The world's best combo guard

Chapter 61 59 [Behind the loss]

No one cares too much about winning or losing a game. In the NBA, there are no absolute underdogs, so games like this one where the weak beat the strong are often staged. Therefore, for the Lakers who lost to the Knicks in the opening game, after the game, It didn't attract much heated discussion.

Instead, everyone's heated discussions focused on Phil Jackson's employment, and many people were questioning Phil Jackson's starting lineup.

Everyone thought that Gary Payton was coming to play as a substitute, but they didn't expect Phil Jackson to push him to the starting position. Instead, Fisher, who performed better and better last season, was pushed back to the bench.

This kind of formation is obviously intentional. Gary Payton has enough experience. From another perspective, he is not incapable of starting. However, if he is the leader of the bench, the effect will obviously be better. a little better.

When O'Neal returns from injury after a period of time, according to Phil Jackson's logic, the four giants must start together. This seems very deterrent, but in fact, the chemical reaction that can really be produced is not necessarily great. .

They are all star players, and a good performance is inseparable from a large number of ball possessions. In this way, it is obvious that the ball possession problem will become very acute.

Maybe Phil Jackson doesn't pay much attention to the team's record in the regular season and intends to practice his triangle offense. However, this kind of training may not be effective. The playoffs are different from the regular season. Once the triangle offense is blocked, many people I worry that Phil Jackson will be helpless by then.

He played 7 minutes in his debut and scored a total of 2 points and 1 assist. This is the data of Li Hao's NBA debut in his career.

It looks a bit shabby, whether it is playing time or scoring data, this is somewhat unacceptable to many fans who follow him.

"Phil Jackson is too stubborn. This is not only reflected in his use of Gary Payton. Even Lee, who performed well in the preseason, did not get much chance in this game."

Some fans complained like this.

In the conference room on the second floor of the Toyota Center, Phil Jackson rubbed his temples vigorously, frowned and picked up a document.

This information was given to him by offensive coach Judy Blucher, and it contains statistics about the team's last game.

After reading it, Phil Jackson had to admit that this is an extremely bad statistics.

Kobe played 32 minutes in the game, made 17 of 5 shots, scored 11 points, and had a score of -13.

Gary Payton played 29 minutes in the game, made 9 of 2 shots, scored 7 points, and had a win-loss value of -21.

Karl Malone, played 28 minutes in the game, made 8 of 3 shots, scored 8 points, and had a win-loss value of -7.

Devin George, played 29 minutes in the game, made 6 of 3 shots, scored 6 points, and had a win-loss value of -4.

Stanislav Medvedenko played 22 minutes in the game, made 4 of 1 shots, scored 3 points, and had a win-loss value of -17.

It's a little sad that none of the five starters in this game has a positive win-loss value.

In addition, a total of 18 turnovers were sent in the game.

Conclusion: The starting players are basically out of shape. In addition, both the offensive and defensive systems are chaotic.

Phil Jackson hammered the table. He had long expected this to be the reason. It would be difficult for a team that cannot execute tactics well to win.

Judging from this game, the biggest problem is Kobe and Gary Payton. Phil Jackson realized that whether it is Kobe or Gary Payton, it is time to talk to them. If the situation is allowed to continue like this , he was sure that what awaited them next was a losing streak.

In the afternoon, Phil Jackson found Gary Payton first. Gary Payton was obviously dissatisfied with his Lakers debut, so he chose to practice extra, which happened to be seen by Phil Jackson, so the two chatted. .

As for what to exchange specifically, others are not clear.

Two days later, also at home, the Lakers faced their second opponent of the new season, the Washington Wizards, the team Michael Jordan played with when he finally retired.

Today's Wizards team is not much better than the Knicks. Therefore, many people are optimistic about this game. The Lakers will definitely usher in their first victory of the new season tonight.

The result of the game was as everyone expected. The Lakers at home did defeat the Wizards and ushered in their first victory of the new season. However, the process was not as easy as everyone guessed.

In fact, the Lakers had a very hard time defeating the Wizards. Fans who watched this game know that if it wasn’t for Gary Payton’s two consecutive steals on the defensive end at the last moment, it’s really not certain who will win this game Woolen cloth.

The Lakers still haven't played a good game. It can be seen that they are very tired. They don't look like a championship team at all.On the contrary, it is more like a belly fighting for the No. [-] lottery.

Therefore, after this game, both the fans and the media finally began to re-examine the Lakers. Will the luxury F4 really return to the finals?

Even without Shaq O'Neal, their performance in these two games was really poor, and they are completely unworthy of a championship team.

Li Hao got 9 minutes of playing time in this game. Although he didn't play in garbage time like the last game, he also knew that in the 9 minutes of his appearance, the team didn't really do anything. It is a statistic of 2 points and 1 assist. Li Hao can clearly feel that he is still the last choice of Phil Jackson from the current point of view.

"Phil Jackson is a hot guy, Ah Hao, do you want us to come forward and talk to the Lakers management?"

The team behind Li Hao couldn't stand it any longer, especially Yao Zhijun. He thought Phil Jackson was an idiot, and he was always superstitious about his star winning theory.

"Brother Jun, forget it. The new season has just started. We all need to be patient. I believe that Phil Jackson didn't intend to use me. Everything will be fine."

Compared to Yao Zhijun and those fans who were upset about him, Li Hao saw it more thoroughly.

He is very clear that Phil Jackson is also under tremendous pressure now. He does not give himself too many opportunities. There must be a reason. Every coach has his own coaching style. Li Hao knows that some coaches even sometimes A starting lineup will be arranged for each game, with the intention of creating the most reasonable offensive and defensive system. Therefore, he can even wait for one or two or even three or four games.

For Li Hao, his requirements for himself are very clear, and he also knows that what he needs to do most at this stage is to train and integrate into the team's offensive and defensive system. What kind of performance come up.

(End of this chapter)