After ending the game at the TD North Shore Garden Arena, the Pacers finally seized the opportunity to let Ye Xuan have a good blood, and Ye Xuan took out tens of thousands of knives at once for the night consumption of more than a dozen players. However, this is also the first time that Ye Xuan has celebrated his birthday with his friends, so Ye Xuan still thinks it is quite interesting.

Back in Indianapolis, after a day's training, Frank Vogel stopped Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper, Ye Xuan's heart trembled, and he thought that he had gone to Kevin Pritchard some time ago to find it, and now Coach Frank is ready to settle accounts with himself. But fortunately, Kevin Pritchard is not a stupid person and did not tell anyone else about it.

Frank Vogel convened the two cores this time to discuss the team's tactics and the like, and after coming to the coach's office, Frank Vogel took the lead in saying, "I called you two here today, I have an important matter to discuss with you." ”

"What's the matter, Coach? Are teams ready to change tactics in the playoffs? At this time, Ye Xuan's question, he is now enjoying his status in the team, so he doesn't want the team to change any tactics. However, Pickle Pepper was obviously more witty, and immediately said, "Now that the team has entered the final sprint stage of the regular season, I think it should be to talk to us about the team's playoffs, right?" ”

Frank Vogel didn't sell off, and directly began to talk about his thoughts: "Okay, I'll get to the point, our current record is still in the third place in the East, but we want to rush to the first place in the East, although it seems that there is some hope, but the Hawks' next opponents are relatively weak, so if we sprint all the way, it is likely that we will still be in the third or second place in the East, so we will have to face the strong Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals." ”

Ye Xuan and Pickled Pepper did frown after hearing this, indeed! If you play against the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, it will definitely consume a lot of energy, and no matter what the final victory or defeat is, it will be you who will suffer. But the Cavaliers don't look like they have much chance of overtaking and becoming the first in the East right now.

At this time, Ye Xuan was still quite witty, and began to take the initiative to find a way, "Boss, I said that we can lose a few games appropriately?" Frank Vogel immediately frowned, in the eyes of Americans, releasing water can be a disgraceful thing, but Coach Frank immediately remembered Ye Xuan's Oriental wisdom, so he decided to listen to Ye Xuan's plan.

Ye Xuan did not hesitate, and directly said his thoughts, "At present, we are ranked third in the East, and if there is no accident in the semifinals, the opponent we will face will be the Cavaliers who are second in the East, but what if we are ranked fourth in the East?" Aren't we facing the Eagles in the semi-finals? What we need to think about now is to choose an opponent that we can handle better, and for the rest, we just need to take turns to rest. ”

Seeing Ye Xuan leisurely buttoning his fingernails there, Frank Vogel and Pickle Pepper both looked confused? Rotational rest? What do you mean? Ye Xuan looked at the two of them with blank faces, and could only continue to explain, "We are now in the third place in the East is very advantageous, since we have won two more games than the Bulls in the fourth place in the East, so if we continue to play like this, it is very likely that a wave of consecutive wins will end the season directly, and then face the Cavaliers in the semifinals, if we don't want to fight the Cavaliers to the death in the semifinals, why don't we let ourselves lose two more games?" When the time comes, we fall to fourth, and the Bulls go to third, and we play the Wizards in fifth, and then we play the Hawks. ”

Coach Frank immediately understood, "We can't beat the teams that want to make the playoffs at the last minute, so we can control the games we lose, and we don't want to lose the games, we just do our best, and even in the last two games, we can control the points accurately, because no matter how the Bulls' record changes, their Chicago time is one time zone faster than our Indiana, Then we can definitely know the result of their game in the game, and then rely on that to adjust our own tactics in this game. Ye, you are such a genius. ”

Ye Xuan scratched his head, in fact, he didn't think of the later method of knowing the opponent's game results first and then accurately controlling the score, but after such an analysis, Ye Xuan decisively felt that this was a good method. First of all, if they are in third or second place, they will face the Raptors or the Bucks in the first round, neither of which are holy places at home, one is cold and the other is still abroad. Secondly, if they are ranked fourth, they will be able to successfully avoid the Cavaliers in the semifinals, although the Hawks ranked first in the East in the regular season, but their combat effectiveness is not really so misunderstood, more because they play well together, plus there are many pitchers, so there will be this effect, and now after the return of the pickled peppers, the Hawks' backline is vulnerable to the Pacers, and when the outside line is blown up, the Hawks will basically be scrapped.

So compared to the Cavaliers, the Pacers feel that the Hawks are easier to deal with. Leaving the Cavaliers to the Celtics or whatever, would be a good option for the Pacers.

It's settled' First of all, the next opponent of the Pacers is the Charlotte Hornets, the Hornets have no desire this season, so it is not a big deal for the Pacers to lose to them, Coach Frank waved his hand and directly gave Ye Xuan a holiday, the opponent of No. 4 Ye Xuan does not have to play, and the opponent of No. 6, Ye Xuan does not want to play, and now the Heat team is ranked tenth in the East, and there are still 2 wins away from the Celtics in the eighth place in the East, so there is still a chance to impact the playoffs, and the Pacers can also release water in this game, making the competition for the Eastern Conference playoffs a little more intense. Ye Xuan's idea was echoed by Coach Frank, and as a result, Ye Xuan unknowingly got nearly a week's rest.