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Bow down to the King
May 31, 2009LeBron James won't be going to the NBA Finals, but he should be.
And after averaging 38.5 points per game in the Eastern Conference Finals, there's also no question that, as NBA legend Jerry West said recently, he's surpassed Kobe Bryant as a player.
However, it's because of his "supporting cast" that he had to score or assist on 32 straight points in the fourth quarter of Game 5 just to keep the Cavs alive in the series.
Charles and Kenny were right when they said afterwards that what LeBron had to do was an awful lot just to get a win and they doubted he could do it two more times.
Kobe doesn't have that problem -- his only problem is Orlando and its curious combination of spare parts which Cleveland and Boston had no answers for.
The people around them were responsible for all that Kobe vs. LeBron NBA Finals swag that Nike had to send to the same third-world country where the kids are still rocking those 19-0 New England Patriots t-shirts and Colorado Rockies World Series champions hats.
But, Kobe's bunch still has a shot at a championship ring.
For now.
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