I'm king in the basket

Chapter 312 You have provoked me

"Michael, you guys haven't played well lately, but you beat the Raptors tonight, how do you feel about that?"

Jordan greeted the reporter's family many times in his heart, and said with a trademark smile on his face: "This is great. I'm proud of my players. They played a very beautiful game."

"The regular season of this season will be postponed until the end of April. What kind of ranking do you think you can get in the end?"

Another question that made Jordan feel dizzy.

How should I answer?
The established strategy of the team is to perform badly. It is best to end the season with the bottom No.1 record, and then they can win the No. The choice of candidates is left to the puppies and cats at home, and they also know that in the end they will choose the thick eyebrows, big eyes and ugly ugly Anthony Davis.

But can such words be said?

Poor performance is the unspoken rule of the league. Those cities that have no strength, no foundation, no ball market, and are not considered international metropolises themselves need these rising stars with unlimited potential.

The league tacitly allows teams to play poorly, as long as you don't go too far.

For teams that do poorly, every game is as prepared and involved as an Oscar-seeking biopic.

You need a strong fighting spirit, to make the fans full of confidence, the game can not be spent.

You need quite strong acting skills. In some games, you want to lose but you can’t lose too obviously. The opponent’s strength is too weak to directly crush you. It just so happens that you have a good touch. What should I do?
Let those players who performed well get a few more fouls, so that the coach has reason to replace them.

There are many coaches with poor directors who don't even know how to do this. When the critical moment comes, they directly replace the players who have performed well, and let some people who are not ready go up and send the game away. The sensible fans will smile knowingly, what the hell Fans who don't understand send razor blades to the coach when they go home, but the management after the blood letter: Be sure to fire this bastard head coach who doesn't want to win at all!

With the current strength of the Bobcats, even if they try their best, they will not be able to touch the edge of the playoffs.

That being the case, it is inevitable to put it badly.

This thorny road to reconstruction is bound to be accompanied by difficulties and dangers. If there is a chance to pull down those top teams in the regular season, they will definitely go all out.

Not for anything else, just to prove yourself.

Look, do you think our poor record is due to our lack of strength?The picture is so bad, we just want Anthony Davis too much to bring down our average looks.
"We will do our best to get a ranking that pleases everyone."

Jordan is no longer the Jordan who only wants to win. Now he thinks more about the future of the team.

Being a boss is much more difficult than being a player. He can no longer go to the front line to control the game in person.

Today, he finally has a little understanding of how difficult it was to deal with his deadly enemy back then.

And that damn crumb isn't for nothing.

"In early April, the Raptors will move to Charlotte for Game [-] with you. Are you ready?"

These words are murderous.

Jordan felt a gust of wind coming from the reporter's microphone, through his clothes, floating on the fat three inches below his neck.

"Of course, no matter who the opponent is, we will be ready." Jordan bite the bullet and said.

As far as the current level of the Bobcats is concerned, if they encounter the Raptors in a normal state, a loss of less than 30 points can be regarded as a win.

Jordan has no confidence in the team's performance.

The Raptors' plane landed in Charlotte.

The crew reminded the players through the broadcast that the players who were awakened by the broadcast opened their mouths with a vulgar language that no one could understand.

Being in a team that integrates players from various countries, Li Xing has long been used to the languages ​​of various countries mixed on the plane.

He wiped the eye mucus from the corners of his eyes, and slept very comfortably this time, maybe because he was too tired last night, he fell asleep as soon as he boarded the plane in the morning.

"Barney, I hope you brought everything with you this time. I don't want to lend you the toothpaste," Calderon said.

"Tch, I'm a family man, so I'm different from you."

He actually had a sense of superiority, picked up the luggage and said, "Everything I need is inside, I don't need to borrow from you anymore."

"It's better like this, even if you want to borrow it, I won't lend it to you again."

Calderon said firmly.

"Larch, is it convenient for an interview?" The reporter's microphone was almost touching Li Xing's front teeth.

"inconvenient."

Li Xing replied indifferently, and left the airport with the large army.

Except for Snyder, no one from the Raptors was interviewed.

This move was interpreted by local reporters as "the hostility of the defending champion", "unreconciled to the last defeat", and "the defending champion who cannot afford to lose".

In fact, they are just tired.

