NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 366 The Locker Room Problem

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This game has been beyond everyone's expectations from the very beginning.

Everyone thought that the Lakers could wrestle with the Knicks, and even have a slight upper hand, but from the first minute, it was a one-sided game, which made everyone's jaw drop.

After the game, although Zhao Dong only played three quarters, he was still rated as the best player in the game, and he was interviewed by the media on the spot.

A reporter from the Los Angeles Sports News asked: "Flying Dragon, please comment on this game."

After organizing the language, Zhao Dong said: "This game can be divided into three stages. After the opening stage, we relied on our tactics to beat the Lakers and completely restricted O'Neal.

In the second stage, the Lakers replaced Ben and replaced Horry. O'Neal got a chance to single me, and then we immediately changed our defensive tactics and double-teamed him at the basket.At this stage, we also defended O'Neal, preventing the Lakers' offense from playing.

Then in the third stage, the Lakers failed to reverse the situation. Their morale was low. No one could stand up and unify the team. .

It was a game that no one expected, we got a huge tactical victory and the coaching staff showed their importance. "

"Do you think the Lakers failed this game?" the reporter asked again.

"It can be said that this is not a reflection of the true strength of the Lakers, especially in the third stage, they completely collapsed. If this is the finals, it will be a very poor performance." Zhao Dong said.

"What do you think the Lakers should do?" The reporter asked again.

"In the first two stages, the Lakers failed tactically. This is more of a problem with the coaching staff. Of course, there are flaws in the lineup, but this is secondary. What the Lakers should solve is the problems exposed in the third stage. Their The cohesion is not enough, the willpower is not tenacious enough, we were defeated in the first quarter, such a team is not qualified to face us in the finals." Zhao Dong said.

The Lakers had already returned to the locker room at this time. A large group of reporters followed and asked for interviews, but they were all rejected. It was an unprepared defeat, even a rout, and no player was in the mood to accept interviews.

After the players entered the locker room, no one spoke, those who went into the bathroom went into the bathroom, and those who took a rest rested. The atmosphere in the locker room was very bad.

"Jerry, we still have problems with our lineup..."

"Insider, it's hard to trade now..."

Phil Jackson and Jerry West stayed outside, and the two chatted.

This game disappointed both of them.

Especially West, who worked so hard to build this lineup, but suffered a defeat under the Knicks, he couldn't accept it, and he was in a very bad mood.

At this time, the reporter from the Los Angeles Sports News who had just interviewed Zhao Dong rushed outside the locker room, looked at the door of the locker room, and then said to West: "Jerry, I interviewed Feilong just now, and he said something. I think you need to know."

"Oh, John, tell me quickly." West said quickly.

The reporter named John repeated Zhao Dong's words, and finally said: "I think he is right, our most important problem is not the lineup, but the locker room, but the cohesion of the team, the willpower of the team , If you don’t solve this, no matter how strong the lineup is, it’s useless. Solve this, then the tactical issue, and finally the lineup issue.”

West nodded thoughtfully, glanced at the locker room, then at Phil Jackson, did not speak, but patted John on the shoulder to express his thanks.

Phil Jackson was a little upset that John put the tactical issue before the lineup issue, but he couldn't object. He just said: "O'Neal's character is not as strong as that of the dragon, and he really doesn't have that strong control over the locker room, and Kobe's character... …I think it’s possible to trade a veteran player to stabilize the locker room and to reconcile Kobe with the other players.”

That's a good suggestion, West nodded.

An hour later, the two teams held a post-match press conference.

The Lakers press conference hall was packed full of reporters. There were forest cameras in front of them, and the sound of shutters kept coming and going.

"Coach Jackson, what do you think is wrong with our tactics in this game?" A reporter asked.

Phil Jackson pondered for a while and said: "Tactical issues are not the most important. Our main problem is that after the score fell behind, the morale of the team was easily destroyed, and then the teams fought on their own without cooperation. Our main problem, the most important problem."

He deliberately avoided tactical issues because that was his problem.

But the reporter asked again: "Mr. Coach, can we just talk about tactics? Your tactics did not give O'Neal a chance to show his strength. Your tactics always made him face double-teams at the basket, even O'Neill. How are you going to solve this problem with multiple people double-teaming?"

Phil Jackson's face was a bit ugly. After the Bulls lost to the Knicks, he had to face such blame. Now he is in the Lakers, and he is in a bad mood.

