In the second quarter, Kevin Garnett began to exert force.

He continued to take the ball in the high post and singles, using his strength and flexibility to score in a variety of mid-range singles.

Kevin Garnett showed the power of a superstar, but Qiao Hai was indifferent, because the Lakers were still ahead, the Timberwolves only had one Kevin Garnett, and the Lakers had Shaquille O'Neal, Scott Pippen and Kobe Bryant, three to one, and the difference in strength between the two teams was too big.

After halftime, the Lakers led by 14 points.

Kevin Garnett single-handedly scored 11 points in the second quarter, but to no avail, Shaquille O'Neal also scored 10 points in the second quarter, plus Kobe's 7 points, Scott Pippen's 5 points, and the Big Three alone scored 22 points, double that of Kevin Garnett.

In the third quarter, the Lakers and Timberwolves both changed to a rotation lineup, and the Lakers' Big Three only got O'Neal, and the Timberwolves first let Joe Smith be the main attacker in the first half of the third quarter, but they were directly beaten by O'Neal.

As a last resort, within a few minutes of the third quarter, the Timberwolves could only replace Garnett.

O'Neal was replaced halfway through the third quarter, and Garnett could only continue to struggle to support, and at this time, the Lakers directly switched to their regular one-four lineup, point guard Derrick Fisher, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Scott Pippen, power forward Bruce Bowen and center Sean Lukes.

The small lineup rushed up directly, Kobe Bryant and Scott Pippen scored one after another, and it was still an unconventional big and small lineup in the eyes of the outside world, and the Lakers took advantage of this wave to open up the point difference.

After three quarters, the margin came to 20 points.

The 20-point difference means that this game has been won in advance, with 14 consecutive wins, and the results of Qiao Hai's team are still an astonishing 100% win rate.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 112-96.

"Let's go, the real drama today is after the game."

Qiao Hai beckoned the coaching staff to leave, and called out to Scott Pippen: "Scott, come with me to the press conference later." ”

"Okay." Scott Pippen replied with an OK gesture and turned to leave.

Qiao Hai walked to the center of the court first and found Timberwolves head coach Philip Sanders: "Hello, Mr. Philip Sanders." ”

"Mr. Qiao Hai, you won very beautifully today, congratulations."

In the regular handshake session between the coaches of the two sides after the game, Qiao Hai did not forget, and after shaking hands, Qiao Hai turned his head directly to the scene of the press conference.

Today's post-match press conference was indeed very lively, and before Qiao Hai arrived, there were many people sitting at the scene.

Jenny Bass, Mitch Kupchak, and even Jerry West arrived.

As soon as Qiao Hai came, he first said hello to a few people sitting on the stage, and then sat down quietly, he was not the protagonist in the post-game press conference of this game.

The reporters in the audience also realized the unusual nature of this press conference, some began to make frantic phone calls to inform their peers, or contact their leaders, and some discussed with each other about why all the Lakers executives showed up in an ordinary post-game press conference.

Soon, Scott Pippen also arrived, and the crowd was almost there, Jerry West hosted the press conference, he got the microphone, made a joke first, and asked a group of reporters in the audience: "Do you want to give you a little time to interview Joe and Scott?" ”

A reporter in the audience immediately shook his head, compared to the big battle of the Lakers' top management, no one wants to pay attention to this game without any surprises, and they want to know what the Lakers are going to do.

"Then let's get down to business, taking the opportunity of this post-game press conference, our Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that they will set up the Lakers' official media, publish the Lakers' official small-scale daily newspaper, weekly magazine, and establish the Lakers' official TV station, as well as the Lakers' official website ......."

Because the big boss of the team attaches great importance to it, the Lakers are very direct and have established almost all the official media that can be established, and the small open daily newspaper is a newspaper with a smaller layout, which is distributed daily, mainly reporting on the Lakers' daily training, games and player interviews.

Weekly magazines are more comprehensive and oriented to the entire NBA.

The Lakers' official TV station will also produce several programs, Lakers players and cheerleaders will appear, and in addition, every time the Lakers play a home and away game, the Lakers' official TV will broadcast live.

Not to mention the Lakers' official website, which is a new era of media that spreads more widely and has a greater impact.

The Lakers were going to set up their own state media, and the reporters in the audience were stunned.

Jerry West continued: "We will entrust Ms. Jeanie Buss to be solely responsible for establishing the official media of the Lakers, and recruit all kinds of sports reporters and writers for the whole United States, and I hope you will sign up for more ......."

Sam Amick, an expert reporter for USA Today, was also sitting in the audience, and he knew very well that the purpose of the Lakers' establishment of official media was not so simple, he thought of ESPN.

"Perhaps, this is the Lakers' initial counterattack to the media ban......"

Indeed, the Lakers' move to establish an official media is too obvious, and this move will directly affect the Los Angeles Times, and once the Lakers Xiaokai Daily is released, it will directly affect the local sales of the Los Angeles Times in Los Angeles.

And the Lakers' official website and Lakers TV will also affect ESPN to a certain extent.

What's more, the Lakers have made an opening, and the team has established its own media, and the benefits are obvious, the Lakers are the first to eat the crab, and more teams will establish their own official media in the future, and the professional media will be more and more affected.

After the announcement, Jerry West answered a few questions, and the press conference ended.

The next day, the Lakers' establishment of official media made headlines in North America.

USA Today: What is the intention of the Lakers to establish official media?

Sports Illustrated: Fight Back! Lakers official media, Los Angeles no longer needs the Los Angeles Times!

Los Angeles Daily News: The Lakers establish state media, and the Los Angeles Daily News will be a partner.

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The news of the explosions was one after another, and the news of the Lakers' establishment of official media was not over, and it was immediately reported that the Lakers were negotiating with Time Warner for the sale of exclusive regional broadcast rights.

The news passed, and the Los Angeles Times was the first to panic......

The Lakers are obviously multi-pronged, not only the Los Angeles Times and ESPN, but also completely ignoring the league's intervention, and then taking care of themselves to establish official media, and are also selling the team's exclusive regional broadcast rights, once sold, for the Lakers, it is another huge amount of income.

The Lakers will completely ignore ESPN's pressure.

The Los Angeles Times panicked first, and Emremore held a shareholder meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures.

The Lakers, who beat the Timberwolves to win 14 in a row, finally lost, they challenged the Cavaliers on the road in Cleveland, and finally lost to the opponent in an unexpected upset, Shaquille O'Neal was the only player on the Lakers team who played normally, he had 28 points and 11 rebounds.

Kobe Bryant hit the iron like crazy, and Scott Pippen also made various mistakes.

The opponent in this game was really not strong, but the outbursts of Sean Kemp and Ilgoskas still gave the Lakers a defeat, which was also the first defeat of Qiao Hai's NBA coaching career.

There is really nothing to say about this loss, the Lakers are in too bad shape, and the defeat is inevitable.

After losing this game, the Lakers' record came to 16-9 and ranked fifth in the West, because of this victory, the completion of the system's side quest will be pushed back a few games......