The Lakers defeated the Bucks on Sunday night, but Kobe Bryant struggled through yet another sub-par shooting game as he deals with a broken right index finger.

"We're not playing our best basketball and managed to win some games," Bryant said. "We know how we need to get better, and tonight we got better. We played extremely well defensively."

Bryant scored a season-low 12 points on 4-for-21 shooting against Milwaukee.

"I played with the splint off. We put it back on in the second half," he said. "Just trying to get a little bit more flexibility back. The finger felt pretty good, so we tried to go without the splint. It's just not strong enough."