Chapter 219: Becoming a King and Defeating a Villain
The Lakers took a timeout, and Phil Jackson reprimanded Kobe Bryant, who was playing back-to-back singles.
"Kobe, pass the ball! How many more times do you want me to emphasize it? ”
O'Neal is also not satisfied, he almost played the full three quarters of the game, and with such a huge consumption, it is not to accompany Kobe Bryant to run back and play.
"Give me the ball and let me settle the fight!"
O'Neal was on fire and wanted to carry the team alone, and Phil Jackson agreed.
After the timeout, O'Neal took the ball in quick succession and hit Brad Miller inside.
At one point, the difference of 15 points was narrowed to less than 10 points.
But as time went on, the Lakers' physical fitness began to have problems, but the Grizzlies had a reasonable distribution of physical strength because of the reasonable rotation, and at the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies broke out again, and the difference expanded to 12 points.
At that, the third quarter ended, and the Grizzlies led by 12 points into the fourth quarter.
The game was out of Phil Jackson's control, and it can be said that from the moment he had to replace O'Neal in the second quarter, the pace of the game was completely controlled by Qiao Hai.
The disadvantage of physical fitness is on the one hand, on the other hand, the Grizzlies can rotate in various rotations, but they can be comfortable under the pressure of the OK combination, which shows from the side that the Grizzlies are strong at this time, and once the main force plays, the Lakers are naturally difficult to resist.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies were still half main and half off the bench, Raheem was rested, and the outside line was the dual-control combination of Chauncey Billups and Mike Bibby, small forward Maddy, power forward Wang Zhizhi and center Brad Miller.
On the offensive end, Maddy is the core, Billups controls the rhythm, and on the defensive end, Maddy will mark when Kobe Bryant plays, and Brad Miller will go to the top when O'Neal plays.
On the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson was worried.
There is still a quarter of the game, trailing by 12 points, which is a point difference that can be chased, but it is not so easy for the Lakers to chase, they have been suppressed by the Grizzlies for a whole game, and the OK combination has played a full three quarters, and this disadvantage has never changed.
Phil Jackson didn't have much to do, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, in hesitation, he still chose to let O'Neal rest first, and used Kobe to play the beginning of the fourth quarter, hoping that Kobe Bryant could score consecutive points and stabilize the situation first.
But this move was directly caught by Qiao Hai, and the Grizzlies opened with a fierce attack, Maddie scored three goals in a row, and blocked Kobe's two attacks.
The difference in points came to 20 points in an instant.
Phil Jackson was blindsided and quickly called a timeout to replace O'Neal.
Qiao Hai didn't think much about it, the Lakers traded back to O'Neal, and he followed up with Raheem and Sean Marion, and then, for the first time in this game, he arranged the bag for O'Neal.
And sacrificed his ultimate move - shark slashing tactics!
In O'Neal's first round on the court, Brad Miller rushed up and gave O'Neal a foul, a foul off the ball, and the number of fouls was not reached, so no free throws were taken.
It looked like Brad Miller's foul was a bit redundant, but Phil Jackson was shocked to watch.
Because the grizzly bears are going to use shark slashing tactics!
This means that as long as the number of fouls accumulates to five in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies' shark-cutting tactics will be activated, and at that time, if O'Neal's free throws are accurate today, then the Lakers still have a chance, but if O'Neal misses consecutive free throws, then the Lakers will go away.
It was a killer move, and Phil Jackson felt he was almost overwhelmed.
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Staples Center, boos abound.
The Grizzlies continued to apply pressure, the game remained controlled by the Grizzlies, and as time ticked by, they were getting closer to victory.
"The Lakers are chasing points, they are still the main players, Kobe Bryant has played more than 40 minutes, O'Neal is about to exceed 40 minutes, the OK combination played almost the whole game, but now, the OK combination does not seem to be able to decide the victory of the game."
"The 20-point margin hasn't changed, there are six minutes left on the game time, and if I were Phil Jackson, I'd replace all the main players now, including Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, and what he's doing now is a pointless struggle."
On the commentary bench, McBrin and Marv Albert sentenced the Lakers to death.
On the other side, the live commentator at the Staples Center - Check Hearn's voice was a little old, and the Lakers' home court boos continued, and he frowned: "We shouldn't boo because of a loss, Phil did a good job, our players did a good job, even if we lose this game, we are second in the league, as for Joe, he will be a great coach, and his departure is also a loss for the Lakers, but his departure is not caused by Phil and our players on the court, so, the boos should not be ......"
Veteran commentator Check Hearn, known as the Voice of the Lakers, has been calling for a constant booing from fans on the sidelines.
On the court, the Grizzlies counterattacked quickly after defending the opponent's offense in two waves, scoring 4 points in a row, and the difference expanded to 24 points.
Qiao Hai thought about it and called a short timeout, he didn't want to wait any longer.
With four minutes left in the game, Qiao Hai used a short timeout to bring on the substitutes, and El Boygins, Ragabel, Sammak, Wang Zhizhi and Rasione Estrovic came on.
This substitution also indicates that the Grizzlies will win this strong matchup ahead of schedule!
The tide is over!
Phil Jackson also reacted helplessly, and at the same time replaced the bench.
More than four minutes before the end, the benches on both sides dared to fight, but that's it, the Lakers' benches failed to do the Grizzlies' benches, and the point difference was widened.
The beep of the final timer sounded, and the boos at the Staples Center could not be stopped.
This time, playing away, Qiao Hai quickly walked to the technical table and waited for Phil Jackson.
In the commentary seat, through the microphone, Qiao Hai heard McBrin and Mav Albert's summary of the game.
"The game was over, the final score was 129-102, and the Grizzlies won by 27 points! This is a surprising score, no one expected that in the second half of the season, two teams in excellent form met, one was first in the league and the other was second in the league, and the result of the game was actually the first in the league to win the second in the league by 27 points! That's a big gap! ”
"The Grizzlies won the Lakers for the first time this season, winning by 22 points, and that time can be explained as - Phil Jackson just took over the team, the Lakers haven't gotten into the groove yet, the second time they lost, Phil Jackson also found a reason - Shaquille O'Neal was ejected from the game, and the Grizzlies just won against the Lakers without the big sharks, but this time! The Grizzlies defeated the Lakers with the OK combination head-on, suppressed the whole court, and didn't give a chance at all! ”
Marv Albert asked: "Phil Jackson brought the defending champion team who won the playoffs to second place in the league and lost to the first place in the league, and Qiao Hai brought the Grizzlies, who were last in the league last year, to the first place in the league and then beat the defending champion team by a big score, I have only one question now - do the Los Angeles Lakers regret that they signed Phil Jackson early and drove Qiao Hai away?" ”
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No one finds out if the Lakers regret it, because even if the Lakers do, they won't say it.
Therefore, for Qiao Hai, he wants revenge, and now that he has succeeded in revenge, after the game, he naturally has to face the loser with the attitude of a successful person.
On the sidelines, Qiao Hai smiled and shook Phil Jackson's hand, and then, first let go of his hand, didn't say a word to Phil Jackson, didn't even look at Phil Jackson, just glanced at Phil Jackson, and then turned around and left.
At this moment, all the cameras are focused on Qiao Hai and Phil Jackson.
Phil Jackson blushed, but he couldn't speak, because ......
Either Caesar or nothing!
Joe Hay succeeded, and he failed!