Jackson Not Optimistic

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The Lakers have lost five of their past seven games. Ronny Turiaf is woozy, Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm are hobbled and a couple of players are dealing with a mild case of the sniffles.</p>

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All things considered, the Lakers have seen better times. Anyone hoping for a quick turnaround, for a momentum-shifting victory against the dreadful Timberwolves tonight, won't be encouraged by the team's injury report or by what coach Phil Jackson said after Monday's apparently lackluster practice.</p>

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"I'm not optimistic right now," Jackson said. "I didn't like the practice today. I didn't think we practiced well today. We only had 10 guys and we were coming off a bad game. We tried to get some things accomplished, to grow as a basketball club, but I chided them about their energy this morning." -- <font color="#000000">Los Angeles Daily News</font></p>

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[*]Derek Fisher, one of the captains and veteran leaders on the team, prefers to look for positives.

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"It's important to see an example of how you have to hold your composure, hold your poise," Fisher said. "Don't become desperate. Don't start flying off at the handle just because we're struggling a little bit right now." -- <font color="#000000">Riverside Press-Enterprise</font></p></div>
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Interesting comments to the media by PJax the last two days. IMO he's putting pressure for the management to make a move and give him more players to work with. Tough players and another big body is what he's angling for.</p>

We should be able to beat the TWolves tonight, but after this game we face a lot of tough teams with contrasting styles. Without a healthy squad it could be a painful stretch of games up ahead.</p>

 

We suck it up against bad teams usually, because we play down to their level. If we lose to the Twolves tonight, I expect changes. I would also brace for a Kobe Bryant ripping.</p>