Returning to Los Angeles from the Utah Plateau, the Lakers came back with an absolute 2-0 advantage.

Half of the fans in Los Angeles who support Phil Jackson have fallen to Qiao Hai, for the simple reason that after two away victories, the Lakers will win the next two games at home, and advance to the next round, and they will at least tie last season's results.

Looking at it this way, at least Qiao Hai didn't do a bad job.

The Lakers' offense is gorgeous, and the statistics of each of the Big Three are beautiful, and from this point of view, Qiao Hai may still be the most suitable head coach for the Lakers.

If the Lakers face the winner between the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trail Blazers in the next round, and the Lakers continue to maintain the advantage and win, the Lakers under Qiao Hai will even be the best Lakers since the Showtime era.

Therefore, some fans who supported Phil Jackson to join the Lakers before fell to Qiao Hai, and they are now the same as another part of the Lakers fans who have always supported Qiao Hai, thinking that the team should not give up Qiao Hai and choose Phil Jackson.

Maybe when the Lakers actually enter the Western Conference Finals and defeat their opponents in the Western Conference Finals, more fans will fall to Qiao Hai.

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Los Angeles Lakers Training Gym, after returning to "home", the Lakers resumed their daily training.

Now Qiao Hai is actually a little hesitant, he is hesitating whether to start practicing the tactics of dealing with the opponent in the West now, and now the situation is very clear, the Lakers have won two away victories, as many people think, the Lakers have almost advanced in advance.

The Western Conference Finals will be the last obstacle before the Lakers Finals, and the Western Conference Finals opponents will be decided from the Spurs and the Trail Blazers, the Spurs are currently leading 2-0 in the series, and after the Lakers return to Los Angeles, the Spurs have also arrived in Portland, they have only won two home games, and the advantage is not as huge as the Lakers.

For the Spurs, Portland's road trip is still tough, and they are not as easy as the Lakers.

Therefore, the Spurs vs the Trail Blazers, Qiao Hai believes that the Spurs have a seventy percent chance of winning, and the Trail Blazers still have some chances.

If training for the Western Conference Finals is targeted, then the Lakers should still focus on the Spurs.

The Lakers once defeated the Spurs by a big score in the final game of the regular season, but Qiao Hai knows very well that the regular season is not the same as the playoffs, and many teams will hide their true strength in the unimportant regular season, and the Spurs must be the same.

The Spurs in the previous life were able to win the championship this season, and their strength is obviously more than that.

Compared with the Lakers, the advantage of the Spurs lies in their interior line, Qiao Hai actually sees it very clearly, the Spurs want to win the Lakers, the only hope is to use the inside twin towers to prevent Shaquille O'Neal, and then use the inside twin towers to blow up the Lakers' interior line, and a group of role players on the outside to punch in, as long as they can limit Kobe Bryant and Scott Pippen, the Spurs will be considered successful.

Therefore, the Lakers need to come up with a way to deal with the Spurs' interior twin towers.

As long as the Spurs' interior twin towers are resolved, once the Western Conference Finals face the Spurs, the Lakers will have nothing to worry about.

However, for Qiao Hai, what he hesitates now is not how to deal with the Spurs, but whether to practice the tactical play against the Spurs in advance.

"How about we practice the Western Conference Finals now?"

At the meeting, Qiao Hai finally chose the safest way to make a decision, and the three assistant coaches of the team heard Qiao Hai's proposal and reacted differently.

Byron Scott nodded directly: "I think so." ”

Jim Eden hesitated and didn't speak.

Stan Lefu also hesitated, hesitated for a long time before he shook his head: "I don't think there's any need to worry, it's not too late to think about the opponent in the Western Conference Finals after playing the Jazz." ”

At this moment, the three teaching assistants almost have three different attitudes, which simply makes Qiao Hai's choice even more difficult.

Byron Scott continued to convince Qiao Hai: "I think it's okay, with station training, the Jazz are obviously not our opponents anymore, and our focus can be put on the next round." ”

Qiao Hai was still hesitating, and turned his head to look at Stanreford, who had a different idea: "Stan, what do you think?" ”

Stan Lefu straightened up and said: "Even if the Jazz have no chance, we can't look down on our opponents, rehearsing the tactics of the Western Conference Finals in advance will give the players a concept of looking down on the opponent, this is not a good concept, the Jazz are not completely without a chance, in the next two home games, I think, we should take the opportunity to kill the Jazz and not let them have any chance to turn the tables." ”

"Then, we're going to have plenty of time to study our Western Conference Finals opponents, whether it's the Spurs or the Trail Blazers, so we don't need to rush it."

Qiao Hai nodded, he was persuaded by Stanreford: "Then let's concentrate our forces first and kill Sir Utah!" ”

Lakers training gym, Lakers' training remains the same.

In the first two games against the Jazz, the Lakers' tactics were a real balance between offense and defense, inside and outside, in which the defense was biased to the outside, and the offense was biased to the inside.

The atmosphere of the team is also very good, generally speaking, as long as you can win, even if it is a team full of superstars, the atmosphere will not be bad, of course, provided that there is no problem of possession between superstars.

The Lakers naturally have no ball problem, and the Lakers' ball control is the first guarantee for O'Neal, who is the Lakers' master, which is the consensus of everyone.

Scott Pippen has been doing well this season, but his role in various teams has always been that of the deputy, and the same is true for the Lakers this season.

Kobe Bryant is a young man, just growing up, not so ambitious, and now he just wants to win a championship with the team.

Scott Pippen wants to win a championship outside of the Bulls to prove that he can succeed without Jordan and Phil Jackson, and O'Neal wants to prove himself by winning a championship as the boss.

So, the Lakers' goals are actually the same.

Before the home game against the Jazz, the Lakers continued to twist into a rope, and the other three sets of matchups in the east and west of the league also decided the results of Game 3.

The Trail Blazers, who returned to their home court, defeated the Spurs 97-87 and pulled one back, and the series score became 2:1, and the next game was still the home of the Trail Blazers.

In the East, the Knicks beat the Hawks 90-78 away, won the series 3-0, and only one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.

After the Black Eight, the Knicks seem to have opened the second vein of Rendu, and the Eastern Conference semifinals are in hot form, and the Hawks seem to be no match for them at all.

The Pacers 97-86 away, also defeated the 76ers again, leading 3-0, Larry Brown is about to lose control of the 76ers, Allen Iverson is still patient, but obviously, Larry Brown's basketball is not the basketball Allen Iverson wants, he can't stand it anymore.

The Lakers are still the last to play, and the Lakers, who lead 2-0 in the series, only need one win to get the series match point.