Chapter 118: The First Glory - The Counterattack of the Rookie Game!
The atmosphere in the locker room is enough to suffocate, Howard is standing at the door of the locker room, his face is full of anger, his eyes are sweeping over the body of one player after another, only Lin Fei's expression is normal in the entire locker room, and the rest are lost and depressed, and the second-year head coach looked at the players and there was nothing he could do, he had called a few timeouts in the first half but the effect was not obvious.
Dwyanwade's smug smile drifted through Howard's mind, "Are you sophomores willing to accept the baptism that the rookies have given you?" If you want to, I don't have anything to say after all, it's your business, then your pre-game words will be like shit. Howard's voice was not loud, but the anger that revealed hit everyone in the locker room, and Kevin Durant raised his head and quickly lowered his head, trailing the first-year rookie by fifteen points in the first half, he was one of the main leaders.
Lin Fei looked directly at Howard and said nothing.
"Do you still want to win, and do you want to wash away the shame that has been put on you?" Howard's cold eyes glanced around.
"If it's a man, stand up and say it out loud, not like a turtle. Honestly, I don't care if it's just a mockery from that guy Dwyan, and you're going to be written into history and a backdrop for shame, and of course I don't care if you're willing to go into history in this way. Before Howard's words fell, Lin Fei took the lead in standing up, and Durant, who saw Lin Fei standing up not far away, gritted his teeth and stood up.
"Dwight, I played badly in the first half, my shots were a bit casual, and it was my problem that the team was behind." Kevin Durant raised his head and said word by word.
Knowing mistakes makes a big difference, and what is often lacking is this kind of admitting mistakes, and the current Durant is far from thinking that the current problems will have a significant impact on his career.
The second-year head coach looked at Kevin Durant with understanding and relief, and Howard naturally fell his gaze on Lin Fei.
"We won't lose! We have Kevin, Al, I, Aaron, ......" Lin Fei read out the names of his teammates one by one, and when he said who it was, Lin Fei's eyes would fall on that person, and when his gaze intersected with Kevin Durant, Durant felt the friendly smile on the corner of Lin Fei's mouth.
Howard was relieved to see such a scene in the locker room, the fifteen-point difference was not large, and as long as he refocused on Howard, he believed that his team would win in the end.
"Very good, I want you to do what you say, I don't want to set up any tactics in the game, the game is up to you, what I need is to win." Howard clapped his hands and said, "Of course, if you can come back and win, I don't recommend that I treat you. ”
"Dwight, I think you should be prepared in advance, don't be foolish!" Lin Fei said with a smile.
On the other side, the first-year locker room was bustling, and the first-year rookies were smiling on their faces, as if they had won the game.
Wade looked at the situation in the locker room and shook his head, as a player who has been in the league for several years, he knows how deadly such pride can be, and Wade feels compelled to say something.
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!
Wade slapped his palms three times in a row, signaling everyone to calm down, and Mike Beasley, who took the lead in the noise, still respected his boss Wade, and was the first to calm down.
"Guys, I know you surprised everyone in the first half, but I want to tell you, have you already won the final victory? As a professional athlete, haven't you experienced a night of reversal or reversal? We haven't won yet, but we're only fifteen points ahead, just fifteen points is not a victory, if you continue to maintain this mood, I guarantee that you will lose in the end, the sophomore guys are not soft persimmons for you to pinch, they have Kevin Durant, Lin Fei, Horford, and a lot of good guys, the first half of the deficit will make them reflect on their own problems, and in the second half you may meet a real sophomore team. ”
"Boss, even if they play at a high level, we won't be afraid of them!" Mike Beasley stood up and said to the team around him.
"Yes, we are not afraid of them!"
"We're going to win!"
…… Beasley's lead echoed one by one, looking at the team member Wade and shaking his head in disappointment.
'It's good to have high morale but you need to be cautious, there are still 20 minutes left in the second half, you have to work hard to celebrate the victory, I don't want you to be the loser.' After saying this, Wade walked out of the locker room, and he knew that no matter how many rookies he said, he might not be able to listen to it.
The 20 minutes of the first half of the rookie game were indeed exciting, but people didn't expect the sophomore to fall behind by a big score in the first half, which was unexpected.
"Paul, I said that Lin and Kevin are not suitable to be on the field at the same time, the two of them together will destroy the team's balance system, and the entire sophomore team is obviously more familiar with Kevin, so if it were me, I would replace Lin and replace Aaron, his speed can keep up with Derek, and the rest of the players can focus on Kevin so that they can play the strength of the sophomore team to be able to overtake the score and win, what do you think?" LeBron James, who was a guest commentator for FOX in today's rookie game, said that it seems to be a good point.
