However, Qin Yue still couldn't leave the Great Qin Center with a smile that night.
Because at the Great Qin Center, the Lakers, with a full team effort, laughed to the end with a score of 121 to 117.
"I know I'm old and decrepit," Kobe joked at the press conference, "but don't forget, my teammates are all younger than me."
This game, whether it was Kobe's post-game response or the final result of the game, made it impossible for Qin Yue to feel any joy.
"During that time, he almost couldn't sleep every night," Ronnie Evans said years later when reminiscing, "He would often come knocking on my room door in the middle of the night, asking, 'Ronnie, why did we lose that game?'
Although from Evans' few words, people later only sensed a Qin Yue who was more eager for victory than anyone, and who would still try to win the next game even after laughing to the last time and time again.
But for the already four-time champion Warriors...
