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Kobe talked for nearly 15 minutes postgame, saying this is "the toughest stretch" of his Lakers career. He said ...

"This it the most challenging stretch I've been in in my 17 years, for sure. The most baffling." His point was that he doesn't understand why this team is 9-13 when he expects it to be a championship-level team. The more Kobe talked, the more he said he still has a good feeling about how this will end up, though. He cited turnovers and transition defense as the main ongoing problems but also wants to see more intensity throughout the team.