Chapter 785: Be careful to be swept away
For most people, it is inevitable that they will be extremely frustrated when what they expected does not happen the way they expected, and similarly, the satisfaction of many people when they have achieved what they envisioned is extremely strong.
Boston Celtics and Lakers, Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson, these two matchups almost no one says, as long as you watch the NBA or watch basketball, you know what it represents, maybe like many people, such as David Stern said, this is the greatest matchup in the NBA in the past 30 years, and when this round of the series is labeled great, then there will naturally be a great side and a side that makes a footnote to the great side.
It's so cruel in the NBA, as the saying goes, in the NBA, the runner-up is the biggest loser, and more importantly, for Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson, neither of them can afford the name of the loser, maybe for these two people, this year's failure can affect them almost for a lifetime, in this case, these two teams also tore up at the beginning, but the result of the last bite was unexpected.
"It's a pity that we lost this game, we had a chance, but in the first quarter we were too careless, in fact, we didn't fall behind much in the next games, and we didn't even fall behind on the field, we all know that this game is important, but this game is not all, even if this game is important, it's just one of the seven games, as long as we can win all the next four games, it's enough, the championship is still ours, So I'm not worried about the impact of this defeat at all, because it's only the first away game and we need to adapt to it, so remember, we're just 1-0. Instead of 0-3, I know what I should do now and my team is doing well right now, so you don't need to worry."
"Why do my main players play in garbage time? Is there garbage time for this game? I don't think there's any garbage time in this series, and for the Lakers, I'm going to tell everyone that we're determined in this series. We're going to fight every minute and every second, and if some people want to beat us easily, it's impossible."
"Kobe Bryant's playing time? It's no problem at all, I don't have any problems with him, we're a big part of our team, he's been a big part of our team, he's been making the most consistent contributions to our team, his shooting, his defense, he's one of the best guards in the NBA. Did he average 5 fewer points per game in the playoffs than he did in the regular season? No, I'm not going to look at his points per game, and for him, I'm happy with his performance, even though he's five points less than he averaged in the regular season. But he's shooting 5 percent more from the field than he did in the regular season, which is important, he's scoring more efficiently, he's better shot selection. That's his progress, and I think my team is very happy with his improvement, and Kobe Bryant like this can contribute the most to us. Dissatisfied? Kobe Bryant is a very professional player, I don't think he has any complaints, in fact he works hard every minute and every second when he plays, he is a very competitive player, which we all know as a team, he is the most different player on our team, I like, we love him"
The team loses, for Phil Jackson, it is naturally impossible to be as easy as he said, but in fact, the head coach of the Lakers is completely pale, although the tone has been very calm, but almost everyone on the scene can see the Lakers head coach's unhappiness, and in fact, Zhuang Fei is also looking at his old opponent with a smile on his face.
For Zhuang Fei, he actually enjoys this feeling, Phil Jackson is now trying to make excuses for his failure, which is the practice of many head coaches in the NBA, and for them, failure needs to have a reason, whether this reason sounds reasonable or not, but it must also be needed, because as long as you find a reason to lose the game, you can avoid the same loss next time, and in fact, if you don't even know how you lost, Then basically no one can expect you to play well in the next game.
Of course, this is the practice of most NBA head coaches, for some head coaches, they don't like to make excuses for losing games, or they don't want to say it in public, such as Zhuang Fei, such as Jerry West, such as Popovich, Zhuang Fei is very silent after every loss, Popovich is also very silent after losing in addition to facing Zhuang Fei, and even when he wins, he is very silent, and he will not talk about how he won in a large paragraph, and as for Jerry West, it is even worse, All reporters know Jerry West's words after the game, and any summary is: the winning game is all about our players' good attitude and good performance, and the loss is all their own fault. No matter how the game goes, Jerry West is the one who says those two. So a lot of the time, Zhuang Fei always thinks that when he plays against Phil Jackson, it's really the most fun time, and when you meet a head coach like Popovich or Jerry West, it's rarely much fun.
"Nick. Fan. Exel? He's been great, he's the best player on our team in this game, his three three-pointers in the final minute of the game looked a little late, but he scored 30 points in this game, the most on our team, he hit eight three-pointers in this game, the most in NBA history, he's one of the best guards in the league, I'd be proud of a player like that, and I think he'll continue to do that in the future." Will it put him in the starting lineup? No, I don't think I am, he's the most relied on player on the Lakers' bench, and he and Robert Holly are the security of our second team, and they're going to contribute more there, but I think he's going to get more minutes in this Finals, and he's going to have a hard time to get away with with his three-pointers. Will Kobe be squeezed out of playing time by him? I don't know, we're a team, we need to sacrifice a lot of things for this collective, our goal is always to win the championship, and for that goal, whether it's Kobe or Shaq or myself, I think we'll all be very clear about that, so it's not a problem at all, remember that we've always been united, we've always been a great collective and a great locker room."
Nick. Fan. Exel had an excellent performance in this game. The Fan Maniac made 8 of 15 three-pointers in this game, and the Lakers made a total of 25 three-pointers, and he alone accounted for more than half, while the Lakers hit a total of 12 three-pointers in this game, and again, he hit more than half alone, especially in the fourth quarter. The league's most famous crazy player scored 15 points alone, and all of those 15 points were three-pointers, whether it was an open three-point or a three-point shot in front of him.
