The rest is just noise

The Lakers' fourth defeat of the season was suffered by the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves are one of the teams that have suddenly emerged this season.

Although Keith Van Horn, who was selected in the draft, is not a cornerstone that can change the team, Danny Manning, whom they acquired from the Heat, is an active top-10 superstar, enough to turn a weak team into a star.

The team becomes a strong team.

However, given the strength of the Lakers, it is meaningless to simply discuss the strength of their opponents if they lose the game.

Because no matter how strong the opponent is, it is impossible to defeat them with hard power. For the Lakers to lose, some accidents need to happen.

The surprise of this game happened on the outside.

The Lakers have no three-pointers, but the Timberwolves seem to have set the three-point shooting percentage to 100 in 2K. They will hit the open space, and their shots under interference can also hit more than 50%.

Ray Allen even had a career night, scoring 42 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on both outside and inside shots.

And Manning lived up to expectations. Facing the defense of Garnett and Duncan, he gave full play to the special characteristics of the unicorn inside line. He launched an attack from the outside and flexibly led the team, just like a No. 1 player.

Like the fourth position, he scored 38 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists.

The Lakers, who are collectively sluggish on the offensive end, will rely on defense to maintain the suspense of the game until the last quarter, but in the end they will inevitably lose.

Louis didn't know if he had ever opened his mouth before. He just said it casually a few days ago, and the retribution in this world came.

At the press conference that night, the vague smiles on the faces of the media made Louis feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

However, there is nothing to summarize from this defeat.

The starting five failed to show any strong points on the offensive end. If Barkley strengthens the offense, the Timberwolves, who are already in excellent form, will perform even better.

If I had to sum it up, I can only talk about Garnett's temper. This guy has shown signs of becoming obsessed with learning from Rodman recently.

But the problem is, Rodman caused trouble on the court and broke the opponent's defense.

Garnett is better. When what he does fails to break the opponent's defense, he himself will become anxious, and in severe cases, his emotions will lose control.

It is a common problem for young people who are restless and restless. Since Louis started practicing "meditation", he has basically been able to control his emotions at a stable point.

If "meditation" can't help those around you, then what's the use of mastering it?

The day after losing to the Timberwolves, Louis specifically called out Kobe and Garnett.

Before the training started, Louis took the blindfolds and gave them to them.

"Sir, what is this?"

Garnett asked curiously.

"Recently I plan to add a small project to the training class - this project will neither exercise your basketball skills nor strengthen your body, and has nothing to do with tactics." Louis said directly, "But, it

It can make you have a stronger heart."

"Sir, how do we start?"

Louis didn't tell them that the next training was meditation.

Because meditation is too easy to associate with monks, and Kobe and Garnett definitely have no interest in being part-time monks.

"Now, put the blindfold on."

The two did so.

“Imagine you are sitting on a busy roadside with a blindfold covering your eyes.” Louis described the scene softly, “Maybe you can hear the noise around you and hear the car whizzing by, but you

You can't see because your eyes are covered, right?"

Garnett nodded in surprise: "Yes, that's true."

Kobe listened quietly. In fact, what he meditated was another scene.

But he nodded in agreement.

"Actually, everyone thinks and sees different scenes." Louis said loudly, "Because our inner world is always full of noise and various thoughts, so even when you sit down and start to relax, or

When you go to bed at night, you still feel this noise lingering in your ears, right?"

The more Garnett listened, the more he felt that this was him.

exactly!

Kobe is also irrefutable. He can indeed feel that his heart cannot be calm. Even when he is alone, he will feel uneasy. He always thought that this was because he was not good enough. Now it seems that maybe it is not the case?

"Now, imagine you take off the blindfold and you see your surroundings clearly for the first time. This is your mind. You see cars speeding by and you see things of different colors, shapes and sizes.

Maybe sometimes you're attracted to the sound of cars, and other times you're more interested in how they look, and that's what happens when you first take off the blinders."

Garnett became panicked.

He said some funny words, as if he saw something dirty in his inner world, and was puzzled that he had so many thoughts.

Kobe is much calmer than Garnett, and he is more willing to think.

Seeing Garnett's reaction, Louis said with some humor: "Don't panic, this is what the inner world is like, not only your heart is like this, but everyone's heart is like this. This is why inner training is so important."

When you realize that your inner world is in such a chaotic state, it's hard to know what to do about it. Some people inevitably panic. Sometimes, people try to stop these thoughts through external forces, and sometimes

, they will try to ignore them and think about other things. Or, if the thoughts are interesting, they may try to feed them and participate in them. In fact, all of these are just ways to escape reality."

This training session ended quickly.

Louis taught them two basic entry-level methods, and gave this training a fancy name - spiritual thinking - and asked them to meditate for half an hour every day.

Louis has no plans to extend meditation training to the entire team.

Training emphasizes teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. High school students like Kobe and Garnett are not yet mentally mature. There is nothing wrong with using meditation to strengthen their hearts.

For someone like Duncan who was able to say no to the NBA at the age of 20 and resolutely chose to return to college for his fourth year, it is disrespectful to him to allow him to undergo this kind of training.

Afterwards, Louis went to Wilson for ventilation.

Benj was the first person on the Lakers to be exposed to meditation training, and the response to this training was very good for him.

Louis hopes that Benj can use his experience to help the two high school students get started faster.

Benj naturally agreed wholeheartedly.

After that, the season entered its final stage, and the Lakers rested a large number of their main players before the end of the regular season.

This has no psychological burden on the Lakers, who have locked up the record for the most wins in regular season history. Louis, based on the principle of resting when he can, let Benj, Duncan, Garnett, and Dumars all hang up the no-game card.

Even if many main players take turns to rest, the Lakers still have a strong card, but their opponents are not weak either.

Their opponents, the Miami Heat, knew that this was the best opportunity to defeat the Lakers, and everyone in the team treated the game wholeheartedly.

After a hard fight, the side that wanted to win more stood at the end.

The Lakers suffered their fifth defeat of the season, and then defeated the 76ers in the final game of the season, ending the regular season with a record of 77 wins and 5 losses.