Chapter 280: Throw the Damn Ball In!
"No, is the Magic so weak this year? Can you lose in this situation? ”
My Neighbor Totoro watched the game and couldn't help but complain to his teammates around him, you must know that the Celtics let you a Garnett, this is the same as the Rockets and the Lakers to let one of themselves, if you can't knock this out, wouldn't it be too face-hurting, this is even more embarrassing than losing.
"They have lost their own confidence, and when a pitcher is not confident, he shouldn't be on the court because he has lost his value and is just a hindrance to the team on the court, which is a dereliction of duty on the part of the coach."
Battier began to analyze it clearly, which made Totoro very helpless, he just had nothing to do and just complained, but he didn't really want to have a deep and serious discussion on this basketball issue.
Look at the current Rockets, they are very relaxed, after a little adaptation training in the afternoon, their activities in the evening are mainly to watch the video, if there is a live game, then watch the game, if there is no live game, watch the previous videos of the two teams, Adelman is not involved, he still has his own work to do, and the old man wants the players to find each other's problems and flaws in the video, so that they can become a mature NBA player as soon as possible.
However, it is precisely because of the absence of the old coach that the players of the Rocket team are as relaxed as if they were on vacation, drinking whiskey with whiskey in their hands, and eating snacks with snacks.
This made the Rockets' group of players who wanted to watch the video seriously very helpless, but they didn't want to say anything to each other, because they were not the core of the team, and the core Totoro was also lying there swiping his mobile phone Weibo from time to time.
And what kind of atmosphere of a team really depends on what kind of character they are the cornerstone of the team, you have to watch the video with the boss, who dares to be so presumptuous? I'm afraid that the newcomer doesn't know the power of Keshen's iron elbow, but there are not so many rules for watching videos with Totoro, as long as you come, everything else is casual, don't make too much trouble and tear down the ceiling of the video room.
Over there, Da Van Gundy doesn't know if he has telepathy with Battier, from the second quarter to the second quarter by relying on the bench to pull the point difference by the main force of the Green Shirts for several rounds, Da Fan's heart said that it was also like a roller coaster straight up and down, but even if he is incompetent, he is also a professional coach hired by the NBA team with a high salary, and he can eat this bowl of rice, there is always his superiority, and the big Van Gundy has long seen that the Green Shirts are now defending the basket and putting down three points, and the bet is that the Magic team will not be able to shoot three-pointers, And the Magic's three-point marksmen who spend a lot of money don't dare to vote for fear of their own responsibility, how can this work!?
"I'll just ask you if you want to win the championship."
At halftime, Van Gundy did not accept any reporters' halftime interviews, and went directly into the home team's locker room to close the door and asked.
"Yes!"
"I miss it so much!"
"I've never dreamed of this moment!"
The Magic players replied immediately, but it's hard to say how many players Big Van Gundy didn't have the right mouth.
"Hehe, I didn't expect you all to want to win the championship, so I want to ask you, what happened to you in the second half of the second quarter? It's like, do you still deserve to enter the finals? Even if you get in by luck, do you want to send a championship to Team Rocket? ”
Van Gundy didn't quipped along with the player's hippie smile, but scolded him sharply, and the players in the home team's dressing room were suddenly silent.
"Look at you one by one, what you say is better than what you sing, but do you follow the tactics drawn on my tactics board? People stick to the inside line, and the outside players are empty under three passes and two pounds, tell me, why don't you shoot? ”
Big Van Gundy looked around the locker room with his piercing eyes, except for Howard, Gortat, Petrus and other pure interior blue-collar players, the other outside shooters lowered their heads in shame.
But Big Van Gundy doesn't intend to let them go easily, this is a battle of life and death in the East, no one has a way to retreat, the two teams are like bulls wrestling on the edge of the cliff, whoever takes a step back is an abyss, falling into a catastrophe, they have no way to retreat!
So Big Van Gundy wants to wake up these players with a rough approach, even if they plant jealousy of themselves in their hearts, he doesn't care, his first purpose now is to produce results, at least reach the finals this year, and then stabilize his position.
"Redick, tell me, what did the team do for you to give you a contract!"
Big Van Gundy loudly named a white pure shooter, and it seemed that he really didn't intend to save them any face.
"Yes, it's for me to help the team with three points."
Reddick replied with his head down, the entire home team's locker room just as big as he felt, and he felt the eyes of all his teammates staring at his face.
"Then how many open three-pointers did you have in the second quarter and didn't make a shot?!"
"Twice, coach, I was wrong, I won't choose to pass again!"
As the saying goes, people want their faces and bark, and being criticized by others like this, Reddick felt like he was going crazy, and he stood up and admitted his mistake loudly, which made Big Van Gundy nod in satisfaction.
"Well, very well, I want your momentum, Lewis! What did the team ask you to do with a six-year, $118 million contract? ”
Big Van Gundy then glanced his little eyes at another tall, thin black man sitting in the corner and asked.
"It's for me to beat the opponent with my shooting talent, and I know what to do."
With the lessons of the past, Lewis finished all the rest of the words in one breath, and Big Van Gundy also nodded with satisfaction, and continued to name the other players one by one.
But what Big Van Gundy didn't know was that Lewis was extremely dissatisfied with him in his heart, he was different from JJ Redick, he was also the team's No. 2 star, the owner of the No. 1 contract, and he thought that he was majestic during the supersonic period, and he never thought that he would one day be criticized by the head coach in front of other players.
Stars value face more than ordinary players, especially those who have big contracts, they have high salaries and a lot of money, which is enough to make most NBA players think very highly of themselves? A billionaire will be sprayed? Who will accept this? This is also known as Rassad. O'Quinn. Lewis is usually a good-tempered lord, and if you want to let Big Van Gundy go to squirt and roar Tianzun, it is estimated that he has already been pressed to the ground by Rasheed Wallace and rubbed.
