basketball scientist

"I am very satisfied with the performance of the players. Winning the fifth game is indeed a big step forward for us on the road to promotion. But we should not be proud and complacent about this. The game is not over yet, everything

It can still happen!" At the post-match press conference, Ke Yan suppressed his excitement and responded rationally.

On the surface, he looks inspirational, but in fact, Ke Yan’s heart is already filled with undercurrents!

If g1 and g2 reaped more or less tactical dividends, then after this battle at Tianwang Mountain, Ke Yan believed for the first time that the team could really defeat the Spurs and strive for higher-level honors!

Through his constant fine-tuning to win this battle with Popovich, although it consumes a lot of energy, the sense of accomplishment gained is also amazing. Ke Yan thinks highly of himself in his heart, even if the team cannot create

Miracle, hitting the final championship trophy in one go, knocking off the championship in history is an extraordinary honor! Even if others don't understand, at least it is an encouragement to himself.

In the team's locker room, the players, including Odom, spent the next two days resting at home to recuperate and did not go out to mess around again.

Strong desire to beat Spurs.

This may be the most focused preparation for the entire Lakers team this season!

.......

At 9:30 pm on May 26, the G6 game between the Lakers and Spurs was held as scheduled at the Staples Center.

Facing the Spurs, the Lakers generals did not dare to relax at all and adjusted their condition to the best. In his final speech in the locker room, Ke Yan denied his "away dragon" attribute to the players and repeatedly emphasized "Don't take the game away."

To Game 7”!

Ke Yan was enthusiastically "pouring chicken soup" to the players. The door to the locker room was pushed open, and Han Bron came in. His face was a little "flustered."

"1, 2, 3, here we go!" With Kobe as the center, everyone put their arms together and shouted loudly, and all the players walked out of the locker room.

When Ke Yan came to Hamblen's side, he only heard the other person say: "Phil has also come to the scene."

"!!!" Ke Yan's pupils trembled, and his face was immediately filled with sullenness, and then he yelled angrily, "This bastard!"

Although Ke Yan's departure from the team after the end of the season has not been announced to the outside world, as a team insider, Ke Yan can conclude that Phil Jackson's return to the Lakers has been finalized, and even Jerry Buss has negotiated a contract with him.

Wait until you give up your seat!

There is no doubt that this is a huge disrespect to Ke Yan! But Ke Yan has always endured it.

Kupchak ignored his trade proposal, the team's scouting reports on this year's draft were basically out of his hands, and the title of "acting head coach" was not taken off until the Western Conference semifinals. All of this is happening.

To illustrate one thing, no matter what results Ke Yan can lead the Lakers to achieve, he will not be the long-term answer to the Lakers head coach position.

When he proposed to Wang Lifan that he might have a "long-distance relationship" next season, he had actually decided to leave the team after the season. He just wanted to "get together and get together easily" with the Lakers and leave the Lakers with a glorious resume.

Become an official head coach elsewhere!

However, Jerry Buss didn't even give him such dignity, and actually allowed Phil Jackson to come to the Staples Center early when the team's series situation was very good. What is this? Examine next season's prospects in advance.

Players, or come directly to demonstrate against yourself?

"boom!"

The live broadcast showed Phil Jackson. Zhang Liji, who calls himself a "Zen secret", jokingly joked: "Zen Master also came to the scene today. He won more than he lost in the confrontation with Popovich. I think he will also give Ke Yan

Give me some tips on how to deal with the Spurs!"

The camera then showed Ke Yan with gauze wrapped around his hand. Well, he couldn't even hide his murderous look!

The Lakers, who are clearly at a disadvantage, have been able to win three and lose two in the past five games. In addition to some luck, there are at least four elements behind each victory: "The strange start worked", "Kobe's cheating performance"

”, “Ke Yan’s god-like adjustments”, “Stronger key ball ability”

Without any of these, the Lakers can't win!

In the G6 game, the appearance of Phil Jackson directly affected Ke Yan's mind. Without him on the sidelines to make decisions according to the real-time development of the game, the Spurs took the advantage of the game from the beginning, and went all out in the second quarter to close the gap.

Opened to 21 points.

Although the Lakers then tried their best to adjust, the Spurs had completely gained the upper hand. Popovich used various means to weaken the Lakers' energy and slow down the Lakers' offensive edge, helping the team defeat the Lakers 113:97 and put the majority of the Lakers at risk.

The score was tied at 3:3.

In the history of the NBA, both sides have defended their home court and have reached tie-breaks many times. It has never been seen that the two sides have blown games at the opponent's home court, let alone that the two sides have blown each other three times.

An unprecedented one-round series!

At the end of the game, Ke Yan refused to accept media interviews directly after the game. No matter how the team's press officer tried to persuade him or even reminded him that he might face a fine from the league, he didn't pay much attention.

Isn’t it just money?

...

Maybe the appearance of Phil Jackson was not Jerry Buss's original intention. Even if he knew that the team would be greatly affected by this and faced the Spurs' collapse, he would definitely step in to stop Phil Jackson.

