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Jackson cleared his throat, then stood up and gave his concluding remarks to the reporters: "I will compile tonight's game footage into a highlight reel and send a highlight reel of all the Cavaliers' uncalled fouls to the league headquarters."

"I want them to see for themselves how outrageous the officiating was tonight! I accept the result, but I don't agree with it! Absolutely not!"

"If the league continues to hype it up like this, then great, we don't need to go to Los Angeles to play. We can just give the Cleveland team the award in the next game, that's all."

Phil Jackson angrily criticizes officiating standards, calling tonight's calls worse than dog shit!

Four offensive fouls in a single game! A breakdown of Bynum's foul details!

Was the game's standards truly flawed, or was it a warning shot to the league? A breakdown of the 5 most controversial moments!

Jackson made history, mentioning "offensive foul" 27 times in a single post-game press conference, surpassing Iverson to become the person who repeated the same word 27 times in a single press conference!

A hefty $75000 fine! The league issues a severe penalty to Jackson overnight!

Zero tolerance! Jackson and the league have the same zero tolerance!

Jackson says he accepts the fine, but still disagrees with the ruling!

"They're really going all out! The league adds a $25000 fine!"

"An extra $10 in revenue from a single game! The league makes a fortune!"

Following this press conference, news of Jackson's outburst at the referee clearly overshadowed the game itself, becoming headline news across various media outlets.

Some gloated, some added fuel to the fire, some offered fair explanations, and some seriously analyzed right and wrong.

However, few people took sides. After all, by this time, the season for all 28 teams had ended, and the media from all over the world were just watching the show. The teams they supported had long since gone on vacation.

Of course, the media in Los Angeles and Cleveland will not pretend to be objective and remain silent at this time. Their battle has also begun, with both sides using various strategies and angles to attack each other and to support their own teams.

Unfair treatment! Los Angeles faces its darkest moment in the Finals!

Why not just randomly pick three Cavaliers fans from the Cleveland bench to be referees?

"Even if Dwyane Wade were the referee, the calls wouldn't be any worse, because Wade still has a conscience!"

Even in Boston, I've never experienced such a dark moment! Compared to tonight's referee, Auerbach is like an innocent child!

Even Auerbach would be ashamed; he claims his own comments back then weren't really targeted at all!

If Auerbach were to be resurrected, he would certainly be elected to the Fair Play Committee and become its honorary president!

If you don't want us to win, we can forfeit!

If it weren't for the referees' help, the Lakers would have finished the series 4-0 by now!

Warriors will ultimately lift the trophy! Those who take shortcuts will only become a laughingstock!

If taking shortcuts worked, LeBron James would have won a championship long ago!

If the league treated LeBron James this well, they could win at least one game in the Western Conference Finals!

Who says James is Stern's son? Cleveland is!

"LeBron James is the grandson of the league because Cleveland is the son of the league!"

The championship belongs to Los Angeles! LA GO GO GO!

……

All of the above are articles written by Los Angeles media. It has to be said that their firepower is astonishing. They not only lashed out at Cleveland, but also dragged in their arch-rivals, the Celtics, and the Mavericks, who had just been eliminated in the Western Conference Finals. Their main focus was on an unlimited, indiscriminate AOE attack.

In contrast to the frenzy and indiscriminate attacks by the Los Angeles media, the voices from Cleveland were much quieter.

Cleveland won fair and square, and lost with their heads held high!

Clevelanders have a clear conscience!

This is the best era in Cleveland's history! 'The Flash' will win the championship!

"2-2 is just the beginning; Cleveland's journey will not be affected by rumors!"

……

That's about it.

It's not entertaining, doesn't offer any particularly insightful viewpoints, and doesn't even contain any anti-intellectual opinions.

Cleveland's media, like the city of Cleveland itself, is unremarkable and unremarkable, just one of hundreds of cities across the United States.

They are definitely not on the same level as Los Angeles. If the two sides were to engage in a war of words and have their media outlets attack each other, the Los Angeles media would definitely be able to crush the Clevelanders.

If the media industries of both sides were to play a series, Los Angeles could probably beat Cleveland 1000-0.

If Cleveland makes even the slightest sound, it's considered a loss for Los Angeles.

The popularity of the two teams, the size of the two cities, and the gap between them are simply too great.

Including the experience, abilities, imagination, and even the ability to talk nonsense among media professionals, the difference is vast and incomparable.

In any case, the gap in strength between the media outlets is much greater than the gap in strength between the two teams.

As a result, with the Los Angeles media going crazy and publishing so intensely, the Lakers became the complete victims.

Whether Bynum's four offensive fouls were genuine fouls or due to referee bias is no longer important; everyone has already forgotten about them.

Under the media's relentless barrage, everyone now believes that the Lakers were cheated, that they suffered unfair treatment, and that the Cavaliers only managed to tie the game 2-2 thanks to the referees.

