Chapter 39: Five Consecutive Defeats

The next day, the Lakers embarked on a journey in Milwaukee, and he had another back-to-back against the Bucks. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Chicago game was a huge blow to the Lakers' morale, and the entire Lakers team looked listless.

Even before the game, Harris' impassioned morale boost to the players didn't help.

The Bucks have a very good roster, they have the likes of "Big Dog" Glenn Robinson and Vin Baker, and the rookie Ray Allen, who the Bucks just drafted this year, has also shown good potential, he has averaged 14.2 points per game so far, and the terrible thing is that he has reached 42% three-point shooting as a rookie.

They are 13-9 so far, sitting seventh in the West, one spot ahead of the Lakers.

The fighting spirit of the Lakers in this game is not very high, although Tony can still play a role under the basket, and Kobe Bryant is also very decisive, but the Lakers' weak defense makes the Bucks' scoring like a probe.

"Big Dog" Glenn Robinson scored 42 points on the Lakers' head throughout the game, in addition to 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and the Lakers' small forward Blunt was like a humiliated girl in front of him.

And super power forward Vin Baker also killed all sides under the basket, he did not choose to be tough with Tony, but around Tony to pick Holly, 25 points and 10 boards, his performance was completely ahead of Tony's 17 points and 8 boards.

Ray Allen's performance was not lost to Kobe's 21 points, although he scored 13 points in the game, and the statistics were not as good as Kobe, but he made two consecutive three-pointers in the final period to give the Bucks a six-point lead.

As a result, the Lakers also continued to lose 109-115, and their back-to-back journey ushered in a losing streak again.

However, their road trip is not over, as they travel to Minnesota on December 21 for their third matchup against the Timberwolves, after the two teams have met twice and won once.

Kevin Garnett went on a big hit in this game, he frantically cut a triple-double of 28 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 5 blocks, and beat Tony, who only scored 15 points and 10 boards, to help the team beat the Lakers 103-88. In the second season of his career, the wolf king gradually showed his sharp claws to the whole league.

And the Timberwolves, under his leadership, are also firmly approaching the path of a league powerhouse.

The Lakers have lost three in a row, and if they continue to lose like this, they will fall out of eighth place in the West.

Harris is very unhappy with the current state of the Lakers, who have not won any of the three games since Jones retired from injury. Moreover, what worries Harris the most is that the Lakers' current strength is not the main problem, and the worst thing is that some people in the Lakers team are starting to have problems with their attitude to the game.

Kobe Bryant is still a must-play game, but he is still only a rookie, and although he can occasionally play supernatural performances, his personal strength is not strong enough to dominate the game. Fisher, who was out of shape in the shadow of the game against the Bulls, recovered from the Timberwolves.

The biggest headache is the Blunt who replaced Jones in the start, and he has now almost become a cancer on the court. If you want to attack without offense, and you can't defend against it, it can be seen from the fact that he was cut by Glenn Robinson for 42 points in the game against the Bucks.

But Harris had to put him in the starting box, because the current Lakers team, Harris is really unavailable, and he has not tried to start Byron Scotta and let Kobe Bryant take the small forward position.

This is even worse, Kobe Bryant's body is not strong, he can't effectively limit the muscular men in the small front position, the fierce hand-to-hand combat has accelerated his physical exertion, making his sharp offensive ability greatly reduced, and Byron Scott is too old, after putting him in the starting lineup, not only did he not start to adapt to the higher intensity of the confrontation, but his scoring ability was no longer as efficient as on the bench.

In this way, the Lakers' outside line basically loses the threat, and with Blunt on the court, at least the Lakers can play the role of Kobe.

But Blunt is too pitiful, and when he's on the court, the Lakers are no different from 4 to 5.

Harris was running out of options, and he was even starting to miss the refuge Jones.

Moreover, their next opponent, the Suns' star "Big Mom" Johnson, is back, and it is predictable that Blunt will be blown up again.

Sure enough, the Lakers lost again in the game against the Suns on December 25, Johnson scored 38 points on 15-of-22 shooting alone, and Blunt didn't even bother to defend when he hit the back.

If it was just Johnson, the Lakers would be okay, but the worst thing is that the Suns' Michael Finley and Wesley Persson also came together, scoring 21 and 18 points respectively, and the team of seven scored double-doubles, and the Suns were in full bloom.

87:108

The Lakers lost by 21 points.

Bryant finished with 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting, while Toni was 5-of-10 for 15 points and nine rebounds. The two of them were the only two of the Lakers' starting five to score in double figures.

The Lakers' team-high scorer was Byron Scott, who came off the bench for 26 minutes and scored 21 points.

The Lakers lost four in a row.

Back at home, the Lakers still haven't slowed down.

Blunt still plays the role of a small forward ATM, and against the Celtics, he was called upon by Anthony Walker, the Celtics' No. 6 pick this year.

Then, after a stormy 29 points, the Lakers lost 102-109 to the Celtics, setting the longest losing streak of the season and losing five in a row.

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"Enough!" Harris stared angrily at the Lakers players, Jones's absence was not a reason for the Lakers to lose again and again, and in the last two defeats, the Lakers' defense collapsed together.

The feeling of defeat has spread from Blunt alone to the whole team.

"Don't forget our goal this season, we're a team that wants to make the playoffs." Harris's eyes swept over the Lakers' soldiers in turn. "Now I'm not looking at what a playoff team should look like, and you can't win even as a development league team."

"This one I want to see a different game, or that sentence, whoever doesn't play well, just sit on the bench." Harris was silent for a moment and then began to lay out his tactics.