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Mike Brown has had a rough time of late.

Before the start of the game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, Mike Brown arranged the opening tactical points and sat on the bench waiting for the game to start.

The entire Lakers team is a little lifeless. Recently, even Kobe doesn't want to come to the home court to watch the game with his teammates.

Howard has always been a pistachio-type player in the league in the past, but he often looks sad after receiving a big contract in the new season.

Brown felt a little melancholy.

He couldn't help thinking of a poem that Emily Dickinson once wrote:

I could have endured the darkness if I hadn't seen the sun.

Yet the sun has made my desolation a new desolation.

Losing is poison to the atmosphere of a team. No matter how good the relationship between the players is, how well they get along in private, as long as the team is losing, everyone will not be happy in the locker room and on the court.

At this time, how much Mike Brown misses someone scolding.

If Bruce Lee was there, 1 win and 6 losses, it is estimated that the whole team would have been scolded by him and died on the spot.

But if he is there, how can there be 1 win and 6 losses?

Mike Brown can be considered a middle-aged man with a lot of experience. He has been in the NBA for many years. He has experienced LeBron James' decision 1 to leave the Cavaliers. What's the big deal?

But coaching Li Liang for one year, I really have too many memories, too much fun, and honors.

His personality is so unique that he can be "unbiased and speak out for justice" in the team.

He is not afraid of any authority, from the boss to the coach to the superstar in the team, he only upholds one thing, "We want to win."

He respects everyone at the same time, from the team laundryman to the bus driver to the fans.

Even if it is the reporter media that he doesn't like very much, Li Liang chooses to avoid it more.

This makes him very pure. With Li Liang, you don't have to think about "serving" him like you did when you were with James.

The once complicated team relationship of the Lakers was subdued by Li Liang, the spoiler, because the team kept winning until they won the championship.

With Li Liang around, Mike Brown doesn't have to worry about team politics at all, he can just do his job well.

Concentrate on coaching, concentrate on watching the game.

Last season can be said to be the most comfortable season Mike Brown has ever had.

However, the good days are always short-lived, and this guy Bruce Lee left as soon as he said it.

And it's not far away, moved next door.

But in the NBA, next door is a thousand rivers and mountains, another team, another world.

Because of this, the pressure on the Lakers and Brown is even greater.

The better Li Liang played in the Clippers, the more Lakers fans missed him, and the more complaints the Lakers got when they lost.

At this time, it is of course the head coach who comes out to take the blame.

Although Mike Brown won the best coach last season.

But to be honest, the best coach award can be said to be one of the most unranked awards in the NBA.

If the team has a good record, the coach will be said to hold his thigh.

The team's record is not good, and the coach has to be responsible.

It's so hard to be an NBA head coach!

The more Mike Brown thought about it, the more difficult it became. It was so difficult.

Just thinking about it, the game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves has already begun.

The Timberwolves are not a strong team, and they often give warmth to other teams.

It's a pity that the Timberwolves are not here to send warmth tonight, but to beat the autumn wind.

In the first quarter, the Timberwolves gave the Lakers a hard blow, beating the Lakers 47:23 in the whole quarter!

Directly leading the Lakers by 24 points in a single quarter!

What else? What else?

I hit your horse!

47 points in a single quarter!

Among them, Kevin Love made 4 of 5 three-pointers in the first quarter and scored 18 points in a single quarter!

Kevin - Martin followed, hit two three-pointers, scored 16 points.

Those two alone scored 34 points, more than the entire Lakers team.

Dwight Howard, the only reliable point for the Lakers, scored 10 points, but the Lakers' cumbersome defense was riddled with holes in front of the Timberwolves' precise three-pointers.

Brown didn't know what to say. If Li Liang and Kobe were here, would Love and Martin be able to fight casually like this?

The Lakers were beaten to despair in one quarter, trailing by 24 points, how can they catch up?

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves once widened the point difference to 30 points.

The Lakers caught up in the third quarter, and Howard and Nash played beautifully together one after another.

But the 30-point pit was too big and too deep, and I fell halfway through the climb.

