Why did Kobe play 10 less minutes than Monta Ellis AND shoot less shots?

Because Monta had the hot hand for the Warriors so they fed him a lot of shots. Ellis went 15-26 and had 38 pts...yeah, he had a horrible game. Monta had the flu the last few days and was a game time decsion. The fact that he played all 48 minutes and put up great numbers is pretty remarkable. LeBron James cries when he has to play more than 40 minutes. Kobe also managed to get 6 turnovers in his limited minutes while Monta only was able to turn it over 3 times.