Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: A nyochachara Bryant nke ọma ma katọọ ya n'oge 2004/05 na aha ya mebiri nke ukwuu site na ihe niile mere n'afọ gara aga. Ihe na-emebi ihe karịsịa mere mgbe Jackson dere The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul. Akwụkwọ ahụ kọwara ihe ndị mere na Lakers 'ọgba aghara 2003-04 ma nwee ọtụtụ nkatọ nke Bryant. N'akwụkwọ ahụ, Jackson kpọrọ Bryant "onye a na-apụghị ịzụ azụ". N'etiti oge ahụ, Tomjanovich gbara arụkwaghịm na mberede dị ka onye nchịkwa Lakers, na-ekwu maka nsogbu ahụike na ike ọgwụgwụ. Na-enweghị Tomjanovich, njikwa nke oge fọdụrụ na Lakers 'dabara na onye na-enyere onye nchịkwa aka Frank Hamblen. Bryant bụ onye nke abụọ n'ime ndị na-atụ goolu n'asọmpi ahụ na 27.6 isi n'otu egwuregwu, mana ndị na-akwado ya gbara ya gburugburu, na Lakers gara 34 na 48 wee ghara ịpụ na playoffs maka oge mbụ n'ime ihe karịrị afọ iri. Afọ ahụ gosipụtara ọdịda nke ọnọdụ Bryant n'ozuzu ya na NBA, ebe ọ na-emeghị NBA All-Defensive Team ma belatakwa ya na All-NBA Third Team. N'oge oge ahụ, Bryant sonyekwara na esemokwu ọha na eze na Malone na Ray Allen. Oge NBA nke 2005-06 bụ akara ụzọ na ọrụ basketball Bryant. N'agbanyeghi nghọtahie ya na Bryant nwere n'oge gara aga, Jackson laghachitere ị zụọ ndị Lakers. Bryant kwadoro njem ahụ, ma site n'ihe niile pụtara, ndị ikom abụọ ahụ rụkọrọ ọrụ nke ọma na nke ugboro abụọ, na-eduga ndị Lakers azụ na playoffs. Ihe ndị Bryant rụzuru n'otu n'otu na-arụpụta n'oge kachasị mma nke oge ọrụ ya. Na Disemba 20, 2005, Bryant gbara ihe 62 na nkeji atọ megide Dallas Mavericks. N'ịbanye na nkeji nke anọ, Bryant meriri ndị otu Mavericks niile 62 na 61, naanị oge onye ọkpụkpọ mere nke a site na nkeji atọ kemgbe iwebata oge ịgba. Mgbe ndị Lakers chere ihu na Miami Heat na Jenụwarị 16, 2006, Bryant na Shaquille O'Neal mere isi akụkọ site na itinye aka na mmakọ tupu egwuregwu ahụ, na-egosi mgbanwe na esemokwu nke dị n'etiti ha. Otu ọnwa mgbe e mesịrị, na...  Ajụjụ: N'ihi aha ya mebiri emebi, a nyochara ma nyochaa Onye Ọzụzụ Bryant nke ọma n'oge oge basketball?
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