Bad luck, these four words to describe the current Kobe Bryant and his Lakers team is extremely appropriate.

The Eagle County incident, although he has been cleared of the crime, Kobe's reputation has plummeted. Superstar, Jordan's chief successor, the league was really enthusiastic about him before, and the Lakers have always been on the right track, and the scenery of three consecutive championships is so prosperous.

However, the current Lakers, coach Frank Humberland, has to say sorry to the fans in the post-game press conference again and again, and Kobe Bryant sometimes wears a cap and is silent, sometimes he simply does not attend.

Halfway through the season, the label printed on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers is 10-32, and it looks like 20 wins is the Lakers' goal for the season. Entering the playoffs at the beginning of the season has long been a joke that optimistic fans can't tell.

On February 1, the Lakers passenger plane bound for Memphis.

Bryant sat alone in the last row of the plane, which has become his exclusive seat this season. His cold expression made this place his domain ice. Even, no one dared to sit in the penultimate row, and the third-to-last row sat the coaching team.

Kobe's adorable teammates crowded into the front row of the plane, and they didn't feel pressure, they talked and laughed. For them, being able to eat a bowl of rice in the NBA is already a huge success, and the record is not important to them.

At least, they still won the game, and they always won one game in four or five games.

But Kobe, he's not a short-term player, he's a superstar, he's not fighting for a contract, but his position in the league, and even in league history, chasing the ghost that has been in Chicago for a long time.

With a blockbuster trade, the strength of the West has increased again, the Rockets are already soaring, and the Grizzlies they will face next have also risen to the seventh place in the West.

And just two years ago, the Grizzlies and Rockets were out-and-out fish belly teams in the West, and now this "fish belly" hat has to be worn by itself. Thinking of this, Kobe Bryant could only smile bitterly, and by the way, he pressed the brim of his hat even lower, and took a sip of coffee as a cover.

Cover up, that's right, Kobe Bryant's arrogance made him amazing at the peak. However, at the trough, this gap is so big that Kobe Bryant needs to hide himself from being observed by others.

Night.

The game was about to start, and Bryant was still holding the ball in the low post on the left side to connect with simple steps, and he didn't shoot a single shot, while his teammates stepped aside and didn't dare to bother, focusing on shooting on the other side to warm up.

After a while, the Grizzlies who were playing at home entered, and although Grant Hill was a well-known good guy in the league and had a good relationship with many people, Kobe Bryant was an exception for him. When Kobe Bryant was at his peak, Hill had already lost his injury, and Kobe Bryant at that time obviously didn't look down on him as an outdated star.

However, all this could not be an obstacle, and the kind personality still prompted Hill to step forward and greet Kobe Bryant first, as a senior, Hill is always so personable.

......

"It's never a bad thing to talk more." Kobe Bryant thought back to what Hill said to him at the end, and he felt sorry for it.

The game started quickly, and a month ago, Bryant played Memphis once at home, when the Grizzlies were led by Spaniard Pau Gasol alone. In Bryant's impression, although Gasol is very talented, his team can beat the Grizzlies every time.

However, this time.

The Lakers were obviously not ready, and they let the opponent play several defensive counterattacks when they came up, all of which were careless mistakes.

Lakers head coach Humberland called a timeout, and the players were generally complaining that Memphis, with a continental climate, was too cold and not at all as good as Los Angeles with an oceanic climate. After taking a long-haul flight, the hand birth is also a reason.

The players were complaining, and Kobe Bryant came slowly off the court, and his cold eyes swept over everyone, including the coach, and shut up.

Humbern was uneasy in his heart, he couldn't even discipline this group of NBA marginalists, let alone Kobe, although the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers is a very face-saving position, he usually likes to brag to his friends, Kobe is just his disciple. However, he knows that in the eyes of the management, 100 Humblelands are not as good as a Kobe, and as the role of head coach, he only has - awe of Kobe.

Bryant didn't speak, and everyone else stood there, but the current situation was that the team was down by 8 points, and in the end, head coach Humblen said a few words of encouragement.

Some chicken soup for the soul, Kobe Bryant was not listening at all, isolated on the sidelines, judging the weaknesses of the other party in his head, he was thinking about how to win with his own strength, as for the others, he really didn't pay attention to it. People think of him as everything to this Lakers team, and Kobe Bryant thinks to himself that I am a team, and everyone else is just a transition ball. As for the head coach, it should be considered a nanny.

The game resumes.

Hill's eyes froze, and he clearly saw the blood-red emotion in the eyes of the opposite Kobe, which was a look of extreme desire to win. Hill is very familiar, whether as an opponent or a teammate, he has seen it in another 1.98m guard, it is Jordan's eyes, more accurately, it belongs to the paranoid competitiveness.

Using the back of his feet to hit the taller Hill, Kobe Bryant was not afraid at all and directly attached his body. Hill has lost weight in the past two years in order to stay healthy, and he really can't withstand the calf-like Kobe Bryant now.

After a few clicks, a gap came out, Kobe Bryant slid into the inner line, didn't think too much, jumped in one step, his face was full of perseverance, and he didn't leave the slightest way out. I wanted to dunk directly, but Gasol stretched out his long arms and pounced on the side.

The body has already flown into the air, and if it were someone else, he might want to force a layup or return a pass.

But Kobe Bryant didn't choose either, twisted his waist, pulled the ball back to his chest, and pulled the rod back with both hands.

The ball lightly rubbed against the rebound and went diagonally into the net.

Score two points!

But Bryant could no longer maintain his balance in the air and fell straight into the billboard.

The teammates looked at each other, no one dared to go up and pull a hand, Kobe's temper was terrifying!

Kobe Bryant didn't say anything, lifted the billboard, and stood up on his own, one leg was still a little unnatural, but he paused the ground and defended like a nobody.

Hill looked at all this, couldn't help but sigh, and said to Gasol, a new partner next to him.

"Kobe Bryant is very strong, but basketball is a team sport after all, and he can't succeed without interacting with his teammates at all."

Gasol burst out with a sideways remark from Hill.

"I can understand his situation, it's not that he doesn't have team spirit, but he's much better than the people around him, and the strong only respect the strong."

Kobe Bryant dragged one leg back in pain, approaching the four teammates who had shunned him, a scene that seemed familiar to Gasol, it was a sinking day.