Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 169 The Mouth of Two Liars

After the game, Phil took Kobe and Gasol to the press conference.

"Phil, the Lakers beat the Spurs in two games, are you starting to think about the next round of the series?" an ESPN reporter asked.

"No, we just won two games. We played every game very difficult. We don't have time to think about who our opponent will be in the next round. Whether we can win this round of the series is still unknown. We must take every game seriously. A game." Phil responded sonorously.

Phil is in a good mood, but he won't be fooled by the reporter's questions. He has already started thinking about the next round.

Occasional rashes are normal.

It can also be heard how cautious he is. He and Popovich are both well-known coaches in the league. If Popovich surrenders like this, then he is not Popovich.

"Ah" the reporter thought Phil would answer, they still need to win two more games or something.
Unexpectedly, he actually answered like this.

"You mean, in this round of the series, the Spurs still have hope of making a comeback?" the reporter asked suspiciously.

"Yes, that is indeed the case. This is exactly what I am worried about. The Spurs lost two games in a row in the last round of the series. So we must take it seriously, and we are ready to play 7 games." Phil said in a deep voice Said.

The reporters started swearing 'You old man, can't you say something?As far as you are concerned, whoever you tell can believe that the Spurs can come back. '

"Kobe, do you also think that the Lakers may reach the tiebreaker in this round of the series?" The reporter had no choice but to ask another person.

"Indeed, we've been planning to play until the tiebreaker," Kobe replied with a vigorous nod.

"Uh..." The reporter spurted out a mouthful of old blood and almost fainted at the scene. Is this still human?

Being played by the old man like this, the reporters asked a few more questions and ended the interview in a hurry.

It wasn't until the three of Phil left the interview booth that the reporters shouted regret and forgot to ask questions about Li Tian's cold hands.

They all slapped their thighs. This interview was a failure, and they felt like they were being played around.

After Phil finished the interview, he called Kobe to his office.

He needs Kobe to help himself this time, and think about it for next season.

Phil was the first to say, "How is Lee doing this season? The team wants to give up his contract for next season."

Kobe jumped up, a little confused about the team's operations.

"Why give up the implementation of his contract for next season, such a contract is more beneficial to the team?" He shouted loudly, giving up such a cheap contract for one year would have too much impact on the team.

"I talked to Kupchak, the premise of giving up his contract for next season is that he can sign a three-year contract with the team. He played so well on the court, it is impossible to lower the next season. Contract, but not a chance to play." Phil explained patiently.

Kobe said hurriedly, "So that's the case, that's no problem."

"However, after yesterday's game, Kupchak had some other ideas, so I came to discuss with you, hoping that we can work together to facilitate this new contract." Phil Daoming said.

"Any other idea?"

"Because Lee's shooting percentage in these two games is too low, Kupchak wants to lower his new contract through these two games. If the negotiation fails, he will announce the implementation of the contract for next season." Phil said somewhat said worriedly.

He doesn't want this kind of thing to happen, even if the three-point shooting rate is low, even if he can't shoot three-pointers, such a good defense and unsolvable offense at the basket, this is the existence of meat and potatoes no matter which team he is in. .

"Damn it, I know him, he definitely won't agree." Kobe roared, and he would never agree with the team to do this. The arrival of Li Tian relieved him a lot of pressure on the defensive end, and he was able to play more. Focus more on the offensive end.

"I hope you can join me and talk to Kupchak, don't make such a stupid decision, wait until the end of this season, don't affect this season." Phil also doesn't expect the management to accept his signing opinions, just Hopefully we can wait until the end of the season.

If Lee's condition gets worse because of this low-priced contract, then if the Lakers face the Celtics in the Finals, they will have no hope of winning.

"I'm with you." Plain and simple, while cursing management.

"Popovich and the Spurs have lost two games in a row. What do you think about this?" the reporter asked.

"What else can I think, I can only end this round of the series early so that I can go on vacation." Popovich replied pretending to be painful.

"So, are the Spurs ready to be swept by the Lakers?" the reporter asked.

Popovich pursed his lips, pretending to think for a moment.

"Isn't it obvious enough? We have lost two games in a row, both by big margins. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?" replied coldly.

The reporter who was sent to interview today wanted to hug their heads and cry. These two old guys are two big liars. Can you believe a word of what they say?
"Then what changes will you make in the next game?" The reporter was also afraid, and began to ask another question.

"Yes, we have to make some changes," Popovich replied.

"Then what changes will be made?" The reporter was so happy at the moment, so excited that he almost embraced and kissed the old man.

"Of course, throw the damn ball into the basket more. Tim, you have to do it in the next game. I haven't figured out how to change it yet." Turning to look at Duncan sitting beside him.

