Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 136 Where there are crouching dragons, there must be phoenix chicks!
"Coach Scott, something is wrong! Just now Jamison sprained his right finger on the court, and the team doctor suggested a truce after the examination!"

In the Cavaliers locker room, Gent ran up to Scott who was talking to Wu Di and exclaimed.

"What's the noise! ​​It's just a sprained finger, it's not a big deal!"

Scott thumped in his heart when he heard the words, but immediately frowned and reprimanded, Jant, an idiot, spoke so loudly, didn't he know that doing so would affect the morale of the team?

Seeing the frowning expressions of the players around him, Gent instantly realized the seriousness of the problem.

Originally, the Cavaliers were 5 points behind, and the depth of the lineup was not as good as that of the Lakers. Now Jamison, the main player, is going to truce again. The pressure can be imagined...

"Why is Antoine easily injured when he performs well..."

Scott couldn't help frowning and said, Jamison played the entire first half today and played very well. He scored 10 points on 6 of 15 shots, only 17 points lower than Wu Di's 2 points, and is the team's second best. firepower.

Immediately in the third quarter, it was time for a hard fight, but this general was injured before the battle, and the anxiety on the faces of the players could not be concealed...

There was also a wry smile on Wu Di's face. Jamieson was like this in his previous life. Once he performed at a high level, he would soon suffer injuries. It was like being under a curse!
Otherwise, Jamison, as one of the less than 50 2-point players in NBA history, would not be reduced to the existence of [-]K "poor man's gift".

If he later gets the "President's Eye" badge, he might be able to identify what's wrong with Jamison.

But now that the enemy is at hand, Wu Di can only bite the bullet to reduce the impact of Jamison's injury:

"Let the team doctor not deal with the injury later, let Lao Jia sit on the sidelines!"

Scott nodded when he heard the words, his anxious eyes were slightly relieved.

If the old thief Phil Jackson finds that Jamison is injured and retired, he will definitely seize this weakness and let the Lakers' "three highs" Bynum, Gasol, and Odomzy play, then the Cavaliers will be in trouble!
But if Jamison is allowed to sit on the sidelines pretending to be okay, there is a high probability that Phil Jackson's small thoughts will fade away.

But Scott suddenly thought of something, and suddenly said anxiously:

"Jante, hurry up! Pass this news to the team doctor!"

Although the infirmaries of the two teams are separate, this is Los Angeles Staples. Even the court cleaners are the most loyal fans of the Lakers. They are not allowed to report to Phil Jackson after discovering the situation!
After all, Scott has played for the Lakers for more than ten years and experienced the Show Time dynasty, and he is particularly impressed by this.

Gent hissed when he heard the words, and then rushed back to the infirmary immediately.

After discussing with Wu Di about the next formation, Scott called Love and Jordan over:
"The running-in between the two of you must be accelerated!"

Scott said in a deep voice, according to the rebounding ability of these two people, if they cooperate with each other, they can seal the Lakers' rebounds to zero!
But these two people are obviously unwilling to give each other a card, and they all want to compete. They refused to give up each other for a rebound stat, which led to the effect of 1+1<2 inside the Cavaliers in the first quarter.

That's why Scott had to replace Love in the second quarter, which indirectly caused the Cavaliers to overtake the back-end score in the second quarter.

"Competition is good, but within a certain limit! You have been playing in the NBA for almost three years. I don't need to say more about how important teamwork is. You should understand it!"

Scott looked at the unconvinced expressions of the two, and frowned slightly. As a coach who entered the industry relatively early, he had heard about the grievances between the two since high school.

He paused, then said sternly:
"This is not a high school league where you can dominate and play petty. This is the NBA, the palace of basketball!"

"Tiangou said that AC Green who blocked his teammates is even greater than him. Love, you must help Jordan block more! Jordan, you must pass the ball to Love..."

Love couldn't hold back when he heard the words. Tiangou said that, is it because AC Green gave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a seat?
That's not because AC Green is a famous "religious maniac". For his faith, he has maintained a virgin body for 38 years, and even a magician can send beautiful women to his arms:
"If Jordan can abstain from sex for 38 years like Green, as long as he is on the court, I can empty the basket for him!"

Seeing Le Fu's rebuttal, Little Jordan was also unconvinced and said:
"As far as Love's shooting percentage at the basket is concerned, I might as well shoot it myself!"

Scott's face was livid. As a rare moderate coach in the NBA, he usually does not use high pressure to maintain his authority.

But the two actually contradicted him in front of his face, that was another matter!
He wants the two to suspend the game immediately, but now that the enemy is at hand, such handling may lead to turmoil in the team and trigger a chain reaction...

"What are you two pushing for?"

At the critical moment, Wu Di stood up, his tone unprecedentedly severe, and the two immediately lowered their heads upon hearing the words.

