For teams that have a chance to enter the playoffs, there will be a big difference between the All-Star break and the post-game, because the playoffs are approaching, all teams will fight for a playoff spot, and the teams that are sure to enter the playoffs will also want a good ranking, whether it is from the individual state of the players or the team as a whole, there will be a new look.

The Lakers have always been the leaders in the West, and they don't need to worry about a playoff spot, and from the start they were aiming to go straight to the championship.

Last year's loss to the Spurs made the whole team hold their breath and want revenge, and in the playoff standings, Phil Jackson even really wanted to deliberately target the Spurs.

This time is also what Rick Fox said, the last scene of Phil's three-act play, during this time, Phil Jackson's whole person will change a lot, from his eyes, the way he speaks, to the body language can be clearly felt, during this period, Phil Jackson will even restrict the media from interviewing players, and will be more involved in team affairs, one thing makes Sun Zhuo feel very interesting, Phil will be the enemy of the whole city in order to help the players relieve the pressure, and everyone will feel unhappy with him, And he will proudly say to the players, "Look at the trouble I have created", because then the players can do what they have to do without being disturbed by the outside world.

It turns out that in a metropolis like Los Angeles, Phil is still needed to do this.

In the blink of an eye, it has reached the end of February, with less than two months to go, the regular season will end, the playoffs will begin, and Sun Zhuo's personal level has also been raised to level 21, and now he no longer needs to use the experience card, and he can also perform well on the court.

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On this day, the Lakers are training in the training hall in Los Angeles, and the next day will usher in the challenge of the Cavaliers, but no one cares about this opponent, the Cavaliers can't even enter the playoffs this season, it is difficult to win on the Lakers' home court, perhaps the only attraction is the battle between James and Sun Zhuo for the best rookie, but now Sun Zhuo is already an All-Star MVP, although the average data per game has been overtaken by James, but everyone understands that Sun Zhuo's current strength is stronger than James.

Phil Jackson is always quoting the players these days, telling them something he likes and hoping that those words will affect the players.

On this day, Phil Jackson moved out of Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Tales Duseries".

"This is the law of the jungle, as old as the sky, as real as the sky."

"The wolf that obeys the law multiplies; The wolf who breaks the law will die. ”

"Like a bug in a tree, the law of the jungle is everywhere."

"The power in the collective comes from every wolf, and the power of every wolf comes from the collective."

Phil Jackson read this passage to everyone, and hoped that everyone would understand it deeply and keep it in mind, and everyone would strive to create this kind of team understanding.

After half a season, Sun Zhuo can gradually feel this sense of collectivity, but after all, Sun Zhuo is different from them, he is not only reborn, but also has the ability to continue to upgrade, deep down, Sun Zhuo still wants to be alone.

Originally, Phil would always say a few words about the opponent he was going to challenge the next day, but he didn't take it seriously for the knight, in his eyes, the knight just came to send the results, so Phil gave each person a piece of paper and started a small game.

Sun Zhuo got a white piece of paper with a bullseye and three loops around it.

Phil said to everyone, "You draw your position on it. ”

Sun Zhuo did not start writing immediately, but glanced at O'Neal and Kobe, and found that both did not hesitate to draw themselves in the center of the bull's-eye, Karl Malone also drew himself near the bull's-eye, and the substitute players would draw themselves on the second or third ring, and fellow rookie Luke Wharton was more interesting, he drew himself outside the third ring line.

This was just a test for Phil, who studied psychology with Carl Rogers, which in psychology is called a "social bullseye", which can be used to show the positioning of individuals in a group in the form of images.

In fact, in Sun Zhuo's view, this is also a kind of player venting his emotions, if this kind of game is done during the Rondo Mavericks, Rondo is estimated to draw his position farther than Luke Wharton.

After watching everyone, Phil Jackson comforted Luke Wharton, who felt that he had no sense of existence, and finally left Sun Zhuo alone at the end of training.

Phil Jackson no longer kept smiling from time to time, and looked at Sun Zhuo with a flat expression: "Everyone else has only drawn one position, but you have drawn two positions, which makes me not quite understand, can you explain it?" ”

Sun Zhuo did draw two positions, one was inside the outer ring of the bull's-eye, which was more in line with his current identity, but Sun Zhuo drew another one, and he drew it in the position of the bull's-eye.

Sun Zhuo said: "I want to say that I can not only play the role of supporting Shaq and Kobe, but also take on the role of leading the team like them. ”

"Are you talking about this season, or later?" Phil Jackson asked.

"Now." Sun Zhuo's eyes are firm, he has the competition repeat challenge card in his hand, and once he uses it, he is the one who leads the game.

Phil Jackson's expression was still serious when he heard it, and he even sighed: "Sun, do you know? I haven't felt very secure about you, I don't even know if you're good at shooting and you know, I'm not the kind of coach who will ask the players, I'm not going to ask you, but I want you to keep showing me on the court. Judging from your performance so far, I won't give you a chance to try to be a bullseye in the playoffs, you will only have less time and role in the playoffs than in the regular season, because the playoffs are a place to fight for experience, you are too young, if you really want me to reuse you in the playoffs, then the next game will prove it to me, it happens that tomorrow is the Cavaliers, don't you come as soon as you hit LeBron? ”

With that, Phil Jackson left.

Sun Zhuo can feel the difference between Phil Jackson before and after the All-Star Game, lost to the Spurs last season, this season he not only has to prove that he is back to winning the championship, he also has a lot of worries about his coaching future, the Lakers management really doesn't seem to want to renew the contract with the Zen master, and Phil wants to use the championship to increase the chance of staying.

Therefore, even if Phil Jackson is reluctant to ask Sun Zhuo what his strength is, he began to put pressure on Sun Zhuo, since you think you can be the bull's-eye position, then prove it to him, no one likes uncertain things, even if it is an indifferent and mysterious person like a Zen master.

"Phil chose to do this bullseye psychological test before playing the Cavaliers, and it seems that it was done for me on purpose." Sun Zhuo sighed, and gradually understood the intention of the Zen master, the last time Sun Zhuo played the knight, but he scored 48 points, which was the highest score in his career, and he also played a BUG-level attack, the Zen master knew that Sun Zhuo liked to challenge James, so he deliberately chose this time to let Sun Zhuo play again.

Sun Zhuo shook his head, a little helpless: "It's impossible for me to use the challenge card repeatedly, so how can I prove to Phil in tomorrow's game that I am qualified to be a bullseye?" Is the playoffs going to be abandoned? ”