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Chapter 250 Fly to New York Overnight
After the timeout, the coaches of both sides tacitly dispatched a full substitute lineup, and officially announced the end of the game.

Swallowing the energy drink, Wallace raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead with a towel, and slowly expressed his decision: "Coach, I plan to retire after this season."

"Ah."

Nodding his head, Frank wasn't too surprised. Ending his career like this is a good ending for Wallace.

Afterwards, Frank opened the thermos, took a small sip of tea, turned his head to Wallace and asked, "What do you think of Yang Ke from the Spurs?"

Wallace smiled when he heard the words, and praised: "Like the Curry we talked about before, they are all very good guys. They are very talented and play very smartly. I think the only thing that can limit their future is, It can only be themselves."

Frank also agrees with this, but in comparison, he is more optimistic about Yang Ke. After all, the atmosphere of the Warriors is not very good at present. If no changes are made, it will be difficult for Curry to grow up.

But Yang Ke is different. He is very lucky to play in a mature team like the Spurs, and he can learn a lot.Furthermore, with the careful cultivation of a legendary coach like Popovich, Yang Ke can quickly develop many great professional habits.

On the other side of the visiting team's bench, Popovich called Yang Ke to his side, and said with a blank expression: "After the game, go to Tom's to get your personal highlights of the game."

"clear."

Wiping his sweat, Yang Ke nodded directly.If you want to find out your own problems, watching the game highlights from the perspective of a bystander is the most effective way.

In terms of watching highlights and summarizing himself, Popovich will not worry too much. After all, under his request, almost every player on the team has developed this habit.

Thinking of the game against the Knicks tomorrow night, Popovich then continued: "We will fly to New York overnight tonight. I just called the bald man. He will come to New York tomorrow. When you leave the team , to train alone with the bald man."

Yang Ke was taken aback. Of course he knew that the bald man Popovich was referring to was Manu Ginobili. He asked suspiciously, "Isn't Manu injured? Could it be that he has recovered from his injury and started recovery training?"

"It's early."

He gave Yang Ke an angry look, and Popovich immediately explained, "The bald man's injury won't heal this season. Although he can't do strenuous exercise, the technical level has always been stored in his brain."

"I understand."

Yang Ke instantly realized that the reason why Popovich asked Ginobili to come was because he wanted him to help him correct his offensive shortcomings at the basket through action analysis and situation analysis.

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When the final electronic sound sounded, the game also came to an end. The Spurs in the away game defeated the Pistons with a score of 98:80.

Although the game was lost, the fans at home were not disappointed because they saw perseverance and hope in the home team.Moreover, the result of losing the game is also in line with their psychological expectations, after all, their opponent is the league's No. [-] Spurs.

Yang Ke, who put on his coat again, left the bench immediately and walked to the Pistons in a few strides.He went straight to Wallace, hugged him in American style, and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you."

Naturally separated, Wallace just smiled at this and said nothing.He reached out and patted Yang Ke's shoulder, then walked past him.

Although in this game, Yang Ke scored 25 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals, which is a perfect hero for the victory.But in the press conference after the game, Popovich brought Leonard, who was a man of few words.

Not to mention the media reporters who were quite vocal about this at the press conference, the Spurs generals who returned to the locker room quickly took a shower, and then, led by the staff, passed through the secret passage and took the bus to the airport.

Tomorrow night, the Spurs will play the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, which will undoubtedly be a difficult back-to-back away game.Out of prudent considerations, Popovich asked the team to take the opportunity to rush to New York overnight, so that the players could have a good chance to rest tomorrow morning.

Popovich knows a truth that any team in the league has a group of very professional players.As long as any player in the game is not playing well enough on the court, they will only be defeated.

It is precisely by maintaining this clear understanding that Popovich can unite the team and lead the team to always stand at the forefront of the Western Conference, and it is a favorite to win the championship every year.

Fortunately, Toronto is not too far from New York. It took about two hours to fly, and it was only around ten o'clock when the group arrived in New York.This time period is just the beginning of nightlife in the Big Apple City.

However, the Spurs had just played a game and sat on a plane non-stop for two hours, and everyone didn't have much energy.So after getting off the plane, the group went straight to the hotel they had already booked without doing any other activities.

The rooms booked by the staff for the players are all double rooms.In the entire league, even for a giant team like the Lakers, only the main players or superstars will have a standard double room.Of course, if players want to do other things, they can also open another room by themselves.

Even the vast majority of teams have clear rules on who will be friends with whom.But this point is very casual here in the Spurs, allowing the players to match freely.Even if you want to hang out with the coach for one night, that's totally fine.

After a brief friendly exchange and allocation, just as Yang Ke was carrying his backpack and was about to choose a double room with Leonard, he was stopped by the staff on the side.

Looking at Yang Ke with a strange face, Staff A took out a room card from his arms, handed it out slowly, and said at the same time: "Yang, I'm afraid you can't be friends with anyone tonight, this is your room card. Card."

Yang Ke was taken aback, took the room card subconsciously, and said in surprise: "No way, you actually opened a private room for me? What's the situation?"

Hearing Yang Ke's surprised and puzzled words, Staff A's face became even more strange, and he said quietly: "In fact, Taylor opened this single room for you, and of course it is the five-star hotel opposite. Well, according to me As far as I know, it is a luxurious single room.”

Hearing this, Yang Ke frowned, raised his head, and asked suspiciously: "Taylor? That Taylor? And my identity information, isn't it where you are? How can someone use my personal information to open a room?"

As if realizing that he had made a mistake, Staff A raised his hand and touched his nose, and quickly explained: "The other party is Taylor Swift, as for your information, I thought she opened a room for you, you know, That's why I gave it to her."

(End of this chapter)