NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 44

That night, Anjali went back with the Kings, and Presti also took out the cell phone that had been turned off, and just turned on the cell phone, beep!beep!beep!The voice could not stop coming,
You don't need to look to know that it must be the team's information and phone call. Presti smiled wryly and shook his head: "It seems that this scolding is indispensable."

When the phone was dialed, Clayton's grumpy voice came over: "What are you doing! All the media and the team are watching our jokes now! Do you still want to do it!"

Presti was also at a loss, so he could only laugh and said, "I was sick again last night, let them laugh. If they laugh today, they will cry so sadly tomorrow."

Although Clayton was furious, he also knew that the current Thunder cannot do without Presti, so he didn't get angry when he heard Presti say that, he just said: "You can figure it out, remember to promise me the championship within three years."

After taking care of the boss, Presti went home to rest.

Early the next morning, Presti came to the arena. Today the Thunder will play back-to-back home games against the Dallas Mavericks. All the media are waiting for the Thunder to be slaughtered again, and then become the laughing stock of the league.

The players saw Presti coming to his side again quickly, but Presti still caught blame in their eyes.

Presti didn't care about that. Although he wanted the Thunder to lose, they didn't play against the Kings yesterday when they wanted to win. It really didn't make sense.

"Although I didn't sit on the team, is that why you lost? The Kings are a perennial lottery team. Logically speaking, you can win without a coach, but in fact, you still lose with an assistant coach," Presti glanced at everyone with stern eyes.

All the players who were swept lowered their heads. They really shouldn't. How could they lose to the king?

"You guys want to win and prove yourself so much that you lose your mind during the game. Fortunately, this is just the regular season, not the playoffs."

"Tonight's game is a good opportunity for you to prove, do you have confidence?" Presti said in the end, his voice rose in vain.

The Thunder players, who had been suppressed for many days, broke out in unison, shouting like soldiers: "Yes!".

Presti nodded in satisfaction, explained everyone's training tasks and left.

In the evening, the game came.

When Presti passed through the player tunnel, the long-awaited reporters rushed out and surrounded Presti.

"Presti, as the head coach of the team lost to the Kings in the lottery yesterday, and today faces the Dallas Mavericks, a playoff team, do you have any countermeasures?"

"Presti, you were not at the match last night, may I ask you..." The reporter was interrupted by Presti before he could finish his last question.

"I'll ask after I win the game later, okay?" Presti said impatiently, it was really annoying, so many memories were chattering around him.

The group of reporters still wanted to ask, but Presti pushed the records on both sides aside with both hands, rushed out immediately, and walked quickly to the player's seat.

The reporters looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they didn't ask anything before the game, and immediately transferred the microphone to the Thunder players.

But at this time, the Thunder players really didn't have such a leisurely heart. They played this game with the mood of winning, so when the reporter was about to jump up, the players quickly came to the court to start warm-up training.

Helpless, the reporter could only find his seat on the sidelines and sit down, waiting for the interview after the game.

Soon, the game began.

Mavericks starters: Jason Kidd, Antawn White, Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Eric Dampier

Thunder starters: Baron Davis, Westbrook, Durant, Mbah a Moute, Jordan Jr.
Jordan jumped up and passed the ball to Davis, and the Thunder attacked.

Davis held the ball to the top of the arc and divided it with Westbrook on the right. Westbrook took the ball and faced White without hesitation.

Step by step!After arriving at the basket, attract two people to defend, while Dampier jumped up and gave the ball to Durant in the right corner!
Durant took the ball and made a jump shot directly, and the ball scored!

Kidd took the ball to the top of the arc and dropped it to Nowitzki. After facing Mbah a Moute, he turned and became independent!
The ball goes in too!

Davis held the ball to the top of the arc and overtook Kidd, and gave Westbrook a sudden point, and Westbrook took the ball and scored again!Then to Durant!

After Durant got the ball, the defense was reduced to singles Josh Howard, a big change of direction!Go in for a fadeaway jumper!

Go in again!
For the Mavericks, Nowitzki also entered

In this way, the first quarter was basically a starting offensive battle. After the first quarter, the score of the two sides: 27:25, the Thunder trailed by two points.

In the second quarter, led by Barea and Jason Terry, the Mavericks played vigorously and quickly expanded the lead to 8 points.
Afterwards, the Thunder used Raheem as the main offensive point on the bench, and Dragic, Jeff and Lin assisted them, and kept reducing the score. After the second quarter, the score reached 52:51.

During the intermission, Presti adjusted the lineup for the second half again.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Thunder's lineup became Baron Davis, Mason, Mbah a Moute, Raheem, and Collison.

At the beginning of the game, Raheem was still able to play, and the score could still be tied, but when Raheem was replaced by Wilkins, the score continued to be pulled away. By the end of the third quarter, the Thunder had fallen behind by 10 points.

At this time, the auditorium at the scene was basically silent, and they had already expected that the game would still end in failure.

The reporter sitting on the sidelines smiled happily, and now there is another manuscript to write. Since Presti was drafted on the night of the draft, the reporter's life is really much simpler. Just write around Presti and prepare questions.

The fourth quarter began, and Presti once again took out his five ups and downs, Westbrook, Dragic, Durant, Jeff Green, and Jordan Jr.

In fact, many teams have seen the Thunder lineup, but no one has really studied and dealt with him. After all, the Thunder is not worth mentioning among these playoff teams.

As a result, at the start of the fourth quarter, the Mavericks were bombarded by the Thunder. After letting go of the Mavericks' offense, they immediately handed the ball to Westbrook.

Every defensive counterattack made the Mavericks' foothold unstable, and the result of the unsteady foothold was that the Thunder's offense was successful again and again.

Mavericks' coach and tactician Rick Carlisle called 3 timeouts in a row, but they couldn't stop the Thunder's offensive at all. In the end, the mentality of the Mavericks players also collapsed, and the offense also encountered problems.

Finally, the moment the red light came on, the game was officially over. The Thunder swept away the haze and played a 35:18 offensive reversal against the Mavericks in the fourth quarter.

There was warm applause at the scene, and the players hugged each other with joy after winning the game

On the other hand, Presti walked to the sidelines and raised his hands, with a beating expression on his face: "Come, interview me."

(End of this chapter)