Mike Brown had already given up. In the second half of the third quarter, the point difference was more than 20 points, so he simply replaced the main player and let the substitute come on.

Mike Brown also thought, maybe it was the same as the Bulls in 1992, who fell behind a lot in the fourth quarter and came to the bench, but instead caught up with the points?

Facts have proved that Mike - Brown overthinking.

After both sides were on the bench, the Lakers' bench had no vitality at all.

As a result, the point difference was even bigger. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves had a huge advantage of 25 points in the away game at 115:90, and beat the Lakers hard.

This beating was really a bit miserable, and the Lakers fans started booing in the fourth quarter.

Booing one's own team in the NBA is still very rare.

Any team has troughs and peaks, and true basketball fans spend the troughs with the team before they can enjoy the joy of the peaks.

It's just that the gap between the high and low of the Lakers is too big, and it came too fast. Later, the Lakers players obviously didn't work hard.

That's why the fans booed, which made veterans like Howard, Nash, and Gasol very uncomfortable.

After returning to the locker room, the atmosphere in the Lakers team was quite bad, and there was no communication between the players at all.

The interviews were rushed and rushed, and the players couldn't wait to get out of the locker room.

Mike Brown still insisted on accepting the reporter's interview, said some unsalty words, and didn't leave until the last one.

When leaving the Staples Center, on the way to the parking lot, Mike Brown met Rivers who had been waiting for a long time.

The NBA is a small circle, and there will be more or less friendship between coaches.

As the head coaches of the team, Rivers and Brown certainly know each other.

When he was in the Cavaliers, Brown and Rivers were still rivals, fighting in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Rivers took the initiative to greet Brown, and Brown didn't know why Rivers appeared.

"I just wanted to chat with you, you have problems, I have some problems."

"Oh, what's the problem, the game has become too simple, and there are too many people and I don't know how to use it?"

Brown joked that although the Clippers have a losing streak, victory and defeat are commonplace, and there is no one who always wins or loses.

The Clippers are currently one of the hottest teams in the league, and Brown can't think of Rivers having anything to worry about.

"Defense, our defense, I really have no choice but to ask you for advice." Rivers accompanied Brown to the parking lot, got into the car, and explained his purpose.

Mike Brown still didn't understand, he curled his lips and said, "You have Bruce Lee, he's a very good defensive player, so your lineup shouldn't be a big problem."

Rivers said: "But I want to keep improving, or the players want to do better..."

Rivers did not say that Li Liang wanted to do better. In fact, since he was scolded these two days, some words of Li Liang have been drilling in his mind, which made him very uncomfortable.

Of course Rivers didn't know, it was [Bob Knight's hair dryer] at work.

The so-called lingering sound lasted for three days, and Li Liang's words stuck in Rivers' heart like thorns, making him unable to let go.

Therefore, Rivers had to come to ask Mike Brown for advice.

This is very, very rare in the NBA. The two teams are hostile. How could Mike Brown, as the Lakers coach, guide the Clippers' tactics.

But after Rivers explained the situation, Brown thought for a while and said: "You know, I can't give you specific guidance. We are all coaches, and we all understand some theories. How to implement it is another matter. I I do have some thoughts in my heart, but…”

"I know it's really counterintuitive to ask," Rivers said.

"It doesn't matter. Bruce is a man who is not in line with common sense. You should make good use of Bruce. He is a very direct person. You should communicate with him more. If you have any questions, talk to him and let him do it. You don't have to talk to him. He beat around the bush, he can do it, you have to trust him."

Brown didn't mention tactics, but Brown can mention how to use players.

Rivers didn't particularly understand what Brown meant.

But Rivers didn't ask any more questions, and the two ran to the bar for a drink.

When parting, Rivers joked, "Mike, if you can't go on with the Lakers, you can consider coming next door. You are always welcome here."

Brown smiled. If this is the case, then the media will have a new topic.

But thinking about being able to coach Li Liang again and focus on defense, it seems pretty good.

Brown didn't think much of it, went home to rest, bad day.

After sleeping and waking up, everything did not get better, but ushered in a worse day.

Mike Brown received a text from Kupchak on the morning of Nov. 11:

"Mike, you're fired."