Watching the players in good spirits, McKay was satisfied, pacing as he said, "I'm happy to see a different team, but you have to play your own style in the game!" The season opener takes place tomorrow against the Gunzaga University Bulldogs from the West Coast League! ”

'All I can say is that we were lucky, Gunzaga is not a strong team but we are still at a disadvantage and if we don't give 200 per cent, we have to say goodbye to the start of the new season. This is the first game to test the results of our offseason training, so please give it your all and stick to the fast attack, you get it? ”

It was great to have a team like Gonzaga as the opener, not so strong as to turn the game into a one-sided slaughter, but not so weak that the goal of testing results would not be met. Besides, no one knows what the team will be able to do, and if they don't work hard, others will think that they have been playing soy sauce all summer!

Chang Wei is not very worried, after a short period of high-intensity assault training, the strength of the entire team has changed dramatically. At the moment, Palesio is still the most capable player in the team, he has reached 82, and Goodwin also has 79, which is just one step away from the 80 mark. And in the last few days of training, Chang Wei finally made everyone in the team have an ability value of more than 60, although the system did not release relevant tasks, but it can be regarded as completing his own goal.

In the team's starting lineup, in addition to Palesio's 82 and Goodwin's 79, McCans has also reached 75, Patick and Ford are 74 and 72 respectively, and Svensay, the leader on the team's bench, also has 74 ability values, which should be more than enough to lead the second team. What excites Chang Wei the most is that the system rated the offense of the starting lineup at 85, and the defense just exceeded 80, but this has met the task requirements of the system.

With such a lineup to deal with Gonzaga is definitely more than enough, the current bulldogs are not the 19 consecutive seasons to reach the national championship, this season their lineup also has no star who can make a final decision, it can be said that this is a matchup between two civilian teams playing team basketball, and Chang Wei believes that the Rams undoubtedly occupy a certain advantage.

Of course, no one realizes how strong the team really is, including head coach McKay, so there will be some nervousness when facing the bulldogs. But that's also a good thing, the Rams haven't developed a strong mentality, and it's good to be nervous, as long as it doesn't affect the players' performance in the game.

However, on the night of the game, when Chang Wei walked into the stadium, he was instantly shocked: there were still many vacant seats in the stadium! You must know that he didn't have long in advance, and it stands to reason that the entire arena should be full by now.

He brought the matter up to McKay, and before McKay could speak, Palesio smiled wryly and said, "Chang, you don't know our record last season, and the game is also very dull, and the people who can stick to it are all die-hard fans of the team, do you think how many people are there?" Besides, we didn't add any star players this summer, so it's normal for the fans not to buy it. ”

Chang Wei suddenly realized, think about it carefully, it is indeed the case, fans are willing to watch the tense and fierce back and forth games, if you particularly like a team, the crushing slaughter is also okay, but it is not acceptable that a team does not play well, the record is still very bad, such a team is destined not to be accepted by the market.

He patted Palesio on the shoulder and smiled and said, "I understand, but this season I'm sure you're going to make the fans love coming here to watch the game, we want to win, and we want to win beautifully!" ”

Palesio nodded vigorously and went over to beckon his teammates to warm up. Seeing everyone actively doing warm-up activities on the field, McKay nodded with satisfaction and said to Chang Wei: "It seems that your special training is really effective, and now I am looking forward to the team's performance in the new season, and I hope to get off to a good start today." ”

Chang Wei smiled and said: "I just laid the foundation for everyone, and how to play on the field depends on your command." What's the use of a coach if you can win a game on your own? ”

McKay was stunned for a moment, and laughed along. Chang Wei is right, the player's personal level is on the one hand, the team's tactical system is on the other hand, without the right tactics, no matter how strong the player is, it can't play a big role, is it possible that you can still play five on the field? Players like that don't exist on Earth basically don't exist.

It may be that Palesio has vaccinated his teammates in advance, so when the players came out, they didn't care about the sparse applause and cheers. This was a relief to the Gunzaga players on the opposite side, most of whom were afraid of encountering the devil's home stadium when they went away, and the cheers that were enough to knock the ceiling would cause them a lot of pressure, and now they were as excited as if they had been beaten in the big Colorado arena.

However, their reaction was not within the scope of the Rams' players, and everyone returned to the locker room after the appearance, ready to listen to the head coach's final tactical set-up. McKay doesn't have much to say, after all, the team has been practicing how to play fast-paced transition offense all this time, and any coordination must be developed on this basis, but he still intends to remind the players that everyone will not be scrambling after the game starts.

"I won't talk about the specific tactical arrangement, you only need to remember one word, that is, fast! We weren't as tall as our opponents, so we had to catch them off guard with our speed in every offensive round. Of course, fast doesn't mean mistakes, and if anyone makes too many mistakes in the game, they will claim the punishment after the game! ”

Then he looked at Palesio and said solemnly: "Milt, you are the captain of the team and the top scorer, you have to find your own attacking rhythm as soon as possible so that you can lead your teammates to play our style." I know your shooting percentage has improved a lot, but that's training, not a game, you have to pay more attention to yourself! ”

Palesio nodded and said, "No problem, I see." If I don't have a good shooting percentage, I create more chances for my teammates and I prefer to help the team win games rather than individual stats. ”