As the second-best shooting guard in history, Bryant's peak period was very long-lasting. When his partner O'Neal won the championship, he had already counterattacked and became the league's first quarterback. Until 2012, he was a super breakback at the top of the league. In those years at his peak, he played against many great defenders, Iverson, Nash, Ray Allen, Maddy, Wade and others are old opponents, so can The peak Kobe bryant beat Billups? 45 heads-to-head positions, the contrast is brutal.
Billups and Bryant are players of the same era, Kobe Bryant is the No. 13 show in '96, and Billups is the '97 Flower Discovery Show. Speaking of which, Than Lupus's career start was higher than Kobe's. However, he is a late player, and his early performances have not been outstanding in the Celtics, Raptors, Nuggets and Timberwolves. It wasn't until the Pistons that he became a member of the Tiger Five and became the league's top point guard. Also in the West, Bilups and Kobe Bryant have played a lot.
Billups' 17-year career has seen him and Bryant meet 34 times in the regular season, mostly at their peak. In terms of record, He also had the advantage over Lups, who won 18 and lost 16. In terms of individual performance, Billups averaged 32 minutes per game and Kobe Bryant averaged 37 minutes per game, both of whom were central figures. However, Changxi's organizational task is heavier, and Kobe Bryant is a pure scorer, so Kobe Bryant has more shooting power.
In the end, Bryant cut a comprehensive statistic of averaging 25 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, shooting 45.1% from the field. This kind of play basically maintains the average level of career. Billups averaged 16.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, shooting 45.4 percent from the field. In the regular season, Kobe Bryant's performance can be said to be a complete victory over Billups. The score was nearly 10 points higher, and the contrast was brutal.
However, in the playoff showdown, Kobe Bryant failed to beat Billups. The two have met twice in the playoffs, namely the 2004 Finals and the 2009 Western Conference Finals, both of which are series with high gold content. The two won a series each, in 2004 Kobe Bryant was a super quarterback with one team + one defense, Anduoops did not get any honors, but Billups led the team to defeat the Lakers. In 2009, Kobe Bryant has won the MVP trophy, And Bilups is the league's All-Star, and this time Kobe Bryant achieved revenge.
In the 11 playoff games, Bryant averaged 28.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, shooting 43.4% from the field, playing a superstar performance. Billups didn't play badly either, averaging 19.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, shooting 44.6 percent from the field, also playing an All-Star level. It should be noted that Kobe Bryant averaged 22.2 shots per game, and Bilups averaged only 11.8 shots per game. On the whole, the Kobe Bryant regular season at the peak did blow up Billups, but on the playoff stage, it can only be said that there is an advantage, not an explosion.