:shock: What? 18.2 ppg 13 rpg 3 apg Plus playing great d, isn't exactly "laying an egg". The Truth just played better. I should clarify that I meant on the offensive end. Defensively (sans the cheap fouls in Game 5) and rebounding-wise he was great but if you don't get the points in the finals, rightly or wrongly, you're not winning the MVP. And actually, looking it up, he was really bad in the first three games before kind of making up for it in the last three games. The first game he was below average, Games 2 and 3 he was horrendous (especially Game 3), Games 4 and 5 he was average and Game 6 he was solid. Look at his shooting percentages: 53.9 in the regular season, 48.4 against Atlanta, .545 against Cleveland, .525 against Detroit, .402 against the Lakers. And it's not as if the Lakers are known as a defensive team either. He also shot worse from the free throw line against the Lakers than he did in any other round or in the regular season, though he did only take 18 free throws. So he didn't completely lay an egg, but he was well below average on the offensive end. Strictly going by ppg can be deceptive. If we're going by that alone, Kobe had a pretty good offensive series at 26.4 ppg. But in reality, he pretty much stunk offensively. Yeah I can see your point, but KG was never really a offensive powerhouse, but I can see your point with Kobe also. My bad