Chapter 417 Phil Jackson, Do You Want to Commit Suicide?

In the first half, although the Lakers had an OK combination, their offense was not going well. O'Neal had a hard time playing under the basket, so Kobe later took over the offense.

But Kobe can't break in easily. Zhao Dong, the first line of defense, can't break through easily. Behind him is Marion's second line of defense, and the third line of defense of Fordson and Davis under the basket. He It's impossible to break out of five every time, so he also shoots jumpers from the outside. No matter how efficient he is, he is still not as efficient as the Blazers' basket attack.

Zhao Dong has been attacking O'Neal, not only him, Marion is also attacking, and the two of them take turns to attack.

O'Neal has been playing the role of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the defensive end. By the sixth minute, he couldn't stand it anymore.

This time, Zhao Dong was attracting double-teams from the outside, and Marion cut in without the ball. The former passed the ball, and the latter rushed towards him defiantly after receiving the ball.

He couldn't bear it any longer, so he pulled Marion down directly.

If Fordson hadn't hugged Marion in time, Marion would have probably fallen.

"Beep!"

The referee's whistle sounded.

"What the hell!"

Zhao Dong was also popular. He was thrown by O'Neal once in the first quarter. It didn't matter that he was immune to injuries, so he didn't bother O'Neal. Marion was not immune to injuries, and Marion's confrontational ability was not strong. If it wasn't for the protection of his teammates, he might be knocked down. How could he endure it?

Besides, as the boss, he must stand up for his younger brother, and if he doesn't stand up, it will be equivalent to encouraging O'Neal. He will do it again next time. Who in the future of the Blazers will dare to rush in and fight?

"shark!"

He shouted loudly and rushed forward.

"What?"

O'Neal turned his head when he heard the sound, his vision went dark, and then his throat was locked, and his whole body was immediately thrown to the floor with a huge force.

"Bang!"

The floor jumped three times. He was stunned and his eyes were knocked straight out.

"oh!"

The whole audience exclaimed.

Beep beep, the referee blew the whistle continuously, rushed forward and started to pull Zhao Dong.

Players from both sides also rushed forward.

"Oh, the flying dragon is taking action!"

When Barkley saw it, he jumped up from his seat and yelled: "O'Neal attacked Marion, Feilong stood up for his little brother."

"Pull him away!"

On the sidelines, things happened so suddenly that Phil Jackson was startled, and then shouted to the players on the court.

David Stern was sitting on the sidelines watching the game. When he saw this scene, he slapped his thigh irritably.

On the court, Zhao Dong was pulled up.

In fact, he had shown mercy to O'Neal, otherwise he would have knocked him out with one punch instead of knocking him down.

"O'Neal, if you can't guard us, just give up. If you dare to commit a flagrant foul again, I will kill you next time." After being pulled away, he still pointed at the confused O'Neal on the floor and yelled.

"I?"

After O'Neal reacted, he looked aggrieved. Who asked you to attack me? You have four championships, four MVPs and four FMVPs, and I am still empty-handed. Is it easy for me?

The president was on the sidelines. In order to put out the fire, the referee hurriedly dealt with it. He directly gave O'Neal a first-level flagrant foul, two free throws and a throw, and then gave Zhao Dong a technical foul, one free throw and one throw. Combined, they are the Trail Blazers. Two free throws, one free throw for the Lakers, and the Lakers have the ball.

The penalty seemed to be a disadvantage for the Blazers and they did not get the ball, but Zhao Dong took action. O'Neal was not a small player, and the referee had to give him a technical foul.

Barkley analyzed at this time: "Shark's actions were indeed too dangerous. He had already done it to Feilong once in the first quarter, and he did it again this time, and he did not make any protective moves against Feilong and Marion. Feilong was It’s normal to be irritated.”

"I don't know why Feilong used wrestling moves. What if he directly punched O'Neal?" Smith asked curiously.

"oh……"

Barkley smiled and shook his head: "Then the shark will be carried off the field directly, and then go to the hospital to check whether his head was blown out, haha!"

"So actually, Feilong was merciful. But I think if Shark does that again, Feilong might not be merciful anymore." Smith said with a smile.

In the CCTV commentary box, Zhang Lili was also talking about this issue. He said: "The league has stipulated the defensive rules for the reasonable collision zone. You can only take off vertically. The defender cannot make unnecessary movements, and his elbows cannot leave his cylinder. This Although the defender is very passive, the rule is fair and applies to both sides, so this rule must be followed.

When O'Neal was unable to defend against the Blazers' attack on him, he took such a malicious foul defensive action, which was indeed too much. Zhao Dong was excusable. "

Su Qun said: "I think O'Neal will not dare to do that next time. If he does it again, there will probably be a fight in this game, and the Lakers will be beaten by Zhao Dong."

"Twelve versus one?"

Zhang Lili laughed after speaking.

Indeed, after the game started, O'Neal no longer dared to do that, and Zhao Dong began to attack him with all his strength.

Marion was inspired by Zhao Dong and was not timid and continued to attack O'Neal.

