Below is the average SRS of their opponents on the path to a championship

HOU 1995 6.44/5.90/3.85/7.76 (5.9875 average) <---46.8% higher than median
LAL 2001 3.63/7.92/6.07/4.52 (5.535 average)
CHI 1992 7.97/5.56/5.51/1.77 (5.2025 average)
LAL 2002 3.67/7.61/6.28/3.21 (5.1925 average)
LAL 2000 4.15/6.36/5.24/3.04 (4.6975 average)
DAL 2011 6.76/3.81/6.01/1.84 (4.605 average)
CLE 2016 10.38/4.08/3.49/0.43 (4.595 average)
SAS 2014 4.15/6.66/4.44/2.91 (4.54 average)
HOU 1994 6.48/4.10/4.68/2.59 (4.4625 average)
CHI 1996 6.27/5.87/6.30/-0.67 (4.4425 average)
TOR 2019 6.42/8.04/2.25/0.28 (4.2475 average)
LAL 2010 3.37/4.67/5.33/3.55 (4.23 average)
SAS 2003 4.42/7.90/2.71/1.56 (4.1475 average)
CHI 1993 7.40/5.40/2.24/1.46 (4.125 average)
CHI 1991 5.73/6.25/2.45/1.88 (4.0775 average) <---median
LAL 2009 6.48/3.12/3.73/2.31 (3.9075 average)
SAS 2007 3.33/3.06/7.28/1.69 (3.84 average)
SAS 2005 3.31/7.08/2.59/2.23 (3.8025 average)
DET 1990 6.38/2.13/4.11/1.26 (3.47 average)
MIA 2006 5.96/6.24/1.11/0.51 (3.455 average)
GSW 2017 2.87/7.13/4.00/-0.23 (3.4425 average)
MIA 2012 6.44/2.26/2.59/2.39 (3.42 average)
GSW 2018 0.59/8.21/1.48/2.89 (3.2925 average)
GSW 2015 4.08/3.82/3.62/1.13 (3.1625 average)
CHI 1997 6.94/5.34/3.67/(-3.94) (3.0025 average)
DET 2004 4.35/4.93/1.88/0.42 (2.895 average)
BOS 2008 7.34/6.67/-0.53/-2.23 (2.8125 average)
CHI 1998 6.73/3.08/-0.39/-0.43 (2.2475 average)
SAS 1999 1.45/5.67/2.67/-0.17 (2.405 average)
MIA 2013 6.67/3.34/-0.02/-1.83 (2.04 average)
LAL 2020 2.59/2.35/3.13/-0.61 (1.865 average) <---54.2% lower than median

The highest rated opponent the 2020 Lakers faced (the Rockets) is still lower than the lowest rated opponent the 1995 Rockets faced as well as the 2001, 2002 and 2010 Lakers.

What really shocks me is how difficult all of Kobe's paths were. He never faced a bad team and always battled the giants.

This post was edited by Giannis on Oct 13 2020 03:15pm

What are these numbers. Like what scale is being used here

Average SRS (simple rating system) of each champions opponents including Finals over the last 30 years

Im sure someone will bring this up during the GOAT debates

Doesn’t their ranking count for something as well? Wouldn’t differential between be more indicative of a “tougher road,” than just simply strength of team. (Which in itself is impossible to compare across different eras of b-ball.)

This is voyaging type shit. Utilize a stat you have no understanding of in order to make a petty point bc you’re salty abt one thing or another

I googled SRS to understand how it is derived and this can be found here:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/index4837.html?p=37

The same formula applies to the nba, where the 2 key variables are average point differential and SOS. The author of the stat also notes that it is a predictive stat and a horrible retrodictive stat (he gives a variety of reasons in the article above), which is perfect for my point bc you are using the stat retrospectively AKA in the exact opposite way the author of the stat intended its use.

He terms it predictive and retrodictive in the article so I used his terminology but I think it would be more correct to say prospectively and retrospectively..at least in science

The Lakers really blew that game. I still can't see the Heat beating the Lakers but now the window of opportunity is wide open. This has become an unexpected finals result to this point but a 4-2 Finals would still go down as not entirely unreasonable on paper. I was thinking that if the Heat could get a second win, it would be in game 6.

he just cant hop off that laker dick for one second. Enjoy your last year with Giannis

Does it take injuries into account like last season when KD and Klay got hurt or does it see them as full strength GS?

So 95 rockets are the goats.

Thanks m8