Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and NBA Top Performers

Kobe Bryant lost his first playoff game as the team’s leader. Jackson lost his first career playoff debut.

So what?

1. The star of the night is Tim Thomas who had 22 points, and a career playoff high 15 rebounds.
2. Kobe only scored half of what he averages against Phoenix
3. The Suns had 35 free throws
4. Nash had his usual statistics for the night

So let’s see what happened here folks.

1. First, Tim is not going to make any more superb performance like that. Yes, he did have a wonderful night but he is not the type of player that will do that night after night. He just did not come out of nowhere to raise his level of play ten folds and expect to maintain that.
2. Kobe is going to explode. Obviously he did not get the rhythm throughout the game and will definitely get he’s 42.5 point average against the Suns in the succeeding games.
3. The Suns are the lowest free throw shooting team in the league. 35 free throws is absurd. They don’t have the forwards and center to draw that much foul to get to the 30 point free throw average.
4. Nash pointed out they did not play well but got the win. Well, the bad news Steve is that the Lakers played terribly throughout the game.

Suns got the first win and they better celebrate because it’s going to be their last. Kobe is going to come out aggressive after this one and would reach the 50 point mark at least once in the series. He’s gonna pulverize his opponents.

Don’t expect Kobe to look for his teammates anymore, the way he did in the first game. The buttom line is, don’t expect the Suns to get the “W” anymore.