Together with Eddie Jones, under the impact of the three, O'Neal shrank back and was thrown by Zhao Dong. His condition was not good. He quickly received his third personal foul and was substituted.

At the end of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers used their powerful impact to destroy the Lakers' inside line, leading to a fifteen-point lead.

In the second half, the Lakers replaced the inside substitute, hoping to prevent O'Neal from leaving the game prematurely.

But it was useless. After becoming a substitute inside player, the Lakers themselves no longer had strong low post and basket offense. They were considered to have abandoned their martial arts skills and were also beaten by the Trail Blazers.

Phil Jackson could only let O'Neal play again, and then ushered in the Blazers' strong impact.

O'Neal played for three minutes and received his fourth foul. His defense could no longer be seen and turned completely into eye defense. Even if Eddie Jones stopped in front of him to make a jump shot, he did not dare to block it.

On the offensive end, with the decline in physical fitness, attacks at the basket began to decrease and efficiency decreased.

However, Phil Jackson did not replace O'Neal, because at this time the point difference reached 20 points, and substituting would be equivalent to giving up the game.

But the result if he doesn't change is actually the same. How can O'Neal stop the Blazers' offense without defending?

At the same time, Fordson further strengthened his defense against O'Neal, coupled with Marion's quick defense, resolutely preventing him from getting close to the basket easily, further reducing the Sharks' offensive efficiency.

Under these two conditions, the Lakers' collapse accelerated. After the third quarter, they were 23 points behind. The final quarter was considered garbage time.

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Lakers did not give up the game, still unable to come back, and ultimately lost the G1 game.

94:120, the Trail Blazers won by 26 points.

Zhao Dong made 20 of 25 shots, most of which were breakthroughs. Because O'Neal was not defensive enough, his shooting rate was as high as 80%. In addition, he made 13 of 13 free throws and scored a near-triple-double of 53 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.

After the game, Zhao Dong accepted an on-site interview on the sidelines.

"Feilong, what do you want to say about O'Neal's two malicious behaviors?" a Portland Sports reporter asked.

"Next time I will teach him a lesson instead of just putting him gently on the floor." Zhao Dong said.

"Feilong, what are your expectations for the G2 game?" another reporter asked.

"Gentle? So gentle as shit! Your gentleness almost killed me."

O'Neill happened to be passing by, and when he heard Zhao Dong's words, he shouted very sadly and indignantly.

"Go away, you foul-happy guy."

Zhao Dong waved his hand as if to drive him away. O'Neal was so angry that he turned away and left. The reporters also burst into laughter.

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

"O'Neal, why did you use a flagrant foul to defend?" a local reporter asked at the Lakers press conference.

"No, I didn't mean to hurt them." O'Neal said.

"But you didn't take any protective measures against them when you pulled them down." The reporter asked coldly.

"I'm too late." O'Neal began to quibble.

"Are you worried that the Blazers will use the same defensive moves on you?" the reporter asked.

"this……"

O'Neal also became worried. If he gave him a blow like that, he might be hurt.

"Feilong said just now that next time he acts like that, he won't put you gently on the floor again." The reporter finally said.

"He is not gentle, he almost threw me to death." O'Neill said aggrievedly.

"Coach Jackson, the Lakers have such a strong lineup and even tied with the Trail Blazers in the regular season. Why did they lose so miserably today?"

a Los Angeles reporter asked.

Phil Jackson rubbed his forehead and said: "The situation is obvious. Feilong killed Shaq. He succeeded. We did not protect Shaq enough."

"In other words, it was tactical reasons that led to the loss of the game?" the reporter asked.

Phil Jackson was very reluctant to admit this, but he couldn't deny it, because the Lakers' lineup was there, and he couldn't push the problem to O'Neal, saying that O'Neal didn't control his fouls, which would definitely ignite O'Neal's temper.

There are some things he cannot say here, or even anywhere.

According to tradition, the power forward does hard work for the center. Defense, rebounding, and protecting the center are the work of the power forward.

But he can't arrange for David Robinson to do hard work, and Robinson can't agree. Therefore, the super center combination is not enough to protect O'Neal.

Then the Trail Blazers opened up the interior and the aging David Robinson didn't have many opportunities to help defend. Even if he wanted to protect O'Neal, he couldn't.

The G1 loss was unjust, and he knew this very well. With the offensive strength of the Lakers' main lineup, as long as the main lineup persists long enough, there is a chance that they can defeat the Trail Blazers. This has been proven in the regular season.

He believes that the only problem now is how to protect O'Neal so that he can exert all his combat power from the offensive end to the defensive end.

As long as this is done, the super center combination can defeat the Trail Blazers.

When asked by reporters, he could only nod and admit, saying: "We will protect Shaq in the G2 game and do everything possible."

The atmosphere on the Trail Blazers side is very good.

"Larry, in our four regular season games with the Lakers, Feilong did not attack O'Neal. Is this intentional?" a local reporter asked.

Larry Bird smiled triumphantly and nodded.

In the four regular season games this season, he has indeed never let Zhao Dong play like this. He just wanted to paralyze the Lakers. Only now did he come up with this tactic that can bring out Zhao Dong's strongest ability. Sure enough, he played in the G1 game The Lakers were caught off guard.

The next morning, the media commented on last night's game, and were generally optimistic that the Trail Blazers would win the Western Conference Finals.

And that afternoon, the Lakers held a tactical meeting in the hotel.

Kobe was a little dissatisfied. He raised a question and said: "I don't understand why we didn't increase our outside offense after the efficiency of Shark and David dropped in the second half?

Is it because of efficiency? But after the Trail Blazers strengthened their defense, coupled with their declining physical fitness and too many fouls, their efficiency has dropped. Can we consider strengthening the outside offense and let them be responsible for rebounding under the basket? "

Phil Jackson thought, yes, this is indeed a way.

O'Neal and David Robinson have absolute height under the basket. Only O'Neal's height reaches 211 centimeters. The Lakers have a height advantage.

Kobe added: "We have never played this whole season. It is the inside spread tactic of the God-killing lineup that Barkley created. Can we also consider it? If Shaq and David are pulled out, I can break out more easily." Go in and fight, and I can inflict damage on them.”

Phil Jackson began to think about this issue. His tactics have always been the triangle offense, mainly this, followed by the double tower tactics under the basket. Indeed, he has never used this kind of tactic of pulling out from the inside.

Traditional center tactics never allow the two inside players to be pulled out. In fact, he does not agree with the God-killing tactic, which will seriously weaken the role of the center and the advantage of the basket.

But now he lost the G1 game by a big score, which reminded him of the experience of being defeated by Zhao Dong's team four years ago, forcing him to start thinking about more tactical possibilities, even if he is not very good at this kind of tactics. , also have to be considered.

But after careful consideration, he decided to only use this tactic of stretching the inside as one of the regular tactics. He would not play it too much and only play it when he needed to recover his physical fitness in the inside.

When Kobe heard this, he snorted coldly and fell silent.

From the look on Kobe's face, Phil Jackson knew that this kid didn't agree. In order to prevent Kobe from acting without permission on the court, he explained:

"Kobe, although pulling out the inside can make room for you to break through, but they are playing a two-one-two zone defense, you are likely to encounter double teams. At the same time, there is Marion's second line of defense in the middle. The third line of the inside that is pulled out. There are three lines of defense. Your breakthrough still has to break through several lines of defense. How sure are you?

What we want is efficiency, and a success rate lower than 60% is not what we need.

We are facing Feilong, the god of efficiency. His hit rate in the G1 game was as high as a terrifying 80%. Can you ensure that the breakthrough success rate reaches more than 80%? "

"..."

When Kobe heard this, he was speechless. How could he have a breakthrough success rate of more than 80%? Just the flying dragon level is not easy to break.

Phil Jackson didn't want to dampen Kobe's morale, and said: "It's not that we don't play that kind of tactics. The coaching staff will design that kind of tactics for you, let your teammates do pick-and-rolls for you, and clear the obstacles for you to break through, but you You must promise me not to act recklessly."

"Phil, I promise you." Kobe said in high spirits.

"Phil, how are you going to play?" General Manager Jerry West asked at this time.

Phil Jackson already had an idea in his mind and said: "We lost the G1 game because we failed to stop Feilong from killing Shaq, so our main problem in the G2 game is to do everything possible to prevent him from attacking Shaq.

We couldn't guard Feilong on the defensive end. I played against him for five seasons. This is the fifth season. From the Bulls to the Lakers, I admit that I have never guarded him.

Therefore, if we cannot prevent him from scoring, and if we continue to let him attack Shaq and our scoring ability weakens, then we will still lose, so we must solve this problem. "

When he said this, everyone nodded.

In the G1 game, everyone played very frustrated, especially O'Neal, who was at a loss. Earlier, he could still go all out on the offensive end. Later, he committed too many fouls and was called for another offensive foul. He didn't dare to go all out on the offensive end.

But no one has any idea how to solve this problem.

Because the solution to O'Neal's problem of not being hit is how to prevent Zhao Dong from breaking through. This is actually an unsolvable problem.

Therefore, they are now looking to Phil Jackson, hoping that he can come up with a solution.

But in fact, they don't count much on Phil Jackson, because Jackson has not solved the problem of how to defend Zhao Dong in the past few years.

Phil Jackson seemed to feel the suspicion in everyone's eyes, and was a little embarrassed, because he really didn't have any good ideas. If he had, he wouldn't have lost with the Bulls.

"So, you just made suggestions, but no solutions?" Seeing Phil Jackson's appearance, everyone was disappointed.

"I'm going to play mixed defense in the G2 game, with Kobe guarding the dragon." Phil Jackson said at this time.

"Mixed defense?" Everyone was startled, can this be done?

"Me?" Kobe perked up.

He is not afraid of challenges and can withstand no matter how great the pressure is. He just plays defense and it’s no big deal.

"Then……"

A determined look flashed in Phil Jackson's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "We will use foul tactics on Feilong."

"What?"

Everyone is shocked, do you want to commit suicide?