But Big Van Gundy also has no way to do it, the way he can think of now is to use shame to stimulate the fighting spirit of the players, it doesn't matter if you hate me or not, anyway, as long as I have a stable position, I can still trade those players who hate me at that time.........
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Magic team began to improve on the outside, they resolutely implemented the tactics assigned to them by their own head coach at halftime, and the green shirts' defensive focus was originally on the inside, what they said was also the three-point shooter carefully selected by the Magic, even if the pressure was great, no matter how bad the hand felt today, the shooting muscle memory accumulated thousands of times can still stabilize their three-point shooting shooting rate.
This will be Reeves' turn to worry on the field, compared to the white fat man on the opposite side there is still room for adjustment, he can adjust a lot less, the team has relied on these players to support the scene, if the big Van Gundy has not finished the work he can do, then Yan Shi feels that he has done his best and died, and he can't find anything else he can help, if the team still loses, then he can really only blame God for not rewarding himself for eating.
Halfway through the third quarter, the Magic retraced the deficit back to two points.
"Get moving, I want you all to move for me, don't let me see you have a moment of pause on the court, we're in trouble right now, but we still have a two-point advantage in our hands, and we have 16 minutes left on the game to decide whether all the hard work we've done this year has been in vain! I want you all to move me! ”
Reeves used his husky voice on the bench to ignite the fighting spirit of the players on the court, but the effect of his chicken soup this time was not very ideal, Pierce and Ray Allen were too tired, two veterans in their thirties and Magic boys only fought for nearly 32 minutes in the third quarter, they rested for two minutes in the first half, and not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, they also had to go all out, who would dare to believe it when it comes to the outside?
Rondo is one of the few people on the team who feels that his physical strength is still enough, but Rondo and Howard have the same problem, on the offensive end, the point guard who has been in the league for three seasons and spent his rookie season still hasn't developed his shooting ability, and the scoring means are only within the three-second zone, although he has been learning next to the Big Three for the past two years, and the Big Three also teach him as the future of the team, but Rondo's offensive ability is still infinitely equal to 0, but his rebounding ability, Defending and stealing is getting better and better, and now he is the second most efficient player on the team after the Wolves, but it doesn't have much use at the moment.
When the Big Three are there, whether Rondo can attack or not seems harmless, because the ball is a little insufficient in the hands of the three old men, and the Green Shirts do not lack his scoring ability, but now that the Big Three are missing one, they need to have Warriors in the team to be able to top up.
Reeves also thought about this problem, but looked at the various old, weak, sick and crooked people on the bench, and finally could only put his confidence in this third-grader.
"Rondo, now the time has come when the team needs you to attack, and you can go inside and score the way you like, but I ask you, if you get a basketball from the outside, and it's still open, you have to shoot me! Do you understand? I won't blame you for not being able to shoot, and I'll put all the blame for the loss on me after the game, but you have to give me a shot! ”
"That's right, Doug is right, you must silently recite it a hundred times in your heart, [throw me that damn ball], you must stand up and help us relieve the pressure, don't have a psychological burden, I think your talent is no worse than anyone else!"
Pierce also stood up to encourage Rondo, he and Ray Allen were too tired, and desperately needed someone to step up and take over the game for a while, the truth suddenly remembered Totoro in Houston, if the Green Army had chosen that Chinese kid this year, I'm afraid they would have swept the Magic 4-0, right?
There are many players in the league who hate Totoro, because Totoro is so good, and his emergence has robbed a lot of glory that should belong to them, but these are basically star players in their playing years, and there are many veterans in the league who like Totoro very much, just like the three old men of the Green Shirts, they don't want to be the boss of the team for a long time, and they don't care about their own data, otherwise they won't sacrifice each other to form a big three.
All they want now is to fight for a few more championships, hoping that a few promising seedlings will come out of the team, so that they can hand over their decades of experience in the NBA to those children, and then watch them lead the team to glory again! My Neighbor Totoro's kid is quite pleasing to the eye, willing to fight defensively, can pass the ball, has excellent physical fitness, good dribbling breakthroughs, and a super stable outside shot, this kind of player simply has no dead ends, how could he not notice such a beautiful jade when he was drafted? If you notice, even if Anji makes a trade, she will trade the top 6 picks!
It's a pity that there aren't so many things in the world, and when the pause is over, they don't have time to fight again.
Rondo dribbled past half court, and Nelson, who was opposite him, put Rondo about two and a half steps away, and the weakness of not being able to shoot in the NBA is really fatal, especially for guards!
Nielsen's official height is 1.83 meters, and Rondo's official height is 1.85 meters, but when the two stand on the field, the players will find that Nelson is obviously falsely reporting his height, and Rondo is also falsely reporting his height, but people should be shorter, Rondo is almost taller than Nelson has half a small head, is this really only 2CM short?
Coupled with Rondo's famous long arms, if he pulls up a jump shot on the outside, Nelson can't interfere with him at all, just the advantage brought to him by his height and reach, but on the other hand, Nelson is shorter than Langdo, and his center of gravity is lower than Langdo, and his speed can be comparable to the opponent when his tonnage is greater than Langdo, which is the benefit of being short.
If Rondo has a basket, Nelson has to defend closely, and Rondo is completely free to choose whether to shoot a pull-up jumper or a breakaway layup, but what if Rondo can't shoot? Nelson can rest assured that he can boldly give the opponent space to shoot and defend against Rondo's breakthrough, so that the difficulty of defending Rondo has dropped a lot?