Lotta talk about it only being "Kobe's first game back" " Take it easy...its too early"............Sounds like a lot of excuses to me..Nique had a better game...If Kobe is as great as Kobe-Tards believe him to be...why did he have such an abysmal game?....Is it rust or is it simply that he is no longer half the player he was before the injury which wasn't much to begin with......Lets look at Dominique's stat line vs the Knicks in his first game back from same injury Kobe had...

Dominique Wilkens vs Knicks Line

13 / 26
30 pts
2 assists
1 turnover

Kobe Bryant vs Raptors Line

2 / 9
9 pts
4 assists
8 turn overs