Chapter 27: Complacency
readx; At around seven o'clock in the evening of April 11, at the Canadian Route Center Arena, the Raptors' home game against the Chicago Bulls was underway. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Raptors' recent winning streak has left the Canadians a little carried away, and from the very beginning of the game, the fans on the sidelines cheered as if they had already won, creating a huge uproar.
However, just one and a half minutes later, the arena in the Canadian Route Center fell silent, and Bulls head coach Scott Skels smugly crossed his waist in front of the visiting team's bench, just now, Scott Skels's carefully planned opening raid was successful.
In just one and a half minutes, the Bulls scored 10 points in a row and played a wave of 10:0 small **! Jamal Crawford made two three-pointers and made two steals. and Sinrich also scored consecutive breakthroughs or assisted teammates to score, and in just one and a half minutes, the Bulls led the Raptors by 10 points!
Kevin O'Neal sat on the bench and opened his mouth wide, just the right expression of his surprise. Xu Yi was also surprised, the Raptors on the court were already in chaos, but this was not unexpected by Xu Yi, before the game, he considered that the Raptors would be complacent in this game, so as to collapse, but what Xu Yi didn't expect was that the Raptors were going to collapse at the beginning of the game.
However, Xu Yi is not ready to make adjustments, the Bulls are not a strong opponent, Xu Yi is not worried about not winning the Bulls, in Xu Yi's pre-game calculations, the Raptors can completely fall behind by 20 points, and make a comeback against the Bulls, so Xu Yi is not in a hurry.
He wants to use this accident to teach the players a lesson that they should not be complacent at any time.
"The Raptors were beaten 10-0 at the beginning, it seems that they have been carried away by the recent string of victories, Xu Yi has to make adjustments, otherwise the Celtics' loss yesterday will not help them!"
“10:0! Are the Raptors about to collapse? The playoffs are just around the corner, but the mentality of the Raptors players has gone wrong, and Scott Skels has caught this mentality, and this is the coach! ”
Sure enough, as soon as the Raptors had problems, the previous frenzy was gone, and someone immediately jumped out and pushed the Raptor, who had stood at a certain height, to the ground.
On the court, the Raptors' continuous offensive disadvantage made them anxious, thinking of the upcoming playoff qualification, this anxious mentality became heavier and heavier, and they began to storm around the Bulls' half like headless flies, but the effect was not very good, and the increasingly impatient Raptors were extremely inefficient on the offensive end, repeatedly missing shots, or making mistakes.
Before the halfway point of the first quarter, the Raptors' deficit seemed to be heading towards 15 points.
But what is puzzling is that Xu Yi is still sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, and he doesn't even mean to call a timeout, which makes many people feel strange, and Kevin O'Neal and those fans on the sidelines feel not strange in their hearts, they are anxious in their hearts, very anxious, they don't understand what Xu Yi is doing, why haven't they made adjustments?
Xu Yi didn't speak, just sat quietly on the bench like that, watching the players on the court struggle senselessly, and hit the Bulls' basket without a clue.
"Xu, what are you doing?"
"Fack! Hurry up and make a substitution! There were already fans on the sidelines who greeted Xu Yi anxiously, but Xu Yi still didn't react, and he didn't care about Kevin O'Neal looking at him anxiously from time to time.
Until a whistle blew, in the fifth minute of the first quarter, the impatient Jalen Rose made an elbow to Jamal Crawford**, and was whistled by the referee for a malicious foul. Xu Yi then moved, making Kevin O'Neal call a long timeout, and at the same time Xu Yi looked up at the score, 19:6, in the 7th minute of the first quarter, the Raptors trailed by 13 points.
The starting five tigers either walked off the field with a sluggish expression or an impatient expression, and Xu Yi also had a cold face and gathered all the players.
"We made substitutions, Milt Palacio for Rodstrickland, Roger Mason for Vince Carter, Maurice Peterson for Jalen Rose, Ramon Murray for Don Yell Marshall, Corey Blunt for Chris Bosh."
As soon as Xu Yi finished saying the arrangement of substitutions, someone from the starting five tigers jumped out.
"Oh no! Instructor? You can't do this! "It's Don Yell Marshall who speaks, and he now knows the seriousness of the matter, five up and five down? This is obviously a serious dissatisfaction with their starters.
"Why can't that? Are you playing well? I can't replace you? Xu Yi asked directly, without mercy. Look at the score, man! Just 7 minutes into the game, you're 13 points behind! You only got 6 points in 7 minutes? Tell me what you did? Xu Yitong's angry and very excited reprimand scared everyone, especially Kevin O'Neal, he didn't expect Xu Yi, who was very calm just now, to suddenly explode.
Looking at the emotional Xu Yi, the silent Vince Carter opened his mouth, hesitated for a while and said, "Coach, we were wrong. ”
Vince Carter admits mistake? Xu Yi believed that this was not his delusion, and the demi-human and demigod would actually admit his mistake, but this had already achieved the effect Xu Yi wanted.
"Coach, give us another chance!" Rodstrickland, a veteran on the side, also said.
Xu Yi still had a cold face at this time, but there was no previous anger in his heart. However, the anger on his face at this time could not be lost, Xu Yi waved his hand with a cold face: "Then don't change people first." Then he sat back on the bench without saying a word.
The starting five tigers invariably breathed a sigh of relief, and then summoned up their fighting spirit and returned to the field, they really have to work hard now, otherwise Xu Yi really gave them a five-up and five-down words, it would really be ruthless.
After Xu Yi's alternative encouragement, the Raptors put away their contempt and began to face the opponent in front of them. And once the Raptors get serious, the Bulls will naturally be unstoppable, at this time the Bulls are not the Bulls of Michael Jordan, they are a bad team, several players in the team are a little convulsive, and their strength is not very good.
With the Raptors in earnest, they quickly recovered a 13-point deficit and gradually took the lead.
Although Xu Yi still has a cold face, he is already doing some command, and the five up and five down expressions of dissatisfaction have not appeared, Xu Yi only occasionally makes one or two substitutions for the state of the players, helping the Raptors to control the situation on the court all the time.
In the end, the Raptors won by 18 points at home! Won their 9th consecutive win since Xu Yi took over! At the same time, because the Celtics lost to the Hornets in the game the day before, the Raptors directly stepped from the ninth position in the East to the eighth place in the East!
Eighth in the East! Playoffs! The Raptors did it! Xu Yi did it!
There are two games left in the regular season, the Raptors only need to insist on winning the last two games, and the playoffs are a certainty, and now no one dares to laugh at Xu Yi anymore.
Playoffs, here we come!