So far this season, Kobe was reported as having flu like symptoms in the road game against Oklahoma City. Despite being under the weather, Kobe played over 45 minutes, and scored 31 points on a relatively lackluster 9 of 22 shooting. That came off a 41-point home stand against Atlanta two days before that, and the heavy minutes in Oklahoma City did not prevent Kobe from playing over 48 minutes in an overtime road win against Houston, where he scored another 41 points on 15 of 30 shooting.
So, in the last two seasons, there seems to be a fairly broad pattern. In any given game where Kobe is either injured or sick, the chances are just better than even that he will have a subpar game for his standards, but still put up numbers that would earn most other players accolades, despite low percentages. Coming off an injury, however, Kobe seems to take 2-3 games to adjust his shot and iron out the kinks, whereas coming off a fever or the flue, Kobe’s main concern seems to get nourished and recapture some energy; the effects of being sick never seem to linger past the game in which he is affected. And sometimes, such as this season’s game against the Thunder, “sick Kobe” is just that: sick!
In case you haven’t noticed, this shooting guard is a keeper.
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