What about when he kept gunning when they were up 10 and should have been playing safe? Or when he was gunning with just a few seconds left and victory in hand? Or cases where Phil Jackson literally called him out for stat-padding?
They were up 34 with 9 minutes left when he scored his 60th point. He had scored 9 points in 2 minutes to get there, up 30+ pretty much the entire time.
But you're only talking about "stat-padding" in terms of the time they're in. What about the guys who purposely go for certain stats even when the game is close because they're trying to hit certain targets? Russ was the king of that, he'd have 8 or 9 assists and be passing like crazy, but if he had 10 assists he'd start shooting like crazy. MJ used to do it too during his triple-double streak, he was hunting triple-doubles long before the game was over.
its all the same shyt stat padding is obvious
in both cases we stated it was obvious, thats why we can pinpoint exactly what was happening
i think the Russ shyt when the game is close is just stupidity and a coaching offense
in my opinion you are only really stat padding completely when you shouldnt be in the game
close game means gun for it
still stick to my guns even as a BK fan, its cool to get 60 while up 34 with 9 minutes
but you have to sit at that point, you've done enough and we need the bench to get more minutes and rhythm, take the night off.
nobody is gonna care or remember that you scored 60 if you lose in the playoffs
kobe gunning up 10 ... instead of playing it safe is more of him trying to shyt on his opponent, technically you are stat padding term wise. but once again thats a coaching offense, fukk what phil jackson had to say really... its his duty to pull him from the game
plus it makes it harder to argue against your workhorse when you're winning and if he loses because of playing reckless, what are you really gonna do? you need to play him next game anyway so who can you be mad at really
most stat padding comes from garbage time buckets when the game is already over for worse.
I think its funny when teams "stat pad" when they are winning... in Kyrie's case... im not saying I care, I would just rest him. Youd be foolish to let him play like game 7 of the finals in a meaningless game up 34 points. I'm not mad at the destruction or the stats
thats why I say its circumstantial
I wouldnt blame Beal or Lillard for gunning down 30 because they have no choice
and I wouldnt blame a player for burying a team at the end of a game up 10 just to prove a point ... you earned that
if you are down 15 and still doing garbage time layups that shyt is reckless
russ looking for 1 more board and saying fukk the W is reckless.... a W means more than a triple double
thats why we look at Wilt funny in the light and Bill Russell dominated him, none of that shyt matters when you get sonned repeatedly, so much for 100 point games when you got more L's than cool J
