NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 146 The Devil's Schedule Road Trip
Long before Chen Xiaoxiao went to Houston, Liu Rui told her.

So after watching the live broadcast, Liu Rui turned off the TV directly and didn't pay attention to the follow-up interview.

Lie in bed with head covered and ready to go to sleep, because some things get worse the more you think about it.

Then just sleep with your eyes closed and don't think about it.

April 12

After a full day's rest, the Bobcats returned to the arena to catch up on training. After all, at the start of the next game, the Bobcats will start a long journey to the west.

The continuous long-distance travel of the plane will inevitably affect the player's state, and the away game will also test the psychological quality of the newcomers.

This is why all teams try to rank higher in the regular season, because especially in the playoffs, every home court advantage is very important.

After the players arrived at the training hall today, they were obviously very excited. The topics everyone discussed revolved around the game between the Rockets and the Spurs yesterday.

McGrady's news of 35 seconds and 13 minutes made headlines in the sports sector in an instant.

Compared with the McGrady moment, Liu Rui's previous interview enthusiasm was crushed in an instant.

"My God, you are here, coach. Did you watch the game between the Rockets and the Spurs yesterday? It was so cool."

"McGrady scored 35 points in 13 seconds, my God, how did he do it."

When Liu Rui came to the training hall, the players had already arrived.

Simple training is being carried out under the supervision of Brownie.

As soon as he entered the stadium, Wallace ran towards Liu Rui. He was very excited and couldn't wait to ask Liu Rui this question.

Those who didn't know thought it was him at 35 seconds and 13 minutes yesterday.

"Of course I saw it. How could I not know such a big thing? Don't tell me I look like an old man."

Seeing that everyone in the Bobcats team was training hard, Liu Rui also grinned.

Because today's Bobcats are clearly on the right track.

"Go and distribute these things to everyone, let them all have a rest, after all, it is necessary to combine work and rest."

On the way here, Liu Rui bought some food and gave it to Wallace in front of him to distribute to the players in training.

The brine chicken bought by Liu Rui is a kind of chicken food specially used by athletes.

Not only the taste is very good, but the most important thing is that it greatly supplements the energy consumption of athletes in daily training, and the taste is still very good.

In the previous life, it has always been the favorite food of many NBA stars.

Although the price is not particularly expensive, not every player can afford it because their appetite is too large.

It is definitely no problem for a star with a high salary, even if it is a meal, it is more than enough.

But for players on the fringes of the team, especially for rookies with rookie contracts, it is simply a dream to be able to eat every meal.

After all, the rookie contracts at this time are still very cheap, especially the second-round picks, and even the basic survival cannot be guaranteed.

For athletes, self-discipline is of course the most important thing, but their ingredients are very particular.

Most of the foods they can eat on weekdays are: chicken, duck, fish, and beef.

If life is better, it will be paired with: seafood, skim milk, yogurt (pure xylose).

Vegetables and low-sugar fruits (pears, apples, peaches, kiwi, grapefruit) can be used as snacks after meals.

But any fried food must be avoided, otherwise it will not be as simple as wasting a day of training for nothing.

"Coach, you actually brought us salted chicken again, haha, I'm going to tell my brothers that today is another delicious meal!!"

With a lot of food bags in both hands, Wallace summoned the players to eat first and practice later.

After all, the freshly cooked brine chicken is very tender and delicious.

Seeing Wallace happy like a child, Liu Rui shook his head with a smile, and walked towards Bickerstaff beside him.

"What's the matter, Piccolo, I've seen you sitting here studying since I came, what are you studying?"

"Hey, I'm a little worried. We're going to have a long road trip in the next game, and the team is just getting a little momentum. It's about to start a devil's schedule. I don't know if these young people can stand it."

"To make matters worse, the first game we have to face in the Western Conference is the Suns, which is currently ranked second in the league."

"Since Nash and Richardson came this season, the Suns have been completely reborn, and their offensive firepower currently ranks first in the league."

"Even the Kings, who have always been known for their offense, are not as good as the Suns."

"In these two games, the players finally gained confidence, but in the end they had to face the Suns. Hey, I'm afraid something might go wrong."

Bickerstaff has been studying the Suns' videos since yesterday, but the more he studies, the more chilling he becomes, because the Suns' offense is too sharp.

The reason why the Bobcats have performed well in the last two games is precisely because of the comeback of Brezek and Wallace, so that the Bobcats played the smoothest defensive counterattack.

The defensive counterattack has always been the strength of the Bobcats this season, because the Bobcats are composed of a group of young players, and everyone has very good physical strength on the court.

Moreover, Liu Rui's rotation this season is very broad, so the average playing time of each player is not a lot.

This allows them to consume physical energy at will in the limited playing time.

Don't worry too much about physical distribution.

But the Bobcats will face the Suns in the next game, which is also a fast-break team, and with Nash, the Sun's running and bombing can kill the Bobcats in seconds.

The theory of the seven-second offense has scared the entire league.

At present, the reason why the Suns are temporarily behind the Spurs in second place in the winning percentage list is because the Spurs have better experience in the finals.

But in the previous match between the Spurs and the Suns, the Suns defeated the Spurs and won as many as 16 points in that game.

In addition to the defensive counterattack in the starting lineup this season, the Bobcats' biggest hole card is Okafor's offensive weapon on the bench.

Can suppress the opponent in the second team, thus creating more rest time for the main force.

According to a statistic, in games where Okafor played as a substitute this season, both sides had at least four substitute players on the court at the same time.

The Bobcats' second unit averaged a 4.4-point lead over their opponents.

This data is as high as the second in the league. It can be seen that under the leadership of Okafor, the second team of the Bobcats still has a very strong offensive ability.

But unfortunately, it is the Suns who rank first in this ranking.

Because the Suns have Nash, Richardson, Marion and Stoudemire on the offensive end.

On the substitute side, since it is possible to have the backcourt combination of Brazilian Lightning Barbosa and singles Joe Johnson at the same time.

Coupled with the head coach D'Antoni who has always liked to use guards the most.

This lineup is simply terrifying...

(End of this chapter)