Arriving at the hotel that Yudu pre-booked, all the players, without exception, rested in the room until the afternoon training time.

When the time came, Li Xing got up on time, washed his face, brushed his teeth, put on his things and went to gather outside the hotel.

"Lachey, you're so slow," DeRozan said.

"I don't like training as much as you do." Li Xing said naturally.

Snyder said: "In addition to training in the afternoon, there will also be an analysis meeting, which will help you understand your opponent tonight."

"Know the bottom team in the league?" Stephenson said arrogantly.

Snyder said indifferently: "Know the opponent who beat us by 16 points at our home court last time."

This is an atomic bomb.

No matter how many excuses there are, the Bobcats beat the Raptors by 16 points at Airline Center.

What's even more outrageous is that from the beginning to the end, the Raptors have never led the score, as if they were two teams of different grades.

This is why the Bobcats can rely on this game to make headlines in the sports pages of major portals, media, and magazines.

The Raptors can lose to many teams, but they cannot lose to the Bobcats.

Facing the team at the bottom of the league, you can't find any way to show your strength except for beating your opponent for 30 points.

As a result, the Raptors were hung up and beaten violently at home, which really shocked fans all over the world.

Soon, the players gathered outside the hotel, got on the bus one after another, and went to the training hall arranged by the Bobcats for the visiting team.

Before training, open an analysis meeting.

The first is Li Xing's opponent.

"As before, it's possible that Charlotte will start Byron Mullens in order to draw out Luckey's defense."

"Once Byron gets the space outside the three-point line, Andrea or whoever, you have to defend before Luckey."

"We have to make sure Lucky stays in the box at all times."

Everyone was drowsy. Even if the opponent won by 16 points last time, they didn't think it was a manifestation of the strength of both sides.

Facing a group of egomaniacs who don't treat their opponents as dishes at all, Snyder feels helpless.

This can't be helped, the Raptors have only lost 4 games now, and with this winning percentage, they can definitely win the No.

Maybe only when they are really hit by the opponent, will they look at each other from the opponent's perspective.

Thinking of this, Snyder pretended to answer the phone and interrupted the analysis meeting.

"Quinn, what happened?" Triano came over and asked.

Snyder said: "It's nothing, let them disband the training." "But, the analysis meeting has just begun," Triano said.

"No need, let them train."

Triano went in and announced Snyder's decision. Hearing the cheers of the players, Triano felt helpless.

He didn't know whether to blame these guys. If it was him, would he be serious if he was asked to listen carefully to the head coach's analysis of the bottom team in the league?

Snyder thought differently. If it was him, he would pretend to listen carefully, but in fact, what he thought in his heart was "What is there to analyze about this bad team?"

The Bobcats offer a training facility unlike any other team.

Other teams generally provide their own training halls to be used with the visiting team, but the Bobcats have found a brand new training hall to entertain the visiting team.

21:00 that night.

Time Warner Center Arena.

Also a member of the NBA in the era of great expansion, the Bobcats' team history is even shorter than that of the Raptors.

Perhaps it should be said that they have almost no team history.

The most important person in team history is Larry Brown, and the value of all their team members multiplied by ten is not as valuable as their boss.

Jordan > Lynx.

This night, whether it was to witness the Bobcats double-killing the Raptors, or to enjoy the game of the strongest team in the league at close range, the Time Warner Center Arena was full of spectators.

Jordan took his Cuban wife to sit in the VIP seat in the front row.

The old man was dressed in black, and he looked like a boss of a gangster who could pull out a gun and kill someone at any time.

Li Xing holds the ball, and as long as he takes a shot, there will be fans cheering here.

Charlotte is rare, and will not boo Li Xing in an away game.

Due to Jordan's reasons, Li Xing has always maintained respect for the Bobcats, and he doesn't slander the people and things here.

Except for Li Xing's home team and the Bobcats and Mavericks, every NBA team counts as one, and Li has been hacked all over.

A reporter made a fuss about this incident, claiming that Li Xing had special feelings for these three cities.

The Charlotte people believed it, and every time Li Xing came to an away game, they would cheer.

"Larch, I'm really surprised, why do these guys like you?"

What Bargnani said made Li Xing very sad.

What is "why do these guys like you"?
"You annoyed me!"

Li Xing looked at him like a stranger: "I won't pass the ball to you again tonight, Nani."

(End of this chapter)