Tang Tian was indeed very angry, in those NBA games he had seen, how many teams had their lead reversed, just because he took it lightly, and now that he had crossed over to become the NBA head coach, he didn't expect such a thing to happen to him.

And he knows very well that in fact, the 13th team in history to be reversed 2-0 is the Rockets.

Now the game between the Mavericks and the Warriors is 1-1 as in the memory of the previous life, and if the Rockets take it lightly, it will be the same as in the previous life.

"No, Coach." Yao Ming opened his mouth to say that he had just experienced a 2-0 reversal two years ago.

"No, Coach." The other team members also realized that Tang Tian was not joking.

"I'm sorry, Coach." Alstom apologized.

Seeing that the team members were really aware of this, Tang Tian's face softened a little.

"Our goal is to win the championship, but every champion team has gone through a lot of hard work to win the championship, there have never been exceptions, never, and now you tell me, do you really want to win the championship?"

"Yes, Coach." The team shouted.

"Be louder, I can't hear you."

"Yes, Coach!" This time, the team members shouted in unison.

Just then, Maddie and Millsap arrived at the arena together, and their faces were full of confusion when they heard the shout.

Seeing Tang Tian talking, they stood at the door and couldn't retreat.

Tang Tian stretched out his hand and motioned for them to return to the team first.

"Salt Lake City, the Jazz's home court, is the most difficult away game to play, and the Jazz play thirty or forty games a year on it, so they're definitely more comfortable than us, so I'll expand the rotation in the next game and give the bench more time."

After Tang Tian said this, it immediately attracted a burst of discussion among the players, especially the role players, who all seemed eager to try.

"But I need to remind everyone that the next two away games will be much more difficult than the first two, and I hope everyone will be mentally prepared to spare no effort every minute on the field, understand?"

"Understood!" The morale of the players is high.

Tang Tian nodded: "Tom, you tell everyone about the specific tactics first, Paul, you come with me." ”

When Millsap heard Tang Tian calling himself, his heart suddenly tightened, and when he saw Tang Tian leaving, he hurriedly followed.

When he arrived at the coach's office, without waiting for Tang Tian to speak, Millsap immediately said: "Coach, I was wrong, I shouldn't be late for training sessions." ”

"Hmm." Tang Tian nodded, took out a cigarette from the drawer and smoked it, "What did you do with T-mac?" ”

Millsap stopped talking.

Tang Tian put down the cigarette, and his face slowly turned cold.

"Boom~"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Coach." Maddie's voice could be heard outside.

"You go down first." Tang Tian said to Millsap.

After Maddie came in, just as he was about to speak, Tang Tian motioned for Millsap to leave first.

When Millsap was gone, he motioned for Maddie to sit down.

"Coach, it's my fault, I took Paul to see the car temporarily, so I'm late for training." Maddie said with a smile.

"Car?"

"Yes, I think he played well, and I just happened to be going to change cars, so I took him to see it, and by the way, I helped him make a down payment or something."

Tang Tian nodded, picked up the cigarette and took a puff, then put it down and continued: "T-mac, what you did was a good thing, but you didn't choose the right time. ”

"Yes, the coach was right." Maddie nodded, but still had a hippie smile on her face.

"Tracy." Tang Tian changed his name this time.

Maddie was stunned for a moment and looked at Tang Tian suspiciously.

"You haven't forgotten what happened 4 years ago, right? Or have you forgotten that you still haven't made it past the first round of the playoffs? ”

(Note: Maddy led the Pistons 3-1 in the playoffs in the 02~03 season, celebrated in the locker room in advance after the game, and looked forward to the game with the 76ers when interviewed by reporters, and was finally reversed 3-4.) ）

As soon as these two words were spoken, Maddie's expression changed instantly, and her brows were furrowed with a hint of anger.

Obviously, Tang Tian's words poked a little at the sore spot in his heart.

"There are many great stars in history, but none of them have only been through one round of the playoffs, you are destined to be in the Hall of Fame, do you want to be the first with a label?" Tang Tian continued.

Maddie looked at Tang Tian, and his expression gradually changed.

Since he was healed by Tang Tian's back injury, the relationship between him and Tang Tian has been very close, and this is the first time Tang Tian has spoken to him so harshly.

But after getting along for so long, he quickly understood that Tang Tian was doing this for his good.

"Yes, Coach, I see." Maddie's expression was serious, but the hippie smile on her face was gone.

Tang Tian knew that he knew, and nodded.

"By the way, call Paul in again." When Maddie went out, Tang Tian added.

After Millsap came in, Tang Tian didn't blame too much, just nodded appropriately, and it was still important for rookies to maintain their self-confidence.

The third game with the Jazz was played two days later.

The Rocket team has been preparing for the game intensively for the past two days, and with Tang Tian's reminder, the attitude of the players has obviously corrected.

However, what surprised Tang Tiandu was Maddie, after talking to him, Maddie had been practicing alone for the past two nights.

It could be seen that after Tang Tian helped him recall the experience 4 years ago, he was holding back his strength.

Tang Tian looked at Maddie, who was sweating like rain, and suddenly had some small expectations.

In the previous life, "Full Strength Zhan", "Peak Mai", and "Reasonable Branch" were topics that fans talked about.

The other two haven't had a chance to see it yet, but in the next game, maybe there will be a real chance to witness that legendary pinnacle Mai.

In the two days that the Rockets rested, the Warriors and Mavericks were the first to play another upset, and the Mavericks lost the third game, but after playing a franchise-making regular season, they fell behind their opponents 1-2 in the first round of the playoffs.

This kind of performance also made fans worried about several other sets of matchups.

Even the fans of the Rockets couldn't help but worry.

The Jazz are notoriously tough on the road, and if the Rockets capsize in the gutter, all expectations will be in vain.

In the midst of such worries, Tang Tian led Team Rocket to get on the plane to Salt Lake City.

However, unlike the fans' worries, on the special plane at this moment, the faces of the Rockets players were full of confidence.