After the game, Jackson shook hands with Mike Brown in a perfunctory manner, answered a few questions at the press conference in a perfunctory manner, and hurried out of the Quick-Loan Arena with the Bobcats' players, who now needed time to calm down. It's hard for a rookie coach to lead a new team to play in the playoffs.

Back at his hotel, Jackson locked himself in his room, pondering how to play Game 2. Now it seems that the Bobcats' offensive firepower is no problem, the key is how to defend against James? Ariza is obviously not good, his figure is relatively too thin, and his core strength is insufficient, and there is no way to face James' breakthrough.

Jackson thought for a moment, as if no one else on the team could defend James one-on-one. Originally, he felt that Allen was a potential option, but in the first 2 minutes of the fourth quarter, James scored consecutive points under Allen's defense, and in retrospect he had no confidence.

Just as he was pondering, there was a knock on the door, and Jackson stood up to open the door, surprised to find Chang Wei standing in the door with two bottles of beer. Jackson looked at his watch, it was almost 12 o'clock now, he took the wine bottle, and asked curiously: "Chang, you haven't slept so late, is there anything wrong with coming to me?" If it's important, I think we'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

Chang Wei smiled and said: "After all, we rented a house together back then, and after the game, I could see that you were very depressed, and you must be thinking about the tactical arrangements for the second game in the room." What do you think? Are you in the mood to listen to my advice? ”

Jackson also smiled, he let Chang Wei in, and the two of them sat down on the small sofa together. Chang Wei simply opened the lid of beer with his teeth, put one of the bottles in front of Jackson, picked up the other bottle and poured it, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing Chang Wei's calm appearance, Jackson's heart also calmed down inexplicably, he also picked up the wine bottle and took a big sip, wiped his mouth, and asked out loud: "Chang, can you tell me now?" I'd love to know if you're going to let me play defensively. ”

Chang Wei shook his head and said, "What's the matter of playing defense?" With our current staffing, we can't afford to play purely defensive tactics, but it's okay to improve our defense at a certain point. I guess you're thinking about who's going to defend James, right? ”

Jackson's eyes widened, and before he could speak, Chang Wei stretched out a finger and said solemnly, "I choose Aaron." ”

"Why Aaron?" Jackson was taken aback, "I didn't see anything he could do with James in the last game, are you sure he can limit the opponent on the defensive end?" I don't want to see James go on a killing spree again......"

"Then let me ask you, how has James' mid-range shooting been since he entered the league?"

Jackson paused for a moment, he picked up a piece of paper casually, glanced at it, and immediately understood the deep meaning of Chang Wei's words. James has never been known for his mid-range shooting, and his breakthrough layup is his big killer, and even if he wants to shoot, he will try to get as close to the three-second zone as possible, and consecutive shots in the elbow area like he did in the last game are simply unavoidable.

But he still didn't think Allen had any value on the defensive end. Looking at his puzzled eyes, Chang Wei shook his head with a wry smile, and still explained: "Aaron's strength in the next game is very good, and there is a kraft candy spirit that will not give up until the goal is achieved. In the last game, he was clever enough to try to push James away from the basket, but James' hand was too untouchable. ”

"Besides," Chang Wei was silent for a moment, then continued, "I believe he has such ability. Since Ariza can't stop James, then we can only let Allen deal with it. It's a big deal, I'll help you find a wing gate this offseason. ”

Jackson thought about it, and what Chang Wei said was not unreasonable, but in this way, the overall height of the Bobcats' starting lineup will decline, will it be a little more than worth the loss? He did not hesitate to express his doubts, Chang Wei shrugged, and said helplessly: "No lineup is perfect, there are gains and losses, and it is actually not bad to let Allen play small forward......"

The two did not continue to discuss the second game, and after drinking the wine, Chang Wei went back to his room to sleep. Jackson, however, still couldn't sleep, thinking about the gains and losses of starting Allen until three or four o'clock in the morning.

There was no training in the morning, and Jackson specifically told the players to take a good rest and then have recovery training in the afternoon. Everyone was also happy, sleeping in the room until three o'clock in the morning, and then lazily went to the hotel restaurant to forage for food.

As soon as Chang Wei arrived at the restaurant, he saw Aaron, he smiled slightly, casually put a few bread on the plate, took a salad and a cup of coffee, and sat next to Aaron. Aaron looked up, said hello, and returned to the fight with breakfast, eating soundly, seemingly unaffected by the defeat the night before.

Chang Wei took a sip of coffee and asked while eating bread, "Tony, what do you think about defending James?" ”

Allen swallowed the food in his mouth and thought for a moment before saying, "I don't think it would be a lot easier to let James get close to the basket, if we could force him to use a jumper to solve the problem every time he attacks." But he shot really well in the last game and if he can continue in the next few games, it's hard for us to win the game. ”

"So you tried to push him out when he was on the back of the game last time you played against him?" Chang Wei asked.

Aaron smiled awkwardly: "But it still gave him points." This guy is known as the first person of the new generation, and it's really not a cover. ”

Chang Wei's tone suddenly became serious: "If you are asked to defend him again, how sure are you?" ”

"It's hard to say, it depends on his feel, if he can still maintain the feel of the first game, then whoever goes up will deliver food. But if I defend him, I'll do my best, and whether we can stop James is the key to whether we can win. ”

Chang Wei wiped out the food on the plate with three strikes and five divisions, stood up and patted Aaron's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Remember what you said today." If you can play against James in the next game, I want to see a 100% of you. After saying that, Chang Wei left the restaurant, leaving Alun to sit there alone, and the second monk was puzzled, but thinking about what Chang Wei said, Alun seemed to understand something, his face was happy, and he lowered his head and ate it in a big gulp......