?? Mike Brown has had a really sad time lately.

Before the start of the game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, Mike Brown laid out the opening tactical points and sat on the bench and waited for the game to start.

The entire Lakers team is a bit lifeless, and even Kobe Bryant doesn't want to come to the home court to watch the game with his teammates recently.

Howard has always been a pistachio-type player in the league in the past, and he has a big contract in the new season, but he often has a sad face.

Brown felt a little melancholy.

He couldn't help but think of a poem that Emily Dickinson once did:

I could have endured the darkness if I hadn't seen the sun.

But the sun has made my desolation a renewed desolation.

Losing is a poison for the atmosphere, no matter how good the players are and how well they get along in private, as long as the team is losing, everyone in the dressing room and on the pitch will not be happy.

At times like these, how Mike Brown misses someone scolding.

If Bruce Lee is here, 1-6, it is estimated that the whole team will be scolded by him and die on the spot.

But if he is there, how can he be 1-6?

Mike Brown is also a middle-aged man who has experienced a lot, he has been in the NBA for many years, and he has experienced everything that LeBron James has experienced when he made the decision to leave the Cavaliers, so what's the big deal?

can coach Li Liang for a year, there are really too many memories, too much fun, and honors.

His personality is so unique that he can be "impartial and outspoken" in the team.

He is not afraid of any authority, from the boss to the coach to the superstar of the team, he only stands by one thing, "we want to win".

He also respects everyone, from the team's laundry workers to bus drivers and fans.

Even if it is a reporter media that he doesn't like very much, Li Liang chooses to avoid it.

This makes him very pure, and with Li Liang, he doesn't have to think about "serving" him like he did when he was with James.

The Lakers' once complicated intra-team relationship was convincing to Li Liang, a spoiler, because the team kept winning until it won the championship.

With Li Liang here, Mike Brown doesn't have to worry about team politics at all, he can do his job.

Concentrate on coaching, concentrate on watching the game.

Last season was arguably the most comfortable season Mike Brown ever had.

However, the good days are always short-lived, and Bruce Lee is a guy who says go.

And it wasn't far, and I moved next door.

But in the NBA, next door is another team, another world.

Because of this, the pressure on the Lakers and Brown is even greater.

The better Li Liang played with the Clippers, the more Lakers fans missed him, and the more complaints the Lakers got when they lost.

At this time, of course, it is the head coach who comes out to take the blame.

While Mike Brown won Best Coach last season.

But let's be honest, the Best Coach award is arguably one of the least ranked awards in the NBA.

If the team has a good record, the coach will be said to hug the thighs.

The team's record is not good, and the coach has to be responsible.

It's so hard to be a head coach in the NBA!

The more Mike Brown thinks about it, the more difficult it becomes.

Just thinking about it, the game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves has begun.

The Timberwolves are not a strong team and often send warmth to other teams.

It's a pity that the Timberwolves are not here to send warmth tonight, but to fight the autumn wind.

In the first quarter, the Timberwolves gave the Lakers a hard blow, beating the Lakers 47:23 in the whole quarter!

Directly led the Lakers by 24 points in a single quarter!

What else to fight? What else to fight?

I'll beat you up!

47 points in a single quarter!

Among them, Kevin Love made 4 of 5 three-pointers in the first quarter and scored 18 points in a single quarter!

Kevin Martin followed suit, hitting two three-pointers to score 16 points.

The two men alone scored 34 points, more than the Lakers as a team.

Dwight Howard, the only reliable point on the Lakers' side, scored 10 points, but the Lakers' clumsy defense was riddled with holes in front of the Timberwolves' accurate three-pointers.

Brown doesn't know what to say, if Li Liang and Kobe are here, can Lefu and Martin play so casually?

The Lakers were desperate in the first quarter of the game, trailing by 24 points, how can they chase it?

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves extended the margin to 30 points at one point.

The Lakers fought back in the third quarter, with Howard and Nash playing beautiful combinations one after another.

But the 30-point pit was too big and deep, and I fell down halfway through.

