For the past two games, Kobe Bryant has been playing at an otherworldly level.
He has been averaging 41.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 12 assists on 58 percent shooting in the two wins against the New Orleans Hornets and Toronto Raptors.
Furthermore, he was huge at the end of each game and the sole reason why the Los Angeles Lakers didn't lose to the two aforementioned teams.
Yes, Dwight Howard contributed two monster double-double performances, but he hardly left an imprint on either game. It was Bryant who pulled the team through in the clutch.
However, he has also recorded six and nine turnovers in each of the two games, with a usage rate of over 37 percent (per Basketball Reference). It's certainly not surprising that Bryant has turned the ball over so many times, especially since the team is so reliant on him to do something with the ball in most possessions.
Sadly enough, the Hornets and Raptors are nowhere near any of the elite teams in the league. Neither of them are even in the playoff race in their respective conferences, yet the Lakers still needed a superhuman performance from the Black Mamba.
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