Talk:The Evolution of Kobe Bryant/@comment-101836-20060423201045

What was funny to me was the commentators after the game saying he seemed reluctant to shoot. This was funny for a number of reasons. First of all, he shot 21 times from the floor, down just 5 or 6 from his season average. That&quot;s not drastic, and hardly enough to make me think he was hesitating. Secondly, it&quot;s funny because if he shot a ton and they still lost, they would have talked about Kobe the ball hog. Everyone&quot;s a critic, you just can&quot;t escape it. Lastly, it was funny because his lack of shooting isn&quot;t the reason they lost. They lost because they took 17 more shots than their opponent, and only made 5 more. It&quot;s really hard to win with that kind of field goal percentage.