NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 191: The driver rides alone to break through, teammates CBA
"Director Jiang, you are still too comprehensive!"

"Director Jiang is really thoughtful. Awesome!"

"sure, no problem!"

Larry Miller signed the financial statement decisively.

And other people are not saying these things as compliments, but they really think Jiang Ming is so comprehensive. Even though Tomorrow Clinic is so busy, Jiang Ming does not forget his identity as a Trail Blazers shareholder and vice president, and continues to give the team due and additional help.

I’ve never seen a chief team doctor work so hard!
Some team doctors do not accompany the team during away games in the playoffs, just like during the regular season.

Although this may be because Jiang Ming owns shares in Pioneer, so he cares more about it.

But Jiang Ming did the same thing before he had shares, and with the support from Microsoft and the profitability of Tomorrow Clinic, he should have no shortage of money.

Therefore, it is also ruled out that Jiang Ming did this for money.

Therefore, most of the Trail Blazers employees have discovered that Jiang Ming is not doing this out of love, like the Gandhi-type doctor with boundless love in charity stories.

If he were really that kind of doctor, Jiang Ming would have made his clinic free tomorrow, and donated money to the homeless through various charities, doing things that would move himself and a small group of people.

They discovered that everything Jiang Ming did was out of pure love for the Trail Blazers, and he really loved basketball.

He really wants to see his players improve and wants to achieve the goals step by step with the team.

With such shareholders, who wouldn't be serious? Who wouldn't work hard?

After 1 days.

Curry, DeRozan, Mills, Danny Green and several international players who were also in the team's sights came to the VIP private box as scheduled to watch the game.

The entire trip is reimbursed, and they still watch the most expensive playoffs. These rookies are very willing to do so. Before entering the NBA, they didn't have much money on them, and they were all waiting to make a fortune after entering the NBA.

Vice President Jiang Ming and McGowan received them in the box.

Originally, it would definitely be the most exciting and the most exciting for these rookies to watch from the front row, but after all, the Trail Blazers have not released any information about the pre-draft players, and if these rookies are frequently photographed in Portland, they will inevitably be maliciously targeted by their competitors at the draft.

For example, they know which player you want, and they will spend some money to get you, and they won’t let you have a good time.

So now every team has to "hide" their love, and only New York, the sucker, brazenly says it wants Curry.

Little did they know that if the Trail Blazers really wanted to get Curry, they would definitely secretly trade the top seven picks.

"Today you can just drink and eat as much as you want and enjoy watching the game."

Even though they were invited to watch the game at public expense, Jiang Ming was actually testing them from the beginning.

The box was filled with a variety of snacks and drinks, including cola, potato chips, fried chicken, fruit, juice, beer, milkshakes, pizza, etc.

This was Jiang Ming's little trick. He deliberately placed a lot of high-calorie foods in the front to see if they would be tempted by the delicious food.

Because the first step to becoming a professional athlete is to resist temptation.

The temptation of delicious food is only the most superficial layer. Keeping yourself in shape according to the needs of the team is the key factor in maintaining your competitive level.

After all, nutritionists and team doctors cannot be with the players all the time, so sometimes they eat very healthily when they are with the team, but there is no way to know if they secretly have extra meals or midnight snacks in private.

But generally players who do this will be quickly eliminated from the NBA. Trainers and nutritionists will not harm any players, and performance on the court will not lie. If you don't do as they say, the players themselves will suffer.

For example, the fat guy Eddy Curry of the Knicks now has no self-discipline at all. His body is out of shape and he is out of breath and can only run a few rounds when he comes on the court. No matter how many years of contract he has, it will be useless. He will definitely be kicked out of the NBA when his contract expires.

(Note: The contract year refers to the last year of an NBA player's contract. Generally, players in the contract year will perform better in order to renew their contract in advance and get a better next contract.)
So Jiang Ming is giving these new recruits the first test before they enter the NBA:
Can you keep your mouth shut?
Logically speaking, they are all professional players and must understand how much they consume and how much they consume every day.

It is definitely a success if you can naturally control your intake and choose non-junk food in this completely relaxed state without an agent or parents around.

And it’s okay to be tempted, it’s mainly a matter of quantity.

Is it the same thing to be unable to resist taking a bite and trying something as to be crazy and show off all the time?

Jiang Ming himself would try delicious food from time to time to satisfy his cravings.

"This is the most common temptation for NBA players." McGowan also laughed.

