As the countdown on the big screen above the stadium got closer to the game, the fans in the stadium gradually quieted down, of course, it was only a brief silence before the storm, and just five minutes later, their cheers, screams and boos would completely detonate the atmosphere of the entire quick loan center.

"I'm sure you've seen so much in the newspapers, on TV and online, but it's really just a regular season game, and although the opponents are strong, we don't need to do more than usual." Brett Brown stood between the players with his hands on his hips, making the final preparations for the upcoming game, and although he didn't say it, he knew better than anyone that this team would be in a good position, so even if it was a temporary cramm, he had to take precautions.

"We won the last round, so they can't afford to beat them lightly today, but we have to be clear that the current record of the opponent is not in line with their reputation, and if they lose to us today, they will only face more pressure than before, which means that they will have to fire up from the beginning of the first quarter, and we have to deal with it. Don't let your opponents take the rhythm to their familiar tracks, I believe you know better than me how terrible their finishing ability can be on the offensive end, but if they don't translate that ability into the score in time, this is our chance. ”

At this point, Brett Brown paused intentionally until everyone was nodding, and then he turned the conversation to the opposing player:

"LeBron James is still the best player in this league, in my eyes there is no one, but fortunately he is not young anymore, as long as we can interfere with his ball and tactical choices in this game, it will be a complete task, and the next thing to talk about is Kevin Love."

Nolens Knoll and Luke Bamot in the crowd raised their heads, the former looking a little nervous, while the latter put on the same poker face as always, compared with Noll, a newcomer who has actually played in the NBA for less than a year, Bamot is already familiar with this big man who is getting further and further out of the shooting hot zone, and can play against such a player, for a practical player like him who is mediocre in talent, but very good at making good use of every bit of his talent, can best reflect his own value.

"Of course his long-range shot is terrible, but even more terrible is his rebounding, and I don't ask you to defend his shot in this game, but you have to try to protect our box, which is probably the most important thing for us to win."

"No problem, leave it to us." Before Noll could come to his senses, Bamot had already given the standard answer in his place.

"Kyrie Irving, if LeBron James is the builder of the Cavaliers' offensive system, then Irving is the destroyer of the opponent's defensive system, and he has an extraordinary talent for that, Michael."

McCarvey looked back in response, and until then, his eyes had been on the Cavaliers' bench.

"Although you have a lot of work to do in the offense, you have to play a bigger role on the defensive end of the game, of course you don't fight alone, I will have any guard who appears on the court to cooperate with your actions, and all you need to do is keep an eye on him and drive him into our encirclement at the right time, you can also let him shoot, but you must not let him attack comfortably."

"Understood." McCarvey's answer was simple but powerful, and for him, it was also a chance to prove himself against the opponent's aces, and the stronger the opponent, the more excited he would be.

"Ding."

Ding Wei nodded.

"Your job on the defensive end of the pitch is to help everybody defend, especially against the Big Three, and as you did in the last game, you have to be reminded to be very mindful of your physical strength, and I don't want to have to take you off at a critical moment in the fourth quarter."

"Don't worry, boss, I'm sure you'll get the job done!" Ding Wei held his head high and saluted Brett Brown with a standard military salute, half serious and half ridiculous expressions made everyone laugh, after understanding the rookie, they have found that no matter how funny and cute they are off the field, once they get on the court, this guy is the master that the king of heaven and Lao Tzu don't recognize.

"Fast pace is one of our characteristics, but in this game we have to be restrained in this regard, especially not to be led by their noses, no matter what the situation is, we must maintain our offensive and defensive formation, when attacking, we must think about defense, and when we defend, we must consider the possibility of forming a counterattack at the first time. Whatever we rely on, our opponent is a team that is very efficient at both ends of the pitch and at least we can't be too efficient to beat such a team, so this game has to be 100 per cent of all the tactics we can use, and even if we can't score, we have to block their fast break as much as possible. ”

"Although there are other things to note about the rest of the Cavaliers, we don't have time to repeat what we said before, and if you look at this week's preparation manual, you should be able to form a basic judgment on the court, and I want to emphasize that the vast majority of their starters are just back from injury, and I don't need you to send them off the court and back to the hospital bed again, but it is enough to make them feel that there is a greater risk of injury if they continue to fight like this."

