The world's best combo guard

Chapter 152 149 [Life hangs by a thread]

"Phil, I don't know what your starting point is, and I don't know why we suddenly went from being the favorite to win the championship to now being on the verge of being eliminated, but obviously, there is a problem with your formation, at least in the fight. On the Spurs, Gregg Popovich did a lot of deployments against us, but we didn't see your restraint or your counterplay."

"So, Derek, what do you want to express? Should I give up my career as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers? Maybe it's not your turn to say this sentence"

"Is this the attitude you should have as a manager?"

"Nonsense, what should I do. I arrange the tactics, but you are the executors. Ask yourself, has everyone performed [-]% professional?"

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"So, we respect Gary [-]%, but everyone knows that he is not in shape, and he cannot form a stalemate with the Spurs backcourt. His age and physical strength have dragged him down."

After the third game of the series, in the Lakers locker room, several players led by Derek Fisher chose to attack Phil Jackson.

Nobody wants to lose.

So at the beginning, each other refused to give in, and the verbal conflict almost rose to a physical conflict.

Fortunately, after Li Hao's persuasion, both sides calmed down. In the end, Derek Fisher directly expressed his attitude, that is, he hoped that Phil Jackson would abandon Gary Payton and give more playing time to he.

Fisher looked very confident. He said that as long as he can get more playing time, he will definitely be able to help the team to a greater extent.

Phil Jackson was silent.

This series has progressed to the present, to be honest, he may really have to reflect on himself, just like what Fisher said, in response to Gregg Popovich's tactics, he seems to continue to play the triangle offense, The others did nothing.

.........

When the purple and gold team lost again in San Antonio, many people outside showed a look of disbelief, and few people could have imagined this result.

In everyone's impression, the defending champion Spurs are indeed very strong, but compared with the thriving Lakers, they are still weaker. However, the current situation is that they were beaten by the Spurs with such a disparity score, 0-3. Even the last game left for them.

If they lose again in their fourth series against the Spurs two days later, they will be nailed to the pillar of shame and end the season in the most miserable and shameless way.

For Los Angeles people, this may be very difficult for them to accept.

But there is no way. Judging from the current trend of this series, perhaps this is the result, because until now, people have not seen the shadow of their strong recovery from the Lakers. For the Spurs coach Gregg Popovich Qi resorted to various tactics, they seem to have no way.

To make matters worse, they lost a general. Karl Malone sprained his ankle in the third match. In the end, the Lakers officially had to announce with regret that Karl Malone was reimbursed for this season.

In the case of Shaq O'Neal being targeted, the Lakers' internal strength itself is not strong, and now they have lost Karl Malone, the starting power forward.

It is conceivable how the strength of the Lakers will be affected. With Gregg Popovich's urine, he will definitely make a fuss about this.

Is the Zijin Army really going to fade out in two days?

Everyone turned their attention to Phil Jackson, the ok combination, and Li Hao.

Especially for the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, they feel aggrieved for Li Hao, because in their view, Li Hao's dedication to the team has not been rewarded, and even his strength has been suppressed.

"All the dirty work is done by Ah Hao. We can see that Ah Hao has no complaints about this, but in the end, the Lakers responded to him with one failure after another."

"I don't know what that idiot Phil Jackson is thinking. Ah Hao was in such a good state on the offensive end in the first two rounds of the series, why not let him focus on the offensive end? Defense, defense, is it useful to defend all the time?"

"The ok combination is really disappointing. I don't know how much conflict there is between the two of them, but obviously the real ok combination is not like this. From the beginning of the playoffs to the present, perhaps Ah Hao is the Lakers' most embarrassing combination." crooked player"

Li Hao did not pay attention to the public opinion of the outside world. To be honest, when the team is currently in a desperate situation, his heart is not feeling well. As a first-year rookie, for him, he can accept failure, but absolutely should not It was such a failure.

Li Hao knows exactly which level the team's true level is.

Even if Karl Malone can't play the next game, if the team can return to normal, Li Hao still has the confidence to beat the Spurs.

It's just that the biggest problem now is that the team doesn't seem to be able to return to normal. As an internal player, Li Hao knows very well that the contradiction of the ok combination is not the main reason. Instead, he feels that the biggest problem is Phil Jackson.

Li Hao has felt Phil Jackson's conservatism more than once in the game. He seems to have not realized how to play against a team like the Spurs until now.

In Li Hao's view, the Spurs are a team with very high tactical literacy. If they are compared with them in a rigorous and even positional battle with clear tactical guidance, I am afraid that there is no team in the league that can compare with them.

Therefore, facing a team like the Spurs, it may be the best way to implement only four words, that is: simple and brutal!
"Boss, I don't want us to end the season like this"

Li Hao still found Phil Jackson.

"Lee, tell me what you think"

Phil Jackson was a little surprised by Li Hao's initiative. After all, in his impression, Li Hao is not the kind of player who likes to interfere with the head coach's tactics.

"I think mine should give up the original style of play, we can do this..."

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Two days later, the eyes of the entire league were focused on the AT&T Center, home of the Spurs. Everyone wanted to know immediately whether the Zijin Army was swept out or whether they continued to retain hope.

To a certain extent, people hope that the Lakers will continue to maintain hope.

Because just one day ago, the Eastern Conference finals had come to an end, a result that also exceeded everyone's expectations.

Few people would have imagined that the powerful Indiana would be rubbed on the floor by the Detroit people. A clean 4:0 seemed even easier than the Spurs' successive wins over the Lakers.

But in fact, everyone knows that the Indiana Pacers are not a fuel-efficient lamp. They have maintained absolute dominance in the Eastern Conference throughout the season. The final stage, or only the Los Angeles Lakers can suppress them.

But now, God seems to be playing a joke on everyone.

It seems that everyone's optimistic opponents in the finals are going to fall out of the finals...

(End of this chapter)