In the NBA Finals, the victory or defeat of a game sometimes means a lot of things, most of the time, on the stage of the Finals, the NBA head coaches will care a lot about the immediate interests or the victory or defeat of the game in front of them, in the eyes of these people, the team's long-term plan in the series is not very important, or for some coaches, they simply have no way to make the so-called long-term plan, not to mention that the Finals are not qualified to think about the long-term, even in the ordinary playoffs.

In this case, it is rare to say that there are coaches who will selectively do some things for the victory of a series, such as selectively giving up the game without struggling in some games when the outcome is unclear or the outcome is basically decided, and in fact, there are many such scenes in the regular season, but in the finals, such things are difficult to happen, take the Lakers as an example, even if the Boston Celtics have changed the bench players in the first two games, their starters or main players are still on the court, Of course, this is not to say that the Lakers' players are brushing up the data, nor is it to say that the score can lose a little less.

But in fact, the Lakers still haven't given up the game, and the reason why they do this is just because they don't want to lose any of the games in front of them, for the sake of the game in front of them, they won't consider whether this will have any impact on future games, and in fact, the future may not be so important to Phil Jackson, of course, for Zhuang Fei, he and Phil Jackson are not very different, in fact, both of them have such opportunities, such as the third game of this series, The Boston Celtics trailed by 15 points in the third quarter, and after the start of the fourth quarter, Zhuang Fei rotated players at the beginning of the fourth quarter for 5 minutes and saw that the score was not pulled closer, so he simply did not let his starting lineup play again, but directly and selectively gave up the game.

In fact, the first away Celtics were disrupted by the Lakers at the beginning of the offensive and defensive strategy and rhythm, in this case, these players are not very good in terms of state or feel, it is obviously impossible to let such a Celtics recover the score, so Zhuang Fei is also very clear that he does not need to consume anything for this basically impossible victory, but the Lakers on the other side are in normal rotation, and there are still 6 minutes left at the end of the fourth quarter. Phil Jackson once again replaced all the main players to accompany the Celtics off the bench to play half a quarter of the game, and finally defeated the Boston Celtics by a large margin of 115-85, 20 points, and also won the first game of the Lakers' Finals this year.

This is the difference between Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson in this game, and this difference can actually be related to the arrangement of the two in this round of the series, Zhuang Fei determined that the Lakers were his opponents from the beginning, so everything Zhuang Fei did was to deal with the Lakers, all to win the series, in this general direction, he formulated a defensive system for the Lakers, such as how to limit Fat and Kobe, such as the offensive system led by Wade.

At this point. Zhuang Fei doesn't care whether Fan Maniac will be powerful in a certain game, whether Malone will be powerful in a certain game, these things Zhuang Fei will consider but will not delve into them, while Phil Jackson is different, he doesn't have a big framework to frame the Celtics, he is just thinking about his next game, he won't think of a tactic that can control a series. He only needs a tactic that can win the next game, and at this point, the difference between him and Zhuang Fei is big.

Of course, these two are just two ways to win the Finals, and there is no superiority or inferiority, just like defense wins the championship and offense wins the championship, such as Zhuang Fei's will be a little insufficient for the long-term consideration of the series, if the Lakers find a way to deal with the Celtics' defensive system and find a way to crack Wade's '1-4' tactic, then the Boston Celtics will immediately fall into passivity. In fact, Zhuang Fei's unchanged is actually providing a live target for others, that is, telling others to let others study his defensive system and let others study his 1-4 tactics. Of course, if the opponent can't figure out how to deal with these tactics, then this series will be under the control of the Celtics, unless it's like this one. The opposing team has a player who has exploded on the field, or there are other unexpected circumstances in this series. Otherwise, it's hard to lose this series under normal circumstances, after all, when you control the situation, you can basically control the series. Of course, for another strategy that only focuses on the immediate record, this strategy is more flexible, they don't have a framework, they can change at any time, and this change can bring a lot of surprises, and such accidents can also win the series.

Of course, for the finals, whether it is more arrogant to set a framework for the opponent to study themselves, or very cautious not to set the framework to play one game at a time, it doesn't matter much, and the most important thing is to be able to win the game, just like this Lakers defeated the Celtics at home, this game Phil Jackson's change of formation played this effect So, at this time he is the winner, and Zhuang Fei is the loser.

"We didn't lose this game at all" Zhuang Fei looked at the excited reporters on the court a little helplessly, and then continued with some helplessness: "Phil Jackson played a classic game, they forced us to change the original strategy at the beginning, they did a good job at this point, we were a little restrained in this game, the Lakers completely controlled the situation of the game, this is the home court of the Lakers, they played their home court advantage, they know more about here"

"Tracy's performance? I thought he was doing well, he played what I wanted, he was decisive in attack, that's what I wanted, and in the end did he hit? It doesn't matter at all, in fact, in an away game, no one can hit consecutive threes right away, Tracy is not such a player, anyway, he didn't make any mistakes in this game, he was playing exactly what I wanted, even if you think he was a bit of a bad pitcher, that's why I have nothing to do with him."