You have to know that everyone who really enters the NBA will be a millionaire, and the temptation is coming to you.

Gambling, women, drugs, extravagant nightclub parties, shopping, and investing.
If you are not careful, your performance on the court may not be affected, but your image will be ruined.

However, after they become NBA players, the home team will send someone to give them lessons and guidance. It's okay to play and spend money however you want in private, just don't affect the team. If you hurt the team, there are contract terms to restrict it.

Then before, during and after the game, Jiang Ming and McGowan discovered that there was not much less delicious food on the table.

Even when Curry and the others ate or drank, they only ate fruits and drank juice, and at most they had some French fries when they got nervous.

This made Jiang Ming and the others completely relieved, and they deliberately ate potato chips, cheese, etc. to tempt DeRozan and the others.

Useless.

Actually, if you think about it, the rookies who were invited by the Trail Blazers have already passed several levels.

Moreover, they are all predicted to be in the top 60 of this year, which also means they are among the top 60 rookies in the world this year. Those six-pack abs are not obtained for nothing, and it is very difficult to maintain such a body shape.

Especially in terms of character, the Trail Blazers are not the Knicks, and they don't want to be like the Knicks and Los Angeles. They don't engage in news marketing for the players, but just want to improve their record first.

Therefore, they all have very good self-control, and self-discipline is the most powerful weapon in the NBA.

Even if you cannot reach the highest mountain in your heart, you can always reach the longest river through your own efforts.

In this game, guards like Curry and Danny Green kept complaining.

Another episode where Kidd falls from grace:
“我们伟大的基爷2次6中1，1次3中1，1次11中4，1次5失误，1次8失误。我们的基爷太伟大了。”

"This is too bad! Undercover!"

“Where’s the triple-double god in the regular season?”

"No, this open three-pointer didn't make it? I can do it too! I really can do it!"

"Nowitzki is playing like a god, but it's still not enough."

"Nowitzki beat Aldridge today. This may be related to their training yesterday."

"But it's no use!"

"It's still useful. The score difference has been around 8 points. If Kidd dares to shoot a little more, it will be fine!"

"Nowitzki is invincible. He can score as soon as he catches the ball tonight!"

I have to say that Carlisle is indeed a famous coach and Cuban is indeed a good boss.

With only one day to adjust, the Mavericks quickly changed their mind and rented a high school basketball gym in Portland for full-day use at a very high price. Then the main players of the team were in the gym all day. According to the information leaked by the cleaning man of the school, the Mavericks practiced running tactics all day!
Tonight, Jiang Ming and the Trail Blazers coaching staff were able to see what the Mavericks had practiced from the first minute of the game.

The Trail Blazers' offensive and defensive tactics have not changed, because they won the last game by a large margin, and the winning side will not be the first to make changes.

The playoffs are like playing chess. You respond to each other's moves and see how the other side responds to you, then you make your own move to resolve it, rather than taking the initiative to change the situation.

Carlisle's change is that Nowitzki no longer assists at the free throw line, but directly transforms into a master of back-to-the-basket shooting, waiting to receive the ball outside the two bottom corner paint areas.

Kidd or Barea is always on the other side of Nowitzki, far away.

Kidd no longer needs to pass the ball to Nowitzki. Others can do it, but they just can't make the same wonderful pass as Kidd.

But it is still easy to pass the ball with Nowitzki's back to the basket.

What does this position change represent?
The Trail Blazers player who was defending Kidd was supposed to help defend Nowitzki, but now he was pulled to the opposite side.

If he continues to assist in defense, it would be too disrespectful to Kidd.

This means that Kidd is controlling the court outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left side, but Nowitzki is directly in the bottom corner of the paint area on the right.

Therefore, the Trail Blazers were unable to provide assisting defense at the start of the game. It can only be said that Blake, who was defending Kidd, chose to shrink his defense and still allowed Kidd to make a three-pointer.

But this also resulted in Nowitzki playing 1 on 1!

Nowitzki exploded from the first quarter.

He just didn't dribble the ball like he did in the regular season, dribbling less or not at all.

As soon as he caught the ball, he would shoot directly from the high position while the Trail Blazers hesitated whether to double-team him.

Back-to-the-basket one-legged shot!

Turn around and fade away jump shot!

Three threats shook off Aldridge and then broke through for a two-handed dunk!
Turn around and then take a fadeaway jump shot.

No one can defend!!!!

