basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 75
The first official timeout finally came. Thanks to Lu Ziqiu's proper tactical arrangements, the Wolves pulled the score to double digits as they wished.

But Lu Ziqiu knew very well that the next half of the game would be really difficult.

The player who replaced Lu Wei was called Luo Zhiheng. Because he was young and usually obedient, everyone called him Xiaozhi kindly.

Xiaozhi is the undrafted pick this year. He has a good defensive ability, but his offense is lackluster.

Without Lu Wei's organization and containment, the next offensive task can only fall on Han Bin and Lin Sen, but Lin Sen's basket is extremely unstable, that is to say, the real threat is only Han Bin. up.

Facing such a predicament, both Thompson and Harris looked at Lu Ziqiu in unison.

Lu Ziqiu remained calm and composed, "In order to limit our breakthrough and scoring goals, they will definitely deploy man-to-man defensive tactics. Han Bin, in the next half of the game, you should try to only be a containment point, and don't attack with all your strength. The last 2 minutes are left. I will replace you, and in the second quarter, you and Lu Wei will bring the substitutes to play, and then you will let me go, and I will allow you to attack as you want."

Han Bin chuckled, "Then I won't be polite."

Lu Ziqiu turned his attention to Lin Sen, "You will control the field for the first half of the quarter, and it's time to test you."

Lin Sen was full of confidence, "Don't worry, I have plenty of solutions."

"Your organizational ability and overall situation need to be gradually improved, so I don't make too many demands on you in this half of the game, you just let go and play."

"The first half of the sentence is nonsense, and the second half of the sentence is a bit human."

Lu Ziqiu ignored him, picked up the tactical board and began to arrange tactics, and finally turned his attention to Xiaozhi.

Xiao Zhi felt a little guilty, "Coach, I remember all the tactics you set up."

Lu Ziqiu nodded, "You have good defensive ability, but you lack confidence and vigor. If I let you play at this time, you will definitely be nervous. This is a process that any rookie must go through, so even if you are on the court It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, but I must see your determination to fight bravely, can you do it?"

Xiaozhi gritted his teeth and nodded heavily, "Yes."

"Very well, let's get ready."

"Yes, coach."

Lu Ziqiu looked at the other substitute players again, "You all go to warm up and get ready to play at any time." After that, he waved his hand again, signaling Lan Feng and the main players to take a rest first.

Lin Sen was extremely energetic. The other main players sat quietly with their eyes closed, but he stared at the beautiful cheerleaders performing on the field with his eyes wide open.

The audience was excited for a long time, and now it finally calmed down.

The voices of the two commentators interspersed with the music sounded from time to time, which seemed extremely discordant.

Lu Ziqiu sat back in his seat and told Xia Kexin: "Xiaozhi will be beaten up by the opponent after a while, and it may cause him a lot of psychological shadow. You must be ready at any time, and when he is off the stage, he will be well-educated." Hit him."

"Yeah." But she didn't understand, "You knew that he would be blown up, why did you let him play at this time?"

"Lu Wei is getting old, and he needs a qualified substitute." In fact, he has no choice. Without Lu Wei, he would not even be able to find a qualified small forward.

"Can't we use other veteran players first?"

Lu Ziqiu sighed: "They are all at the end of their careers, and now there is no value in trading. If you want to continue to get players suitable for the team through trading, you must cultivate a few rookies as soon as possible. This is impossible."

Xia Kexin didn't understand these things, but if Lu Ziqiu said that, he must have his reasons, so he didn't ask any more.

The whistle sounded, and the timeout was up.

The players played one after another. Lu Ziqiu didn't get up this time. Without Lu Wei, others still couldn't understand what he meant, not to mention Lin Sen's character was rebellious. If he wanted him to know his weak link thoroughly, he had to let him Experience that drop for yourself.

In the following time, the situation suddenly turned one-sided. The Wolves defended well, but their offense was repeatedly blocked and their mistakes gradually increased.

Seeing that the score was getting closer, the players on the Wolves bench fell silent.

Thompson and Harris couldn't sit still in anxiety. They looked at Lu Ziqiu again and again, hoping that he could call a timeout to rearrange tactics or change players.

But Lu Ziqiu kept silent all the time, no matter how anxious they were, it was useless.

The two commentators once again brought the topic to the Wolves.

Luo Chen: "It seems that the team still can't withstand the Cheetah's counterattack."

Caesar: "That's right, the Cheetah was just caught off guard before. With the strength of our team members, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Cheetah."

"Oh, it's just a pity for their coach, what an excellent head coach."

"It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. No matter how good Coach Lu is, he can't do anything without good players."

With the last 2 minutes left in the game, Lu Ziqiu replaced Han Bin with another rookie, Wei Kailun.

Without him as a pinch point, the Wolves immediately fell into a scoring drought. When the final whistle sounded, they fell behind by two points at 23:25.

The attitude of the two commentators suddenly changed. Instead of complimenting Lu Ziqiu, they kept pushing him endlessly, saying that he made a mistake in making substitutions, that some old players would not use them, and that they chose to use two undrafted picks. This is digging their own grave.

The players walked off the field in frustration, Lu Ziqiu got up to greet them, "It's okay, the game is still early."

Lan Feng said bitterly: "I'm sorry, coach." In the last minute, he failed to suppress his temper, contradicted the referee and got a technical foul.

Lu Ziqiu said nothing, "Go and rest, get ready to play again in the second half of the second quarter."

"Ah."

Lin Sen avoided looking at Lu Ziqiu. During this time, the team made mistakes one after another under his leadership.

Lu Ziqiu half-closed his eyes and asked, "Have you lost your temper after being beaten?"

"Fart, am I a softie?" Lin Sen suddenly widened his eyes and glared.

"It's good if it's not a softie. In the first half of the second quarter, take a good look at how Lu Wei organizes the offense. Remember, playing depends not only on skills, but more importantly on brains."

Lin Sen snorted and brushed past Lu Ziqiu while holding back his anger.

The faces of the two rookies were very ugly, especially Xiao Zhi, who didn't even dare to raise his head.

Lu Ziqiu patted them on the shoulder lightly, "Don't be discouraged, we still need you in the second half."

The two looked up in astonishment, they couldn't figure out why the coach sent him to play even though he was playing like shit.

Lu Ziqiu didn't speak again, and motioned them to go back to rest. Xia Kexin hurried over to chat with them, trying to heal the wounds they had suffered in their hearts.

Only Luo Mang didn't change his face, "I don't need to rest in the second quarter."

Lu Ziqiu laughed and said, "I didn't intend to let you rest, but you have already fouled twice. If there is another foul in the second quarter, I will replace you immediately."

"Okay." His two fouls were basically caused by assisting defense.

"Go back and rest."

"Ah."

Lu Ziqiu beckoned to Lu Wei, "Although Han Bin's singles ability is excellent, but his brain is easy to get hot, you should pay more attention to him."

"I will."

"Well, you have to increase your shots in the second quarter. The opponent's Davis and Haller both rested in the first quarter. They should also play at the beginning of the second quarter. You should keep an eye on Haller and give me a complete blow." His confidence was shattered."

"Don't worry, he can't guard against me." Lu Wei was full of confidence.

(End of this chapter)