Chapter 54 The roof leak happened to rain overnight
While only athletes in winter sports are immune to cold weather, winter can mean a high incidence of injuries for athletes in other sports, even for basketball players who regularly train and play in heated arenas. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After all, it is impossible for everyone to stay in there all day, and it is not particularly uncommon for people to forget to keep warm after coming out and get sick. It's not a big deal for the team to be missing one or two fringe players or even the main substitutes, but once the core of the team lies on the injury list, it will quickly be targeted by opponents with ulterior motives.
Although many times we pay attention to "friendship first, competition second", but in reality, almost all people who still think this way belong to the brain, unless it is the kind of warm-up game that only has the meaning of training or is simply a small fight. Even if it is the NBA's most entertaining All-Star Game every year, everyone will not continue to release water in the last quarter, but will work with each other in real time. As for the regular schedule, everyone generally believes that "seeing you sick will kill you", at most the subordinates will not let you lose too ugly, and it would be a fool's dream to directly give you a victory.
Recently, Holland's brows have been locked, and he doesn't think about tea and dinner every day, and sighs with the team's schedule when he has nothing to do. The reason is simple: Westbrook, the team's main point guard, is sick, and what's even more fucked up is that Collison, as the lead bench in the backcourt position, has also stubbornly broken his foot in practice and needs to rest for a week or so. Obviously, the next game against the University of Memphis is going to be a tough one, as they have one of the best point guards in the league, Derrick Rose.
The Chicago-born freshman is a very physical and fast player who has become the number one star for the University of Memphis Tigers since he first entered the school. As a child, Rose showed a talent far beyond the ordinary, and attracted many agents when he was not yet ten years old. In high school, Rose led the team to the Illinois state championship two years in a row, and averaged 25.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 8.8 assists and 3.4 steals per game in his senior season. In the game that led the team to overturn Oak Hill High School, which was the No. 1 team in the United States, Rose scored 28 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, which was also the only defeat of Oak Hill High School that year.
Rose has a reputation in Chicago, and he is most proud of having his alma mater become the first high school team in Chicago history to win the Illinois state championship two years in a row, and in the season they defended the title, Rose led the team to an astonishing 33-1 record. The four-year overall record is 120-12. In high school, Rose averaged 25.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 8.8 assists, and 3.4 steals per game as a member of the All-American High School Team, was named to the All-American Team by USA Today, Parade magazine and EA Sports, was named to Jordan's All-American Team, and was selected by the Chicago Tribune as the 2007 Illinois Basketball Man.
Now the team can say that there is only Ye Feng left with a strong guard, but even if Holland trusts this Chinese kid again, he can't help but be a little worried, even if Ye Feng is also Mr. Basketball in California. And compared to Ye Feng, Holland is more worried about himself, because this time it is no longer those notorious coaches who stand opposite him, but NCAA coach John Caliparry, and it is precisely because of his name that Rose chose the University of Memphis.
As the saying goes, a famous teacher makes a great apprentice, and Calipari's master is not ordinary, he is a proud disciple of the famous NBA coach Larry Brown. However, unlike his teacher, who was more inclined to defensively, Calipari is best at the so-called DDM tactic, which stands for dribble-drive-motion-offense, that is, dribbling and breaking through the offensive tactic. The developer of this tactic was Vance Wilberg, but it was Calipari who carried it forward. DDM tactics were originally called AASAA tactics, which stood for Attack-Attack-Skip-Attack-Attack.
In this tactic, in addition to the center, the four perimeter players are ready to attack at any time, and the center always stands on the weak side, and there is no center to respond in the high position, making room for the perimeter players to dribble and break through. Perimeter players use the ball to drive to layups, mid-range jumpers and three-pointers as the main means of scoring. When using DDM, there is basically no need for cover coordination such as blocking and dismantling, because blocking and dismantling and other covering coordination will hinder the breakthrough route. Breakthrough is the key to the entire tactical system, so the peripheral players are required to have a good ability to break through with the ball and share the ball. It just so happens that Rose is such a very impactful player, and it can be said that he and Kalipari are definitely a perfect match. And since the start of the game, the University of Memphis has not tasted defeat, although this time it is on its own home court, but in the absence of Westbrook and Collison and Calipari wrestling with Calipari, Holland is always a little uneasy.
