The Whip of the God of Basketball

Phil Jackson has experienced the most complicated season of his coaching career. Since the summer of 2003, he and his Los Angeles Lakers have experienced various incidents. [D, F⑨.oM, Wonderful, Oriental, Literature] Kobe’s scandal, O’Neal demanded a big contract from Bass, the contradiction between Karl Malone and Kobe, and the complaints arising from the integration of Peyton’s method into the triangle offense. In the final week of the regular season, anonymous players criticized Kobe's incident.

In short, this was a chaotic, troubled, and bumpy seven months. The originally anticipated Galaxy fighter stumbling into the playoffs with the second place in the Western Conference. After beating the Rockets relatively easily in the first round, the Lakers encountered the semifinals. A huge test for the defending champion Spurs. As a result, with a 0:2 lagging situation, the Lakers first easily pulled two consecutive games at home, and then in the fifth game of Tianwangshan, relying on Derek Fisher's magical 0.4-second lore goal, they won. This crucial game.

Then in Game 6, in Staples, the Spurs had no resistance, without David Robinson's :: novel...help, plus the trouble of plantar fasciitis, Duncan could no longer block O'Neal from inside. The ravages, sadly out.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers once again met the Sacramento Kings, the old opponent in 2002, the gorgeous team that had driven them to desperation. In the semifinals, they defeated the Timberwolves in seven games and reached the Western Conference finals to avenge the Lakers.

However, Chris Webber fell sharply due to his injury. In the semi-final defeat of the Timberwolves, he already showed a depressed look. However, the Timberwolves Milicic was too young and lacked experience, and Walker was difficult to be a major task, and finally relied on Mike Bibby. In the fourth quarter, the desperate three-pointer helped the King to pass his opponent.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers, who had slowly recovered from the chaos and re-established their confidence, were unrelenting in the face of the fully aging King. The first two home games were won and they took a 2-0 lead. After a small loss in the third game , Defeated the opponent 97:91 in the fourth game and achieved a 3:1 advantage. Back to Staples in the fifth game, seeing that he was about to reach the finals, but the king did not want to give up, and the two sides fought until the last moment.

This time it was Mike Bibby, who hit a key three-pointer 45 seconds before the end of the game, helping the Kings extend the lead to 4 points. Finally, as Kobe missed a three-pointer, the Kings pulled the score. It became 2:3, and the Lakers had to go to Sacramento to stand the test.

Therefore, on May 31st, the last day of May, Jackson had to take a plane from Los Angeles to Sacramento with the Lakers to participate in the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals at night. Because they are in California and the two cities are not far apart, the Lakers chose to take a regional plane directly to the game on the day of the game instead of staying in a hotel in Sacramento.

This is a modified Boeing 717 aircraft. It only takes 40 minutes to fly from Los Angeles to Sacramento. The aircraft is equipped with comfortable massage seats and a small treatment room. All seats have been modified to allow The tall player sits down.

Jackson likes to spend his flying time in meditation. He believes in Zen. He often uses some Buddhist language to give the players guidance and enlightenment. At this moment, a sentence echoed in his mind, sitting quietly, not doing it, and the spring came to light. "

This is also a principle that Jackson has been pursuing this season. In the endless incidents of the team, he has never really taken steps to purge or interfere, but is doing a good job as a coach, directing the team to fight south and north, as much as possible Win the game and win a good seat for the playoffs. In this way, in the playoffs, this highly anticipated team finally burst out with tremendous energy, especially in the semifinals against the Spurs, behind 0:2, they won the series four games in a row. , This is a great improvement for the entire Lakers.

After this series, the team rarely heard discordant voices. O'Neal even praised Kobe as the second Michael Jordan after the game. It was mid-season because Kobe criticized O'Neal for not being a good leader. , O'Neal even threatened to beat Kobe.

Now, at least in the next game, the Lakers should be a complete and united whole, so Jackson is not worried about the sixth game. His king is already at the end of the crossbow, and it is their limit to be able to step on the Timberwolves. Chris Webber's status is determined, and they can't go further.

Of course, Jackson, it’s not the time to consider the finals, it’s just that his thoughts in meditation are hard not to wander there, because four days ago, the green giant Hulk was waiting in the finals like a rampage. The next opponent.

At this time, the captain's announcement came from the plane that the plane had reached the sky over Sacramento and the plane was about to land.

Jackson opened his eyes from meditation, and through the window he could see the blossoming white clouds and the Sacramento River faintly visible under the white clouds. He was thinking in his heart that they would leave here in the same mood tonight.

Arrived at the airport, took the bus directly to the arena, the whole team had a simple warm-up training, Jackson let the whole team move freely, ready for the game at 7:30 in the evening. Then he left Kobe alone and chatted with the young man in the toilet in the locker room.

Chatting with players in the toilet is Jackson’s coach Holtzman who inherited from the Knicks. He always talks with players in this special conference room to avoid criticism in front of everyone and intensify conflicts. The players are more open.

It can be said that more than half of the Lakers' chaos this season came from Kobe. Since his scandal broke out, the entire Lakers have been in trouble. In a game against the Kings at the end of the season, Kobe made a half-time shot that led to a big defeat for the team. Later, a Lakers player criticized Kobe anonymously in the media, which led to Kobe tantrums everyone in the training hall and asked the Lakers. His playoff journey was overshadowed.

Before the start of the very important sixth game, Jackson felt it was necessary to talk to Kobe. In fact, so far this season, Jackson has not communicated with Kobe seriously, especially after the scandal, because of Jackson’s daughter. Having suffered such violations, Jackson has sympathy and care for Kobe in his inner law. In the middle of the season, Jackson even suggested that Kubcek trade Kobe, but of course he was rejected by Bass.

Now, Jackson, must talk to Kobe, in the situation so close to the finals, they need such a informal, seemingly casual but very important exchange.

"You, they are in the finals." Jackson said, standing in front of Kobe, Jackson is a little bit higher.

Kobe nodded, his expression was a bit tired. In fact, Kobe looked a bit tired throughout the season. This 24-year-old young man can use the words "tired on running" for more than half a year~www.readwn.com~ To describe. Fortunately, he never showed fatigue on the court.

"It's done, the wine that has happened has already happened, and it will never change; and what has not happened, there are still limited possibilities. The championship is like this, it is waiting for us in June." Jackson said in a soft tone. Then he saw a gleam in Kobe's eyes.

"They are strong, but we can beat them." Kobe said, his tone was as stubborn as ever, making people uncomfortable to hear. But Jackson, this is Kobe, this is Kobe.

"I originally planned to have a chat with you before the start of the finals, but I thought, if we don't say something, maybe we won't wait for the finals." Jackson said.

Next, the two people had a deep conversation in the small bathroom. Jackson told his daughter about his daughter. He did not feel regret that he was not angry enough at the time. At the same time, he told Kobe that the anger was drawn to Kobe. And Kobe also admitted to Jackson for some naive and indifferent performances during the season, and indicated that he will definitely focus on the team in the next games.

There is no doubt about this conversation. Five hours later, at Arco Arena, Kobe Bryant scored 47 points in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals and helped the Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 101:89. The Lakers also He defeated his opponent with a total score of 4:2 and reached the NBA Finals.

The Lakers VS Celtics reappeared in the NBA in 1987, 17 years later.

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