In the second quarter, Qiao Hai began to rotate.

Due to the addition of Scott Pippen and Bruce Bowen, Qiao Hai has enough personnel to use on the wings, so Qiao Hai has also begun to rotate aggressively.

In the second quarter, he directly replaced Robert Horry with Bruce Bowen, Derrick Harper replaced Derrick Fisher, and Sean Lukes replaced Shaquille O'Neal, directly putting on a lineup of one big and four small, and with the acceleration of the Suns, the Lakers also began to speed up.

For Bruce Bowen, Qiao Hai also gave him a special task - one-on-one to prevent Jason Kidd.

Qiao Hai believes that Bruce Bowen has this strength, of course, sometimes it depends on the state, if the state is not good, it is likely that he will not be able to prevent Jason Kidd, but it doesn't matter if he can't prevent it, anyway, on the whole, the Lakers can suppress the Suns.

Therefore, Qiao Hai simply tried, in case Bruce Bowen killed Jason Kidd, then Qiao Hai could first prove the correctness of one of the two transactions.

Brad Turner's report Joe Hay remembers clearly that Bruce Bowen was the water cooler manager and didn't deserve to be replaced with Tony Barty at all.

If Bruce Bowen single-handedly kills Jason Kidd in this game, Qiao Hai can slap Brad Turner's face hard, and Qiao Hai is no longer ready to be polite to this reporter who has criticized him twice.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers also picked up speed and kept up with the Suns.

It seems that this is a crazy change, after all, the Lakers have a monster in the restricted area, Shaquille O'Neal, but Qiao Hai already has full confidence, in the second quarter, the Lakers' main point of attack is not Shaquille O'Neal, but Kobe Bryant on the outside, and the inside line is replaced by Sean Lukes, this is not the interior rotation that Qiao Hai wants, he has entrusted Mitch Kupchak to find a new interior rotation.

If there is a qualified interior rotation player, Qiao Hai can play Kobe Bryant and Scott Pippen's low-match Qiao Pi combination in the second quarter, so that the power is definitely no worse than the opponent's rotation lineup, and then in the third quarter, Qiao Hai can use Scott Pippen to match O'Neal, or Rick Fox, with any of the OK combinations.

On the first pitch of the second quarter, Jason Kidd continued to possess the ball.

Bruce Bowen directly pasted it, facing an unfamiliar opponent, Jason Kidd froze, didn't pay much attention, turned around and wanted to break through, but Bruce Bowen used his stalking skills, directly moved a step sideways, and continued to cling to Jason Kidd.

Jason Kidd instantly felt the pressure.

In the first quarter, his offense was not so blocked, Derrick Fisher couldn't stop him, and the Lakers didn't contain him, so that Jason Kidd scored a rare 9 points in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, he was strictly defended by the opponent, a player he didn't know the name of, half a head taller than him in height, was such a player, his flexibility was not inferior to that of ordinary small guards, and he was actually frozen.

Jason Kidd tried to break through again, and he barely managed to take two steps.

The Lakers still locked Kidd's passing lane with a 1-2-2 defense, and Kidd had to come on his own.

A step-back jumper that seems to have shaken off Bruce Bowen.

But when Jason Kidd threw his hands and shot, Bruce Bowen was amazingly pressed again!

"Jason Kidd stepped back! This is Bruce Bowen! He's pressing! There's no room for a shot! Mav Albert's eyes widened, and he didn't miss any of the subtle changes on the field.

"Forced throw! Miss! ”

Turning to Sean Lukes to grab the rebound, Bruce Bowen turned around and threw himself into the offense, without any intention of celebrating.

Jason Kidd turned to look behind Bruce Bowen's jersey, and he instantly remembered the name.

On the sidelines, Qiao Hai smiled and applauded, Bruce Bowen did a good job, if he continued this performance, he could really slap Bradturner in the face after the game.

Not to mention, the performance of Jason Kidd is definitely better than an ordinary interior rotation player, and the value is higher, after all, this kind of player is still very scarce in the league.

In the second quarter, Kobe Bryant and Scott Pippen were full, and Bruce Bowen also kept an eye on Jason Kidd until the Suns replaced Kidd.

Relying on reasonable offense and defense, the Lakers locked up a 17-point lead at halftime and completely overpowered the Suns.

Jason Kidd had no chance, Tom Gugliotta was completely dumb, and Danny Angie was helpless.

"With 17 points down at halftime, the Suns don't have much of a chance, they're going to lose." McBrin concluded. "This season, Danny Angie's results have been average, and there has been some regression compared to last season, but this is not Danny Angie's problem, the team management has made a mistake in decision-making, and they should not let Antonio McDies ......"

