NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 125 The Mysterious Eastern Coach

April 12

Since yesterday's battle with the defending champion Pistons, the Bobcats will face the Spurs back-to-back at home today.

And this is a game without suspense, after all, the Spurs are one of the strongest teams in the league this season.

Even on the ranking list of winning the championship, it is currently far ahead, ranking first.

But it was such a game without any suspense, and the Charlotte Arena was still full of seats for this game.

Because the head coach of the Bobcats, Liu Rui, came to the home court to watch the game. This is also the first time he has appeared in the public eye since he was hospitalized.

Although it has not been confirmed by Liu Rui himself, more and more news has flowed out that Liu Rui will lead the Bobcats back in the game against the Knicks on December 12.

And on that day, except for Eli, all the remaining players in the team will also be lined up.

Charlotte fans have been looking forward to this game for a long time.

As of the 24th, the tickets for Madison Garden Arena have been sold out, and they have even been fired by scalpers to far more than three times the ticket price, but it is still hard to find a ticket.

In this game, the Charlotte Arena is very popular, not only because Liu Rui will watch the game in the front row in this game.

But after this game, there will definitely be media interviews with Liu Rui.

So far, every interview Liu Rui has been a big hit.

The Bobcats' current record is 2 wins and 12 losses. If there is no miracle in this game against the Spurs, the Bobcats' record will come to 2 wins and 13 losses.

So many people want to know, facing the team's state, what kind of method will Liu Rui take to help the Bobcats get on the right track after his comeback.

As the game began, the starting lineups of both sides have been announced.

Bobcats:
Okafor, Sampson, Ariza, Kapono, Duhon.

The spurs:
Nesterovic, Duncan, Bowen, Barry, Parker.

Facing the Spurs, Bickerstaff didn't have much confidence, and even planned to train for this game.

I never thought that the Bobcats could win this game. After all, the current Spurs have a neat lineup and there are basically no potential injuries.

And the team has a troika of Duncan, Ginobili and Parker.

In addition to these three, there are also offensive firepower points such as Big Dog Robinson and Barry.

On the defensive end, Bowen has entered the best defensive team for two consecutive terms.

If nothing else, this season's best defensive team will have a place for Bowen.

Having Duncan on the inside originally made the Spurs' inside line very strong.

Coupled with Nesterovic, who is famous in Europe, the Bobcats basically have no hope of winning.

But the game hasn't started yet, and no one knows what the final result will be.

So Bickerstaff also arranged the game very seriously, so in the starting lineup, in order to balance the height, Jamal Sampson was still taken.

Although it is impossible for Sampson to defend Duncan in a single defense, it is better than Ariza to match Duncan.

And being taken to the small forward position also made Ariza basically trade with Bowen.

Anyway, on the offensive end, neither of them has any independent offensive ability.

And the offensive methods are also very similar, they are all ambushing in the bottom corner waiting for the ball to be returned, and then shoot.

Sure enough, there was no suspense. At halftime, the Bobcats ended with:

39:51
12 points behind the Spurs.

And throughout the first half, the shots on the field were also shown to Liu Rui, who was sitting in the front row of the audience, many times.

And whenever he sees his own camera on the big screen, Liu Rui will smile and greet the fans in front of the camera.

But at this moment, Liu Rui had scolded the photographer a hundred times in his heart.

Because this is the first time Liu Rui has been exposed to public view since he was discharged from the hospital.

Therefore, Liu Rui didn't prepare any snacks when he came to watch the game.

And watching the game between the Spurs and the Bobcats, Liu Rui fell asleep several times.

But the nasty photographer always pointed the camera at him, which made Liu Rui feel like he couldn't sleep well.

If it wasn't for building momentum for his comeback, he would get the attention of the league and get some support in the game.

Liu Rui had long wanted to go home and sleep, so he went.

For such a boring game, some fans would buy tickets to watch it, which really made Liu Rui feel speechless.

And with the end of the game.

So did the Bobcats.

76:92
Lost to the Spurs by 16 points, the loss of this game was completely expected.

And Okafor's flaws have once again been exposed to the public's attention.

In this game, in order to better limit Okafor's performance, the Spurs have always been defended by Duncan on the defensive end.

奥卡福出场了34分钟，13投4中，罚球2中1，只拿到了9分8篮板1次封盖的数据。

And if Duncan hadn't gone down to rest early in the fourth quarter, I'm afraid Okafor wouldn't even score 9 points in this game.

And against strong defenders, like the Bulls' Tyson Chandler, and now the Spurs' Duncan, Okafor's performance has always been unsatisfactory.

The label of not being able to fight tough battles was also posted on Okafor, which was talked about by fans.

Okafor, who was the person involved, was helpless, although he was anxious.

After all, facing defenders of the level of Chandler and Duncan, as a rookie, Okafor is indeed somewhat powerless.

Even technically Okafor is not inferior to them.

But in terms of strength and experience, it is obvious that for this kind of player who has already entered the league, Okafor is still a stage behind.

As for this point, Liu Rui also smiled and didn't take it to heart.

Because the more the media picks up on Okafor's problems, it only means that Okafor gets more attention from the media.

But anyway, Okafor is just a first-year rookie.

Even though he has the strength to be at the peak since his debut, after all, in terms of age, he has not yet reached the true peak of his life.

With the arrival of Liu Rui, in every game, Liu Rui will manage the load of Okafor, greatly reducing his chance of injury.

Therefore, Okafor in the same period will definitely become stronger than in his previous life.

And on the way to become stronger, experience some setbacks, these are inevitable factors.

And after the game ended, many media flocked in Liu Rui's direction.

After all, Liu Rui hadn't shown up for a month, and the media already had too many questions to interview.

The most important thing is that during this one-month period, the Raptors' rookie Arauyo really proved with his strength that he is a parallel importer.

Even if the Raptors coach Mitchell gave Arauyo a lot of opportunities and wanted him to perform well, he slapped Liu Rui hard in the face.

But after so many games, it is enough to prove that Arauyo is a dou who cannot be supported.

At this time, everyone remembered Liu Rui's life in an interview.

After one pass to ten, ten to a hundred, the version passed on is getting more and more evil.

Some people say that Liu Rui is a prophet, some say that Liu Rui is a wizard from the east, and some even say that Liu Rui is not actually a human being, but a robot with sophisticated data...

The video of the previous interview was dug out, and within a short period of time, it was once again exposed to the public's attention.

The name Liu Rui was once again on the hot search, and the popularity remained for a long time.

It is even called by boring fans, the mysterious Eastern coach...

(End of this chapter)