STATISTICS AND FACTS ABOUT KOBE BRYANT, THE BASKETBALL PLAYER

Brian Nguyen 2nd Period

BOX AND WHISKER PLOT ON THE NUMBER OF POINTS KOBE SCORED EACH SEASON (1996-2013)

STEM AND LEAF PLOT ON HOW MANY GAMES HE PLAYED EACH SEASON (1996-2013)

HISTOGRAM ON THE FREQUENCY OF KOBE REACHING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FIELD GOAL SHOTS EVERY SEASON

ANALYZING THE HISTOGRAM By using the histogram, one could find

that Kobe most often shot between 400-599 field goals every season throughout his entire career.

Also, one could find that Kobe shot more than 400 field goal shots for every 15 seasons out of his 18 seasons at the Lakers.

BAR GRAPH OF THE NUMBER OF MINUTES HE PLAYED EVERY SEASON

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ANALYZING THE BAR GRAPH I found that Kobe

played the most number of minutes for the Lakers during the year 2002-03; playing for a shocking 3401 minutes for the Lakers during that year.

During his first year at the Lakers, he played for 176 minutes.

SCATTER PLOT ON THE NUMBER OF 3-POINT FIELD GOALS HE MADE (1996-2013)

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ANALYZING THE SCATTER PLOT

Using the scatter plot, one would know that as Kobe played more seasons, he was able to score more 3-point field goal shots.

He made the most 3-point field goal shots during his 10th season; making 180 shots.

OTHER NEAT FACTS ABOUT KOBE Kobe Bryant was born on August 23,

1978 (age 34). He is a 15-time All-Star, 14-time

member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member on the All-Defensive team.

Some career highlights of Kobe are that he has played in 5 Championships (2000-2002,2009-2010), was a 2-time NBA scoring champion (2006-2007), and was nominated the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in 2008.