"Larry, Phil Jackson's heart is really big, and now it's like this on the court, and he hasn't adjusted his defensive strategy against Tyshawn, and still lets Tyshawn shoot." Watching Prince hit an empty shot again and scored his 23rd point in the game, while Phil Jackson on the sidelines was still indifferent, Lester Connell now really admires Phil Jackson's determination, if it were him, he would have called a timeout, or arranged for the players on the court to defend Prince. Because Prince shot 3-of-5 from 3-point range in the second half of the second quarter, at the halftime of the pause, Lester Connell speculated that Phil Jackson would change his defensive strategy in the second half and make targeted arrangements for Tyshawn Prince, but judging from the performance in the opening minutes of the third quarter, Phil Jackson still has no intention of changing, maybe Phil Jackson is waiting for Prince to cool down after a period of madness, although this often happens to young players, But in Lester Connell's view, it is absolutely unimaginable, as a disciple of Larry Bird, Lester Connor is also a person who is convinced that he must always take the initiative, so for Phil Jackson's behavior, Lester Connor really can't understand it.

That's why everyone calls him a Zen master, his credo is to believe in the players on the field at all times, so no matter how the situation on the field changes, his original intention is to expect the players on the field to make changes themselves, and time-outs and adjustments are only the second option! Although Tyshawn's point is opened, the Lakers' strategy of emptying him seems to have failed, but the current situation, in Phil Jackson's view, has not yet reached the point where it needs to be adjusted as long as O'Neal can continue to score, then the Lakers do not need to make any adjustments, and if Holly is asked to give up the bag on Meng to defend Tyshawn, then with the blocking of Meng and Jermaine, there is no way for Payton and Malone to defend, and if Kobe Bryant is used to defend Tyshawn, then the defense against Richard will be relaxed, For Phil Jackson, Richard is a much bigger threat than Tyshawn. After hearing his assistant's question, Larry Bird smiled and told him all the thoughts in his heart, although Lester Connell's qualifications are a little poor, but for himself as a true disciple, Larry Bird will still teach him wholeheartedly, hoping that one day he will be able to stand alone: "However, I think, in less than two minutes, he will call a timeout." ”

"Huh? Why? Hearing Larry Bird categorically say that Phil Jackson will definitely call a timeout in two minutes, Lester Connell is also a little unconvinced, if you start counting from the second half of the second quarter, so far Prince has shot a total of 9 times, hitting 5 shots, including 4 of 7 three-pointers, this is definitely a very high shooting rate, in this case, Phil Jackson insists on not changing his defensive strategy, so even after two minutes, Phil Jackson has no reason to change.

"Then look at it!" Lester Connell had a look of disbelief on his face, so Larry Bird didn't say much, but asked Lester Connell to observe the changes in the next few minutes. However, Larry Bird still silently said in his heart: "This is the power of the own system!" Larry Bird doesn't know the reason for saying it, I still hope that Lester Connell can feel this kind of thing by himself, since the beginning of the third quarter, Larry Bird has already discovered Meng Xu's changes, although Meng Xu can't break into the inside line guarded by O'Neal and Ma Long, but Meng Xu will still choose to try it after blocking and dismantling, and after one or two changes of direction to break through to attract O'Neal to leave the basket, and then pass the basketball in his hand, Meng Xu's move is actually using another way to implement the breakthrough tactics, After Meng Xu enters the burst mode, as long as the players around Meng Xu are around, their game state and feel will have a jump, with Prince's current state, as long as Meng Xu keeps feeding him the ball, it may take less than two minutes, and Phil Jackson will not be able to bear it.

