After the Spring Festival, Qiao Hai ended his vacation and returned to the team.

The team held an intra-team training match in the morning, and Del Harris was in a bad mood and the whole stadium was screaming.

Yesterday, when Qiao Hai was on vacation, the Lakers lost another game, and at home, they lost to the Hornets in an upset.

The Hornets are not that strong, their number one star Glen Les is still recovering from injury, and the only ones left on the team are David Wesley and Derrick Coleman, but it is such a remnant, the Hornets have won one victory from the Lakers after five games 1-4.

Hornets coach Dave Cowens was also on the verge of stepping down, and the win came as a relief.

But in this way, Del Harris is completely in a precarious situation, with 2 wins and 5 losses in 7 games, such a record is like a lottery team, Jerry West has started to wear down his patience, and Del Harris is already counting down to class......

No way, the shortened season, only 50 games in the whole season, which means that the Lakers have lost 1/10 of the whole season, the situation is still a little bad, if you continue to lose, Jerry West obviously will not bear it.

So, Del Harris has already started to rush ......

Del Harris is also a little overwhelmed by what tactics to play, and the blocking and pick-and-roll tactics that only used one game have been abandoned by Del Harris, and then used Shaquille O'Neal's single-core tactics for 6 games, and the record is only 2-4.

Obviously, the Lakers' preseason training camp was a failure, and the blocking and pick-and-roll tactics they practiced for more than a month did not work, and they were forced to use the old tactics of last season.

But this season's Lakers' lineup has changed greatly compared to last season, the same tactics obviously can't have the same effect, Del Harris looked at Qiao Hai, who had been standing on the sidelines without saying a word, and now, Del Harris regretted a little.

He regretted that he didn't take Qiao Hai's advice before the season and practice the triangle tactics as well, so that at least he could try the triangle tactics now.

Regret is useless, Del Harris can only bite the bullet and continue to use last season's tactics, at least when using last season's tactics, the Lakers have won two more games.

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After playing the Hornets, the Lakers' opponent was replaced by the Mavericks.

In this game, the Lakers are still playing at home, the Mavericks are average, and Del Harris cheers himself up, believing that this game can be won.

As long as he wins this game, Del Harris's dismissal crisis will be solved for the most part.

At the Great Western Forum Arena, Qiao Hai organized the team to enter, and the Mavericks also entered, and both teams began to warm up.

"Chinese Qiao, a long-time famous."

Qiao Hai was tapped on the shoulder, and he turned to see - the mad scientist Don Nelson.

"Hello, Mr. Don Nelson."

Don Nelson, Qiao Hai knew that before he joined the Lakers, Don Nelson invited him, but after Qiao Hai thought about it carefully, he still chose the Lakers.

"How's it going, is the work going well?"

Qiao Hai nodded: "It's okay." ”

"If it doesn't go well, you can come to me." Don Nelson extended another invitation to Qiao Hai, who thanked him and shook his head, indicating that he had not considered it for the time being.

After the warm-up, Del Harris stood on the sidelines and laid out the opening tactical play.

Qiao Hai stood aside and listened for a while, and Del Harris decided to stick to the tactical style of play in the previous six games, the idea was very simple, the Mavericks were not strong, so simply use their strength to suppress the Mavericks and strive for victory.

Therefore, it is still necessary to stick to the previous style of play.

Qiao Hai nodded, if he was given a choice, he would arrange it like this.

Because there is really no way to change it, the Lakers can only continue to play before, so that the winning rate can be a little higher.

After a slight set-up, the race began.

The first quarter of the game went well, the two sides were evenly matched, and Kobe Bryant was in good shape in this game, shooting three shots from the outside and hitting all three of them.

The Mavericks also performed quite well, which surprised Del Harris, with third-year point guard Steve Nash single-handedly leading the Mavericks' offense, and under Nash's control, Michael Finley and Dirk Nowitzki scored back-to-back points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Del Harris began to exert his strength.

He was worried about the long nights and dreams, and wanted to get the winning weight as soon as possible, Del Harris replaced Robert Horry, plus the veteran Derek Harper, to strengthen the attack.

Qiao Hai looked at the Mavericks' bench, at this time, it was time for Don Nelson to exert his strength, in 1999, Don Nelson was already a three-time best coach, of course, Del Harris was also a best coach, but compared to Don Nelson, Del Harris is still a little worse.

At least from the perspective of fame and honor in later generations, Del Harris is a lot worse.

Therefore, in the second quarter, the Mavericks began to exert their strength.

Starting Nash, Finley and Nowitzki, plus substitutes Gary Trent and Samaki Walker, the Mavericks directly put on a small lineup, Gary Trent plays a small forward, 2.03 meters tall, good at rebounding and mid-range shooting.

This season was his peak, averaging 16 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, and as a substitute, Gary Trent has a good chance of competing for the Sixth Man of the Year award.

Samaki Walker plays power forward and is good at protecting rebounds, and Don Nelson put Samaki Walker on the court with the goal of using Samaki Walker to wear down Shaquille O'Neal.

After the start of the second quarter, the Mavericks directly accelerated, and Dirk Nowitzki, who played as a guest center, pulled directly to the outside line, and unexpectedly began to shoot three points.

After half a quarter, the Lakers fell behind.

Del Harris was starting to get impatient, and he knew very well that if he lost this game, he would be out of class.

Faced with this dire situation, Del Harris scrambled and he brought on Elden Campbell and Derek Fisher to reinforce the defense.

Don Nelson, however, made the team even faster, completely insane, worthy of a mad scientist.

After the second quarter, Del Harris collapsed with a dead face......

The Lakers collapsed, and under the Mavericks' stormy attack, the Lakers were scored 39 points by the Mavericks in a single quarter, while the Lakers themselves only scored 22 points, and the Mavericks expanded the difference to 17 points in a single quarter, which is a real collapse.

In the back row of the coach's box, Qiao Hai and Cortlambis, looked at each other, and both shrugged their shoulders at the same time.

They all knew very well that the game was played like this, and Del Harris had counted down......

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Lakers headquarters, Jerry West office.

The old man waved his hand directly and asked Mitch Kupchak to turn off the TV.

He lit a cigar and spat out the smoke ring: "What did Phil Jackson say?" ”

"He wanted to take a year off and didn't want to take over so quickly."

"Can't you negotiate?"

Mitch Kupchak shook his head.

Jerry West pondered for a while, and finally decided: "Let Kurt take over the team first, continue to contact Phil Jackson, and in addition, give China Joe a new contract and let him assist Kort." ”

Mitch Kupchak nodded: "Got it." ”