NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 471 The Kernel's Last Hope

"I haven't heard this news, who is this person?" Li Shengli was a little depressed.

"Cough...you know, I haven't been working as the head coach for long!" Gordon was a little embarrassed, and his answer was wrong, "I'm a bit behind in some news, so I just heard about it, and This matter has nothing to do with our Mavericks, because this person is an inside player, and we have no shortage of insiders, and there is no need to compete with them."

Your news lag?

You step on the horse and directly say that you have no right to speak in the management, and you have no acquaintances in the coaching circle, and it's over!

Li Shengli glanced at Gordon, who was embarrassed, and felt very sympathetic, because the players under him were playing vigorously, but he, a serious head coach, has not yet been recognized by the mainstream group, which is really a bit miserable Yes, even Gordon himself is sometimes envious of Li Shengli's popularity.

"Hey, it's a bit far away!" Gordon coughed awkwardly, "What you need to know is that the Spurs put all their hopes in this playoffs, and the next few games may not be easy."

Gordon stopped talking, and Li Shengli didn't bother to expose his shortcomings. He simply took a look at the situation on the field. The 20 points on the head are enough, until the middle of the last quarter, it just turned 20 points into 15 points.

"It's over, this fight... I don't even have a chance to call a timeout!" Gordon abides by the unspoken rule of playing the core main force and not calling a timeout during garbage time, but playing Li Shengli himself did not make the Spurs much better. Curry The shooting feels very hot, successfully holding back the inside disadvantage.

"No, let me go. I'll smash the Spurs in one go. I'm afraid Robinson won't be able to stand it!" Li Shengli asked for a fight, wanting to be flexible and beat Robinson back. After all, Robinson played for another 42 minutes.

"Afraid that he can't stand it? You don't have a story with him, do you?" Gordon glanced at Li Shengli with a strange expression, "Okay, if it's not necessary, you can just sit here and rest. The Spurs are different from us. Even if we went to the finals, a group of sick people also lost, but we are capable of fighting, you can't have any problems, and... you are really going to win, the faces of both sides are not good, the best The best way is not to leave a story for those media, otherwise the press conference will be very annoying, as for Robinson, that is the matter of the Spurs."

"Well, whatever you want, you are the head coach anyway!"

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Because the Mavericks are at home, the cameras on the scene will always cut to the Mavericks' bench when they are free, and Gordon is also interested, running to the sidelines to take pictures, waving his hands, and personally guiding the tactics of the players on the field. There is a kind of demeanor of a famous league coach.

Pretentious?But you, Gordon, have a good chance to pretend to be aggressive!

Li Shengli covered his face with a towel and laughed. After all, the current situation... The Spurs have been smashed, and Gordon has to pose for a few photos for the newspaper. This is too ironic, and Hill on the other side can't stand it. Yes, the cursing never stopped in the last few minutes.

With 4 minutes left in the game, the Mavericks led by 13 points. Gordon replaced McLeod and Donald with substitutes who hadn't played a few minutes in the playoffs.

Then, as time passed and the point difference narrowed slowly, Gordon simply replaced Kidd and Curry, leaving only one Garnett to continue to torture the opponent on the court, playing until the last less than 1 minute. When the Bulls were still leading by 10 points... Spurs coach Hill finally couldn't hold back and removed Robinson, and Robinson played more than 47 minutes in this game.

In the end, the Mavericks won Game 111 of the Western Conference Finals with a score of 104:1, and the big score reached 2:1. What is more strange is...the game is not over yet with [-] minute left, and Robinson did not stop and directly Go to the locker room.

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"Donald, what's wrong with Robinson?" Li Shengli didn't play in the last quarter, so he directly asked Donald, who was replacing him. The reason why he asked the question was that this series of actions did not fit Robinson's character at all, because even if the game was played No matter how fierce, he shouldn't have left the stage early, right?

"I don't know, but it feels weird. Maybe it's because I'm too tired, or maybe it's because of my back injury? Anyway, I don't think it's too difficult to beat him, otherwise the score will definitely be unstoppable." Donald scratched his head and said This is all my own guess, but Li Shengli glanced at the Spurs with complicated eyes.

