Pushed through the door thousands of times, but at this moment it was like a thousand pounds, Zheng Ke lingered at the door of the locker room, and did not dare to push it ruthlessly for a long time.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and pushed the door open.

It's still a familiar locker room, but it's quiet and unfamiliar. Zheng Ke pushed open the door, and in a matter of seconds, he smelled a breath, an extremely cold breath.

More than a dozen pairs of eyes turned to Zheng Ke and focused on him.

In the past, I enjoyed this kind of being watched, but now I have a feeling of being sharp. Zheng Ke pursed his lips, closed the door to the locker room with his hand, and then stepped out of the locker room.

This section of the road to his cabinet seemed to have been walking for a thousand years, and Zheng Ke only felt embarrassed to death, and inexplicably hated ESPN and the big-breasted girl.

Whitman didn't speak, he was waiting for Zheng Ke to speak. Zheng Ke didn't open his mouth, he was waiting for Whitman's explanation. Neither of them spoke, and there was no third person in the locker room who spoke first.

"Ahem"

It's not a way to be so stiff, and after a long time, Aaron, who is still anxious about the championship dream, is the first to break the deadlock. He cleared his throat, attracting everyone's attention, and then said, "I think there is some misunderstanding?" We had an eight-point lead in the first half, so things were going well! ”

Zheng Ke didn't speak, just glanced at Whitman coldly, and then turned his head to look elsewhere.

Whitman was also a little confused at the moment, he didn't know how Zheng Ke could become like this. In his impression, Zheng Ke is still a little cute at the beginning. The young big man who would faint in the first training game, but he didn't expect that one day the gap between the two would be so big that it almost affected the future development of the team.

But actually. The estrangement between two people is an inevitable trend of development. When Zheng Ke won the championship last year, he almost relied on his own strength, and when the outside world talked about the Timberwolves winning the championship in 09, what they remembered was always his Zheng Ke's courageous appearance. As for Whitman, other people's evaluations are always dull and inflexible, and even some time last year, there were various rumors that the Timberwolves were about to change their coach. This was a sign of extreme disapproval for Whitman, who was still the head coach at the time.

Whitman was actually angry in his heart. He led the team to the second-best record in Timberwolves history this year, with just one win away from tying Garnett's 58-24 record in the '03-04 season. And he was elected head coach of the Western All-Star team during the All-Star Game. Businesses reach their peaks. In the evaluation of the outside media, there are no derogatory words, instead of all kinds of gorgeous praise, I heard that there is a good chance of winning the first best coach trophy. This made his value increase rapidly.

Now he broke with Zheng Ke. It seems to have been a fortuitous event. In fact, it is something that will happen.

There have been a lot of similar things in the history of the NBA, AI and Brown, Maddie and Adelman, Kobe Bryant and Jackson. At the time, it seemed like an accident, but now it seems that there is an inevitable connection. The media cannot know the mystery, and the real problem is only known to them.

Just like Zheng Ke and Whitman today. Behind the sudden conflict is a complex set of relationships and causes.

Whitman looked at Zheng Ke, who was playing with the arm guards. A complicated expression appeared on his face, which eventually turned into a long sigh. Speaking to the players in the dressing room, he said: "I don't know what to say, but I think a team that has a head coach has to follow his plans, whether it's a rookie or a so-called superstar. I never say good things, and I always feel a little rushed when I speak, if it hurts some people, I apologize to you here but I think if you want to beat the Spurs, you can't go it alone, I hope you still follow the tactical plan and play our own style, otherwise I dare to conclude that we will not survive this round of playoffs! ”

Zheng Ke seemed casual, but his ears had already pricked up, and he listened carefully. Whitman's suspicious concessions always made him feel particularly uncomfortable to hear, but the players around him applauded, as if they wanted to see the two of them release their suspicions.

Zheng Ke reluctantly stood up, he pursed his mouth, and said: "I have nothing to say, getting rid of the spurs is our top priority at the moment, and the rest can be put aside." ”

He paused, then took a deep look at Whitman and continued: "The Spurs are not a team that can be beaten by tactics. They are second to none in the NBA, and our advantage lies in our outstanding individual talent, and playing to their strengths and avoiding weaknesses is what we should do. ”

Whitman's face was embarrassed, when he heard Zheng Ke speak just now, he thought he was really relieved, but he didn't expect the second sentence to directly deny his thoughts, and he felt that his oath just now had become a big slap, which was thrown on his face fiercely, making him feel hot and painful.

