The Lakers' game at the San Antonio Spurs' home court was extremely ugly for a variety of reasons, and even though the average score was below 100 points in this era, it was very rare for the two sides to score just over 70 points halfway through the fourth quarter.

In fact, it's not that we don't want to play well in this game, but this time the flu came so quickly, after the game against the Houston Rockets ended yesterday, our whole team quickly had large-scale flu symptoms, and we didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that with our strong physical fitness, we could easily resist this cold.

But today's state of the game tells us that sometimes there is no way to overcome objective difficulties just by relying on one's own willpower, and when every inch of muscle in the whole body is difficult to exert due to some inexplicable soreness, even just walking on the field is quite uncomfortable.

In the previous few games, even if I tried my best, I never felt much soreness in my muscles, Kobe's young body has a terrifying self-recovery ability, and yesterday's home game in Houston was so fast-paced, I didn't feel any fatigue in my body after the game, but today the situation is completely different, my body seems to have aged 20 years old all of a sudden, although this feeling is constantly reducing, but it is estimated that there is no way to get much improvement before the end of the game.

When I was sent on the court with Shaq in the fourth quarter, I didn't have the terrifying dominance I had yesterday, and I didn't have much desire to attack when the ball was in my hands, and Shaq didn't bother to do a high pick-and-roll, not only that, he didn't even want the ball to attack, but ran to the baseline to stand, you know, Shaq who didn't shoot more than 10 feet at that position, and the rest of the people on the court were completely 4 to 5.

Seeing that the score between the two sides had not changed for nearly two minutes, Popovich came up with another bad move at this time, he first called a timeout with less than four minutes left in the game, and when the timeout returned, the Spurs players began to play various foul tactics.

And the purpose of this foul tactic is not to win, on the contrary, it is purely to give us points, but this move looked pretty good at the beginning, and the scores between the two sides gradually began to pull back, but then the referee seemed to see the Spurs' deliberate foul tactics, and many foul referees who did not move big enough directly chose to ignore it.

This not only annoyed Popovich, but also made the Lakers players crazy, because after the Spurs players generally fouled and couldn't get the whistle, they began to increase the range of fouls.

The body movements of both sides also became more and more, and seeing that the conflict was about to break out, the referee exerted his strength again, this time the referee directly expelled the two head coaches who were the most noisy, and then both sides were blown two technical fouls.

When Popovich left the court with a curse, the game finally returned to a relatively normal situation.

Finally, this game that went on quite quickly but made people feel unusually slow finally came to an end, even if Popovich tried all kinds of ways to lose this game, but our Lakers team was so powerful, didn't give them a chance at all, and stubbornly failed this game, okay, this is a kind of ridicule.

In the end, the Spurs won 88-85, and I had a very good three-point chance to tie the score in the last ten seconds, when I received a pass from a teammate from outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, and the basket gradually became blurry in my eyes.

There was not a single opposing defender in the area in front of me at least 10 feet when I took the shot, and it took me almost two seconds to adjust and aim the basket, only to be away from the basket when the basketball was thrown, which was a no-touch!

I made 3 of 15 shots in the whole game, scored 5 points on free throws, and the final stat was 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, I shook my head and followed my teammates into the locker room.

Because of the loss in this game, the Lakers' record has come to 6-2, and they are still in the top three positions in the league, but there are many strong teams behind us that are ready to catch up with us at any time, and I hope we can adjust our physical condition in the next game.

Jessica didn't appear on the sidelines in both games, on the one hand, it may be because it was a continuous road trip, and on the other hand, it may be that something bad happened to her again, and I can't help but think back to the bits and pieces I have with her during this time, and my heart is even more urgent to get back to Los Angeles as soon as possible.

However, after the game, our entire Lakers team did not leave the city immediately, in view of the fact that the whole team was greatly affected by the sudden flu, so the NBA medical team urgently conducted a surprise examination and treatment for us, and the results of the examination were relatively good, although most of the players' flu symptoms were very serious, but after all, their physical fitness was there, and after the necessary infusion and drug treatment, they all quickly showed signs of improvement. I believe that after a few more days of rest and treatment, there will be no major problems.

I also had a more comprehensive physical examination, but the results of the examination were beyond my expectations, in fact, I did not have the kind of flu that other players had, in fact, the results showed that there was nothing wrong with my body at all, but this could not explain the bad state of my body today, not only was I puzzled, but even the head coach Silver Fox Harris was a little unconvinced.

However, there is not much chance of errors with modern testing equipment, and the doctors who come to check are all elderly and experienced doctors, but from the perspective of modern science or personal experience, there is no problem with my body.

I don't know if it's psychological, but after I finished this physical examination, as if to prove that my previous uncomfortable feelings were my own delusions, I gradually felt that the feeling of fatigue and weakness in my body disappeared.

Could it be that my physical condition returned to normal just before my check-up? It's a weird thing, but I don't have the heart to think about it any further, I just hope that the team will be able to board the plane to Los Angeles as soon as possible after the medical examination.

Because the flight had already been booked, the medical examination and treatment did not actually delay our flight to Los Angeles, and most of the people on the plane fell into a sweet sleep, after two days of exhausting back-to-back away games, no one had the extra energy and mood to talk more, even an energetic guy like Shaq behaved like a very well-behaved baby, and did not disturb the rest of the rest.

I know that it wasn't anyone's responsibility for the Lakers to lose this game today, in fact we did our best, even Popovich tried his best, but why we didn't play a Spurs team in the state we are in today, which also reflects the uncertainty of the sport of basketball, any team and player will have a low period, and in the long season there will always be nights like this, and I have to learn to get used to that.

The strange thing is that I seem to be a little energetic at this time, and I felt physically sleepy and uncomfortable not long ago, but now I am back to my best state all of a sudden, both physically and mentally, which also makes me unable to fall asleep for a long time.

