Did Kobe Bryant inspire a historic scoring stretch in the NBA?

It’s no secret that over the last couple of decades the NBA has changed rules and re-interpreted others to favor offense, in general, and scoring, in particular. But that doesn’t explain why, in a span of four days last week, four different players scored 62 points or more after only one — Giannis Antetokounmpo — broke the 60-point plane in the first 2…