roccoschili Chapter 148 Zen Master's Gamble
Chapter 148 Zen Master's Gamble
Chapter 148 Zen Master's Gamble
Generally speaking, winning the championship means the success of a team building idea. After winning the championship, few people will take the initiative to change, tear down the already stable system, and continue to seek changes.
The challengers will continue to try new ideas to challenge the old order.
During the Polish-Soviet War after the First World War, the Polish cavalry defeated the Cossack Cavalry First Cavalry Corps in the Soviet Union and created a classic battle of winning more with less.So Poland regarded the cavalry as its main military force, and vigorously developed the cavalry when other countries began to eliminate the cavalry. As a result, in World War II, the once brilliant Polish cavalry was nailed to the pillar of shame by German tanks and was ridiculed for more than half a year century.
Competitive sports are like wars in a civilized society. If a team always clings to past achievements, does not take the initiative to adapt to the trend of the league, predicts future trends, and goes against the trend, it will eventually become a victim of the times.
Losing the home court advantage, the unfavorable schedule of three consecutive away games is about to usher in, the morale of the opponent is high, and the Lakers' four consecutive championships have cast a shadow.
Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle is not an idler, he didn't waste the big money contract that Big Bird threw out to poach corners, and he did a good job of adapting to the Lakers' tactics in the second game.
To deal with a team like the Pacers with a lot of veterans, it is not feasible to play steadily. Sometimes these veterans will use their experience to punish the rookies who are playing in the finals for the first time.
Phil Jackson understands O'Neal and others. Similarly, the opponent also understands Zen Master. The triangle offense has extremely high requirements on the player's ball quotient, reading defense ability, and mutual understanding. There are very few players who can quickly integrate into the system.The Lakers were able to reach the finals, thanks to Garnett's contribution to the system. After receiving the ball, he can not only play singles, but also support. The range of activities is large, and the attack range even reaches far beyond the three-point line, let alone coverage. The area sweeps the defensive ability of the audience, it is simply a power forward version of Scottie Pippen.
But it is not such a simple thing to fully integrate into the system. Not everyone is plug and play like Garnett. Even in the finals, when the bayonet is red, the adrenaline is extremely explosive and the blood is flooding the brain. At this time, if the players cannot completely imprint the tactical system in their minds, they will be dominated by instinct and subconsciously use their favorite way to fight. play ball.
The way you like is not necessarily the way the team likes.
In the two games, facing his former owner, Artest averaged 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals per game, which seemed quite satisfactory, but the Lakers couldn't stand the average of 5 fouls per game, and half of them were offensive fouls. In the second game, Reggie Miller resorted to trash talking for many years when he switched defenses against Artest. The hot-tempered Artest received 4 fouls on Miller and was eventually sent off. The offensive and defensive ends hardly played any value.
It was Phil Jackson's turn to make the move.
In the third game, in the sea of yellow at the Conseco Arena in Indianapolis, the Lakers resorted to a full-court press defense against the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals. Prolonged use of Brad Miller and DeSagana Diop top defense, except for Garnett and the occasional power forward Ben Wallace on the floor against Mason, who is not a good shooter In addition to a certain degree of help defense against O'Neal at the time, other players will not let go of their matchup no matter how much O'Neal ravages the inside, giving the Pacers a chance to open up outside pitchers.
Such a defensive method, in the eyes of everyone, is looking for a dead end.
Although Brad Miller once provoked O'Neal to punch each other, and although Diop's muscles were like a door panel, they were still not enough to face the bloodthirsty sharks who were fully fired in the finals.
In the third game, O'Neal scored 43 points and 15 rebounds, completely blowing up the Lakers inside.
Although the team's second scoring point, Reggie Miller, only scored 14 points, which was far less efficient than the previous two games, but under O'Neal's dominant performance, the Pacers still defeated the Lakers 97-92, leading the total score. .
After the game, Phil Jackson's "faint" tactics were criticized by various professionals.
"I think back to the playoffs that year, Hakeem blasted everyone, no one can stop him from scoring, Shaq is the same now, if you play him so carelessly, then he will Punish you, Phil Jackson has coached Shaq for several years, and he can't understand this truth, so I don't understand his decision to make this arrangement even more." Kenny Smith made this on TNT's show commented.
Compared with Smith's mild tone, Charles Barkley, who is known for his big mouth, is not so polite.
"I think Phil Jackson's ability is exaggerated. Without Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal, he is just an ordinary coach. My grandma's team with Jordan and O'Neal can win championships."
Of course, the people who eat melons are watching the excitement and are not afraid of big things. The diehard Lakers fans don’t think so. Jack Nicholson even rushed to the team’s training hall in person, wanting to ask Zen Master for clarification, and the fans sent The incoming letters filled the mailboxes by the next day, and the staff had to work overtime to deal with them.
"It's a joke! If things were as simple as words, then everyone can be a head coach, but why can Phil get nine championship rings? Other coaches have coached Michael Jordan, coached Shaquille o'neal, but why didn't they win the championship? the first team to win 4 games is the championship, the series is only halfway through, anything can happen, of course i fully support our head coach, what he has done Everything is for the team's victory. Our players also believe that this will bring about a championship, so they will resolutely implement Phil's instructions. If you are a Lakers fan, please continue to support the team with me. If you don't want to The Lakers won the championship, so please seize this time and have a good time, because after the finals, you will not be able to laugh!" As the vice president of the team, Jim immediately stood up and accepted an interview with the "Los Angeles Daily News" , publicly expressed support for all decisions made by the Zen master.
In the fourth game, the Lakers tried their best to improve the rhythm of the game while continuing to use man-to-man defense, resulting in a large number of mistakes. O'Neal still had no solution, scored 40 points and 12 rebounds, and helped the Pacers win another game 103-96. Remove match point.
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