With an advantage in fan numbers, star player popularity and fame, coupled with the head coach's relentless output and the media's overwhelming onslaught, the Lakers have, at least in the battle of public opinion, gained a complete upper hand!

They became the unfortunate children who were persecuted, and the dreamers who were inexplicably targeted by the alliance.

But God is my witness, the Cavaliers are clearly more in line with the traditional 'American Dream,' they are the epitome of grassroots and small-town success.

Unfortunately, none of that matters anymore; the Cavaliers have become the villains.

Most people hate them, because in real life, most people are treated unfairly, aren't they? It's easy for everyone to stand on the same side and share the same hatred.

In a fan poll conducted by ESPN before Game 5, the pivotal Game 5, 94% of fans supported the Lakers winning the championship!

Before Game 4 of the series, in the same poll, 64% of the fans supported the Lakers. Although they were leading by a large margin, they did not achieve a complete domination.

If we take it to an even more extreme level, removing fans from Cleveland and Los Angeles and only looking at the support rate of the remaining fans, the number reaches 97%!

They completely crushed them.

Looking at national support, 48 out of 50 states support the Lakers winning the championship.

Apart from Ohio, where Cleveland is located, only Massachusetts has the most supporters for the Cavaliers to win the championship.

But as everyone knows, Massachusetts is home to the Boston Celtics. Even if the Lakers were representing humanity to fight the Martians, the people of Massachusetts would support the Martians, not the Lakers.

They always blindly support the Lakers' opponents.

With such a huge disparity in approval ratings and such a frenzied media offensive, the Cavaliers' situation has absolutely hit rock bottom.

Meanwhile, Jackson, the mastermind and chief planner behind all this, was relaxed and happily reading a newspaper and drinking coffee in his hotel room.

He was naturally happy. He had just spoken to Lakers owner Sir Alex Ferguson on the phone, and Sir Alex Ferguson generously stated that the team would cover the two fines totaling $10 imposed on Jackson by the league!

Of course, Bass will later need to find a media outlet to announce that he's invested in this project, emphasizing that every penny must be spent wisely and that the whole world should know about it. What makes a model boss?
Jackson successfully executed his strategic plan, creating a media frenzy against the Cavaliers and significantly increasing the pressure on the players. More importantly, after this offensive, even if the next game is still at Quicken Loans Arena, the league will certainly not make any excessive calls.

Even if the Lakers can't gain an advantage on the road, the Cavaliers' home-court advantage will be reduced to the maximum extent.

In addition, people in the industry have expressed their admiration for Jackson's move, even though everyone knows that it is part of the head coach's job to scold people after the game, and part of their salary is used to pay fines.

But looking at the entire league, there really isn't any coach who did a better job in this regard than Jackson.

The coaches all said they had to learn this trick, and the management teams would also study it carefully.

On and off the court, Jackson was a winner!
At this moment, the narcissistic and boastful Jackson has been completely resurrected.

He completely forgot about the frustration of his speech, which he had prepared for a long time, being thrown into the trash for various reasons and unable to be read aloud in public.

I feel so good, completely comfortable!
It's like the joy of finally getting a tube of Ma Yinglong ointment after being constipated for half a month.

It's completely clear now.

Jackson's grasp and confidence in this series have reached their peak.

If his initial confidence was only 80%, Jackson now believes: We're going to win!
This time, Jackson was truly 100% confident, no longer making perfunctory remarks just to boost morale!
At the same time, Jackson's performance at the press conference had another hidden effect that ordinary people could not see at all.

Regarding the team's lineup, tactics, and strategy for the next game!
No one asked about it, and no one discussed it. The five-outside lineup that the Lakers used to completely crush the Cavaliers seemed to have never existed and was not discussed at all.

If no one discusses it, it means there's no buzz, and without buzz, this lineup gets little exposure.

Jackson certainly didn't think that just because people weren't discussing this lineup and its playing style, the Cavaliers' coaching staff would be foolish enough to ignore it and make no preparations.

Mike Brown's on-the-spot reaction was indeed completely lacking, but his pre-match preparation was universally acknowledged to be focused, meticulous, and extremely thorough.

Everyone says it's great!
However, since no one is discussing it now, it means that Brown and his team can only study it on their own. No one can provide them with help or ideas. Without ideas, they have to work in isolation, which makes the research on this lineup inefficient.

After all, Jackson only used this lineup for a few minutes, so the sample size was small and the amount of material you could study was limited.

More importantly, Brown and his coaching staff had no idea whether they should even bother to study this lineup properly.

After all, this five-outside lineup doesn't look like a regular lineup or a regular way of playing. What if Brown puts in a lot of effort and painstaking research, only to find that the Lakers don't even use these five players?

Or what if you don't do any research at all, and the Lakers put those five players on the court and blow your team out again?
Why didn't you, Jackson, discuss anything related to this five-outside lineup with the media after the game?

If this is discussed, Brown could even find a micro-expression expert to watch videos of Jackson being interviewed and related topics, and guess whether he was using this lineup as a secret weapon or a stopgap measure.

