The Lakers have lost two in a row at home, and although Kobe Bryant doesn't want to admit defeat in his heart, he knows very well that the Lakers are basically silent and hopeless.

After venting, Kobe Bryant sat up, looked at the roof of the training hall with blank eyes, and said with a wry smile: "Damn! I still lost! I really lost this time! I probably can't win against him!"

As soon as Kobe's words came out, Brandi slapped him mercilessly: "This is not what Kobe Bryant should say, don't say that you still have two chances now, but what if there is only one second left? Kobe Bryant will not lose, never!"

Kobe froze and looked at Brandi, and suddenly something called self-confidence came back to him. At this moment, Kobe Bryant really let go of the fetters in his heart and regarded Brandi as his favorite woman!

The Los Angeles Lakers have lost two straight home games, a result that can be said to have exceeded everyone's expectations.

In the previous predictions of many basketball experts, the Lakers and Knicks collided on the stage of the Finals, and it would be at least the sixth or seventh game to determine the winner or loser. But no one expected that it would be the result now.

Suffering two consecutive defeats at home can basically pronounce the Lakers a death sentence.

The Lakers' management, especially the team's owner, Dr. Buss, is naturally very dissatisfied. He really can't accept that the Lakers, who spent a lot of money to build at the beginning of the season, will face the fate of being eliminated at the beginning of the Finals.

Lakers fans are also very unhappy with such a result, this team with Black Mamba Kobe Bryant, Big Shark Shaq O'Neal, Postman Carl Malone, Marksman Joe Johnson, Gary Payton, almost comparable to the most powerful Lakers in history.

However, the team that threatened to win the championship before the start of the finals and achieve a revival of the dynasty is facing a situation that is very likely to be swept out of the tournament after the next two games.

They don't care about these excuses when the big framework of the team has just been formed and is not familiar with it, they just think that this team with stars should continue to win, and they should continue to win championships. Now the team is not doing a good job, naturally there is a problem in one part of the team.

The first to bear the brunt of the criticism was naturally the team's head coach, Phil Jackson.

The ace coach who won eight championship rings in his playing days and as a head coach, the Lakers team he coached had many strong players, definitely better than the Bulls era led by Jordan, but it did not achieve the results that fans wanted.

What is the reason for this? Fans naturally think that Jackson is old, his coaching philosophy is backward, and there is enough honor to make this old man lose his enterprising spirit.

"I don't think he's a good fit to be the head coach of the Lakers anymore! Too many accolades have long since made him lose his ambition, and I guess all he thinks about now is how to negotiate with the Lakers and then fight for the best interests. ”

"Such a person is not suitable to sit in that position at all, and I think Mr. Bass should think carefully about whether he should change someone now!"

"Phil Jackson is my idol, he's brought a lot of accolades to the Lakers, but right now I don't want him to take that coach's bench spot. We played so badly in those two games, and every time the team got into a difficult situation, all we saw was Coach Jackson sitting in the dugout doing nothing, which was really disappointing!"

The fans' defection was expected by Jackson, and although he felt that he was responsible for the two defeats, he was not willing to bear all the blame if he was to blame him.

Of course, if only the fans criticize Phil, he can still bear it, after all, he can't let himself blame those fans who really like the Lakers, but the pressure from the management does make him a little disheartened.

Now all of the Lakers management is on the opposite side of him, except for his girlfriend, Mr. Buss' little woman, Jenny. It wasn't explicitly stated, but if Dr. Bass didn't stand up for him, it would be impossible for him to get a new contract at the end of the season.

The team's poor record and the head coach being thrown as a substitute has basically been taken as a routine. But in the current situation of the Lakers, one substitute is clearly not enough. So in addition to attacking Jackson's poor leadership, the Lakers' players have naturally become the target of criticism from fans.

Kobe Bryant didn't play badly in those two games and was arguably the best player on the Lakers' roster. After two games, he averaged 33 points, and no one should blame themselves for such a result.

O'Neal has basically completed his task, although he is still a black hole in terms of serving, but his basket defense, centering, and rebounding still dazzle many Lakers fans, and it can even be said that he is much better than he did in the regular season.

