On December 23, there are still 2 days left before the Christmas game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, and at this time, both teams have all ended all their games before the Christmas war.

Just like Zhuang Fei of the Los Angeles Lakers after beating the Hornets at home, he immediately abandoned the media silence for nearly a week, and immediately jumped out and shouted, "We are here", this is Zhuang Fei's pressure on the New York Knicks, and the Christmas war between the two sides also began at this time.

Of course, after the game with the Hornets, Zhuang Fei chose to put pressure on the New York Knicks, and similarly, for a head coach of Phil Jackson's level, Zhuang Fei also thought of what he wanted to do.

And in fact, he has been putting pressure on the Lakers and Zhuang Fei and Kobe Bryant before, otherwise Zhuang Fei would not have jumped out to fight back, and like Zhuang Fei, Phil Jackson, who has been silent for longer than Zhuang Fei, has not forgotten to talk about his old club after defeating the Bucks at home at the same time.

"Los Angeles Lakers 25-game winning streak? It's really an amazing result, Coach Z did a great job in his first year with the Lakers, it's a great result, but I also got 25 straight wins in my first year with the Lakers, and that didn't make me feel like there's anything special about it, I'm not going to be afraid of anything about this team, and my team isn't going to be afraid of anything, can they get the 26th win after beating the New York Knicks? Absolutely, but it's more likely that we can beat them at home."

If at the beginning of the season, when everyone talked about the Christmas war, they were all saying that the Lakers and Zhuang Fei were going to be tragic. Phil Jackson and O'Neal won't let this team go. Because at that time, the fact that there was only one interior center in the Lakers made everyone sweat for this team.

And at that time, if someone thought that the Los Angeles Lakers would be able to start a 25-game winning streak this season. Then go to the Christmas game to beat the New York Knicks, and if anyone really thinks the Lakers can do that, then that person must be crazy

Of course, at the beginning of the season, some people may think that the Lakers defeated the New York Knicks and O'Neal is a fool's dream, and at that time the New York Knicks and Phil Jackson had an absolute advantage, then at this time, the outside public opinion and the situation have also undergone earth-shaking changes, and this change has to be faced.

After all, the Los Angeles Lakers are on an insane 25-game winning streak. The league is currently ranked first, and it is still able to score more than 130 points per game per game, and can win more than 30 points per game per game, all such data are the best in history, even the Denver Nuggets, who were able to contribute an average of 127 points per game 20 years ago, are far inferior to this Laker, and the current Lakers are already a historic team, there is no doubt about it.

And what about the New York Knicks? It's a very strong team, with a 21-4 record in 25 games, which is tied for third place in the league in terms of record, just behind the Lakers and Grizzlies. Although such a record is also extremely terrifying, this team is also extremely strong. But to say that they have reached the historical level is also a bit far-fetched.

In this case, although the media in the United States does not like Zhuang Fei very much, and has also been belittling Zhuang Fei, waiting for the collapse of Zhuang Fei and the Lakers, but the current public opinion is still the Lakers have the advantage, in this case, what Phil Jackson needs to do is to suppress these public opinion advantages of the Lakers and completely dilute everything that the Lakers are doing now, and he is really doing a good job, making everyone think that he has done such a result in the first year of the Lakers, which is a good reason.

"Who is better O'Neal or Kobe? This doesn't need to be discussed at all, O'Neal will never be comparable to Kobe, yes, he is the current Lakers' dominant player, he averages 40 points per game, he is the current scoring champion, if he keeps this score until the end of the season, then he will become the second scoring champion after Chamberlain who can average 40 points per game, he will become a legend, I also think he has the ability, but Shaq is not just a legend, he will become the ruler of the NBA, the height of the two will never be the same, Just like now Shaq has the league's first team in the regular season MVP many times, and Kobe Bryant has nothing, the same time when Chamberlain averaged 40 per game in the regular season, he never won the championship, this is my opinion of Kobe, he is just a scoring maniac, a player who is toxic to the team, maybe he can be loved by the fans, but he is definitely not favored by most coaches, Shaq is completely different"

Phil Jackson is very smart, he knows what to do to benefit his team, just like when Zhuang Fei was in the Timberwolves or Celtics, he kept making a fuss about Kobe in the public opinion media, and this time, Zhuang Fei became Kobe's head coach, and he became Kobe's opponent, and now it is his turn to make a fuss about Kobe, whether his words are provoking Kobe Bryant and making Kobe lose his mind, or if it is really his true words, it doesn't matter.

Because on December 23, when the media reported Phil Jackson's words, as long as it can have the effect of angering Kobe, with Phil Jackson's understanding of Kobe, this will definitely be able to do, of course, Phil Jackson is now playing a set for the Lakers, and he is also setting a set for Kobe, and Zhuang Fei, as the head coach of the Lakers, is not idle.

"I heard what Mr. Jackson said about Kobe, he has always been biased against Kobe, that's obvious, you don't have to take his comments about what kind of person Kobe Bryant is, he knows Kobe very well, I know the same thing, he said that all players who average more than 40 points per game in the regular season can't win the regular season championship? It's also a prejudice, just like before I came to the Timberwolves, everyone thought that small-ball tactics couldn't win championships, and there was also the fact that he compared Kobe Bryant's honors to O'Neal, which is even more unfair, and now the world knows that Kobe Bryant is only 26 years old. Now is the beginning of his accolades."

