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Chapter 164 Collection
On the night of February 2, the Spurs ushered in the last game before the All-Star weekend. Their opponent was the Bucks who were sitting at home and waiting for work.

Although the Spurs are now on a [-]-game winning streak, considering the All-Star Weekend in the near future and the Thunder being far behind, Popovich made a rotation decision.

The three members of GDP stayed in San Antonio directly, and did not fly to Milwaukee with the team. Faced with questions from the league and media reporters, Popovich made up several excuses casually, regardless of whether they believed it or not.

Due to the absence of the three GDP players, the starting lineup for this game is: Yang Ke, Green, Leonard, Diaw and Splitter.

Although the Spurs' lineup is very young, their power and tacit understanding are not small. Relying on more and more skilled pass-blocking tactics, the Spurs' offense is very impressive.

On the defensive end, under the defense of Leonard, Yang Ke and Green, the three defensive pioneers, the Bucks' outside players were tightly restricted, and the offensive rhythm was completely lacking.

In this way, at the end of the first half, the Spurs had already led the Bucks by 68 points with a score of 40:28, and the game lost suspense early.

The fans of the home team couldn't bear to watch the team being tortured and killed. At the end of the third quarter, more than half of the fans and spectators in the entire arena left without any surprise.

In the end, the Spurs ended the game hastily with a score of 98:76.Among them, Yang Ke, who started the game, scored 10 points and 19 assists in nearly 11 minutes of playing time, scoring his second double-double.

On the second day after the game, Yang Ke and Leonard did not return to San Antonio because they were going to participate in this year's Rookie Challenge.Instead, he took the flight and went straight to Orlando.

At noon on February 2, Yang Ke and Leonard participated in the first assembly of their respective teams. While seeing O'Neal and Barkley, they also saw the head coaches of their respective teams.

According to the rules, Barkley and O'Neal's colleagues on TNT TV, Mike Frattero and Steve Kerr are the head coaches of the two teams respectively, and Kerr is the head coach of Yang Ke and Jeremy Lin's O'Neal team.

"Yang, you are welcome!"

Cole greeted Yang Ke with a smile on his face. He liked Yang Ke's type of player very much, with fast speed, high IQ, and three-point accuracy.

"Coach, hello!"

Yang Ke also said with a smile, although Cole's current occupation is a basketball commentator, he also has the identity of the temporary head coach of the O'Neal team, so it is not an exaggeration to call him a coach.

Yang Ke's politeness made Cole like him even more, and he couldn't help laughing and said, "Yang, you have to perform well in this game!"

"I'll do my best!"

Yang Ke nodded with a smile. He was really planning to just go through the motions in the Rookie Challenge, but since the rules of the Rookie Challenge were changed, he gave up his previous thought.

You must know that this year's Rookie Challenge, because Jeremy Lin, who has written a legendary experience this season, and Yang Ke, who is an Asian player and full of topics, joined, under the careful planning of the organizer Orlando City.

There is also the premise that the league will make major changes to the competition system. Media reporters from all over the world have boldly predicted that the attention of this year's All-Star Rookie Challenge may surpass the skills competition, three-point competition and dunk contest, second only to the top superstar-studded All-Star Challenge. The star race.

Even a reporter from the New York Times declared that this year's Rookie Challenge can be compared to 1997, which undoubtedly attracted a wide range of lively discussions.

You have to know which session in 1997, all young people from the 96 golden generation were on the court, and the two coaches were famous coaches in NBA history, "Cardinal" Auerbach and legendary coach Jack Rahm together.

It can be said that before the start of the rookie challenge, it has attracted far more attention than previous ones. In this case, the league spent a lot of money and invited Taylor Swift to sing before the game.

Due to a change in thinking, Yang Ke has plans to perform well. After all, in such a game, he is not representing himself alone. Of course, it would be even better if he can win the MVP.

At 12:30, when the players arrived, under the organization of Cole, a 1-hour familiarization training began.Griffin in the team has left a deep impression on Yang Ke. He has too many dunks, and it is easy to play wonderful alley-oop cooperation with him as a teammate.

"Lin, you've played really well in the last two weeks!"

During the break after training, Yang Ke and Jeremy Lin, who are also yellow-skinned players, quickly sat down and chatted.

Holding the drink bottle in his hand, Jeremy Lin shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Yeah, it's a pity that this situation is about to come to an end, and Anthony is about to make a comeback. It's hard for me and his style of play to be compatible!"

"Your coach, you should be able to see this, right? I think he will make corresponding adjustments."

Yang Ke nodded in agreement. Anthony is good at singles, while Jeremy Lin is good at pick-and-roll tactics. The two offensive styles are completely incompatible.

And it is impossible for the two of them to change their playing styles in a short period of time, so the head coach can only rely on the head coach to make responsive tactical adjustments and running-in.

Hearing what Yang Ke said, Jeremy Lin sighed even more depressed, and said with great concern: "I heard that coach D'Antoni will be resigned by the management."

Blinking his eyes, Yang Ke said in surprise: "Impossible, isn't the Knicks record already mentioned?"

"The management is already looking for a coach."

Shaking his head, Jeremy Lin was full of worries about his future. He knew that coach D'Antoni's tactics were very suitable for him.That's why he can play good numbers continuously. Once the coach is changed, he doesn't know what will happen.

Yang Ke didn't know how much to say about this kind of thing, so he could only pat Jeremy Lin on the shoulder and persuade him: "Take your time, with your current performance, the Knicks will provide you with a good contract next season. Time to get used to the new style of play."

"Hard to say."

He shook his head again, thinking of his recent experience, Jeremy Lin is not as cheerful as Yang Ke, and his face is extremely depressed, "The racial discrimination in New York is very serious. Even if I have been very hot recently, I have still suffered a lot of unfairness. treatment."

"No!"

Eyes widened, Yang Ke said in surprise, he remembered that Jeremy Lin had become a hero in the eyes of many New York media and fans, even if Jeremy Lin was the new darling of New York, it would not be an exaggeration.

"Yang, don't forget a word, the more prosperous the big city is, the more sinister the darkness will be under its bright surface!"

Holding the beverage bottle vigorously with his right hand, until it became a ball under the action of the huge force, Jeremy Lin complained angrily, "I'm really tired of this feeling! You haven't given me a fair treatment .”

Opened his mouth, just when Yang Ke wanted to organize some words of persuasion, a buzzing voice came from behind them...

"What's the use of just complaining, it will make them more arrogant. If you want to shut them up, you can only rely on your own strength."

"And with your current strength, it's not enough! If you have time to complain here, you might as well think about how to make progress!"

(End of this chapter)