This is a player who can't stop the car when he goes crazy, and in fact, this game is also the last moment of the three three-pointers almost let Zhuang Fei send the Boston Celtics starters again, but fortunately, in the last 2 minutes of this game, the performance of Kirilenko and Prince made Zhuang Fei's eyes shine, and the feeling of these two people in this game is a fight with Fan Maniac.
Of course, for Zhuang Fei, he can indeed understand why Phil Jackson would look at Fan Maniac like this. It can be said that it is precisely because of Fan Maniac that Kobe's value will be lower and lower in the Lakers, compared to holding the ball and passing, Fan Maniac is not losing to Kobe. Compared with three-point shooting, Fan Maniac also does not lose, three-point Fan Maniac is better than Kobe, and Kobe Bryant is stronger than Fan Maniac or far stronger than Fan Maniac is his personal offensive ability and defensive ability, and the offensive ability is mainly reflected in singles. In other words, on the offensive end, Kobe Bryant is only better than Fan Maniac in singles.
And Phil Jackson's dislike the most is Kobe's singles, in which case Fan Maniac can perfectly replace Kobe's role on the offensive end, in this case. Kobe Bryant's ability to average 20 points per game in the regular season and 15 points per game in the playoffs is already the reason why Phil Jackson sees irreplaceable factors in Kobe Bryant's defense to keep him on the court for a long time.
In the past, maybe he didn't have such ability, but now, when the whole Lakers are working hard for the championship, now whether it is Bass Jr. or Jeanie Buss, even if Bas Jr. is unwilling, he can only watch Phil Jackson do this, so when Zhuang Fei saw Phil Jackson praise Fan Maniac, he also felt a little emotional, Kobe Bryant's status in the Lakers is now outrageously low, according to Zhuang Fei's impression of Kobe, If it weren't for the Eagle County incident last summer, Kobe Bryant has been unable to raise his head, and it is estimated that the Lakers' leading guard would have reversed a long time ago.
"Axel's performance in the last moments was a surprise, I think the Lakers fans will love it, but for us, we have no problem winning this game, whether he has a magical three-point shot like in the last minute, for us, we can win in the end, our players are more prepared in this game, our players are working harder in this game, so they deserve to win this game, I'm proud of them, they are the best, of course. Our fans were fantastic, their slogans and their enthusiasm were contagious to every Celtic player and we were proud to have home advantage, so it was a great game for us in every way. ”
Unlike Phil Jackson's loss, which is a pity, Zhuang Fei's view is that winning is deserved, and this is also a microcosm of the two starting to face off in any aspect of this series, and in fact, whether the two are intentional or accidental, they have no way to get rid of such a matchup.
"Actually, I'm more scared of Kobe Bryant than Van Axel, I'm sympathetic to what he's going to do with the Lakers, he's a great player, he's able to limit Maddy very well, Maddie only scored 16 points in this game, he did a great job, but his task on the offensive end was too light and didn't cause us too much trouble, which I should be thankful for Mr. Phil, of course, the fact that we've got four defenders for Kobe Bryant, you know, we're not going to take a bag on Shaq right now."
As with the previous Lakers showdown, the story of Zhuang Fei and Kobe is naturally indispensable, and what is surprising is that every time Zhuang Fei says Kobe, those praise words are not the same, it seems that this Chinese has infinite words in their hearts to describe Kobe, and this time is the same as before, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson heard Zhuang Fei talk about Kobe Bryant with a look of impatience or disgust on his face. Perhaps for him, Zhuang Fei's behavior caused him too much harm.
"Will the Celtics win this year's championship? Why not? I remember yesterday you said we were going to be swept by the Lakers, but now that we're out of the way, maybe we should be happy that we're out of the way and fight for the next game or the next game? I think maybe we will sweep the Lakers" Zhuang Fei looked at the reporters off the court with a smile on his face, and at this time he had no scruples about the Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, who was already completely pale. But fortunately, before Phil Jackson reported to the reporter before he went berserk, Zhuang Fei immediately changed his tune.
"Of course, this is just a joke, we have this possibility, just like before the game started, the Lakers were able to sweep us, but I want to say that we are not the weak Celtics in your mouth, the Lakers may really need to guard against the fate of being swept by us" And just after all the reporters and Phil Jackson listened to Zhuang Fei's first half of the explanation, his face improved a little, but he was immediately stunned by Zhuang Fei for half a sentence, and when these people reacted, Zhuang Fei just ignored these people and left, maybe at this time, only the head coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, kept staring at Zhuang Fei's back and didn't know what he was thinking.
"Huh, sweep? I'll let you know that this will be the last game you win in the finals" Phil Jackson finally breathed a long sigh of relief, forcibly suppressed the bad emotions in his heart, and then thought silently, and at this time, the reporters below naturally didn't know, and just after Zhuang Fei left the press conference, Phil Jackson also got up and left, and in the end, only these reporters who looked at each other were left.
This is the reason why Zhuang Fei will never be forgiven by reporters. No one will like him. (To be continued.) )