Kobe Bryant finally crumbling under Lakers` load?

Kobe finally crumbling under Lakers` load?

By Brian Covert
Sat, Mar 18, 2006

With the average player tipping the scales at around 230, 2760 pounds is the weight of a 12-man NBA roster .

Multiply that number by 67 (the number of games the Los Angeles Lakers have played this season), and you get a rough idea of just how much Kobe Bryant has had to shoulder this season.

It`s not surprising then that Bryant, who squares off with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday, may finally be starting to tire. Over Los Angeles’ last four games he is averaging just 25.3 points per game while shooting 38.6 percent from the field. These numbers are down drastically from his season averages of 34.6 points and 44.2 percent shooting. The Lakers went 1-3 straight up and 0-3-1 ATS in those games.

“His legs weren`t live like he wanted them to be,” coach Phil Jackson told the Los Angeles Times after Bryant scored 24 points in a 92-89 loss to the New Jersey Nets as 3-point underdogs Friday. “That comes and goes.”

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