The Lakers made history this year, they established the first dynasty after Jordan left the court, they dominated the NBA with their outstanding performance, the 2002-2003 season, the explosion of strong opponents in the West, the Lakers won 50 games in this series, but the ranking was only fifth in the West, of course, the Lakers' poor record is also partly due to O'Neal missed more than a dozen games due to injury, the San Antonio Spurs in the West, the Saramento Kings, the Dallas Mavericks, The Minnesota Timberwolves have won more than 50 games, in the first round, the Lakers' opponent is the Timberwolves with Garnett, the NBA's playoffs are completely different from the regular season, although the Timberwolves are ranked higher than the Lakers, but they are not the Lakers' opponents at all, six games, the Lakers advanced 4:2, and the Timberwolves also lost an average of minus 11 points per game while winning two games, Top star Garnett averaged 27 points and 15.7 rebounds per game, but only 1.8 of those rebounds were frontcourt rebounds, the second leader Troy Hudson played averagely, the third leader Wally Szczebiak played poorly, and the Lakers Kobe Bryant averaged 31.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, and O'Neal averaged 28.7 points and 15.3 rebounds per game - he averaged 4.8 frontcourt rebounds per game. Derrick Fisher also had a blast, averaging 15.5 points per game while also handing in a 53.1% shooting percentage.

The Lakers' opponent in the second round is the San Antonio Spurs who were almost swept by them last year, compared to last year, they mainly added two players, Manu Ginobili and Stephen Jackson, in the first game, the Lakers planted on Ginobili, he scored 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals on 4-of-9 shooting, Duncan contributed 28 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, the Spurs took away the victory, O'Neal 24 points and 21 rebounds, Kobe Bryant made 38 crazy shots but only scored 37 points.

If the Lakers still have hope of winning in the first game, then the second game is a convincing loss, and they lost by nearly 20 points! O'Neal's high efficiency of 10 of 14 shots did not save the Lakers, because Kobe, he made 24 shots in exchange for 27 points, and the Spurs were all soldiers, and all six of the team scored double-doubles, and Bruce Bowen, who has always been a defensive warrior in the world, was like a god in this game, and played a game that was enough to brag for ten years, he shot 10 of 12 from the field, including 7 of 8 three-pointers and scored 27 points! Ginobili was once again a booster for the team's victory, scoring 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting.

After the last two games, the Lakers who returned to their home court finally found the feeling of winning, they won two games in a row, of which Kobe Bryant contributed 39 points and 35 points in two games respectively, and O'Neal also hit a big double-double of 21 points, 16 rebounds and 29 points and 17 rebounds respectively, and the big score was tied 2:2, but who knew that this was the last game that the Lakers won this season.

In the fifth game, Kobe Bryant continued to maintain a high shot, high score model, in other words, Kobe's shot could not be exchanged for free throws at all, no lethality, he shot 31 times, only scored 36 points, the Lakers lost 94:96, the sixth game, the Lakers did not get any chance, Duncan dominated the restricted area, he got 37 points and 16 rebounds, the Lakers 82:110 defeat ended the season's journey, and the dream of four consecutive championships was shattered.

Victory will cover up something, in other words, defeat will expose something, and the six-game series with the Spurs, Kobe Bryant averaged 32.3 points per game and shot 43.4%, while O'Neal averaged 25.3 points per game and shot as much as 55.9%, which is not the most critical, the most critical thing is, Kobe Bryant averages 26.5 shots per game, while O'Neal only has 17, everyone knows that in an NBA team, the number of shots is directly proportional to the status of the player, so the question is, whose team is this team? Kobe, who doesn't have a high shooting percentage, why doesn't he pass the ball more to O'Neal, who is extremely efficient in shooting?

O'Neal began to have some dissatisfaction in his heart, compared to Kobe, although he is not young but not yet old enough to take a back seat, the relationship between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant has had some subtle cracks since the beginning of this failed season, but these cracks have been quietly repaired by the team's management.

The Lakers became a free agent in the offseason Robert Hawley, and they didn't keep the player with a big heart, because Hawley's home is in Houston, and he doesn't want to travel long distances to Los Angeles every day, so he signed a three-year contract worth $10 million with the San Antonio Spurs, which is not far from his hometown, and the Lakers have made two consecutive trades, one is to sign Karl Malone with a veteran base salary, Malone also averaged 20.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game last season, while a veteran has a base salary of only $1.5 million. The second operation is to sign Gary Payton with the team's $4.92 million mid-range exception, needless to say, Payton averaged 20.4 points, 8.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game last season, plus the Lakers' existing O'Neal and Kobe, the team's strength is extremely strong for a while, forming a "F4" combination that shocked the league! To put it bluntly, they are bullying people, their book strength is terrifying, and they are in the limelight for a while!

