Chapter 187: After Losing the Game
"Boys, the playoffs are about to start, we have to go all out, and Meng Xiaohao has also returned, so I hope we can make up for the regrets of last season!"
Before the game, Coach Garcia was encouraging the players.
"We should be at the best of the team right now, so we have to take this opportunity and we aim for the championship!"
"The Fortunes of New York!"
“Fight!”
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The playoffs have begun.
The Fortune Players faced Charlotte Hall in the first round, a relatively young team that only officially joined the North American League in 1980.
For a period of time after 2000, the Charlotte Hall team also had very good strength, and even reached the finals in 2003, but unfortunately lost in the end.
After 2010, Charlotte Hall entered a five-year rebuilding period, failing to make the playoffs for five consecutive years.
It has only slowly improved in the past few years, but the ranking in the playoffs is still not very high, and it has been hovering on the edge of the playoffs.
Facing such a team without a superstar, the Fortune team believes that it will be very easy to beat him.
Indeed, in the first two games, the Fortune Players won the game easily without much effort, and one game was still a big lead.
The Fortune Team, which has a 2-0 lead, is naturally full of confidence, and in their eyes, the Hall Team is now like a lamb to the slaughter.
In the first two games, the Fortune Players continued to play their regular season style.
Derek was the first scorer, Middleton was the second scorer, and Meng Xiaohao was the third scorer.
Even if the palace team has made a targeted strategic arrangement for the fortune team, in the face of absolute strength, these are floating clouds.
The third game was played at Charlotte's home stadium.
In addition to Charlotte's fans, other fans, including the media and experts, all believe that the Fortune Ones will take the win and win the match point, and only Charlotte fans still have some extravagant expectations.
The Fortune players are full of confidence, and they naturally think they can win the game.
In the blink of an eye, the third game began......
Charlotte's home attendance is also quite high.
In a small ball market like Charlotte, the attendance rate is rarely 100%, and the attendance rate of this game is more than 90%, which also makes Charlotte earn a lot.
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"Boys, we're going to work hard, we're going to win the game in one go, we're going to get the match point, and this series is basically ours! Come on, lads! ”
"The Fortunes of New York!"
“Fight!”
The third game has officially begun!
As soon as they got on the field, the Fortune team was mainly anti-guest.
Just look at Meng Xiaohao's pass to Derek, who followed Kobo's blocking and breaking through, and Kobo also went directly down and hit the inside without the ball.
Derrick was also quick-eyed, threw the ball up, was caught by Kobo from the air, dunked in the air, and took the lead in scoring two points.
This buckle is also a button The home court is silent, and the fortune team is a fierce operation, which makes the confidence of the fans of the palace team also suffer.
Then it was Meng Xiaohao's conduction, he used a breakthrough to attract the defense, and then distributed the ball to Middleton who was ambushed in the bottom corner, who made a three-point shot directly and hit!
As soon as it opened, Middleton's hand was also bursting.
Looking at this momentum, it is a fool's dream for the Charlotte Hall team to win back a city.
The coach of the palace team also has a black face, and now this situation is not what he wants to see, he is now under too much pressure.
The coach of the palace team is now struggling under the pressure of the management, and the team's record has not improved in recent years, and there are no big names to hold and join, and there is no outstanding operation.
The management of the palace team has given an ultimatum to the coach of the palace team, if this season, the team is another round of tours, this coach will get out.
This gave the coach of the palace team a headache, and the opponent in the first round was still the Fortune team, which made him even more headache, which was simply obvious, his job was gone.
Thinking of this, the coach of the palace team sighed, the current situation is no longer under his control.
As the game progressed, the score gap between the Fortune team and the palace team widened, and the Fortune team was already about to lead by 20 points.
"It seems that this job bowl is gone......"
The coach of the hall team shook his head helplessly, thinking about his future prospects, it was dark.
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In the third quarter of the game, the lead of the Fortune team is getting bigger and bigger, and Coach Garcia feels that it is easy to clock out of work in the third quarter of this game.
And the players of the Fortune Players are ready to start celebrating the victory......
The ball of the Fortune Team, Meng Xiaohao holds the ball.
This time, Meng Xiaohao decided to attack on his own.
It depends on him to use a big rhythm to change direction past the defenders, go straight to the basket, and face the defenders' supplementary defense, and directly make a strong layup.
But helplessly, the ball was interfered with, bounced on the basket, and popped out of the basket.
Kobo and the center of the palace team began to compete for the rebound this time, even though the Fortune team has a big lead, but Kobo is still unwilling to give up this rebounding opportunity, and his attitude towards the game is very serious.
It's just that neither of them competed for the rebound, and the rebound was reversed by the two and was about to go out of bounds.
Suddenly, two figures rushed out, it was Middleton and the player opposite him, and the two were entangled to fight for the ball.
In the process of grabbing the ball, the two did not dare to move cleanly, and their arms were tightly entangled......
Suddenly, a player of the Charlotte Hall team pinned Middleton's arm in a very ferocious elbow pull......
"Gaba!"
Just as a crisp sound was heard, Middleton fell to the ground in pain......
Middleton fell to the ground in an instant, which also frightened the players around him, Meng Xiaohao immediately ran over, pushed away the players of the palace team, and went to see Middleton.
This look also frightened Meng Xiaohao, and a bone in Middleton's left arm and shoulder had protruded, which was very terrifying.
Derek also gasped when he saw this scene, and in the finals last season, Meng Xiaohao's injury scene instantly appeared in front of Derek's eyes.
The team doctor of the Fortune Team immediately rushed over to check on Middleton's injury, and when he saw this scene, he also frowned, but then he also sighed.
The team doctor turned his head to look at Meng Xiaohao, "He's fine, it's not comparable to your injury at all!" ”
When Meng Xiaohao heard this, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
But the team doctor's words were not finished, he looked at Meng Xiaohao very seriously......
"But you have to be ready, this playoffs, Middleton is a big deal!"
(End of chapter)