Hearing someone calling his name, Duncan was also shocked, and turned his head to find out where the voice came from.

"Hahaha." The reporter was also amused by Duncan's blank expression.

"Duncan was just thinking about how to complete the task, and he was too involved. I hope everyone doesn't mind." Popovich continued.

The reporter almost said, you can answer the questions normally, there is no need for this, we did not dig a hole. 'The reporter was a little bit overwhelmed.

Another Los Angeles Daily reporter asked, "The next game, back in San Antonio, will you play tougher?"

"No, no, no, I'm too old to move anymore." Duncan's head shook like a rattle.

The reporter vomited blood, and the interview ended.

The Spurs were on the plane back to San Antonio.

"Duncan don't be in a daze anymore, look at what you are playing, O'Neill's grandma is better than you." Popovich was obviously angry.

It is impossible for the team to come back in this round of the series, but he absolutely cannot accept being swept away.

On the chartered flight, the temperature dropped sharply, it can be said to have dropped to freezing point.

Everyone did not dare to breathe, especially the three members of the GDP. The others had low salaries. It was impossible for them to take responsibility. The three of them still had to bear everything.

"No matter how I play, I absolutely cannot accept being swept away." He said coldly, and began to prepare for the third game.

He needs to think more. If he doesn't want to be swept away, the next game is the only chance.In my own team, all the players are too tired, and it is impossible to win the series.

The media agreed that the defending champion Spurs will be swept in the Western Conference Finals.Just when everyone is looking down on the Spurs, they need to play tougher, and they need to tell everyone that they are the defending champions, they can lose but they can't lose their bodies.

The Lakers and Horses battle has always been talked about by people. As long as there are no injuries to important players, there will be no such a big loss.Every round of the series has attracted the attention of basketball fans across the United States. It is the first time that it has been one-sided like this time, not to mention that this is the Western Conference Finals, not the first round of the playoffs.

April 2008, 5 local time.

The Lakers will be a guest at the AT&T Center for Game [-] of the series.

In this game, they did not choose to give up as Popovich said.

On the plane to San Antonio, Li Tian could feel that the team's desire to underestimate the enemy had begun to grow.

They all began to chat about the next round of the series, feeling that the Western Conference Finals will definitely be swept again and advance strongly.

But Phil did not suppress this arrogance. He knew that if he entered the finals, it would definitely not be smooth sailing. Losing a game now would be better for the next round of the series.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the game ended.

Unsurprisingly, the Lakers lost the game, losing the game by a big score of 84:103.

In this game, Yaodao returned to the bench, and he also performed exceptionally well and scored 15 points in 9 of 30, the highest score in the team.Duncan and Parker scored 22 and 20 points respectively, and the three jointly contributed 72 points, accounting for 70% of the team.

On the Lakers side, only Kobe is online, and there are no other players to restrain him. The crowded inside also reduces his success rate.Odom was 11 for 2, Li Tian was 12 for 3, and 8 for 0 three-pointers. The shooting rate is appallingly low.

After losing the game, the Lakers players walked back to the locker room as if they had lost their souls.

In the locker room, Kobe roared loudly, venting his emotion of losing.

There was no sound at all, only Xie Jianchuan was secretly laughing at the side, in order to show his necessity, he specially asked to come to San Antonio with the team, in fact, he was worried about sweeping the Western Conference finals, and he was not there when the awards were presented, so he wanted to satisfy his vanity That's all.

Kobe didn't go to the press conference after the game, but took Li Tian and Odom to the arena for extra practice.

On the way back to the hotel, Farmar kept cursing. Popovich is an old man, and he can't believe a word of it.Didn't I agree, I want to end the series early and go back to vacation, old man, it's very bad.

After the game, the media began to exaggerate again. The Spurs will compete with the previous round. After falling behind 0:2, they will come back against the wind again and enter the finals. They will break the curse of not being able to win the championship in even-numbered years.

Kobe will lead the team to lose this round of Western Conference finals, he is not suitable to lead the team
In short, all the bad news before was exposed by the media, what Kobe threatened management.
Li Tian is due to contract issues with the team, passive sabotage and so on.
The news is really flying all over the sky, just lost a game, and all the media immediately changed their tone.

The Lakers players turned a deaf ear to what the outside media said, and Phil knew the reason for the loss, and he didn't deliberately magnify some problems.

Just concentrating on preparing for Game [-].

When preparing for the fourth game, none of the players mentioned the loss of the previous game.

Li Tian also decided that in the next game, he will start with defense. If the three-pointer continues to feel bad, he will give up the opportunity to shoot from the outside and use his footsteps to score inside.

After the training, Taylor happily chatted with Li Tian, ​​but she didn't mention anything about the negative news.

(End of this chapter)