Leaving the president's office, Xu Yi fell into deep thought, he did not return to the court, but chose to go to the video room.

Flipping out the schedule and record rankings, Xu Yi began to think, and took out a pen to write and draw on a piece of paper. Just now in the president's office, Xu Yi did not directly say that he wanted to lead the team to the playoffs, but this does not mean that Xu Yi will not think about the playoffs.

Xu Yi knows that he is only the acting head coach of the team now, and the word acting is quite dazzling, Xu Yi knows that if he really can't come up with any convincing results, it is impossible for him to remove these two words and turn positive. And with a convincing result, it is naturally to enter the playoffs, and lead the team to the playoffs when everyone thinks it is impossible.

The Raptors have 11 games left this season, and their record is 32-39, while the Celtics, who are eighth in the East, have a record of 36-35, with a difference of 4 wins between the two sides, and it is very difficult to chase four wins in 11 games, but Xu Yi thought about it, he felt that there was still a chance, and he wanted to try.

Flipping through the schedule, Xu Yi first looked at the next opponent of the Raptors, the first opponent made Xu Yi a little excited, the next opponent of the Raptors on the schedule was the New York Knicks! Coach Xu Yi's opponent in the first game was actually the New York Knicks! He's going to face his mentor Lenny Wilkens, his enemies Stephen Marbury and Isaiah Thomas at the same time!

A very meaningful game, and maybe even a very exciting one! Xu Yi laughed secretly.

However, he didn't pay too much attention to the Knicks, in Xu Yi's heart, the Knicks are still very easy to deal with, not to mention that Xu Yi was the coach of the Knicks before, and his understanding of the Knicks has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow. Even with the Knicks' current poor state, the Raptors also have a good chance of winning.

Xu Yi's focus is on the following opponents.

The Raptors' final 11 games are still a tough schedule, which is why the media believes that the Raptors have no playoff hope. In the last 11 games, the Raptors need to play two games against the Pacers, who are the first in the East, two against the Pistons, who are third in the East, and the last game against the Bucks, who are the sixth in the East.

With five games lost and only six games left, it is impossible to catch up with the gap of four wins.

However, Xu Yi wants to fight again, because he turned over the Celtics' schedule, and on the day the Raptors beat the Knicks, the Celtics needed to face the Nets, the second in the East. After playing the 76ers at home in the middle, the Celtics will face the Nets for the second time, and they will face the Nets twice, and the Celtics obviously have little chance of winning. Even the 76ers are not so easy to fool, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, after all, the 76ers have Allen Iverson in the team.

And the Celtics' next opponents, there are also playoff teams such as the Hornets and the Heat, and the Celtics are not very good in the schedule at the end of the season, and the Raptors still have a glimmer of hope.

If this hope is to be realized, then the Raptors will have to show a good performance, at least, in the last 11 games, the Raptors cannot lose more than 1 game, and it is best to win all of them, so that the Raptors can ensure that they can make the playoffs.

It's very difficult, almost impossible, but Xu Yi still has to give it a try, he has enough confidence in himself, run-and-bomb tactics, plus state plug-ins, and the Raptors themselves have a very good lineup, which makes Xu Yi feel that even if the Raptors play a wave of 11 consecutive wins, it is not impossible.

The night in Toronto is very quiet, but Xu Yi's home is not quiet at all, the phone rings non-stop, all of which are calls and text messages from the Raptors players to congratulate Xu Yi, for Xu Yi to become the team's acting head coach, the players are still happy to see it, because Xu Yi has shown his ability in the team in less than half a month, and the players are still very convinced of Xu Yi.

After answering the players' calls, the mobile phone rang again, and Xu Yi glanced at it, it was Kevin O'Neal.

"Xu, congratulations." Kevin O'Neill's slightly tired voice came from the other end of the line.

Hearing that Kevin O'Neal actually called to congratulate him, Xu Yi was also a little emotional, and he suddenly felt that he should do something.

"Thanks, Kevin, how about you help me? I need your help! Xu Yi's proposal to let Kevin O'Neal help him is actually a compensation for Kevin O'Neal, after all, Kevin O'Neal's resignation is his own.

