Chapter Ninety-Six: The End of the Regular Season
"There is no physical damage, but he feels a little uncomfortable, and now he is going to see a psychiatrist! I think he will get better soon and will not delay the next game, after all, he is a tough man! Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info。。 ”
"Good luck to him!" Lamar said insincerely.
After packing his bags, Brian Shaw beckoned his teammates from room to room and was ready to go, with the next stop being Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was going to have a head-to-head meeting with the Timberwolves.
Lamar carried Kobe and his luggage (Kobe was still injured, otherwise Lamar wouldn't have carried his bag), and Shaq, who was wearing sunglasses empty-handed, walked at the end of the line, discussing the inside back-to-body singles technique.
The team walked out of the hotel, and the security guard opened the door for me, grinning, and whispered as I passed by, "Mr. Lamar, hurry up when you go out!"
Lamar was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he saw a group of people suddenly respond, and then stretched out their long guns and short cannons towards him.
"Mr. Lamar, do you want to say something to Mr. Karl Marron?"
It's endless!
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Although it was not the first time that Lamar had faced so many reporters, he was still shocked by them, and more than 50 reporters crowded out the door, the spotlights flashing vigorously, and the microphone and voice recorder stretched out in front of Lamar.
"Jean, Jean!" Kobe and Brian Shaw squeezed in from the outside.
Bryant turned around, cleared his voice, and said to the reporters in front of the door: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, I can't answer the questions today, we have to fly to Minneapolis in a hurry, if we don't leave, we will miss the plane, about Lamar, we will have a press conference when we get back to Los Angeles, ladies and gentlemen." ”
Bryant took my suitcase, Shaq opened the way in front, and I, accompanied by Brian Shaw, managed to squeeze out of the circle of reporters.
Sitting on the bus, Lamar took a long breath and sighed: "It's so **** tired to be a celebrity!"
"Be content! everyone else wants to be crazy! just get used to it!" said Shaq, sitting on the side.
Lamar looked at Shaq in silence.
The next game of the Lakers was smooth sailing, although they lost several games, but some games the Lakers deliberately gave up, after all, the regular season reached this stage, Phil began to deliberately begin to let the old players rotate and rest, adjust their bodies, and relax the nerves that had been tense for a season! With the return of the banned players one after another, Phil's personnel are gradually plump, and the arrangement of troops is more handy. Of course, Lamar is the only one who has not been rested, after all, the Lakers' interior line is still short of people, and Shaq will inevitably be lazy, so it will be bitter for Lamar, who calls Lamar young and has good physical strength?
Whether a team can succeed in the end is not only whether the players can work hard, but also the central scheduling of the head coach also plays a very important role. Phil is great, he is also very dedicated, and his success is inseparable from his usual hard work. Just look at how careful he is in the selection of opponents in the playoffs.
Phil held a meeting with the entire coaching staff on the afternoon of the second day of the Lakers' game against the New York Knicks to discuss the selection of a playoff opponent. I, Shaq O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant had the privilege of participating.
In the regular season, the Lakers and the Utah Jazz played 2-1 in three games, won one in two games against the Kings, and won all three games against the Spurs. In the end, no matter who they met, the Lakers won a big margin in terms of morale.
Phil kept analyzing the pros and cons on the moving blackboard, and Lamar listened with a big head. This kind of strategic analysis made Lamar have a headache when he heard it, but Phil asked Lamar to express his opinion, and Lamar stood up and shouted: The coach asked me to fight, and I will fight.
Seriously, even if Lamar had his opinion, no one would have paid attention to him.
After several speeches, it was finally concluded that the Lakers were going to try to win the Trail Blazers on the road, and let go of the Dallas Mavericks in the final round to focus on the playoff tactics.
Because if the Lakers reach the Western Conference Finals, it is very likely that they will compete with the Trail Blazers, and if they defeat the Trail Blazers in the regular season, the regular season record can become 3:1, so that the Lakers will have more psychological advantages.
As for letting go of the Dallas Mavericks, it's because the Lakers need to save their energy for the playoffs and let the main team recuperate for a game to ensure that they can play better in the playoffs.
