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With one win and one loss in two games, Mike Brown began to worry again.

The NBA game is like this, there are troubles in each stage.

The beginning of the season is a matter of running-in, rotation, and tactical use.

Now it has been slowly resolved, the tacit understanding of the veterans is getting better and better, and the tactics are gradually firming up to focus on the outside.

In terms of rotation, before Gasol came back, Li Liang was firmly in the starting lineup.

Substitutes mainly use Jordan Hill, Meeks and Jamison.

Morris and Blake are on the verge of being abandoned, and Ebanks and Duhon will occasionally give opportunities.

In the mid-term, the most important thing to pay attention to is the player's status.

Fatigue, injuries, long journeys, and ups and downs in the state, all coaches have to take into account.

The advantage of an excellent record at the beginning of the season is that it has laid a solid foundation for the mid-term team's revision.

Brown pays attention to controlling the playing time of Kobe and Nash. Kobe is around 35 minutes, and Nash is around 25 minutes.

As for Li Liang's kind, let's use it to death, so as to save him from talking on the bench.

In the two games against the Cavaliers and the Knicks, it is obvious that the team's state is at a low point.

After playing the Thunder, the excitement and enthusiasm of the whole team relaxed.

After all, it's an old team. It doesn't last long when you get old, and it won't work after a while.

The game with the Thunder blew up the opponent's three-pointer, and the two games will not work.

After the team arrived in Washington, in the hotel, Mike Brown convened a meeting with all the players.

As a collective, there is a stage where the players need to get together and have a chat and say what's on their minds.

This can effectively enhance the cohesion of the team, improve morale, and make the team recover.

Typically these meetings take place on road trips where everyone happens to be living together.

In the large conference room of the hotel, there are more than a dozen players, the coaching staff, and twenty or so people, and everyone can talk freely.

However, Mike - Brown made a mistake, he should not let Li Liang participate.

This kid participated, so it's okay?

He was sad about losing to the Knicks last game because he really wanted to win at Madison Square Garden.

In the end, he made a wrong operation and lost, which made Li Liang very upset.

When I arrived in Washington, hey, Brown, you have a conference, can I not say a few words?

Good guy, when the hair dryer was turned on, everyone in the team was scolded.

"Joe, you still have Jordan's name, look at your game, how many balls did the butter hand concede? How many layups did you miss at the basket? Who will pass the ball to you like this? Come on, your training is over. Can you practice the strength of your fingers and wrists?"

Li Liang was the first to criticize Jordan Hill. Gasol's absence was a good opportunity for him to play, but he played very positively, but the details are always maddening.

"Jordi, be more cautious. It's good to shoot boldly, but you can't shoot blindly. Why don't you learn from the boss? Why don't you learn from me? Boss, can anyone learn?"

This means that Meeks, the Thunder, and the Jazz played with confidence in the two games, but ended up playing various pitfalls against the Cavaliers and Knicks.

"And you, Ci Shiping, look at you now, can you still find where the basket is? Don't make wild shots, don't stop for three-pointers, grab an offensive rebound and pass it out, can we play a good one? ah."

Li Liang will never bully the weak and fear the strong, even Ci Shiping can still scold him.

These three people are the most unstable state of the Lakers, the most likely to be pitted, but at the same time the three most important positions.

Jordan Hill is the only reliable substitute inside, you can't count on Thackeray.

Meeks is the best candidate for guard rotation. Li Liang's scolding for Du Hong and Morris is meaningless.

As for Ci Shiping, his style has always been versatile, and he was originally a good supplement for the team.

As a result, after the start of the season, he was in the worst condition, making all kinds of blind shots from beyond the three-point line, and his shooting percentage was appalling.

At the beginning, Brown asked Ci Shiping to play as a substitute, but later found that it was not possible, and it was a pitfall for him to bring a substitute.

Let him start, the effect is not as good as Li Liang, but Jamison is not good at defense.

The result is tasteless.

Mike Brown was listening, feeling so comfortable in his heart.

These words are actually what he wants to say, but it is easy to offend the players.

It doesn't matter what Li Liang said, this person is amazing, he speaks straight, and everyone gets used to it after listening too much.

A person who once or twice speaks directly to offend others will be misunderstood and looking for faults.

But after a long time, everyone found that he was like this to everyone, from the boss to the manager of the water dispenser, saying what he had to say.

First of all, he is absolutely not impulsive, second, he never misses a single person, and third, he absolutely scolds justly and beautifully.

Gradually, everyone got used to it, and let him say it.

Mike Brown also handed Li Liang a bottle of mineral water.

Li Liang took the water and pointed the finger at Brown: "Can you do more preparations before the game like a normal coach! Have you worked out a strategy to protect Nash and Kobe on the defensive end so far?"

Brown wanted to slap himself, why don't you pass him water if you have nothing to do?

Brown said: "It's worked out, isn't it you, but now Gasol is injured..."

Li Liang was speechless, I have such a big face, can Kobe and Nash be covered by me alone?

You really flatter me, why don't you give me a little more salary?