At this time, he couldn't help feeling dissatisfied with Jordan, because if Jordan hadn't forced Zhao Dong away, he wouldn't have encountered these things, and he would be Zhao Dong's head coach.

Now Jordan is mixed with Zhao Dong, and with Zhao Dong's support, he even owns a big market team like the Mavericks, and he has to continue to face such a situation. When he thinks about this, he feels that Jordan interfered with the team's operations. Behavior is really fucked up.

If it weren't for Jordan, he must have won seven championships with the Bulls now, and he will have eight championships this season.

He cleared up his mood and said: "There are actually solutions to tactical problems. For example, when Ben Wallace is on the court, when Shaq attracts double-teams under the basket, we can let Ben double-team and hold the ball. Man, do the pick-and-roll. We can also run the wing attack, it's all okay, there are many ways to solve it."

The reporter immediately asked: "But sir, the tactics you adjusted did not solve the problem."

Phil Jackson shook his head and said: "The game changes rapidly, I can only choose one of them, it is impossible to play two tactics at the same time, right? I can only try one and one, I need to know which one is the most suitable , isn't that what the regular season is for?

But the change was too fast. Before the end of the quarter, Feilong dunked Shaq and blocked him consecutively. Our players' psychology changed and they were directly defeated.

I will adjust my tactics later, but I can no longer execute my tactics correctly on the court. This game disappointed me, and I am sorry. "

Oni, who was sitting next to him, rolled his eyes, Phil, which pot is not open, which pot do you carry, what are you talking about, why do you mention me?
What Phil Jackson said, the reporter accepted it, and did not refute or ask any more questions, so he went on to say: "So, tactical issues are not the most important. As I said just now, the team's ideological issues, willpower issues, Locker room solidarity, those are the first things we have to address."

"Phil, are you saying there's a problem with our locker room?" a reporter asked loudly.

"No no, I'm not saying there's a problem in the locker room, I mean..."

Phil Jackson was really annoying. After pressing this question, that question popped up again. He could only barely explain: "...we need a more united locker room, a more stable locker room."

But how did he explain that the problem of disunity in the Lakers locker room was still exposed by the media.

On the second day, on the 29th, various related news appeared on the major media.

But that's something later. After the press conference, after discussing with Jerry West, Phil Jackson and Jerry West stopped the players who were leaving and wanted to talk.

The atmosphere in the locker room is still not good, and they don't talk much, and O'Neill, who has always been responsible for making jokes, doesn't bother to say anything.

Jerry West, as the general manager and a famous Lakers star, first opened the game by saying: "Everyone is disappointed when the game is lost, and I understand that very well.

However, what we have to do now is to solve the problem, and we must solve the problem. If we don't solve the problem, we will still be losers next time we meet Niels. "

Having said that, he looked at O'Neal, Kobe, and Ron Harper, and asked, "What do you think?"

When the question got to the point, these people had no choice but to make a statement.

O'Neill said first: "Yes, Jerry, I think you are right, we need to solve the problem."

Ron Harper went on to say, "Let's do it, sir."

Kobe raised his head in silence, and said coldly: "We need to work harder, work harder, not do nothing, and this is the core of all problems."

The atmosphere in the locker room had just moved a little bit, and it was frozen again in an instant.

Kobe has high demands on his teammates, even for O'Neal. He has always disliked O'Neal's laziness. This sentence clearly shows his accusations against his teammates.

West touched his forehead. He was very optimistic about Kobe. Otherwise, he would not have exchanged the main center Divac for Kobe in 96. In the second season, Kobe was promoted to the All-Star starter. Kobe took control of the Lakers' possession and became the core of the Lakers' perimeter.

And Kobe didn't let him down either. He worked hard during the offseason for several consecutive offseasons, and his dedication to basketball and victory has performed very well. He has a full superstar foundation.

But Kobe's personality gave him a headache, he couldn't integrate with his teammates, and he was out of place.

At this time, Phil Jackson stood up and said: "I think Kobe is right, all of us need to work harder, otherwise if we meet the Knicks again, or even meet the Knicks in the finals, we will have no chance at all.

For the Knicks and the Flying Dragons, I think I have the most say here, because that is a team that Jordan's Bulls can't beat. Even though they lost most of the champions this season, they are still very strong. Very powerful.

