Kobe is playing out of his mind right now in terms of efficiency, plus it's the beginning of the season.
Don't twist my words breh, LeBron threw that series vs the C's to get to Miami quicker. THAT was one of the big unspoken reasons why nikkaz lost respect for him as a baller, he clearly was good enough to change the outcome of that series. I don't blame him tho, he wanted to gtf away from mike brown and cleveland in general.
Bron had 27, 19, and 11 in the so called game he gave up on