godfather in black

Chapter 11 011: The first game against Cleveland
011: First game against Cleveland
"This wouldn't be the case at all if O'Neal was still around."

"Yes! I really miss that funny fat man!"

"I really don't know whether Mickey's choice is right or wrong! What will happen to the future of Los Angeles."

When Qin Tao went to the locker room, he heard the discussion of the fans sitting on both sides of the player tunnel.Kobe frowned and clenched his fists.

"Bryant." Qin Tao called softly.

"Head..." Kobe looked up at Qin Tao, not why he had a sense of trust in this young head coach who was younger than himself, "Why I scored 23 points at halftime, but the fans still can't forget that fat man ?”

"Hehe!" Qin Tao said with an inscrutable smile, "Our inside line has been destroyed by our opponent, but our outside line has always been strong. If it was O'Neal who stayed in Los Angeles, and today our guard line was completely blown by the opponent, then Fans will miss the omnipotent Peter Pan even more."

"I see, head... you can rest assured that today belongs to Kobe Bryant's night, and the victory of this game belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers." Kobe said in a firm tone.

"I have always believed that the victory will belong to Los Angeles. Well, I will arrange the tactics for the second half, so that our victory will be more secure." Qin Tao pushed open the door of the locker room and said softly.

Kobe nodded silently, sat down on the chair, and wiped his sweat with a towel.After waiting for 30 seconds for the players' breathing to return to normal, Qin Tao picked up the tactical board.Said: "We played very well in the first half, but there is one thing we didn't do enough. James has only had one offensive foul so far, and it was still in the first minute of the first quarter. Wahid, you have to work hard in the second half and make him again. Offensive fouls let him restrain himself."

"Head, I know." Although Divac felt that calling a boy more than ten years younger than himself "Head" was a bit unaccustomed, but before Qin Tao proved that he knew nothing, Divac really couldn't do anything. Sample.

Although Divac's face was a bit strange, Qin Tao ignored Divac and continued: "In terms of offense, Bryant is still the main attacker. Lamar, you should give Bryant more pick-and-rolls. Bryant, you have the opportunity to shoot. Shooting. Chucky, you need to make more breakthroughs. The Clevelands will double-team Bryant in the second half, and he will have very few opportunities to penetrate. It will be up to you to create damage to them inside. Waheed, you too Try to get to the free throw line to support the offense."

"Understood, boss." Several people replied in unison.

"Well, okay, you guys need to recover your strength and beat those Cleveland guys to death in the second half." Qin Tao clapped his hands and shouted loudly.He wants to stir up the enthusiasm of the players at halftime.

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The second half of the game was still stalemate. Although Divac made James an offensive foul, it did not make him restrain himself, because Divac had blocked fouls twice because of his foot movement.Helpless, Qin Tao can only let Butler and Atkins double-team James, and let Divac look for outside shooting opportunities.

85 to 81, the score is still stalemate.No way, the strengths of the two teams are too close. They also have sky-defying outside players, and the inside is also weak. After all, they are even more distracted than Odom, who has the advantage of the opponent.Faced with Odom's old mind-wandering problem, Qin Tao hates it!But there is no way.I can only say silently in my mouth, "Amitabha." I pray that this buddy will "return to his soul" quickly.

At 8 minutes and 23 seconds into the fourth quarter, James hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and the Cavaliers overtook the score 96-97.This time Qin Tao didn't call timeout, he just stood up slowly from his seat.Because in his memory, it was at this time that he used the acceleration potion on Kobe and Butler at the same time.

"Bryant, Caron, break through, rush in, and crush everyone in Cleveland." Although Qin Tao's words reached Kobe and Butler's ears through Zhang Jie's translation, the effect was the same .Kobe took Divac's pass and began to attack the Cavaliers inside.

'Why is my speed so fast suddenly? Is it an illusion? ' Kobe thought in surprise.It turned out that his limit speed was 100 of the full value, and this increase directly exceeded the full value.James, who had been marking Kobe all the time, was also surprised. Why did his speed suddenly increase?Before James could react, Kobe had already rushed to the Cavaliers' basket, taking advantage of Ilgauskas's slow footsteps, and Kobe made a wall with the poor Lithuanian to block it. With James behind him, Kobe, who had thrown off James, dunked the ball into the basket very easily.The Lakers lead again.

"Don't worry, guys, the victory will definitely belong to us, and we will definitely enter the playoffs this year. They are no longer the Lakers of the year. Come on." James clapped his hands loudly to encourage his teammates.

Gooden is on the baseline ready to serve.Qin Tao yelled from the sidelines, "Caron breaks out, breaks out, breaks the ball."

Caron Butler, who was hesitant to step forward to steal the ball, heard the coach's shout and rushed out without hesitation.The ball was broken by Butler rushing up three centimeters in front of Snow's palm.While surprised at how his speed suddenly increased, Butler easily completed a dunk, and incidentally caused a foul by Gooden who had just run from the baseline to defend.

Made the most critical free throw of the game, and the Lakers once again widened the point difference to four points.Qin Tao called Kobe to go up and stare at James. Kobe also knew that the success or failure of the game was in the last few minutes, so he also defended James without hesitation.And James, who has a speed of only 90, is not an opponent at all against Kobe, who has burst out of speed. Although he has an advantage in strength, he cannot make up for the disadvantage in speed.

James is restricted, but Butler is like a god possessed. His speed makes McGinnis, who is defending him, very uncomfortable.Although only a little, it is enough.The original state was not good, and he was facing the drugged Butler, so he was even less of an opponent.Butler scored five points in a row, while Bryant's defense frustrates James' three attempts.

Kobe made another emergency stop jump shot, and the Lakers expanded the point difference to double digits, securing the victory.

When the timer reset to zero and the referee's whistle sounded, Qin Tao was the first to rush into the arena and embrace the players.This victory did not come easily!This victory is of great significance to Qin Tao, it is the first victory in his coaching career.

Although Qin Tao knew that he would definitely win this match yesterday, Qin Tao rushed out without hesitation the moment the reality came.

At this time, Qin Tao looked like a clown, but the Lakers players had slowly accepted their head coach.The few times the Lakers encountered danger, it was the offense arranged by Qin Tao that helped the Lakers stabilize the situation.After the game, he was the first to rush up and hug the players to celebrate the victory.At this time, the Lakers players felt that the coach was not far away from us.

(End of this chapter)