Although Joe Johnson did not show the level that people expected, the expectations for him were not high, and the violent three-pointers he displayed from time to time still made people feel amazing.

The only one who disappointed people was the postman Carl Malone.

When the old postman was brought in, Lakers supporters didn't really agree. The key is that the old postman is too old, and even if Karl Malone is recognized as an iron man in the league, people are still worried about whether he can make it to the finals.

But this veteran who has an infinite desire for a championship is finally willing to lower his value, and he has been recognized by the fans with his own efforts. People's biggest expectation of him is naturally to be able to defend against the Lamar Odom who terrified the entire league in the game against the Knicks.

But Karl Marron has let people down!

After two games, the aging Malone was like paper paste in front of Lamar. Lamar did whatever he wanted at the hands of the old postman, and the scene where Lamar was expected to be frozen never happened in the first place.

All people can see is that Malone was broken through by Lamar again and again, and followed Lamar's ass again and again in vain to eat ashes, and this kind of performance naturally did not satisfy the fans.

The accusations from the fans made this old guy who was strong on the outside but fragile and sensitive on the inside almost went crazy.

After the second game, Malone trained like crazy every day, and he would never stop every time he was exhausted without tossing himself, but the physical exhaustion did not ease his self-esteem that was stabbed hard.

The fans' accusations may have been able to ignore Malone, but the distrust of head coach Jackson has made it impossible for him to calm down.

After being hit by Lamar in the first game with a triple-double on the head, Jackson's attitude towards him changed suddenly, and the former weight disappeared without a trace.

Especially when arranging tactics in the locker room before the start of the second game, Jackson actually handed over the task of defending Lamar to O'Neal. Although he was still in the main lineup, Malone could feel that he was no longer important in the team and had been marginalized.

Malone wanted to question Jackson at the time, but in the end he held back. He endured it for the sake of the championship! He didn't want to make the already gloomy team even more chaotic. Although this is not his style, the desire for a championship has made him choose to forbear.

"Bastard! Damn! Bastard! Bastard! Damn! Damn!" Carl Malone used all his strength to pound the basketball hoop so hard that the joints of both hands were already red and swollen, but he was unconscious.

The Lakers' training is long over, but Karl Malone hasn't left yet. Tomorrow is going to New York to start the third decisive battle with the Knicks, but at this time, Karl Malone's heart has already become a mess.

In the past two days, Jackson's attitude towards him has almost driven him crazy, although he seems to be strong, but there is an extremely soft place in his heart, that is, his self-esteem.

Almost every black star who has achieved brilliant results in the NBA is the same, they have a reckless personality and are regarded as the dregs of society, but in their hearts they are very eager to be recognized and very eager to be praised.

In the past two days, Malone also wanted to talk to Jackson, but Jackson didn't give him this opportunity at all. Obviously, Jackson has begun to take his anger on Karl Malone because of his current situation.

For two days, Jackson didn't even say a word to him, and the two of them didn't even make simple eye contact.

Although Jackson didn't say anything, just looking at Jackson's eyes, Karl Malone knew that if Jackson remained with the Lakers next season, the Purple and Gold Dynasty would definitely not have his place.

This made Malone feel extremely angry!

When he left Salt Lake City to join the Lakers for the championship, he abandoned his comrade-in-arms Stockton, who had fought together for 20 years, and was already regarded as a traitor when he left Salt Lake City to join the Lakers, which also stained his originally brilliant career with a stain that can never be erased. Now he has to face the dilemma of being abandoned, which his pride absolutely cannot bear!

At this time, the door of the training hall was opened, and a gust of wind blew in.

Karl Malone couldn't help but stop what he was doing, and when he looked back, he saw Kobe Bryant coming in with the wind.

Kobe Bryant has not appeared in the training hall for the past two days, and now he has appeared rashly, which has surprised Malone a lot. He knows that Kobe Bryant has been constantly blaming himself these days, and the two of them are really sympathetic to each other. The difference is that Kobe Bryant is not doing well, with the support of Lakers fans and management, and the current situation he is facing is much better than him.