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Commentary booth

"Phil (Jackson) called a timeout. Given Phil's personality, it would be normal if he didn't call a timeout."

Barkley said with a smile

"There was nothing that could be done about it. Kobe's connection with his teammates was cut off. It looked as if Kobe was one team and the others were another team."

Johnson shook his head. If Phil Jackson didn't call a timeout, the game would be in jeopardy.

"When Anthony played against the Kings, wasn't he one person on one team and the others on another team? Why are the results so different?"

Kenny Smith said with some confusion.

"No, Kenny, you are wrong. Anthony also held the ball alone against the Kings before and did not run tactics, but others were running tactics."

"In this game, once Kobe got the ball, the other Lakers players just stared at him.

John Xun expressed his understanding

"Haha, Kobe doesn't pass the ball, what's the point of them running?"

Barkley laughed when he heard it

"But he is worthy of being called the man of miracle right hand. A timeout really put the Lakers in a temporary disadvantage."

Kenny Smith sighed

"Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember that even though we didn’t know why he always called timeouts for no apparent reason, it turned out that he was right."

Barkley also remembered this.

"Okay, the timeout is over, let's see how the Lakers adjust."

Johnson saw the timeout was over and turned the topic back to the game.

The camera also turned to the middle of the court.

Kobe sat on the bench angrily.

It turned out that Phil Jackson had pushed Kobe to the bench.

Phil Jackson certainly knew that all this was caused by O'Neal, but Phil Jackson not only did not punish O'Neal, but punished Kobe instead.

Even when Phil Jackson first came to the Lakers, he called O'Neal, Kobe, and Ron Harper to talk together.

"This is your team, so you must lead the Lakers to win the game"

"O'Neal and Harper, you two have to be leaders, and Kobe, you have to listen to Ron."

These were Phil Jackson's original words back then.

This is also the source of the conflict in the OK combination. In Phil Jackson's system, Kobe is not even as good as Ron Harper.

But from a certain perspective, Phil Jackson is right.

Because before Phil Jackson came to the Lakers, Kobe liked to play crazy singles, and most of O'Neal's shots were grabbed by himself on the frontcourt rebounds. In the game against the Spurs, Duncan Robinson did not defend O'Neal, but Kobe defended O'Neal.

So even now, Phil Jackson's policy is to support O'Neal and suppress Kobe, and this method has achieved the effect of three consecutive championships.

But the side effects have also emerged. The conflict between Kobe and O'Neal has reached the point where they can no longer coexist.

At this time, Rick Fox came on the court.

When Wang Chen saw Fox, the deepest impression he had was the relatively large-scale movie he starred in after his retirement, cough cough......

Although Fox has never been an All-Star, he has an accurate three-pointer and good offensive ability, which should not be underestimated.

"Hmm? Kobe's condition has changed.

Wang Chen found that Kobe, who was sitting on the bench, had changed his condition.

【Ultimate Paranoia]: Passing ability reduced by 50%, passing tendency reduced by 90%, offensive ability increased by 50%.

Damn, this operation of Phil Jackson drove Kobe crazy.......

The offensive ability increased by 50%. This is probably the reappearance of Kobe the Dragon Slayer.

However, Kobe left the court, and O'Neal and the other two finally started to exert their strength. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

O'Neal and Malone were already hot, and now they started to exert their strength. Even Nene and Anderson, who have the beast fetters, are a little overwhelmed.

It seems that the Zen Master's judgment was correct. It turned out that Kobe defended O'Neal.

"Anyway, they are hot and can't be defended, so let's keep Nene and the others in the bench."

Wang Chen decided to stay away from the spotlight for the time being. Anderson's hot hand was not effective against O'Neal, so he might as well keep him in the bench.

As the ball went out of bounds, Wang Chen made substitutions.

Nene and Anderson went off the court, and Francisco Elson and Camby came on.

Both of them are blue-collar centers, so let them go against the hot Malone and O'Neal.

With the cooperation of O'Neal's trio, they only relied on Anthony in his peak state to maintain the offense, and some points were caught up.

But they finally stabilized the situation.

With the whistle, the first quarter ended.

Lakers 23:25 Nuggets The Nuggets had a slight lead of two points, and O'Neal filled the hole dug by Kobe.

".The mind-reading glasses did not trigger for the entire section......"

Wang Chen felt that this was a bit outrageous.

He originally thought that this was a powerful weapon against the Lakers, but Wang Chen forgot one thing: Phil Jackson was a coach who didn't like to call timeouts to adjust tactics.

Including the timeout when Phil Jackson replaced Kobe, Phil Jackson called two timeouts in the first quarter.

It was outrageous!

"but......"

Wang Chen's eyes suddenly turned to Kobe who was irritable on the bench, and some thoughts flashed through his mind.

Now Kobe either doesn't play, or he is a storm when he is on the court. The Zen Master is not a fool, he must have known Kobe's character, so even though O'Neal isolated him, the Zen Master did not deal with it fairly, but added fuel to the fire.

Obviously, the Zen Master knew that the more Kobe was suppressed, the crazier he would become. The Zen Master, who was good at controlling players, used Kobe's mentality to force out the strongest Kobe.

On the contrary, O'Neal couldn't suppress him. Kobe was a paranoid maniac who wanted to win, but if you suppressed him, O'Neal, he would not be in the mood to play. I'm not kidding.

So, the crying child gets candy, and the crying woman has the best life.

Kobe's character is destined. He will never cry. Even if he has a great grievance, he will still play crazy singles.

"The Zen Master might suppress Kobe and blow up other teams, but I already know it."