As everyone knows, this "bone indifference" has really irritated Ke Yan. Although there was no dispute, the original delicate balance between the Lakers management and Ke Yan was broken by the emergence of Phil Jackson, and the relationship between the two parties was completely broken.

!

Conspiracy theory says that it may be more in Phil Jackson's interest to screw up the Lakers this season. A Lakers team that performs miracles will definitely raise fans' expectations and put more pressure on Phil Jackson's coaching. Once it is done

The Lakers under the leadership of Phil Jackson have had some ups and downs this season, and fans will definitely miss Ke Yan. Let's just use a "borrowing knife to kill", Phil Jackson and Popovich, each get what they need!

"Hey, Roxanne." At night, Ke Yan called Xu Yi, who had interviewed him before, and asked her for help. "Please send me a message that I will leave the Lakers after the season."

Releasing this news actually tells other teams that they can talk to Ke Yan about coaching.

Usually this kind of thing is done by an agent, but Ke Yan did not sign a contract with an agent and could only release the news through friends in the media.

This kind of exclusive revelation from me is very newsworthy. Xu Yi, who had just woken up, became more energetic: "Wow~! There is no problem. Do you have a team you are inclined to join?"

"I definitely have my own tendencies, but I'm not sure yet which teams need me. Let's release the news that I'm leaving first~" Ke Yan wanted to say, "The management shouldn't be too shabby, and the city should be livable.

"Don't go to places like Boston or Dallas where discrimination is serious" and so on, but it's hard to say these words openly.

If only the Cavaliers invite him, he has to go even if Cleveland doesn't give a shit, right?

"Okay, no problem!" Xu Yi readily agreed to a win-win situation, "Don't forget what you promised me. When you become the head coach, you must give me your first interview!"

"Of course! Wait until I return to China in the summer."

Xu Yi moved very quickly. It was still late at night in the United States. The news "Sources revealed: Kimi has decided not to coach the Lakers next season" was on the home page of the ESPN sports news section.

roxanne xu, is not a very well-known media person. But her revelation is very credible. Because so far the only interview with Ke Yan was done by her. And she is from China and got the information from Ke Yan.

The probability is much greater than that of other media people.

Other authoritative media have reprinted it, and fans have exploded on the Internet. They don't know that the Lakers and Ke Yan have been inseparable for a long time, but they also know that the Lakers have never given Ke Yan a permanent job. Fans denounced it online.

The management looks so personal and indifferent that such a good head coach can be forced out!

Some fans also scolded Ke Yan for being "ignorant of the general situation" and believed that no matter what dissatisfaction there was, matters within the team should be resolved within the team. Breaking this kind of news at this time will greatly affect the team's morale, which ignores the interests of the team.

Performance!

There is some truth in what both sides say, but everything has a cause and effect, and it is important to say that "the one who flirts first is the cheap one". You can't always be an honest person and deserve to suffer, right?

Talking about "sacrifice the small self to achieve the great self", then Ke Yan should quit his job in the United States now and return to China to be Yunus's teaching assistant. This is called noble!

Ke Yan was not that lofty, so one morning, he received many calls, all inviting him to be the team's head coach.

The first person to call was Larry Sander, general manager of the Eagles. As early as when Ke Yan was still an assistant coach, the Eagles had been eyeing Ke Yan and thought about asking him to be an assistant coach first and replace Stotts as the coach at the right time.

Team head coach.

After Ke Yan "tacked on" the Lakers management for the last time in March, the Hawks contacted him again, hoping that he would take over the team next season. At that time, Ke Yan, even though he was already separated, still respected the Lakers and directly

Rejected the other party.

Put it this way, the Eagles have already "visited the thatched cottage three times."

This time, Ke Yan did not refuse explicitly, and finally gave a positive response: "After my last game with the Lakers, I will go to Atlanta to participate in the interview with the Hawks."

This is a very positive statement!

"You are the only coach we are interviewing!" Larry Sander said excitedly, as happy as if he had "licked a goddess with a string."

Also receiving positive comments from "Goddess Ke" were the Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers, and Milwaukee Bucks. The Los Angeles Clippers and Cleveland Cavaliers were declined by Ke Yan due to various reasons.

...

At the press conference before the start of g7, the media naturally asked Ke Yan about his future.

"I hope this is not my last game with the Lakers!" Ke Yan's reply was equivalent to acquiescence.

"The team has clear plans for the future. As a former member of the Lakers, I hope that the Lakers can regain their dynasty under the leadership of the new head coach." Ke Yan's reply almost pointed out that the team's next head coach is Felipe.

Jackson, the two sides have been in contact in advance.

"Will the off-field news affect the team? Of course not. Whether it is me, the coaching staff around me, or my players, our goal is to win, and this will not change." Others.

I don’t know whether the goal is to win or to cause damage.

Ke Yan is not an easy guy to deal with, everyone knows this. During games or training, whenever Kobe tries to get in his way, Ke Yan has slapped him in the face so many times; in the first round of the playoffs, he dared to ignore Kupchak's "big problem is made small"

, it’s a trivial matter” proposal, forcing the DNP team’s second-in-command and main center to play two games.

