Chapter 106 Entering the Western Conference Finals
However, no matter how big the harvest is, no matter how many honors you get, it is actually just a regular season honor. The ongoing playoffs are the goal that players pursue throughout their lives.
Now the Grizzlies' generals are more confident, and they can't wait to kill the Lakers and then compete for the championship.
If Jackson can lead the team to win the championship and win the finals MVP this year, he will become a superstar at the historical level.
After several times of NBA history, some people can get double first team plus double MVP in a single season. For example, Jordan has achieved this achievement four times, and Duncan will also achieve it once in the future, but none of them are their rookie seasons.
In other words, no one in NBA history has been able to complete the feat of double first team plus double MVP in the rookie season. Once Jackson can achieve it, even if he retires on the spot, he will definitely leave a strong mark in the history of NBA.
Jiang Dongbing is actually very clear that Jackson's strength is not very strong. After all, the limit of potential is there, and it is definitely not comparable to a player like Jordan.
But Jackson also has an advantage that Jordan does not have, that is, his teammates are strong enough. Jordan does not have such a luxurious lineup as the Grizzlies in his rookie season.
If there is such a luxurious lineup, Jordan may not be able to become the boss of the team in his rookie season.
Therefore, Jackson's experience is hard to come by and cannot be copied at all, nor does it mean that it is really impossible to copy at all. If Jiang Dongbing wants to copy it, there is still a possibility of success.
In the next series against the Lakers, the Shark-cutting tactics still played a crucial role, and O'Neal's mentality of being cut directly in these games collapsed.
Under normal circumstances, O'Neal also had a free throw shooting percentage of almost 50, but in this round of the series, O'Neal, who had a broken mentality averaged 35 free throws per game, had only a pitiful 40% shooting percentage.
Although O'Neal can still provide strong help to the Lakers on the defensive end and rebounding end, his most threatening offensive end is completely ruined. In this case, it would be strange if the Lakers don't lose.
O'Neal's defense is very strong, but now the Grizzlies just don't play inside, and the outside players take the offense. Even Lewis on the bench was arranged by Jiang Dongbing to appear in the second and third positions, in order not to give O'Neal a chance to display his defensive strength.
The fifth game was at the Grizzlies' home court. When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the Grizzlies successfully defended their third home court, successfully took the Lakers away with a 4:1 score, and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
This round of series can be said to be safe. After experiencing a crushing defeat at the beginning, the Grizzlies did not give the Lakers another chance in the next four games, and simply defeated the Lakers four consecutive games.
After the game, we can see that the Lakers' players' faces are not very good-looking, especially Rodman was so angry that he was scolded on the street.
Of course, Rodman scolded O'Neal's terrible free throw, but he didn't think about it at all. The shark-cutting tactic was actually used to deal with him, Rodman at the beginning.
In fact, even if O'Neal's free throw shooting rate is high in this round of the series, Jiang Dongbing is actually not unable to deal with the Lakers.
Without O'Neal, there is still Rodman on the Lakers' court. Whoever is cut is not a cut, anyway, as long as the free throw is not good.
Rodman's free throw this year is actually not as good as O'Neal, which means Jiang Dongbing's mentality is that he wants to defeat O'Neal, so he keeps slashing O'Neal.
Not only Rodman, but other Lakers players probably also have a lot of opinions about O'Neal, because if O'Neal hadn't been targeted by the opponent, they really felt that there was a high possibility of winning this round of the series.
Once they win the Grizzlies, they even have a chance to win the championship.
Jiang Dongbing walked onto the court after the game and greeted the opponent's players and the head coach.
"Ginger, you're really cruel." Lakers coach Cote Lambis said almost gritting his teeth.
He was unstable in his position as the head coach of his team. After experiencing this round of defeat, he was probably going to be fired. It would be strange if he didn't hate Jiang Dongbing.
Jiang Dongbing laughed loudly, "Thank you, I just think that your words are an affirmation of my coaching ability."
"Shake, don't you want to tell me?" Jiang Dongbing couldn't help but quip and greet him when he saw O'Neal not far away.
O'Neal's expression was ferocious. In his eyes, Jiang Dongbing was now an unforgivable villain. If he hadn't left the court directly, he wouldn't have wanted to stay in this damn place for a second.
"Coach Jiang, do you have no other ability besides the shark-cutting tactic?"
"If it weren't for the shark-cutting tactic, could you win under our hands? I don't think so!" O'Neal said disdainfully, pulling his neck.
Jiang Dongbing smiled, "Shake, if you can still meet us next season, maybe I will give up using the shark-cutting tactic."
"Really?" O'Neal smiled in surprise.
Jiang Dongbing nodded, "Really, but you will still lose to us next year, and we will still be swept by us."
O'Neal shook his head quickly, "How is it possible? If you don't need to chop the shark tactics, you will definitely not be able to beat us!"
Jiang Dongbing smiled. When the playoffs ended, the Grizzlies in the offseason will inevitably undergo a major lineup adjustment, and their strength will definitely become stronger. At that time, he will find a way to solve O'Neal. By the playoffs next year, even if there is no need to cut shark tactics, Jiang Dongbing will be very sure to beat the Lakers.
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Just the second day after the Grizzlies advanced, the Spurs also won the Jazz with a big score of 4:1 and successfully met the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals.
The Grizzlies in the regular season have a considerable disadvantage against the Spurs, but now Jiang Dongbing knows very well that the Spurs will definitely not be the opponent of the fully-body Grizzlies.
The Spurs' outside lineup is really bad, and now we are counting on the inside double towers to carry the team forward. The original Grizzlies are not the Spurs' opponent because Miller has not reached the limit of potential and has not introduced O'clock.
Now Miller and O'O have reached their peak. Although they are likely not opponents of the Spurs' double towers, the gap is no longer that big. In addition to the huge advantage of the Grizzlies' outside lineup, it would be strange if they don't win this game.
Chapter completed!