After the second game, after the game, the Lakers unusually did not criticize the Grizzlies' off-the-board moves.

Qiao Hai knows that in the next two games, the Lakers will inevitably follow the Grizzlies and use off-the-market moves to deal with the Grizzlies.

Coming and not being rude, Qiao Hai can't say that the Lakers' backlash is wrong, and now, he can only try to avoid being affected by the Lakers' off-market moves.

Before the start of Los Angeles, the first bad news arrived.

Stu Jackson found Qiao Hai: "Joe, bad news, the hotel change failed, we looked for five hotels around Staples, and they all said that the hotel was full of guests. ”

Qiao Hai frowned, as soon as he heard this, he knew that the so-called full house was just a pretext, and not wanting the grizzly bear to live so close to Staples was the main reason.

After thinking about it, Qiao Hai thought of a trick: "Can't you spend money to live?" There are definitely hotels willing to do so. ”

Stu Jackson shook his head: "Mr. Haasley refused, he didn't think it was necessary. ”

Throwing money at it has to get Michael Haasley's permission, and now, Michael Haesley doesn't allow it, and Qiao Hay can't help it.

Michael Hasley also had a good reason not to allow it, originally, the hotel booked by the Grizzlies was not very far from Staples, and he felt that there was not much difference between changing and not changing.

Michael Haesley refused to use the money to smash it, and Qiao Hai could only accept it.

……

On May 25, U.S. time, the Grizzlies flew to Los Angeles.

It's also a lesson learned from the Lakers.

The Lakers flew to Vancouver a day early, only to be harassed by the noise of the Grizzlies, and the meaning of flying to Vancouver a day earlier was completely lost.

So, Grizzlies chose to fly to Los Angeles that day and go straight to the hotel.

In the afternoon, Qiao Hai did not arrange any training, and directly asked the players to rest, and after recuperating their energy, they could better devote themselves to the game in the evening.

But just half an hour after the grizzly bear checked into the hotel, a block away, a group of people quickly gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Unlike the crowd in Vancouver, this group carried the American flag and sang the American national anthem.

Under the huge bay window of the hotel, Qiao Hai shook his head with a smile: "No matter how it goes on, this Western Showdown will become Canada vs. the United States, maybe now, Chrétien (Canadian Prime Minister) has begun to be nervous." ”

Stan Lorefour smiled as well.

Qiao Hai then instructed: "Let the players try the effect of the batch of earplugs purchased by Stu." ”

Stamford nodded and went out, room by room telling the players to use earplugs.

……

The earbuds worked well, and the grizzly bears slept comfortably.

Qiao Hai set the alarm clock, and when there were still four hours before the start of the game, the alarm clock rang, Qiao Hai also woke up, took off the earbuds, opened the curtains, and outside the window, the crowd was still gathering.

Qiao Hai smiled, and then he went to knock on the doors one by one.

About half an hour later, all the players gathered in the hotel lobby, where they rested for another half hour, and the Grizzlies boarded the bus to drive the Staples Center.

Joe Hai checked the map, and generally speaking, it takes half an hour to drive from the Grizzly Bear's hotel to the Staples Center, if everything is normal.

Now it's up to me to see if it's normal or not.

The bus went from the underground garage onto Santa Monica Street, and then onto the Hollywood Freeway, and the first five or six minutes went smoothly.

But soon, the speed of the car gradually slowed down.

Qiao Hai knew that the situation was not good, and he immediately found the driver: "Quick, leave the highway first and take the small road." ”

At the next exit, the Grizzly Bear Bus sped out.

But soon, the trail began to block as well.

After another five or six minutes of driving, the grizzly bear was finally blocked.

Qiao Hai calculated the time, there were still two and a half hours before the start of the game, he found another map, and roughly calculated the distance to the stadium.

Soon stood in the middle of the bus: "Let's rest for 15 minutes, wait a minute, everyone will take their training clothes and jerseys and sneakers, and run to Staples!" ”

Stanleford asked in a whisper, "Run over?" ”

Qiao Hai nodded: "That's right, run over, I calculated the time, it will take about half an hour to run from here to Staples, and it will be used as a warm-up." ”

After 15 minutes, the traffic didn't mean to move at all, and of course, Qiao Hai didn't expect it to move.

Qiao Hai knows very well that just like in Vancouver, the traffic will not move until the last moment.

Therefore, Qiao Hai was very simple, as soon as the 15-minute time was up, he waved his hand directly: "Everyone get off!" Run forward! ”

The Grizzlies all got out of the car, the team's staff helped carry their luggage, and everyone ran forward.

After running for about ten minutes, Qiao Hai and the others saw the source of the traffic jam, which was also a car accident, but this one in Los Angeles was a little more tragic, three cars collided, and the entire road was blocked.

……

Half an hour later, the Grizzlies arrived in Staples in full force.

At this time, there were still two hours left before the start of the game, and a large number of Lakers fans gathered at the entrance of the arena, and when the Grizzlies suddenly appeared, these Lakers fans were stunned for a long time, and then let out a burst of boos.

Qiao Hai smiled, not caring at all, because he saw another group of Chinese fans.

Then, there was a cheer at the door of the stadium.

The Grizzlies were sweating and entered the arena.

Qiao Hai was stopped by the media at the door.

Facing a group of reporters, Qiao Hai once again helplessly spread his hands: "I don't know what happened, we encountered a big traffic jam, first the Hollywood highway traffic jam, and then even the road below was blocked, when did the traffic in Los Angeles become so bad?" I think the mayor of Los Angeles should be held accountable. ”

Qiao Hai did not mention the Lakers at all, and I have to say that this reflects the gap between Qiao Hai and Phil Jackson.

Knowing that it was the other party who made a ghost, Phil Jackson became angry and sprayed directly.

Qiao Hai is different, he didn't go to the Lakers' problems, because he knew very well that it was useless to find it, and the Lakers would not admit it.

But as soon as Qiao Hai said this, the ghosts knew that it must be the ghosts of the Lakers.

In a city as big as Los Angeles, the traffic is still very good, and there are many highways leading to Staples, and traffic jams or anything are still rare.

The car accident in Vancouver is a testament to this.

Qiao Hai said a few words, then waved his hand and walked towards the arena.

The players had already taken a shower, Qiao Hai raised his hand and glanced at the time, there was still more than an hour before the start of the game, so in the locker room, Qiao Hai shouted: "Everyone hurry up, we still have to warm up!" ”

Soon, with an hour and a half to go before the start of the game, all the players were already seated in their seats.

Qiao Hai took a tactical board and a marker, and began to set up and adjust before the game.

"You've got half an hour to adjust to your fitness and then go out and warm up and find your feel, the overall style of play is the same as the first two games, but there are some things we need to change, Tracy, try to shoot at the beginning, if you don't feel good, add your back singles, we need to use your singles to open up."

The Grizzlies were disturbed by the Lakers' off-the-board moves, and Qiao Hai naturally had to do a good job of filing.

Once the Grizzlies are out of shape, then Maddie's back-to-back singles are the back hand.