Chapter 111: The rookie hits the wall
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On April 9, 2012, the Spurs played the Jazz away game, and the game was already in the final quarter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the scoreboard, the Jazz are in front of the Spurs, the score is 97:97, the two sides are tied, come to the home court, the Jazz who lost by 22 points in the last game seem to have found their form, and the crazy energy plan arena gave the Jazz a lot of motivation, and they forced the Spurs to play until the last minute at home.
At the last moment, Anxi didn't play, for the reason that Anxi still didn't get back to his state, in fact, Anxi knew before the game, the green warning in the system did not disappear, and it was still stubbornly nailed in the system interface, which means that the attributes caused by the injury have not recovered, and he is destined to not be in any good state in this game.
There is only more than half a month left before the playoffs, and logically speaking, the Spurs will lose this game if they lose, but now the Jazz has a bit of a lock in the eighth place in the West, and the Jazz is the opponent of the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs, so Popovich still attaches great importance to it, this game is like a preview of the playoffs, the Spurs win this game, and the playoffs have the confidence to face the Jazz's devil's home energy plan arena.
So, in the fourth quarter, Anxi was put on the bench, and there was nothing to do with him at the last moment of the game, Anxi's data in this game has been frozen, 0 of 5 shots, 0 points and 2 rebounds, and no other data.
An Xi on the bench frowned, it can't go on like this, seeing that the playoffs are coming, if this state does not improve in a short time, will Popovich still use himself? An Xi expressed doubts, and he began to worry about his current situation.
On the court, there are still 5 minutes left in the game between the Spurs and the Jazz, and in the last five minutes, the Jazz are getting more and more courageous in the crazy cheering of all the fans in the Energy Solution Arena, and gradually play with momentum, they used the last five minutes to play a wave, a wave of 11:0 offensive Xiaogao-chao, directly took away the game, the Spurs lost the 10th game of the season, lost to the Jazz, who may be the opponent in the first round of the playoffs.
And Anxi's state has become a hidden danger for the Spurs.
At the end of the game, the Jazz fans cheered wildly, winning the Spurs, winning the direct opponent of the playoffs, making them very excited and unwilling to leave the court.
Anxi stood up, and they were about to leave, but on the Jazz coach's bench, Jeff Hornacek beckoned to Anxi, and Anxi walked over.
"Ann, you've not played well in two games in a row, I think you've hit the rookie wall. As a retired player in the league and the current coach, Jeff Hornacek knows very well what happened to Anxi, Anxi's poor condition, injuries are just a trigger, and the most important thing is that Anxi hit the rookie wall.
In fact, Anxi is also very strange, obviously his back injury has long been healed, why does the system still give an icon of injury invasion, now, Anxi hears Jeff Hornacek's words, everything understands, Anxi is because of the injury, which triggered his rookie wall, he hit the wall, and at the end of the season, he hit the rookie wall.
"That'...... What should I do now?"
"The most important thing now is that you can't be in a hurry, I think Greg and they can see it, you talk to them first. ”
An Xi nodded, and didn't say anything more, in fact, An Xi knew that it was only a matter of time before he broke through the rookie wall, and the most important thing was that Popovich would not give him this time, so it was still necessary to talk to Popovich.
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The Spurs are ready to return to San Antonio, after playing the Jazz, the Spurs have 12 games left, their current record is 44-10, and the Thunder, who are second in the West, is 40-15, and the difference between the two sides is 9 games, which means that as long as the Spurs win 3 of the remaining 12 games, the Spurs can lock up the first place in the West.
On the Eastern side, the Bulls have gradually established an advantage in the race for the first place in the East, their current record is 43-13, while the Heat, who are second in the East, are 39-15, and the difference between the two is 6 games, and similarly, the Bulls only need to win 4 of the remaining 10 games to ensure the first place in the East.
The difference between the Spurs and the Bulls is 4 games, and the gap is actually very large, so basically, the Spurs have locked the first place in the league, and most of the remaining 12 games are estimated to be given up by Popovich.
Giving up is not to say not to win, but to say that the Spurs will not go all out to win, and the most important thing for the Spurs now is to maintain their condition, and then rotate reasonably, so as not to let the final stretch of the regular season drag down the players' fitness.
On the way back to San Antonio, Anxi talked to Popovich, and Popovich directly pointed out that Anxi had hit the rookie wall.
"Ann, I see, I know where you're now, you're hitting the rookie wall. ”
"What should I do next, Mr. Greg?"
Popovich touched his chin, he thought for a while, and said: "Rookie wall, in fact, every rookie will meet, including Kehuai, he has actually encountered the rookie wall, before the All-Star, he just met the rookie wall, but after the All-Star, Kehuai crashed into the rookie wall." All I can say is that you're so unlucky, and seeing the playoffs coming, it's not good news that you're on the rookie wall at this time, both for you and for the team. ”
"In short, next, you have to play normally, train normally, don't be in a hurry, the state is slowly found, you have no problem with ability. ”
Hearing Popovich say this, Anxi also relieved, as long as Popovich supports himself, then there is no problem, although the attributes of the system have been sharply reduced, I don't know when it will recover, but it is still too late to catch up with the playoffs.
Popovich didn't stop, he continued: "At this time, in fact, you should upgrade your ability, you know, the rookie wall is actually related to your characteristics being explored by others, if you come to a self-upgrade at this time, maybe the rookie wall will be directly broken by you, such as Kehuai, he broke through the rookie wall, relying on the progress of shooting......"
Popovich's words immediately reminded Anxi, yes!
Now Anxi's rookie wall is actually not Anxi's own reason, but there is a problem with the system, if at this time, Anxi comes to upgrade the system to stimulate the system, maybe the system can return to normal all of a sudden, right?
Anxi guessed that he felt that no matter what, he should give it a try as Popovich said.