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On May 21, 2005, two days before the Los Angeles Lakers and Spurs game, in the video editing room of the Los Angeles Lakers, several video editors and coaches of the Los Angeles Lakers were all sitting here.

This kind of scene is not common in the Los Angeles Lakers this season, because everyone knows that the team's head coach Zhuang Fei does not like to sit here, and many times it is the team's assistant coach Stephen Green who sends the video prepared by the editors to Zhuang Fei's office, and then Zhuang Fei can watch it. So, in Los Angeles, many people know that their head coach is actually a very homely person, and it seems that they don't like to communicate with a lot of people, and they are more used to solving problems alone.

It's just that this very homely person didn't expect to come to the video editing room to discuss the video with them.

"Stephen, Tom, what do you think" Zhuang Fei stared at the big screen projecting the Spurs and Timberwolves game not far away and asked with some frowns and serious, and at this time the two assistants and other videographers on his side were also calm, of course, for Zhuang Fei's problem, these videographers have no right to speak, but even so, these people are a little nervous, Zhuang Fei came to the Lakers first thing to fire the team's beautiful scouting director, this Chinese in the Lakers reputation is a little iron-blooded, Although Zhuang Fei kicked out the beautiful scout manager is very popular, these people are still a little afraid of him, this is the person who really controls the power of life and death of the team, and even the lover of Little Bass dares to step on it directly, they can't afford to provoke him.

"It's jerky. It's weird."

After a brief silence. The team's assistant coach, Thibodo, said just six words. And when Zhuang Fei and Green looked at him again, the team's assistant coach also continued.

"The Spurs' defense looks jerky, and Duncan and Howard have always felt like they've done their best to move around and help defend everywhere, but from my point of view, they seem to be deliberately hiding something, and a lot of people can't see it, but I can be sure. At the level of Duncan and Howard, they can be stronger if they go all out, and they won't look so jerky, this is the strange thing about them, this team's defense is very strange" After Tom Thibodu finished speaking, Zhuang Fei and Green on the side also nodded thoughtfully.

Tom Thibodo is one of the best defensive coaches in the league, in terms of defensive attainments, he is not much worse than Larry Brown, the strongest defense in the NBA, if he says that the Spurs' defense is problematic or strange, then the team's defense is really strange, which both Zhuang Fei and Green agree with him. Or trust his opinion.

"This team also has some problems with their offense, it's too patterned. Whether it's Duncan or Howard, or Kidd, they often deliberately pursue passing opportunities when they launch an attack, it seems that they play very reasonably, in fact, they should have more options, or better options, my opinion is the same as Tom, this Spurs is very strange" After Tom Thibodu finished speaking, when Zhuang Fei's eyes looked at Green, this Zhuang Fei's disciple also said with some solemnity, and after Green finished speaking, Zhuang Fei also nodded in the same way.

"The strange thing you are talking about should be the problem of the coordination of the Spurs players, when defending, they are deliberately covering up the synergy of Duncan and Howard on the defensive end, and when attacking, they deliberately amplify the synergy of their own team and cover up the single mode of their own team, I am afraid this is what you think is very strange about this Spurs" Finally, after looking at his two assistants, Zhuang Fei also said with a smile. And this time, after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, Green and Xibodu looked at each other in some surprise and immediately nodded, obviously, they agreed with Zhuang Fei's statement.

"Coach, you say, why would they do that?" At this time, Green and Xibodu looked at Zhuang Fei with some curiosity and asked, but at this time, Zhuang Fei shook his head, why did the Spurs do this? Why did Popovich do this? If it's a simple hidden strength, then it's nothing, but is Popovich's idea really that simple? Zhuang Fei wasn't sure.

"No matter why they do this, but their ability is still hidden, that's for sure, in the case of still hiding, they can easily beat the Timberwolves 4-2, which requires us to take more precautions, now there are still two days before the game, you guys catch more in this regard when training, just in case" In the end, Zhuang Fei also commanded his two assistants, and at this time, the two looked at Zhuang Fei with a solemn face, and nodded seriously.

When the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Spurs slowly arrived, the training hall of the Los Angeles Lakers also became extremely active, and at this time the team's head coach Zhuang Fei surprised many Lakers players to stay in the team's training hall, which was completely impossible to happen in the previous two series, which can also show the importance that the Chinese attaches to this game.

