On June 5, 2002, the first game of the 2001-2002 NBA Finals season was played as scheduled.

The Lakers' starting roster is Fisher, Kobe, Fox (SF), Horry (SF/PF) and O'Neal.

The Wizards' starting lineup is Bow Peak, Hamilton, Jordan, Leitner and Kwame Brown.

When he saw the starting lineup of the Wizards, Jackson breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the Wizards were still going to play a conservative game......

After the Western Conference Finals, all the Lakers coaching staff seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the championship had come into the arms of the Lakers, and there was basically nothing to worry about the Wizards.

Jackson also thinks so, the overall weakness of the Eastern Conference playoff powerhouses is known to everyone, for example, the Lakers won the home right of the series, which is a good illustration, the second Wizards in the East are three games behind the Lakers in the third in the West?

But Jackson, as the head coach and the most well-known coach in the league, still can't really relax, and before he wins the championship trophy, who knows what will happen on the field?

In this regard, although the time is still very short, Jackson still watched the footage of the Wizards in the recent period.

I have a general idea of the Wizards...... Probably enough for Jackson, at least to understand the competitive level of all the players on the Wizards, the approximate technical characteristics of the players, for the Lakers themselves, in fact, there are very few changes, and there is a fundamental surprise between the main force and the bench.

There are one or two veterans who are holding the Lakers' thighs this season, but there are basically none who can join the triangle offensive rotation.

Besides, in the finals, it is common for the main players to play for 40 minutes, and it can even be guaranteed that O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, and one person must stay on the court.

As long as nothing troublesome is going on with the Wizards.

For Jackson, the Wizards' most troublesome point is definitely not Jordan.

After nearly ten years of coaching career with the Bulls, Jackson knows Jordan too well and knows what Jordan was like at his peak, and Jackson doesn't feel anything terrible about Jordan, who is obviously at the end of his career.

Especially when he saw his other beloved apprentice Kobe Bryant, watching the look in his eyes after the Wizards entered the Finals, Jackson didn't care about how Jordan ...... In other words, Jackson won't care so much about the Wizards' triangle offensive tactics.

One of the things that must be done in the triangle attack is that it is a heads-up invincibility in a position. Let's not talk about how complicated the Lakers' triangle offense is and what it needs, but the Lakers' triangle offense has been playing for many years and has relatively mature experience.

But for the Wizards, the extremely rudimentary triangle offense must have a strong point, and none of the Wizards' four most scoring players (Jordan, Kwame, Bow Peak, Hamilton) is an unsolvable problem for the Lakers.

In this regard, as long as the Wizards play their own triangle offense, Jackson will of course breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that after this breath of relief, just 5 minutes later, Jackson was forced to call a timeout.

I don't know if O'Neal is not fully prepared or the Wizards are too well prepared, Kwamei who successfully jumped the ball and quickly attacked the basket in an instant, and at the back of the bow peak saw the opportunity to send the ball to Kwamei's hands with a long pass, the Wizards took the lead, and the two rookies showed no signs of worrying at all.

Jackson saw such a pass, don't look at him without any expression on the surface, but in his heart he has already scolded all the Lakers players present, good guys, the skills and tactics that have been reminded were actually beaten in the opening game!

If Popovich would have called a timeout at this point, he would have ignored the player's self-esteem, and of course the Spurs would not have been an exception! But the Lakers have this tradition...... However, for the Lakers, it is not terrible to have mistakes, as long as their offense is not a problem.

It's a pity that I don't know if I was still drinking yesterday or what's wrong, the starting point of the Lakers' offense, O'Neal, hit the iron in the first ball in the face of Kwame's defense, Leitner grabbed the rebound quickly, without any stop, and passed to Gong Feng in the first moment, Hamilton was already fast.

Fortunately, Fisher and Kobe Bryant returned to defense quickly, but Gong Feng smiled at the corner of Fisher's mouth in front of him, and with a low hand pass, Kwamei was already close to the free throw line, and after receiving Gong Feng's pass, he rushed to the basket...... The battle ended with a dunk while O'Neal was just past the three-point line.

From Leitner's pass to the end of the fast break, it took a total of 7 seconds.

When Jackson saw the ball, he decided to see if he was in a hurry to call a timeout.

O'Neal is not easy, just now he just ran over the three-point line, and he had to go back without touching the ball, and it was Kobe Bryant who scored a two-point goal with a quick stop under Hamilton's defense.

Although Gong Feng quickly ran to the front court after receiving the ball, the Lakers still quickly put all the players in place to defend, this time they finally didn't give Gong Feng time to attack, but Gong Feng was not in a hurry this time, just slowly gave O'Neal time to the inside line, and at 10 seconds, Gong Feng made a tactical gesture, and Kwamei immediately stepped forward to block with Gong Feng.

Seeing Kwamei come forward, Fisher completely abandoned Kwamei and directly pressed Gong Feng and did not give Gong Feng room to pass, which saw the old fish's old spiciness.

It's a pity that Gong Feng took advantage of the situation to get into the basket and faced O'Neal's help defense, and Kwamei, who was still in a high position just now, quickly got down to the low post, received a pass from Gong Feng, and ended the battle with a slam dunk.

Kwame's athleticism and Bow Peak's passing vision were on full display at this moment.

Kobe Bryant didn't move when he saw Jordan, Fox didn't dare to relax his defense against Hamilton, and as for Horry's expression that looked at Leitner's smiling expression, he didn't move, but Horry watched Leitner's brilliant achievements in the NCAA in that era, and at this point Leitner was most sure of it.

The Lakers' offense is still dominated by O'Neal, but unfortunately O'Neal, who was a little out of breath, was instantly caught by Kwame and Leitner, and O'Neal, who reacted a little slower, was instantly stealed by Leitner.

Then the Wizards' rare fast-break was staged again at the Stamp Center, this time Jordan faced Kobe's defensive layup, and while Kwame ran with all his might, O'Neal simply couldn't be idle.

After a few rounds like this, Jackson finally couldn't sit still, what kind of triangle offense did the Wizards play? This is an obvious Jazz tactic!

A young player like Kwame is now a little breathless, not to mention O'Neal, who is heavier and older than Kwame...... But O'Neal can't run it, Kwame is completely the Wizards' current scoring point, as long as O'Neal is a little slower, Kwame may get space to score...... None of the Lakers' players, other than O'Neal, can defend the current Kwame in the low post.

Five minutes later, Jackson reluctantly called the first timeout in the Finals. Because the Wizards are now seven points ahead of the Lakers.

"Very good! Gong Feng, Kwamei, you two did a great job! But you have to take a break now, Jackson will definitely lower the tempo and block the center's down, and we will also play a very regular triangle attack! Oakley, Tyrone Lue plays, Simmons you also play, you give me the court to defend Kobe, Jordan, these five minutes are handed over to you, score if you can, if you can't score, you have to mobilize O'Neal for me, you can't let him have time to rest on the court! ”

"We have to prevent the Lakers' fast break, we have to strangle Kobe's offensive line at the beginning, Tyrone Lue, once Jordan's offense doesn't go well, you take over the offensive initiative, get the ball and give me a rush to the basket, give me a second break if there is no space, the third time, the veterans will pass me when they have a vacancy, you don't need to think of any other tactics or anything like that, understand?"

"Yes! Instructor! ”

"Excellent! Let's play! Let's take out the hegemon of the west! ”

"Kill the Lakers!"

Jackson looked at the Wizards' players on the court, and was a little stupid, Collins actually put the three best performers off the court?

Looking at Tyrone Rumour's fist, Jackson felt bad again.