Chapter 78: The Dawn of a Loser
"Coach, you can leave this game to me with confidence! You won't be disappointed! I'm going to break the Lakers with my rhythm! ”
The teenager, who was stimulated to a certain point, immediately said with a statement under Collins' serious and gentle eyes.
"Very good, as a coach, I am very honored to guide you!"
These were the last words Collins said to Bow Peak that night.
But Gong Feng privately thought that this was just the beginning.
Especially when Gong Feng saw Kwame also being called aside the next day, he realized how big Corinth's transformation was.
The next day, the whole team's training was tight enough to make the players nervous, although the outside of the Wizards' training arena was already full of media workers at this time, but the crowd in the stadium was still very quiet, most of the stadium was three-on-three training, and Collins demanded that the three men must end the battle within 12 seconds, and there could be no delay.
Players resting off the field, various physiotherapists are the protagonists, various stretching activities, various physical tests, all kinds of communication from the players off the field.
Of course, Jordan doesn't need to do this, he is now one-on-one explaining his career experience to people who are still in the rookie period, as long as the player is in the guard position, his old family is the object of explanation.
These accounts are very fascinating, and they are all personal experiences of his old man, not the kind of videos that you can see on TV, teaching you how to play...... There are some things that can't be told in front of children, and it's impossible to tell people watching it in the video, such as when to beware of other people's black hands and feet.
When imparting experience, Jordan put the most effort into Gong Feng, and it seems that Jordan also knows that if he wants to get some possibilities of winning in this year's finals, he can only put more effort into Gong Feng.
So what is head coach Collins doing at this time?
Of course, he asked Kwamei to come up and ask questions, or the same way he talked to Gong Feng yesterday, and then asked, "Do you have confidence in fighting O'Neal?" ”
Faced with this answer, Kwame could only look at Collins with a wry smile.
"We traded to Oakley, although there was an O'Neal factor in it, but I really didn't expect it to really come to this point, I can tell you this, you three inside players will have a lot of playing time, Haywood will be activated, of course, his main task is to foul...... The shark slashing tactic is certainly not up to you, and you even have to control the number of fouls on your body, can you do it? ”
"I'll try my best, but I don't have to foul, how can I stop O'Neal?"
"How to stop it? Do you want me to teach you how to play basketball? Kwamei, I'm really disappointed by your answer, you know, even now if I ask Gong Feng to defend Kobe, he will tell me for sure that he can do it, and that's the gap between you, you know? Seeing that Kwame frowned, not very cheerful, Collins smiled bitterly in his heart, but still said very gently: "Do you know how lucky you two are now?" What did Jordan do when he faced that invincible version of the Celtics? What did one person do? Do you need me to tell you, what did he do? ”
"Yes! Just like Iverson last year, with a victory, a great miracle, to tell his opponent that he is invincible! That record has never been broken so far, who do you think, Jordan could rely on at that time? ”
"I can say that no one is going to help you deal with O'Neal, whether you go around the front or carry O'Neal behind my back, no one will care what you do, your teammates can only watch you deal with O'Neal alone."
When Kwame heard this, he didn't show any angry expression, but glanced at Collins with some strange looks, and said after half a sound: "What the coach means is that my teammates will help me deal with O'Neal, no matter what I choose, I have a group of teammates who can be trusted behind me and support me, right?" ”
Collins smiled at this answer but did not answer directly, but continued narratively: "No one in the history of this league dares to say that it can limit the current O'Neal, but O'Neal is still a person, he can't be a god, he also has his own weaknesses, free throw shooting percentage, current movement speed, enthusiasm for defense, and most importantly, he also needs the cooperation of his teammates...... In the history of the Lakers in recent years, which team are the Lakers most afraid of encountering? ”
"It's definitely the Utah Jazz who knocked the Lakers out twice!"
"Why are the Lakers afraid of the Jazz? What was so terrible about jazz at that time? ”
"Because of the Jazz's system, the most important thing is to have Malone...... Malone? ”
"O'Neill also has a person who is also very bad, and even admires him very much, can I remind you again?"
"Olajuwon? Playing O'Neill's big dream in the finals? ”
"Hmmm! There are only two people in the league who have weight, speed, defense, and a slightly more like the inside, O'Neal is unlucky, because he encountered two monsters in the early part of his career, and O'Neal is lucky, because when he is at his peak, these two monsters are already old! ”
"But coach, I don't have the skills of the two of them!"
"I remember this season until now, just to raise your weight, improve your fitness, do all kinds of stretching exercises, basically you haven't trained in back-to-back singles, am I right? Ninety percent of your points this season have been scored by passing from teammates and half by attacking from the frame? ”
"Coach, you don't have to repeat the role of Gong Feng in the team! I know I wouldn't have been able to get to this point this season without him, and I think I'm not completely developed right now, and I'm too dependent on my body in back-to-back singles! ”
"Needless to say, it's just that you've practiced the ability to carry your back now, and it's not easy to use now, what I want now is your speed, which is comparable to the speed of a defender!"
"What does the coach mean I'm breaking through singles O'Neill in a high position?"
"It's a tactic, O'Neal can't defend you because the other four guys have the ability to break through and make threes."
"Defense isn't the Lakers' strong point right now, their offense is our biggest headache, right?"
"Who knows? If you say that in today's league, in the position of the interior, there is a single defense of O'Neal, except for the Spurs, it is our Wizards, which is also the reason why some people think that we will get three wins. ”
"Against the Lakers, we can't afford to have any problems with our offense first, because we all know that with the Lakers right now, our defense is not a strong point."
"But we didn't have a chance to win, and it showed itself in the first game!"
"What does the coach mean by Gong Feng at that time?"
"It's very smart, Gong Feng's style of play at that time inspired me, why should I be tough against tough? Why didn't it be like the Magic team playing us at the time and winning the game with two lineups? ”
"Two lineups?"
"Leitner, Oakley, Jordan, Simmons, and Hubert are a lineup that can be formed with a little training!"
"But ......"
"Nothing, don't worry! I will personally convince Jordan that the first game will definitely be a game that is very different from our three rounds, and you have to be mentally prepared for this and communicate with Gong Feng more! What you have to do now is to make your offense with Bow Peak outperform the Lakers' offense in a short period of time, and as long as you can do that, we'll win the game! ”
"Yes! Coach, in terms of the whole court, I may not be O'Neal's opponent, but if you want to do something desperately in the first quarter and half time, I can do it, coach, you can believe me! ”
Collins nodded to Kwamei, did not continue to say anything, but picked up the newspaper on the table, Kwame had to open the door and go out quietly, but did not find that Collins at this time had clenched a fist.
"Jackson, I really didn't expect that I would have to wait until this day comes! It's incredibly exciting to think about...... Maybe you won't treat me as an opponent of the same level at this time, right? It's impossible for a successful person to remember a defeated opponent like me, right? ”
"But when I, the underdog, lead a team of Wizards who are mainly rookies, lead a team that really belongs to me, and use tactics you can't think of, to defeat you...... What kind of expression do you have on your face? ”
"I'm looking forward to that day coming sooner!"