After the Lakers lost Dallas, head coach Phil Jackson officially retired, Mike Brown took over, Mike Brown is a disciple of Popovich, he learned a lot of defensive tactics from Popovich, and then worked as an assistant coach under the current Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle for two more years, specializing in defense, in 2005, at the age of 35, Brown became the head coach of the Cavaliers, becoming the second youngest head coach in the league. The most interesting thing about Brown is the relationship between him and the Cavaliers star LeBron James, the two are also teachers and friends on the court, Brown needs to have majesty, and his words must have weight, James will give him majesty, give him the weight of speaking, James needs the ball, he needs the team's system for him, Brown will give her the ball and give him the system, and in the five years that the two have worked together, the Cavaliers have reached the Eastern Conference Finals every year, And Brown also won the 2008-2009 league best coach trophy, in 2010, James's contract expired, and the team's failure to break through in the playoffs for many years has caused James's dissatisfaction, so Brown became the first scapegoat and was fired, but Rao is like this, and the Cavaliers have not been able to keep James.

The Lakers took a fancy to Brown's ability and signed Brown to a four-year, $18 million contract, making Mike Brown the 22nd head coach in Lakers history.

There is no doubt that Kobe's health is the team's top priority, Kobe Bryant received advanced platelet-rich plasma therapy to treat his long-standing ankle and knee injuries this season, which caused him to miss some games, but the effect was very good, on January 10, 2012, the Lakers against the Suns, Kobe Bryant scored 48 points alone, which is the highest score of any player in his 16th season, and at this time, ESPN came out again, This time, they ranked Kobe Bryant seventh on the list of the league's best players, and after Kobe Bryant knew, Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, 42 points and 42 points in the next three games, which was the sixth time in Kobe's career that he scored more than 40 points in four consecutive games, Kobe Bryant said to reporters after the game,

"I'm not bad for a player who is only seventh in the league."

This is really a slap in the face of those bricks.

In the 2012 All-Star Game, Bryant scored 27 points, surpassing Michael Jordan and becoming the all-time all-time scoring leader.

This season's Lakers did not perform very well in the regular season, Kobe, Gasol and Bynum missed 63 games together due to injuries, Artest changed his name, called Charity-World-Peace, referred to as Ci Shiping, his form declined seriously after changing his name, Brown had to put him on the bench in some games, and although Derrick Fisher was still a starter, his state had declined seriously, as evidenced by the Mavericks' outside beating last year, so the Lakers began to seek changes from the trade, There have been some changes in the squad.

At the beginning of this season, the Lakers planned a big deal, that is, to package Gasol and Odom to New Orleans in exchange for super guard Chris Paul, the deal was finally finalized and only announced, but it was urgently stopped by the league for "basketball reasons", this incident had a great impact on Gasol and Odom, Gasol has a forbearant personality, although he is dissatisfied with Kupchak, but he still how to play how to play, Odom is not good, he directly found Kupchak, Eventually in the offseason, the Lakers sent Odom to the Mavericks, and the Lakers received an $8.9 million trade exception and a 2012 first-round pick. The $8.9 million trade exception later became one of the chips in the trade for Nash.

Lamar Odom played 519 games for the Lakers, ranking 16th in team history, ranking 17th in team history with a total of 7,092 points, ninth in team history with 4,906 rebounds, 14th in team history with 1,944 assists, 15th among opponents with 444 steals, and 11th in team history with 451 blocks.

On March 14, 2012, the Lakers sent Derrick Fisher to Houston, thus getting the "sharp brother" Jordan Hill with excellent physical fitness, Jordan Hill is a mobile forward who relies on his body to play, with excellent bounce and explosiveness, but there are also many shortcomings, rough skills under the basket, lack of strength to prevent the position, average basketball IQ, not solid defense, no passing, unstable free throws, these shortcomings doom Jordan can only be a role player. The day before the March 16 trade deadline, the Lakers completed a buzzer-beating trade by sending Luke Wharton to the Cavaliers along with Jason Carbono, a temporary worker signed this year, to acquire guard Ramon Sessions and a 2013 first-round draft pick from the Heat.

Fisher ranks fifth in team history with 915 games for the Lakers, and his total points of 7,223 are just one place higher than Odom's, 16th overall, 2,685 assists are 11th in team history, and 968 strong teams are seventh in team history.

Sessions is a bottom-level player who counterattacks the top position, he is a No. 56 pick, that is, the fourth from the bottom of the draft, like many people, his rookie season is also constantly in turmoil, summer league, development league NBDL, almost went to play abroad, but he still worked hard to play well in every team he was in, and was eventually recruited by the Bucks, and in his rookie sophomore year, Sessions scored 20 points and 24 assists in a game, and became famous.

Sessions is not very physical, he is a conservative floor guard, his ability to see the big picture and handle the ball is the best in the No. 1 position, his defense is not excellent, and he has the ability to break out and score consecutive goals on offense, but he is not very stable in general, especially the three-point shot problem is relatively big.

Overall, the arrival of Sessions has given the Lakers more offensive options, he can average 12.7 points and 6.2 assists per game, which is very good, Kobe Bryant can average 27.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game in 58 games, because of Odom's departure, the Lakers signed all-around power forward Josh McRoberts with a two-year, $6 million contract, the latter has been hit by injuries in the new season, although he insists on playing, but the efficiency is not high.

