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On June 5, U.S. time, the Western Conference Finals moved to the Great Western Forum Arena in Los Angeles.

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles on the day of Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, and the Lakers had already rested in Los Angeles for three days.

The Spurs just arrived yesterday, Greg Popovich is now also the general manager of the team, he is responsible for the team's budget, the Spurs are not a rich club, in order to save money, Popovich's plan is to arrive in Los Angeles on the day of the game, but considering the team's physical problems, Popovich finally decided to go to Los Angeles a day earlier.

Arriving in Los Angeles early, Greg Popovich also held a pre-match press conference in advance.

Regarding the press conference, Greg Popovich's performance has always been never absent and never cooperative, the reporter asked a question, Popovich's answer was always very short, usually only one word or two words, that is, one word or two words in the English word, so short that the reporter who interviewed him asked about the liver pain at the end.

So in comparison, reporters prefer to interview Qiao Hai.

In terms of dealing with the media, Qiao Hai has always performed well, speaking when he should speak, and closing his mouth when he shouldn't, and always attracting some attention in a timely manner, launching some war of words, and finally getting a more successful result.

For example, before the second round of the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Rockets to advance, while the Jazz led the SuperSonics in the first-round series.

As a result, Qiao Hai made a timely speech and provoked the fire of supersound, although it caused a war of words, Qiao Hai withdrew in time, leaving Jazz to swallow the bitter fruit of this war of words.

At the press conference before the third game, Popovich was still not cooperative, and the reporter asked, Sam Amic and Makmedina think that Johi was suppressed by Popovich, what does Popovich think?

This question is very sensitive, if it was Qiao Hai, he would most likely admit it directly.

But Popovich's answer was speechless, four words: "I don't know." ”

Not at all cooperative.

Popovich doesn't want to be in the limelight, he doesn't want to expose too much before the game starts, for this series, Popovich prepared a lot, for victory, David Robinson has come to the end of his career, Tim Duncan debuted strongly, this season's Spurs are very promising, Popovich does not want to miss this great opportunity to win the championship.

"Robert, is there anything going on with the Lakers?"

Before the game began, Popovich approached scouts and asked about the Lakers.

In the first two games, although the results of the game were unsatisfactory, and the Spurs also lost one, the process was what Popovich wanted to see, as the reporter asked, although Popovich did not answer positively, in fact, in his heart, he felt that in the first two games, he was suppressing Qiao Hai tactically.

If they can continue to press in the future, Popovich believes that the Spurs will have a bigger chance of winning this series.

Robert Canterboray Buford, Spurs scout, is now the Spurs' scouting director, and now Buford is well-known in the industry, but he is really famous in the 21st century, after being promoted to Spurs general manager, Buford cooperated with Greg Popovich to build a San Antonio Spurs team that has maintained championship competitiveness for more than ten years, and has twice become NBA Manager of the Year.

Fans are more familiar with his short ——. Buford.

Buford is now in charge of scouting, but the Lakers have been training behind closed doors for the last two days, and Buford hasn't gotten the slightest bit of information.

So, he shook his head.

Popovich smiled helplessly: "Okay, then in this game, we will respond to all changes with the same." ”

Gregg Popovich walked into the visiting locker room, several assistant coaches from the Spurs leaned in, and before the game, Popovich held a coaching meeting to discuss how to line up for the upcoming game.

"The first two games we put up in the final quarter were very good, very against the Lakers, and I think we can use more in this game." It was Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer, who later became the Spurs' head assistant coach and head coach of the Hawks, who was just an ordinary assistant coach for the Spurs at this time.

But when it comes to tactical ideas, Mike Budenholzer always has something to think about.

In the first two games, it was Mike Budenholzer who proposed that Marikrose play the number three position to strengthen the defense.

As a result, the actual game proved that the effect of this adjustment and substitution was very good, Marikrose played the No. 3 position, which directly liberated Duncan, so that Duncan could do the work of supplementing and assisting the defense, and the task of pinching O'Neal was directly handed over to Marikrose.

Mike Budenholzer felt that this winning lineup was still used too little, and if it could be used more, the Lakers' offense would be even worse.

Popovich nodded, and he agreed to Mike Budenholzer's proposal.

Otherwise, nothing has changed for Spurs.

Although the big score is 1:1, in fact, the Spurs have the advantage, and the dominant side naturally does not need to make changes.

……

On the other side, Qiao Hai led the team to the home stadium.

Before this game, Qiao Hai did not attend the Lakers' pre-game press conference, so, at the entrance of the home team's locker room, Qiao Hai was stopped by reporters and had to ask two questions.

"Coach Qiao Hai, do you have anything you would like to respond to the recent criticism of you by the Los Angeles media and USA Today?"

"There's nothing to recur and the result of this game will speak for itself."

"You mean the Lakers are going to win this game?"

'Of course, away we won one game and back at home we have no reason to lose.

Finally, when the reporter asked Qiao Hai to predict the direction and outcome of the series, Qiao Hai smiled slightly: "I rarely predict the direction or outcome of the game, but this time, I will tell you that next, the Los Angeles Lakers will win three games in a row, and each game is a crushing victory, and finally, the Los Angeles Lakers will advance to the Finals......"

After saying this, Qiao Hai patted the shoulder of the reporter who stopped him, turned around and pushed the door into the home team's locker room.

"Okay guys, be quiet, let's talk about how to play the game later......"

In the past two days, the Lakers have been training in closed mode, and the content of the training is based on Kobe Bryant, and the effect is not good.

But to his surprise, the pre-game arrangement, Qiao Hai actually said: "We have been practicing tactics in the past two days, which is the tactics to be played in the game later, Kobe Bryant, your task is very heavy, you need to break the San Antonio defense alone......"

After the pre-match set-up, Qiao Hai asked the players to warm up, and he waited in the locker room for a while.

"Ding, do you want to use the Michael Jordan experience card?"

"Yes."

"Please select the target audience."

There is only one option - Kobe, Qiao Hai can only choose Kobe, after choosing, the system prompts: Ding! With successful use, Kobe Bryant will gain the ability to peak Michael Jordan for three consecutive games!