Doesn't help that his numbers have dropped. Not saying that's bad (it makes all the sense in the world), but doesn't help him in the MVP race. Two years ago: 30 - 5r - 7.5a Now 25.5 - 6.5r - 4.5a And MVP voters are known to take points off when you have All Star teammates. The real ones, not the fake ones like Mo Williams.
Honestly I don't think there's as much difference between, say the last 5 minutes of the game and the last play of the game. For one thing, a lot of players are already tired by games' end, especially when its the title game and they only had like 5 minutes of rest. While guys like Kobe or LBJ might not be bothered by pressure, they might be tired and off if they worked their asses off all game long. Also, "Clutch" doesn't just apply to you, it also applies to your opponent. Extending the time frame of the "clutch" metric helps smooth out such variables. More importantly though is the issue of sample size, something that must always be taken into account before you do any sort of statistical analysis. Like I said an average will player will only see a handful of such game winning possessions, and judging whether someone is clutch based on those handful of times. You wouldn't know if Kobe was just a chucker, insanely lucky, or really clutch if you only have 5 instances of that happening, and he makes like 3.
I think he should get more votes than Lebron, but not enough to be the MVP, DRose should win it. it would be better, if the Bulls are the No.1 in the Eastern Conference (only 0.5 games behind of Boston).
