"Congratulations, Joe, the Western Conference Finals are beckoning to you."

In the player's tunnel of the Energy Solutions Arena, Qiao Hai was holding the tactical board and other items belonging to the head coach in one hand, and his mobile phone in the other, and he was talking to Mitch Kupchak.

After winning, Qiao Hai was naturally in a good mood, and in the face of Mitch Kupchak's congratulations, he smiled happily, and his mouth was still very modest: "No, Mitch, the Western Conference Finals are still early." ”

"Forget it, Joe, stop pretending, the Utah have lost two home games, and it's impossible to turn the tables."

Mitch Kupchak is telling the truth, the Jazz lost not two away games, but two home games, the meaning of home is very different, you can't win at home, let alone go away, it can be said that after losing two home games, the Jazz have already decided to lose this series.

Although the Lakers only led 2-0, it was more than a 3-0 lead.

Qiao Hai was still very careful, and replied: "Anything is possible, there are at least two more games in this series......

Mitch Kupchak was immediately helpless.

While dealing with Mitch Kupchak, Qiao Hai walked to the door of the visiting team's locker room, put the tactical board in his hand, turned around and walked towards the scene of the press conference, and did not forget to shout O'Neill before leaving.

"Shaq, come with me to the press conference."

O'Neal agreed, O'Neal, who loves to perform, likes the press conference very much, Qiao Hai asked him to attend the post-game press conference, and O'Neal was naturally very happy.

Qiao Hai is still communicating with Mitch Kupchak, and the two talked about Jerry West's reaction, once the Lakers' playoffs are over, Qiao Hai's coaching of the Lakers will also be over, but now Qiao Hai has led the team to win consecutive games and not taste defeat in the playoffs, such a performance is really a bit unexpected by Jerry West.

Seeing that the championship favorites Jazz are no match for the Lakers under Qiao Hai, how Jerry West will react, Qiao Hai is very interested.

Michkupchak shook his head: "No special reaction. ”

Qiao Hai is not surprised, even if Jerry West has any special reaction, it is impossible to show it in front of Mitch Kupchak, or even if Mitch Kupchak knows, he will not reveal it to Qiao Hai.

Because, now Qiao Hai is still nominally a staff member of the Lakers, but soon he will not be.

No matter how good Qiao Hai is with the team, at most he will pass the finals, and he will not be a staff member of the Lakers.

Hanging up the phone, Qiao Hai led O'Neill into the scene of the post-match press conference.

Although there is no certainty of winning this series, with two big away wins, Qiao Hai is already qualified to accept everyone's congratulations at the post-game press conference.

Qiao Hai didn't encounter any difficult problems, the treatment of the winner is like this, Qiao Hai crooked his hair for a while, Jerry Sloan on the other side may have been burnt out, right? After all, as the favorite to win the championship, the Jazz lost two home games in a row, and Jerry Sloan has an unshirkable responsibility, and Jerry Sloan must have been questioned at the press conference after the game......

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'I'm disappointed, 0:2 is a bad result, the lads have worked hard, they tried their best, it's not to blame them......"

The Jazz's post-game press conference, Jerry Sloan was really questioned countless times, the original Bulls disintegrated, and the Jazz were in front of a great situation, they had the opportunity to taste the championship wine, but now everything seems to be ruined.

Jerry Sloan takes all the responsibility on his head, and only a discerning person can see that the problem with the Jazz now is not the coach, nor the player's performance, but the strength and the Lakers have a big gap.

In other words, the age of the Utah twins has arrived, the Jazz's main core is too old, and it's time for them to rebuild......

"The series isn't over yet, the Utah won't give up, we'll fight until the last minute, and the Los Angeles won't have it that easy."

In the end, Jerry Sloan also gave a guarantee that even if the Jazz are already down 0-2, they will not give up this playoff game, and they will create enough trouble for the Lakers.

Jerry Sloan also praised the Lakers fiercely at the end: "The Lakers are very strong, we all underestimate them, they are a special team, before the game everyone said that the Utah Jazz are the biggest favorites for the championship, but now, we found that in fact, the Lakers are the real favorites for the championship, they have Shaquille O'Neal, Scott Pippen, and Kobe Bryant, and a group of high-quality role players, they are the strongest team this year, and they are a lot more than other teams." ”

"China Joe is also a head coach who is not favored, in fact he did a good job, I know that Phil Jackson will take over the Lakers at the end of this season, I want to say that what Phil Jackson did, Qiao Hai will do before him, the Lakers management made a wrong decision, and they will definitely regret it."

Jerry Sloan blew the Lakers the wave.

The next day, the headlines were all headlines about the Lakers' counterattack to become the biggest favorite to win the championship.

"2:0 Jazz, the Lakers are the big guys behind the scenes!"

"A real championship favourite, Los Angeles Lakers!"

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In this regard, Qiao Hai can only feel helpless, Jerry Sloan is a broken jar, no matter what, he has to make the Lakers feel bad, after this game, the focus of the whole United States will be on the Lakers, this is not a good thing, the Lakers' every move, the whole NBA is paying attention, the Lakers will become the target of the public, become the unanimous enemy of the remaining teams.

However, Jerry Sloan's brag like this is still of some benefit to Qiao Hai personally, and there are a few more rumors in the alliance.

There are rumors that the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have just announced the departure of head coach Mike Flatrow, are interested in hiring Joe Hay to be the team's next head coach, which is a rumor.

Rumor two, the Big Apple New York Knicks have taken a fancy to Qiao Hai's Chinese market and his gorgeous offense with the Lakers, and Knicks owner Dolan intends to hire Qiao Hai as the team's chief assistant coach.

The rumors are true and false, at least Qiao Hai didn't get any news, but one thing is for sure, there can be no groundless rumors, so Qiao Hai at least sees the hope of finding a new job next season.

Although Qiao Hai has always believed that he can find a good new job.

With a 2:0 lead over Jazz, the system has also released new missions.

"Ding, new mission for the system, side quest: four sweeps of Jazz."

"Completion conditions: not lose a game, win the remaining two games in a row, and eliminate the Jazz."

"Mission Reward: 20 Victory Points."

Before the new mission, Qiao Hai also completed several routine side quests and obtained a large number of victory point rewards, and the side quests continued, and it was not far from completing the main quest that Qiao Hai valued more......