As soon as Pastner's words came out, the discussion on the scene immediately became much quieter.

The reporters present were not to mention veterans who have also been deeply involved in the media field for many years, so they naturally understood what Pastner meant.

Even if you don't understand the logic of the media, as long as you have a basic understanding of the basketball game, you can understand that there is nothing wrong with what Pastner said.

In basketball, the ultimate goal is to score more points than others.

In this case, whoever can score more points with fewer times will naturally get more shots!

As long as a team's ultimate goal is to win, the ball will naturally go to the most efficient people!

Lawrence's article, so far, obviously deliberately focused on Li Kaiming's shots, completely ignoring the fact that his efficiency is also the highest on the team.

After Pastner's explanation, the reporters also understood that Lawrence was deliberately rubbing the hot spot of the University of Memphis and wanted to make a big news!

Seeing that the reporters at the scene no longer raised any objections to this topic, Pastner couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

This public opinion crisis is the biggest public relations crisis he has encountered since taking office, and Leonard, the director of the school's sports department, also called as soon as he got the news to ask about related matters.

And after getting Pastner's explanation, Leonard also said that the school will do its best to help the Tigers get out of this public opinion crisis!

This is also the reason why the official of the University of Memphis was able to stand firmly on the Tigers when public opinion was at its fiercest.

While thinking about this, in the middle of the room, a white female reporter raised her hand again!

Pastner gathered his thoughts, and then motioned for the reporter to ask questions.

"May I ask Coach Josh Pastner, is there really infighting in the Tigers' locker room?"

Pastner smiled, shook his head, and said lightly, "Mr. Lawrence seems to be hoping for this to happen, but I'm sure our team is united!" ”

The reporters at the scene laughed.

As peers, they can naturally see that this Lawrence has already preset his position before writing the manuscript, which is why the views of the whole article seem so extreme!

Of course, this is also the reason why this article is so widely discussed!

Headline parties and crooked butts are hateful, but in the media world, this trick is tried-and-true.

Pastner's humorous reply eased the atmosphere a bit.

But the face of the female reporter who asked the question did not change in the slightest, she first recorded something in her notebook, then raised her head and asked a question that silenced the scene again.

"How do you explain the negativity shown by Willikamp and Elliott Williams during the game? Especially when Li Kaiming made consecutive shots in the last quarter, their expressions were obviously very dissatisfied! ”

At the press conference, dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at Pastner sitting in front of the table, and some people also pointed their cameras at Li Kaiming and Williams next to them.

It's a big hit!

The reason why Lawrence's article can be believed by so many people is that in addition to his excellent penmanship in the Spring and Autumn Period, he also added true and false descriptions to the article.

For example, those enlarged photos, a discerning person can know at a glance that Kemp and Williams are very dissatisfied with Li Kaiming's lone wolf!

Being stared at like this by dozens of pairs of eyes, Pastner's forehead couldn't help but ooze cold sweat!

If this question is not answered well, it will be a huge blow to the morale of the Tigers!

Even if they know that there is nothing wrong with their own dressing room, when everyone else in the world thinks you have a problem, you have to have a problem if you don't have a problem!

That's the horror of public opinion!

What's more, tonight is still the most important championship game, if the Tigers lose the championship because this issue is not explained clearly, Pastner will have no place to cry!

Pastner thought for a long time before he slowly spoke, "Willikamp and Elliott Williams did have some negativity during the game......"

As soon as this sentence came out, the reporters at the scene subconsciously stuffed the microphone slightly forward.

The Tigers really have big news!

Pastner looked at the expectant eyes of the reporters, and then suddenly changed his tone, "But, it was my mistake, I explained it to them in the dressing room after the game!" ”

Journalists are confused!

Why Pastner's mistake?

Seeing that the reporters were confused, Pastner continued to explain, "When the game entered the fourth quarter, I found that Li Kaiming had a very good hand that night, and I usually wouldn't let him shoot from mid-range, but he not only hit a lot of hooks in that game, but also dealt a devastating blow to Butler University outside the box! ”

He paused, then continued, "So with a few minutes left in the fourth quarter, near the end of a timeout, I had the idea of letting Li Kaiming shoot as much as he could in the rest of the period!" Then we will have the possibility to win the game. The final results showed that I made the right choice and Lee did not disappoint me. ”

The female reporter continued, "Then why did Willikamp and Elliot Williams act like they don't know about it?" ”

Pastner smiled bitterly, "That's why I said it was my mistake, because this matter was my temporary idea, the timeout time has passed, Willy and Elliott have already played, so I can only hold Li Kaiming and tell him!" If you don't believe me, you can watch the video of the game! ”

The female reporter quickly recorded it in her notebook, then nodded, "Thank you, I'll let someone verify it!" ”

Pastner's explanation sounded very sincere, as very few NCAA coaches have taken the problem to themselves.

The rest of the interview with Pastner was a bit more relaxed, with reporters asking a few questions about tonight's championship game.

Pastner is also in accordance with tradition to milk a pass Duke and the old K coach.

After that, the reporters turned their attention to Li Kaiming and asked him what he thought about the turmoil.

Li Kaiming broke the microphone with his hand, put it at a suitable angle, and then said: "I don't know who this Mr. Lawrence is, but I can tell you very responsibly that this news of infighting is being promoted by someone behind the scenes!" ”

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was shocked!

All the reporters once again focused on Li Kaiming.

Li Kaiming looked around, and then said categorically, "I won't go into more detail about this Mr. Lawrence's writing style, everyone has their own judgment on this in their hearts, but I want to say another thing!" ”

The reporters were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, they thought that the press conference was thunderous and rainy, but they just passed, but they didn't expect Li Kaiming to throw a bombshell!

"After this article was sent, a large number of people came to the comment section of my Twitter and began to maliciously attack me, but after I looked carefully, I found that almost all of these accounts are newly created accounts, most of them have no avatars, no tweets themselves, and no favorites, and the comments under the accounts are the first comments since the creation of these accounts......"

After the reporters were still thinking about what Li Kaiming's words meant, the latter continued, "The most important thing is that none of these accounts that were very active in this infighting incident are my old fans, and they have only recently followed me, because I have set up my account, and only by following me can I comment..."

The reporters at the scene suddenly realized, no wonder Li Kaiming said that this was premeditated, this is too obvious!

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