Chapter Seventy-Three: Untitled
The Chicago Bulls in the 12-13 season were undoubtedly sad. Color, due to the fact that in the playoffs last season, the team's star Derrick. Rose sprained his knee and the youngest MVP in history will miss the entire season, but even so, the Bulls have a 45-37 record in the 12-13 season, and reached the division semifinals in the playoffs, and were finally eliminated by the BIG3 Heat.
It has to be said that after the Bulls selected Rose, they awakened the soul of the strong man of the team that once established a dynasty, and the special blood defense brought by coach Thibodeau has become the foundation for the Bulls to still achieve good results after losing Rose.
The Bulls are undoubtedly one of the most competitive powerhouses in the East right now, and their iron-clad defense will also put the nascent Magic to the test.
It was for this reason that just over halfway through the third quarter of the game with the Suns, seeing that the point difference had reached nearly 40 points, Chen An removed the twin stars, and Roy was sent out to play with Turner, Crowder, Green and Vucevic.
Although in Chen's eyes, the game against the Suns has entered garbage time, he did not ignore it, nor did he let go of this good training opportunity, he told Roy that the team is in his control, there is no need to focus on speed, and there is no need to be overly obsessed with three-pointers, control the game in his own familiar way, and try to give Vucevic as many balls as possible, and let Vucevic play as many singles as possible in the low post.
Such a request obviously violates the established system of the team, Roy does not understand Chen An's intentions very well, and tactical coach Kuqi is very dissatisfied, but Chen An did not explain much, he dare not say that he is thinking about the playoffs against the Heat right now, if he really says it, others don't say it, Harden is estimated to have swelled directly into the sky.
As a result, the game on the court became extremely slow, the Magic team no longer accelerated, no longer emphasized conversion, and the defensive end did a solid hate, striving to disrupt every attack of the opponent; On the offensive end, after falling into position, Roy is in control, and either Roy takes advantage of the cover to make a stop-and-go shot, which is one of his best ways to score, or Turner plays two, but more often feeds the ball to Vucevic and then pulls it all four to let the Montenegro single.
Chen An focused on observing Vucevic's low-post ability, not to mention, this guy inherited the skills of the traditional European center, his footsteps are also very good, and his hand work is fine enough, small hooks, turning over golden roosters independently, low-handed licking baskets, etc., several times singled Gortat, the effect is not bad, and the offensive efficiency is not bad.
Chen An took out a small notebook and memorized a few strokes, and wrote and drew some key points.
By the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two sides was still 38 points, Chen An didn't dare to let Roy continue to stay on the court, what if he was injured? He switched to a pure garbage lineup, but this lineup is not bad, Udri and Beverley partner in the backcourt, Zhu Fangyu and Crowder play the frontline, and Green is in the No. 5 position.
The height of this lineup is really miserable, but there is no way, the only interior spare tire Aldridge was thrown by Chen An in the NBDL and was not recalled, but he also wanted to see Green's defensive effect against other big insiders, and at the same time, he also hoped to sharpen the defense of Beverley.
Not to mention, except for Yudri, the defense in other positions in this lineup is really not bad, even Zhu Fangyu, due to the recovery of the repair value, the defensive performance in this game is obviously much better. However, on the offensive end, you can't watch it, the offense is not in order, it all depends on individual ability, but the personal offensive level of these people with the ball is really not ordinarily poor.
In the entire fourth quarter, the Magic scored only 11 points, including 6 points through successful defensive turnovers, 3 points through free throws, and only two points in positional battles.
Fortunately, the Suns did not have much scoring explosiveness, and the final score between the two sides was 103:76, and the Magic defeated the opponent and steadily won the second victory of the new season.
After the game, Chen An calmly warned the players to go home early to rest, because tomorrow morning after the training session will fly to Chicago to prepare for the game the day after tomorrow, and he doesn't want to see anyone in Chicago after the brain.
However, Chen An is very calm, but the players are more excited, after all, the opening is two consecutive wins, the team's morale is high, compared to the fans, the fans at home are even more excited.
After the game, the fans sitting in the front row and on both sides of the tunnel kept taking out their jerseys, caps or something for the players to sign, according to the usual practice, the players generally only sign for the first request, and then politely refuse the rest, but Harden is happy today, and after the TV interview, this guy leaned on the side of the player's tunnel, and did not refuse the fans who asked for autographs, almost causing a fan riot, and finally the staff came to send Harden away.
Chen An also saw this scene, originally he wanted to say a few words about Harden, but after thinking about it, forget it, after all, he is now beating Harden from time to time, so that this guy will not go to find a big ass girl, if he even cares about the little thing of signing a signature, then it is estimated that the day when he will fall out with Harden is not far away.
After such a small episode, Chen An first accepted an interview with the team reporter in a routine manner, talked about his current views on the team and some expectations, and then, after the players took a shower and got dressed, he pulled Harden, who performed best today, to participate in the post-game press conference with him.
When these occasions were finished, Chen An did not leave, but rubbed in the office for a while, and after studying the health of the current players in the team, he packed up his things and left, but when he left, he also went to the training hall on purpose, looking at Beverley, Crowder and Green, who were still practicing, Chen An seemed to have completed all the work today, and went home without worry.
The training session went on as usual the next morning, but when Chen An was about to get on the plane in the afternoon, Chen An received a phone call, the call was from Chen Zhong, this guy spent more than half a month before and after, inquired a lot of information, and combined with some cases, Chen An re-made a business plan.
However, Chen Zhong did not pass on the plan, he was going to come to the United States in person to meet Chen An again, and he suggested that Chen An find another American agent, after all, Chen An spent most of his time in the United States, and his popularity in the United States is quite good and has certain commercial value.
Chen An felt that Chen Zhong's suggestion was good, and it was indeed necessary for the two sides to communicate face-to-face, but now that the team had entered a rather tight schedule, he had no time or heart to deal with this aspect, and finally, he and Chen Zhong agreed to meet in Odolan on the 15th and 16th of this month.
After Chen Zhong's affairs were dealt with, Chen An boarded the plane and headed to Chicago with great expectations.