The game was about to start, and Xu Yi actually started to get nervous and began to tremble, which even Xu Yi himself didn't expect. But when you think about it, in the first game of your life as a head coach, nervousness is inevitable.

Taking a few big breaths, Xu Yi felt that he was not so shaky, and walked to the center of the locker room, he was about to start arranging the tactics and lineup of the game, and of course, the pre-game encouragement to the players. As a head coach for the first time in this life, Xu Yi is an experienced coach, because in his previous life, he was a head coach after returning to China.

After thinking about what to say, Xu Yi clapped his hands: "Okay guys, the game will start soon, let's talk about how to play this game first, right?" ”

"Needless to say, you have practiced run-and-bomb tactics before, no matter what, in the game, speed up, speed up, speed up again! Play with speed and our attack will be fluid. And today's starting lineup is, point guard Rods Strickland, Rode, control the team's tempo and bring the speed! ”

Old point guard Rodster Strickland nodded.

"Shooting guard Roger Mason, Roger, you're in charge of defending Stephen Marbury today, Stephen Marbury is dribbling from beyond the three-point line, you just keep an eye on him, and if he breaks through, call your teammates, pack, understand?"

"Understood, Coach!" Roger Mason looked excited, it was his first start.

"Small forward Vince Carter, Vince, play your offense, we need your score! Power forward Jalen Rose, Jalen, your task is to wait for the ball near the three-point line, and if you are sure, catch the ball and shoot, don't hesitate. Center Chris Bosh, Chris, you do the same, run up and wait for the ball in the middle distance, catch it and shoot. In addition, we practiced tactical running before the game, don't forget, everyone runs according to their own area, don't worry about physical strength, you have enough teammates behind you to rotate you, remember, play a good performance, otherwise I will replace you! ”

Xu Yi arranged a big chase and said everything that should be said, and then he was going to motivate the players before the game: "This game, we have to win, the media throughout North America are waiting to see our jokes, I think those of you who follow the media should know this, play your best, we need a big win!" Trust me, the Knicks can't stop you! We are victorious! ”

The Knicks can't stop you! We are victorious! Xu Yi roared at this sentence, and he hoped that the players under his command would raise their spirits and raise their fighting spirits.

The game is about to start, walking out of the locker room, Xu Yi met Lenny Wilkens in the player tunnel of the Madison Square Garden Arena, depending on the situation, it should be the old coach who was waiting for him there, he looked at Xu Yi with a smile.

"Xu, I didn't expect you to become the head coach of the Raptors like this, do a good job, I'm optimistic about you!"

"Haha, Lanny, I won't say anything thanks, I'm not going to be polite in this game." Xu Yi said with a smile.

Lenny Wilkens also laughed, he knew that Xu Yi was joking, but he still said: "Of course, I won't be polite, I hope you can be better than the blue, otherwise, I will teach you a hard lesson like those media said!" ”

"Don't worry, Lanny, let's get started!"

Jumping ball, Chris Bosh has to face Naz Mohammed, a center forward of only 2.08 meters, and Chris Bosh who is close to 2.11 meters tall is still very advantageous, but the commentator of this game seems to have found something more interesting.

Walter Fraser is a famous legend of the New York Knicks, and not long after his retirement, he became the live commentary of the Madison Square Garden Arena.

"Haha, let's see, Stephen Marbury glanced at the head coach of the Raptors, I guess his eyes were full of hatred and fighting spirit, right? It's time for the Raptors to tremble, and the furious Stephen Marbury is here! ”

"Wow! Let's see, the Raptors actually used a small lineup, center Chris Posh? Can the soft, woman-like Chris Bosh block the onslaught of Stephen Marbury? I really doubt that maybe Stephen Marbury, as many reporters say, will teach that Chinese a hard lesson! ”

Walter Fraser yelled excitedly, and the jump ball on the court also began, Chris Bosh has the height advantage and age advantage, naturally won the jump ball, and the Raptors began the first wave of offense.

On the sidelines, Xu Yi frowned and muttered, "It's not very lucky." ”

Xu Yi found that the starting five tigers on the field, except for Vince Carter, who had an orange state light, the light above the heads of the others was actually pale yellow. On the other hand, on the Knicks' side, although most of them are in a pale yellow state, and even in the starting five tigers, there is still a blue state, but Stephen Marbury is actually in a big red state, and Demar Johnson on the bench is even in a dark red state.

In the opening state, the Raptors obviously had some intention of being crushed.

Xu Yi thought about it, the speed of the team couldn't be slowed down at this time, he walked to the sidelines and began to shout to the field: "Speed! Speed！ Pick－up－speed！ (Speed!) Velocity! Speed up! ）”

"The new Raptors coach shouted speed on the sidelines, oh! The Raptors are really fast! Rodstrickland rushed straight to the frontcourt, hit the ball to Vince Carter, transferred again, and Chris Bosh pulled up a dunk directly under the basket! Entered! The Raptors scored first, and their attack was so fast that it took only 10 seconds in total! It's so fast! The Knicks didn't react at all. This commentary was contributed by ESPN's commentator Mike Brin, who was the Raptors' ESPN TV commentary on the Knicks' game, and was not on the sidelines of Walter Frazier.

And his partner Marf Albert also echoed on the side: "That's right, this Raptors is really different from the previous Raptors, they have tactics, or run-and-bomb tactics, it seems that their run-and-bomb tactics are no worse than Mavericks'!" ”

The Raptors' first wave of offense played very brightly, but Xu Yi was not too excited, because in terms of state alone, defense is the biggest problem for the Raptors to face, and next, it depends on whether the defense of Stephen Marbury is successful.

Knicks' offense, Stephen Marbury with killing intent, took the ball in the backcourt and went straight to the frontcourt, Stephen Marbury in 2004 was still in his prime, Stephen Marbury at his peak, the strength was naturally very strong, although Roger Mason's single defense ability was good, but in the face of Stephen Marbury, who had decided to kill, it also seemed a little difficult.

"Stephen is coming, wait and see!" Walter Fraser shouted excitedly.

After Stephen Marbury reached outside the three-point line, he didn't make adjustments, took the ball and rushed forward two steps, Rodstrickland was just about to run to help defend, Stephen Marbury directly made a stop-and-go jump shot, shot at a step inside the three-point line, and the basketball went into the net!

"Beautiful pull-up jump shot, the Raptors wanted to wrap Stephen Marbury, but Stephen didn't give them a chance at all!"

Walter Fraser jumped up, but Xu Yi frowned, the game had just begun, and the situation seemed to be a little bad, and it seemed that he could only take one step at a time.