NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 403 403. Finale
Under the targeted defense of the Bobcats, the Suns on the court were also greatly restricted on the offensive end.

When Nash can't connect the entire team on the offensive end, then the Suns' offense can be described as a mess.

So it was also forcing D'Antoni on the sidelines to call a timeout just 3 minutes into the game.

During the timeout, Liu Rui did not ask too much from the players. After all, the Suns now have a lot of flaws in the lineup, which cannot be made up for by simple tactics.

In addition, Liu Rui knows D'Antoni very well.

Liu Rui can basically think of the tactics that D'Antoni can think of, so he can come up with a countermeasure.

When Marion meets other power forwards, he can use his speed to suppress physically in the counterattack, but when he is facing Gerald Wallace, Marion loses even his own last advantage.

After returning from the timeout, neither side made any adjustments to the lineup, but the Suns did undergo some changes on the offensive end.

At first, the Suns relied heavily on Nash's pick-and-rolls in the high post.

The shooter is lying in ambush on the outside and ready to receive a pass from Nash to shoot. The rest of the time is basically Nash and Marion performing on the court.

However, when both Nash and Marion were targeted, D'Antoni also chose to increase the off-ball pick-and-roll of other players on the court, so as to disrupt the originally stable offensive and defensive rhythm on the court as much as possible.

If you want to take the initiative to re-control the offensive option in the hands of the Suns, I have to say that this is the best way to change the lineup when the lineup cannot be changed.

It's just a pity that the Bobcats' mobile screen off the ball is definitely the strongest team in the league, not one of them.

So at this time, seeing the Suns' running positions off the ball, there is a kind of abusiveness of playing big swords in front of Guan Gong.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats have been on the road with:

29:23
Leading the Suns by six points ended the first quarter.

When the Suns' starters have no good way to score against the Bobcats, then the Suns' bench lineup is naturally conceivable.

In the end, at the end of halftime, the Bobcats finally had no suspense:
57:42
Leading the Suns by 15 points ended the first-half contest. It has to be said that the two teams are now considered to be different.

The Suns have always been the leader of the league's small ball whirlwind before, and the Bobcats are at best a follower behind him.

However, the situation of the two teams has basically changed this season. Although the Bobcats are far from reaching the point where the Suns look up to, the current Suns, even if Stoudemire is facing a comeback, will hardly be able to fight against this Bobcats.

Therefore, the Suns failed to make any splashes throughout the second half. Finally, at the end of the game, the Bobcats also lived up to expectations:
113:90
A 23-point victory over the former league overlord Suns.

After the game, Liu Rui also had a brief conversation with D'Antoni on the sidelines, then dealt with the reporters at the press conference, and then took the players back to the away hotel.

After all, the away game not only poses a great challenge to the physical strength of the players, but also tortures the spirit of the coaches.

So after leading the players back to the hotel, Liu Rui also walked out alone, intending to enjoy the local scenery of Phoenix.

After all, it has been more than a year since he came here, and Liu Rui has not had a chance to calm down and appreciate the local scenery of the United States.

I have been busy with the cause of the NBA. I have to say that this can be regarded as a kind of sadness in life.

There is a park not far from the hotel that Liu Rui rented.

This park is also very crowded at night, so Liu Rui also plans to join in the fun.

Just as he passed the small bridge in the park, Liu Rui heard shouts from below.

"help! help!"

When Liu Rui turned around, he realized that someone had fallen into the water under the bridge at this time, and the person who fell into the water was a woman.

Naturally, there is no way to know the age. At this moment, the whole person is like a duck spreading its wings in the water, flapping to its heart's content.

Seeing this situation, Liu Rui didn't even think about it, and immediately jumped into the water to save people.

Since traveling to the United States, Liu Rui found that he had changed a lot.

But the only thing that hasn't changed is still the same warm heart as in the previous life.

Only when Liu Rui jumped into the water did he feel that the river was so icy cold, but now that he had come down, Liu Rui could only grit his teeth and swim towards the other side.

"Here, look at me!"

When he was about to approach the woman, Liu Rui also shouted loudly at the woman.

I'm afraid that she will give up struggling and sink to the bottom of the water, and the situation between the two of them will become a bit troublesome.

Hearing Liu Rui's shout, the woman seemed to grasp the last straw.

The whole person was wrapped around Liu Rui's body like an octopus, and he would not let go.

"Grass, fuck your feet, don't wrap around my waist!!"

