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Chapter 46 Xiangwei Chocolate

After the Nets, the Blazers get a day off

But after the Kings had a three-day holiday, they still played at home. Coach McMillan decided to keep training.

Back home at night, Su Yang chatted with Miss Jiang, inadvertently revealed that he was unable to play in the game against the Nets.

Miss Jiang didn't comfort him, she just said it was normal.

Su Yang thinks about it carefully, and it is indeed quite normal. There is a big difference between personal expectations and others, and even collective expectations.

Just like Jeremy Lin played so well as a substitute for the Hornets, he helped the Hornets win three games in a row in the playoffs. As a result, in the seventh game, the head coach Clifford, who originally liked Jeremy Lin, suddenly refused to give Jeremy Lin the ball. It is to please Batum, who has returned from injury, and wants Batum to renew his contract, even if he is eliminated by the Heat.

Thinking of those, Su Yang still had a little bit of entangled emotions left, and they all drifted away with the wind. He decided to do a good job first, fight for it if he can, and find another way if he can't fight for it.

NO.20 Two, Su Yang rushed to the training base, and before he had time to watch the video of the Kings game, he was dragged down to the media center to shoot a video to collect All-Star votes for the Blazers players.

This All-Star Weekend, Roy and Ade were selected. In theory, it is difficult to be selected for the All-Star Game, but the canvassing still needs to be canvassed. After all, it will make players and fans happy.

With a professional smile, he recited the lines given by the public relations department, which was regarded as the completion of the task, and then Su Yang returned to the meeting room and continued to watch the king's game video.

Afterwards, McMillan and others arrived, and the trainers and scouts were brought together. A large group of people held a collective meeting again to summarize the team's recent situation and discuss how to play against the Kings.

Su Yang finally got the chance to speak, because other assistant coaches talked too much, and he didn't have much to say. He only said that he should pay attention to Kevin Martin's foul to avoid getting into foul trouble.

Kevin Martin was a master foul maker before Harden and Lu Wei. He averaged 07 free throws per game in the 08-9.5 season. If two fouls are drawn, the Blazers' rotation will be greatly tested, especially when Martin directly faces Roy.

"I checked the data. So far in the new season, the Kings have averaged 22.7 free throws per game, ranking second in the league. It is recommended to man-to-man defense and not to double-team long-range shots..."

Following Kevin Martin, Su Yang introduced the overall defensive strategy, mainly drawing on the famous defensive coach Larry Brown, but that strategy was completely opposite to the chief assistant Monty.

McMillan bluntly said that there is no need to pay so much attention. After all, Martin averaged 7.1 free throws per game last game. Just pay attention to it a little, so as not to change the overall defensive strategy.

Su Yang couldn't convince McMillan and the others, but he didn't struggle. After the meeting, he ran to the training ground and asked McRoberts if he had learned anything from Kidd.

Mike Roberts replied that he had to analyze how Kidd mobilized players in strict accordance with Su Yang's requirements. He knew all the routines, but he couldn't learn Kidd's natural leadership style.

"Then what is the so-called natural leadership style..."

Su Yang said with a smile: "Kidd was selected as the second overall pick. He was trained as a core at the beginning, and he has fully demonstrated his strength. As you accumulate slowly, you will also have a leadership style."

Mike Roberts half-understood what he heard, and Su Yang only missed the theory of princes and generals. The two immediately began to discuss those big players who were well-known for organizing and supporting players.

On the 23rd, the Blazers played against the Kings at home.

Su Yang still didn't get a place to play, and once again stayed in the locker room to watch the game through the live broadcast, but the assistant coach who accompanied him was replaced by Bill Bailow from Dimbolos.

For the Trail Blazers, Frye continued to start the game, but in the first quarter, he made 2 of 0 shots, 0 rebounds, 1 foul and 1 turnover. His performance was particularly poor. The reason for the right is that the coaching staff did not give Frye a special arrangement. The two point guards, Blake and Jack, went crazy, and no one reminded them to find an opportunity to play for Frye.

Fortunately, Aldridge performed extremely well, making 8 of 6 shots in a single quarter, plus 1 free throw, scoring 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block, 0 turnovers and 0 fouls.

The Blazers entered the second quarter with a one-point deficit. Jack led four substitutes to fight indiscriminately, and the Kings were also pecking at each other. Both teams scored only 18 points in a single quarter.

However, Adelaide was broken through by Martin through the pick-and-roll, causing 2 fouls, resulting in Adelaide only taking 2 shots in a single quarter, which was also very unfavorable for the following games.

