NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 261 262. What? (59)

After finishing a big battle with the Pistons, the Bobcats will face the Pacers back-to-back at home.

This is obviously not good news for the Bobcats.

In the back-to-back, they faced two rivals in the East one after another, which also made Liu Rui's current coaching job extremely stressful.

Although this season due to Artest's suspension, the Pacers have been removed from the championship.

But in any case, the Pacers have absolutely no pressure to enter the playoffs.

Because even without Artest, this Pacers team still has outstanding players such as O'Neal, Wu Sheng Jackson and Reggie Miller.

Back-to-back Bobcats generals, obviously did not get a good rest.

From the beginning, he was once overwhelmed by the Pacers.

Until the end of the third quarter, the Pacers fought back in the away game:

86:75
Leading the Bobcats by 11 points, it ended the first three quarters.

If the Bobcats lost to the Pistons in the last game, it was due to the absolute gap that they had no way to fight back.

Then facing the Pacers in this game, the Bobcats are completely lacking in their own offensive state. Several times they made open shots on the outside, but the players failed to grasp it.

And on the defensive end, there were low-level mistakes that missed people.

Liu Rui knows.This is also a common problem of young players, that is, it is difficult to maintain the stability of the state.

But this kind of thing happened at this juncture, which still made Liu Rui very anxious on the sidelines.

After returning from the fourth quarter, Liu Rui put veteran Divac on the court.

Because at this critical moment, Divac can play a role not only in terms of experience, but also can help the Bobcats' young players stabilize their morale on the court.

Otherwise, when young players get nervous, they will make mistakes. Even if Liu Rui sees it, there is nothing he can do about it.

However, Jermaine O'Neal's state in this game was overwhelming, and he had already scored 28 points and 11 rebounds at the end of the third quarter.

After the fourth quarter, not only did the touch not cool down, but it seemed to be getting hotter on the offensive end.

O'Neal returned to the court and began to dominate the game, even though Okafor's defense against him was already in place, and several balls were even attached to O'Neal.

But O'Neal could still find a chance to score. Therefore, Okafor also paid several fouls.

Facing the fiery O'Neal, Liu Rui, who was sitting off the court, also rubbed his forehead, looking quite helpless.

At this point in the game, Liu Rui also knows that it has become very difficult for the Bobcats to come back in this game.

The touch of the players can be said to be a mystery, not to mention star players, even role players, the touch is very hot in a game, and they can also play Jordan-like statistics.

Liu Rui was still not reconciled. He changed the lineup several times and struggled a lot, but at the end of the game, the Bobcats still played at home with:

101:112
11 points lost this game.

The loss of this game also caused the Bobcats to suffer a two-game losing streak.

But there is good news that the Nets successfully squeezed out the Bulls in front of them and entered the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

And because the Bulls also lost the game at the same time, the Bobcats are still sitting firmly in seventh place in the East, which may be one of the few good news.

After a brief adjustment, in the next, the Bobcats went to the away game to challenge the Wizards and Magic.

In the end, in these two games, the Bobcats lost all.

After a winning streak in their own field, they suffered a four-game losing streak.

Let the team's situation look a little precarious.

And a wave of four-game losing streak also allowed the Nets behind them to overtake the Bobcats with a 0.5 win advantage, ranking seventh in the Eastern Conference.

However, the Bulls have also started their own losing streak recently, so even though the Bulls are ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference, they still have a two-game gap with the Bobcats, which is eighth in the Eastern Conference.

After the defeat of these two games, Liu Rui also saw more and more shortcomings of the team.

Facing the Wizards, the Wizards' twin stars all broke out in this game. Even Jamison, who was guarded by Gerald Wallace, still contributed 27 points.

Although the Magic has missed the playoffs this season, because there are more young players in the team, and all of them are strong.

Therefore, the Bobcats did not take any advantage. In the four-quarter competition, they finally lost the game with a three-point disadvantage.

With the loss of these games, Liu Rui became even busier.

Because this also means that the Bobcats still have nine games, and the season will be completely over.

The current record of the Bobcats is 38 wins and 35 losses, so in these nine games, the Bobcats' playoff spots are not guaranteed.

However, it is also because there is a great opportunity to stay on the playoff list, so this also forces Liu Rui to plan the playoff ranking in advance.

While thinking about the playoffs, we must also study for the next game.

This also made Liu Rui extremely busy at the end of the season, and even this busy time has no time to go home.

When you get sleepy, just sleep in the arena, and when the other players come the next day, bring yourself a breakfast.

During the period, Ivanka also called Liu Rui several times and asked about Liu Rui's recent situation.

At this juncture, facing Ivanka's call, Liu Rui smiled wryly.

He said that he has been so busy recently that he has no time to go home, and the place to sleep every day is in the arena.

And said that after the offseason, Liu Rui was inviting Ivanka to dinner.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Rui was still studying the schedule of the next game with the coaching staff.

And the players take advantage of the little time they have.Carry out crazy extra training in the arena.

Until the afternoon, a person walked into the arena.

"Is there anyone named Liu Rui here?"

The players who were training heard the voice, and when they turned around, they found that it seemed to be someone from the logistics company.

Although he had some doubts, he still pointed to Liu Rui who was on the side.

"The one in the brown suit is Coach Liu Rui."

"Hello, are you Mr. Liu Rui? Here is one of your goods, where can I put it for you?"

Hearing someone calling his name, Liu Rui looked up, and it sounded like someone from the logistics company.

But I haven't bought anything recently.

It can be said that I am very busy. At this juncture, how can I still have time for shopping? !
"Huh?! Are you sure it's mine? If I remember correctly, I don't seem to have any shopping records recently."

At the very least, Liu Rui is sure that he really hasn't bought anything recently.

The most important thing is that Liu Rui is afraid that it will be cash on delivery...

(End of this chapter)