godfather in black

Chapter 83: 084
084: All in one go
Before the start of the game against the Jazz, Qin Tao was surrounded by a large group of reporters. They were unanimously unfavorable that Qin Tao could lead the Lakers to end the opponent's 7-game winning streak at home.

"The last time they lost to us, they ushered in a 7-game winning streak. Is there anything wrong with ending the [-]-game winning streak at Staples today?" Qin Tao was wearing sunglasses. The reporter didn't know what he was thinking. What is it, but the reporters are very excited about his confident answer.If Qin Tao gave in when facing the reporter, then the match would really be meaningless.

"May I ask how many points the Lakers can win today's game?" A reporter from Salt Lake City asked angrily.

"Hehe, basketball is round. If I can predict the number of points, then I'll just be a god! What kind of head coach should I be?" Qin Tao spread his hands and said lightly.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen. The game is about to start, so I'll go first. If you have any doubts about the result of the game, you will know after watching the game." After saying these words, Qin Tao squeezed out of the crowd , walked to the team locker room.

When we came to the locker room, the team was almost ready.This is Qin Tao's first game since he made changes to the team's tactics, and the Lakers had a three-game losing streak in previous away games.Although the Lakers have won two consecutive victories, they have won two weak teams that have problems entering the playoffs, and they are still struggling.Under such a background, Qin Tao had to say something.

"Yesterday was Valentine's Day, did you all have a good time?" Qin Tao said kindly.

"happy!"

"Valentine's Day has passed today, brothers, listen to the voices outside." Qin Tao pointed to the door of the locker room and said loudly: "Did you hear the booing? Because our performance was not good before. We were rejected by Houston. Killed, upset by the Hawks, beaten by the Nets, now we are in a bad place. You know what those bitch reporters say about us? They still don't believe that we will finally make the playoffs, They think we're one of the teams that can get the No. [-] pick. That's an insult to us, man. How do we shut up those fly-like reporters? How do we keep our fans from being sad?" Yue's head coach, Qin Tao's voice is a little hoarse, maybe this is an occupational disease!

"Win! Kick Utah's ass!" I have to say that Qin Tao's hoarse voice can better boost the morale of the team.

"Okay! Now, let's go up and kick Utah's ass." After Qin Tao shouted, he turned and walked out of the locker room.The players are very strange. It turns out that this should be what Kobe did. Why is he now the leader?In fact, they all had an answer in their hearts, perhaps because of what the boss and Kobe said in the locker room yesterday.

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There were sparse boos from every corner of the Staples Center 5 minutes ago, but now there is no booing in the entire Staples Center. They cheered and sang to cheer for the home team.But there were some fans wearing white visiting team jerseys who wanted to cheer for the visiting team Utah Jazz, but the red score on the scoreboard at the scene deeply hurt their nerves.

24 to 11, just 5 minutes into the game, the Lakers played the Jazz with a 24 to 11 spurt.At the beginning of the game, the Jazz were also prepared to freeze Chris Webber and let Kobe score alone.But soon they discovered that they were very wrong.Although the Lakers' tactical axis still revolves around Webber, his distribution has played a big role.But the Lakers' rough counterattack, coupled with the small cooperation between Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher and Caron Butler, played well on the outside.

The most troublesome thing is the Lakers' counterattack. Their four players are like a line. As soon as they grab the backcourt rebound, they will run crazy to the frontcourt.And today their speed is extremely fast, which is completely different from before.In fact, even they themselves were surprised why their speed was so fast today, but wouldn't it be a good thing that their speed suddenly increased?Why think so much?

"Today, the Lakers' counterattack was too sharp. Look! Another successful counterattack, the Utahs have not fully retreated to take a good position, and the Los Angeles people have completely overwhelmed them." War Hunter said very fast. Looking at everything that happened on the field, "It was four-on-two in the frontcourt. Kobe scored the ball. Webber followed up and caught the ball and threw it behind him again. The Jazz's defensive player was completely blocked by him. Caron Butler, dunk! Too Beautiful, the cooperation in the fast break, the young people of the Lakers finally played their own basketball. Jerry Sloan called a timeout, the offensive of the Lakers is really fierce today! In less than 6 minutes, they have scored 30 points."

Bill Walton, who cooperated with War Hunter in the commentary, reported a set of statistics after Webber and Butler completed the alley-oop, "In the first quarter, the Lakers scored 18 fast break points, and the Jazz scored [-] No points. But we can’t say that the Jazz’s defense is slow. We can only say that the Los Angeles counterattack was too fast today. Not only did they switch from defense to offense very fast, but they also retreated very quickly after scoring. This kind of momentum is completely different from the previous Los Angeles Lakers team!"

"Hey! Brothers, we played very well, didn't we? In the first quarter, we are almost 20 points ahead of our opponents. Next, let's slow down and attack the position. We can play slower, but if We grabbed the rebounds from the backcourt, and the speed of the counterattack still cannot be slow, run forward as hard as possible, whoever is tired, I will replace him."

The timeout ended and the game continued. The Lakers slowed down, but their counterattack was still as fierce as before.Sloan stood on the sidelines and loudly reminded his disciples, but their retreat speed still couldn't keep up with the Lakers' counterattack speed.And they couldn't open the game offensively, Boozer was completely lost in the face of Webber and Brown's defense.It is also difficult for Kirilenko to make a difference on the outside, and the height of Webb and Brown into the inside has made him return without success.

When the first quarter ended, the Jazz's players ran to the bench as if fleeing for their lives.Facing the Lakers like this, they have nothing to do, and the entire arena is full of songs praising the Lakers. Staying in such an environment for an extra minute is a torment.

In the subsequent game, Qin Tao sat on the coach's bench and chatted with Brown-Shaw. At halftime, the Lakers led by 18 points.In the third quarter, the Jazz just wanted to organize some effective counterattacks, and he found that the Lakers' speed was fighting again.There was no way, Qin Tao used the primary agility potion for the team in the first quarter, and then used the speed potion for the players in the third quarter.With speed, the Lakers have the motivation to fight back.Relying on a wave of offensives at the beginning of the second half, this group of iron troops from Utah completely fell.

(End of this chapter)