And the Lakers are now facing a critical point, starting from the third quarter, perhaps from the second half of the second quarter, the Lakers began to resolutely play O'Neal and Malone, with Malone's current physical condition, whether it is facing Mutombo or Jermaine O'Neal, they are a little weak, so the Lakers are actually still struggling with O'Neal, after Larry Bird's observation of these games, with O'Neal's current physical fitness, as long as he attacks more than 5 rounds in a row, with the decline of physical strength, O'Neal's offensive success rate will decline significantly, and O'Neal should rest for a while, and now it is just the fifth round of the third quarter of the game, once O'Neal's shooting rate drops, and Prince's side still feels the same, then at most three rounds, the difference between the two sides will be more than 10 points, and Phil Jackson can't call a timeout at this time.

Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal's blocking, Payton, who defended Meng Xu, was blocked by Jermaine O'Neal, Meng Xu's breakthrough changed direction very much, Meng Xu shook Robert Hawley's defense, O'Neal left the basket and pounced towards Meng Xu, huh? Behind the pass, it's the back pass again, the unguarded Tyshawn Prince, 3-point shot, in, beautiful, this is already Tyshawn Prince's 26th point in this game, after Prince's 3-point shot, the difference between the two sides was widened to 7 points again. ”

"This rookie of the Pacers is completely crazy right now!" Seeing Prince's good game state on the court, Michaels couldn't help but admire, today's game, Prince not only performed very well on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, Prince also did a very good job of Kobe Bryant's defense, Kobe Bryant, who couldn't even Meng Xu in the last game, was very embarrassed by this rookie today, although it is very normal for a player to have ups and downs after a crazy game, but to Kobe Bryant today 14 shots only 5 of them, how much can not be said, and the Kobe Bryant who shot 22 of 36 in the last game is like two people.

"In fact, in the second quarter, Phil should have made a targeted arrangement for this little guy." is completely different from Michaels who is excited, Magic Johnson on the side is frowning and shaking his head constantly, Phil Jackson's defensive strategy, even Magic Johnson is a little incomprehensible. In today's game, Phil Jackson's on-the-spot command, in the eyes of Magic Johnson, was completely failing, and the reaction was also very slow, the Pacers played blocking and dismantling in the first quarter, Phil Jackson only made a targeted arrangement in the second quarter, and Prince, who was basically empty by the Lakers, broke out in the second quarter, but Phil Jackson seemed to be an afterthought, and he played 3 minutes in the third quarter, and he did not make a targeted defensive arrangement for Prince.

"I can't imagine that Phil Jackson is quite stubborn." Jeff Van Gundy now feels the same as Magic Johnson, originally expected to be an earth-shattering, Mars hit the earth like a fierce battle, but now the process of the game is really disappointing Jeff Van Gundy, in this game the Lakers don't seem to have put any pressure on the Pacers at all, especially Meng Xu, although he has now scored 12 assists, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and 1 block, but Meng Xu scored 7 points in terms of scoring today, only 3 of 5 shots, And in today's third-quarter game, the Pacers didn't use the killer feature of full-court tight defense against the Lakers.

"Meng Xu began to press Payton all over the court!" When Malone sent out the baseline ball, and Payton, who received the ball, was advancing towards the front court, he found that Meng Xu, who had just stopped at the top of the arc, pounced directly on him, although Meng Xu had not yet arrived, but Peyton had already felt the dangerous breath in the air, and even at the moment when Meng Xu pasted Peyton, Peyton actually found that his hand slapping the basketball actually trembled, and under Meng Xu's oppressive full forehead pressing defense, he was nervous, and Peyton was shocked in his heart. Immediately sat in place to get rid of Meng Xu's movements, but every time, Meng Xu's defense was just right, and every time he was able to occupy Payton's path in advance.

Seeing that Payton and Meng Xu had been entangled in the backcourt for nearly 5 seconds, Malone, who was not far from Payton, quickly rushed over to cover Payton, looking at the posture in front of him, if no one covered for Payton, Payton would really be able to cover for 8 seconds in the backcourt.

Under the cover of Malone, Payton successfully advanced to the frontcourt, and at this time, the players on both sides have basically all been in place, although on the other side of the court, Kobe has gotten rid of Prince's half of the body, but Payton does not have the slightest intention to pass the ball to Kobe, maybe it is the request of the head coach, the pressure may be Peyton's own meaning, in today's game, as long as Payton controls the ball, his preferred passing object is O'Neal, followed by Malone, the game has been played so far, Payton has handed over basketball to Kobe Bryant only a handful of times.