"Haha, Xu, I'll just wait for your words!" Who knew that Kevin O'Neill actually laughed out loud, and actually agreed to Xu Yi's proposal directly, Xu Yi was also stunned, and then laughed happily.

In this way, not long after returning to the Raptors, Xu Yi became the acting head coach of the Raptors, and the former head coach Kevin O'Neal became the team's chief assistant coach, and the new Raptors set sail again with less than a month left in the regular season.

The day after the Raptors shareholder meeting reached the results, they organized a small press conference, invited several local Toronto media, as well as several large North American sports media reporters with the Raptors, announced that Kevin O'Neal would step down and Chinese coach Xu Yi would become the team's acting head coach.

Xu Yi followed the team's president Judd Pearson and the team's general manager Glen Gruward into the scene of the press conference, although it was only a small press conference, but there were still many reporters present, ESPN's Canadian office, USA Today's Raptors team reporters, Yahoo Sports Raptors team reporters, etc., all came to the scene.

The Raptors have changed coaches, which is not surprising, these reporters on the team have long known that the Raptors are going to change coaches, but what the hell is that yellow man sitting next to Judd Pearson? He's the new head coach of the Raptors?

These reporters couldn't believe it, a yellow man? Does he know basketball too? What is his illustrious resume? Could he have done better than Kevin O'Neal? These reporters thought the Raptors were crazy to use such a very young-looking yellow man as their new head coach.

After the host of the press conference opened his mouth to announce the start of the press conference, Judd Pearson pointed to Xu Yi next to him: "This is Xu Yi, he will be the acting head coach of the Raptors until the end of the season." ”

Wow! There was an uproar at the scene, although Xu Yi was guessed to be the new head coach of the Raptors, but this fact was confirmed, which still made the reporters on the scene unwilling to believe it, especially several local reporters in Toronto, who were all die-hard fans of the Raptors, and felt very incomprehensible about the team's appointment of a yellow man as the team's new head coach.

Did the team accept the sponsorship of the Chinese? They immediately thought of the Houston Rockets.

The reporters showed their disdain for Xu Yi, but at this moment, Xu Yi spoke: "I know that many of you don't know me, let me introduce myself first." ”

"My name is Xu Yi, in 2000, I was the assistant coach of the Raptors, maybe some old reporters who covered the Raptors knew me." In the middle of the field, several old reporters nodded, and they were also one of the few reporters who did not show surprise just now. "In 2003, I was an assistant coach with the New York Knicks, but because of one thing, I lost my job with the New York Knicks."

"Oh! You're the Chinese coach who beat Stephen Marbury! An ESPN reporter in the audience interrupted Xu Yi in surprise.

Xu Yi was not annoyed, and smiled: "Yes, it's me, thank you very much for remembering me." After that, I went back to Toronto, and then half a month later I took over the Raptors, and that's my resume, and I hope it doesn't disappoint you. ”

There was already a lot of discussion in the audience, but they didn't expect Xu Yi to have such an experience, not to mention the three-year coaching career in the Raptors, just beating Stephen Marbury was enough for reporters to make a lot of topics.

"Okay, now comes the Q&A session, limited to one question per person." The moderator interrupted the noise and announced the start of the question session. Because it is a small press conference, it is limited to one question per person.

And because of Xu Yi's special identity and resume, as soon as the host's voice fell, the audience raised Rulin's arm.

The first reporter to be named was Richard Vincent, a reporter from Toronto's local media Toronto Sun, who was one of the veteran reporters in the audience, and the first question he asked was obviously the first question to be asked by To.

"May I ask Mr. Xu, after becoming the acting head coach of the Raptors, do you have the confidence to lead the Raptors well?" Sure enough, the first question is a formulaic one.

Xu Yi smiled and replied of course, even if it was too much.

But then, Xu Yi will face the difficulties of the wolf-like reporters, ESPN's reporters, USA Today's reporters, and the Sports Illustrated reporter who was the first to break the news that Xu Yi beat Stephen Marbury, all opened their eyes wide and raised their hands high, trying to grab the second right to ask questions.