Whose 50 Was Better?
March 6th, 2008 at 12:04 pmBy Chris
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With a hat-tip to le basketball blog for the image, the discussion goes like this: on Sunday, Kobe Bryant mashed the Dallas Mavericks to the tune of 52 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.
However, last night, King James posted this audacious stat-line against the New York Isiahs: 50 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. The question is, which stat line was better? Both players shot the ball really well (Kobe: 15-27, Lebron: 16-30) and where Kobe was strong at the free throw line (17-17 in the second half), Lebron was strong from beyond the 3-point arc (7-13). So who had the better game?
Well, lets look beyond the points:
Looking at his stat-line, Kobe accounted for 60 points (52 points + the 8 from his assists) while Lebron contributed a whopping 70 to his team (50 points + 20 points from assists). Both rebounded brilliantly, however, Kobe had the tougher match-up. The Mavericks are certainly a playoff team and maybe even a threat to go to the Conference Finals.
The Knicks are not. Not even close.
With that in mind, I’d have to say the “greater than” sign in the above picture needs to be flipped… at least when it comes to comparing these dominate outings. While Lebron contributed more overall points than Kobe, Kobe’s explosion came against a much better team. If anything, that makes it a push, but since we don’t deal in pushes, I’ll give the nod, at least in this instance, to Kobe Bean.
I mean, he does know Karate and all…
Stumble it!
March 6th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I have to agree with you on that one. Even though King James did it on the road, Kobe did it against a much better opponent. Both incredible performances though.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Unbelievable the crap I read. When the Rapist scored his 81 against the Raptors. Check what the record of that team when he done that. I never heard anyone saying well look who he played. It was 81 and since Wilt doesn’t have any highlights of his 100 then that makes 81 better.
It doesn’t matter who’s 50 is better cause they both helped win the game for their teams.
If you wanna ask straight up who is better. Kobe took his team against the Suns also play weak defense(2 yrs in a row if I’m not mistaken) and left in the first round. LeBron took out the Pistons on the road in game 7 to make it to the finals to get crushed by the Spurs. Neither one of these guys had a solid number two guy to lean on like MJ did.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Yeah, but they supposedly have number two men now, especially Kobe. 50 points from an NBA player is just that: something damn impressive. But since the MVP race is now a two-man issue (no love for Chris Paul, the TRUE MVP), the subject seemed pertinent.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Who is that number 2 for Lebron please tell me? It better not be Ben Wallace either.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Wally, Boobie, and Delonte.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Exactly nuff said. Give me Armstrong, Kerr, and Wennington anyday.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Do you not think that dropping 52 against a playoff team is a tad more impressive than 50 against the Isiahs? I mean, we are talking about the Eastern and Western Conferences…
March 6th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I would if I thought that Dallas played defense. Let either of them drop 50 on Pistons or Spurs and I will really be impressed. Oh yeah I did “witness” one of them score 25 straight points in the playoffs to help his team win.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
…and 29 of 30, or something like that.