Jackson had quit smoking for a long time when the two met, and although he always carried a cigar in his pocket, it was just an ornament.

Now seeing that Jackson actually smoked again, Jenny Buss could think of how depressed Jackson had been.

"Fei'er, you。。。。。。 ”

Jackson smiled wryly, he had never been more depressed since becoming the head coach of the NBA. He even feels that he is really old, his coaching philosophy is really outdated, and he is really no longer suitable to be the head coach of an NBA team.

"Am I a failure? I regret it now, I never regretted anything! It was the first time, it was really the first time! It was just terrible! Everything was messed up, and no one on my team wanted to listen to me, it was terrible!" Jackson said incoherently, and he could imagine how bad his mood was now, and the wise champion coach really felt powerless.

"Fei'er, it's not your fault. It's really not your fault! Rest assured, everything will be fine. I'll tell my dad when I go back, no one can let you go!" Jeanie Bass patiently reassured.

But even Jeanie Bass herself didn't believe them.

After all, there was already a precedent at the beginning, the war between Lamar and Kobe, and it was Lamar who fell in the end. Jackson wisely chose Kobe Bryant at the last minute, but this time the situation was different!

Jeanie Buss knew that her father had always supported Kobe, after all, there are not many superstars in the league who are as popular as Jordan and can decide the outcome of a game. Her father will definitely not give up Kobe, so the unlucky ones can only be Jackson and O'Neal.

At the last board meeting, Dr. Bass said that with the current strength of the Lakers, even if they find an Indian, they can easily lead the team to win the championship.

Jackson smiled wryly and said, "No one can let me go? But what if I'm the one who wants to leave?"

Jenny Bass was taken aback by Jackson's words: "Phil, what do you mean。。。。。。 ”

"I'm leaving, dear!"

"Leave?" guessed, but as it came out of Jackson's mouth, Jeanie Buss was taken aback, "You're saying you're ready to give up? Phil, it's not like you。。。。。。! ”

"Say no more, I've already decided. If everybody thinks that the Lakers' most important thing is Kobe, why should I stay? I made a huge mistake with Lamar back then, and it's time to wake up! Maybe leaving at this time is the best choice!"

Looking at Jackson's resolute look, Jenny Bass knew that what she was saying was useless. I just don't know if after leaving Jackson, the Lakers will really be able to achieve a new glory as those on the board of directors described? Maybe the Lakers will go dark from now on!

In the third game of the finals, in the Lakers' locker room, championship coach Phil Jackson finally made the decision to leave. Maybe this was not what he thought, but he still chose to leave without hesitation.

There's no denying that Phil likes the Lakers, loves everything about the Lakers, and the Lakers weigh even more heavily in his heart than the Chicago Bulls who made him famous!

No matter how much Phil loves this team, his decision will not change. He doesn't mind sharing the rights of the team with the star players in the team, but he at least wants the team to be in full control when it comes to playing. When his right is challenged, leaving becomes the only option.

When Jackson decided to leave, the Lakers were also in trouble on the outside court.

Without O'Neal's support on the inside, and Phil Jackson's strategy, Bryant did everything in his power to rally his teammates around him and work towards a common goal. But obviously he doesn't have such ability, especially when the team is in turmoil and people's hearts are unstable, even if Kobe Bryant has the ability to go through the sky, he can't change the dilemma of the team being suppressed.

"Smack!"

There was another chaos on the sidelines, and Bryant fell to the ground in embarrassment again.

Although the referee awarded the Knicks player a foul, everyone could see that the Lakers were finished at this time. Even though they had four of the best players in the league on their roster, they didn't have a chance without Optimus Prime.

When a team can only rely on one person to constantly force breakthroughs in the attack, it also proves that the team has no way to deal with the opponent. This kind of attack is completely venting, and there is no tactical problem at all.

Pushing away his teammate's outstretched hand, Kobe Bryant stubbornly stood up by himself, panting heavily. During the period just now, he was completely overdrawing his physical strength, and he was completely chasing and fighting.

Just like the current Chinese commentator Zhang Lili said, Kobe's every attack at this time is unreasonable, and it looks like he is angry.