Thinking of this, he rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, and said to himself: "It's really difficult to do now, if all the staff are neat, I still have the confidence to fight with the University of Memphis, but now there are two people in a row, Russell and Darren, and they are the strongest point guard positions on the other side, what a headache!" Now I can only put Ye Yu in the No. 1 position to oppose Rose, I hope this kid won't let me down. But then again, as long as he doesn't lose too much on the field, I will win less than I lose......"
Ye Feng didn't know that his coach was talking about him, so he took advantage of the absence of class to go to the hospital to visit Westbrook. The captain of the Bruins had a severe cold this time, accompanied by diarrhea. To be on the safe side, Holland forcibly asked him to be hospitalized for observation, otherwise Westbrook's temperament would definitely be noisy about playing after resting in the dormitory for a while. Of course, Holland was also frightened by the fact that Ye Feng fainted when he was sick last time, for him, the health of the players is the biggest guarantee for the team's record, otherwise it will be useless if you can't play no matter how awesome you are.
Even if he was forced to stay in the ward, Westbrook was an idle guy, if Ye Feng hadn't stopped him, it was estimated that he would have secretly gone out to buy a few hamburgers or something and come back to munch on them. Looking at Westbrook, who was still restless, Ye Feng was speechless and picked up the fruit knife and peeled an apple, and handed it to Westbrook in half, hoping to gag this guy's mouth. But Westbrook couldn't stop at all as if he was chewing on Xuanmai, and he kept mouthing a few bites of apples between eating apples, oh no, it should be said that he was nibbling on a few mouthfuls of apples between his mouths.
The content of the chat between the two is also the next game against Memphis. Although Westbrook has always been an optimist, he is not too optimistic about the team's performance this time. He casually threw the apple core into the trash can and said worriedly: "Alas, if I don't get sick, maybe our strength can be compared to the University of Memphis, now I really don't think about it, I won't be surprised if Rose cuts 40+." I heard that Collison also sprained his foot, and it would be good not to be blown up by Rose in the backcourt. But then again, I really want to fight that guy and see how good this thriving point guard is. ”
Ye Feng laughed dumbly, he waved his fist demonstratively, and said viciously: "What is it that it is good not to be beaten by him in the backcourt?" Are you a dead man? Isn't it just a Ross? I've got to show him how good I am! Westbrook gave him a pitying look and said, "Please, is it Mr. Basketball in Illinois?" He also made the first team in the United States. Ye Feng scoffed at this defense: "Damn, my brother is still Mr. California Basketball, it's a mule or a horse to walk around, and I'm not easy to mess with!" ”
Apparently Westbrook couldn't understand this, and he asked stupidly, "Mules and horses?" What is this metaphor? Are you a mule or a horse? Ye Feng was a little speechless, and waved his hand angrily: "Don't care about these details, I mean everyone shows all their tricks to compare, what's the use of just comparing the data and records in high school?" Even if the team loses this time, I'll have to make them break a few teeth! ”
Then he changed his words and asked curiously, "Anyway, why do you want to fight that guy so much?" Look at the height of the people who blow you up, right? Westbrook blushed and said angrily, "How tall is you?" Isn't it because the two of us have similar technical characteristics and like to take the ball and rush straight inside? I just want to see who makes the most fouls. This guy is not as strong as rumored. ”
Lying in the groove, your heart and mind are to compare fouls with others, Ye Feng almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. But when I think of a stunned young man like Westbrook, I wouldn't think of such a high level, and the fighting spirit is commendable. It's a pity, this time I replaced you to go against Ross wahahahaha! In fact, who can play the starting role in the NCAA, which one is not a little arrogant? Even if he has a very humble personality, as long as he talks about basketball, he looks like a lonely master. Ye Feng smiled cheaply: "I'm sorry, I'll be cheaper this time, wait for me to weigh him first." And with the quality of our two teams, we will meet again in the tournament stage, but it would be nice if you were still out at that time. ”
Westbrook was about to sneer at each other, when he suddenly seemed to think of something, and smiled "evilly": "But the biggest headache should be the coach, right?" There was Calipari standing on the other side, and he was busy. Ye Feng was stunned for a moment, and laughed with hehe.