Chapter 182: Bad Qiao Hai
After O'Neal punched eight times, the Grizzlies played with a no-Maddie lineup for a while.
The Lakers' ball was all concentrated on Kobe Bryant, and the two teams still had a back and forth, with the Grizzlies leading by about 4 points.
But soon, Maddie rested for three or four minutes and returned to the court, and with Qiao Hai's adjustment, the Grizzlies were about to exert their strength.
Only Kobe Bryant was left in the OK combination, and the Grizzlies began to flank Kobe Bryant unscrupulously, and then, Maddie broke out, coupled with the involvement of Princeton's tactical system, the Grizzlies played a wave of 13:2 in the last quarter, instantly leading the Lakers by 15 points.
Boos erupted at Staples Arena, and Phil Jackson once again "sat firmly on Tarzan."
Qiao Hai's movements on this side did not stop, and all kinds of substitutions were made.
After leading by 15 points, with more than three minutes left in the game, it is impossible for the Lakers to turn the tables, and the last three minutes have become garbage time.
Without waiting for the Lakers to make a substitution, the Grizzlies made a substitution first.
Lloyott, Roughly, Sammark, Ragabel and Ear Boykins played, and Qiao Hai had to develop the traits of daring to fight in this group of bench garbage time, but this time it was only a little more than 3 minutes, and the Lakers did not play the main line.
So after the game restarted, there was still a lot of pressure on the Grizzlies bench.
The pressure returned, but Elboykins exploded.
Veteran Ron Harper couldn't prevent the little and fast Earle Boykins, the Grizzlies had no stars on the court, Earl Boykins took the ball and attacked casually, and it exploded all of a sudden, and he scored 6 points in a row in the last three minutes, plus an assist.
Roughly switched back and ran for three minutes, grabbed a rebound, and didn't contribute anything else.
In the end, the Grizzlies won 110-97.
With a 13-point advantage, the Grizzlies completed the season double against the Lakers.
However, because they are in the same West, the Grizzlies have to play two more games with the Lakers this season, and the Lakers still have a chance to get revenge, but Phil Jackson has no time to think about revenge, losing to the Grizzlies by 20 points at the beginning of the season, and this time he lost by 13 points, still at home.
The Staples boos speak for themselves, no one booed the Grizzlies, and no one booed Joe, all the boos were for the losing Lakers, and more of them were for Phil Jackson.
Phil Jackson felt a bitterness.
He's even already wondering: why did he take over the Lakers?
Obviously, if he can't succeed, if he can't win the championship, the season is over, and what awaits him must be a letter of termination, losing two games in a row to the Grizzlies, and Phil Jackson has lost the trust of Lakers fans.
Lakers management still believes in him because of his big name, because Jerry West also made mistakes, Jerry West should not have contacted him before the season ended, so now, Jerry West is in the same boat as him, and Lakers management has to choose to continue to support Phil Jackson.
What's more, although they lost to the Grizzlies twice, the Lakers had a good record in those two games, and Phil Jackson was still trustworthy.
Ignoring the endless boos on the side of the venue, Phil Jackson cleaned up his mood, squinted at Qiao Hai who was waiting to shake hands with him in the center of the field, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This time he exited slowly, and the boos from the home stadium made him a little unbearable, so he couldn't avoid the handshake between the two coaches after the game.
Slowly walked up to Qiao Hai and stretched out his right hand: "Congratulations, Joe." ”
Qiao Hai didn't have any expression, and also stretched out his right hand, the right hands of the two were clasped together, and Qiao Hai said, "Thank you." ”
Just when Phil Jackson turned around to leave, Qiao Hai didn't let go, still holding Phil Jackson's hand.
The media's cameras advanced, all facing Qiao Hai and Phil Jackson, Phil Jackson tugged his right hand, didn't move, and turned his head to look at Qiao Hai in some surprise.
In front of so many media reporters, Qiao Hai did not hide his voice, but opened his throat and said politely: "Mr. Phil Jackson, you forgot to say congratulations on the game on November 5th, can you make up for it this time?" ”
Phil Jackson was stunned, he didn't expect that at this time, Qiao Hai actually mentioned the last time the two teams played, Phil Jackson escaped the handshake after the game, and now Qiao Hai pointed out in a ridiculous way that Phil Jackson couldn't stand it anymore, and made up that congratulations? Don't even think about it!
In particular, the group of media reporters around also showed stunned expressions, and then stared at him with lively eyes.
Phil Jackson was annoyed: "Mr. Qiao Hai, don't be kidding, the game is over, I still have something to do." ”
Didn't hear the word congratulations, Qiao Hai was not disappointed, his goal had been achieved, and he saw Phil Jackson who was annoyed and angry.
Letting go of his hand, Qiao Hai let Phil Jackson go, and he turned to leave.
Staples Center, in front of the technical desk, in the middle of the arena.
Qiao Hai on one side and Phil Jackson on the other, the two let go of their hands, and in an instant, like strangers, they turned their heads without looking back, and walked to the players' tunnels on both sides of the arena.
The reporters surrounded Qiao Hai, on the other side, Phil Jackson, who was in a very bad mood, also had many reporters chasing after him, and the questions asked were naturally what Phil Jackson didn't want to hear.
When I got to the place, I opened the door.
The reporter behind him wanted to follow up.
But with a bang, Phil Jackson slammed the door slammed shut.
"Looks like Phil Jackson is angry."
"Can you not be angry? lost the game, and was humiliated by Qiao Hai in front of so many reporters after the game. ”
"In the last game where the Grizzlies won by 20 points, didn't Phil Jackson shake hands?"
"No ......"
Outside the home team's dressing room, gossipy and well-watched reporters discussed.
But soon, on the other side of the tunnel of the players, other reporters ventilated: "Hurry up, the Grizzlies' post-game press conference has begun!" ”
The reporters moved when they heard the news, and after this strong showdown, everyone knew that there was another good show......
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"How do you feel about the two wins Lakers? I didn't think about it, we just won and we deserved to win the game. ”
"The Lakers' title defense? They certainly have a chance to defend their title, and now that the season has only been around for a short time, it's hard to say. ”
"If the Grizzlies make the playoffs, will we stop the Lakers from defending their title? What I'm trying to say is that the Lakers better pray that they don't run into the Grizzlies, otherwise, they'll continue to taste the pain of defeat. ”
"The reason? The reason is simple, I'm the head coach who knows the Lakers best, and I know how to beat the Lakers. ”
At the Grizzlies post-game press conference, Qiao Hai answered questions in a row, and he was not too tired.
After all kinds of predictions were harsh, a reporter asked about the clash between Brad Miller and O'Neal on the field.
At this time, Qiao Hai completely ignored the previous situation: "Regarding the conflict between Brad Miller and Shaq, I want to say that Brad is the losing side, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, he just fouled Shaq, it is true that the last foul is a malicious foul level foul, but malicious fouls are very common in this league, I don't think Brad is at fault." ”
"Even if it's Shaq, he sometimes fouls other players maliciously, but it's Shaq's punch after that, which is extremely unsportsmanlike, and I think the league should punish Shaq heavily."
He shouted Shaq in his mouth, but he was shouting for the alliance to punish O'Neill heavily.
If O'Neill knew that Qiao Hai said this after the game, maybe he would think that Qiao Hai was a bad person!