Seeing that Kobe Bryant has become like this, Lamar seems to have lost interest in continuing to fight with Kobe, and the opponent he wants is not like this.

"Coward, are you scared?" Kobe Bryant's eyes were frozen in ice, and he was looking at Lamar, but his eyes were not focused at all.

When Kobe Bryant was attacking just now, Wade, who was responsible for defending him, was replaced by Wade, which was a huge insult to him.

Lamar just glanced at Kobe Bryant: "Do you think you still have the qualifications to make me scared now?"

Lamar's words were like a sharp sword that pierced Kobe Bryant's heart. As many people have commented, Kobe Bryant looks strong on the outside, but in fact he is very fragile on the inside. Kobe Bryant's self-esteem is probably the strongest in the entire league, and anyone's contempt will make him mentally strained, and that's the way it is now.

Bryant clearly hasn't gotten out of his alley mentality yet, and his offense continues, but he's still angry. Kobe Bryant's eyes now see nothing but the basket! Even if his teammates run out of their best position, he won't pass the ball.

"Looks like we can celebrate now, such Lakers are no match for us at all!" Bill Wharton shouted happily, not noticing the increasingly ugly face of Luke Walton on the Lakers' bench.

The Lakers are lost!

It's not just Knicks fans, it's even Lakers fans sitting in front of the TV. I don't want to admit it, but failure seems to be inevitable.

Such a Lakers team feels strange to them, and they can't imagine that the Lakers, who have both championship coaches and five superstars, will be forced to this step by the Knicks. The Lakers have so many offensive weapons in their arsenal, but they can't fight back against the Knicks.

Lakers fans won't blame Kobe Bryant, because judging by the performance in these few games, Kobe Bryant has done his best!

Although the relationship between Kobe Bryant and O'Neal has become more and more stiff in recent seasons, the original invincible cooperation between the two has disappeared, but the eyes of fans are bright. Looking at O'Neal's deteriorating competitive state in recent years, and then looking at Kobe's performance, Kobe's status in the hearts of Lakers fans is getting higher and higher is not without basis.

Now that their beloved team is about to lose again, the hardcore fans of the Lakers will always find a scapegoat to take responsibility for the team's failure. Reminiscent of the media's continuous revelations about various contradictions within the Lakers in recent years, all Lakers fans have set their eyes on the two who left halfway tonight, the fat man who likes to be funny, and the Zen master who fell in love with the boss's daughter. Now these two have chosen to leave when the team needs them most.

Fans won't get into the nitty-gritty, they've always looked at the surface and Jackson and O'Neal abandoned their team when it was most critical, while Kobe Bryant fought with his brothers until the last minute, and that's what they think is true.

"Toot!"

The red light came on at the end of the game, and at 115:77, the Knicks won the game.

But the cheers of the Knicks fans at the scene sounded like they were dealing with an errand.

The game seemed to them to be simply boring, full of tragic individual heroism from start to finish, and the two teams didn't look on the same level at all.

It's really hard for Knicks fans who are used to enjoying high-quality basketball to satisfy them in such a game.

"It looks like I'm winning again!" Lamar walked up to Kobe, and he wouldn't miss any opportunity to taunt Kobe: "But this kind of game really doesn't make people happy! Kobe Bryant, your performance today is terrible!"

Kobe Bryant's heart was full of anger at Lamar's sarcasm, but he couldn't refute it. Lamar said the truth, every word was the truth, and his performance today was really bad!

When he was in the game just now, Kobe's head was always dizzy, and his body's movements were not controlled at all. Now that the game is over, his mind is clear, and in retrospect, his decisions are really like shit.

"Don't you want to say something to me, like, 'The next game will be won, the game is not over yet, and it's still unclear who will have the last laugh,' don't you like to say that?"

Such a blatant provocation, if it had been placed in the past, Kobe would have erupted a long time ago, but today, surprisingly, Kobe Bryant actually held back.

Kobe Bryant took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress his anger, looked up at Lamar standing in front of him, and shot back in the same cold tone: "You won!"