Chapter 222: Eat soft but not hard
Two consecutive defeats, in the long regular season, two consecutive defeats are nothing at all. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć However, if the Thunder continue to play in this form, the losing streak will certainly not stop at just two.
Losing the first game to the Spurs, the Thunder lost too arrogantly. thought that after ten consecutive wins, he could easily win the group of old guys in GDP.
The second game was lost to the Mavericks, and the Thunder lost in fear and without self-confidence. After being scolded by Van Gundy, everyone didn't dare to make a move, and they didn't dare to do anything other than what Van Gundy had arranged.
Young people are like that, they are very susceptible to outside influences. Van Gundy is also reflecting on the fact that maybe he can't really use the same way he used to treat young people.
"The pseudo-strong team? lost to the Western powerhouse in a row, and the Thunder was beaten back to its original shape. ā
Michael Beasley: Those guys aren't worth mentioning. ā
"Oklahoma City Thunder: Will only play the weaker team in the sixth place in the West. ā
"With the strength of the Thunder, even if they make the playoffs, they will only be swept out of the first round. Charles Barkley also made the same conclusion on the weekend show. Indeed, with consecutive victories against weak teams and consecutive defeats against strong teams, the performance of the Thunder team is in front of everyone's eyes and cannot be justified.
Newspaper headlines and commentators' words were not good for the Thunder. With only one day to go until the next game against the Heat, Van Gundy will have to use this day to adjust the mentality of his players, or the "Flash" won't miss a chance to win.
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Anjie admits that he has been more and more relaxed in his training requirements over this time. I am not as diligent as before.
The two consecutive doubles and the continuous bursting counterpoint made An Jie start to inflate himself a little and lower his requirements for himself, making him start to find excuses to escape the hard training.
"Didn't David Lee get beaten up by me too?" Whenever Anjie didn't want to go to training, he would always come up with all sorts of excuses.
But not today, after fighting Duncan and Nowitzki, Anjie realized that he was nothing. The resounding names surrounding him are just given by the media without authorization.
Leaving the house on time at half past six, Anjie drove to the Chesapeake Energy Arena. It's been a week since Anjie got up so early in the winter to train.
"Don't forget how you got here!" Van Gundy's warning to him made Anjie dare not slander himself again.
"So early today?" said the security guard in the Chesapeake Energy Arena's underground parking lot was a little surprised, and he thought he was dazzled as the RX-7 drove towards him.
"It's too cold, go on the pitch and warm up. An Jie opened the window and smiled at the security guard.
Van Gundy watched the video of the Heat's game and had a headache. Wade has been on a hot spot since returning from an injury early in the season, and Michael Beasley has also been worth a few games. It's fair to say that apart from Wade, Beasley is the second leading scorer for the Heat team today, which is completely different from last season's sluggish state.
There are newcomers who break out, and there are veteran players who are in their playing years to lead. The Heat's team structure is actually more reasonable than the Thunder's. If you can't adjust the mentality of those boys today, it will be really difficult to fight.
Just as Van Gundy was thinking, he heard the sound of a slapping ball on the court outside his office.
"Hah, this kid. "Van Gundy knows who's out there, and Anjie won't let him down.
"Ann, don't vote, come here. Van Gundy pushed open the office door and beckoned Anjie in.
"On the offensive runs, look, that's how you should be. If Kevin is playing against Beasley at the moment and Jermaine O'Neal is on the defensive, you don't go for the pick-and-roll, you go down. O'Neill Jr. is very slow after a serious injury and can't keep up with you. But what if that's the case......" Van Gundy began to patiently explain the position to Anjie, instead of scolding a few words to solve the problem. He pointed to the screen as he wrote and drew on the tactical board.
An Jie listened carefully, and Van Gundy's tone was very gentle, which also made An Jie not think that Van Gundy was criticizing himself.
"Of course, these are just established tactics. When you get on the field, you should have your own ideas. I trust your judgment, you've handled the team's offense very well all the time. In the end, Van Gundy also gave Anjie a certain amount of autonomy. This not only ensures that An Jie will not be too far away from the general direction set by himself, but also ensures that An Jie will not be too restricted by himself.
In fact, An Jie, who has lost his arrogance, knows what he should do, but with the comprehensive analysis that Van Gundy did for him, An Jie has also gained a lot.
After listening to the tactics, Anjie trained alone on the field for a while, and Westbrook also appeared on the training ground.
"Morning, chief. Westbrook greeted Anjie cordially, although his shooting percentage was not good before, Van Gundy never said anything about it. But the last time Van Gundy was furious, he also criticized Westbrook's poor shooting percentage.
"The office is watching the video. As soon as Anjie finished speaking, Van Gundy walked out again.
"Russell, you come in. Like Anjie, Van Gundy beckoned Westbrook in. Van Gundy didn't comment on Westerbrook's shooting percentage before, for fear of affecting Westbrook's confidence and fearing that he would become afraid to shoot from now on. Once young people don't have confidence, no matter how good their talent is, they can't play. But now, he has decided to solve this problem once and for all.
"Wade's style of play is also based on breaking, but you can see why he hits so much more than you......
After that, when a player comes, Van Gundy will call him into the office for a while. Since anger can only be counterproductive, Van Gundy simply patiently talked about the problems he found one by one. Halfway through the season, Van Gundy is naturally clear about the strengths and weaknesses of the players.
Today, he used his training time to correct them one by one. Don't try to give the Thunder players a new look, but at least let them change.
Van Gundy's moderate attitude did not dampen the confidence of the players and made them realize their flaws. Watching Van Gundy tirelessly discuss the timing of his shot with Westbrook over and over again on the training ground, An Jie felt that the lively, hard-fought Thunder was back.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the Thunder's regular training day officially ended. Van Gundy clapped his hands before stopping the players' movements.
"Listen, tomorrow's game, as long as we play according to what we practiced today, there will be absolutely no problem. At the last minute, Van Gundy decided to give his lads a shot in the arm.
'I know we've had a bad two games and to be honest, I'm responsible. But those fools say we're a pseudo-powerhouse, and I don't agree with that. 'The psychological problems are more important than the technical and tactical problems, and Van Gundy has always believed that this is the common denominator of young teams. So now, he had to get the ball boy emotional.
"I also don't agree with how they don't say how we beat the Suns. Morris was the first to chimed in.
"Those idiots just don't understand anything, we're just napping. "Westbrook is the one who has been criticized the most and who wants to prove himself the most.
"So, I know Wade is a respectable player, but ......"
"But tomorrow we will do everything we can to beat him. "The arrogance when playing the spurs and the conceit when beating the calves have now been swept away by Anjie.
"Yes, it's our home stadium! we train here, we win here. Here are our fans, our fans. No, what about fifth place in the East, they can't go wild here!" Van Gundy shook his fist, and he felt that the group of guys in front of him had become the group of Knicks players who were very angry at the mention of the Heat.
"...... right"
"The boss is right!"
"Isn't it the fifth in the East?"
More and more people are getting excited and the game is starting immediately.
Van Gundy looked at his "masterpiece" with satisfaction, and it was not impossible to pay the tuition fees with the defeat of two games.
At this moment, Wade and the Heat players on the plane did not know that they would be greeted by dangerous and terrifying thunder and lightning!
"Defend your home field!" the poster of the players outside the Chesapeake Energy Arena will be the theme of the next day's game. (To be continued.) )