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Chapter 54 Treat each other with sincerity



Chapter 54 Treat each other with sincerity
When he signed with the Blazers before, Su Yang's plan was to make a name for himself and try to be the head coach in the 08 or 09 offseason. Unfortunately, all the teams that were interested in him offered the highest position as the chief assistant.

Going to be the chief assistant coach of other teams is probably better than staying in the Trail Blazers. There is no need to rebuild personnel relationships and regain trust. The key is that it is difficult to meet a head coach who is as willing as McMillan, and his power must be greatly limited.

Kevin handed over a four-year contract, which was quite attractive to Su Yang.

The Trail Blazers lineup is not bad. Oden will come back next season, and he will be able to compete in the second round of Taobao. It is not a dream to hit the championship.

But Su Yang still wants to test the waters, because in the 08 and 09 offseason, a large number of team coaches will be laid off, and many cornerstone players will enter the league.

That kind of dream is too attractive.

Su Yang also wanted to learn from Pat Riley, first sign a contract to keep a guarantee, and if there is a chance at that time, he would just slap his ass and leave, but he didn't want to do things like that, after much deliberation, he decided to tell Kevin the truth , what do you think.

The reply email was sent, and Kevin quickly replied, thanking Su Yang for his sincerity in the first sentence.

Kevin bluntly said that those rumors also made him a little confused, but the absence of Adelaide in those three games, the Blazers' offensive firepower was greatly reduced, and Su Yang still led the team to win three consecutive victories, which completely dispelled his doubts. in Portland.

He also understands Su Yang's idea of ​​wanting to be the head coach, and promises that as long as Su Yang hasn't got the head coach position, he can always work in the Blazers. He believes that Su Yang's professional attitude and ability will definitely devote himself wholeheartedly.

After the contract was settled, Su Yang refocused on the competition and carefully studied the next opponent.

NO.19, the Blazers played against the Raptors at home.

Adelaide recovered from his toe injury and returned to participate in the game. The team's combat effectiveness returned to normal levels.

The starters of the two teams, Blake and Calderon exploded each other, Roy and Bosh exchanged sons, and Frye's performance was almost the same as that of Nesterovic.However, the substitute players of the two teams, Jack finished off Darrick Martin, and Outlaw was brutally abused by Humphries.

Just like that, the two teams played at the end of the fourth quarter. With Adelaide's strong performance at the critical moment, the Blazers defeated the Raptors 101 to 96 and won nine consecutive victories. With a record of 19 wins and 7 losses, they temporarily overtook the Spurs and ranked in the Western Conference. First.

At the post-match press conference, McMillan was asked by reporters: what would happen without Su Yang in the future.

That kind of question was quite sarcasm, but McMillan replied with a smile: Su Yang gave the team the greatest idea of ​​help.

A reporter also asked about the rumors that the Grizzlies would invite Su Yang to be the head coach during the offseason. McMillan replied with a smile: It would be very sad if Su Yang left, and I hope that Su Yang will develop better, but it is best to stay together win the championship.

Outlaw and others also directly asked Su Yang in the locker room if he would leave. Su Yang was about to answer sincerely. Outlaw and others said they would bless him because he deserves to be the head coach, and of course they hoped that he would stay together win the championship.

Su Yang was very moved and decided to redouble his efforts.

With a day off, the Blazers played against the Nuggets at home.

The game was extremely fierce. The Nuggets head coach George Karl took a slanted forward and let the team always play around Iverson and Anthony, which greatly weakened the power of the Blazers' rotation defense. .

And Iverson is a slugger who averaged 41 minutes per game in his career, and there is no fatigue expression on his face. The Blazers have no good strategies.Anthony tried his best to give full play to his size advantage, he would not shoot if he could not shoot, and made fouls by rushing to the basket in various ways.

The Nuggets' defensive end is extremely fierce. Only Frye standing at the top of the arc can occasionally get easy shots.

The two teams started with ten players. After a total of 34 fouls, there were 4 seconds left in the game.

Then Jack made two free throws, the Blazers led by 3 points, and Kleiza hit the iron with a three-pointer, and the Nuggets regretted losing.

