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Chapter 210 After the game
"Is it recorded?"

Listening to the MVP cheers from the audience, Li Qiuxue standing under the basketball hoop smiled happily.He flicked his bangs, looked sideways at Parks, and asked.

"Um"

Taking his head off the camera, Parks nodded with a smile, looked at Yang Ke who walked off the court and embraced Popovich, and said slowly, "It's a pity that although the result of this game is good, the process is not perfect. .”

"It's been pretty good."

Li Qiuxue shook her head with a smile, turned around, folded her hands naturally behind her back, and looked straight at Parkes, "Maybe this is the most exciting game I can see, after all, even if you say No future."

"maybe!"

Parks was taken aback for a moment, then thought of something, pressed the camera with both hands, and nodded without denying it.

Biting her lip, Li Qiuxue rationally didn't dwell on this topic any longer, and instead said, "Anyway, thank you! I finished recording the whole game for me."

"No, fifth sister-in-law..."

In the end, the Spurs at home defeated the Lakers 98:82, not only starting their two-game winning streak, but also ending the Lakers' three-game winning streak.

At the press conference after the game, the media reporters who were extremely excited and looking forward to this highly reported game were only waiting for the two head coaches.

At the signal of the press officer, a male reporter from the Boston Globe stood up and asked, "Coach Popovich, why didn't you bring the players to the press conference? interview rules."

"Simple because they're tired."

Staring blankly at the media reporters in front of him, Popovich said unhurriedly, "The intensity of the confrontation in this game is no less than that of the playoffs. I think the league will understand us."

Still like that!

Listening to Popovich's plain voice, Brown secretly smiled in his heart.When he was an assistant coach with the Spurs, he had a deep understanding of what Popovich did and admired it.

But now when I become the head coach of a team, I realize how difficult it is to remain unmoved and go my own way like Popovich.

There was a moment of silence at the press conference. The media reporters were very dissatisfied with Popovich's remarks, but they couldn't help him.

Not to mention that Popovich is not afraid of the league's punishment at all, and secondly, the league is embarrassed to actually punish him for his words.After all, it is not unreasonable for the players to be physically and mentally exhausted because of the fierce battle.

After a while of silence, a middle-aged male reporter first acquiesced that there were no players, stood up and asked, "Coach Popovich, what do you think of the team's performance?"

"The boys played very well tonight. To be able to play like this with the Lakers who have the ability to win the championship, to be honest, I am very surprised."

Pointing, holding the microphone with his right hand, Popovich said quickly, "You also know that the successive injuries of Duncan and Parker have had a great impact on the team, but the boys were able to adjust quickly, which makes me feel for them. pride."

Soon an Asian female reporter was picked up, her pretty face was rosy, and her slender fingers tightly grasped the microphone, trembling slightly because of nervousness.

Taking a deep breath, the female reporter suppressed her excitement and quickly asked, "Hello, Coach Popovich! In this game, Yang Ke scored a career-high 28 points and led the team to Victory, what would you say about that?"

"That's a good question!"

Looking at the female reporter with the same skin color as Yang Ke, Popovich gave a rare smile, glanced at the media who were about to start recording, and thought, but said, "In my opinion, Yang played a bit selfish tonight. "

Ok?!

The female reporter was startled and stared blankly at Popovich.The old man puts the most emphasis on team basketball. Few of his players can score more than [-] points, so the female reporter was completely intimidated immediately.

Swish!Click!
At the same time, the other media reporters in the room showed excitement on their faces.Didn't the star player come? It doesn't matter. Listening to Popovich's words, it seems that there is a big deal. Everyone immediately prepared their notebooks and recording equipment.

Looking at the media reporters who were waiting solemnly, Popovich knew very well that except for a few media, they were really worried about Yang Ke, and most of the others were just looking for more lucrative remuneration.

After intentionally chilling the crowd, Popovich said when the Asian female reporter was extremely nervous, "However, Yang's selfishness is exactly what the team desperately needs."

"What?"

The female reporter was taken aback for a moment, then blinked thoughtfully, a thought came to her mind.Listening to Popovich's tone of voice, there seems to be a big reversal.

"The team has just lost its offensive and defensive core, and it is lacking players like Yang who can stand up at critical moments and play more selfishly and confidently!"

Rubbing his chin with the fingers of his left hand, Popovich regained his composure and said directly, "I like Yang's selfishness very much, and the team needs him to continue playing like this for a long time!"

The female reporter was very excited, and she could hear his sincerity from Popovich's words.This is different from the various lies that other coaches say for the sake of the market. This is a heartfelt praise from a legendary coach.

With four fingers tightly grasping the microphone, the female reporter asked with a complicated expression in her trembling voice: "Coach, what do you mean by this? Can I understand that Yang Ke is very important to the Spurs?"

Nodding without any pause, Popovich replied directly: "Of course, Yang is the most important part of the team. I can't believe what the Spurs would be without him..."

When the Asian female reporters asked questions one after another, in the dark night of the moonlight, San Antonio was a desolate and lonely suburb compared with the city.

In front of a newly erected tombstone in the grass, three tall men stood.Under the cold moonlight, they discovered that they were Yang Ke, Kobe, and Leonard who should have appeared at the post-match press conference.

"You won tonight, but it's only temporary. If we meet in the playoffs, I will let you taste the bitterness of losing again!"

I don't know that there was a long silence between them. Under the urging of the vibrating phone, Kobe broke the silence, turned his back to the two of them, and walked towards the distance.

No one will be surprised to hear such a sentence from Kobe's mouth.He is a real fighter, failure can never knock him down, it can only push him to keep moving forward and upgrading.

Ignoring Kobe who was leaving, and not responding to his words, Yang Ke and Leonard just looked at the tombstone calmly and silently, and stared at the smiling photo of Alice.

(End of this chapter)