But now, there's nothing, no clues, no leads.

Brown and his coaching staff could only guess and imagine without any basis, which was really painful and put them in a dilemma.

The fourth and fifth games were only 48 hours apart, which left them with far too little time.

Jackson, on the other hand, had it much easier.

The day after the match, the whole team rested and didn't train at all. They played games, chatted, watched movies and TV series in the hotel, and the whole team relaxed well.

Then came the game day. The Lakers team gathered in the morning for an hour of shooting hoops as a warm-up, followed by a tactics session where Jackson analyzed and arranged the game plan and strategy for the evening.

Then it's time to dismiss the team, have a meal, take a nap, or do whatever they want. In short, let the players relax without affecting their performance or the evening's game.

It wasn't until 6 p.m., two hours before the game, that the Lakers team regrouped at Quicken Loans Arena. They gathered in the locker room, waiting for Jackson's instructions.

"It's come to this." Jackson looked at his teammates, stood in the middle of them, and stretched out his hand, saying, "There's nothing more to say. I've said everything I needed to say!"

"Come on, let's give Cleveland a night of agony! Let's make Cleveland's last home game of the season nothing but tears and despair!"

“We…” Jackson said the last word, then looked at everyone on the team.

"Champions!" The entire Lakers team surrounded Jackson, put their hands together, and roared in unison.

Next, the entire team headed to the player tunnel to take their place on the field!
Regardless of who wins the championship this season, this will be the Cavaliers' last home game of the season.

In this situation, Cleveland fans are naturally going absolutely crazy!
The momentum they displayed was not like the last home game of the season, but rather like the last home game in the history of the team.

The Lakers players hadn't even left the player tunnel when they heard the fans booing wildly. Cleveland fans couldn't wait any longer; they just wanted to unleash all their energy. They didn't care if the Lakers were on the court or if they could hear them.

Tonight, we're going to completely intimidate you with our sheer force!

If it were a young team with poor mental fortitude and little experience, the boos alone would have scared them to the point of weakness.

Unfortunately, the Lakers have clearly seen it all, and players like Lin Tian and Kobe are known for their clutch performances.

Upon hearing the boos from the crowd, one of the guys' eyes lit up immediately, as if he had put on a pair of attack speed boots and couldn't wait to start a fight. The other guy even put one hand to his ear and waved the other hand up and down, interacting passionately with the fans.

These two are not ignoring the boos.

They used the boos as motivation.

"It's meaningless, lacks creativity, depth, and isn't dirty enough." After listening for a while, Lin Tian turned to his teammates and said, "It's not as good as the Dallas guys! The Dallas guys may lack substance, but they're dirty enough."

"That's nowhere near as good as the Bostonians," Kobe added. "The Bostonians' boos are truly all-around amazing, from depth and breadth to creativity, they're top-notch in every way!"

"Why don't I find the Bostonians' insults offensive?" Lin Tian blinked his glasses and said, "I've beaten them so many times in the playoffs, I think they're just so-so, not even as good as Utah."

"That's because you haven't played against them in the Finals!" Kobe, oblivious to the danger, continued, "If the Lakers and Celtics met in the Finals, that would be a real test of skill and creativity in our trash talk!"

"A clash of titans! Only the Lakers vs. Celtics game in the entire league can match this level of spectacle; no other team can even come close."

"What?" Lin Tian's eyes widened, and he said in a pretentious manner, "You also lost to the Celtics in the Finals? I thought you had only ever lost to me!"

Kobe's face immediately fell.

Why do you have to bring up something you shouldn't talk about? You jerk!
The key point is that Kobe couldn't refute it either.

How did he refute it?

"I've never lost to the Celtics, but I've lost to the Pistons?"

Or is it, "I didn't see it live, but I saw it on TV?"

Both of them are so embarrassing!
"You, come here! One-on-one!" Kobe said with a gloomy face, randomly selecting a lucky teammate who was watching the fun and dragging him aside to play one-on-one.

Kobe needed to vent his anger.

The remaining Lakers players who stayed behind burst into laughter.

That tiny bit of pre-match tension had completely disappeared by now.

The Lakers are fully ready!

The Lakers are not afraid at all in this pivotal Game 5!
The atmosphere on the Cavaliers' side wasn't as relaxed and casual as on the Lakers' side.

No one on the team joked or laughed out loud to liven things up.

But looking at their meticulous warm-up and extremely serious running, you can tell they aren't nervous; they're just being cautious!
Confidence and determination shone in everyone's eyes.

They believe they can take the game, they believe they can win the championship!
The Cavaliers, like the Lakers, are ready!

Soon, as the warm-up ended, the starting players from both sides had arrived in the middle of the field.

"No changes to the starting lineups! Both sides have maintained their starting combinations from the last match!" With both teams' players on the field, Van Gundy officially began his commentary for the evening! (End of Chapter)