Chapter 360 Drinking on the Plane (Sixth Change! Ask for a Monthly Pass!)

The second game of the series between the two sides will continue in two days.

Losing the first game, and it was still the Spurs' home court, is not an unacceptable result for the Lakers.

After all, if the Lakers win, it is tantamount to taking the home court advantage of the series.

However, after the loss, the Lakers' training session on the second day was closed and not open to the public.

From this move, it can be seen that the impact of this game on the Lakers is greater than expected.

In the training hall, the Lakers were playing a full match, and Kobe's shouts were endless.

In Kobe's words, the harshness of his teammates is one of the highest in the league.

Of course, the reason why he is like this is because he is more demanding on himself and can lead by example.

After the training match, the teammates all went to the locker room one after another, but no one communicated, and the atmosphere was very dull.

Kobe did not go back to the locker room with other players, but practiced alone in the training hall.

Shot again and again, sweat continued to flow down his forehead.

He also knew very well that the team's loss in the first game had a lot to do with his poor touch.

After practicing for more than an hour, he habitually lay down on the floor and began to meditate.

This is also part of his daily training, letting himself go.

But after a while his meditation was interrupted by footsteps.

He sat up and found Gasol going back and forth from the player tunnel.

Compared with the two consecutive championships, there are not many people left in this Lakers team. The one who has the best and most important relationship with him is Gasol.

The two are not only teammates on the court, but also have a good relationship off the court.

"Excuse me?"

Gasol said with a hint of apology.

"No, I'm finishing training."

Kobe stood up.

"You have something to do with me?"

He stood up and asked directly, it was more than an hour before the end of the team's training, and Gasol didn't practice any more, so he should have left long ago.

Gasol nodded, then motioned for Kobe to sit down and said.

"I think the key to our victory after the All-Star Game, including the first round of the regular season, is to share the ball, which we didn't show in the last game."

Gasol and Kobe have a good relationship, and he dares to say what others dare not say.

Kobe was silent and didn't speak, only sweat dripping down to the floor.

"Kobe, are we going to win? We can't afford to lose this season."

Gasol continued.

The outside world doesn't know, but several of them know very well that before the All-Star Game, the conflict between Kobe and Howard was once irreconcilable, and Howard had already been put on the shelf.

Later, Kobe himself asked the management not to trade Howard, and then traded for Livingston and CJ Myers, and then held a team meeting to say that they couldn't afford to lose this season. This is how the Lakers are now.

Gasol's words are not questioning, but reminding.

"I see."

Kobe nodded, then stood up, ignoring Gasol, and walked back to the locker room by himself.

Gasol looked at Kobe's back and sighed.

Kobe has been suppressing his desire to score for the team this season.

Forming F4 this season is under tremendous pressure, and they really can't afford to lose.

Two days later, the game between the Lakers and the Spurs continued at the ATT Arena.

On this day, Kobe showed the fans his different adjustment ability. He only took 15 shots in the game, and his touch of 6 of 15 shots was still average.

But in addition to scoring 17 points, he sent 7 rebounds and 8 assists, as well as 2 steals and 1 block.

The Lakers played one of their signature games of the season.

Howard scored a team-high 21 points and 13 rebounds, Nash had 11 points and 10 assists, Gasol had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Myers had 12 points, and Artest had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.

Six Lakers scored in double figures and defeated the Spurs 104-100, tying the series at 1-1.

This is also the first time the Spurs have lost in the first two games of the series since Tang Tian joined the Spurs.

"The Lakers showed their competitiveness, and they proved that they are still the favorites."

ESPN ran a news report with such headlines after the game.

Obviously, the victory of this game not only boosted the morale of the Lakers, but also restored confidence in them from the outside world.

If F4 is neat, their strength should not be underestimated.

After the two games, the two sides will move to Los Angeles for the next two games.

Although they lost the second game, the Spurs players seemed to be in a good mood, talking and laughing on the plane.

Tang Tian also talked to Green about the best general manager announced by the league not long ago.

Ujiri defeated Morey and became the best general manager in the 2012~2013 season.

Although the Nuggets were upset and eliminated by the Warriors in the first round, their record of breaking team history in the regular season cannot be erased.

Except for special cases like averaging a triple-double, most of the league's honor awards are linked to record.

"Don, come."

While chatting, Tang Tian turned around and found that it was Popovich calling him.

NBA teams fly away games on chartered flights, and the coaches and managers all sit in business class.

Tang Tian got up and followed Popovich to the business class.

There is already a bottle of red wine and two glasses on Popovich's seat.

Obviously, the old man was addicted to alcohol on the plane, so he came here as a companion.

Because of the compression of playing time before, the two were somewhat separated, and Popovich didn't ask him to drink much.

Now that things have passed so long, the estrangement has long since disappeared, and the party among drunkards is inevitable again.

After sitting down and drinking, the two of them inevitably talked about the loss in the last game.

I don't know when it started, Popovich has already treated Tang Tian as half an assistant coach.

"When the Kobe guy came into the league, I just became the head coach of the Spurs, and I was really impressed with the first game between the two teams that year, and he played against Dominique Wilkins, you know. Although Wilkins is old, he is still the team's leading scorer.

Kobe hit him 2 times and was blocked 2 times. One time he was a big hat, which made the head coach of the Lakers, Del Harris, so angry that he almost came off the game, but he was stunned for the third time. It was Wilkins' foul.

At that time, I knew that guy was a super paranoid, but you said that there is only such a person, and he is already 35. Why did he suddenly change his gender? "

While complaining to Tang Tian, ​​Popovich was also wondering.

"No, old man, he hasn't changed his gender, he's just suppressing his desire to score."

Tang Tian put down his wine glass and spoke.

Kobe is good at scoring, but the problem is also that he loves scoring too much.

The three consecutive championships of the Lakers at the beginning were due to Phil Jackson's suppression of Kobe's desire to score.

Phil Jackson specifically mentioned this when he gave Kobe Bryant's autobiography "Mamba Mentality".

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