Another guest commentator is Pau Gasol, Lin Fei once had a brief teammate with Gasol, Gasol looked at James with a serious face, "If there is a connection between Lin and Kevin, then it is the strongest sophomore, Kevin's height and shooting are not bad at all, and there is a forced breakthrough, and Lin's three-point and running and passing can complement Kevin, and both of them can attract each other's help defense, so that for the rest of the people, the opportunity will undoubtedly become greater, If I were to be the coach, I would be the first to have Lin and Kevin strengthen their bond with each other. ”
James snorted coldly in his heart, he was very disdainful of Gasol's words, everyone could see that the disagreement between Durant and Lin Fei was simply a fantasy for them to cooperate, not to mention that he didn't want to see Lin Fei perform well, the best thing to see was Lin Fei sitting on the bench.
At this moment, Lin Fei and Durant walked out of the player tunnel together, behind them were the rest of the second-year players, the second-year players were full of murderous aura of victory, and the fans on both sides of the player tunnel could clearly feel the changes in the second-year players, and at this time, the first-year players in the player tunnel on the other side jumped out with confident smiles on their faces, as if the victory of the game had entered their pockets.
Pau Gasol's brows furrowed, looking at Durant and Lin Fei who were standing next to each other and seemed to vaguely sense something: "It seems that what happened in the second-year locker room just after halftime, they look like a significant change from the end of the first half, Kevin and Lin look like a pair of happy partners, could this be a harbinger of the second-year comeback?" Maybe we can expect something from the second half, knowing that the difference of 15 points is not huge. ”
James also looked at the second-year side when Gasol spoke, and he also felt the change between Durant and Lin Fei, and his brows furrowed, but only he knew why for his frown.
When the referee blew the whistle for the second half, the first-year team immediately launched an offensive, in their opinion, they must seize the second-grade team's backward situation to further widen the difference, but when Rose advanced to the front court, it was obvious that Starkey's defense became much tougher, and his teammates were also restricted one by one, and finally Rose chose to play alone, but his shot was interfered with by Lin Fei, who rushed over to help defend, and then smashed the frame and popped up, Horford beat the second-year team to participate in the first-year team, Greg Oden grabbed the defensive rebound, grabbed the rebound and immediately handed it to Starkey, and the second-year counterattack officially began.
Starkey steadily advanced the ball to the front court under the interference of Derrick Rose, and the fifteen-point difference must complete the goal and then defend so that the reversal can be completed as soon as possible, and Lin Fei is undoubtedly the most worried figure of the first-year players, although Eric Gordon and Mike Beasley are two people to mark Lin Fei, Lin Fei is still under the cover of Durant to get rid of the two people's marking.
"Rodney!" Lin Fei raised his arms and shouted at Starkey, Starki didn't look at Lin Fei directly, and with a slight flick of his wrist, the basketball immediately broke out of his control and flew to the bottom left corner where Lin Fei was running.
When Lin Fei was just finishing his position, the ball came to Lin Fei, and at this time, Derrick Rose chose to leave Starkey to chase Lin Fei, while Mike Beasley and Eric Gordon also chased Lin Fei after being intercepted by Durant's cover.
The encirclement of the three people came to the front of him, and Lin Fei raised his arm to see that it was a shot, and this action made the three of them pounce.
Under the watchful eyes of three people, the ball was shot, but the destination was not the basket, but Kevin Durant not far away, and Durant was completely empty.
Durant was slightly startled and didn't expect Lin Fei to pass the ball back to him, because in his opinion, Lin Fei could throw the ball before the three people made up for it, but the fact was that Lin Fei passed the ball to him, and with a glance in his eyes, Lin Fei jumped up without hesitation.
Swish!
The basketball drilled into the basket through a steady arc, and with Durant's open three-point shot, the sophomore officially started the counterattack.
The difference between the two sides is still 12 points, and the cooperation between Lin Fei and Durant is undoubtedly eye-catching, and the first-year players can't believe the time in front of them, but it is true.
Offense and defense switched, the first-year offense lost again, and Durant got the defensive rebound and the second-year immediately switched to offense.
This time it was the cooperation between Durant and Lin Fei again, but the assister became Durant, Lin Fei completed a three-point shot, and the difference between the two sides came to single digits, and Wade on the sidelines felt uneasy.
(To be continued)