Back injury recurrence?This is much more serious than his shoulder injury!

If the facts are as Donald guessed, then the Spurs' Western Conference finals will be really bad, and Li Shengli also finds it strange, because the Robinson he encountered in the past was not so afraid of confrontation at the basket, but this one The series has played three games... Li Shengli has indeed discovered his problem, even the rebounds are a bit difficult.

It doesn't make sense!

The Spurs killed the Rockets in the second round, and there was news of Robinson's back injury before the end of the regular season. So what did he use to fight Olajuwon? !

You know, Robinson has always been at a disadvantage against Olajuwon, but the average data in the second round shows that Robinson did not lose too much to Olajuwon, which is a normal level. The Spurs won because of the performance value of the lineup. higher.

But now, combined with the performance of the three games, the ultra-high-intensity average time, and Robinson's rare early exit, people have to doubt... Robinson did have an injury problem personally.

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At this time, because they won the third game, the Mavericks' home court was full of hustle and shouts, and the substitutes rushed to the field to disturb each other. Only Li Shengli and Gordon stayed in the rest area and looked at each other.

"What do you think?" Li Shengli asked Gordon.

"Me? I watched from the bench." Gordon shrugged.

"I'm not joking with you, Robinson won't be really exhausted, will he?"

"This is a good thing. He is exhausted first, so you don't have to continue the high-intensity battles of the previous few games, and there will always be someone who collapses first. I am glad that this person is Robinson, not you!" Gordon wrote. Leaving aside the Spurs team that was leaving the field, he continued: "Look at it, the Spurs have too many injuries, and this round of the series is probably not a big problem. The game is like this, so don't feel sorry for them. It can't be because of him. Robinson If you're hurt, don't you fight?"

"Are you kidding? I just think Robinson is miserable. The Spurs found him a Rodman, but Rodman..."

"Rodman? You don't mention this, I haven't remembered it yet, now I pray for magic, and pray that your brother Shaq can help us deal with the bull, otherwise, if we encounter a bull, Kevin, this kid will be very limited. Big, you are too hard on the inside." Gordon had a whim, and his worries were not unreasonable.

"Deal with the Bulls? Don't you look at how the Magic were beaten by the Bulls in those two games? If you still deal with the Bulls, the Magic are lucky if they don't get swept away." Li Shengli also had a headache when he thought of O'Neal's situation, and he had to think about it... Really? After reaching the finals, what should I do if I meet the Bulls?Although the East and West finals are not over yet, the Magic have no signs of winning at all. The Bulls basically got a ticket to the finals.

"You're right!" Gordon nodded, "According to Robinson's situation today, the Spurs can't stop us, so the biggest problem is with us. To be honest, I haven't told anyone else yet , but you need to know that it is difficult for us to play against the Bulls, and the last hope of the core team... is on our Mavericks."

The last hope for the inner-core team?

Have you still stepped on the horse and haven't talked to others yet?

Li Shengli rolled his eyes, "Gordon, really, I really don't blame Toby for wanting to fire you. He was afraid before he hit you as the head coach. If he doesn't fire you, who will he fire? Don't say that, don't worry." Don't say it, and the Spurs haven't finished playing here yet."

"Damn it, Li, Li, can you show me some respect as the head coach? I'm the head coach on horseback. It's embarrassing for you to let other people hear it." Gordon was still serious just now. Li Shengli couldn't help blushing when he talked about Toby's dismissal.

"What a big deal. It's just the two of us here, in a mess, and no one heard it."

"That's true! All my hopes now are on you. If the Mavericks win the championship, then I will be the champion coach. To be honest, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Right now... I'm panicked and scared!"

"No, are you really scared?"

"Hush... can you keep your voice down, how can I not be afraid of riding a horse? I'm not you. I've been working as an assistant coach before, and I was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last time. This season is good, suddenly I'm going to play the finals, can I not panic, can I not be afraid?" The highest honor made Gordon a little worried about gains and losses, and this emotion disappeared quickly, "Just listen to this, don't fight with me. Others said, otherwise my team would be hard to lead. That’s fine, now we’re waiting for the finals, we are... the last hope of the core!"

(End of this chapter)