Chapter 353: First Defeat in the Playoffs! O'Neill is back!

101:100!

Yao Ming's decisive three-point shot at the last moment fixed the score of Game 3 of the 2005 NBA Finals forever!

CBS Basketball News – 101:100, Houston Hard-fought Wins to Pull Back a Game! The accompanying picture is a shark snickering at home.

ESPN Newsletter – Fail! Coach Doctor was full of pride before the game, and hid his face and cried after the game! The accompanying picture is a picture of Hu Qingniu bowing his head and holding his forehead with his hands, which really looks like it.

TNT Newsletter - Not God! The never-give-up rocket troika! The picture is Yao Ming, who scored three points, Battier who made a key steal, and Hardaway, who commanded and dispatched.

Imperial Court Five Basketball Special News - Giants also have needlework, and three points are in the bag to keep safe!

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This will be a day that countless people who follow basketball will remember, when you are in a situation where the whole world does not think you can win, and you say that the NBA is over, at least Sean Battier has not forgotten, Yao Ming has not forgotten, and Hardaway has not forgotten, the core spirit of competitive sports is to never admit defeat to compete.

As Mr. Hemingway wrote in "The Old Man and the Sea", "A man is not born to be defeated, you can destroy him, but you can't defeat him!" ”

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Losing an unbelievable game, the Bobcats were also broken by their playoff unbeaten streak, and in such a classic game where the weak beat the strong, the head coach of the team who served as the backdrop was how bad it was, and many people chose not to attend the post-game press conference.

However, when more than 100 media from all over the world came to the press conference, they found that Comrade Hu Qingniu was waiting here early.

And with a mouth, Hu Qingniu actually said.

"I want to thank Team Rocket for teaching us a lesson," after a pause, then exclaimed, "A lesson without reservation!" There is never an invincible team in competitive sports, and when you go back to the beginning of the season, do you think we are an invincible team, no, you don't, you will even put us in second or third place in the East, and the reason why everyone thinks we are invincible now is because we have worked hard all season to get this result. The fact that the Houstonians beat us is another reminder that the Bobcats weren't born stronger than the others, but that we were more hungry and competent! ”

Hu Qingniu can be regarded as telling the truth of what he is thinking, and his words are not so much for the media as for his own players. These words not only affirmed the victory of the opponent Rockets, but also told themselves that the Bobcats players should stay hungry and victory will never be taken for granted.

But the media of good things obviously won't let Hu Qingniu go, and ESPN's middle-aged male reporter was the first to jump out.

"May I ask the coach, is the loss of this game related to O'Neal's failure to play, the Bobcats have not released any relevant news about the strongest center being refrigerated, is his relationship with the team or some people in the team now irreconcilable?"

This passage is obviously a trap question, but somehow, today's Hu Qingniu doesn't like to go around the bend and say whatever he wants.

"Yes, it was my decision to refrigerate O'Neill because he didn't carry out my tactical orders on the field. If O'Neill wants to get back on the pitch, then he has to apologize to the team first! In the Bobcats, no player is above the team! ”

Big news! Many reporters now look at Hu Qingniu's eyes have changed, because the news of O'Neal being refrigerated has always been confusing, Hu Qingniu's statement will undoubtedly become a hot spot in the next two days! These words should be remembered, these are all attention, all dollars!

Hu Qingniu has already answered several questions, as the winning side, the four members of the Rockets, head coach Van Gundy Jr., team pillar Yao Ming, commander Hardaway, and defensive gate Battier are late, looking at the excitement on that face, they must have just celebrated the victory in the locker room.

When asked about the taste of this victory, Yao Ming, the still shy Shanghai boy, uttered a very rustic but classic description, Like a dream! Like a dream!

It's a very pale description, but it describes Yao Ming's current mood very well, he never thought about winning the game, he just fought hard, and in the end they did something that they couldn't believe they could not believe.

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Two days after the game, the heat of the crazy game continued, the Houstonians were still basking in the joy of victory, and other fans were wondering why the Rockets were able to beat the Bobcats, who looked unbeatable with 73 wins in the regular season and 14 straight wins in the playoffs.

Is it the persistent hunger that Hu Qingniu said, or the rotten words that have been used by the media in the past two days, never give up. Eventually, the question became philosophical, rising to the level of individual agency and the role of the social environment.

And at the Time Warner Center, the home of the Bobcats that everyone has overlooked, Hu Qingniu still has an early shift on this day, but O'Neal shows up in front of his office.

Hu Qingniu has been speculating about the reason why O'Neal has no contact with the team, he believes that O'Neal is unruly and difficult to control, but now O'Neal is passive, and the biggest reason for not getting in touch with the team is that there is no opportunity, or no step.

O'Neal has long wanted to get in touch with the team, because during this time he looked through his contract, the contract has a provision for his season appearances, he took a lot of games off due to injury at the beginning of the season, so now he finds that there is still one game left before starting part of the contract clause, if it is not completed, he will lose millions, which is not a small amount.

The Bobcats' defeat in Houston and Hu's post-game promise to apologize and return to the team was an opportunity.

O'Neill expressed his apologies first, and he also understood that Hu Qingniu's status in this team is unshakable, at least he O'Neal can't, and said hesitantly.

"I'll express first, um, I mean yes no, um, anyway, I apologize to you for my actions!"

Hu Qingniu corrected.

"Not to me, but to all the players. The Bobcats are a unit, each of us is a part of it, and as a player your job is to play and win, and I'm here to match you with the right line-up and tactics. In that game, your actions ruined the unity of the whole team, so it wasn't me who you had to apologize for, it was the whole team. ”

Raising his hand, Hu Qingniu looked at his watch with a smile.

"It's 6 o'clock, and there are two hours left, and when everyone is assembled, you will apologize, is there a problem, Mr. Shark!"

Perhaps it was the smile that resolved the awkward relationship between the two, and O'Neill also had a smile on his face, made a saluting gesture, and replied without hesitation.

"Yes, Instructor Doctor!"

Something suddenly came to mind, O'Neill said.

"Coach, I have some problems with my old big toe injury, I would like you to diagnose it."

"How did you get hurt?"

"When I was having a party at home, I was stepped on by a bikini girl."

“...... Get lost! ”