We're getting close.
"Sorry, Phil." George Karl came up to the Zen Master, shaking his hand like a complete victor. "I won tonight."
Perhaps no one could understand how satisfying it was for Karl's team to beat the Zen Master.
Among the many coaches in the NBA who claim to be arch-enemies of the Zen Master, only Karl had exacted revenge. Their record in the finals is 1 to 1, and as for the regular season matchups, if we leave out those before 2002, Karl has won twelve of the last thirteen encounters with the Zen Master.
What is domination? This is domination! Just like Big Fei's merciless twenty-five consecutive victories over LeBron!
He and the Zen Master were true rivals, with others merely harboring delusional fantasies after their failures against the Zen Master.
And a few years ago, Jackson never took Karl seriously.
As a nine-time champion, within his sight, the only one worth his attention was the late Red Auerbach.