^DJ is right. The frost is off the pumpkin for Kobe. They won't babysit him any longer and haven't for awhile. & he slowly but surely has recognized that reality. It helped early in the season when they forbade the players to . Like Pavlov's dog, Kobe learned the training. Yesterday when he was massacred under the hoop he just layed there like a slug.
It took him 15 victories in the playoffs before he jail breaked the front of the rim last season. Not until late in the 4th quarter of Game 7 did he recklessly charge the rim. He won't be able to wait that long this time around. He almost went last night a few times.