So I learned that way and did it again, and began to count the stars in the endless starry sky outside the plane window, every time when I counted a lot of stars, as if I was about to fall asleep, just a shaking of the head would make me wake again, so I don't know how many times this situation occurred, anyway, I couldn't complete a real sleep during the whole journey.

However, time passed much faster in the process of counting the stars, and before I knew it, the plane had arrived at Los Angeles International Airport, and the players were on their own way home.

When I got home it was already one o'clock in the morning, at this time I finally began to feel sleepy, and it didn't take long for me to fall asleep.

I called Jessica as soon as I had breakfast in the morning, and after waiting for about ten seconds, she finally answered the phone, and I could hear the yawn from the other party, it seemed that Jessica was still sleeping.

I gave Jessica a brief greeting and agreed to visit her at lunchtime.

Then I still habitually did about an hour and a half of physical training in the gym at home, the main training items are still based on flexibility training, such as stretching muscles and bones, doing some yoga and other exercises that help improve the range of motion of the joints, these training can make it easier for me to release the potential of the muscles hidden in the body, and can also help the muscles recover from sports injuries faster.

Unlike yesterday's game, I felt like I was back to my best after just one day, and I was sure that my other teammates would not be able to recover as fast as I was, not to mention that their flu would not be completely cured within a week, even when they were in their best physical condition, they couldn't compare to my current state.

At noon I drove to Jessica's house, which is about half an hour's drive between my house and Jessica's house, and maybe a few more minutes faster if there were no traffic jams.

When Jessica opened the door, I could clearly feel the tired look on her face, and the bags under her eyes appeared in the corners of her eyes unconsciously.

Jessica saw my arrival, a shallow smile appeared on her tired face, and I stepped forward and took her into my arms, only to feel that her body was a little cold, in fact, her home was already heated at this time, but I don't know why her body seemed so cold.

"Something happened in the two days I've been away, and it feels like you haven't slept in a long time."

I gently stroked Jessica's supple blonde hair, which was much more haggard than before.

"Yesterday I mustered up the courage to go to the psychic medium that my friend introduced me, and I was terrified and felt like I had grasped a life-saving straw, but it wasn't as simple as I thought."

"Really? You don't have to be in a hurry, just tell me the whole thing slowly, and I will be by your side today. ”

"Why don't you go?"

Jessica reached out and grabbed my arm tightly, and the power was not at all like that of a girl.

"Well, if I don't leave, I'll stay by your side to protect you!"

I hugged Jessica tightly into my arms, at this time her body was soft, and her body temperature gradually returned to a normal state, at first I would still feel her body trembling from time to time, but now it is slowly calming down.

"At that time, the psychic medium began to go crazy as soon as she touched my hand, I thought she was pretending to be like that, but then her voice and eyes changed, her voice became like that of an old man over seventy or eighty, and her mouth spoke something like Latin, and I tried to understand what she said, but what she said was not pure Latin, even though I could understand Latin roughly, but I was completely at a loss for what she said."

"Is she possessed by something?"

I asked curiously.

"Yes, she must have been possessed by something very horrible, and this terrible thing was passed from me to hers, and if I hadn't touched her body, she wouldn't have been like that."

Jessica's eyes were filled with tears, gathering in her sockets and rolling like they might drip down at any moment.

I gently wiped the tears from Jessica's eyes with a napkin and whispered softly in her ear, trying to comfort her and ease her mood a little.

"I saw what she wanted me to see, and even though she spoke Latin I didn't understand, I could see what she saw before my eyes when she held out her hands to me."

"What do you see?"

"Nothingness, darkness everywhere, nothingness everywhere, endless, boundless darkness and nothingness envelop everything, and our end will also become nothingness."

"Can you really see nothingness?"

I looked at Jessica in surprise, but her eyes were fixed on mine, and our eyes met in mid-air.

"You have to believe me, you have to believe me."

"I believe you, Jessica, and I believe everything you say."

I could see in her eyes a strong desire for me to agree with what she was saying.

Feeling that her emotions seemed a little uncontrollable, I gently patted her on the back and asked her to sit on the couch and watch the TV series while I prepared to cook some food for Jessica and me.

I don't know how Bryant cooked, but in my previous life I was half a chef, because my father used to be a senior chef for a while, and although I didn't choose this path in the end, I learned a lot about cooking from a young age.

But to be honest, the cooking habits here in the United States are a bit different from those in my hometown, especially in my hometown, the various seasonings that I am accustomed to are very rare here, not that these seasonings are not available here, but the American food culture is relatively simple, most Americans like what hamburgers and fried chicken and other foods are like, and there is little research on more complex cooking techniques.

I didn't find much of the seasoning I wanted at Jessica's house, but given Jessica's emotional state, I couldn't go out and buy them, so I had to cook with the simple ones I had.

I found some fresh beef from the fridge, some lobster and some jam.

Americans love to eat steak with lettuce, so I made a steak and vegetable salad for two with these ingredients, and it seems that most of the cooking skills I learned in my previous life could not be used, but I was actually cooking steak and making salad for the first time.

Thankfully, the cooking of both foods was relatively straightforward, and Jessica couldn't help but praise my cooking skills after eating the steak and salad I made.

"Well, it does taste pretty good."

I'm quite satisfied with the taste of the steak I cooked for the first time, because I have a certain foundation in the heat of cooking, so the steak cooked is moderately soft and hard, and the taste is smooth but not greasy, and it should not be much worse than the chefs in the steak shops outside.

While eating steak and drinking red wine, I saw a sweet smile on Jessica's face again, and I also told some bad jokes from time to time, and the previous tense atmosphere was diluted a lot.