Kobe Bryant averaged 17.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 20 games as a starter in his first 20 games.

	NAME	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/28/1997	LAL	@	DAL	32	12	3	2	2	1	5	11	45.5	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	48.7	1	2	3	1	+10
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1/29/1997	LAL	@	SAS	30	19	4	0	2	2	6	12	50.0	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	69.0	1	3	3	2	+13
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/19/1997	LAL	vs	CLE	23	10	2	0	0	2	3	7	42.9	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	63.5	0	2	1	3	+4
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/26/1997	LAL	vs	MIL	32	19	1	4	2	0	7	14	50.0	2	4	50.0	3	4	75.0	60.3	0	1	1	1	+15
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3/27/1997	LAL	@	VAN	43	20	8	4	3	0	6	16	37.5	1	5	20.0	7	7	100.0	52.4	4	4	3	3	+14
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4/11/1997	LAL	vs	PHX	28	7	1	1	1	0	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	1	0	1	2	+16
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/10/1998	LAL	@	POR	30	17	4	2	1	1	6	13	46.2	2	3	66.7	3	5	60.0	55.9	2	2	1	4	-3
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/5/1999	LAL	vs	HOU	44	25	10	2	2	3	8	21	38.1	2	3	66.7	7	9	77.8	50.1	2	8	2	4	+14
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/7/1999	LAL	vs	UTA	41	16	12	3	0	2	7	12	58.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	62.1	2	10	5	6	-5
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/8/1999	LAL	@	SAS	41	19	10	2	2	2	8	19	42.1	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	47.8	2	8	4	5	+9
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/10/1999	LAL	@	DEN	38	21	10	5	1	0	8	15	53.3	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	61.0	1	9	3	5	+3
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/11/1999	LAL	@	MIN	38	24	10	2	2	1	8	21	38.1	0	3	0.0	8	9	88.9	48.1	2	8	1	1	-10
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/14/1999	LAL	vs	IND	35	18	2	0	2	2	6	12	50.0	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	61.5	0	2	3	5	-6
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/16/1999	LAL	vs	CHA	31	16	9	5	2	2	8	14	57.1	0	1	0.0	0	0		57.1	0	9	4	1	+27
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/17/1999	LAL	vs	DAL	31	23	9	4	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.1	1	8	3	2	+26
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/19/1999	LAL	vs	SAS	42	21	8	6	1	1	9	19	47.4	0	0		3	4	75.0	50.6	1	7	3	5	+12
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/21/1999	LAL	@	SEA	40	23	13	2	1	0	8	20	40.0	1	6	16.7	6	6	100.0	50.8	4	9	4	5	-9
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/22/1999	LAL	@	DEN	46	26	13	9	1	0	8	15	53.3	1	3	33.3	9	11	81.8	65.5	1	12	4	4	-1
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/23/1999	LAL	@	VAN	35	11	5	2	0	0	5	21	23.8	0	6	0.0	1	3	33.3	24.6	2	3	5	5	-7
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2/25/1999	LAL	@	LAC	25	7	6	2	1	0	2	6	33.3	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	45.1	1	5	2	1	+6
	Average					35.3	17.7	7.0	2.9	1.4	1.0	6.5	14.5	44.5	0.9	3.1	29.0	3.9	4.7	83.0	53.4	1.4	5.6	2.8	3.3	6.4
	Total					705	354	140	57	27	19	129	290	44.5	18	62	29.0	78	94	83.0	53.4	28	112	56	65	+128