But just when the Lakers were gearing up to compete for the championship again, something happened, and something was wrong!

On June 30, 2003, Kobe Bryant, who had just undergone knee surgery, stayed in a hotel in Colora, and on July 1, an 18-year-old white girl named Caitlin Faypole reported to the Ying County Police Department that she was by Kobe's bow woman, this kind of thing will be rumored almost every offseason, just to be famous, just when everyone was full of hope that Kobe Bryant came out to refute the rumors, Kobe TM actually admitted it, but did not admit that it was a bow although the woman did it, only thought that it was a paid ** easy, But even ** Yi is despised by the world, so almost overnight, Kobe Bryant fell from a pride of heaven to a nymphomaniac.

To tell the truth, who is right and wrong, except for Kobe and the girl, no one can say clearly, it's all nonsense, it may really be Kobe Bryant's bestiality, the beast might as well do such a dirty thing, or it may be that the girl deliberately lured in order to become famous or pay a huge amount of compensation, or it is a transaction and then knock a sum, such examples are not a few in the NBA, and we will not mention the reasons for it, here is only the impact of this incident on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers - later this case because " For some reason, "the woman voluntarily withdrew the charge, and Bryant was acquitted."

The case lasted for nearly 14 months, during which Kobe did not miss a single game because of this incident, but the fans did not give Kobe a good look, even at home, whenever Kobe Bryant got the ball, there were always boos all over the court, even more so away! Whenever Kobe Bryant makes free throws, there will always be radical fans who hold the sign of "Bow Although Female Offender" and constantly shake behind the rebound, but Kobe always uses shots again and again to respond to those bad sounds, Kobe Bryant on the court is crazy to shoot, crazy scoring, Kobe Bryant can average 27.6 points per game this season, but the shooting rate is only 43.8%, this data is the lowest value of Kobe in the past seven years, and it is also the lowest shooting rate in "F4", and most importantly, Kobe Bryant averaged 18.1 shots per game, O'Neal's shots were four-fifths of Kobe's, Gary Payton's shots were two-thirds of Kobe's, and Karl Malone's shots were almost half of Kobe's.

Of course, there is O'Neal among the people here, and this resentment has accumulated since last season's playoffs, and more importantly, in the Eagle County incident, Kobe Bryant also pulled O'Neal into the water!

Bryant made a surprising statement in an interview, saying that O'Neal had encountered such a thing before, but he settled it with $1 million, and if he could have settled it with money like O'Neal at the time, he would not have had this later.

At that time, O'Neal was not only dominating on the court, but also funny, humorous, and caring off the court, and once became the signature figure of the league, but Kobe Bryant just said this sentence, and the black O'Neal was incomplete.

Hearing Kobe's words, it is not enough for O'Neal to react, so let's take an example, you were caught by the teacher when you watched the little yellow book in class, but you came to say that the little yellow book was given to me by the class leader Xiao Ming, how do you think Xiao Ming will react?

There is no doubt that the relationship between Kobe Bryant and O'Neal deteriorated dramatically, and it was soon like fire, but the Lakers' successive victories overshadowed it.

It is worth mentioning that only a few weeks before Kobe's Eagle County incident, the daughter of Phil Jackson, who was the head coach of the Lakers at the time, had just been by the bow woman, so Jackson hated Kobe Bryant very, very very much at the time, and the contradiction was once irreconcilable, and even Jackson directly refused to coach Kobe, but the management intervened, and Jackson could only reluctantly stay in the position of Lakers head coach because of the unfulfilled contract, but after the end of this season, Jackson resigned immediately, for a while, Kobe Bryant became the enemy of the whole world.

In Kobe's most difficult moment, there was another person who stood with Kobe, comforted him, encouraged him, and faced difficulties and obstacles with him, he was Derrick Fisher, the rookie in the same class as Kobe, Fisher was 4 years old, so Kobe regarded Fisher as his eldest brother, and when Kobe became the leader of the Lakers independently, no one dared to care about Kobe, including the head coach, but Fisher dared to manage, and he even dared to direct Kobe to run without the ball, which was unthinkable for any other point guard in the league.