NBA: Analytics: Kobe's Greatest Games Have Come Against Top Western Conference Teams

[Koolaid_Man]

- the 81 points..... Kobe has historically tortured the Mavs, Rockets, Portland, and the Sperms. I have these filtered in an excel spreadsheet with dates and all and even created a pivot table with a ing pie chart....

This is from a prime Kobe his highest scoring outputs against each of these great defensive teams:

Against Dallas: 62, 52, 43, 40, 40,



Against Rockets: 53, 53, 52, 46, 45, 45, 43, 41, 40


Against Portland: 65, 50, 47, 41, 40, 40


*Against Spurs: 45, 44, 43,43,42 * never cracked 50 against the Spurs because of Bruce Bowen and all the double and triple teams the Spurs were forced to throw at him. Nevertheless head to head (when he's played) Kobe in the play-offs is 4-2 against the Spurs. When it mattered the most.

These are his highest scoring outputs against various teams: (in these numbers he torched the powerhouse teams of the early 2000's Seattle Supersonics and Sacramento Kings many many times.)

50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 51, 51, 51, 51, 52, 52, 52, 53, 53, 53, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65, 81

[100%duncan]

As expected from lakerfan when they get into numbers debates

[Koolaid_Man]

As expected from lakerfan when they get into numbers debates

I can also do

Kobe 5
TOSB 5 after the fact

[Koolaid_Man]

It proves my did his job as a shooting guard and yet in still he's top 30 all time in assists....and he's not even supposed to be since he's not a point guard..go figure

[Killakobe81]

some impressive numbers but there has been very few instances when Dallas was a top defensive team ...
But Prime kobe torched a lot of teams ... good and bad.

[Koolaid_Man]

^ Dallas doubled and Tripled Kobe only second to the Spurs...Dallas had good defensive schemes and big forwards and guards they put on Kobe all the time....slowed him down quite a bit

[Medvedenko]

I approve of this post.

[DMC]

TOTAL TIME

1hr 20mins

PREP

20 mins
COOK

1 hr

Absolutely delicious meatloaf and sauce! Those who claim they don't believe there can be such a thing as a great meatloaf will love this. Based on a meatloaf given to me by a dear friend, Virginia Strehl, Memphis, and Leesburg, Fla. Nita Holleman, 2000
Skip to Next RecipeINGREDIENTS

Nutrition

SERVINGS4-5

YIELDS1 meatloafUNITSUS

• 1 1⁄2
  lbs ground beef (ground shoulder roast is good)
• 1
  slice bread (broken or chopped finely)
• 1
  egg
• 1
  small vidalia onions or 1 small type sweet onion, finely chopped
• 1
  teaspoon table salt
• 1⁄4
  teaspoon black pepper
• 4
  tablespoons ketchup
• 1⁄2-2⁄3
  cup whole milk or 1⁄2-2⁄3 cuphalf-and-half
• Sauce
  
  
• 4
  tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 -4
  tablespoons dark brown sugar, packed firm (to taste)
• 1⁄2
  cup ketchup

DIRECTIONS

1. Meatloaf: Combine meat loaf ingredients and place into a loaf baking dish.
2. Smooth out top.
3. Sauce: Combine sauce ingredients and pour on top and sides of meatloaf.
4. Bake at 350°F about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until done.
5. ENJOY!
6. *The addition of 1 or 2 teaspoons of Kitchen Bouquet® makes this recipe very good.
7. **Recipe should be"plump" from the addition of the milk or Half & Half.
8. It should NOT be runny.
9. ***A second batch of sauce served hot is good to serve with the meatloaf.
10. Nita's Note: I note that some of you are using game meat such as deer -- Deer is a very DRY meat. It is wise to HAVE some fat added to the deer -- especially to ground deer. Maybe 25 % fat, ( I recommend 1 lb of ground venison, and 1/2 lb of deer sausage for fat content), otherwise your results will be poor. I don't know about some of the other game meat some are using. Please consult and expert. The recipe is delicious as it stands! Enjoy! Nita Holleman.

[Kidd K]

Kobe plays more games against the west.

Law of averages; Kobe will have more good games against the west since he has more games played against them.

[daslicer]

Who has Kobe's worst games have come against? The east or the west?

[Sean Cagney]

So have his worst games TBH, his worst overall game ever came this year against the Spurs in fact.

[Rummpd]

Mr. 6-24 in 7th game (who somehow still won finals MVP), Mr. 19th all time PER (http://www.basketball-reference.com/...er_career.html) , (so not (clutchhttp://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/24200/the-truth-about-kobe-bryant-in-crunch-time) and holder of most missed shots in NBA history (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...ed-field-goals)

has definetely had some impressive scoring nights for sure - got to give him that at least for this over-ranked superstar....

[ElNono]

where's the analytics, tbh?

[Koolaid_Man]

This is from a prime Kobe his highest scoring outputs against each of these great defensive teams:


*Against Spurs: 45, 44, 43,43,42 * never cracked 50 against the Spurs because of Bruce Bowen and all the double and triple teams the Spurs were forced to throw at him. Nevertheless head to head (when he's played) Kobe in the play-offs is 4-2 against the Spurs. When it mattered the most.

These best performance games against the Sperm as noted above Kobe's FG% was the following in each of the respective games:

54%, 46%, 51% , 53%, and 55% for an average of 52% from the field ;-)