Seeing that the woman not only hugged her neck tightly with both hands, and pressed herself underwater, but also wrapped her feet around her waist, Liu Rui didn't have a single point to rely on underwater.

But at this time the woman must have been frightened, even though Liu Rui shouted very loudly, and the two of them were very close, but the whole person didn't seem to hear Liu Rui's voice, and still entangled Liu Rui's body like an octopus in a panic.

"My Nima!"

The whole body is entangled by the woman, and Liu Rui can't use much strength in the water, and the river water at this time is very cold and biting.

Liu Rui was also pressed down and poured a lot of water, and he coughed from choking in the water.

Until now, Liu Rui felt that this scene seemed familiar.

The reason why I was able to travel to this world and become an NBA head coach was because I rescued a person by going into the water, and I was also entangled by the other person like an octopus. In the end, I couldn't save the person, so I used my name to travel to this ghost place instead.

I don't know why, but Liu Ruifei didn't feel afraid at this time, and some pictures were continuously playing in his mind like a slideshow.

These pictures include my life in the previous life, as well as my experience in the NBA in this life.

Liu Rui really wanted to show a smile on the corner of his mouth, but when he opened his mouth, what greeted him was the river water like a monstrous monster.

"My nima..."

The last time Liu Rui looked at his head above the water, he saw more and more people coming here.

However, these pictures gradually became blank as his brain was starved of oxygen.

The last impression left on him was the series of water bubbles...

"Cough, cough."

At this time, Liu Rui only felt that the sun in the sky was a bit dazzling, so dazzling that he couldn't open his eyes.

He coughed violently a few times, and was also ready to block the dazzling sunlight with his hands.

"Doctor Liu, Doctor Liu, the patient in bed 3 has woken up, come and take a look."

Before Liu Rui opened his eyes, he heard a clear and sweet female voice coming from his ear.

"Doctor Liu? No wonder it's so dazzling. It turned out to be the lights of the ward, alas..."

As the body's functions gradually returned to his control, Liu Rui also began to try to open his eyes.

It wasn't until tears were streaming down the corners of his eyes that Liu Rui opened his eyes with difficulty.

It blinked twice at a rapid frequency to adapt to the dazzling light to the greatest extent.

"Don't move, I need to check you again."

After Liu Rui opened his eyes, he was about to sit up when he heard a thick voice. The voice should be in his 40s or less than 50 years old.

Looking up, I found that the person who came was wearing glasses, and he looked gentle. He must be the Doctor Liu that the nurse was talking about just now.

But it was this normal scene that made Liu Rui who was lying on the bed obviously dazed.

Is it because both the doctor Liu in front of him and the little nurse behind him are all Chinese? !
Although there are Chinese who work as doctors in local hospitals in the United States, they are completely rare.

At least in Liu Rui's impression, this is rare, and at this time both doctors and nurses are Chinese, so the chance of this is extremely slim.

Could it be that this is a hospital specially for Chinese people to treat diseases? !
"You... are Chinese?"

Frowning, Liu Rui still couldn't hold back, and asked the doctor in front of him.

"Isn't my appearance obvious enough?"

Dr. Liu also grinned, and he looked very friendly, thinking that Liu Rui was joking with him.

"You are really Chinese, why are you here, and even the nurse behind you is also Chinese. To be honest, I have been here for more than a year, and I have never seen such a situation, haha."

"I saw you as soon as I opened my eyes, which really made me feel very kind."

Hearing the doctor's words, Liu Rui also instantly felt a lot more cordial. It is always a joy to meet people from his own country in a foreign country.

If the doctor still gets along with you in a Chinese way, it will make people feel more cordial.

"It's strange. It's strange that we are Chinese. It stands to reason that we would be surprised when we see foreigners. Anyway, I have only seen foreigners twice when I grow up. They look so dark."

This time, before Dr. Liu in front of him could answer, the little nurse behind him took the lead in answering Liu Rui's question. Obviously, he also felt that Liu Rui's question was a bit strange.

When Liu Rui, who was still smiling just now, heard this sentence, the expression on his face froze instantly.

At the same time, the brain also fell into a short-circuit state.

Because he suddenly thought of a possibility, which also made him tremble all over.

The upper and lower teeth began to vibrate unconsciously.

"Now..., now... what year is it?"

Liu Rui asked this question tremblingly, and then looked expectantly at the nurse in front of him.

"what!"

The nurse thought that Liu Rui was a bit strange, and he always asked unpredictable questions when he woke up. Now when he heard this sentence, he was frightened and hurriedly hid behind the doctor.