Immediately after that, the Lakers have to discuss the list of players in the playoffs, and now the Lakers have a total of 15 people, including the injury number, the main lineup is complete, and the main bench is also neat except for Luke Langli, but the playoffs Langley is definitely on the list, after all, the old guy has come back to practice with the team.
Now Hawley is still in the midst of injury, and even if he returns from injury, he doesn't know what the state will be, but Lamar is not worried about this old guy, after all, this guy's heart is definitely big enough.
There are only 13 people who can play now, but there can only be 12 people on the playoff roster, so there has to be one big player in the playoffs.
Lamar and 10 other people, as the team's main force and main substitutes, should be included in this squad.
After carefully analyzing the characteristics of the personnel, Fei'er saw that no one objected, and slapped the table to announce the final list.
After that, Doug Fil began to analyze the playoff opponent's tactics in detail and began to discuss the tactics to be used in the playoffs.
Tactically, it is clear that Lamar has become one of the core of this team. If nothing else, Lamar will be the first point of contact, Shaq will be the team's absolute trump card, the team's first point of attack, and Kobe Bryant, as the core of the outside line, is the team's second point of attack.
If Shaq is faced with a bag, Kobe Bryant will cut first, Lamar will go out to Chauncy Billups to block, Chauncy breaks, and at the same time Lamar pulls outside the three-point line, if there is a chance, he shoots three points, and if the ball does not reach Lamar's hand, Lamar cuts into the basket.
At the same time, Phil deliberately arranged a few tactics for Kobe Bryant to cover singles, as well as tactics to let him run out of the open position, in order to give full play to his talent in shooting.
Ramon Murray's role in the playoffs is starting to take a big turn, and he's going to start covering for my rookie offense, and I feel a little sad to see the way he looks at me with hatred!
Originally, Lamond also had the core strength in the weak team, but when it came to the Lakers, some dirty work, some tiring work, he had to do it, whether he wanted it or not, he had to face these things, and maybe one day he would also lay his hands on those talented rookies, do dirty work, do tiring work.
Chauncy Billups was also taken seriously enough that Phil still recognized his superiority early on, although Chauncey Billups' poor scoring stats kept Phil from taking too much responsibility on offense. But defensively, Chauncey Billups hasn't scared anyone other than a muscular point guard like Baron Davis can't defend.
Having qualified for the playoffs early, the team has clearly changed, and even the usual training has begun to train according to the new tactics. Now the rest of the Lakers team knows what the team's determination is. Championships, only championships!
Shaq, who has always been funny, even writes a few big words on his training uniform when he trains: "No one can stop me from yearning for the O'Brien Cup!
The Lakers are busy up and down right now, and each of them is sure they can win a championship. Jerry West, the Lakers' general manager, is ready to take out the adult champagne from the ice cellar for this celebration.
Among these strong teams in the West, the Spurs have always been ranked second, second only to the Lakers! Unfortunately, after the All-Star period, General Johnson and Admiral Robinson were injured one after another, and without these two heavy generals, the Spurs' record plummeted, and in the end they were not only thrown away by the Lakers, but even overtaken by the Trail Blazers, so that the Spurs, the champion of the guards, fell to the third place in the West.
Later, although Robinson paid, it was a pity that the overall situation had been decided, and Popovich also began to rotate, so that the veterans could get enough rest! At that time, it was difficult for the Spurs to catch up with the complete lineup and the stronger Lakers, so the old coach Popovich thought about it, so he let Robinson and Tim and other people take turns to rest for a few more games, the highlight is in the playoffs, if the main players of the Spurs suffer any injuries before the playoffs begin, then the Spurs are really over. The Kings and Utah Jazz behind him can't catch up with themselves, otherwise the Spurs will really fall into the bottom half!
There is no doubt that the top three in the East have always played the role of the Bulls sniper even in the Jordan era! Reggie Miller is still young! The New York Knicks have a strong lineup and are in second place! The Miami Heat are in third place under the leadership of a healthy Alonzo!
But from the fourth place onwards, the competition is extremely fierce, the records of the teams are very close, the 76ers are showing their glory under the leadership of AI, the Hornets can still struggle after selecting Davis, and Detroit has plummeted due to Hill's injury!
Finally, the roster of 14 teams in the league that will compete in the playoffs is out! )