After saying this, Brett Brown laughed, and the players around him also laughed tacitly, although this little trick is not kind, but it is undeniably very effective. In the entire NBA, in addition to the Suns' "Tai Doctor" and the Trail Blazers' "Veterinarian", the two strange existences that do not know the depth, the medical teams of the vast majority of teams are basically on the same level, eager to use instruments to analyze every part of the player from head to toe, in this case, as long as the team medical team can approve the game, it should be said that the body is fine, but people are very strange, even if they know that they are fine, When you're on the pitch again after a long absence, there's still a little bit of a change in mentality, and Bret Brown's deployment is geared towards that change.

"It's time to go to war, boys, if we win them, we will be first in the East, and if we lose to them, we will be second in the East! Ha ha! Seeing that the three referees who were enforcing the law in this game had already walked to the center of the court, Coach Brown waved his hand and said this with courage and wit.

"Hahahaha!" The 76ers' starting five Tigers rushed to their battlefield surrounded by laughter.

Hawks coach Budenholzer, who was playing against the Pelicans at the New Orleans arena, suddenly sneezed, and of course he didn't know that his "senior brother" had blackened his team to the third place in the East with a simple single sentence, without even stumbling over a single sentence.

In the studio above the field, after Mike Brin introduced the starting lineups of both sides, he naturally cut the topic to the game, and when it came to the game, he naturally talked about the key figures of the two teams:

"The key man in this game, the Cavaliers' side is of course LeBron James, and the 76ers are Ding. I believe you have learned a lot about this mysterious boy from China through our previous live broadcast, he joined the 76ers on a short contract in the middle of the season, he quickly established himself in the main position in this team, and helped the team achieve an 11-7 record in January, you must know that they have not won so many games in the previous two months, although he still did not get particularly bright statistics in the last game, this is what makes him different, stable, low-key, But when you ignore him, he will give you a fatal blow in that forgotten corner, and many people use 'sniper' to describe this rookie's style of play, and I think this metaphor is very appropriate, and it reminds me of Vasily Zaitsev in "Soldiers in the City". ”

"Maybe I think a little differently," Larry Brown said slowly in his deep voice, pushing the wide-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, "'sniper' can only represent his technical characteristics, but first and foremost he is a 'team-player', not so much that he 'hides' himself, but that he puts himself well' It's also my basketball philosophy that every player has to find his or her place in the team in the end, and not be outside the team. ”

"That's because he's just a rookie now, and when he really grows up, maybe he'll have to constantly switch between 'self' and 'team', because 'team' isn't always right." Whatever Larry Brown says, Iverson immediately jumps out and goes against it, which has been a daily lesson in his six years with Larry Brown, and of course there's more to it on this occasion. Of course, he must also be a little cool about being able to stand on the opposite side of his former head justifiably.

In fact, there is no essential difference in the meaning of the two expressions, but Mr. Brown appreciates Ding Wei's side of the team more, while Allen hopes that Ding Wei can maintain his personality while integrating into the team. Especially in a league like the NBA, which is full of charisma of stars, it is necessary to find a good balance between the two, which can be said to be a necessary ability of an NBA player and related to their future. Of course, whether it is the ability or the future, it must be proved by the actual performance in the game, so let's continue to focus on the performance of the players on the pitch. Forcing the topic back on track again, Mike Brin wiped the fine sweat oozing from his forehead, this thin mud is not so easy to get along.

Compared with the verbal war in the studio, the atmosphere on the court is slightly duller, whether it is Brett Brown or the head coach of the Cavaliers, David Blatter, have carefully arranged this game, but no matter how it is arranged, there will always be a part of the content that will be guessed by the opponent, which also leads to the fact that the two teams are not particularly smooth in offense and defense at the moment, and in this case, the Cavaliers with the Big Three are obviously more proactive.

With Nolens Noll's strong basket deflected wide by Love's interference, Mozkov was able to grab the backcourt rebound smoothly, and the Cavaliers won another offensive opportunity and now have a temporary lead of 8-6.

At the moment when Mozkov passed the ball, Ding Wei's eyes were locked on Kyrie Irving who received the ball, LeBron James still adhered to the consistent style he had formed when he was with the Heat, and now his role on the court is more at the tactical level, in this case, Irving has rightfully become the arrow man who blows the Cavaliers' offensive horn, which can be seen from the fact that the broadcast camera is always locked on him.

