In the second quarter, Qiao Hai took O'Neal back again.

Scott Pippen rested, Bryant partnered O'Neal, and the Lakers continued to explode on the offensive end.

Jeff Van Gundy scratched his head with his hands in a hurry, of course, it was his big Mediterranean bald head, Qiao Hai glanced at it a few times, and he was really afraid that Jeff Van Gundy would scratch his bald head in a hurry.

No matter how anxious Jeff Van Gundy is, it's useless, the Knicks can't limit O'Neal, and the defense is doomed to play badly.

Not to mention that the Lakers also have a Kobe Bryant who is in good shape, Rattle Les Prewell was tasked with defending Kobe Bryant at the beginning, but as a result, Jeff Van Gundy found that Scott Pippen was a greater threat, and directly let the madman defend Scott Pippen.

As a result, Kobe Bryant became more and more wreaking, in the second quarter, Scott Pippen was not on the court, and Jeff Van Gundy did not go to Sprewell, at this time, Jeff Van Gundy wanted to chase the points, so in the second quarter, the Knicks' lineup was an offensive lineup, with Larry Johnson and Alan Houston partnering on the wing.

No one defended Kobe, and Kobe Bryant rushed straight up.

Together with O'Neal, take turns scoring.

The Knicks' offense has finally improved, but it is still not as good as the Lakers, in the second quarter, the Lakers stretched the difference to 17 points in a single quarter, and won another 5 points in the second quarter.

In the second half, the Knicks could only continue to play an offensive lineup, they were too far behind to play the offensive lineup, and there was no hope of winning this game at all.

Qiao Hai directly played all the main forces here, and he didn't care how the Knicks played in the third quarter, anyway, the Knicks would definitely not be able to stop the Lakers' all-main attack.

After three quarters, the margin stretched to more than 20 points, and the score was fixed at 24 points.

After trailing by 24 points in the third quarter, Jeff Van Gundy was still unwilling to give up the game and continued to play the main game.

Qiao Hai didn't want to play with Jeff Van Gundy anymore, so he directly let O'Neal and Kobe Bryant play separately and control the score.

As a result, the Lakers' 20-point lead was maintained until the end of the game, and compared with the Spurs, this Knicks lineup is about the same, but the strength is much worse.

In the end, the Lakers won the first game of the finals with a difference of 113:92, 21 points!

The opening is good, Qiao Hai exhaled deeply, judging from the content of this game, the O'Brien Cup seems to be not far away, Qiao Hai thought for a while, he felt that it was time for everything to be revealed.

In the first battle, the statistics were released.

In the whole game, O'Neal, who played 36 minutes, scored a game-high 36 points, plus 16 rebounds and 4 blocks.

Kobe Bryant also performed well, he played a few minutes more than O'Neal, scoring 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, plus Scott Pippen's 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, the Big Three combined for 85 points, plus Derrick Fisher's 8 points, the Lakers' starting four scored to make the Lakers win.

At the press conference after the game, Qiao Hai thought about the wording, didn't bring anyone, and went alone.

The press conference of the finals was very lively, and ESPN also relented, and the front page apologized the day before the finals, so in this game, there were also ESPN reporters on the scene, and the Lakers lifted the ban on ESPN.

In fact, it doesn't matter to Qiao Hai whether the ban is lifted or not, anyway, the finals are over, the Lakers have changed their new coach, and Phil Jackson naturally can't continue to block ESPN, and Qiao Hai went to Vancouver, the new team, Qiao Hai can naturally continue to ban ESPN, but at that time, it is meaningless to continue to ban the media because of the old club.

Therefore, Qiao Hai is very simple, since ESPN has already apologized, he directly lifted the ban on ESPN.

In the small room of the press conference, as soon as Qiao Hai sat down, the scene immediately became quiet.

Kevinding raised his hand to ask a question first, as long as it was a press conference attended by Qiao Hai, the first question was usually raised by him, but Qiao Hai waved his hand: "Let's not have a question session first, here, I want to announce two things." ”

The press officer of the Lakers was stunned, and the reporters on the scene also had mixed reactions, what did Qiao Hai want to announce?

Qiao Hai said directly: "First of all, I want to confirm to you a rumor that has been circulating for a long time. ”

A rumor that has been circulating for a long time? The Lakers press officer continued to be stunned, he hadn't reacted yet, but the reporters who reacted quickly in the audience had already guessed it and became excited.

"At the end of this season, I'm going to leave the Los Angeles Lakers because next season, Mr. Phil Jackson will take over the Lakers, which was set before the end of the regular season."

The Lakers press officer reacted, ran over directly to intervene, grabbed Qiao Hai, and told Qiao Hai to shut up quickly.

Qiao Hai glared at the press officer named John Blake in disgust, and whispered: "In front of the media, what is my freedom, does the United States not even have a little civil liberties?" ”

The United States attaches great importance to the personal freedom of citizens, John Blake was frightened, and retreated directly, looking at Qiao Hai, he was a little anxious.

Qiao Hai solved John Black, turned his head to face the already noisy press conference, and continued to announce despite the discussion of reporters: "My contract with the Lakers ends at the end of the Finals, the Finals are over, and next season, I will join the Vancouver Grizzlies." ”

Boom, after Qiao Hai said this, the scene that had just quieted down suddenly turned into a vegetable market, noisy and noisy, and all the reporters were discussing.

In the midst of the noise, Kevending raised his hand to ask a question, and he pulled his throat to let his voice emerge from the discussions of countless reporters on the scene.

"Coach Qiao Hai, did you suddenly announce that you will join the Vancouver Grizzlies next season, aren't you afraid of affecting the Lakers' Finals journey?"

The scene was quiet again.

Qiao Hai shook his head: "There's nothing to be afraid of, we won by 21 points in the first game, which has proven that there is a huge gap between the Knicks and us." ”

Soon, Lee Jenkins raised his hand and asked, "Coach Qiao Hai, at this time, you announced that you will join the Grizzlies next season, does it mean that you have been in contact with the Grizzlies a long time ago?" ”

Qiao Hai shook his head again: "No, we just started to contact before the finals, and we quickly confirmed the signing, and ...... Lakers management identified my successor before the end of the regular season, so why couldn't I have decided on my next home sooner? ”

Qiao Hai's rhetorical question, Li Jenkins, who asked directly, was speechless.

ESPN's Mark Stein is more concerned: "With the championship in sight, didn't the Lakers management think about keeping you?" Coach Qiao Hai? ”

Regarding this question, Qiao Hai still shook his head: "No, they never said they wanted to keep me." ”

"If you win a championship and go to the Grizzlies next season, what are your goals?"

"I don't have a goal, I just want to prove myself in Vancouver."

"If Phil Jackson doesn't win the championship next season, do you think Lakers management will regret it?"

"It doesn't matter to me if they don't regret it, I won't regret it."

……

At the end of the press conference, the reporters couldn't wait to leave.

Big news! Big event!

ESPN scrolled through their evening news with the headline: "Confirmed!" Joe Hay will leave the Lakers, and Phil Jackson will take over next season! ”

Local media in Los Angeles also locked up the next day's headlines at the moment the press conference ended.

Although the rumor has been circulating for more than a month, when it was really confirmed by Qiao Hai, it still had an explosive effect and impact.