At the end of January, Kobe Bryant began a stretch of five straight games in which he dished out at least eight assists per night. The Los Angeles Lakers went 4-1 in those contests, and could have gone undefeated if Dwight Howard had not been injured in the fourth quarter of a 92-86 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Jan. 30.
That said, the primary reason that Kobe Bryant will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer is because of his incredible ability to put the ball in the basket. He's a natural-born scorer, and nothing—and no one—is going to convince him to change his game at this point in his career.
"I'm a scorer first," said Bryant when asked by Rick Reilly of ESPN about his penchant for shooting last season. "I'll try to make the good play, the good pass, kick it out when my teammates are open, but I'm a scorer first."
Anyone who has ever watched Bryant for more than a handful of games knows that's the case. But when he goes into full-on "Black Mamba" mode, it often winds up being to the Lakers' detriment.
When Bryant scores 35 points or more in a game this season, the Lakers are 1-9 (Bryant scored 40 in a 111-107 victory over the Por ...
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