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

Losing Game 1, and it was the home of the Spurs, was not an unacceptable outcome for the Lakers.

After all, if the Lakers win, it will be equivalent to snatching the home-court advantage of the series.

However, after the loss, the Lakers' training session was closed the next day.

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

In the training hall, the Lakers were playing the whole game, and Kobe Bryant's shouts were endless.

Kobe Bryant's harshness on 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 of himself and can lead by example.

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

Bryant did not go back to the locker room with the rest of the team, 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 defeat in the first game had a lot to do with his poor hand.

After more than an hour of practice, he habitually lay on the floor and began to meditate.

It's also part of his daily training routine, to empty himself.

But after a while, his meditation was interrupted by footsteps.

He sat up and found that Gasol had gone back from the players' tunnel.

There are few people left in this Lakers team compared to the two-game championship period, and the most important thing to do with him is Pau Gasol.

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

"Excuse me?"

Big Gasol said with a hint of apology.

"No, I'm about to finish training."

Bryant said and stood up.

"You're looking for me?"

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

Gasol nodded, then motioned for Bryant to sit down.

"I think the key to winning after our All-Star break, including in the first round of the regular season, was sharing the ball, which we didn't play in the last game."

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

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

"Kobe, we're going to win, aren't we? This season, we can't afford to lose. ”

Gasol continued.

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

Later, it was Kobe Bryant himself who took the initiative to ask the management not to trade Howard, then traded Livingston and CJ Myers, and then held an intra-team meeting to say that they could not afford to lose this season, which led to the current Lakers.

Big Gasol is not questioning, but reminding.

"I see."

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

Big Gasol looked at Kobe's back and sighed.

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

There's been a lot of pressure on F4 this season and they really can't afford to lose.

Two days later, the Lakers and Spurs game resumed at the ATT arena.

On this day, Kobe Bryant showed fans his different ability to adjust, he only took a total of 15 shots in the whole game, and the feeling of shooting 6 of 15 was still average.

But in addition to scoring 17 points, he had seven rebounds and eight assists, as well as two steals and one block.

The Lakers played a game that was their season's signature.

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

The Lakers scored in double figures with all six players in double figures, beating the Spurs 104-100 to tie 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 have shown that they are competitive, and they have proven that they are still the favorites for the championship."

After the game, ESPN made a news report with such a headline.

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

If the 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, and there was talk and laughter 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 eliminated by the Warriors in the first round, their record of breaking the team's history in the regular season cannot be erased.

With the exception of a triple-double per game, most of the league's honors are tied to records.

"Don, come."

While chatting, Tang Tian turned his head and found that it was Popovich who called him.

NBA teams fly on charter flights, and coaches and managers sit in business class.

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

Popovich already had a bottle of red wine and two glasses on his seat.

Obviously, the old man was addicted to alcohol on the plane and came to him as a companion.

Because of the compression of playing time, the two were somewhat estranged, and Popovich didn't ask him for much drinking.

Now that so much time has passed, the estrangement is long gone, and this gathering between drunkards is inevitable.

Sitting down and drinking, the two of them inevitably talked about losing the last game.

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

"When Kobe Bryant first came into the league, I was the head coach of the Spurs, and I was very impressed with the first game between the two teams that year, and he was against Dominic Wilkins, and you know Wilkins is old, but he's still the team's leading scorer.

Kobe Bryant hit him twice, was covered twice, and once was a big hat with a head and face, which made Del Harris, the head coach of the Lakers at the time, angry and almost replaced him, but he was stunned for the third time to make Wilkins foul.

At that time, I knew that guy was super paranoid, but you said that this guy is just such a person, he is 35 years old, why did he suddenly change sex? ”

Popovich was also wondering while complaining to Tang Tian.

"No, old man, he didn't change sex, he just suppressed his desire to score."

Tang Tian put down his wine glass and spoke.

Kobe Bryant is strong in scoring, but the problem is also in loving to score too much.

The Lakers' three consecutive championships were caused by Phil Jackson's suppression of Kobe's desire to score.

Phil Jackson also specifically mentioned this when he gave Kobe Bryant's autobiography "The Spirit of Mamba".

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