stadium ambition

Chapter 222

Chapter 222

The first game of the Western Conference finals, the result exceeded many people's expectations.

At the post-match press conference, Kobe did not attend as usual, and the Lakers sent Adam Morrison, a Wannian drinking fountain player, to replace him.

'Zen Master' Phil Jackson also did not attend the press conference. The reason he submitted to the league office was that he needed a rest due to chest tightness and shortness of breath. Brian Shaw, who was in charge of replacing him, answered many questions from reporters eloquently.

But whenever he was asked about the changes in the next game, Brian Shaw talked about him from left to right.

Anyway, highlight a lack of self-confidence.

In contrast, the Clippers' post-match press conference was unanimously praised by many reporters.

Su Yang and Van Gundy answered various questions in detail, and proactively mentioned that the offensive tactics refer to the play styles of the Heat, Cavaliers, Nuggets and Mavericks. They expressed their gratitude to the four teams on the spot. Special mention to Wade.

Wade quickly responded on Twitter, praising Su Yang for being better than he thought.

LeBron also expressed his views on the game through Twitter, strongly praising Van Gundy for being good at learning from fusion.

But when he said this, he was accused by the fans of criticizing Mike Brown for his lack of tactics, and the topic was directly taken to the East Coast.

Lakers celebrities such as O'Neal also expressed their opinions through social media, and they all believed that the Clippers won by surprise.

O'Neal pointed out that the Lakers should thank the Clippers. Losing this game is easier to accept than encountering in the finals. The Clippers are equivalent to helping the Lakers become stronger and rushing to the last brick on the road to back-to-back championships.

Magic Johnson wrote: This loss will allow the Lakers players to enter the state faster. The loss is understandable. After all, the resistance given by the opponents in the first two rounds is not strong enough. finals.

In this way, in just a few hours, there were many hot topics in the discussion about the game between the Clippers and the Lakers.

In order to catch up with the popularity, the major media broke the previous practice of evaluating the game the next day, and wrote analysis articles overnight.

Three senior ESPN experts wrote an article, pointing out that after the game started, the Clippers have always maintained a leading position. If it weren't for Kobe's personal ability to play a few rounds of super performance, the Lakers would be a lower-level team.

TNT focused on analyzing personal data and pointed out that Su Yang scored 42 points, including 29 points in the first two quarters. The three-pointer at the beginning of the second quarter helped the Clippers directly establish a sense of victory. make any response.

The well-known commentator Bill Simmons quoted two TV reports and pointed out that the Clippers are ten orders of magnitude higher than the Lakers in terms of the importance and preparation of the first game. It is simply the difference between war and video games.

The process of changing Phil Jackson's defensive tactics has also been dug out by many fans, who believe that Phil Jackson thinks too much of himself, and did not make timely adjustments to the Clippers' singles against Fisher at the top of the arc, causing the Lakers to fall into a passive start.

Yahoo reporter WOJ also reported that he got information from an anonymous coach, which coach mocked Phil Jackson's little trick, that is, "intimidating the opponent's mid-range shot", which was used on the Clippers, which was almost equal to giving up defense.

Some fans pointed out that Artest's role in the first game was extremely weakened, and he didn't run around with Barnes, who had a very average shooting threat. He should focus on the center and give Fisher or Kobe more defense.

Artest himself praised the fans' statement. Although it was quickly canceled, it also showed his inner attitude.

But the fans also pointed out that Phil Jackson can't really be blamed for this.

Because Phil has never been good at training the zone defense system, more precisely, he looks down on the zone defense system.

Moreover, the person who was in charge of roaming and assisting the defense in the middle of the Lakers used to be Ariza, but this season has become Kobe.

Artest's own duty is to lock down the opponent's front line ace, but the Clippers are dominated by guards, which is almost useless.

Various discussions, starting from the loss of the Lakers' hope of reversal, continued until the early hours of the morning, and they were still extremely hot.

In short, apart from Kobe's performance, the Lakers have problems in other development aspects that need to be resolved urgently.

The famous lake honey Snoop Dogg tweeted at three o'clock, posting a selfie of his slack eyes, and a lot of empty wine bottles in the background of the selfie, he tweeted: This game makes me feel bad, but I will never Believe in Kobe, believe in the Lakers.

When he tweeted like this, the demoralized Lakers fans gradually cheered up.

Soon, a new statement appeared in the discussion among Lakers fans-the Lakers were only tentatively playing against each other.

The reason for the "exploratory matchup" theory is very simple. Lakers fans listed the past few seasons, and even the first two rounds of the season. Except for the round that swept the Jazz, the results of the first game were not like the performance of a championship team.

Such a conclusion was endorsed by a large number of Lakers fans, and the direction of public opinion changed from criticism to trust.

Su Yang got up at eight o'clock for morning exercises, saw the theory of "exploratory matchup" on the ESPN program, and admired it on the spot.

"Blind self-confidence can rationalize all mistakes, and it is best that the Lakers coaching staff think so..."

After finishing the morning exercise at home, Su Yang drove to the Clippers training base, and started talking about shooting training.

Davis, Gordon and other teammates arrived one after another, and when they were all there at nine o'clock, everyone was full of fighting spirit.

DeAndre Jordan excitedly discussed with his teammates, saying that of course he had thought about beating the Lakers in the playoffs before, but he never expected it to be so easy. When he was fouled by a three-pointer, he panicked and was very worried because he He couldn't support the inside line and lost the game. As a result, Su Yang led the team to play a wave and directly penetrated the Lakers defense, which made him feel relieved.

Kaman also felt the same way. He mentioned that the lob coordination error caused the Lakers to score a three-pointer on the fast break.

The Clippers chatted nonsense, because it was a nominal rest day, and the coaching staff did not arrange specific training tasks.

The whole team entered the media room, preparing to analyze the Lakers' past defeats based on the video and make adjustments.

Stevens dug up the Lakers' playoff videos of the past few seasons, as well as some related analysis articles. The list of documents showed a long list, all of which were prepared within a week before the game, which was equivalent to reviewing again.

It wasn't until lunch time that the team suspended the discussion, and the conclusion was to be careful not to let Kobe connect with the team.

This is consistent with the previous analysis, which is to let Kobe play more singles and weaken the Lakers' inside advantage.

In the evening, Su Yang treated guests, and the Clippers went to the Nobu restaurant in Malibu for dinner.

They got a big TV and watched the Magic play the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

It's a pity that the whistle was blown frequently at the start of the game, resulting in a very poor viewing experience.

The whole team chatted casually, somehow involving LeBron James' whereabouts after the start of the free market in the summer. After all, the Cavaliers have been out of the playoffs early for three consecutive years. With the current lineup, it is obviously difficult to go further.

After some nonsense, most of the team thinks that the Clippers are the best choice, but LeBron will not join the championship team.

Su Yang agreed with a smile all the way, and then received news from Schwartz, saying that the Lakers had internally revealed that the Lakers would shorten the rotation in the second game and adopt an infinite defense strategy to force the Clippers to play more singles.

After reading the news, Su Yang sighed in his heart: "A group of veterans want to change their defense with infinity, they are determined..."

(End of this chapter)