This Game 2 truly showed the fans what a truly unstoppable space-type power forward is. As long as Nowitzki raised the ball, basically all defensive players had to pray that he didn't make the shot.

Nowitzki's killer moves are just like Yao Ming's hook shot and Garnett's long jump shot. Whether the shot goes in or not depends entirely on his touch.

And it just so happens that I feel really good today.

Throughout the game, Driver scored 35+11+5 with a hit rate of 56%. He really carried the whole team forward by himself.

By the third quarter, Jiang Ming was scared. When the Trail Blazers selectively retreated, the driver still made all kinds of anti-aircraft shots. Both Oden and Ibaka had brute force but could not use it.

Because they are not as tall as Nowitzki, if they really want to affect his shooting or even block him, they can only jump.

If you are defending by jumping, you have to calculate his shooting point accurately.

But it is too difficult to calculate the shooting point of King Nowitzki. Every time he holds the ball high, and when he sees that you don't jump, he suddenly stands on tiptoe to shoot.

Hard to guard against.

In this situation, Ade and his team can only symbolically intervene to defend against Nowitzki, but in reality it all depends on luck.

When Coach Carlisle completely opened up one side to give Nowitzki a one-on-one game, he really seized every opportunity.

"Sure enough, in the playoffs it's all superstar basketball. This is the most intense I've ever witnessed."

Jiang Ming was so engrossed in the VIP box that he watched the game. Although he had seen Kobe in last year's playoffs, if it came to shooting percentage, Kobe was no match for Nowitzki.

It felt like Nowitzki played at his best in history in this game. Based on this game alone, he was definitely better than Duncan of the Spurs. In the fourth quarter, he even blocked Aldridge's turnaround layup.

You should know that in fact, the template for Aldridge's mid-range shooting was learned from Nowitzki, and he himself often watched Nowitzki's tapes in the video room.

When Nowitzki defends players who play like him, he naturally knows how they will play next, and his basketball IQ is also very high.

It was only in the fourth quarter that the Trail Blazers coaching staff slightly changed their defensive approach, having Maggette and other forwards ready to block Nowitzki from behind, which made Nowitzki very uncomfortable and his shooting percentage also dropped.

And with Roy scoring 6 points in a row in the final moments, the Trail Blazers defeated the Mavericks 105:96 at home!
The overall score is 2:0
After the game, players like DeRozan and Curry who were standing next to Jiang Ming and watching were not talking about the Trail Blazers, but were talking about the Mavericks.

Jiang Ming wiped the sweat off his face.

I originally wanted to show off the Trail Blazers' muscles.

As a result, all the limelight today went to King Nowitzki.

Because in this game, King Nowitzki felt like he was alone and powerless to turn the tide.

The Trail Blazers had seven players score in double digits, with Roy leading with 7 points.

But on the Niu side, it feels like the driver is the only one who relies on it.

Therefore, all the rookies were thinking about what would happen if they were by the driver's side.

This is normal. If they are not die-hard fans, neutral fans will sympathize with the weak and will find ways to help them.

"Nowitzki tried his best!"

"Teammate CBA! I can't carry four of them!"

"The inside line was penetrated like a sieve, the Mavericks' defense is a piece of shit!"

"How many passes did he make after Nowitzki was double-teamed? But he only had five assists, which shows that he really can't shoot accurately from the outside. Is this the end of this Jet Terry? 9 out of 2 three-pointers? If he was a little more accurate, King Nowitzki wouldn't have played so hard!"

"Alright, alright, let them talk, we'll go first."

After listening for a while, Jiang Ming and McGowan saw that they were not talking about the Trail Blazers at all and were fully focused on cursing Nowitzki's teammates, so they did not stay in the box anymore and prepared to go to the players' locker room to congratulate the players.

Guard two home games, comfortably!
However, Jiang Ming was still cautious and asked the staff to take a quick look to see if the rookies would eat and drink too much after they left.

After all, although the two of them are not the rookies' superiors or anything like that, they are still leaders in the NBA. Could it be that they can't let go when their leaders are around?

So it's likely that they just let go and enjoy it after they left.

As it turned out, one or two rookies did this. After Jiang Ming left, they started eating high-sugar chocolate, but neither of them was the rookie the Trail Blazers wanted to choose from the TOP5 echelon.

As soon as Jiang Ming arrived at his dressing room, the press officer shouted at him:

"Director Jiang, come with me quickly, someone is in trouble!"

(End of this chapter)