Huh? There's no "unanimity" that Kobe is wrong and Bron is right.
First of all, I'm not weighing into account the collective opinion of the philistine Kobe stans when I talk about the consensus. I said his approach is looked at in that way - meaning folk look at jacking up shots over multiple defenders down the stretch as the wrong thing to do. But then they make the mistake of thinking the opposite is the right way to go about things, and what is opposite to that - passing in the same shell.
Bron has been criticized for passing in those situations since he came into the league and plenty of people subscribe to the Mamba system
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I'm talking about what folk perceive to be the right play on this board though, most folk that subscribe to the Mamba system aren't really concerned with what the right/wrong play is, but just taking the shot no matter what. Kobe stans and alike aren't really trying to be the voice of reason on this - which is whom I'm talking about.
Critiquing his decision in this situation feels like results based thinking.
Except it's not.
He wasted time dribbling out the clock (letting the Warriors defense get set and adjust) and didn't take advantage of the Warriors switch (Curry and Iggy - when Curry had his backed turned that was the time to drive), and Draymond giving him a brief period to drive. He forced the ball to a shooter when he ran into a dead end with the clock running out, failing to realize that his tendency to pass in those situations was already forecasted by Curry who was right on Korver the moment he caught the ball. You could see it coming from a mile away, it's what Bron typically does when he gets into the paint and doesn't want to score.
Same reason how teams knew what Kobe was going to do, except one is a direct result of their own chaos and the other isn't. It's why it's easy for one's eyes to acknowledge someone overshooting, than it is someone who's overpassing. We do this in basketball, players who shoot too much aren't looked upon fondly, whereas players who pass, pass, pass are looked at as playing the game the right way.
LeBron, shaky jumper, shaky free throws and tired legs matched up with the best defender in the world at the top of the key and Durant lurking in the paint?
Problem was, he had a number of options that were given to him that would've resulted in a higher probability of his team getting a bucket, but he chose one that was near the bottom of the list.
I don't think there's a universal right or wrong in that scenario, but LeBron made a decision that got a great shooter a look from a spot where he shoots 50%. Shot just didn't go down. As the immortal Mark Jackson says, it's a make or miss league.
Based on probability there is, but there's no right or wrong approach in general. All about finding a balance, like it is with everything in basketball and life in general. The act of passing to a highly-efficient shooter in the corner in a vacuum is a good decision, however, the way LeBron went about it and his tendency of making that pass late in games most certainly wasn't.
I don't think there's a universal right or wrong in that scenario, but LeBron made a decision that got a great shooter a look from a spot where he shoots 50%. Shot just didn't go down. As the immortal Mark Jackson says, it's a make or miss league. 
Warriors have done a great job keeping a high level of intensity throughout the game even when their stars sit. It's a lot to overcome.
He's the Finals Co-MVP
Why would I lie about not watching a game that I watched?
@ where this thread has gone
) of lebron stans and gs haters