For Zhuang Fei, the failure of a game is not a big deal, and Zhuang Fei naturally will not pursue sweeping the Lakers as he said at the press conference at the end of the first game, which is impossible, so for Zhuang Fei. This defeat is actually acceptable to him, just like Zhuang Fei himself said, in the first away game, the advantage is in the case of changing the established strategy, such a game is basically either a big win or a big defeat, which has almost no other options.

"Van Exel? He's a great shooter, and he's the most unusual shot of any outside player in the NBA. No, I should say that in the history of the NBA, there is no such thing as a shooting percentage that can take two steps beyond the three-point line, or a three-step shot, and there is no doubt that he beat us, and in order to defend his three-point line, we were forced to make Tracy more outside, and in this case, we need to come up with two players to keep an eye on him and Szczebiak on the perimeter. It upset the balance of our defensive system and it was difficult for the three to put together a real defense, which gave Shaq and Karl a lot of scoring opportunities and one-on-one chances, which wasn't a great thing for us, of course. I have to say, Phil did a good job, he made a wise choice, and this choice allowed them to win"

The winner and loser of this game is indeed Fan Maniac. He made 7 of 13 three-pointers in this game, which looked about the same as his 8-of-15 shooting in the first game. But in this game, he opened with three consecutive three-pointers and directly knocked out the defensive system of the Boston Celtics, Fan Maniac is not an ordinary shooter, this is a person who can't stop shooting when he is crazy, for many shooters, even top shooters, such as Szzerbiak, it is difficult for him to shoot more than 10 times at the three-point line in a game when he is crazy, and for Fan Maniac, as long as he feels that he feels very good, he will keep throwing it, so this is a point that has to be managed, In fact, the Celtics did not have a defensive system in this game, and under the drive of Fan Maniac, the Lakers in this game can be said to be flowering inside and outside, which is what the Lakers want to see the most and the Celtics do not want to see.

"Do you still think Kobe Bryant is stronger? Of course, I've always thought that Kobe Bryant is the Lakers' dominant player, but obviously, you should also know that he was ostracized by Shaq and other Lakers players, and this exclusion is very sad, he didn't make his due contribution to his team, I think he should be sad now, he has the ability to kill this series, of course, I'm not accusing Mr. Jackson of employing people, after all, for him, he can't let Jordan and Chamberlain coexist, so he can only choose one, In the end, he gave up one Jordan and chose one Chamberlain. While there's nothing wrong with that, it's a shame that Kobe and Shaq can be the greatest combination in NBA history, and maybe Mr. Jackson ruined all that."

This should be the first time that the Lakers' internal problems have been made public by one of the other party's head coaches, or by the official nature, in fact, for this basket of problems within the Lakers, all the media in the United States know, and even know the reason, just because of an ulterior reason, maybe not an ulterior reason, it's just that most of the media in the United States are unwilling to trample on the Lakers who can beat Zhuang Fei, so they have been unknowingly covering up for the Lakers. Even if these reporters know what Phil Jackson said that the Lakers are the most united team in the league and that the Lakers are the best team in the league's locker room, it is pure nonsense, but these people still spare no effort to promote these things, but they didn't expect Zhuang Fei's press conference to be directly broken, which also made these reporters on the scene a little surprised, and Phil Jackson also looked at Zhuang Fei with an angry face, and the joy of just winning was also diluted a lot.

"Every player of the Lakers is very important, we don't have a thing where everyone rejects Kobe, Kobe Bryant did a better job in the sixth man position in this game, maybe Coach Z wants Kobe to be in the starting lineup, but I don't think so, it's our home game, we need to attack, so Nick is more suitable than Kobe, maybe after returning to Boston, Kobe will beat the Celtics in Boston" Almost after a little comer, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson said with a serious faceAt this time, the famous coach was arguing, of course, Zhuang Fei on the side just shrugged his shoulders after hearing the Lakers head coach's defense. Some are noncommittal.

Zhuang Fei naturally does not think that his words at the press conference can cause an uproar among the Lakers, as far as Kobe's current status with the Lakers is concerned, Kobe really wants to make trouble, Phil Jackson will definitely block him directly, at this point Kobe has lost the value of letting Zhuang Fei use it to deal with Phil Jackson, so Zhuang Fei said this just to add a blockage to Phil Jackson's heart, in fact, for the NBA Finals, it is not very important for the other party to win a game, the important thing is that the other party finds the feeling of winning, This is a very bad thing, and Zhuang Fei can let him divert his energy before Phil Jackson finds the feeling of winning at this time.

In fact, what Zhuang Fei did was not a conspiracy, but a real conspiracy, how could he not see what Zhuang Fei wanted to do with Philip Jackson's IQ, and in fact, since I started to contact Kobe Bryant five years ago, he knew what Zhuang Fei wanted to do, but he didn't know how to deal with it, in fact, whether it was in the Bulls or the Lakers, dealing with the relationship between players has never been his forte, plus the chaos within the Lakers, he is even more constrained, In this case, he can only watch things get worse and worse, but although Phil Jackson is angry, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with Zhuang Fei's approach, if Zhuang Fei's team has such a flaw, or Zhuang Fei has a flaw in a certain field, then he will not hesitate to attack, this is the relationship between enemies, nothing else.

"Hmph, it's time for us to have a break."

When the press conference ended, Phil Jackson looked at the back of Zhuang Fei who took the lead in leaving, and swore a little fiercely in his heart. (To be continued.) )