I agree 100% with Ray on Kobe as he is a better defender than Pierce. All I said that though you can't let Ray guard him the whole game. Kobe had a phenomenal series and Ray's offensive production struggled in the later games even though he was getting wide open shots. The combination of having to guard bryant for the whole series plus having to run off screens gave him no elevation in his legs. His shots were flat and thats not normal for a pure shooter like allen- when that happens you know its because of fatigue. If doc gave Pierce some time to guard Kobe and threw Tony in there more and Daniels Ray would have had a lot more energy in game 7.
Even though I will say that Ray's defensive performance on Kobe in game 7 was one of the best defensive performances I have ever seen in an nba finals game.
Even though I will say that Ray's defensive performance on Kobe in game 7 was one of the best defensive performances I have ever seen in an nba finals game.