Over/Under on Lebron FT attempts?

[LnGrrrR]

I'm putting it at 24.

[it's me]

28

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

30

[KSeal]

Under, he'll try to copy what Kobe did last night, like LBJ always does.

[BRHornet45]

26

[baseline bum]

Under, he'll try to copy what Kobe did last night, like LBJ always does.

If he wanted to copy Kobe, he could shoot 39% tonight since it's an elimination game.


Since taking over as alpha-dog for the Lakers, this is Kobe's record in elimination games:

1) 2003 WCSF Game 6 (LOSS) : SPURS 110, Lakers 82
20 points, 9-19 FG, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 7 turnovers

2) 2004 Finals Game 5 (LOSS): Lakers 87, PISTONS 100
24 points, 7-21 FG, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 3 turnovers

3) 2006 WCQF Game 7 (LOSS): Lakers 90, SUNS 121
24 points, 8-16 FG, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 0 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers

4) 2007 WCQF Game 5 (LOSS): Lakers 110, SUNS 119
34 points, 13-33 FG, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 6 turnovers

5) 2008 Finals Game 6 (LOSS): Lakers 92, CELTICS 131
22 points, 7-22 FG, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 4 turnovers

6) 2009 WCSF Game 7 (WIN): Rockets 70, LAKERS 89
14 points, 4-12 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2blocks, 1 turnover

AVERAGES:
23.0 PPG
3.83 REBOUNDS
3.00 ASSISTS
39.0% FG%
1.17 STEALS
0.500 BLOCKS
4.00 TURNOVERS

PER: 14.0

I don't usually like to put a lot of stock into the PER, but an elite player doing that horribly on it is unreal. To put it in perspective, here's a list of players average PER this season in the 14.0 +/- 0.25 range:



RANK PLAYER PER
==== =============== =======
112 Chris Duhon 14.25
113 Wilson Chandler 14.18
114 Tyrus Thomas 14.10
115 Tyson Chandler 14.09
116 Al Thornton 14.04
117 Ronnie Brewer 14.02
118 Randy Foye 14.00
118 Spencer Hawes 14.00
120 Andrei Kirilenko 13.85
121 Brendan Haywood 13.83
122 Eric Gordon 13.80
123 Joakim Noah 13.78


1-5 in elimination games as the man and production on par with Ronnie Brewer, Randy Foye, and Spencer Hawes? Clearly, he is not the big game player he's hyped to be. I remember the way Duncan was absolutely crucified by the media for his 14/10/4 and 16/16/2 games, injured, against the Pistons in 05. Yet everyone blames Kobe's teammates when he doesn't come to play. Kobe's a hell of a player, but he is clearly not the guy you count on with your backs against the wall. Not a single one of those performances in elimination games would be considered a good much less great performance.

[JamStone]

Well he's got 9 at halftime, but considering he wasn't very aggressive at all, that's quite a bit. Although, I didn't really see too many gift calls to him.

[BRHornet45]

sons they have to put guys like King Crab and Kobe at the line AT LEAST 15 times every playoff game. 20+ preferably .... you see whenever the playoffs come around there are MILLIONS of casual basketball fans and many people who aren't even fans at all watching. the NBA has hyped up guys like Crab and Kobe so much that they can't afford for them to have a bad game during the playoffs. since the NBA and media obsesses over ONE STAT ONLY (points per game) ... they do everything in their power to help assist their stars score more.

so whenever King Crab has a bad game shooting 35% and only scoring 24 legit points off of 20 shot attempts .... they help assist him at getting 40 points by putting him at the line for 16 FREEBIES so it gives the ILLUSION that he actually EARNED those 40 points and had a good game. that way the casual fan and the media can still say "KING JAMES SCORES 40, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THE CAVS!"

[kamikazi_player]

he's already at 9, expect 20 more ft's coming for him