Less than two minutes into the game, Irving had already picked up two assists, but those two assists didn't say much about how good his passing skills were or how good he was at leading the game. If the traditional point guard is to lead the whole team to form opportunities, then the new generation of point guards such as Westbrook, Wall, Curry and Irving are to create more opportunities for their teammates by impacting the opponent's defense.

"He's already made two successful breakthroughs, and this time he must not be allowed to succeed again." Although McCarvey's performance on the offensive end is not inferior to Owen, it is only barely able to maintain the situation of the two sides exploding each other, Owen has nothing to do with his breakthrough, but in turn he is helpless against Owen's breakthrough, so when Owen once again put on a breakthrough posture in front of McCarvey, Ding Wei was ready to make up for it at any time.

Owen lowered the center of gravity of the dribble to a rather exaggerated degree, his breakthrough was not large, but the speed was extremely fast, and there were many changes, and this was also related to the fact that his dribbling center of gravity was lower than that of ordinary people, of course, if the average person lowered the center of gravity to this extent, the first thing to consider was not to lose the ball, let alone make a continuous cross change of hands dribbling breakthrough action, no matter how exquisite the technique, it must be based on solid internal skills, and Owen is just such a young player with deep internal skills.

Seeing that McCarvey's footsteps were shaken a little by his continuous change of direction, Owen suddenly made a sudden stop and changed direction and broke through the opponent's defense.

Owen's movements can shake past McCarvey, but he did not hide Ding Wei, who is in full swing at this moment, the moment when the average player breaks through successfully, that is, the moment when his mind is the most lax, at this time, reaching out to break the ball is almost a hundred tried, and sure enough, Ding Wei was a little caught off guard by this sudden snatch, and he had to watch the ball being copied from his hands.

"Tut-" Ding Wei just raised his head, and before he could find his teammates who had begun to run fast, the shrill whistle sounded a little belatedly, and the referee quickly walked in front of Ding Wei and gestured to him for a foul.

"Thugs?" Ding Wei was puzzled, the ball was obviously very clean, just now when he heard the referee whistle, he thought it was the opponent's defensive foul, but he didn't expect this foul to be given to himself, and it may add up to a 4-point gap here.

Of course, he didn't explain anything to the referee too much, although this may win temporary benefits for himself, but it will make the referee's perception of himself worse throughout the game, which is actually worth the loss. Of course, if it's really a big player, that's another story.

"This foul ...... Isn't that far-fetched? Mike Brin would love to say the word "misjudgement" directly, but as a commentator, he has to be neutral even when facing the referee, and his usual way of dealing with this kind of problem is to throw the question at the guest.

"It's a misjudgment," Larry Brown took the pot as he expected, "Of course, this can't be entirely blamed on the referee, Ding Shang's timing is very accurate, not only seizing the moment when the ball leaves his hand after Owen's breakthrough, but also he completely hides his body behind McCarvey in the whole process, if we stand in Owen's point of view, we may not be able to see that there is a person behind the defender opposite us, which may also be one of the reasons for the misjudgment." ”

"That's right, it's a miscalculation," Iverson surprisingly didn't disagree with Brown, of course, there really isn't much room for tearing up in this kind of thing, "and this is quite bad for the 76ers." ”

"**raised! Blind? Compared with the calmness of the commentators, the fans of the away team are not at all particular about any gentlemanly demeanor, and immediately sent the most vicious language to the referee of the game.

Due to the obstruction of the line of sight, the referee is not completely sure that Ding Wei's steal is a foul, but usually when this happens, most of the league's default blowing penalty scale will be biased towards the home team or star players, and a rookie like Ding Wei often becomes a victim of this star-making policy.

"The reaction of the fans seems to have been a bit overacted." In fact, Mike Brin also has a second half of this sentence, and he is now a little worried that the referee on duty in this game will not be affected by this reaction of the fans, but will make a more unfavorable decision for the away team.

It turned out that his worries were not unreasonable, just one minute later, Owen knocked Ding Wei to the ground in another breakthrough, and the referee immediately made a decision to send Ding Wei a blocking foul, and through ESPN's slow-motion replay, Ding Wei had already defended in place before Owen broke through, which should have been a dribbling collision with Owen.

Brett Brown rushed up the moment the whistle blew, of course, his defense had no effect other than winning a technical foul for himself, but he finally replaced Ding Wei after repeated considerations, it seems that whether it is this rookie or this game, there is trouble.

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