"What's the problem with helping Jordan? I haven't been stuck?"

"And you, do you still have face if you don't pass the ball when it's time to pass?"

"One by one hasn't even been judged as an All-Star yet, but they've put up the scores first!"

"Put me in the right position! If you can't, there is no player in this team who can't live without!"

The pressure of the heads of the two of them was even lower, Wu Di was obviously agitated, and even brought up the matter of the transaction...

Wu Di was indeed furious, and the two began to publicly contradict Scott because of the confrontation!
Even Varejao and Williams didn't dare to contradict Scott when they clashed with him, these two dared to contradict Scott!
Whether it's because they are young and ignorant or because they have a good relationship with each other, this has gone far beyond the bottom line of reasonable competition!
After all, Scott is the team's head coach, the team's authority.

If this matter is not handled properly, his position in the team will be greatly shaken...

The team's subsequent training and tactical execution will be greatly reduced, because the foundation of mutual trust has been shaken...

At that time, let alone rushing to the championship, the regular season record in the future may be greatly affected, and even be reduced to a weak team!
Gibson on the side tugged at the corner of Jordan's clothes and gave him a wink. Jordan was the first to give in and said:
"I was wrong... sorry, coach, boss!"

Le Fu immediately followed after hearing the words:

"I'm sorry! Coach, boss, I will pay more attention to the card position in the future!"

Scott nodded. Fortunately, Wu Di supported him, otherwise it would be troublesome to solve this matter...

"You didn't feel sorry for me, the ones you are really sorry for are you! Because the only effect you do is to destroy your own reputation! Anyone who has the reputation of being a locker room bomb will plummet, understand?"

Wu Di continued to mention that Cousins, who was in the same class as him, later became the league's number one center, but because of his reputation as a locker room bomb, he was reduced to a situation where he had no ball to play!
When Little Jordan heard the words, the shame instantly added to his face.

"Boss really worked hard for me..."

He said silently in his heart, Wu Di said before that he would help him win a large contract, and now he said this, obviously keeping this matter in mind, but he let Wu Di down...

Love also bit his lip tightly. He had never done such a stupid thing as publicly contradicting the coach before.

It's just that in the past two days, Jordan's progress has made him jealous, that's why he's so stunned...

"The boss is right! Coach, please believe that this is not my style. I still pay attention to teamwork. I will definitely help Jordan get more positions..."

As Le Fu spoke, he began to wipe away his tears...

Wu Di was shocked, the outside rumors turned out to be true, Le Fu is so tall, so strong and so handsome, he really likes to cry!

Little Jordan was stunned when he saw this, and he had already started to complain violently in his heart:

"Brother, I know you have a Hollywood background in Los Angeles, but you are crying? Come on, this is a bit too realistic..."

But as a cowboy born in Texas, he is by no means the kind of guy who sits and waits to die:
"Coach, please punish me! You can punish me for cleaning the toilet or running 100 kilometers. I want to engrave this matter in my heart forever! I must change myself!"

Le Fu's eyes widened upon hearing this, what the hell?

Why does Jordan sound more sincere than him?
He sniffed his nose and said hastily:

"Coach, please punish me too! This incident has a great impact on me, and I must learn a lesson!"

Wu Di was completely speechless. How to say that sentence, where there are crouching dragons, there must be phoenix chicks!
Scott wanted to laugh, but he pinched his waist with his hands on his hips!
Don't laugh at this time, just laughing will ruin your work!
He coughed lightly and blinked again before suppressing the tears that were about to pour out:

"Okay! If you know a mistake, correct it. This is the quality of top athletes! However, our team has clear rewards and punishments. Regardless of whether we win or lose this game, you two will work as cleaners in Quicken Loans Arena for a week after you go back! Except for game time !"

Xiao Qiaodan and Love heard the words, and Xiao Zhi nodded like pecking at rice.

The two glanced at each other, and both snorted softly. They both thought they had moved Scott's eyes to flush.

"Ok?"

Seeing this, Wu Di's eyes froze, still dissatisfied?

"hey-hey!"

The two hugged each other with smirks when they heard the words, and everyone in the locker room couldn't help laughing anymore when they saw this!

After experiencing this episode, not only did Love's integration into the Cavaliers suddenly accelerate, but the pressure exerted by the Lakers to make the Cavaliers breathless also disappeared!
The dignified expressions on everyone's faces were swept away, and Wu Di could clearly feel that the anxiety that tormented everyone was gone!

He took out his mobile phone, took a selfie with his teammates, and tweeted to record this meaningful moment:
"The victory of the Cavaliers is inseparable from everyone here!"

Megan also sent a message to encourage:
"Honey! You played so well in the first half! Annie asked me about you, come on! If you make another effort in the second half to win, we can hope to lure her home!"