Phil Jackson must have a lot of opinions about Kobe Bryant now, and Zhuang Fei also knows that this guy is deliberately provoking Kobe Bryant and provoking Kobe's desire to fight, for Kobe. Being too emotional is what can make him scrappy. It can help the team, but a lot of it hurts the team, which was the case when I was under Phil Jackson.

Although this season's Kobe Bryant has been completely different in the positioning of the team, he is now a pure finisher, which also makes his emotional impact on the team will be much less, but in the face of Phil Jackson's challenge, Zhuang Fei will not be silent, and there is no need to be silent at this time.

This was Zhuang Fei's response to Phil Jackson's conversation the next day, without any reservations or evasion. It can be said that before the official start of this Christmas war, the two NBA head coaches of these two teams began to fight each other, of course, for the media, this is the best thing, for them, Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson are too interesting, this is the material they want most.

Compared with the Christmas battle between the Lakers and the New York Knicks, the confrontation between Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson is equally exciting.

"Prejudice? I'm not biased against anyone. I'm telling the truth, Kobe Bryant is good. But he can never bring a championship to a team, whether his head coach is me or Coach Z, I think after this Christmas game, Coach Z will regret his persistence, maybe after the end of the Sage he will see everything about Kobe Bryant and take Kobe to win the championship, it is a very illusory dream"

It's like grabbing Zhuang Fei and the Lakers' sore feet, in the face of Zhuang Fei's favorite thing to talk about Kobe Bryant when facing him in the past, after Zhuang Fei responded, the former Lakers head coach grabbed Kobe Bryant directly.

As one of the best head coaches in the league at present, one of the most authoritative head coaches, and also the former head coach of Kobe, it can be said that the words of the New York Knicks head coach are very credible, at least after the New York Knicks head coach said this, the outside media all reported his words as headlines again, and at this time Zhuang Fei still responded quickly.

"Kobe Bryant is the core of my offense, he hasn't done anything to hurt the team so far, and his performance has put us on a 25-game winning streak now, and I don't know why I regret it, after the Christmas game? I'm like Mr. Jackson and I need to be ready, he's going to see a different performance in front of him with a player he's never seen before, and I can't guarantee if we're going to win a championship this season, but I guess after I'm in the NBA, Phil has never won an NBA championship and he's not qualified to make any judgment on the future of our team."

When the Christmas war is about to begin, all the media in the United States are staring at the head coaches of these two teams, and the players of these two teams are still invisible, neither O'Neal nor Kobe Bryant has stood up to respond to anything, but even so, the drama staged by Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson is exciting enough

On December 24, 2004, that is, the eve of Christmas, the head coach's office of the Los Angeles Lakers, Zhuang Fei was looking at the Lakers' guard in front of him with a smile on his face.

Recently, he has really had enough, Phil Jackson's criticism of him is simply irritating him, in the past, although he hated Phil Jackson very much, but he also knew that Phil Jackson was also his coach for five years, hate, and there are still some mentor-apprentice friendships in his heart, but after this time, it is estimated that all these things are gone. If it weren't for Zhuang Fei not letting him appear in the media, it is estimated that he would have been preparing to fight Phil Jackson for 300 rounds.

"Kobe, I think you now know what the sound outside is like, it's chaotic, but it's also very realistic, I think you also know what the next game means to you and what it means to the team, it's also cruel and realistic" When Zhuang Fei's face became serious and said this, Kobe, who had been standing at Zhuang Fei's desk, also nodded in agreement.

"I don't need you to think too much about these voices outside now, I think you must be very angry now, want to find those people to theorize, but I think, this is completely unnecessary, just like everyone is not optimistic about us at the beginning of the season, in the world of basketball, in the world of the NBA, your best way to respond is to beat them on the court, as for the off-court matters are enough for me" Zhuang Fei smiled again after finishing at this time, and Kobe Bryant was also a little stunned and nodded quickly.

"Coach, don't worry, I know what to do" The Lakers' leading guard also gritted his teeth and shook his fists, and then assured Zhuang Fei.

At this time, when the Lakers' leading guard was leaving Zhuang Fei's office, Zhuang Fei looked at the back of his team's scoring champion and smiled again.

"This kid has been held back for half a month, and now it's time."

In the early morning of December 25, when Zhuang Fei and the Lakers' experts came to New York and walked out of the airport, they were also surrounded by fans, media, and even the police. And this game doesn't seem to be like a Christmas game at all, because no Christmas game in the history of the NBA has been so hot.

Even the Christmas game between the Grizzlies and the Wizards that created the NBA ratings miracle did not have such a scene, and almost all the media that came here when they saw such a scene, perhaps the first word that came to their minds would not be anything else, only one word, that is, crazy, and it was crazy.

Especially when they see that at two or three o'clock in the morning, there are thousands or even tens of thousands of people outside a few games to come here to cheer a team, this feeling is even more obvious.

And this game is also a real race of life or death, heaven or hell. (To be continued.) )