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Chapter 105 I Just Play Ball

After making up his mind, Su Yang discussed with Snyder again, then opened the door and entered the locker room.

A depressing atmosphere prevailed, and I saw Durant lying on the chair with his head tilted, Westbrook bowed his head and stared at the floor, Green sat blankly and his eyes were erratic, and several veteran players were also silent, waiting for Su Yang to make a speech .

Only the second idiot, Little Jordan, was still listening to music with headphones on his face calmly, shaking his head.

"You should learn from DeAndre."

Su Yang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "No matter what difficulties you encounter, don't be afraid, just face it with a smile!"

Everyone's eyes turned to Su Yang one after another, without much change in their eyes, as if they knew what he was going to say next.

It’s nothing more than a lot of chicken soup for the soul, emphasizing that there is still hope for the game, and encouraging everyone to catch up and don’t give up early.

As a professional player, I have seen too much of this kind of thing from when I first came into contact with basketball to when I entered the NBA.

But this time the opponent is a knight with excellent offense and defense, even if he intends to chase, the final result is nothing more than losing less points.

“96年11月28号，盐湖城爵士主场迎战丹佛掘金，他们在半场还剩20秒结束时，以34比70落后掘金多达36分，但最后爵士以107比103逆转取胜…”

Su Yang looked around the team with his hands on his hips. After a pause, he continued, "I specifically asked Coach Jerry Sloan what he said at the time to make the Jazz complete a big comeback. Guess what he said?"

All the players instinctively showed curious expressions, and Jordan finally took off his earphones and listened carefully.

"He didn't give any motivational speeches, nor did he intimidate or lure the players. What would happen if he lost the game? He just pointed out that the team's work was not good enough, and reminded the players to pay attention to improvement in the second half..."

"They were just playing, picking and rolling, driving, shooting, blocking, rebounding..."

"As for completing the biggest reversal in NBA history, that is an extra reward. Their goal is to play well."

"We are also facing a similar situation tonight. We are currently behind by 34 points, our shots are a bit poor, and our rebound protection is not good enough. There are some reasons for back-to-back games. I hope the second half can be improved."

"We are fully capable of doing it. Do you remember the game against the Jazz at the beginning of the season? We were 29 points behind at halftime, but we only lost by 7 points in the end. We have improved a lot during this period, and we will definitely have better results."

"In short, you don't need to be depressed. Even if you lose, it's just a game. Just do your best."

After the words fell, the players were slightly moved, as if they were surprised that Su Yang did not emphasize the need for a major reversal.

After a while, Westbrook suddenly raised his head and said: "I'm sorry, coach. I played badly during the previous period, which caused the team to regret losing several times. I promise you, I will fight for you in the second half and win with all my strength. Let's play this game."

Su Yang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words. What he said didn't look like Westbrook's style. Could it be that he was inspired to turn into a calm turtle?

"I'm glad you think that, but you don't have to fight for me, you don't have to fight for the media, you don't have to fight for the salary, you don't even have to fight for the fans, you should fight for yourself, enjoy the game, Just playing ball."

Westbrook was stunned for a moment: "I just play ball..."

"Yes!" Su Yang looked around at the players, "It's the same with you, just play."

"Yeah!" Jordan cheered, Durant sat up and clapped vigorously, Green stood up and raised his hands.

The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly became restless, the frustration was swept away, and the whole team was refreshed.

After the players gradually calmed down, Su Yang began to arrange the lineup and tactics again, and proposed to let Green play the center forward.

Green and the other players were a little confused, and Su Yang explained that he needed to catch the Cavaliers by surprise, wait until the Cavaliers reacted, and then switch back to the regular lineup, try to match the tactics with those that are relatively simple to train, and make more use of the speed advantage.

He didn't mention that he would be fired if he couldn't reverse it, and he didn't want players to play with a burden.

After the arrangement was completed, Su Yang led the coaching staff out of the locker room to review the offensive and defensive performance in the first half.

In the first half of the game, there was basically no replay value. It was simply because of back-to-back battles that the Cavaliers were unable to enter the state, and the first quarter of the Cavaliers was regarded as a full-scale offense and defense in the playoffs. LeBron even turned on the strongest mode in advance.

But the fans and the management will not consider those factors. Seeing that they are behind by a big score, they just want the coach to get out.