"What year is it now?!"

Finding that no one answered his own words, Liu Rui asked this question again, and even his tone began to increase unconsciously.

And this change, even Liu Rui himself was unaware of it.

Seeing that Liu Rui didn't seem to be joking, Doctor Liu gradually frowned, realizing that things were not that simple.

"It's 2019, and today is December 12th. In order to save a girl who fell into the water, you lost consciousness in the water, but fortunately, you were rescued by the people around you."

"You are in the hospital at this time, what questions do you have?"

Doctor Liu also frowned, staring at Liu Rui on the bed without blinking.

He was also hesitating in his mind whether to take him to check his brain. Could it be that his brain was flooded? !
“2019…, 2019….”

Ignoring the other people around him, Liu Rui just kept repeating the number in a low voice.

The eyes of the whole person seemed a little hollow, and there was some aura.

In short, it feels very weird, and what Liu Rui has done so far also makes the little nurse feel cold sweat on her back.

Then Liu Rui, who was lying on the hospital bed, seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Where is the mobile phone, where is my mobile phone, have you seen my mobile phone?!"

Ignoring the left hand that was still holding the bottle, Liu Rui bounced off the bed and urged the nurse beside him.

Coupled with Liu Rui's weird movements, it seemed that if he didn't give him the phone, he would swallow the nurse alive in the next moment.

"Bed..., the head of the bed."

The little nurse also hurriedly hid behind Dr. Liu, then pointed at Liu Rui's bedside table tremblingly.

He ignored the monster-like gazes of other people in the ward.

Liu Rui hurriedly got the phone and cracked the lock screen password very familiarly.

At this time, I saw that the display on the mobile phone was December 2019, 12! !

Under everyone's surprised eyes, Liu Rui didn't call his relatives to explain anything the first time he woke up, but instead opened an NBA basketball software on the desktop of his mobile phone.

With trembling hands, Liu Rui pressed the team logo of the Charlotte Hornets.

After entering the homepage of the Charlotte Hornets, next to the prominent team logo is a brief history of the team.

"The Charlotte Hornets (Charlotte Hornets) is a professional basketball team located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its predecessor, the Charlotte Bobcats, was established in 2004 and joined the National Basketball Association (NBA).

"And the Charlotte Hornets (formerly the Bobcats) also created a number of NBA historical records. In the first year, under the leadership of Chinese coach Liu Rui, they forcibly entered the playoffs."

"After defeating the Celtics 4-0 in the playoffs, they lost to the defending champion Pistons in the second round."

"In the second year, the Hornets made a comeback under the leadership of coach Liu Rui and successfully reached the Eastern Conference Finals. Although in the Eastern Conference Finals, they regretted losing to the Heat in the tiebreaker."

"But the Heat successfully defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the finals of that year and won the NBA championship in the 05-06 season."

"The following year, the Chinese giant Yao Ming announced that he would join the Charlotte Hornets with a one-plus-one contract to join forces with Liu Rui."

"Finally, in the regular season of the season, the Hornets had the best record in team history of 60 wins and 22 losses, and successfully advanced to the Finals with a record of winning the Eastern Conference playoffs."

"In the finals, the Charlotte Hornets also successfully defeated the Spurs with a total score of 4:2 and won the championship trophy that season."

"And the Chinese giant Yao Ming successfully won the FMVP of the same year with an average of 23.2 points, 11.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game."

"The head coach Liu Rui also defeated Popovich and D'Antoni in this year's best coach competition, and won the first best coach in his life."

"In the 07-08 season, due to the expiration of the contract signed by Liu Rui and the Bobcats, Liu Rui also won the favor of most teams in the league during the offseason, mainly rebuilding bad teams."

"But Liu Rui still chose a four-year long-term contract to stay with the Charlotte Hornets in the end. The Chinese giant Yao Ming also signed a four-year long-term contract after the team cleared out his salary space."

"In the next four years, Liu Rui led the Hornets to win three more championship trophies, contributing to the honor of himself and the team."

"In the next few years, Liu Rui led the Charlotte Hornets to establish a dynasty, forcing other teams in the league to have superstar teams to compete with the Hornets."

"In the end, on December 2019, 12, Chinese coach Liu Rui died heroically in order to save the girl who fell into the water, at the age of 6."

To commemorate Liu Rui's contribution to the team.

The Charlotte Hornets built a statue for Liu Rui in the city in December 19, naming him Charlotte's eternal basketball godfather...
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Goodbye, Liu Rui.

(End of this chapter)