During the halftime break, the Blazers returned to the locker room. After McMillan finished his summary, he asked five assistant coaches to speak.

Su Yang was the last one to speak, and suggested that more fouls could be made in the second half, because the Kings had two core scoring players, Martin had 2 fouls, Artest had 3 fouls, and the main defensive player Mickey Moore also had 2 fouls. Fouls, as long as they are used well, can help the team easily win the game.

Monty and other assistant coaches objected to his suggestion, because deliberately fouling is a speculative strategy, which can easily make players lazy and easily lose their key ball ability.

Su Yang agreed with Monty's rebuttal, saying that it's useless to use it occasionally, not to mention that the king likes to make fouls, so it should be treated as his own way.

After arguing, the decision still rests with McMillan, and the answer he gets depends on the situation.

After the halftime break, the Blazers returned to the court, and Su Yang stayed in the locker room to watch the live broadcast.

In the third quarter, the two teams played inextricably. Alder and Blake carried the Blazers offense, while Artest and Garcia carried the Kings offense.

Just like that, the Blazers trailed by three points and entered the fourth quarter. McMillan hesitated for a long time, and did not dare to replace Riff LaFrentz.

The two teams played against each other for 3 minutes, and the situation was still inextricably linked. The main players then reappeared to fight, but Ade was fouled by Martin as soon as he came on the field.

Before Adelaide could react, within a few rounds, Martin made another foul on Adelaide, which directly caused Adelaide to accumulate 4 fouls and was forced to take a rest.

The Blazers adjusted their defensive strategy immediately, but they still underestimated the power of Martin's fouls. Roy was fouled twice, which made the Blazers' offense chaotic.

Relying on the advantage of free throws, the Kings gradually established a lead. Fortunately, the Kings stretched their hips in sports and did not lead by 6 points until two and a half minutes left in the game.

McMillan couldn't bear it anymore, so he embarrassingly instructed the team members to consider Su Yang's suggestion during the timeout, and Outlaw and others understood it in seconds.

Afterwards, the Blazers began to catch Martin to break through. Even if Martin switched defenses in advance, he had to pull Martin out through pick-and-rolls and let Martin get fouled continuously.

In the end, with 10 more free throws in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, the Blazers defeated the Kings 86 to 84 and won the victory with great difficulty.

Adelaide performed best. Even though there were two full quarters, he still made 15 of 12 shots and scored 28 points. Roy performed relatively poorly, with only 13 points and 7 assists.

In the locker room after the game, the players were not very happy. Outlaw bluntly said that winning the game is like eating a piece of fragrant chocolate, and bluntly said that he should listen to Su Yang's advice.

But those words, Su Yang heard from Mike Roberts later, he did not stay in the locker room at that time.

At the press conference after the game, McMillan was asked by reporters: If there were not so many free throws, would he still be able to win the game, and he was made to talk about him.

Su Yang didn't care too much. He took Adelaide to train after a day off, and wanted to focus on improving Adelaide's quick shot ability.

But he couldn't get in touch with Ade, neither by phone, Twitter, nor email. Ade seemed to have disappeared from the world.

He can only ask Adelaide's only good friend Outlaw to try, but Outlaw can't be contacted, but let Su Yang not worry, Adela just doesn't want to contact his teammates in that situation.

Just when he was at a loss, he found that Adelaide's social media status was updated, and there were a few philosophical sentences written, which probably translated to the meaning of 'contributions are more than reputation'.

With that kind of language, Su Yang was confused, and then found that Ade did not like the All-Star canvassing video officially released by the Trail Blazers, while other players did.

"It's so difficult because of the competition for the C position?"

Su Yang was in the mood to eat melons, and casually opened the canvassing video to see a more certain guess.

In the canvassing video, Roy is the absolute protagonist, obviously the leader of the Blazers, and Adelaide has the same status as Webster, and Odengao has not yet been injured and reimbursed.

Reminiscent of the fact that since the start of the new season, Adelaide has performed very well, even better than Roy, it is very logical that Adelaide is upset.

"Coach Holzman doesn't lie to me. There is nothing difficult about tactics. The difficult thing is to get people..."

Su Yang sighed, "People include not only players, but also management and fans. It is really difficult to bring together a team."

Su Yang decided to come forward to solve the communication problem between Ade and Roy, and at the same time solve the problem of the management's preference for Roy.

I wanted to do it before, but it was delayed due to various things. If it continues, it will be the same as the original history. It will take until next season for Roy and Ade to communicate smoothly.

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