You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 161 Zones
In November, the weather in Apollos, Minnesota, is only 11°C during the day and around -5°C at night.

The Lakers, who had just lost to the Eagles, rushed to this cold city to challenge another team named after animals.

The Lakers didn't have many options. They lost an upset and had another game tonight.

Back to back is so unreasonable.

From a pure basketball point of view, it is indeed unnecessary, and this mechanism is very harmful. Back-to-back games obviously increase the fatigue of the players. After a game, after receiving interviews, returning to the hotel and rushing to the airport to fly to another city, the rest time for players to really close their eyes between games is often less than 5 hours. In this way, the team's winning rate will also be visibly affected.

But just like American football obviously has the risk of causing concussion to athletes, but the management still sings and dances while covering the risk report. A game affects tens of thousands of ticket revenues and advertisements on the sidelines, the service industry around the venue, the operation industry of the venue itself, and the TV and Internet media live broadcast industry.

The NBA, as a business league, and NBA players as a commercial asset (although high in value but can be excavated and mass-produced through auditions), their ability to create value is amazing.And the value they create comes from the intensive schedule.For this reason, the risks brought by back-to-back are naturally not a concern.

To put it simply, the players can get so much money, the market value of the team can be doubled several times, and the league can sell billions of broadcast contracts.That's why the Players Association took the suspension of the league as their trump card.And since the current league has earned so much money, it is impossible for them to take the initiative to reduce the number of games and spit out the money.Even the president who likes to drive backwards in the future is considering adding something like a "tournament" in the middle of the season to increase the number of games in disguise.

Therefore, it is impossible to have fewer games, and it is impossible to have fewer games in this life. At most, the details of the schedule such as starting the season in advance and reducing the number of back-to-back games can be used to relieve the pressure.What's more, there are policies and countermeasures.

Mr. Lun's omnipotent method of taking turns to rest was born to deal with back-to-back.

As for the moment, the Lakers team has no plans to take turns.

The idea that the big guys are instilled is to get paid for how many games they play, unless they are injured on business.

The most disgusting thing about the rotation is that it makes the fans who support it subconsciously think that the regular season is no longer important, as long as the playoffs are played well.

However, if they can't play well in the regular season, how can they get the playoffs?
Minnesota reporters are not that interested in the Lakers.

The Lakers entered the hotel smoothly, trained on time, and waited for the game time to arrive.

At seven o'clock in the evening, after dinner, the Lakers took the bus to the Target Center.

Arriving at the game two hours early is not just about getting used to the venue.

Everyone was in the locker room, and Wei Xia listened to everyone's glances and conversations.

Kobe had a heated chat with a middle-aged black man who often appeared in the locker room.

"The reason why Michael can enter the 'Zone' at any time is his sense of crisis." The middle-aged black man next to Kobe said, "He knew what he was going to do. I remember that in the spring of 1995, Brian Russell spoke rudely to him. That incident became the source of motivation for MJ to fight against the Jazz in the future. I believe that without Bryant's words, MJ would not have played those games that people talk about."

The person involved was at the scene, and Russell yelled at the black man: "George, please don't quote real people's names when you make up stories."

"This is both a story and a historical fact." The middle-aged black man smiled and said to Russell, "You'd better admit it."

Russell had no choice but to dissatisfy Jordan in any public occasion. He wanted to challenge Jordan one-on-one, accusing the opponent of pushing the opponent in 1998. Perhaps it was his unyielding spirit that Jordan remembered, so he was honored to be the last person to thank in the latter's Hall of Fame speech.

Russell should be honored.

Jordan's three classic moments in the finals, the first buzzer lore in 1997, the first buzzer-beating game, the fifth flu game, and the sixth game in 1998, he was not only a witness, but also a witness, even the one who defended Jordan.Winners will be remembered, as will losers in certain circumstances.

