"Coach, it must be bad to have to rely on someone very much, right?"

Wei Xia's words not only reached Jackson's ears, but also to others' ears. At that moment, the people in the field could hear his words as long as they were not dazed.

Jackson maintained his usual sense of mystery and showed a detachment towards Wei Xia, who took the initiative to provoke.

It was as if he had been waiting for Wei Xia to find him: "It must be even worse to feel that he obviously hates someone but needs to rely on his trust."

"Indeed," Wei Xia smiled bitterly, "but the person you mentioned may not necessarily hate him. He just can't understand why he should bring those irrelevant things to work."

After saying that, he sat down.

A few people understood his voice-over, while a few were still thinking, while Jackson's face had already sunk.

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Steve Nash was in a downturn, and the Suns seemed unable to fight back, but their inside advantage was always underestimated.

One minute before the final game, the Lakers led by 7 points and the Suns started a penalty shootout.

Kobe made two free throws, giving the Lakers a lead of 9 points and completely secured the victory. The Suns' pass error, who got the ball, killed the game himself.

Both sides replaced the main players, the Lakers secured the victory, saved their first home court, leading the Suns 2-1 with a big score.

In this game, Kobe had a poor touch, with a shooting percentage of less than 40%, and scored the second highest 22 points in the team, but scored 8 rebounds and 7 assists, plus 4 steals, and 5 fouls proved his diligence on the defensive end.

"The NBA games are like this. We know that we can hit the shots after all. We know that if we can get the feel back, the game situation will develop in the direction we hoped. We just need to stick to it and wait for the opportunity to come. Our entire team is fighting, we maintain strength on the defensive end, we defended some key rounds, Wish hit two jump shots, his defense is the reason for our victory? We did everything we needed to do to win this game? This victory is the result of the team's efforts."

Kobe's expression was extremely excited. He knew? The Lakers were in good momentum? The Suns were not as strong as they imagined. They had a chance to defend their home court? Master three match points.

"People have to give Kobe some praise. He gave the team everything he needed, and he showed outstanding pulling ability."

Michael Thompson advocated loudly.

This is almost the first time? Since the "Shark" was traded? Kobe's "leadership ability" has been praised.

What was Kobe like in the past? Scoreman, defender, and one-on-one defeat of any opponent's killing maniac. In the 2005-2006 season, most of the time, Kobe was an outstanding individual. His solo dance moved the Lakers forward.

But suddenly, in the playoffs? He became a defensive devil? A selfless organizer and a team leader.

Is this the trick of Phil Jackson, or the epiphany of Kobe himself after he woke up and turned into an initiation?

Phil Jackson said in his autobiography that Kobe even left his strength to the fourth quarter in high school to reverse. Obviously, he was extremely addicted to playing a lone hero. He liked to control his destiny in his hands? Save time until the last second, and then hit a fatal story - this is the most similar thing to Jordan and Bird. When everyone is nervous, he is willing to accept it and even looks forward to it enthusiastically.

In the first round of the playoffs against the Suns? The Lakers are in the back position.

The public thinks the Suns are a better team.

Kobe is like Michael Jordan in 1988, facing the Cavaliers who are far stronger than the Bulls? He showed the strongest combat power in the early years of his career? He leveraged the rule of magicians and big birds with a famous "The    shot"? He left his name in that golden age.

However, Kobe did not burst out his offensive ability like the regular season, but stopped when his teammates were in good condition.

"The opponents didn't give me any chance, we knew they would fight back, we knew this game would be tense. I knew I had to stay aggressive from the beginning of the game, I hit the shot at the beginning, my teammates gave me great cover, we had excellent execution on the offense, everyone focused on the details, it was my teammates' efforts that made us win the game."

He was like a mature leader who pushed the credit to his teammates in a post-match press conference.

As the Lakers' scoring champion in this game, Odom, who scored 24 points and 12 rebounds, said modestly: "With Kobe, we can't win!"

After the end of the game where players brag each other, Jackson ended: "I kept telling people around me that sometimes you need to stand up and do something. If you can continue to fight, keep working hard, and keep united, you will win the battle. We will keep working hard, and I think that's just the beginning."

Next, they returned to the locker room and made the necessary summary and appropriate motivation.

Jackson praised almost every player, and he mentioned all the names that could be mentioned, but only Wei Xia was not mentioned.

He was banned by Nash but was not recognized.

He has become accustomed to it.

"Phil, have you forgotten Wish again?" Kobe pointed at Wei Xia jokingly, "His defense tonight is not a joke!"

"Yes, he did a great job, and although Steve broke the scoring drought in the second quarter, his performance in the fourth quarter was very crucial, and he redeemed himself."

It was obviously a dominant single defense, which made it seem like a redeeming his sins. Jackson's stubbornness and never praise Wei Xia's attitude made everyone puzzled.

Kobe tried his best to get Jackson to name Wei Xia, but his goal was not achieved.

The players dispersed and Jackson stood silently in the locker room.

Only Tex Winter is around.

"Wish just said something very interesting to me during the game." Jackson's smile was extremely terrifying.

Winter heard Wei Xia's words, and he knew Jackson wanted him to express his opinion.

He also knew Jackson wanted him to stand on the side correctly, but he would only stand on the side of the truth every time.

Whoever does it right will support whoever he supports.

"I think he's fine," Winter said in a deep voice. "You shouldn't bring the office set to the game, Phil, you're the head coach."

"Is that so? It seems that it is becoming increasingly necessary for me to suppress his performance." Jackson said coldly.

"I don't think you can do it, Phil." Winter smiled, "You really can't."

The suppression of Wei Xia's performance is to shorten his playing time.

He is already the second most important player of the Lakers. Who will shorten his playing time? Who deserves the playing time lost from Wei Xia?

As the head coach, Jackson can freely control the game plan, but if there is a mistake and it is a clear mistake, the media and public opinion in Los Angeles will crush him. At that time, Buss may not need to make trouble and cause trouble.

As the head coach, Jackson cannot not understand Wei Xia's role, and he cannot not know that to beat the Suns, Wei Xia's playing time cannot be less than 35 minutes.

Otherwise, Smash Parker who plays a few more minutes will make every Los Angeles person nightmare.

The Lakers fans are unfortunate. Throughout history, the Lakers' starting guards have superstars, all-stars, and above-level main players, but no one is difficult to transfer to other teams. Parker is such a person. Jackson appreciates his strength, but he only has ambition but no strength, and he is also prone to burning his brain to send the team to heaven.

The better Wei Xia plays, the more stupid it seems to make Parker starter.

The argument between Jackson and Winter is inconclusive.

Tonight is over.

The Lakers won the third game. Although Wei Xia's performance was not as impressive as the previous two games, the performance of Nash's defensive performance still made the media in Los Angeles sing praises to him.
Chapter completed!