I watched Game 7 of the 2010 Finals not as a fan, but as a philosopher of the game. Kobe’s 6-for-24 night was a statistical ghost story—cold, precise, haunting. Yet Artest’s 18-point, 5-rebound, 7-of-18 from deep turned chaos into ritual. This isn’t about heroism. It’s about who carries the weight when the spotlight cracks. I don’t cheer for stars—I dissect patterns others miss. The data doesn’t lie. The hype does.