For example, it is impossible for us to forget Curry’s back pass out of bounds in Game [-], Duncan’s consecutive missed layups in the face of Battier, and JR Smith’s dramatic brain-short-circuit when he played both an angel and a devil within a few seconds. Russell has experienced the above-mentioned famous scenes three times alone. What an honor he is.

"What is 'Zone'?" Wesha asked the black man beside Kobe, George Mumford, a member of Zen Master's luxurious team.

Mumford has worked with Zen Master for many years, and has experienced the glorious 90s of the Bulls Dynasty with the latter. He knows everything about Jordan's story and is also a very good psychological master. In the mid-90s, he coached not only the players in the Bulls team, but also star athletes in other fields in Chicago.

Almost all Chicago athletes who worked with Mumford and successfully entered "the zone" (Dr. J" Julius Owen was Mumford's college roommate) said that they could not control this state independently. Afterwards, they were confused and did not know when and how they entered this crazy state. Mind control, enter and exit "the zone" as you like.

In order to explore the mystery of "the zone" on Jordan, Kobe regarded every word and every point of view Mumford said as a bible and remembered it in his heart.

Before Mumford could answer Wei Xia's question, Kobe himself said first: "That is a field that only you can enter. Simply put, other people's movements are slowed down in your eyes. Attack and defense, you can easily find a way to crack it, and then completely dominate the game."

Listening to Kobe's narration, Wei Xia couldn't help thinking about the championship game of the NCAA National Championship half a year ago.

In the last quarter, his state was similar to what Kobe described. The North Carolina players seemed to be in slow motion in his eyes.

"Wish, are you interested in this too?" Mumford asked with a smile.

"You keep talking, and I will benefit a lot from listening." Wei Xia said modestly.

Russell patted the closet and said, "Stop talking about those useless nonsense!"

Victims don't want to be knifed after knife after knife.

After a while, Zen Master entered the locker room, closed the locker room without giving any lectures, and then lit the sage.

With sage in his hand, he walks past each team member, making sure everyone gets smoked.

Wei Xia's eyes turned, not knowing where the trouble was coming from.

He looked at Kobe and found that he closed his eyes with a look of enjoyment, while the others reacted similarly, especially the newcomer, Bynum just wanted to sleep when he smelled the smell, and Weaver enjoyed it like a veteran.

Wei Xia is sure that he doesn't enjoy it at all, unless he grew up smelling it.

"Relax," Jackson said. "All you have to do is relax."

His voice is soothing, without any tension.

Wei Xia closed his eyes and calmed down following the tone of the Zen master. Is this meditation?He doesn't quite understand.The Zen master wants the players to let themselves go and let their bodies and minds take a complete rest.

It lasted about 20 minutes or so.

Wei Xia was forced to meditate by Jackson for the first time, and he almost fell asleep. Fortunately, it was only 20 minutes, and after another 10 minutes, he would definitely fall asleep.

With 90 minutes left before the start of the game, Jackson asked everyone to leave the locker room to shoot.

Walking out of the locker room, Sprewell asked, "Is Phil always like this?"

"He still hasn't done a lot of strange things, you can look forward to it." Brian Cook, who joined the Lakers in 2003, had played under Jackson for a full season before, and he still has some understanding of the latter's routines.

The madman couldn't understand Jackson's actions at all. Hearing Cook's response, he cursed, "Such a person can lead the team to win so many championships? No wonder 'Bishop' and Pat Riley don't approve of him!"

In terms of the number of championships alone, Jackson has been tied with Red Auerbach.But neither Auerbach nor Pat Riley agreed with him.

Because he always coached the best players in the league.

The problem is, they weren't the undisputed "best" before he coached the best player in the league.They may be the strongest player, but the strongest player without a championship, just like Chamberlain.Being able to control the best players is also a skill.

Wei Xia entered the court to warm up. Starting from the outside three-pointer, he found that he felt good today.

The top of the arc scored 11 goals in a row before conceding.

"It seems that you plan to do a big job here!" Weaver specially passed the ball to Wei Xia, and seeing his touch today, he couldn't help joking.

(End of this chapter)