text: who agrees with me in regard to kobe scoring 50+ in playoffs? they say if kobe scores 50 it equals a loss. but i think that's over simplifying the real problem. remeber they lost game 1 too, and game 5. plus jordan won games scoring over 50.i disagree that if kobe get's 50 it=loss. i feel,  50 from kobe +high % shooting from rest of team+defense=win  20 from kobe+high %shooting from team+defense=win  50 from kobe+bad passing+no defense+bad shot selection=loss  i think the real key is defense. that's how teams like the pistons and the knicks in the 90's even made it to the finals. turnovers and no defense=problems. i think this is true. whenever kobe score 50 points he also has more than 10 turnovers by himself. although hes hot most of the time when hes not he wont stop shooting until he starts making them. when you look at the 3 games that the lakers have won against the suns you notice that in two of those games kobe wasnt the highest score and in the other game kobe was the leading score by just a few points. if he does not pass the ball and wants to be the hero of the game his team is gonna lose. hes gonna have to make more than 50 points in order to win the game. for example when he scored 62 against the mavericks and 81 against the toronto raptors. but how likely is that gonna happen? the lakers should lose game 7 against the suns because kobe is gonna be on edge with barbosa back and hes prolly gonna wanna show off and score a bunch of points. the only way i see the lakers winning is if kobe scores way more than 50 points. if he makes 40 or more than the suns are going to the second round of the playoffs.