Chuck Payson said: "We really should formulate a more rigorous defensive strategy to make up for the defensive shortcomings of Steve and Kobe, and we can't make a loophole with just one pick-and-roll."

After listening to Kobe's opinion, he said, "I don't need it, I can handle it myself."

Li Liang didn't want to scold Kobe at first, but Kobe played very well during this time, completely carrying the whole team on the offensive end.

But he got angry when he heard Kobe speak.

"Excuse me, how many times have you stood there in a daze? You know how to stand on the ribs, stand on the ribs, stand on the ribs, and stand there, the baby will fall from the sky? You can't move?"

Because of Kobe's decline in physical strength, the defensive end especially likes to stand a little outside the three-second zone, that is, the ribs and waist.

This position extends in all directions and is the most common route point for outside breakthroughs, and it is also convenient for rebounding. (When Li Liang practices lateral movement and drawing fouls, this is the position he most often stands on.)

So in order to save energy, Kobe sometimes stood there and moved less.

The result of this is of course that there are many loopholes in the outside line.

For example, when playing against the Thunder before, Westbrook broke through from the outside with a ball, and Kobe stood a little bit in that position.

As a result, he failed to defend Westbrook and blocked Howard, who came from behind to defend.

Howard was so angry that he pushed Kobe behind.

It's fine if you don't take good precautions, but you still block me?

Kobe pursed his lips and said, "I will defend well in the future, and I want to win another MVP."

As soon as Kobe said this, the entire conference room fell silent.

This is not a joke, Kobe has issued a military order? !

The last time Kobe had this idea was during the first three consecutive championships. He told Zen Master that I wanted to win an MVP.

But at that time the absolute boss of the team was O'Neal. For various reasons, the relationship between the two was messed up.

F4 did not win the championship and fell apart. The Lakers experienced many twists and turns after that.

10 years later, the idea popped up in Kobe's mind again.

He is a person who refuses to admit defeat. In 2008, he won the only MVP in his career so far, but unfortunately he did not win the championship.

Originally, he was already bearish on the MVP, he only wanted the championship.

But the team's recent record, his own performance, and Li Liang's words finally stimulated his idea.

He is still at his peak, and he can still win an MVP.

When Li Liang heard this, he broke into a cold sweat.

It's over, what to do, scolding too much.

He scolded Kobe's ultimate body—Steel Keruru.

If he wants to win the MVP with all his heart, personal performance and teamwork will sometimes conflict.

This is no longer the Lakers in 2008. Nash is also the MVP, and Howard also wants to win the MVP.

How are you?

Kobe seemed to see everyone's doubts. He smiled and tried to defuse the embarrassing atmosphere, but unfortunately it didn't work.

He continued: "I just have this idea, but I will never put my data and performance above the team. I said that I want to win the MVP, just to show that I will go all out in the following games. Whether attacking or defending, I will do my best."

When Kobe said this, he was fully prepared.

He is 34 years old, not 24 years old. He is mature and has a certain number.

First of all, he feels that his condition is very good, the best in the past three years.

Secondly, Brown intends to control his playing time recently, and Kobe has no objection.

He hopes to keep the time below 35 minutes, around 32 minutes.

In this way, he can go all out in a shorter playing time.

These are all carefully considered by him, and are no longer the impulse of his youth.

Mike Brown didn't expect so many things to come out of an impromptu meeting.

Li Liang also shut his mouth, not wanting to scold anymore.

Criticism should be done in moderation, and encouragement after criticism is more important.

This task was given to Kobe.

Kobe is not the kind of person who likes to make speeches, but he rarely expressed his views today, assuring his teammates that from now on, he will lead by example, start from defense, and lead the team like an MVP.

Amid warm applause, the meeting ended successfully, and the meeting further established and consolidated the leadership of the team center with Kobe as the core.

In the meeting, Li Liang, the rookie representative, made a positive speech, exposing the ills, and the content was thought-provoking and thought-provoking.

The core of the team, Kobe Bryant, conducted in-depth self-criticism and self-criticism, and decided to go back on the road, start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and move towards the championship.

The meeting was a complete success. On the next day, the team went to the MCI Center in Washington, facing more than 20,000 fans in the capital, and dedicated a wonderful NBA game with the Wizards.

119:85... The Wizards No. 1 pick Wall was absent due to injury. After the game, he hugged Li Liang affectionately and was patted twice on the head.

Two days later, the Lakers moved to Philadelphia, the hometown of the leader, and were warmly welcomed by the folks in Philadelphia.

Kobe was more timid near the nostalgia, and gave 35 points to his fellow countrymen in a single game.

Ci Shiping has changed from his previous tired and lazy style, and his performance of 18 points and 17 rebounds is worthy of his world peace demeanor.

121:98, another wonderful basketball feast.

So far, the Lakers' Eastern Conference inspection has successfully ended. Facing the snowstorm in December, they took a plane back to Los Angeles, ready to warmly welcome the Charlotte Bobcats team and their boss, Comrade Jordan Joe.