The frenetic vibes of the Kobe Bryant goodbye tour dissolved for a few hours Friday.
There were plenty of empty seats at Philips Arena and only a tepid Bryant following. Of relatively high importance, the star of the show returned to his poor-shooting ways.
Bryant made four of 19 shots, giving the Lakers too many empty possessions in a 100-87 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. He continued his heavy reliance on three-point attempts, not to mention all the accompanying misses — he was two for 10 Friday.
"I didn't feel as lively as I did in the last game," he said after scoring 14 points and blaming his increasingly uncooperative legs.