"Michael, you can't keep playing like this. You won't outlast Gan."
During the break, Phil Jackson crouched in front of Jordan, pointing out the dilemma Jordan was facing.
Jordan performed excellently in the first quarter, but the Bulls were still behind.
In Jackson's view, Jordan had fallen into Gan Guoyang's trap.
Since the 1989-1990 season when he became the Bulls' head coach, Phil Jackson's coaching work has been consistent in two areas up to now.
The first is emphasizing defense.
The second is persuading Jordan to become a team player and give more opportunities to his teammates.
Jackson succeeded in these two things, forming the foundation for the Bulls' three championship titles.
Of them, persuading Jordan to become a team player, in Jackson's view, is his most magnificent, complex, and meticulous psychological construction in his coaching career.
