1.   And Chapman, who sat out the victory at Denver because of back spasms, continued to look for his shooting rhythm.

2.   But after weeks of treatment and therapy, Fox is playing pain-free, and his shooting rhythm has returned.

3.   But his season took a thorny path when he lost his shooting rhythm, suffered a lingering groin injury and later became anemic and feared heart trouble.

4.   Even when Allan Houston was not being guarded Sunday, his shooting rhythm looked off.

5.   He spent extra time trying to get his shooting rhythm back.

6.   It disrupted his shooting rhythm.

7.   Throughout the remainder of the period, LA was able to gradually cut its deficit in half as Bryant finally found his shooting rhythm.

8.   Witherspoon was one of few players to find any shooting rhythm.