With the momentum of ten consecutive victories, the Trail Blazers ushered in a four-day holiday, but the team only had one day off, because after the Christmas game, there was another three-day holiday, and the schedule was seriously unreasonable, too busy when they were free, and too busy when they were busy .

Taking advantage of the vacation, Su Yang suggested that Adelaide start to practice dribbling and emergency stop shooting, and make up for his shortcomings as soon as possible. Spot shot.

In addition, the whole team has to practice three-pointers. The strategic significance of three-pointers is too great, and it is best to be ahead of the times.

On the 25th, the Blazers host the Supersonics.

The game was originally scheduled to be broadcast live on ESPN, and the highlight was the No. [-] pick Oden vs. No. [-] Durant. Unfortunately, after Oden was injured and reimbursed, ESPN canceled the live broadcast of the Christmas game, making the game the only Christmas game that was not broadcast nationwide.

The Blazers fans gave the players great support. They wore uniforms to watch the game and cheered and cheered throughout.

However, the Supersonics are too weak. Their head coach PJ Carlesimo copied the Spurs' tactics. The point guard received the ball and passed it to the inside. The chains do a slow dance.

The only strong point is that Durant was arranged to play shooting guard by PJ Carlesimo, which is simply self-defeating.

The Blazers led by 34 points after three quarters, and the fourth quarter became garbage time, and the game ended early.

After three days of rest, the Blazers played against the Timberwolves at home.

After losing Garnett, the Timberwolves became the Huskies, completely vulnerable, and surrendered early.

In the garbage time of the fourth quarter, Su Yang asked Roy to practice back shots and Outlaw to practice three-pointers.

With twelve consecutive victories, the Blazers continued to face the Philadelphia 76ers at home.

Due to the absence of Willie Green due to injury, the offensive strength of the 76ers plummeted. The first three quarters were inextricably played. After the rotation couldn't keep up in the fourth quarter, they fell into a scoring shortage. They only scored a poor 9 points in a single quarter. .

On the last day of the year-end, the Blazers rushed to Salt Lake City overnight to challenge the Jazz in back-to-back away games.

Perhaps because of the rich experience in the first two defeats, Sloan successfully found a way to break the Blazers' local three-point defense and two-point defense. Finally, the Jazz's three-point shooting percentage returned to normal levels.

The Trail Blazers' winning streak was interrupted, and then flew to Minnesota, easily defeating the Timberwolves to win.

Subsequently, the Blazers defeated the Bulls, Jazz, and Warriors one after another, regaining their four-game winning streak.

During that period, Adelaide's dribble and emergency stop shooting improved slightly, and Outlaw's fixed-point shooting also improved slightly, but Roy's back play did not improve much, Rodriguez still did not have a suitable position, and Tao Linglin was in the development league. The performance is also average.

The trade deadline is also gradually approaching. Kevin consulted the coaching staff for ideas. Su Yang suggested that a breakthrough swingman be used to replace Roy and Webster. It doesn't matter whether the defense is good or not.

On January NO.13, the Trail Blazers went to Toronto, fought hard in two overtimes, and were beaten by Kapono.

NO.14, the Blazers challenged the Nets in back-to-back away games, and with the anger of being lore, they won a big victory.

The whole team flew to Boston overnight, preparing to challenge the league's No. [-] Celtics as No. [-] in the Western Conference.

ESPN temporarily decided to broadcast the match between the two teams live, and the promotion will be a preview of the finals, allowing Bill Simmons and Bill Wharton, two famous fans, to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two teams in advance, and to engage in some customary dramas of mutual ridicule.

In an interview, Celtics coach Rivers joked that Su Yang stole his tactics.

At that time, Rivers said to the camera with his hands on his hips: "I have never seen that coach use that tactic in the league before, and we have only practiced it usually. But in the Trail Blazers game against the Spurs at the beginning of the season, Su Yang unexpectedly After designing that tactic, I went to Dongri High School to inquire. My son's head coach said that Su Yang had never watched the game, nor had he released the video of the game. I was curious how Su Yang learned it.

If Su Yang designed that tactic by himself, then he must be a genius. "

(End of this chapter)


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