The turmoil of the Lakers this season has led to the Lakers only achieving a 41-25 record this year, ranking third in the West, this season is actually the last struggle of the Lakers in the Kobe era, Kobe Bryant's aging is a fact, Gasol is in the whirlpool of trades, he is precarious, and he can't play with peace of mind, Bynum has a serious knee injury, the injury is like a bomb, no one can predict, Artest, Fisher are already old, and what is more deadly is that none of the Lakers can qualify, The players who took over the flag in Kobe's hands, newcomers such as Andrew Goodlock, Devin Ibanks and Darius Morris in recent years, although there are often flashes of inspiration, but more often the play is not satisfactory, the Lakers who were extremely brilliant in the past are falling in an invisible way, this is a later story, and it will be recounted later.

The Lakers' first opponent in the playoffs is the Denver Nuggets, known as the "civilian army".

The Nuggets completed a gorgeous makeover last season, they sent Carmelo Anthony to the New York Knicks, so as to get a large number of strong players, in all fairness, the Nuggets are not a championship-level team without superstars now, but the team is expensive in the style of play, active defense, full of impact on the offensive end, constantly bombing the basket, the tough Nuggets are on the playoff stage, no one wants to meet the opponent.

In the first two games of the playoffs, relying on Kobe's 30+ to defeat the Nuggets and keep two home court advantages, the third Nuggets relied on the excellent play of Ty Lawson and Javier McGee to pull back a city, in the fourth game, Kobe Bryant's offense was blocked, the Lakers' interior line stood up, Bynum, Gasol and even Jordan Hill were able to hit the opponent, these three insiders combined to score 45 points and 27 rebounds, the Nuggets only Gallinari played a good performance, but obviously, this is far from enough, Lakers 92: 88 won the game, leading 3:1.

With such a disparity in scores, I thought that the Lakers would advance easily, although I knew that the Nuggets started a crazy counterattack, and the Lakers were shocked into a cold sweat!

In the last 14 seconds of the fifth game, Ramon Sessions hit a three-pointer against the sky, and the Lakers 99:100 Nuggets narrowed the gap to only one point, but it was too late, and there were 12.8 seconds left in the game. Kobe Bryant scored 43 points in this game, but he couldn't lead the team to win the final victory, the Nuggets played an extremely unnatural performance in this game, the starters dug the pit as a substitute to fill in, only Kenneth Farid played normally in the starting five, and the performance of the others was miserable, but the Nuggets were so strong that the difference between the strength of the bench and the starter was not obvious, the starter was not good, and the bench was on the top! Nuggets bench power forward JaVale McGee shot 9-of-12 with 21 points, 14 rebounds, 6 frontcourt rebounds and 2 blocks and 0 turnovers in the game. Guard Andre Miller is like a god in this game, scoring 24 points and sending 8 assists on 8-of-11 shooting, and his performance outside the three-point line is 2 of 2 shots, you must know that Miller only has a 21.7% three-point shooting rate in his career and he only shoots a three-pointer per game, this probability is basically to play five games before scoring a three-pointer, this two-of-a-kind three-pointer just happened to make the hapless Lakers catch up, who do you say the Lakers are looking for?

In Game 6, the Nuggets beat the Lakers 113-96. Kobe Bryant scored 31 points in the game, but the others played miserably, Sessions scored 14 points is already the Lakers' second-highest score, Bynum scored 11 points to grab 16 rebounds and 4 blocks, the Nuggets once again realized the wolf bite bear tactics, Ty Lawson shot 13-of-18 and hit 32 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Farid shot 6-of-11 and hit 15 points and 11 rebounds, Andre Miller and Javier McKiba in the last big outbreak game were replaced by Koney Brewer and Andre Miller, Brewer scored 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting, Miller Sr. scored 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting and scored again on his only three-pointer shot of the game! The Lakers are already crying and fainting in the thatched hut - I feel that your 21.7% three-point shooting rate in the regular season is all amusing to me!

The Lakers played the first round of the game, and the game was forced to enter the tie-break, and the final result was that the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 96:86 to advance to the second round, Ty Lawson and Al Harrington were the biggest obstacles to the Lakers, the former scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and the latter scored 24 points, the Lakers were able to win the game entirely because of the team's absolute interior attack, Kobe Bryant only scored 17 points in the game, Gasol scored 23 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks, Bynum had 16 points, 18 rebounds and 6 blocks, and backup point guard Steve Blake exploded in this round, scoring 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting and 5-of-6 three-pointers!

The Lakers' second-round opponent is the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Thunder at this time is no longer the team that was played by the Lakers a few years ago, the main force of this Thunder is all young people, full of impact, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden all have first-class singles ability, the Wolves take the first rank of general, Sergi Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins are in the interior of the line, The Swiss Army Knife Sapo Safrosa on the outside has the league's top outside defensive ability, and more importantly, Derrick Fisher, who was still playing for the Lakers last season, was also in the Thunder team at that time. Stand on the pitch just to win!

With the injuries and aging problems that the Lakers have suffered this season, it is not easy for them to get to this point this season, and I have to admit that this season is the last afterglow of their Lakers dynasty.