For that kind of reaction, I have seen too much, even if I know the goal is lofty, I don't want to suffer immediate losses.

At the end of the replay, Su Yang led the team back to the arena, and Westbrook and other players also returned to the court in advance to warm up.

The second half of the game started quickly.

Cavaliers routinely use the starting lineup, Mo, West, LeBron, Big Ben, Big Z.

The Thunder lineup has changed slightly, Westbrook, Waver, Wilkins, Durant, Green.

When the fans at the scene saw Green standing in the paint area, they immediately burst into laughter, which continued continuously.

The camera on the central screen was immediately shown to Su Yang, as if trying to capture his reaction, but Su Yang remained calm.

Amidst boos all over the court, the Thunder launched an attack, the team settled in a V-shaped formation, and Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc.

Green went up to the wall to cover at the same time, Xiao Mo hurriedly squeezed through the screen and chased, and Big Z also put up a posture in the elbow area.

Westbrook stepped in front of Big Z, stopped abruptly and raised his hand, then stepped on the ground to accelerate, slowly and quickly, and easily reached the basket.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 34 to 66.

Su Yang clapped his hands calmly, but he was very happy in his heart: Westbrook actually controlled the rhythm instead of rushing or throwing.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Seeing that Westbrook was pressing Mo, Daben directly passed the ball to LeBron on the right side of the center line.

LeBron took the ball and ran to the right wing, Big Z followed closely and prepared to cover, and the Thunder defended and piled up simultaneously.

Suddenly, LeBron made a long pass to the left side of the court, and Ben, who had just reached the three-point line, raised his hand to catch the ball, turned around and split the left wing.

Xiao Mo received the ball and directly crossed and strode, facing Westbrook's defense, rushed to the basket on the left, and suddenly stopped and turned around.

The movement was quite beautiful, but there were no teammates around Xiao Mo, Su Yang saw this and shouted: "Teaming, double-teaming!"

The Thunder trio seemed to have received the order instantly, and they surrounded Xiao Mo in the blink of an eye, all hands up and down, and all kinds of interference.

In a panic, Xiao Mo jumped up and passed the ball, and Green slapped the ball to the top of the arc and flew to the three-point line.

Waver raised his hand to catch the ball, turned around and rushed forward.

boom!LeBron failed to chase the cap, the basketball was caught hollow, and the Thunder chased 36 to 66.

The Cavaliers immediately made a fast break, Xiao Mo received the ball from the sideline, turned around and made a long pass to the frontcourt, and the unguarded Daben scored a dunk.

"Mine, mine..." Durant raised his hand to signal that he made a mistake and did not return to defense in time.

At this time, most of the players from the two teams gathered in the backcourt, Su Yang saw this and shouted: "Fast break, fast break!"

Durant immediately picked up the basketball, threw a long pass to the center line, and Green caught the ball and ran forward.

Waver received the ball on the left sideline, and then he slammed to the basket in the front court, and also picked the basket with low hands.

boom!LeBron succeeded in chasing the cap this time.

The cheers in the arena burst, but Westbrook, who followed up, raised his hand to catch the ball, took a sharp step, leaped high, and dunked.

38 to 68, the Thunder maintained a good momentum of chasing points, Mike Brown seemed to feel that something was wrong, he got up and waved.

Seeing the command, Xiao Mo decisively suppressed the rhythm, slowly led the ball to the top of the arc, and stared straight at the right side.

Moments later, LeBron crossed the baseline from left to right and came out of the screen to catch the ball at the right elbow.

Wilkins tried his best to keep catching up, and Durant stood under the basket to intercept, but Da Ben turned around and cut inside.

LeBron threw the ball to the basket at the same time, and the unguarded Ben jumped up high, catching dunks with both hands.

Cheers erupted in the arena. The two commentators of ESPN caught the Thunder lineup and criticized Su Yang, thinking that Su Yang lost too much and lost his mind. Even if Green has the advantage of speed and range as a center, how can he defend the Cavaliers' offense and chase points if he can't? ?
At the same time, someone on Twitter launched a countdown event for Su Yang's dismissal, and many fans retweeted and participated.

Su Yang didn't know about it, he just watched the game intently, feeling that the Thunder was about to finish.

(End of this chapter)