Melo and Lamarcus Aldridge shoot worse from 3 in the top 10. Leading the league in scoring is only impressive if you're doing it efficiently.

Tee212 · Post #10 » by **Tee212** » Wed Apr 4, 2012 10:41 pm

leading in any category is impressive if youre doing it efficiently. lets leave out hes 33 and sharing the ball with 2 talented front line players and at the top of the list thats never impressive right? I would unimpressed if the lakers are the last team in the league.

Gek · Post #11 » by **Gek** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 12:08 am

42.7% isn't efficient Tee212. We've danced this dance before.

Wavy Q · Post #12 » by **Wavy Q** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 12:10 am

He's leading the league in scoring because he's taking 4 shots per game more than the #2 guy.

Tee212 · Post #13 » by **Tee212** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 12:55 am

Gek wrote:42.7% isn't efficient Tee212. We've danced this dance before.

I know its not efficient, im going with your logic of leading while being efficient would be impressive in anything category. If love takes 4-10 more shots a game and avg 30 im not impressed. Hes not 33 playing thru all the injuries kb had in his career. hell ill still be impressed kb is in the top 3.

Base · Post #14 » by **Base** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 6:14 am

Tee212 wrote:
Gek wrote:42.7% isn't efficient Tee212. We've danced this dance before.

I know its not efficient, im going with your logic of leading while being efficient would be impressive in anything category. If love takes 4-10 more shots a game and avg 30 im not impressed. Hes not 33 playing thru all the injuries kb had in his career. hell ill still be impressed kb is in the top 3.

So because you have an injury, you can take an extra 2-3 more shots a game just to keep up with the scoring you have in past years? and that's just because you're a superstar player?

If injury was really affecting Kobe, he would find ways to be more efficient like he has in the past.

Post #15 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 7:12 am

Imadogg wrote:
crimsonkb24 wrote:Where are the haters now ? Go and share your petition

3 game streak of beating New Orleans, Golden State, and New Jersey... in the last 2min of the game.. be proud of the Lakers my man

as bad as that is on surface, those are the kind of games that i rather see the team win because it is the closest thing to a playoff game. even if it is against bad teams because on those games the bad teams elevate their game. battle tested >>>>blow out kings

Imadogg · Post #16 » by **Imadogg** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 10:31 am

snaquille oatmeal wrote:
Imadogg wrote:
crimsonkb24 wrote:Where are the haters now ? Go and share your petition

3 game streak of beating New Orleans, Golden State, and New Jersey... in the last 2min of the game.. be proud of the Lakers my man

as bad as that is on surface, those are the kind of games that i rather see the team win because it is the closest thing to a playoff game. even if it is against bad teams because on those games the bad teams elevate their game. battle tested >>>>blow out kings

I know what you mean, people always say that.. but point differential is the biggest indicator of success in the future (playoffs). There's a very strong correlation between how often you win big and how well you'll do in the playoffs.. winning by 3 vs a bottom 3 team doesn't show that we're as good.

I get your point but I would much, much rather beat a great team by 3 and beat the Hornets by 20, instead of beating them by 3 and say.. losing to OKC

ROballer · Post #17 » by **ROballer** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 10:52 am

Imadogg wrote:
snaquille oatmeal wrote:
Imadogg wrote:3 game streak of beating New Orleans, Golden State, and New Jersey... in the last 2min of the game.. be proud of the Lakers my man

as bad as that is on surface, those are the kind of games that i rather see the team win because it is the closest thing to a playoff game. even if it is against bad teams because on those games the bad teams elevate their game. battle tested >>>>blow out kings

I know what you mean, people always say that.. but point differential is the biggest indicator of success in the future (playoffs).

Actually it's not...value of teams played(SOS),roster of the opposing team/own team on game day(injuries),rest between games,playing at home or on the road and other things factor in a final score during a game...things that point differential doesn't include

It's just a simple stat that includes the scores of the games and gives a number...it completely ignores the facts I mentioned above who considerably change the aspect and score of a game

In the last 10 years,only 3 teams who had the biggest point differential during the RS went on to win it all

Heck,only 5 teams made it to the NBA finals

Imadogg · Post #18 » by **Imadogg** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 11:00 am

ROballer wrote:
Imadogg wrote:I know what you mean, people always say that.. but point differential is the biggest indicator of success in the future (playoffs).

Actually it's not...value of teams played(SOS),roster of the opposing team/own team on game day(injuries),rest between games,playing at home or on the road and other things factor in a final score during a game...things that point differential doesn't include

It's just a simple stat that includes the scores of the games and gives a number...it completely ignores the facts I mentioned above who considerably change the aspect and score of a game

In the last 10 years,only 3 teams who had the biggest point differential during the RS went on to win it all

Heck,only 5 teams made it to the NBA finals

My bad, I meant one of the biggest, not the biggest. And along those lines, I believe there's few things that are a better indicator of playoff success than SRS, which looks at both point differential and SOS. It's not gonna be perfect obviously, but it's a better indicator than just about anything else, and way better than "We won by single digits to 3 straight horrible teams".

Imadogg · Post #19 » by **Imadogg** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 11:08 am

Just looked up since 2000, here's the champs rank in pts diff:
2000 - 1st
2001 - 8th
2002 - 2nd
2003 - 3rd
2004 - 2nd
2005 - 1st
2006 - 5th
2007 - 3rd
2008 - 1st
2009 - 2nd
2010 - 6th
2011 - 8th

Top 5 in the league 9/12 times and 6th-8th 3 times. Like I said, not gonna be the perfect predictor, but one of the best and much better than stuff people look at, like close wins or just ppg

And Lakers are 8th as of now. In 2001, Lakers were 8th (the Kobe/Shaq team that coasted, turned on the ON switch, and decimated everyone in the playoffs). 2010.. Lakers again, 6th best. And 2011, Mavs were 8th, with Dirk becoming a German God in the playoffs.

If we can get everything together perfectly, we still have a shot at winning at all. I believe it's a longshot but I'm gonna stay believing until we're knocked out

Tee212 · Post #20 » by **Tee212** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 7:09 pm

oh yes his 3p's are magically falling now but its vs crappy teams so it doesnt count.