Since his last championship in 2002, Phil Jackson has been on the wrong end of playoff history three times, and always it has been about momentum.
In 2004, playing the Detroit Pistons, his Lakers were the first visitors to be swept by the home team in the middle three games of an NBA Finals.
In 2006, playing the Phoenix Suns, his Lakers were only the eighth in history to lose a three-games-to-one lead in the playoffs.
And now, playing the Celtics, his Lakers have suffered the biggest single-game Finals collapse in recorded NBA history.
And he left the court with one timeout remaining.
Yeah, one timeout. A couple of more minutes with your team. Another chance to remind everyone to pass the dang ball.
As much as Jackson hates to stop the action, wouldn't you think that he could have used that one timeout?
He also left the court with his team having been called for just one fewer foul than the Celtics, even though the game's first three fouls were called on Boston.
That trend was quickly stopped by Rivers, who jumped up with 9:30 in the first quarter and started screaming as if it were crunch time. He was assessed an odd early technical foul, and it worked.
--LA Times
5 comments:
I really dislike Jackson with a passion. He is arrogant and egotistical. Red never liked him either. Phil takes over teams with a superstar on them and has never had to coach a rebuilding team or actually build a team. The man is a faker and the perfect coach for the Fakers.
He is now the Zen Mistress from here to eternity...in my mind.
Fakers are going down! It is funny after 40 years of rivalry nothing much has really changed.
I don't like Phil Jackson but I have to give credit where credit is due. Michael never won a thing without Phil Jackson. In fact the 1st year he made it out the 1st round Phil was an assistant coach. Kobe & Shaq never won a thing without Phil Jackson. Superstars on the team or not a team still has to get the job done, because championships are not won on paper but on the floor. Phil has 9 championships, only 1 other guy has done that. Phil Jackson has been a great coach with a finals record of 9-1, 1 more win it becomes 9-2. One year doesn't make a guy a bum and this is not Phil's year.
Yeah, the Zen Mistress should get his props. I just can't give him any until we close out the series...
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