Where will Lebron's performance rank with the greatest?

Sabi ni Henry Abbott:

Top twenty? Top ten? Top three?

A bunch of ESPN experts debated where last night's performance ranks on the all-time list.

My gut is that if it had been in an elimination game, or in the Finals, it would have been way up there near the top.

I agree with you on your last point. It's a great game for lebron, but it will rank higher if:

a) Cleveland actually beats Detroit in the series. It's not yet over, folks.

and

b) it will go up a few more notches if they beat the Spurs to win the championship.

If Detroit prevails over the cavs like it is supposed to, then lebron's performance will lose some of it's luster. Like Dirk's 50.

Remember last year when the Lakers were the toast of the basketball community after pushing the Suns to the brink of elimination? Kobe almost had two greatest game moments last year. Game 4 and Game 6.

If the Lakers eliminated the Suns in the playoffs, Kobe's Game 4 would be up there with the top 20 greatest playoff moments for me. Two great moments for Kobe during the game: He made the game tying shot to send the game into overtime, and the game winning shot to win 99-98 in OT. This would have been remembered as Kobe's "Jordan shooting over Ehlo" moment. it even had an "iconic photo" of kobe screaming after the winning the game for the lakers.

re Game 6, if tim thomas hadn't made that 3 pointer and won the game in OT, kobe's 50 (eliminating the suns 4-2, advancing to the playoffs) would have to be considered too.

but now it's all forgotten because of the way LA squandered a 1-3 lead, and losing the way they did (a blowout) in game 7 -- with kobe refusing to shoot in the second half. and now, all we hear is kobe whining about not getting enough help and wanting to move out of LA.

Oh, how things can turn quickly from gold to garbage, and vice versa.