The game was won, and the 1998-1999 regular season was over.

In 50 games, the Lakers won an overall record of 34 wins and 16 losses, ranking fourth in the West, removing the 2 wins and 8 losses in the first ten games, and Qiao Hai's team record is 32 wins and 8 losses, losing 8 games in 40 games, compared to Del Harris and Cortlambis, who lost 8 games in 10 games, Qiao Hai is obviously much better.

In the press conference after the game, apart from the questions that are still being asked by some reporters about Phil Jackson, the rest is some questions about the entire 1999 season.

The Los Angeles Times' Kevinding asked Joe to sum up the season, and Joe Hai replied briefly: "There is nothing to sum up, we had a bad start to the season, and the results were not very good at the beginning of the season, but through the efforts of the second half of the season, we still completed the task, made the playoffs, and had the home advantage of the first round of the playoffs." ”

The Los Angeles Daily News' Mark Medina asked Joe to look ahead to the playoffs, and Johi's answer was more succinct: "The playoffs are tough, but we're going to win every game." ”

"Win every game?" Mark Medina confirmed.

Qiao Hai nodded: "Yes, every game, is there any problem?" ”

"There's a problem, does winning every game mean that the Lakers are aiming for a championship?"

Qiao Hai continued to nod and confirm: "Of course, the goal of every team that enters the playoffs is to win the championship, is there any doubt about that. ”

Qiao Hai played a word game, indeed, as long as the team enters the playoffs, they will imagine the O'Brien Cup a little, and the degree of imagination is large and small, and the team with the top ranking in the league like the Lakers is naturally much higher.

Therefore, Qiao Hai's words obviously cannot be interpreted as that he is already determined to win the championship.

It can only be said that Qiao Hai and the Lakers are aiming for a championship.

But if it is really reported like this, it is too untopical, because as Qiao Hai said: every team that enters the playoffs is aiming for the championship.

The goal of all teams is the championship, so Qiao Hai has no problem setting the Lakers' goal as the championship.

However, some reporters were not reconciled, and they still wanted to report on the post-game game with the title of "Qiao Hai: The Lakers Will Win the Championship" or "Qiao Hai: The Lakers Will Win the Championship".

Of course, this group of reporters is even more unwilling, Phil Jackson's rumors have so far, they still haven't been able to ask a real hammer, they can't find Phil Jackson, they can't ask Jerry West, the only thing they can ask Qiao Hai refuses to respond, it's really a big news in front of them, but they can't eat anything.

After the post-match interview, Qiao Hai left the scene.

At the end of the regular season, the last side quest released by the system, "Capture the First Place in the League", also failed, and a new side quest was automatically released.

"Ding, side quest: Fail to capture the first place in the alliance, no punishment."

"Ding, system mission released, side quest: playoffs are off to a good start!"

"Mission Condition: Win the first game of the playoffs."

"Completion reward: 20 victory points, a five-attribute timeliness bonus card of your choice."

The new task was released, not surprisingly, it was for the playoffs to win, the playoffs got off to a good start, Qiao Hai thought about it, this task is not difficult to complete, and the rewards are quite interesting.

20 victory points are the standard reward, perhaps because of the playoffs, the system has added another reward, a multi-attribute aging bonus card, which can be purchased in the store, but under normal circumstances, Qiao Hai is reluctant to buy it, after all, it costs victory points.

Although Qiao Hai has many victory points, he can't spend them casually, he can save them, and use them again at critical moments.

The main problem is that the goods in the system store are not complete, and no one knows what kind of props will appear in the back, Qiao Hai doesn't want to buy it without victory points after he has good props in the back.

Therefore, such a victory point, he must save it, and he will only use it when necessary.

In this way, those aging cards in the system store have become decorations, so the system sent a five-attribute aging bonus card to Qiao Hai to use, if this is the idea, then this system is terrifying.

But if you think about it, this reward should be set in advance by the system.

The attraction of the mission is enough, so the regular season is over, and the playoffs are now, Qiao Hai is full of energy.

However, just when the Lakers Qiao Hai was silent and unwilling to respond to Phil Jackson's entry into the Lakers, a reporter found Phil Jackson's new residence in Los Angeles......

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In the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, Phil Jackson returns to the new apartment he just bought.

In recent times, he has paid more attention to the NBA, especially the Lakers.

He had just gotten the news that the Lakers had beaten the Spurs in San Antonio to claim their 34th regular season win of the season, and of course, the regular season was over, and the playoffs were next.

Phil Jackson wants to see what kind of results a 23-year-old rookie coach can lead the team to play, as for the crazy rumors that he is going to take over the Lakers, Phil Jackson wants to call Jerry West to admit: That's right, the news leaked from him, an ESPN reporter Los Angeles Road met Phil Jackson, so there was a report full of speculation, speculating that Phil Jackson went to Los Angeles and joined the Lakers.

When he got home, Phil Jackson turned on the TV to watch the sports news for a while.

The regular season is over, and the sports program these days revolves around the playoffs, playoff predictions, playoff previews, playoff outlooks, etc., etc., and Phil Jackson also wants to see what the mainstream media says about this Lakers.

It's a foregone conclusion that he will take over the Lakers next season.

And now the embarrassing thing is that the Lakers have a good record, and the young acting head coach Qiao Hai leads the team well, especially in April, the Lakers, who have only lost three games, jumped directly to fourth in the West, and also fourth in the league, because the first place in the East has only 31 wins, which is three games worse than the Lakers.

At the same time, the true record of Qiao Hai's team is 32 wins and 8 losses, and the winning rate is extremely terrifying.

In fact, now Phil Jackson is also a little confused, why do the Lakers want him to take over next season when Joe Hai leads the team to good results?

For this reason, Phil Jackson specifically asked a familiar Lakers staff member, and the staff member replied that Qiao Hai led the team for a period of time when the record was unstable and almost collapsed.

Now, Phil Jackson understood.

Qiao Hai is still a little younger and can't control the situation, which is the main problem.

But Phil Jackson is still worried, because the Lakers' current roster looks too strong, O'Neal plus Kobe, and Scott Pippen, who was in hot form from April to May, Phil Jackson knows Pippen, and Pippen's current performance gives him the feeling that it is - it seems that he is back at the top, and he sees the peak Batman again.

After watching TV for a while, the apartment doorbell suddenly rang, alone in Los Angeles, Phil Jackson didn't think anyone would come looking for him, the only two who would come to him, one was Jerry West, and the other was a reporter.

Phil Jackson, thought about it, and opened the door.

Standing in the doorway was an ESPN reporter, the same ESPN reporter who had previously discovered that Phil Jackson was in Los Angeles......