So I want to say, like Kobe said, without redoubled efforts, we have no chance at all, we can only look up and watch the Knicks win the championship, and we are losers. "

When Kobe heard that Phil Jackson supported him, he couldn't help but cheer up. Except for West, no one on the team agreed with his dedication to basketball and victory.

Phil Jackson continued: "Shaq, you are the boss of the team, do you agree with me?"

O'Neill didn't want to lose again, and he didn't want to be dunked by Zhao Dong again, or even knocked over by the humiliating dunk. He couldn't help but nodded and said, "I agree, we can't fail again."

"so……"

Phil Jackson glanced at all the players and said: "We must be twisted into a rope, not a disc of loose sand, so that we can have a chance to beat the Dragon's Knicks.

You have also seen, and should know, how united the Knicks are.

For example, they now mainly play a three-back tactic, and all three backs need to hold the ball, but who owns the ball?By whom?Have the Knicks ever had a possession problem?
No, the Knicks have never had a problem with the ball. They are too stable and united. They can explode with all their abilities. This is the most fundamental reason for their strength. "

When Phil Jackson said this, Ron Harper was a little embarrassed. In this game, because he was upset with Kobe, he sometimes refused to pass him.

Kobe, happy, thought Jackson was talking about Ron Harper.

However, what Phil Jackson is talking about is not specific people, but the issue of ball rights. He hopes to let everyone understand that sharing the ball is what they should do, and the basis for the distribution of ball rights must have a tactical rationality.

Next, he repeatedly explained this question.

As the head coach, one of the things he is best at is to adjust the emotions of the players, the relationship within the team, and stimulate the potential of the players.

Thanks to his efforts, the atmosphere in the Lakers locker room finally changed.

After solving the problem of ball possession, he began to solve the problems of O'Neal and Kobe.

This guy O'Neal is too talented, so he didn't train very hard. This is the crux of the conflict between him and Kobe now.

This problem was also the same in the last life, but it didn't appear so early, but in this life Kobe worked harder than the previous life, and his strength was stronger than the previous life, so this problem appeared earlier.

At the same time, O'Neal's personality is very funny off the court, and he is slapstick. This is the complete opposite of Kobe's silent personality, and the two don't get along.

But to completely solve the problem of O'Neal and Kobe, he doesn't have that ability, and neither does Jerry West, because O'Neal is the current boss, and Kobe is the team's rising star and the established outside core.

The reason why Phil Jackson talked about the ball first is because he saw that there was a problem between Kobe and point guard Ron Harper, and between the two, Kobe is the future of the team, even now, Harper is far less important than Kobe, so he has no scruples and can solve this problem very well.

But between O'Neal and Kobe, he can't really solve it, he can only mediate from it, seeking common ground while reserving differences.

"Shaq, what do you want to do when we go to Madison Square Garden?" he asked.

"I'm going to slap that guy, smack him!" O'Neill's eyelashes were full of anger when he mentioned this.

"But, Shaq, you need help. The Dragons are so fast, you can't do it without the help of your teammates. If they still double-team you, you can't even catch the ball."

Phil Jackson began to guide, he said: "You can let Kobe attack from the weak side, attract the dragon's defensive attention, and then you can dunk him, what do you think?"

"Why didn't you arrange such a fight today?" O'Neill said angrily.

Phil Jackson said helplessly: "Shaq, haven't you recovered from the defeat? You should calmly analyze all the details of this game.

Have you forgotten that Kobe's weak-side attack is one of the regular season tactics, isn't it?And in the triangle tactics, Kobe cuts to the basket after giving you the ball from the strong side, which can also create opportunities for you to dunk him after attracting the defense of the flying dragon.

Kobe also played a lot of flank attacks tonight, and also made a lot of cuts. Didn't you see these?No, you just ignored it. You and him lacked cooperation, and each played his own way. After getting the ball, he couldn't pass it out. "

O'Neal nodded helplessly and said, "I was messed up by that bastard Feilong tonight."

Everyone was amazed that they were defeated in the first quarter. This is not a problem of a certain person, but a problem of everyone.

But Phil Jackson is very clear that this is not everyone's problem, this is O'Neal's problem.

O'Neal is the boss. As the core of the team, after being repeatedly humiliated and beaten by Zhao Dong, he failed to adjust his mentality in time, let alone the mentality and morale of the players, which led to the team's collapse in the first quarter. This is the most important thing. s reason.

Simply put, O'Neal's performance tonight was too poor, and he did not fulfill the responsibilities of a team leader and core.

(End of this chapter)