lakers championship

Chapter 321 The same reason

Late at night on the 19th, the entire Lakers team boarded the bus at the front field airport.

Kobe sat in the front row, patted the seat, and sighed: "It's been a long time since I played away!"

Tatum sat next to him and asked with a smile, "Uncle Ke, it's my first time to play an away game. Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

Kobe tilted his head and thought about it, and said seriously: "It's no different from you in college, but these audiences are more savage, don't be influenced by them, no matter how much they boo or scold you, you have to control your emotions and put Play like you're a superstar, even if you're really bad, okay?"

Tatum turned his eyes and thought when he heard the words, "Anyway, you can't show timidity, right?"

Kobe nodded, "You're a quick learner."

Tianyang and Rondo originally planned to talk about defense as soon as they got in the car, but seeing Kobe and Tatum chatting so happily, it would be a bit disruptive to force the conversation, after all, the team just won a big victory.

The two then discussed again and decided to postpone the plan until noon the next day.

Soon, the whole team arrived at the airport, boarded the plane, and headed to Arizona.

After landing, it was already one o'clock in the morning, everyone took the time to rest, and there was training in the afternoon.

……

At 20:11 am on the [-]th, all the Lakers will get up and tidy up.

On the way to the hotel for lunch, Tianyang stopped Tatum.

"Call Kuzma after eating, come to my room, I have something to tell you."

"Okay, brother, as long as it's not an unspoken rule." Tatum joked, and the Lakers laughed.

At exactly 12 o'clock, Tianyang and Rondo had just finished analyzing the video when there was a knock on the door.

It was Tatum and Kuzma who came, and Tianyang motioned them to sit casually.

"Is there any strange offensive tactics to teach us? To be honest, I really like the fast break tactics last night. We played all kinds of embarrassing defenses of the Clippers. We can use them to deal with the Warriors..." Tatum said full face excited.

Rondo interrupted with a serious face and waved his hand, "Next, we're going to talk about your defensive mistakes."

Kuzma had been prepared for a long time, and he probably guessed what was going on. Seeing Rondo's "stinky face", he was still a little bit worried, and Tatum didn't know what was going on, so he was stunned.

"Let's talk about Tatum first, look at this ball." Rondo picked up and pushed the IPAD between the four, and clicked the play button.

The screen showed that the Clippers were attacking, and Austin took the ball to the top of the arc, waiting for his teammates to move.Tatum, who was supposed to be responsible for defending Wesley Johnson, kept his eyes on Austin, causing Wesley to easily go around to the right wing to receive the ball.

Although Wesley made a good shot in the end, the problem of omission is clear and indisputable.

After the video was played, Rondo stared and tapped the IPAD with his fingers, "Please explain, why did you miss someone?"

"I...I...at that time..." Tatum scratched the back of his head anxiously, "I judged that this person might pass the ball to the inside and was going to double-team and steal, so I was a little negligent, my fault!"

"You made a wrong judgment, it's nothing, it's a small problem, but you have to try to avoid such low-level mistakes." Tianyang eased the atmosphere, and sang a red face with Rondo, "If you grabbed the ball at that time, would you choose Fast break with the ball?"

Tatum was obviously surprised when he heard this, and asked curiously, "How do you know?"

"You want to show off your skills in front of the fans." Rondo continued, "This is a common problem for rookies, but your approach is wrong. The correct approach should be passed to Rose, who was in charge of the organization at the time, and let him take the ball slowly. advance."

Tatum did not answer, but in terms of the expression on his face, he was obviously dissatisfied.

"Do you feel that you are doing well and you can play, just like your bowling shot? Or are you thinking, why Tianyang and Ingram can handle it freely, but you can't?" Rondo's mouth slightly curled up , the expression is very playful.

"Yes, why can't I show off my skills? My skills are not bad." Tatum straightened his back and asked.

When Tianyang heard the words, he silently praised him in his heart. Tatum dared to think, dare to act, and acted like a general.

"Because everyone's trust in you is only 50 points now, unless you can solve your own defensive problems, or you also scored 33 points in your debut like Tianyang, and then scored 40+ points in a row. As long as you can do it, then Whatever you do, we can let you." Rondo's tone was flat, as if he was talking about an extremely easy thing.

Tatum smiled awkwardly. Whether it was 33 points or 40+ in a row, it was temporarily difficult for him.

Tianyang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Actually, it's very simple for you to win everyone's trust. Reduce mistakes and steals from gambling. If you really want to miss someone, show an attitude to make up for it, and we will naturally see it." .”

"With you, Uncle Ke, Ingram, and Randall, I have few opportunities and a very low priority. If I still attack and defend properly, it will be too difficult to improve my strength." Tatum hesitated After a while, he finally spoke his true thoughts.

"It turns out that you and Kuzma have the same problem. It's fate that you two are teammates." Tianyang laughed.

"Wharton mentioned it to me last night, saying that several newcomers were misled by you. I didn't pay attention at the time, and thought it was just a joke. Now I see that it is true. As a big brother, you must pay attention to your image." Rondo He smiled helplessly.

The two laughed to themselves, and Tatum and Kuzma looked at each other, very confused.

In short, Tianyang is too powerful. His rookie season's combat power is close to the peak of many superstars. The fans can't help but raise the rookie's expectations, and even the rookie himself begins to feel ecstatic.

Tianyang put away his smile and said seriously: "You know about your Uncle Ke starting from the bench?"

Tatum nodded, "Of course."

"Then you must also know that he is very upset about being a substitute?"

"I know. I also know that he only played 5 minutes once, and he scored 2 of 1 shots, 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 turnovers. As a result, Iverson scored 35 points at Madison Garden that night, enjoying the cheers of thousands of fans. He was so angry that he smashed the TV set and overturned the table. He felt that he had worked very hard, but still could not get playing time. In order to prove himself, he decided to train harder. So in the second season, his field The average playing time increased to 26 minutes, and the scoring average became 15.4 points, and then he became a starter in the third season." As a hardcore science fan, Tatum is familiar with it.

"Then can you learn something from this?" Tianyang asked.

Tatum suddenly fell silent, and after a long time, he said sincerely: "I understand, I will train hard, defend hard, execute tactics seriously, and try to be close to Uncle Ke."

Hearing this, Rondo blinked at Tianyang in satisfaction, the effect of one singing red faces and the other singing bad faces was really good.

"Okay, now let's look at Kuzma's question..."

Rondo picked up the IPAD again, but before the words fell, Zubac ran into the room and shouted: "The coach said that there is a collective training, and the game against the Suns at night needs to be paid attention to, and a few new tactics need to be arranged."

As soon as Tianyang and Rondo heard it, they knew that Wharton wanted to use the sun as an experiment, and it was absolutely a lie to 'take it seriously'.

"You tell Coach Wharton that we have just reached a critical moment. To play against the Sun, Tianyang and I don't need to train."

Zubac gave an 'oh' and turned away, bumping into the hotel staff.

Zubac hurriedly said sorry, but the hotel staff replied coldly: "It's okay, sir, but as a Suns fan, I feel that what you just said is a bit offensive."

(End of this chapter)