Marf Albert is more interested in the Lakers: "On the other hand, the Lakers, after the new coach Joe Hai took over, the team's form has recovered quickly, and this game has won two in a row, and if this game is won, the Lakers will have a wave of three consecutive wins." ”

"It must be said that all of us underestimated Qiao Hai before, although he was only 23 years old, but his coaching experience was surprisingly rich, and he actually single-handedly pulled the Lakers out of the quagmire of countdown and losing streaks, I can only say that all of us underestimated him." Mav Albert continued to sigh.

McBrin also said: "It's true that the Lakers' improvement in triangle offense is amazing, and maybe that's also a credit to Johi, the young head coach that surprised us all. ”

In the second half, Shaquille O'Neal, who had a full quarter break and a halftime break, came on, and he partnered with young Kobe Bryant to continue to play the Suns, whose defense was already on the verge of collapse.

Qiao Hai had already communicated with several assistant coaches on the sidelines.

Byron Scott also said a few words, Qiao Hai obviously noticed the changes in Byron Scott, but Qiao Hai just smiled and didn't say anything, he felt normal, before Byron Scott was not optimistic that Qiao Hai could take the Lakers out of the quagmire, and he was unwilling to help, this is human nature.

Now that Qiao Hai has succeeded in leading the team, Byron Scott has seen Qiao Hai's strength, and naturally, as a former professional player who is interested in coaching, Byron Scott has begun to communicate with Qiao Hai, and he hopes to learn something from Qiao Hai.

"Actually, this game is very simple, first find out the weaknesses of the Phoenix people, the weaknesses of the Phoenix people are obvious, they rely too much on Jason Kidd, without Jason Kidd, they don't attack, so, lock Kidd, and then open our own offense, this game will naturally be won."

Byron Scott nodded, tilting his head in thought.

The final timer beeped, and the Lakers finally won 121-98, a 23-point victory.

After three consecutive wins, Qiao Hai's face was full of happiness, and this home victory also helped Qiao Hai win the cheers of the home fans.

With 5 wins and 8 losses, three wins in a row, the Lakers are recovering!

Qiao Hai walked to the sidelines and shook hands with Suns head coach Danny Angie, and there was a burst of boos on the sidelines.

Smiling, Joe turned to his players to celebrate the victory.

"Joe, good job." Jerry West also appeared on the sidelines, and the Lakers godfather chose to watch the game live, and after a bad first ten games at the beginning of the season, the Lakers replaced their third head coach and finally led the team to a long-awaited three-game winning streak.

Jerry West is still very happy, in the case of Phil Jackson's temporary absence, he took the risk to appoint Qiao Hai, finally pulled the Lakers back from the abyss, which is gratifying.

Qiao Hai thanked him.

Jerry West smiled and patted Qiao Hai on the shoulder: "Keep up the good work, I hope to see the team return to the top four in the West." ”

Qiao Hai immediately patted his chest and packed the ticket: "Definitely, Mr. Jerry, the team will soon return to the championship ranks." ”

Jerry West nodded in satisfaction.

……

At the post-match press conference, Qiao Hai sat down with a smile on his face.

glanced at the media reporters in the audience and found a lot of acquaintances, Kevending, this is Qiao Hai knows, and Brad Turner, this reporter Qiao Hai who hacked Qiao Hai twice also knows what he looks like, plus Mark Medina, who has been blowing Qiao Hai, Qiao Hai knows three reporters.

"Alright, let's get started."

Qiao Hai announced the start, and many hands in the audience immediately stood up.

Qiao Hai dotted people, and the first one to point was Kevending.

"Coach Qiaohai, what I want to ask is that the victory in this game brings the Lakers' winning streak to three, does this mean that you are on the right track?"

Hearing this question, Qiao Hai immediately waved his hand: "No, it's just a victory, and it has no other meaning." ”

Kevending was a little disappointed, but Qiao Hai looked at Makmedina, he didn't want to say anything big, let Makmedina get some material, and blow another wave of Qiaohai after the game, Qiao Hai is very clear, after blowing wildly, once the Lakers perform poorly, it will be a wild depreciation immediately.

The second question was Marc Medina, he raised his hand again, and Qiao Hai also nodded at him: "May I ask Coach Qiao Hai, the team's new recruit Bruce Bowen once killed Jason Kidd in this game, how do you evaluate Bruce Bowen's performance?" ”

After asking this question, Mark Medina also looked at Bradturner quite defiantly.

Qiao Hai was immediately happy, it seemed that Mark Medina and Brad Turner were very incompatible, this problem gave Qiao Hai room to play, he thought about it.

"Bruce is a good player, I've known for a long time, he's very strong defensively, so I agreed to trade Tony Barty for Bruce, I read some media reports, some media think that the Lakers traded Tony Barty for a water cooler player, but now, Bruce is proving himself with his performance."

Brad Turner listened to Qiao Hai's answer, his face was dark, and he didn't want to ask questions.