 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bryant akagamuchira kurapwa kweplatelet-rich plasma kunonzi Orthokine muGermany kurapa marwadzo ari pabvi rake reruboshwe nechitsitsinho, uye Mike Brown akatsiva Jackson akarega basa semurairidzi weLakers mumwaka usiri wemwaka. Bryant akatanga mwaka achitamba nechanza chakakuvara. Musi waNdira 10, 2012, Bryant akarova mapoinzi makumi mana nemasere vachipesana neSun. Hazvina kuipa nokuda kwomutambi wechinomwe akanakisisa mumutambo wacho, akadaro Bryant, achinongedzera kunhevedzano yeESPN yevatambi vakanakisisa veNBA mumwaka wokugadzirira. Akaenderera mberi achiwana 40, 42, uye 42 mumitambo yake mitatu yakatevera. Yakanga iri nguva yechitanhatu mubasa rake raakarova 40 kana kupfuura mapoinzi mumitambo mina yakatwasuka, chiitiko chakapfuurwa chete naChamberlain 19 nguva. Pa2012 NBA All-Star GameBryant akawana mapoinzi makumi maviri nemanomwe achipfuura Jordan semutambi anotungamira mukutamba kweAll-Star. Akatamburawo mhino yakaputsika uye kugumburwa muchikamu chechitatu cheAll-Star Game mushure mekukanganisa kwakasimba kubva kuna Dwyane Wade. Muna April, Bryant akarasikirwa nemitambo minomwe nemhaka yokuvhunika kweshaya yokuruboshwe. Akadzoka mumitambo mitatu pamberi pokuguma kwemwaka wenguva dzose. Akagara kunze kwemwaka wekupedzisira kurwisa Sacramento, achisiya kutsvaga kwechinzvimbo chechitatu cheNBA chinzvimbo, achida mapoinzi makumi matatu nemasere kuti apfuure Kevin Durant. VaLakers vakadzingwa mumakundano neDurant neOklahoma City mumutambo wechipiri wemakundano, vachirasikirwa mumitambo mishanu mune zvaizove kuoneka kwekupedzisira kwaBryant mumakundano. 