Chapter 178: 2:0
Rodman's silence made those opponents begin to be complacent, thinking that Rodman was retreating, but on May 25, the newspapers across the United States reported that the Los Angeles Clippers scored another city on their home court and brought the Western Conference Finals to 2:0. At this time, he announced the news of his retirement, just to divert the public's attention, the Los Angeles Clippers once again used shark slashing tactics to win a game, Shaq O'Neal still didn't solve the bad free throws, Coach Phil Jackson didn't have a better way to do it, the Los Angeles Lakers are in trouble, and I seem to have seen the final result. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When everyone was still arguing about Rodman's jersey and where it should go, the second game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers was played at Staples Arena, and Shaq O'Neal chose to break out in the first quarter of the game, as if to prove that he is still the league's No. 1 center, or the big shark who can do everything under the basket, of course, this is estimated to have something to do with his first game being depressed, but Tiger Washington of the Los Angeles Clippers also chose to break out in the first quarter, and even broke through to the basket many times. faced Shak O'Neal directly, but used his all-American skills and flexible body to successfully single Shak O'Neal many times, helping the Los Angeles Clippers withstand the impact of the Los Angeles Lakers in the first quarter and not letting the score be pulled away.
The stalemate between the two teams in the first game is the confirmation of the strength of the two teams, the difference is not big, and it is a real parity. It was only in the third quarter that Wright came out again, with the help of his teammates, to try out the shark slashing tactic, and in the second game, Shaq O'Neal shot only 47.3% from the free-throw line, which was even worse than in the first game.
The Los Angeles Lakers resisted, and also fouled the players of the Los Angeles Clippers, but the players of the Los Angeles Clippers did not have a low shooting rate in the free throw shot, all of which were above 87%, and the shark cutting tactics gambled on the free throw shooting rate, and there was no point in hitting a high percentage of shots. In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers lost a good game again, with almost the same situation as the first game, lost the game again, and fell behind the Los Angeles Clippers with a big score of 0:2, the next game will be played at the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, but it also does not help the Los Angeles Lakers much, they are the same arena as the Los Angeles Clippers' home court, and everyone's familiarity with the court is the same, as for the home atmosphere, this kind of thing is completely useless to the Los Angeles Clippers.
After the game, although Phil Jackson was very angry, but did not show radical remarks, this is due to the league's recent attitude, Phil Jackson's biggest difference with other coaches is that he is very experienced in dealing with the relationship with the league, after the first game, he thinks that the league for the excitement of the game, and the ratings will definitely be the first time to make some penalties to the Los Angeles Clippers, even if there is no punishment on the surface, will give a warning, and in the second game, in the penalty, is more inclined to some Los Angeles Lakers, but the league's attitude is very vague, which makes Phil Jackson a little uncertain about the direction all of a sudden.
In fact, when Tiger told Coach Bilfitch about the shark slashing tactics, Coach Bilfitch was ready to be punished, and before the start of the second game, he also made a lot of preparations to meet the referee's question on blowing penalties, but this time the league was silent, and Coach Bilfitch was also very strange. Of course, this is not a change in David Stern, in fact, on the night of the end of the first game, David Stern received the news, and after watching the video, he was very angry, and had already thought about the punishment of the Los Angeles Clippers, but then a phone call made him have to be silent.
After the first game, Bartlet got the news from the bodyguard as soon as possible, knowing that Tiger was in a hurry to find him, and when he waited in the parking lot for a short time, he saw Tiger coming in a hurry, from some wet hair, Bartley could see that Tiger came after the game, and he came after rinsing it casually, and his hair had not been dried, Bartley immediately felt distressed, listened to Tiger's request, and agreed without saying a word.
After that, Bartlet personally called David Stern, kept silent and didn't talk about anything else, like an old friend, chatting casually, but at the end of the call, Bartlet seemed to be unintentional, mentioning that recently he had inadvertently obtained an interesting financial statement, and some fake photo information, and reminded David Stern to pay attention to the details of the work, and then hung up the phone.
It's just that David Stern can't hear the real meaning of the call, many problems in the alliance, everyone knows it, and there is no absolute evidence, no one wants to offend the president, after all, he still has to mix in the alliance, but Bartley is different, that is, there is no evidence, David Stern doesn't dare to offend him, if he doesn't get it, he won't see the sun the next day, and now everything is so obvious on time, what else can he do?
David Stern's attitude represents the attitude of the league, he chose to be silent, and the game went smoothly, and now many people are still enduring, but if the third game, if the Los Angeles Lakers still lose, it is estimated that many people will not be able to bear it, after all, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Bass family, is also a well-known sports family in the United States, they don't know Bartlet's position, for their own interests, they will not be silent.
The day before the start of the third game, Andy specifically found Bilfitch and asked that the team could make one or two games, Andy never asked, the internal affairs of the team, including the game and the use of personnel, this is the first time to make such a request, Bilfitch did not speak, but looked at Andy silently, hoping that Andy would give him an explanation.
"I know that's a bit excessive, I'll make it clear! Jermaine O'Neal has confirmed that he will leave next season, and now I'm preparing a big move, there can be no accidents, I hope you can understand, I used some means to put pressure on the league, so that the league chose to be silent, but we can't take all the benefits, you know, we still want to continue in the NBA, we can't do without the league, in the case of ensuring that we can enter the finals, appropriately give away some interests, so that it is actually for the future of the team, and I also received the news that the Bass family can't help it, Although we are not afraid of them, we have to plan for the future, of course I am just a suggestion, and in the end we will do what you think. (To be continued.) )