basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 96 The Game That Can't Be Lost
Without Lu Wei, the team seemed to lack a backbone on the field. In addition, Han Bin and Lin Sen did not trust other teammates and only cared about fighting alone, so they lost four games in a row.

The Yancheng media bombarded him many times, suspecting that Lu Ziqiu allowed the players to fight alone, and suspecting that he rotated too much on the field and didn't know how to employ people.

The whole team is under tremendous pressure.

Especially Lu Ziqiu, the board of directors talked to him twice, hoping that he could face up to Han Bin and Lin Sen's problems, but Lu Ziqiu silently took it all down.

The players have also become small groups, and it is difficult to integrate together.

In such a situation, the coaching staff is in a hurry every day.

But Lu Ziqiu kept silent all the time and never made any statement. Except for a few people, no one knew what was going on in his heart.

But tonight at home against the Eagles, who have the last record, they must not lose, because they have reached the point where they cannot afford to lose.

The Eagles were the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference last season. Unfortunately, this season has been unfavorable and the main lineup has been injured one after another, which has led to such an embarrassing ranking.

"Coach, let me play." In the locker room, Lu Wei challenged again.

Lu Ziqiu didn't reply, and looked at the team doctor as usual.

The team doctor is full of confidence this time, "He can play, but it is best to control the playing within 25 minutes."

"Okay, I will give you 15 minutes for this game." Lu Ziqiu took a deep breath.

"This..." Lu Wei just wanted to say that there was too little time, but when he met Lu Ziqiu's serious eyes, he had no choice but to swallow what he wanted to say again, "Okay."

"The current strength of the Eagles is almost the same as ours. If you need to go up and work hard against such an opponent, we can just let it go badly this season."

"I understand, but I need to adapt to the rhythm of the game."

"That's right, I will play for you just to make you adapt to the rhythm of the game."

Lu Wei nodded silently and said nothing more.

Lu Ziqiu looked up at the sullen Lin Sen, "Do you still remember the eagle?"

"You don't need to remind me." There are two teams he can't forget, one is the team he played for before, and the other is the Eagles who wanted to trade him with the second-round pick.

"It's useless to remember, it's only useful if you hit them and leave in disgrace."

Lin Sen clenched his fist, "Just tell me how to fight, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

Lu Ziqiu was relieved, he knew that Lin Sen would definitely work harder than ever in this match.

Then he raised his head and turned to look at Luo Mang.

Luo Mang said without waiting for him to speak: "Give up my team, I will never let them take the victory from me."

"No, I absolutely trust your professionalism."

"Then what do you want me to do?"

"The Eagle is the only one who is really threatening right now, Luo Peng, so as long as Luo Peng is guarded, the others will have nothing to fear."

Luo Mang nodded, "He's very strong offensively, but his defense is rubbish."

Lu Ziqiu smiled, "That's right, he does a very good combination of sudden shots, but his left-handed breakthrough is a weakness, so once he holds the ball, you have to use your footsteps to quickly move to a high position to delay, and then follow up with your teammates Let’s force him to break through with his bad left hand.”

After the conversation, everyone began to arrange how to move on the tactical board, and everyone watched it very carefully.

Lu Ziqiu said again: "Once he holds the ball past the half-court, Lin Sen and Han Bin, the two of you will immediately step forward to delay or pinch."

The two nodded solemnly.

"The rest remember to speed up the rotation and don't easily give them the chance to open shots."

"it is good."

After talking about defense, it's time to attack. "Han Bin, you play against Luo Peng. When you get the ball on offense, you single-handedly hit him. His defense is poor, and your ability is enough to easily penetrate him."

What Han Bin likes most is to fight alone. If he fights like this for the whole game, he will fly with excitement, "You don't have to worry about me if you fight alone."

"Don't be careless. If you play too many singles, the Eagles will definitely double-team you. At that time, you must pass the ball to me immediately. If you don't follow what I said today, you won't have to play again from now on. It's gone." As he spoke, Lu Ziqiu's tone suddenly became severe.

Han Bin's eyelids twitched slightly, he hesitated to speak.

Lu Ziqiu turned to look at Lin Sen again, "You too."

"Lu Wei is here, of course I will pass the ball." Han Bin can hold back, but Lin Sen can't.

In the first four games, the two almost ignored others when attacking, especially those substitutes. They were not willing to pass the ball at all, unless they were forced to pass the ball passively.

This is the real reason why they lost four games in a row.

Before Lu Ziqiu endured it, he would rather endure doubts from the media and the board of directors than strictly demand them, in order to let them understand what a team is.

But the situation is different now, and they can no longer be allowed to mess around.

So the tone became cold again, "Remember, my patience has a limit. Starting from today's game, if you don't listen to the command, you don't have to play anymore from now on. I would rather put Bad season, hear?"

Everyone couldn't help shaking, and Han Bin and Lin Sen's expressions suddenly darkened.

Lu Wei patted them on the shoulder, "What you did before was really too much. In fact, Lan Feng and I wanted to talk to you two a long time ago, but the coach didn't let us do it. He would rather lose the game than bear the huge pressure , nothing more than hoping that you can wake up."

The two were silent and did not speak.

Lu Wei said earnestly again: "Basketball is a team sport. Players in the team are naturally strong or weak, but don't forget that they are all our comrades-in-arms and brothers. You look down on brothers and look down on them. Comrades will only be eliminated by this team in the end."

Lu Ziqiu shook his head at him, motioning him to stop talking, then continued to explain the tactics, and asked them to get ready to go out to warm up after the tactics were finished.

Seeing that Han Bin and Lin Sen were unhappy, Xia Kexin took the initiative to talk to them.

George pulled Lu Ziqiu aside, and said in a low voice, "You should have scolded them a long time ago. If you woke them up earlier, we wouldn't have fallen into such a passive situation."

"It's just a few games, I can afford to lose."

"Two days ago, there were rumors that some shareholders were dissatisfied with you. If you don't resolve these conflicts quickly, I'm afraid you will have trouble explaining to the board of directors."

Lu Ziqiu's face darkened, "Please tell me, the agreement was clearly signed. In the first two seasons, I didn't care about the results. At that time, I kept trying to persuade me to do badly. Now I'm fine. After losing a few games, I started chattering. I can't wait to beat them up."

"You." George smiled wryly and shook his head, "When did you become so restless?"

"I've actually had enough of them."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about these annoying things, you should seriously prepare for this game."

(End of this chapter)