……

When playing again, the Cavaliers' lineup is the inside twin towers of Sessions, Parker, Wu Di, Love, and Jordan.

The Lakers lineup is Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Artest, Odom, Gasol, obviously Zen Master wants to continue the defensive strategy of double-teaming others in the middle of the second quarter.

But the condition of the Cavaliers players is really good!

At the beginning, they didn't panic at all, but passed and cooperated very calmly, and broke out from the aggressive double-teaming of the Lakers!
Immediately afterwards, Wu Di made an unreasonable 3-pointer against Artest's vigorous block!
He chased the point difference to only 2 points, and responded to the arrogance of this guy at the end of the last quarter!

Soon, another few rounds passed. Although Kobe still performed bravely, Jordan grabbed a key offensive rebound under Love's position and passed it to Love, who was in a better position. !

Love carried Odom and scored with a hook, and the Cavaliers evened the score!
beep!
Or two plus one!

Love's free throw percentage exceeded 80%. After the ball was hit steadily, the score came to 62-61!

The Cavaliers once again completed the overtake!
"incredible!"

At the Lakers commentary seat, Worthy praised. He just wanted to make a few more comments, but was overshadowed by Tante's voice again:
"The wonderful performance of the Lakers inspired the fighting spirit of the Cavaliers, but this is obviously unsustainable. Zen Master still has a lot of killer moves that are useless. The depth of the Lakers' bench is much stronger than that of the Cavaliers. The main force of the Cavaliers... "

beep!
Phil Jackson called a timeout angrily, and after cursing the players on the field, he changed the lineup again and sent a double small forward combination of Kobe, Barnes, Artest, Gasol, and Bynum.

Since the tactic of double-teaming others was ineffective, there was no need for Lao Yu to stay on the field.

He also wants to join the Twin Towers lineup, and at the same time use Barnes' ultimate move!
The last time the Lakers challenged the Cleveland Cavaliers, Barnes failed to prevent Wu Di from breaking Chamberlain's record, and also allowed Wu Di to retreat, which put him under pressure to maintain the image of a villain.

So Barnes spent a lot of time watching Cavaliers game videos, and together with Phil Jackson, studied the defensive methods and defensive effects of the players who played against Wu Di.

The Lakers have won ten consecutive victories in front of them, and Barnes's warding defensive skills are indispensable!

Especially in the key game against the Hornets, "Cobra" Trevor Ariza made 10 of 1 shots inserted, causing the Hornets to lose the game with diabetes insipidus on the wing!

And Wu Di is the master of Barnes' hard practice of this trick, so every time Mayfair Jackson changes players, Barnes will remind Mayfair Jackson by rubbing his hands like a fly.

But the Lakers lineup played quite well in front of them, and Phil Jackson kept Barnes as the final killer move, preparing to be a surprise player in the fourth quarter.

Seeing that the Lakers were really going to be unstoppable this time, he had to use it in advance.

When Barnes was named, he was so excited that the movements of the flies rubbing their hands almost caused sparks!
Soon, facing Parker's defense, Kobe hit another ultra-difficult drifting fadeaway jumper to pull the score back.

But the next scene made Phil Jackson unexpected!
Wu Di actually hit a ball-kicking jumper against Barnes' warding defense!
Kick egg jumper!

Against warding defense!

But the referee didn't blow it!
Neither of them blew!

But it's not because the penalty scale is too loose, but because the two have respectively mastered the essence of warding defense and ball-kicking offense.

The real warding defense is not really warding, because that will definitely be called a criminal, resulting in two free throws and one throw.

The essence of eye-inserting defense is to give the opponent the illusion that the eye will be inserted, thereby affecting the opponent's shot, but avoiding the referee's penalty.

But Scott also recognized this problem earlier, and he taught Wu Di "Silver Horn King" Nowitzki to attack with the same style of kicking eggs.

In the same way, the essence of kicking eggs is to give the opponent the illusion of being kicked but not kicked, thereby affecting the opponent's defense, but avoiding the referee's penalty.

Back and forth, not only the two on the court showed surprise, but the two head coaches off the court also turned their heads and looked at each other fiercely.

Mayfair Jackson adjusted his glasses and thought, "If you want to win 14 championships, this son must not stay!"

At the same time, the rogue whistle was blown quickly, and an order was issued to make the Lakers play more aggressively!
Scott clapped his hands and emphasized teamwork!

But in the case of Barnes's defensive failure, the Cavaliers' firepower is still stronger!
At the end of the third quarter, the score had reached 85-80, and the scores of the two teams were reversed!

The crazy Lakers script familiar to Staples fans was not staged, but a rare storm hit Los Angeles!

Wu Di even scored 19 points in a single quarter and 36 points in three quarters, catching up to Kobe's 41 points!
(End of this chapter)