But off the court, he was quite polite to the team management and had a "soft" personality, which made the management think that he was as weak and tolerant as most Chinese Americans.

Facts have proved that Ke Yan is relatively "tolerant", but he is definitely not weak. If he wants to be ruthless, he can also be very "barbaric", and he almost points his finger at the Lakers management and curses him in every word.

Back to the locker room, final preparations before the game, and then, the players take the field!

In the G6 game, the main reason why the Lakers lost was that Ke Yan was affected by Phil Jackson's "watching the game" and became restless and unable to make correct adjustments, thus losing the game. Ke Yan has a considerable part of the responsibility. And in this game

During the game, without the "seal" of Phil Jackson, Ke Yan returned to the game.

As soon as the game started, he frequently came to the sidelines and loudly ordered his players. He did not hesitate to get technical fouls but also tried to create doubts and interfere with the performance of the Spurs players.

His operation really caused some confusion among the Spurs players. As for the Lakers, Kobe performed well in the first quarter. He did not rush to attack. He made 4 of 6 shots in the first quarter, scored 8 points, sent 3 assists, and

Assisted Finley to hit a three-pointer at the last minute, leading the Lakers to a 10-point lead at the end of the first quarter (24:34).

In the second quarter of the game, the situation suddenly changed. Popovich asked Ginobili and Parker, two breakthrough experts, to lead the bench together, suppressing the Lakers' rotation players. Ke Yan arranged a small lineup in a targeted manner, but still failed to prevent the Spurs from counterattacking.

Nobili switched to "Argentine Jordan" mode and completed a string of fives on the offensive end, making the Spurs fans at home rejoice.

Kobe re-entered the game after only four minutes of rest. He felt terrible and attacked for five consecutive rounds, watching helplessly as the Spurs took the lead in the second quarter. (58:50).

At the beginning of the second half, the "gdp combination" showed its strength and hit a wave of 14 to 3, continuing to widen the point difference.

Seeing that the score difference was about to reach 20 points, Kobe suddenly woke up and went straight into the second half of the third quarter. He hit all 8 shots, including 3 three-pointers. The Lakers responded with a 21:6 victory.

A wave of attacks narrowed the point difference to 4 points, and the suspense was retained until the fourth quarter. (78:74)

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Parker suddenly broke out again. He broke through the pick-and-roll in a positional battle, and broke through in a one-on-one during the counterattack. He scored consecutively and attracted assists from the defense to hit a three-pointer by Barry. The Spurs broke through the Lakers' defense and went on a 13-2 run.

Open the score again. (91:76)

The score difference reached 15 points, and the Lakers were hanging on by a thread. Ke Yan directly changed the formation and once again replaced the swingman formation of "Delfino, Finley, Kobe, Butler, Odom", with Odom holding the ball at the top of the arc.

, the other four people pick and roll without the ball and make interspersed moves.

The swingman array is very mobile on the defensive end, and the offensive players are very determined in shooting. For shooters, once their minds are determined, their shooting touch will come. The Lakers began to continuously eat into the Spurs' lead.

At the critical moment, Duncan took up the Spurs' offensive banner again, successfully hitting consecutive singles in the low post and suppressing the Lakers' counterattack!

Kobe wanted to stabilize the situation with his own efforts, but was unlucky. First, his forced layup after breaking into the basket was interfered by Duncan and failed to hit. Then, after a pick-and-roll, a three-pointer was ruthlessly blocked by Duncan!

This block finally sounded the death knell of the Lakers' season! The final score was fixed at 108:99, and the Lakers lost to the Spurs with a 9-point disadvantage!

The Spurs survived the danger and will challenge the regular season champion Suns, who defeated the Mavericks 4:2 in the Western Conference Finals.

Ke Yan stood on the sidelines, standing very straight with a relieved smile on his face. All the fans at the scene applauded him.

Led the under-promised Lakers to push the league's strongest Spurs into a desperate situation, there is no doubt about Ke Yan's strength.

If both sides had considerable resources (lineup), if Phil Qin Hui Jackson hadn't changed Ke Yan's mentality, and if Ke Yan had practiced for a few more years and had a calmer mentality, the outcome might not have been certain?

Ke Yan hugged the players one by one and expressed his gratitude to them for their efforts throughout the season.

What he didn't know was that the live TV cameras were constantly switching around him, capturing his expressions and movements. His slightly tragic image of a lone brave man immediately appeared in front of countless fans around the world.

After Popovich finished encouraging his players, he also walked up.

"Congratulations!" Ke Yan smiled bitterly.

"Thank you!" Popovich specially shook hands with Keyan with both hands. He used this gesture to express his respect for this opponent.

"I can learn a lot from playing against you, honestly." Popovich said, "See you next season!"

"See you in the next chapter!"

(ps: Up to now, the first volume of "Basketball Scientist" has ended. In the evening I will post a "Remarks on the Completion of Volumes" (free chapter) to talk about my settings, ideas, and adjustments in creating the first volume.

Sorry. If you have any questions, you can also leave a message in the comment area. If you can see it, I will answer it in my remarks.)