Nervous, is Xu Yi's mood now, the Raptors' next opponent is the Pacers, to be honest, Xu Yi has not played the Pacers, his assistant coaching career in the Raptors, one of the opponents is the Pacers, but the Raptors lost that game, lost in no tactics.

Now, the situation is different, since taking over the team on March 22, Xu Yi has taken the Raptors to play 10 days of games and training, although the run-and-bomb tactics are far from being proficient, but at least the Raptors have tactics, and Xu Yi believes that with the Pacers' main point guard is Jamal Tinsley, the Raptors will not be afraid of the Pacers disrupting their fast attack.

Jamar Tinsley, who was born in street ball, did not control the rhythm at all, and in other aspects, Jamal Tinsley performed very well, such as his ball control skills are superb, such as his strong breakthrough ability and skillful back play skills, but! He's just not good at controlling the tempo, and with that, the Raptors won't worry about their offense not being able to play.

But Xu Yi will still be worried, because the Pacers are too strong. They have Jermaine O'Neal, Alharrington and Jeff Foster on the inside, and Ron Artest, Reggie Miller and the aforementioned Jamar Tinsley on the outside. This is a team that needs All-Star players at every position, and in terms of pure strength, the gap between the Raptors and the Pacers is simply too big.

Not to mention that the head coach of the Pacers is called Rick Carlisle, a head coach who has never had a win rate below 60% since he took charge.

This time, not only the strength of the opponent players is strong, but the strength of Xu Yi's opponent is also very strong.

The Raptors flew to Indianapolis on a special plane, and on the plane, Xu Yi ignored the reminders of the flight attendant on the plane, directly took a tactical board, stood in front of all the players, and began his pre-game mobilization.

"Guys, we're about to face the Pacers, they're number one in the East, they're strong, I think some of you must be scared, right?" Xu Yi waved the tactical board.

"How is that possible!" Maurice Peterson was the first to jump. "We've been in such good form lately, what is a Pacer!"

"That's right, like Morris said, we're in good shape, what's a walker? So, we can't afford to lose faith. But like Morris, it's not good to have too much confidence, we have to get serious, and now there are a lot of people waiting to see us lose, and they feel like we don't have any playoff hopes! And if we win this game, we'll tell them that we still have playoff hopes! ”

"Why do I say that? We can look at the schedule, in yesterday's game, the 76ers have lost to the Trail Blazers, so we are now on the same record as the 76ers and the Cavaliers! In the next game, we only need to win to overtake them and become ninth in the East! Ninth in the East, just one place away from eighth in the East, we have every chance of making the playoffs! ”

"And in today's game, the Cavaliers are going to face the Bucks, and they may continue to lose. The Knicks are going to play the Nets, do you think the Nets will allow themselves to go on a four-game losing streak? Obviously impossible, they are definitely going to win the Knicks, and now the gap between the Knicks and us is only 3.5 wins, if the next game, we win and they lose, then the win gap will become 2.5, 7 games chasing 2.5 wins? What's impossible? ”

"This fight, we have to win, for our playoff goals!"

Xu Yi made a pre-war mobilization on the plane, and the reason why he was so anxious was that the Raptors were a little late to Indianapolis, and on the other hand, Xu Yi was ready to attend a press conference.

Xu Yi has already skipped a lot of press conferences, but this game, he is going to participate, he wants to see what kind of faces those reporters will show before this game. And I haven't seen these reporters for a long time, Xu Yi really misses them a little.

When the Raptors flew to Indianapolis, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and they rushed directly to the arena, and Xu Yi also rushed directly to the scene of the press conference.

The reporters in the audience were very surprised, they no longer expected Xu Yi to come to the pre-match press conference, but Xu Yi actually came, which made them surprised, and at the same time began to nervously think about what kind of questions they should ask.

Xu Yi walked to the front of the stage, he did not directly grab the microphone and make a lot of remarks like the previous times, but sat there quietly, and then motioned to the host to announce the start of the press conference.

"Has this guy changed his temper? Actually sat down? ”

"Haha, it looks like I can make things difficult for him today!" The reporters in the audience have their own ideas, anyway, the press conference has begun, and the press conference before the game is very simple, it is a media Q&A.

According to the host's request, Xu Yi is about to start asking questions.

At this moment, Xu Yi was restless, stood up and showed a somewhat reverie smile, and then his fingers suddenly pressed down: "It's you, ESPN reporter friend, I remember that your name seems to be Mark Stein?" ”

Mark Stein stood up slowly: "Hello, Mr. Xu, long time no see, I'm Mark Stein from ESPN." My question is, are you confident of winning today's game? ”

"Of course, of course I'm confident that I can win! This is the game I plan to win. ”

Xu Yi actually answered, and the reporters really couldn't help it, everyone raised their hands, hoping that he would be the second to ask questions.

However, Xu Yike didn't have time to pay attention to these people, he swept through the crowd and saw another acquaintance.

"This gentleman, Mr. Michael Rosenberg of Sports Illustrated, I know you, and you have said bad things about me."

Michael Rosenborg's old face blushed, but he still stood up: "Mr. Xu, why do you think the Raptors can win the Pacers?" You know, the Pacers are first in the East, and your Raptors are only 10th in the East! ”

"No, no, no, Mr. Michael Rosenborg, I think you're getting one thing wrong, the Raptors aren't 10th in the East, the Raptors are now 9th in the East. As for why you say the Raptors are confident, I think it's probably because we have to win this game. ”

"The Raptors are ninth in the East? You're the tenth, and the ninth in the East is the Cleveland Cavaliers. There were reporters in the audience muttering something, Xu Yi didn't pay attention to them, there were only a few of his old acquaintances, and then he casually picked up a reporter.

"Hello, Mr. Xu, I'm a reporter from USA Today, my name is Sam Amick, you think the Raptors will beat the Pacers, but in fact, there is a natural gap between the Raptors and the Pacers, are you talking big when you say this?"

Xu Yi frowned, what this reporter said obviously meant some personal attacks, big words? Xu Yi really doesn't think that the Raptors have the strength to win this game, but in Xu Yi's heart, this game is not something that can be won casually.

Xu Yi ignored the reporter named Sam Amick, he skipped the question directly, looked around the room, Xu Yi found the reporter of the Toronto Sun, and reached out to name him.

At the moment when Xu Yi named him, Sam Amik's face showed a red of shame, and when the Toronto Sun reporter hesitated to ask a question, Sam Amik finally couldn't help it, and raised the notebook in his hand: "Mr. Xu, don't you think you are very rude like this?" ”

"I'm being rude? Do I have one? I just don't want to answer that nonsense question of yours. Xu Yi is also angry, he was originally a hot-tempered person, where can he endure it now?

"Nonsense questions? I guess if I ask Rick Carlisle with this question, that's, right? Sam Amik shook the paper notebook in his hand frantically as he spoke.

"Then make a bet, I'll bet on the Raptors to win!" Xu Yi watched the reporter's flamboyant actions and decided to teach this reporter who repeatedly provoked him a lesson.

"Good! Then I'm betting that the Pacers will win, but what about the bet? What is the stake? Sam Amik was not to be outdone.

"If the Raptors win, in the post-game press conference, I want to see you eat your notebook! If the Pacers lose"

"If the Pacers lose, I'd love to see you eat this notebook too!"

The two made a bet without giving in, and this bet began to take effect two hours later.