"Zhuang, now I am really completely convinced of you, you are the first person to let me say this"

In the early morning of December 28, 2004, in the private villa of Miami Heat head coach Pat Riley, this time should have been sleeping for everyone, but in the study of this villa, the head coach of the Miami Heat was looking at the flickering TV screen not far away with some excitement, and at this time he was actually studying the game video with a person, and this person was naturally no one else, but the Lakers head coach Zhuang Fei, whom he has always regarded as a confidant.

After the game between the Lakers and the Heat, Zhuang Fei left the team directly and accepted Pat Riley's invitation to his home, although he was nominally a guest, but in fact he was caught by Pat Riley to study tactics with him.

Of course, although Zhuang Fei's tactical system in the Lakers is more complex than his all-small forward system, in any case, Zhuang Fei's Lakers and the tactical concept of all-small forward tactics he proposed in the Lakers before are the same.

In this case, these two Lakers head coaches have also been looking back on this year's Lakers game from eleven o'clock in the evening to see the early morning fish belly white, in fact, Zhuang Fei doesn't like to follow this big man to the TV together, but it's hard to resist, Pat Riley gave Zhuang Fei a very high courtesy and almost prepared to worship Zhuang Fei as a teacher directly, in this case, Zhuang Fei is naturally impossible to refuse.

So I was extremely helpless to follow Pat Riley to review almost all the games of the Lakers this season so far, and to Zhuang Fei's great surprise, this tactical madman Pat Riley actually edited out all the wonderful tactical cooperation pictures of the Lakers this season. This guy was indeed poisoned by Zhuang Fei.

"Zhuang. I didn't expect you to use Webb and Kobe Bryant so well. If it were me, I don't think I would have the ability, but, Zhuang, can you give Webb to me, and the Heat will pick up your choice except for Mourning and Josh Howard? ”

At this time, Pat Riley's eyes were shining when he looked at Zhuang Fei, but it was obvious that Zhuang Fei directly gave him a big look. This also made Pat Riley himself a little embarrassed, his team except for Mourning and Josh Howard really has no players who can be exchanged with Webber for the same price, and then think that he still owes Zhuang Fei a lot of things. This also makes the head coach of the Heat even more embarrassed.

However, at the thought of the temptation of Mourning and Webber to team up together, the head coach of the Heat also has a bit of an itch in his heart, but even if he itches again, it is impossible for him to get this player, you know, this is a player who has averaged a triple-double per game so far this season.

"Zhuang, although your system is indeed very strong on the offensive end, as you yourself said to me six years ago, such a system has fatal flaws. I know your goal this year is to win the championship, if you want to get the championship. You have to beat all the teams in the league, but in my opinion, it's hard, and you know, there are still one or two teams in the league that can restrain the Lakers."

When he said this, Pat Riley also sighed, with his status in the NBA, in fact, he can choose to innovate like Zhuang Fei, but the reason why he has not done so is because such innovation cannot break the shackles of traditional basketball, although the Lakers have just defeated the New York Knicks and defeated the traditional center that is currently the first in the NBA, but this does not mean that the Lakers have surpassed tradition and history to reach another situation.

"Yes, it's really difficult, but I have confidence in my team" Zhuang Fei said with a smile, and at this time, Zhuang Fei was worried about Zhuang Fei Pat Riley was also stunned when he saw Zhuang Fei so confident, but then he quickly thought of something, and then the head coach of the Heat changed rapidly, and then he almost stood up with excitement.

"Zhuang, you're not going to tell me you've done that tactic with the Lakers, are you?" At this time, the head coach of the Heat was still a little elegant, his eyes were almost glowing and looking at Zhuang Fei, but at this time Zhuang Fei was still nodding with a smile, and after getting the answer he wanted, the head coach of the Heat changed his face again, and finally smiled bitterly.

"It's unbelievable" In the end, the head coach of the Heat also leaned back in his chair with a sigh, and the look on his face was also very complicated, you know, although he copied Zhuang Fei and barely completed the No. 5 tactic, but he couldn't touch the tactical system at all.

At this time, Pat Riley's mood is very complicated, Zhuang Fei is naturally very clear on the side, it can be said that the relationship between the two has been very iron in recent years, but the relationship between the two has also been changing subtly, this is because the ability gap between the two is also constantly changing.

"Zhuang, I find that the gap between us is getting farther and farther away" In the end, the head coach of the Heat also sighed a little, and at this time, Zhuang Fei on the side was stunned.

Because in Zhuang Fei's heart, he didn't think that he had left Pat Riley far behind, in fact, when he was a guest here six years ago, Pat Riley's profound knowledge gave Zhuang Fei a great shock, and at that time Zhuang Fei obviously knew that he was not as good as his friend in front of him.

