Chapter 789: The Silence of the Nobles
"The last two days have been really quiet and terrible, and there is no excitement at all from the previous time"
United States, Los Angeles, outside the Lakers' training gym, a group of reporters are talking about something in their ears, most of these people are local reporters in Los Angeles, Los Angeles is one of the most developed cities in the United States, so the news media here is also the most, if it weren't for the fact that after returning from Boston, the Lakers have been refusing to visit, at this time there will be more media reporters outside the team's training hall, but even if the Lakers are ready to block all news reports, but there is no doubt about it, With the team's current position in Los Angeles and the status of the United States as a whole, it can't stop anyone else from guarding it, at least for these most die-hard Los Angeles media.
"Yes, I feel, the Lakers have been a little nervous in the past two days, but it's only 0-2, we didn't lose at home, but lost away from home, it's not a big deal, Phil Jackson is still too timid, he has never shown the ability of the Bulls since he came to Los Angeles, it's really unpleasant"
Los Angeles reporters have always had an opinion about the Lakers' head coach Phil Jackson, the former Bulls dynasty coach was not able to win the championship for them quickly in the Lakers, which is one of the reasons, and the other reason is that he drove out the former Lakers godfather Jerry West, although on the surface, Jerry West resigned and left, but basically all Los Angeles media reporters know.
If it weren't for Jenny Buss and Bass Jr. teaming up to kill Jerry West, Jerry West, the most powerful helper of Old Buss, would not have been able to leave, and in the process of Jerry West's departure, Phil Jackson naturally took the blame for Buss Jr. and Jeanie Buss, and in fact, in addition to Phil Jackson, the current Lakers general manager Kupchak has also been criticized, and his final betrayal of Jerry West as Jerry West's first henchman has also been satirized by many media.
It's just that he's slightly better than Phil Jackson. This year, he brought in Malone and Payton and Fan Maniac to make him also whitewashed, at least, in Los Angeles, this year's NBA best general manager is no longer the one who has been caricatured as a betrayer or a puppet, of course, Kupchak is whitewashed, but with the end of the last two Finals, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson is getting darker and darker. At least now here, he is one of the most hated people in the Lakers media, and even Zhuang Fei's popularity here is far greater than his, which is somewhat embarrassing.
"It's hard to say, although our strength is not bad, but we also know that this time the opponent is the Chinese, although we have not lost at home, but the Chinese seems to have never lost at home in the playoffs in the past two years." If so, even if we win all the home games now, if the Chinese can still continue to win at home, then the final loss is still defending, and we have no home field advantage" Maybe only this time. These people will remember that they easily lost the home-court advantage to Zhuang Fei and the Celtics in the regular season.
"It would have been a shame if we had fought for it in the regular season at that time, and if we had home field advantage, we wouldn't have been so passive."
"Yes. It's a pity, but it's not okay to regret it now, we still underestimated the Celtics too much back then. Like the magic said, this team is seriously underrated, they should be on the same level as us, it's not easy to play a game like this."
Reporters in Los Angeles are worried about the current situation of the team, which is understandable, for the Lakers, they are now 0-2 down, not 0-1 or 1-2, in this case, the team is actually in trouble, and at this time many people have begun to give up some of the previous childish ideas, such as before the start of this round of the series, the Lakers fans or die-hard media are frantically shouting for a 4-0 sweep of the Celtics, and now no one is shouting so, Now let's not talk about the Lakers' 4-0 sweep of the Celtics, for now, the team itself needs to prevent the fate of being swept, and in fact, for now, the Boston Celtics' two-game victory at home has made this team more pragmatic, which may be one of the few consolations that this team can receive in this series
"Kobe, let's go play together"
Inside the Los Angeles Lakers' training gym, unlike what the outside world imagined, this team doesn't look as busy as yesterday or this team is now preparing for tomorrow's game and some secret things, but whether it's ready or not, or what is prepared, this team now looks extremely relaxed, as if it doesn't take tomorrow's comparison to heart at all, and in fact, this team is also like this, of course, Most Lakers players still don't have much sense of loss at this time. But it is clear that Kobe Bryant is not inferior to this column.