I have to say that in the case that the Lakers can't effectively mobilize the Pacers and let them run, the Pacers' defensive position is really good, even Hamilton, who is obviously slightly taller, when defending Robert Hawley, the defensive awareness and position selection are very good, and Robert Hawley, who couldn't find any opportunity after receiving the ball, finally passed the basketball back to Payton's hands.

After receiving the ball, Payton was covered by Meng Xu again, seeing that the offensive time had passed 15 seconds, Payton had to call Malone's blocking, although Malone is old, but Malone's blocking awareness is still much stronger than Jermaine O'Neal's, after the blocking and dismantling, in the face of Jermaine O'Neal, Payton also wants to use his footstep advantage to get rid of Jermaine O'Neal's defense. Although Jermaine O'Neal's mobility and foot movement are also very good, in the face of Payton, who is only 1.93 meters tall, Jermaine O'Neal's close defense is far less effective than Meng Xu.

"Gary, here!" O'Neal, who was fighting for a position with Mutombo under the basket, saw that Payton had gotten rid of Meng Xu and broke through the 3-point line at the same time, and immediately turned around and entered the paint area, while reaching out to Payton for the ball.

Phil Jackson, who was sitting motionless on the bench, had quietly gotten up and walked to the sidelines at this moment, watching the scene on the court with full attention, while thinking about the possible situation and the strategy to deal with it. The importance of this offense to the Lakers is self-evident, as long as O'Neal scores this offense, then the difference between the two sides will return to 5 points, and the 5-point difference is really nothing for the current situation, and the Lakers do not need to adjust. But if O'Neal can't score, then it's the Pacers' turn to attack, and the difference between the two sides could be further widened, even to 10 points, and if this happens, a timeout will have to be called.

After hearing the sound of O'Neal asking for the ball, Payton, who originally planned to turn to the right, immediately stopped his steps and began to turn to the left, after this series of actions, Jermaine O'Neal lost the best position to defend Payton, and after successfully getting rid of Jermaine O'Neal's defense, Payton immediately threw the basketball in his hand in the direction of O'Neal, as long as O'Neal received the basketball, it was an easy turn and dunk.

But what made Payton a little frightened, at the moment when the basketball left his hand, Payton saw a figure blocking between himself and O'Neal, and the basketball passed by himself was directly caught by the black shadow in his hand.

"Richard, fast attack." Meng Xu, who successfully completed the steal, immediately stopped his pace and threw the basketball directly towards the Lakers' frontcourt, and while calling Hamilton for a quick break, he also rushed towards the Lakers' frontcourt for the sake of insurance.

Hamilton, who took the lead in grabbing the basketball, immediately handed the basketball to Meng Xu after seeing Meng Xu follow, and he continued to accelerate towards the basket, and when he entered the free throw line two steps below the free throw line, Hamilton jumped uncontrollably, and Meng Xu behind Hamilton still passed the basketball in his hand towards the basket.

Just when Hamilton was approaching the basket, the basketball thrown out by Meng Xu also happened to reach the top of Hamilton's head, reaching out to grab the basketball in the air, and after smashing into the basket, Hamilton, who had always been calm, rarely slapped his chest while roaring at the audience at the Staples Center after he landed.

"Gary, be careful with your passing in the future!" After Meng Xu and Hamilton completed the air relay, Payton also retreated back, looking at the panting Peyton, Meng Xu smiled.

"Little slut!" After hearing Meng Xu's ridicule, Peyton immediately scolded not to be outdone.

"It's nine points, and it looks like Phil Jackson has to call a timeout." Seeing the ugly expression of Phil Jackson, who was standing on the sidelines, after Payton's pass was stealed by Meng Xu, Michaels knew that Phil Jackson was definitely going to take a timeout.