"Maybe now we have just come to the same world," Zhuang Fei finally smiled a little fascinated under Pat Riley's somewhat surprised eyes.

"Zhuang, you don't have to comfort me" It's just that Pat Riley, who was stunned for a while, thought that Zhuang Fei was comforting him, but in the end, Zhuang Fei didn't explain.

Although Zhuang Fei was forced by Pat Riley to let him explain the Lakers' tactical system this season, Zhuang Fei didn't hate this kind of thing, if he hated it, he wouldn't accept Pat Riley's invitation, in fact, Zhuang Fei also enjoyed this feeling, because sometimes this kind of thing is more and more clear, Pat Riley is a well-known tactician in the league.

In Zhuang Fei's eyes, his friend and Popovich are two of the best top coaches in the league with both offense and defense, and being able to discuss these things with him is also of great help to the improvement of the Lakers' system.

Although it has been three days since the Christmas War, there is no doubt that the aftertaste of the Christmas War is not over, or that the Lakers' heat is still continuing, because after the Lakers defeated the Heat, they have reached the third-longest winning streak in NBA history with 27 wins, six games from the second-longest Lakers 33-game winning streak, and seven games from the league's longest 34-game winning streak.

Now after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Heat, people all over the world are discussing whether the Lakers will accomplish such a feat, and at this time, when they took out the schedule, they found that they were surprised to find that the 34th opponent of the Lakers this season is the Grizzlies, if the Lakers can win all the way to 33 games, then the 34th record-tying game is against the Grizzlies, you must know that the Grizzlies directly defeated the Lakers to complete the 34-game winning streak, what a coincidence.

Of course, while everyone in the United States was talking about the coincidence of the Lakers and Grizzlies, Zhuang Fei and Pat Riley went straight back to Los Angeles after an all-nighter.

This is the Lakers' return after three days after leaving Los Angeles on December 25, and when Zhuang Fei and them came out of the airport at this time, they were almost startled by the fans outside the airport. In fact, Zhuang Fei has seen a lot of such scenes, whether it is in North Carolina, or Minnesota or Boston, he has enjoyed such treatment, but this is Los Angeles.

In addition to Zhuang Fei, the other Lakers players are even more unbearable, at least except for Jackson, who is used to seeing big scenes with Zhuang Fei, the others are extremely excited, whether they are Kobe or Hill, which means that they have completely conquered the fans here.

Of course, for the players in Los Angeles, it is only an extremely glorious thing to be able to get the most thorough love from the fans, and for Zhuang Fei, he can get more, on the day he returned to Los Angeles, Zhuang Fei received an invitation from the team owner Old Bass, inviting Zhuang Fei to his home for an appointment.

And when Zhuang Fei came to Bass's house, he found that he was not the only one who accepted the invitation this time, and there were a lot of Lakers celebrities such as Magic and Abdul-Jabbar in Bath's house, and even in Old Bass's house, Old Wharton also laughed and complained that Zhuang Fei gave his son not many opportunities to play, Obviously, this time, whether it is Old Bass or these Lakers' celebrities, it is really when Zhuang Fei is his own person, and he really fully agrees with him, and this is also an unexpected joy, Although Zhuang Fei's current status does not require their approval.

"Zhuang, you know what, it wasn't long ago that I was worried that you would fail here, but now I'm relieved, your performance here has completely exceeded my expectations, no matter what happens in the future, you are successful with the Lakers, you have changed the environment of this team"

Looking at the somewhat drunk team owner beside him, Zhuang Fei also shook his head helplessly, not long ago he naturally knew that many people in the Lakers had doubted him, and Zhuang Fei's stubbornness made many people very dissatisfied at that time, but now all these dissatisfaction have naturally come to naught.

If the only thing that is still a little dissatisfied with Zhuang Fei is the two little Bas who have been staring at Zhuang Fei angrily not far away, and the captain of the beautiful cheerleading team and the former scouting director of the Lakers standing next to Little Bus. It's just that Zhuang Fei has always paid little attention to these people, as long as Old Bass is still there, these people can't make any big waves

"Status is a really good thing."

When he left the old Bass house, Zhuang Fei felt a little emotional, whether it was Pat Riley or the Lakers, their views of him were slowly changing, even to the point where they exceeded Zhuang Fei's imagination, but this was not too much temptation for Zhuang Fei, he was very sober, in fact, he had always been very sober, he knew that this was the most naked place for the survival of the fittest.

What he gained today could be lost tomorrow, so he never allowed himself to fail.

And he can't fail now. Because the cost is too great. (To be continued.) )