Chapter 156: The team's trough
The Fortune Players had a smooth ride before the Chinese New Year, with a combined loss of less than 12 games, and if it is maintained well, it is likely to set a record number of wins for the team.
But it backfired, and the Fortune Team experienced a low point in the team from the end of February to the end of March to this month......
The staffing of the Fortune team is very neat, and there are no injured players, which is indeed rare, but the form of the players of the Fortune team has seriously declined.
In fact, at the beginning of this season, many experts predicted this, if the Fortune team has been playing well in the first half of the season, then the second half of the season will decline.
This is a team that is inexperienced, and it will definitely happen to the first half of the game, and the form will definitely not keep up now......
In the third game after the Chinese New Year game, the Fortune Players lost by two points to the Detroit Industrial team, which was a normal thing to do, and no one could have maintained a winning streak all the time.
But the Fortune Players suddenly came to a four-game losing streak, which caught many people off guard.
The four teams that the Fortune Players lost are not very strong yet......
San Francisco Rams, 12th in the West.
Orlando Patriots, 13th in the East.
Houston Texans, 9th in the West.
Miami Shores, 10th in the East.
None of the Fortune team's four consecutive defeats are in the top eight in the East and West, and even the Rams and Patriots are contenders for the top pick, but the Fortune team still lost inexplicably.
In the final analysis, it is a question of the state of the Fortune Team itself.
Facing the Rams, Meng Xiaohao scored 18 points on only 5-of-20 shooting, Derrick performed well, scoring 15 points, and Middleton only scored 9 points and only made 2 of 10 three-pointers.
In the second game, Meng Xiaohao's form picked up, scoring 27 points, a very good record, but Derrick only had 15 points, and Middleton performed well, scoring 19 points.
But the bench lineup was more miserable, Adrick played 15 minutes, 0 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 turnovers, and Willian played 18 minutes, 4 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists and 5 fouls.
In the third game, the Fortune team was completely dumb, Meng Xiaohao, Derrick and Middleton combined to score 45 points, which is not a thought at all, and they will definitely lose the game.
The fourth game was not unjust, and the Miami Coast team was very accurate in three-point shooting in that game, shooting 20 three-pointers that exceeded the team's all-time record, directly beating the Fortune team.
In the fifth game, facing the New Orleans Raiders, the three cores of the Fortune Players were still in bad shape, but Kobo stepped up in time and cut a big double-double of 35 points and 17 rebounds, taking the Fortune Raiders to the Raiders and preventing the team's five-game losing streak.
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"Can any of you tell me! What the hell is wrong with you? ”
After the game against the Raiders, Coach Garcia was unhappy with the recent form of his players and loudly reprimanded them in the locker room.
"What is your state lately, do you know what you are fighting like? I'm in a hurry! If it goes on like this, the team will be scrapped! ”
In the locker room, no one spoke, everyone kept their heads down and was silent......
Coach Garcia took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and looked at the players who were bowing their heads.
"Today without Kobo, we lost, we lost five in a row, and we're now fourth in the East, you know?"
Coach Garcia's words were very calm, and he couldn't hear any angry tone, but in his tone, he revealed helplessness, disappointment and sadness......
Meng Xiaohao gritted his teeth, his heart was quite unwilling, this should not be his level, he must know that he is much stronger than now.
But this is the case, Meng Xiaohao's state is indeed a bit miserable, and the three-point shooting rate has also plummeted in these games, and Meng Xiaohao himself doesn't know what's wrong.
"You need to get your state back on your own, not for me to help you get it back, you know?"
Coach Garcia looked at the rest of the team.
"I know you want to win too, and you don't want to be out of form, it's not good for anyone, so I want you to get back to form and then we'll keep on track!"
Coach Garcia knows that it is useless to lose his temper, it is not the team's problem, but the player's own psychological problem, which requires the players to enlighten themselves, not the coach can say a few words.
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The Fortune team's four consecutive defeats made headlines, and for a while, the whole team was pushed to the forefront, and many people were questioning Meng Xiaohao, Derek, and others questioning Coach Garcia's coaching.
And the expert who once said that the Fortune Players would definitely decline for a while reappeared in everyone's field of vision.
'I said they're definitely going to slip and it's just a matter of time before they get through this, and they'll be able to get to the next level.
The expert's words also reassured the fans of the Fortune Team a little, and at the press conference, Meng Xiaohao and others also said that they were recovering their form, and they would not disappoint the fans.
But often, the waiting process is very painful......
Meng Xiaohao: They did say that they would work hard to get back into shape, but it takes time to get back into shape, and this time period is very difficult.
After winning against the Raiders, the Fortune Players didn't continue their winning streak, losing to the Minnesota Wolves, then the Dallas Cowboys, but the Toronto Ontario Lake.
With such a win and a loss, the fans who watched it were very nervous, and even the players themselves had a headache.
But as time passed, the Fortune Players gradually regained their form......
The first shot was fired by Middleton, who scored 37 points and made 5-of-9 three-pointers against the Utah Snow Mountains, beating the Snow Mountains twice this season.
Meng Xiaohao followed closely behind, scoring 25 points against the Chicago Windy City team, and then slashing 46 points against the Indiana Ancestors team, officially announcing his return to form.
The last one was Derrick, who also scored 20 points against the Indiana Ancestors, 25 points in the second and 25 points in the third, and also announced his return to form.
The return of the form of the team's three cores has put the team on the right track again.
After a five-game winning streak, the team sits in fourth place in the East, just 1.5 wins behind Detroit Industries, which is third in the East.
With five consecutive wins, the Fortune Players came to another wave of seven consecutive wins, for a total of 12 consecutive wins, directly dragging Detroit Industry down and sitting in third place in the East.
But it is a little difficult for the Fortune team to reach second place in the East, not that the strength is not enough, but the regular season is almost over, and the Fortune team does not have that time......
But the third place in the East is not coming, and the goal of the Fortune Team is not to be second in the East, but to win the championship!
(End of chapter)