basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 296 He is also nervous

Lu Ziqiu refused all interviews and hurried back to the locker room with the players.

It's only been halftime, but the players are all exhausted. With their physical reserves, there is no way this will happen.

Xia Kexin asked Lu Ziqiu worriedly, "Everyone seems to be very tired, how could this be?"

"Don't worry, it's not a physical problem. Look at Lu Wei, he's much better than others."

Xia Kexin couldn't help turning his head to look at Lu Wei. It was indeed as he said, logically speaking, Lu Wei should be the most tired person, but he seemed to be full of energy, why couldn't everyone else be able to lift up their energy?
Lu Ziqiu patted her on the shoulder, "Except for Lu Wei and Lan Feng, it's the first time for everyone else to play in the finals. Especially in such a critical battle, nervousness is inevitable."

"Do you need me to do anything?"

"Of course you do. Now is the time for you to make a difference."

Xia Kexin bit her lip and nodded heavily, "I understand, leave it to me."

"Okay." Lu Ziqiu smiled, beckoned to other members of the coaching staff, and asked them to guard the door, not to let anyone in, including board members.

George asked worriedly: "What if they have to come in to cheer the players up?"

Lu Ziqiu's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Then tell them, if they lose the game, they will be responsible."

"Okay, leave it to us." George stopped hesitating and led the others to guard.

Seeing that Xia Kexin had gathered the players together, Lu Ziqiu walked aside and closed his eyes to rest.

About 15 minutes later, Xia Kexin came to call him, told him that everyone had relaxed a lot, and asked him what else he needed to do.

"Nice job." Lu Ziqiu couldn't help giving her a thumbs up.

Xia Kexin blushed slightly, "As long as it can help everyone."

Lu Ziqiu stood up with a smile, clapped his hands for everyone to come over, and said to them: "In the third quarter, our tactics need to be adjusted a little bit, and everyone must be ready to play hard."

The players clenched their fists and nodded without speaking.

Lu Ziqiu stopped talking and said directly: "At the beginning of the third quarter, Luo Mang, Barea, Xiaozhi, Luo Peng, Lin Sen, five of you are on the court, and the audience is pressing hard."

It's that simple, as long as it's a full-court press, there's no need to talk about other things, because they usually practice too much press tactics, once they play a full-court press, the offensive end must speed up, and they will never fall into positional battles easily Well, besides, it would be tantamount to admitting defeat with this group of people going up to fight.

After setting up the lineup, Lu Ziqiu stopped talking nonsense and waved them out to warm up. Only Xia Kexin was left behind. Xia Kexin was a little puzzled, so Lu Ziqiu smiled and said, "Sit with me."

Xia Kexin was stunned for a long time before sitting down next to him. The dressing room was quiet except for Lu Ziqiu's slightly rapid breathing. Only then did he realize why he stayed behind, "Are you nervous too?"

Lu Ziqiu let out a long breath, "This is my last match."

Xia Kexin gently held his hand, "Whether you win or lose, we will always be with you, don't think too much."

"I understand, you can chat with me for a while."

Xia Kexin hummed softly, and chatted with him. Although it wasn't long, they chatted a lot. When the time was almost up, Lu Ziqiu took a few deep breaths and got up, "Let's go, Kexin."

"it is good."

Back on the field, the players had finished warming up. Lu Ziqiu briefly told them what they need to pay attention to and asked them to sit and rest. Lu Wei pulled Xia Kexin aside and asked her softly: "The coach seems to be in a bit of a state. Something's wrong, do you know what's going on?"

Xia Kexin pursed her lips and smiled, "He's nervous."

"Ah?" Lu Wei's eyes widened. How could he be nervous because he had never experienced such a storm?
"Really, I just chatted with him for a while, and it's much better now. Tell everyone, no matter what, we can't lose this game. We can't let him leave with regrets."

"Okay." Lu Wei didn't ask any more questions, he nodded and went to his seat, and then let them pass on the message one by one, telling them that no matter what, the coach should not lose the game.

After a while, the whistle sounded and the game continued.

The players appeared on the stage one after another amidst the warm cheers of the audience.

After the game started, Martin frowned involuntarily when he saw that the Wolves were suddenly pressing on the field. With Chuck Hayes and Bai Qijun on the field, if he was not careful, he might make a mistake.

Just as he was worried, the team's pass was suddenly stopped by Xiao Zhi who flew out. After pulling down, he dialed the ball to Lin Sen who came to meet him before his body hit the ground. Lin Sen moved forward at full speed as soon as he got the ball. Agni returned to defense very quickly, but they would never have imagined that Lin Sen did not go straight to the basket, but stopped outside the three-point line. The defensive team reacted a little slower, and when he tried to block it, he had already made a three-pointer.

The ball flew straight to the net with a beautiful arc, but with a little force, it hit the back frame and bounced high and wide.

Luo Mang, who arrived later, leaped high and shot the ball outside before Chuck Hayes. Luo Peng grabbed the ball and landed.

Martin reacted very quickly and immediately applied for a substitution. He removed Chake Hayes and replaced him with an outside line who can run, jump, hold and pass the ball.

Lu Ziqiu applauded his substitution, and only Martin could be so decisive. If it were any other coach, he wouldn't make the substitution at the beginning.

But without Chuck Hayes, although Agni can solve the full-court pressing tactics, the inside threat is much smaller. In this way, Luo Mang can concentrate on marking Cao Nan, while Xiaozhi still locks on Anthony Jones.

As for the others, let the other three defend. Even if the disadvantages are obvious, as long as they lock in their two All-Star players, it will be difficult for others to make much trouble.

In the following games, Lu Ziqiu accelerated the speed of substitutions. Although Martin was flexible in time, he missed a move every time, resulting in a passive situation.

Thomas looked at the score. Although he was not pulled away, the situation has become more and more unfavorable, because half a quarter has passed, and Lu Ziqiu has not filmed Han Bin and Lu Wei. The team will be in more trouble.

Li Hui also frowned, suddenly touched Thomas lightly, and said in a low voice: "The situation is not good, Martin is restricted by Ziqiu everywhere, do you want to remind him?"

Thomas was silent for a while before nodding, "Tell him, just focus on playing your own game and don't be influenced by Ziqiu."

"Okay." Li Hui ran to the team coach's bench with a stern look on his back, reminded Martin, and then returned to his seat.

Only then did Martin suddenly realize that he hurriedly called a timeout and rearranged his tactics.

Lu Ziqiu secretly thought it was a pity. He understood that the reason why Martin called this timeout must be because he realized the problem. In desperation, he could only replace Han Bin, Lu Wei and Lan Feng, and replace Luo Peng, Lin Sen and Wei Meng , Give up the full-court press, change to the zone defense, let Lu Wei control the rhythm of the offense, and at the same time tell Han Bin to reduce his breakthroughs and save his physical fitness until the final decisive moment.

(End of this chapter)