Phil Jackson was not as confident as in the previous games, because he knew that relying on his lineup, he was not the opponent of the Supersonics, and defense could not prevent the opponent from scoring. Although the triangular offensive tactics have his advanced features, the lineup also requires a strong lineup, especially the role of Kobe Bryant, the sharp knife.

There is no problem with Paul Gasol's role, both tactics, cooperation and defense. In addition to not having the ability to attack, the problem lies with Andrew Bynum. If Andrew Bynum has a stronger offensive ability or better defense, it will bring great defense to the team, but he cannot do it.

When playing against Yao Ming, he could not defend Yao Ming's offense. When playing against Cooper, his offense could not break through Cooper's defense line. There was a problem on the inside, which caused the team to be unable to defend Stephen at the highest level, losing sight of one thing, causing the team to fail in air defense.

In offense, Kobe Bryant doesn't believe his teammates' single-player battles at critical moments. Of course, playing tactics may not necessarily have a better result, because after the playoffs, the Seattle Supersonics' defense is much better than the regular season, especially their inside defense, which is so good that everyone expects. Among the four inside players, three of them are defensive players. Although Yao Ming's offense is better than defense, few people can do his defensive efforts.

The Supersonics' outside line has Stephen, the best defensive player for two consecutive seasons. He limited Kobe Bryant's at least half of his offensive ability, and the players in other positions of their team are also very dedicated to defense. After handing the offense to Stephen, all they can do is defense.

It is precisely because they don’t need to spend too much physical energy on offense that they can spend most of their energy on defense, so that even players who are not very good at defense can perform well, not to mention that the Supersonics basically do not have players with poor defense. Even players like Earl Watson who suffer from height and strength have tried their best to make up for their lack of talent.

Not to mention players like Russell Westbrook and Jarret Jack who are already very good at defense. Although Kevin Durant suffered some losses in the confrontation, his height, wingspan and bounce advantages made people dare not take action in front of him. In the division finals, players like Damien Wilkins and Du Fei, who are not very good at defense, basically did not get any chance to play, and they only played in garbage time.

The Supersonics are an offensive team in the regular season, but they did not give up on defense. In the playoffs, their defense gradually strengthened. Although they fought against the Nuggets again, their defense was not abandoned. When it was time to play against the Lakers, especially in the next few games, the Supersonics gave the offense completely to Stephen, which was controlled by Stephen, while the others focused their main energy on defense.

These people paid without complaints and gave Stephen the opportunity to show off, allowing Stephen to create the highest personal scoring record in the league's playoffs and achieve such glory. If it weren't for a team with a very good atmosphere in the team, such a thing would be hard to imagine. No one would be unwilling to show off, and few people would like to do some hard and tiring work that no one pays attention to, but under a higher pursuit and a larger goal, these are all possible.

There is a clear and undisputed core, a goal that you want to achieve together, and all players who can play are paying regardless of the reward. The team only has one voice from top to bottom. Such a united team is difficult to defeat, because you can only defeat them upright on the court to win, and many off-set moves will not work on them.

Phil Jackson was able to achieve such great achievements and win up to nine championship rings in the position of head coaching, not just because he had superstars. He had almost no shortcomings in the position of head coaching. Although his main achievements were psychological, it did not mean that he had no other means.

Just before the start of this game, in an ordinary interview with the media, he suddenly praised Kevin Durant's performance in this series. Although it was a bit general, he believed that these words would definitely reach the Supersonics. As for what reaction would be, he had no idea, but he was sure that there would never be any good effect. Besides, even if there was no effect, what would he lose? Why not do it?

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the Supersonics' attack rights were transferred to Kevin Durant on a large scale. Although for the Lakers, this means they have another point to defend, it is a good change in Phil Jackson's opinion, but this change came a little late.

Whether it is due to the need for a harmonious atmosphere within the team, or the pressure from teammates, or the adjustments made by Calesimo to appease Kevin Durant, it means that there are cracks in the iron triangle lineup of the Supersonics.

He chose Kevin Durant as his focus point and thoughtfully. The main framework of the Supersonics is Stephen, Kevin Durant, and Yao Ming. Basically, the ranking of the status is in this order, and the shooting rights are basically the same. It is precisely because of the stability of this framework that the Supersonics is so stable.

If you choose other players to attack, it will not be easy to achieve the effect. Even if you achieve the effect you want, it will not have that much lethality, let alone other main players have no possibility of that.

Kevin Durant is the most likely one, because as the team's No. 2 character, he has no good performance on the stage of the division finals. It is not just his condition, but the team's offensive focus is Stephen, and the second focus is Yao Ming. Even if Yao Ming is out of the field, the team has played Sergi Ibaka, and there is nothing like him, the number two character.

Kevin Durant is very hard-working in defense, but with a talent like him, it is impossible for a player to limit himself to a defensive player no matter what. So in the face of this situation, no matter whether he is active or passive, he must be reluctant.

At this time, only a fuse is needed to pick up this matter, so in the interview, Phil Jackson said so blatantly that because in this case, the Supersonics will inevitably change, and there are only two possibilities. After hearing this, Kevin Durant took the initiative to put pressure on the team and demanded to take more actions. However, this possibility should not be great, because Phil Jackson's understanding of Kevin Durant, he should be the kind of restrained person, and he would not say anything even if he had any dissatisfaction.

Another possibility is that after seeing Phil Jackson's speech, the Supersonics took the initiative to change to appease Kevin Durant. Whether it is the coach's proposal or Stephen's proposal, it will definitely disrupt the Supersonics' current balance, because taking care of his emotions will inevitably lead to sacrifice others.

With Yao Ming's personality and his relationship with Stephen, Yao Ming may not say anything or be dissatisfied, but others must be dissatisfied. They are all part of the team. Why should you take care of your emotions? Then why don't you take care of me? They dare not violate the head coach's instructions during the offense, and they may be let go or be lazy in defense.

So when he saw Kevin Durant start to take action early, Phil Jackson felt that his conspiracy had succeeded. As a result, when he saw Kevin Durant make consecutive shots, he began to feel depressed. Could this guy be like Stephen, he wouldn't be able to stop it when he got crazy? If you want to say the first few shots, it would be fine, but the long-range three-pointer in the back is obviously Stephen's style, which is too unacceptable.

What Phil Jackson hopes to see Kevin Durant take away part of the attack power, so Stephen's attack will naturally be less, which will affect the Supersonics' offense. However, if Kevin Durant is as powerful as Stephen, it will not be a good thing for the Lakers, which will make it even worse. Stephen is difficult to defend. The entire outside defense force has no effect on him alone. If the Supersonics come up with another outside player with excellent offense, they really don't know how to defend.

Just like now, Kevin Durant's performance is so good, which is beyond the surprise of all Lakers' players. He did not tell anyone about Phil Jackson's little conspiracy, and the Lakers' defensive power is still on Stephen. Kobe Bryant is the one who defends Kevin Durant, but Kobe Bryant's energy is on Stephen. Now Kevin Durant's explosion makes them immediately not know how to defend.

He also focused on defending Stephen. What should Kevin Durant do? Strengthening the defense against Kevin Durant will inevitably weaken Stephen's defense. However, the head coach emphasized that Stephen's defense was never relaxed at any time. If you want to change, the coach must give instructions. However, Phil Jackson is also hesitating now. What should he do, and there are no new instructions for a while.
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