It wasn't because three coaches couldn't match Phil Jackson alone. It was because NBA and CBA coaches thought about the game in completely different ways.
NBA coaches tended to break the game down into smaller details.
If they spotted a problem in one possession, they wanted to solve it in the next.
At the very end of a game, they might even break down each possession into offense and defense, giving different instructions for each.
Chinese coaches didn't break the game down into such fine detail. After spotting a problem, they usually wouldn't try to fix it immediately. Instead, they'd play another one or two possessions and see how things went.
Maybe the last possession had just been unlucky, and the next one would go better, producing a completely different result.
It was these two entirely different ways of thinking that led the coaches on each side to handle things so differently.
So Wang Yi interrupted the conversation between the coaches and Shan He.
He addressed Shan He directly:
"The reason Aleksandar couldn't stop you was, first, that we drew a lot of defensive attention, and second, that he isn't familiar with your offensive style."
"Next, Phil Jackson will probably switch things up and put someone else on you. I think there's a good chance he'll have the stronger Edwards guard you. He'll probably use his body against you."
"So be mentally prepared."
Shan He nodded.
Wang Yi then took the tactics board and quickly drew several circles and dots on it.
"I know you chose excellent spots to shoot from several times just now, but from here on, you can't keep choosing your spots the way you did before."
That left Shan He a little confused.
He'd stayed well clear of Model Monster Wemby, then shot from beyond Antetokounmpo's