On April 20 Beijing time, the shooting percentage of Kobe Bryant, the main player of Lakers has been very poor recently. Therefore, doubts about him have continued one after another. The Los Angeles media "Orange County Register" initiated a fan vote to select the reasons for Bryant's poor performance, but most fans are still unwilling to admit that this is an indication of the declining phase in Bryant's career.
Bryant is the all-time scoring leader in Lakers' history, and his career average shooting percentage of 45.5% has been quite stable. He once averaged as high as 35.4 points per game in a single season and has had as many as 24 games with scores over 50 points. However, even such an outstanding scorer has continuously fallen into an offensive slump recently. Since the Lakers played against the Jazz in the regular season on April 3, to the first game of the first round of the playoffs when the Lakers faced the Thunder, Bryant has had a shooting percentage of no more than 35% in four consecutive games. In yesterday's playoff opener against the Thunder, Bryant made only 6 out of 19 shots. Additionally, since the Lakers' away victory against the Rockets on March 28, in Bryant's last 7 games, he has had a free-throw shooting percentage of less than 70% in 5 games, which is incredible for a player with a career free-throw shooting percentage of 83.8%.
In this fan vote by the "Orange County Register", only 16% of fans think that Bryant is now in the declining phase of his career, while the other 84% of fans believe there are reasons for his slump. 15% of fans think that Bryant has already played for 2835 minutes in the regular season this year, and he is already quite tired, which has led to his declining shooting percentage. 31% of fans think that Bryant's physical condition is fine, he just can't find his offensive rhythm. And 38% of fans think that Bryant is still affected by his finger injury, which has caused his abnormal performance.
"This is a problem with personal offensive rhythm, it's just that not playing much has made him rusty," Lakers coach Phil Jackson explained the reason for Bryant's offensive slump. But it seems that fans in Los Angeles have different opinions on this matter.
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