Of course, now for this game, when Zhuang Fei is fully committed to the Lakers' training, Spurs head coach Popovich has not given up provocation to Zhuang Fei and the Lakers in recent times, and the scale of the provocation is getting bigger and bigger.

"The Los Angeles Lakers are a team that exists in history, they are one of the biggest teams in the NBA, but this has to do with their city, if they are in Minnesota, I swear, if they don't win the championship in 15 years, they will be forgotten, so I have always disliked you saying that the Lakers are giants, the New York Knicks are giants or other teams are giants, but we missed our Spurs, you know, in the last 15 years, only the Bulls, the Timberwolves, have performed better than the Spurs, Rockets and Boston Celtics, we're a championship team and the Lakers don't have anything."

"Of course, you're going to expect the Lakers to win the championship this season, but I want to say that this year's championship is still the Spurs', and the Lakers will get nothing again."

This is a provocation to the history and present of the Lakers team, although Zhuang Fei, who now represents the Lakers, does not want to respond, but as the Magic and Abdul-Jabbar, who represent the Lakers in the past, their temper is not so good.

In this case, the war of words between the Spurs and the Lakers before the start of the game did not start between Zhuang Fei and Popovich, but between the Lakers and Popovich, and then soon such a war of words also involved some of the Spurs' celebrities, such as Iceman Govin and Admiral.

Originally, the Spurs and the Lakers had a lot of grievances in the past, plus now the head coach of the Lakers still has a greater grudge with the Spurs Zhuang Fei, this situation is naturally very clear, from Popovich to provoke the war, to Popovich vs. the Lakers Fame, then to the Lakers and Spurs Fame War, and finally to the Lakers and Spurs fans War, it can be said that before the game started, the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Spurs became very hot.

It's just that at this time, what is puzzling is that Zhuang Fei, as the head coach of the Lakers, has been holding back. It makes people think that he doesn't know anything about it.

Of course, Zhuang Fei knows about the current Spurs and Lakers, not only he knows, but all the players in the Lakers know it, especially the team's leading player Kobe Bryant couldn't help it, if Zhuang Fei hadn't stopped it, it is estimated that he and Popovich would have scolded each other a long time ago.

According to Zhuang Fei's speculation, although he didn't know what Popovich wanted to do, he knew that Popovich's indiscriminate 'map cannon' to bombard the Lakers almost provoked the emotions of everyone in the Lakers, and I am afraid that there was absolutely another intention.

May 23, 2005, Los Angeles, Staples Arena, this game was the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Spurs.

The scene of this game is a bit strange, when the players on both sides played, Spurs head coach Popovich actually gained the biggest noise when he played, of course, the Spurs head coach who has been fighting against the Lakers recently got indiscriminate boos here, this kind of boos even Zhuang Fei, who has been waiting behind the players' tunnel, is a little incredible.

It's just clear that the Spurs head coach doesn't care about anything in the face of such boos, and even has a smile on his face all the time.

"Greg, it seems that you have become the most unpopular person here" Looking at his old opponent in front of him, Zhuang Fei said with a smile, and at this time, the Spurs head coach did not show weakness in the face of Zhuang Fei's ridicule, and the corners of his mouth moved coldly.

"It's my honor, and I'm sure I'll shut them all up after this series," the Spurs head coach gave Zhuang Fei a cold look and continued: "You will be a footnote to the Spurs' NBA championship this year."

Zhuang Fei didn't know where his old opponent got such confidence, or what this person who was completely different from Popovich in the past was doing, but in the face of the provocation of his old opponent, Zhuang Fei just looked at the Spurs and Lakers players who were warming up on the court, and then turned his head and smiled at Popovich.

"Regardless of what happens to you and Spurs now, I can tell you that we won this series"

After Zhuang Fei finished speaking, he stared at Popovich coldly, and at this time, Popovich also stared at Zhuang Fei coldly, and after a long time, the two snorted coldly and turned around and walked towards their team's bench.

It's just that at this time, as long as you pay attention to these two people, you will definitely be able to find the evil aura on the faces of the two of them when they turn away. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )