"I feel that my knee has improved a lot, and the team doctor also said that I can play before tomorrow's game." Facing the reporters who came to interview, 'Little Bully' Stoudemire said confidently:
"The Lakers can't stop the Suns from moving forward, regardless of whether Kobe is injured or not."
"Yes, we are confident. We are the strongest this year, and we will not be afraid no matter who we face." Steve Nash is also confident. When a reporter asked about Raja Bell, he said
He immediately changed the subject: "I think this is not something I should consider now. The league has already made a decision. In any case, the Suns will obey the league's decision."
"I don't know what they are doing. Raja Bell was just a little excited. He didn't mean to hurt Kobe." Faced with reporters repeatedly asking questions about Raja Bell, the Suns
Shawn Marion, the team's starting power forward and a good friend of Raja Bell, couldn't help but speak out: "The league's penalty against him has been quite severe. Even so, he has not appealed. Doesn't this explain?
What's his attitude? Players are injured every year in the league. If all the people who cause other players to get injured are expelled from the league as they say, will we still be playing? Some media are simply unreasonable."
"This is not violence on the court at all. Raja Bell just defended a little harder. He just desperately wanted to guard Kobe. There is nothing to criticize at all."
Before today, the league had issued a decision on the flagrant foul that resulted in Lakers star Kobe Bryant being fined US$25,000 and suspended for five games by Raja Bell. As far as general penalties are concerned, this penalty is quite severe.
Yes, unless the Lakers and Suns reach a tiebreaker, Raja Bell will have no chance to play in this series anyway. Unless the Suns can defeat the Lakers and advance to the Western Conference Finals.
Just like other series with deep grievances, there was still a lot of noise before the start of the second game between the Suns and the Lakers. Although the league has issued a flagrant foul penalty for Raja Bell, there is still no discussion on this matter.
It did not stop, but intensified. Some thought the penalty was too light and not enough to punish Raja Bell, while others thought the penalty was too severe and would hurt the Suns too much. Anyway, they just didn’t think the league’s penalty was just right.
On the Suns side, players continue to appear in front-page interviews in the media. Correspondingly, it is much more difficult for the media to interview Lakers players. Phil Jackson declined all media interviews and even closed the training ground.
They stood up and no outsiders were allowed to approach. Within the team, Phil Jackson also made a request not to allow anyone to be interviewed by anyone on any occasion.
Phil Jackson's tyrant-like press control certainly aroused widespread protests and disgust from the media, as well as protests against the Lakers management.
But at this time, Phil Jackson also showed his tough attitude and directly rejected the management's request. When facing media interviews, he even said to the news media without any scruples: "My players
They are all preparing for the second game now. They don’t have time to be interviewed by you.”
No matter what the media thinks or says, when Phil Jackson makes up his mind not to let the media interview, then no one can do anything to this old guy. This is not to say that Phil Jackson is supreme in the Lakers. After all, he
He's just a wage earner, and he's not like the Spurs' **Vitch, who holds the power of general manager and head coach. He can be said to have the power of life and death. He's just a head coach, but Phil Jackson's reputation is too great.
big.
Neither Mitch Kupchak, the general manager of the Lakers, nor Buss, the real owner of the Lakers, would be willing to conflict with the meritorious coach Phil Jackson over such a trivial matter.
Therefore, in the eyes of the media, the Lakers seemed to have suddenly disappeared from this world without a sound. No matter how hard they searched, there was no trace of news. They could only report over and over again the Lakers' closed training and Phil Jackson.
The unethical tyrant behavior used a hammer that didn’t hurt or itch to condemn Phil Jackson’s non-cooperation. At the same time, many people began to speculate on Phil Jackson’s intention of doing this.
If it is just general tactical training, of course there is no need to be closed. Generally, a mature and stable team will have a stable starting lineup and a relatively stable set of tactics. Everyone knows these. For example, the Lakers' triangle offense
, the Suns' run-and-gun offense. The Utah Jazz's pick-and-roll offense, the San Antonio Spurs' high-post pick-and-roll tactics...
These tactical trainings should not need to be particularly closed.
And now the Los Angeles Lakers have chosen to practice in a closed manner. Doesn't this mean that the Lakers are practicing some kind of unconventional tactics that are completely different from their usual tactics, in order to be able to confront or even compete with others in the current unfavorable situation?
Defeat the sun?
Countless people have speculated on what kind of tactics Phil Jackson has prepared to deal with the strong Suns. Yes, compared to the Lakers, who have suffered heavy losses, the Suns are now considered to be strong, although the suspension of Raja Bell is against them.
They did a lot of damage, but if the little bully Stoudemire is determined to pay, the Suns' offense and defense will rise to a higher level.
On the contrary, the Lakers lost Kobe, which can be said to be a heavy loss.
Under such circumstances, what kind of mysterious tactics can Phil Jackson come up with to fight against the powerful Suns?
This situation lasted until the start of the game between the Lakers and Suns.
No matter how hard Phil Jackson defends, once the game starts, the Lakers' arrangement will inevitably be exposed to everyone.
"Hello everyone, this is TNT. Welcome to the Los Angeles Lakers home game against the Phoenix Suns. I am your good friend Charles Barkley. Now it is Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith commentating for you at Staples.
Kenny, do you know what’s the hottest topic these days?”
"Of course, Charles. It's impossible for me not to know what tactics the Lakers will use in the next games if Kobe is injured." Kenny Smith said: "This is not just our concern, all Lakers fans probably will."
I am very concerned. Kobe’s injury will have a great impact on the Lakers, especially in terms of offense. The impact of Kobe’s injury on the Lakers’ offense will be irreparable.”
"Oh, so Kenny, what kind of tactics do you think the Lakers will arrange to deal with this game?"
"I think it's defensive." Although he was born as a player, Kenny Smith has very good tactical literacy. He even obtained a coaching license and became a head coach of an NBA team. So when it comes to tactics, he seems to be very clear-headed:
"We all know that the Suns' offensive power is very strong, but for some strong defensive teams, the Suns' record, especially the playoff record, is not very good, such as the Spurs and Pistons. It can be seen that tough defense is the key to restraining the Suns' small ball.
A good tactical solution. I think that if the Lakers want to have a chance to defeat the Suns under the current situation, the most important thing to adjust is the defense. You must know that in the first round of the series, the Suns faced the Houston Rockets.
The Rock's defense was once defeated by the Rockets in two consecutive games."
Kenny Smith's conjecture is good. Phil Jackson has indeed always emphasized the importance of defense during training. Facing a team with a very strong offense like the Suns, it is impossible not to emphasize defense. But Phil Jackson's
Adjustments are definitely not limited to defense.
"Oh, the starting lineups of both sides were just sent, let's take a look. Oh, there have been some changes in the Lakers' starting lineup. The starting player at the power forward position became Lamar Odom. I didn't know that the Lakers were like this.
What kind of signal does adjustment send out?"
"Sure enough, Stoudemire appeared on the Suns' lineup, but he did not enter the starting lineup. It seems that Coach D'Antoni will have to observe more about Stoudemire's recovery from injury."
The game started quickly. With the cheers of the audience, Kwame Brown took the lead and moved the basketball to the Lakers half. Adrian advanced with the ball, and the Lakers followed up and started running closely.
Because of Kobe's injury and Raja Bell's suspension, the Suns sent Boyce Diaw as the starting player at the shooting guard position. The defender of Adrian also had nothing to do with him from the previous game.
Method's Steve Nash became Boyce Diaw.
"Rookie, you won't play so easily this time." Seeing Adrian walking up with the ball, Boyce Diaw immediately stabbed Adrian in a gentle way.
"What did you say?" Adrian was stunned for a moment and looked at Boisdio in surprise. How long has it been since he was called a rookie?
Yes, Adrian is a first-year rookie, and this year is only his first season. In terms of qualifications, Adrian is indeed a rookie, but apart from the first few games,
At the end of the season, when Adrian entered the All-Star lineup as a substitute, won the All-Star Rookie Game MVP, and won the league's assists title, it seemed that those who dared to call him a rookie were gone.
Although Adrian is undoubtedly a rookie, no one would regard Adrian as a rookie.
"You only played so well because Kobe shared the pressure. Now that Kobe is out, I can guard you to death!" Boyce Diaw stared at Adrian and said with a look of arrogance. (To be continued.)
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