Mike Brown had already given up, and by the second half of the third quarter, the difference was more than 20 points, and he simply replaced the main team and let the bench come on.

Mike Brown also thought, maybe like the Bulls in '92, they fell behind a lot of benches in the fourth quarter, but instead caught up with the points?

It turns out that Mike Brown is overthinking.

After both sides came off the bench, the Lakers' bench had no vitality at all.

As a result, the difference in points was even greater, and at the end of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves beat the Lakers with a huge advantage of 115:90 and 25 points on the road.

The beating was so miserable that the Lakers fans began to boo in the fourth quarter.

It's still very rare to boo your team in the NBA.

Any team has its troughs and peaks, and true basketball fans are those who accompany the team through the troughs before they can enjoy the joy of the peaks.

It's just that the gap between the Lakers' high and low is too big and came too fast, and then the Lakers players obviously couldn't work.

That's why the fans booed, which made veterans like Howard, Nash, and Gasol very uncomfortable.

Back in the locker room, the atmosphere inside the Lakers was pretty bad, and there was no communication between the players at all.

The interview was carried out in a very rushed and rushed manner, and the players were eager to get out of the dressing room.

Mike Brown still insisted on being interviewed by reporters, said some things that were not salty or light, and did not leave until the last one.

On his way to the parking lot while leaving the Stamp Center, Mike Brown met Rivers, who had been waiting for a long time.

The NBA is a small circle, and coaches will have a little friendship with each other.

Rivers and Brown certainly know each other as head coaches.

When they were in the Cavaliers, Brown and Rivers were still rivals and battled each other in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Rivers took the initiative to greet Brown, who didn't know why Rivers showed up.

"I just wanted to talk to you, you're having problems, I'm having some problems."

"Oh, what's the problem, the game is getting too easy, there are too many people and I don't know how to use it?"

Brown joked that although the Clippers have lost in a row, winning and losing are commonplace, and there is no one who wins and loses all the time.

The Clippers are currently a hot team in the league, and Brown can't think of anything to worry about Rivers.

"Defense, our defense, I really can't do anything but ask you." Rivers accompanied Brown to the parking lot, got into the car, and explained his intentions.

Mike Brown still didn't understand, he pouted and said, "You have Bruce Lee, he's a good defensive player, you shouldn't have much of a problem with the lineup." ”

Rivers said, "But I want to keep improving, or rather, the players want to do better......

Rivers didn't say that Li Liang wanted to do better, in fact, since he was scolded in the past two days, some of Li Liang's words have been drilling in his head, making him very uncomfortable.

Rivers, of course, didn't know that it was [Bob Knight's Hair Dryer] at work.

The so-called lingering sound lingered for three days, and Li Liang's words pierced Rivers' heart like a thorn, making him unable to let go.

So, Rivers had to run over to ask Mike Brown.

This is very, very rare in the NBA, and the two teams are also in an adversarial relationship, how can Mike Brown as the Lakers coach guide the Clippers' tactics.

But after Rivers explained the situation, Brown thought for a moment and said, "You know, I can't give you specific guidance, we are all coaches, we all understand some theories, and how to implement them is another matter." I do have some thoughts in my mind, but ......"

Rivers said: "I know it's really unreasonable to ask that. ”

"It's okay, Bruce is a person who doesn't make sense, you should use Bruce well. He is a very direct person, you should communicate with him more, if you have any problems, just talk to him, let him do it, don't beat around the bush with him, he can definitely do it, trust him. “

Brown didn't mention anything tactical, but he could mention how to use the players.

Rivers didn't particularly understand what Brown meant.

But Rivers didn't ask any more, and the two of them ran to the bar for a drink.

As he parted, Rivers joked, "Mike, if you can't do it with the Lakers, you can consider coming next door, and I'm always welcome here." ”

Brown smiled, if that was the case, there would be a new topic in the media.

But it seems good to think that you can coach Li Liang again and focus on defense.

Brown didn't think much of it and went home to rest, bad day.

When I woke up, everything didn't get better, but it was a worse day.

Mike Brown received a text message from Kupchak on the morning of November 11th:

"Mike, you're fired."