Now he has completely lost ground in the team, in this case, whether it is the team's win or the team's loss, in fact, it has little to do with him, in this case, he is extremely frustrated, and this frustration that has not been vented is all used by him to train, in this case, plus Kobe Bryant is the most diligent player on this team, for a while, the Lakers' leading guard became the loneliest person in the Lakers again after refusing Szczebiak's invitation.
"Wally, don't pay attention to him, this kid doesn't look down on us" is different from Szczebiak's invitation, the team's boss Ao Fat directly started sarcasm on Kobe, and in fact, after hearing the sarcasm of the team's inside, Kobe Bryant also buried himself in training again, while other Lakers players such as Szebiak shook their heads and left, at this time he, the third child, really didn't have much way to adjust the team's internal problems, in fact, he has not been a leader player in the Lakers.
"Hmph" After seeing Ao Fat and their leaving, Kobe Bryant also glanced at the back of this group of people coldly, and then let out a sneer in his mouth, and after sneering, the Lakers' leading guard also trained again, to say that he is a training maniac, he is the only one of the Lakers, and no matter what else is good, Ao Fat or Szzerbiak is not comparable to him.
Of course, it's not the same as Kobe Bryant's current training in the team's training gym, but the same thing is that they are not comfortable with the current situation of the team at this time
Los Angeles, the Lakers' head coach's office, at this time in this dimly lit office, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson is looking at the video footage from the TV not far away, this is the Boston Celtics and Lakers in recent seasons of the game footage, in this case, but from this time his face should not be very good.
After returning to Los Angeles from Boston with a score of 0-2, he issued a media ban, which is not more about managing players but controlling the energy he spends on the outside, because of the two consecutive defeats in Boston, the head coach of the Lakers is almost nailed to the shame pillar of Lakers history, if it is really according to Zhuang Fei's words, it would be fun if this team was really swept by the Boston Celtics, of course, this is just a joke, such a thing is basically impossible to happen. So at this time, the Lakers head coach cut off all contact from the outside world and completely put himself into this game.
Of course, at this time, it is also a very tragic thing for these assistant coaches of the Lakers, and it is basically impossible to beat the Celtics for a long time and let their team play well. Of course, no matter what, with the cooperation of the Lakers' general manager and these assistant coaches, Phil Jackson has some new ideas, and such ideas also require him to be very nervous and small. So at this time, the Lakers are also cold and silent when the third game of the Finals is approaching
The Lakers seem to be quiet now, and they want to wait for the third game of the Finals to be bitten by the Boston Celtics, but also hope to be able to pull the game back to 10%, and at this time, the Boston Celtics have no such scruples after coming to Los Angeles, and in fact, for the Celtics players, it is the most comfortable thing to be able to come to Los Angeles to play on the road, which is not just about the weather here.
And in fact, this has nothing to do with the weather, just like going to Vancouver to play away in the last round and being surrounded by Grizzlies fans, such a thing is difficult to happen in Los Angeles, just like the Lakers have always been known as the league's No. 1 aristocratic team, Los Angeles fans actually have a very strong sense of aristocracy, just like the Los Angeles Lakers will definitely give up the game in the fourth game after falling behind 0-3 to retain their aristocratic demeanor, Lakers fans can't do anything to besiege opposing players or poison the food of opposing players for victory, in this case, Zhuang Fei does not have too many restrictions on the arrangement of Celtics players in Los Angeles, and in fact, after coming to Los Angeles, Zhuang Fei went directly to the University of Southern California to find Scarlett.
So compared with the silence of the Lakers, the Celtics are much more high-profile now, and this scene is completely different from a few days ago, and under this difference, the third game between the Boston Celtics and the Lakers also started on June 14. (To be continued.) )