"It's impossible, how can you use the argument of solving the game alone, this is self-defeating, even if you win a fluke occasionally, you will be defeated by the Spurs later."

Whitman's voice sharpened, and he stared into Zheng Ke's eyes, refusing to back down even a step.

Zheng Ke didn't bother to reason with him, so he sat down. He made up his mind that if he played on his own, he would do it according to his own ideas.

"Zheng."

Billups, who was on the side, tugged at Zheng Ke's sleeve.

"Huh?" Zheng Ke turned around, slightly puzzled.

"I think we'll listen to the coach again. After all, he is a professional and has a lot of experience. And as a manager, he has the authority to do what he tells us to do, we are players, and although there are suggestions, the coach's words should be listened to. Billups said, in a very sincere tone.

Zheng Ke looked at the players around him, Avlalo, and Pekovic really showed hopeful eyes.

What does that mean? Is it forced to the palace? Zheng Ke took a deep breath, stopped Anderson, who was just about to stand up and say something, and then slowly closed his eyes.

Zheng Ke suddenly opened his eyes, exhaled and said, "Okay! ”

He looked at Whitman and said, "I'll listen to you, and I'll do what you say." Chauncy is right, you're the head coach, and it's true that I've been a little wayward during this time, and you have the right to direct our tactical thinking. As a player, I really should do what you tell me unconditionally. ”

Zheng Ke finished these words in one breath, but his fists couldn't help but clench.

Whitman listened to Zheng Ke's words, and for some reason, an indescribable pleasure welled up in his heart. Did he succumb? He really gave in! This feeling of bowing his head made him feel extremely happy in his heart, and this feeling of overpowering others made his body float.

Seeing Zheng Ke's appearance, Billups suddenly regretted a little, and thought to himself why he was stirring up this troubled water. He looked at Zheng Ke apologetically and said, "Zheng"

"It's okay, you're right." Zheng Ke interrupted him, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and his expression was light and light.

Seeing Zheng Ke's appearance, Billups suddenly "chuckled" in his heart. Thinking that it was really broken, he shouldn't have intervened, and I was afraid that Zheng Ke had been annoyed to the extreme. The relationship between the two has really become more stiff under their own stinky mouths, damn, there is too much trash talk, and people can't talk.

In this eerie atmosphere, the Timberwolves players stayed up until the start of the second half of the game, and then rushed out of the locker room in a swarm, as if there was some kind of flood beast inside

At halftime, rumors began to circulate that the Timberwolves would be at odds with each other.

This even alarmed Glenn, the big boss who was still enjoying the wonderful night on his little secretary, and he got up from the bed with a roar and took the call from the general manager, McHale.

"What, are you talking foreign?"

McHale choked on Glenn without saying a word, and remained silent, waiting for Glenn's bombardment.

Sure enough, in the next second, Glenn fired: "You TMD contradicted me with the general in the playoffs, what did you do earlier?" Are they the Balkans? Are they dry wood and fire? You have a job for labor and management, and you give me all this news? It's also mediation, the playoffs, and the Bobcats have won the championship after the transfer! ”

McHale was dripping with a cold sweat, and he was really speechless to the big boss, but he couldn't have any angry thoughts when he scolded himself to the blood.

Glenn paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, then continued, "I'll tell you, you'll solve this matter for me right away. The Timberwolves are the pride of the Minnesota area, and I was a former Minnesota area senator, and I don't want my championship favorite to fall here, you know? ”

After all, he was an official, and as soon as he said this, McHale actually had a feeling of tears in his eyes.

But it didn't take long for the essence of the Glenn merchant to be revealed, and he said, "This cough cough. If the contradiction between the two is really unresolved, then Zheng Ke must be left behind. Let me tell you, Zheng Ke is not for sale, he is the hope and only core of our Timberwolves, you don't have to take it seriously. Ahem, this matter does not need to be reported to the board of directors, if Zheng Ke is sent out of the city, I am afraid that my hometown house will be bombed tomorrow. ”

McHale couldn't smile wryly, when was he still in the mood to joke with me. But he still got the message from Glenn's tone - no matter what, it would only be Whitman who would leave. He shook his head, after all, he felt unworthy of his old buddy, this group of college-born coaches just couldn't figure out the essence of this NBA, in the final analysis, it was still business-oriented. The businessman who owns the team comes first, and the owner second.

"What's the problem? You dare to offend the cash cow, isn't this their lifeline? (To be continued......)