62. Interviews from China
"The Pacers are now ninth in the East, which is behind us! I think everyone knows this better than I do. ”
Head coach Byron Scott asked straight to the point during a morning training session the day after the Mavericks' loss.
The Cavaliers players standing in front of him in a row nodded their heads, and the team's management will compile a detailed list of their team's main competitors in the near future and give a copy to the team's coaching staff and players.
Although most of the players are dismissive of these things, they will also flip through them when they have nothing to do, after all, it doesn't hurt. Naturally, I know how the Pacers are doing at the moment.
Although the pressure on the players is not as great as that of the coaches, the desire to make the playoffs is the same. The amount of money the league allocates to each team that makes the playoffs is quite large.
Even though the season has only just started and the standings can change at any time, who wouldn't want to start the season with a red lantern flying high and then sit back and relax before the playoffs begin.
"Of course, Coach."
"Yes, Coach."
"We get it, Mr. Coach."
Everyone was unanimous, and it was clear that the home record so far was only one win, which made all the players feel the same embarrassment. Not being able to win at home, like not being able to orgasm in your own bed, is extremely frustrating and frustrating.
"I know what you're all thinking!" Byron Scott stood in front of the players and could see the expressions on their faces. He cleared his throat and said, "Tomorrow's game, we're going to play at the Quick Loan Center." That's our home field, but why are you all crying like you're going to mourn? ”
As soon as Scott finished speaking, the expressions on everyone's faces became even more strange.
"Let me tell you! Because of our record at home, it's 1 win and 4 losses so far! This is the highest in the league, and of course, it is the last one! ”
As soon as Scott finished speaking, the Cavaliers players were even more ashamed. Even Wu Dawei, who has always been rough-skinned and thick-skinned, has a red face, and the title of home bug is not a very glorious title.
"Hey, hey, what's your face? Boys, did you fear the natives of Indiana before you fought?! As soon as Scott finished speaking, the players were like little brothers after shooting, and they suddenly withered, and couldn't help but hurry.
"Of course not, Coach!"
"How is that possible!"
Scott was in a hurry, and the players were in a hurry. As a professional athlete, the last thing these people lack is energy and passion. People who can enter the NBA, the top basketball league, who are not one in a million talented players, naturally have their own pride in their hearts!
"I'm afraid, but it's not just a matter of talking, and the mouth will not make you the winner tomorrow night!" The morale of the players was boosted, and Scott knew he needed to add a little more to get the millionaires really motivated.
This training session was arguably the most serious the Cavaliers players have been training since the start of the season, and there are many reasons for this, but external pressure and internal pressure are the main reasons for it.
The team's focus in this training session is on offense, and as we all know, they have always been a team that started out defensively. Whether it's the Reggie Miller era or the O'Neal Jr. era, they are known as a defensive powerhouse.
To Wu Dawei's surprise, the team's coach Byron Scott actually put himself among the main players in the intra-team confrontation game that conducted offensive tactical drills. …,
This is a sign that perhaps Byron Scott has finally agreed to let Wu Dawei really participate in the team's attacking system. This is different from Wu Dawei's previous games, when he occasionally attacked after winning the ball from his teammates; Being involved in the team's attacking system means that Wu Dawei has become an axis, and although it is not necessarily an axis, it will definitely get more opportunities to touch the ball than he did in previous games.
It's like how oil can flow straight out of the exhaust pipe without going through the tank.
Therefore, Wu Dawei trained harder than usual today, and if he really became a member of the team's offensive tactical system, it would mean that he could get more chances to touch the ball and practice his low-post back-to-body skills in actual combat.
Actual combat is the best training ground, and the competition of real swords and guns can make you progress quickly. Of course, Wu Dawei naturally won't and doesn't dare to come nonsense, he doesn't want to have anything to do with the "cancer", after all, it is a real game, and the team is not doing well recently, not to mention that he has just gained a foothold in the team.
Team practice ends at 11 a.m., and the schedule of professional players is generally more regular in the middle of the season. But Wu Dawei didn't go with his teammates, he stayed, and decided to give himself an extra hour of practice before going to dinner.
In the training session, head coach Byron Scott put Wu Dawei into the main lineup when practicing offensive tactics, which greatly stimulated this guy who is eager to soar. So when Wright Tibbetts agreed to stay and practice with him for a while, Wu Dawei said that he must invite him to dinner.
However, the content of the training made Tibbetts a little surprised, the assistant coach thought that Wu Dawei wanted to practice defense, but now he gave himself a big pad, saying that he wanted to practice back singles.
"Hey, Wu, are you sure you're not mistaken?" Wright Tibbetts asked, patting the thick pads.
"What's wrong?" Wu Dawei is ready to hold the ball.
"What are you going to practice Rausch's back singles? Instead of practicing defense? Are you sure? Know that your opponent tomorrow night is Danny Granger! It's Granger! Not some nobody! He's a member of the Dream Team! ”
"Oh, yes!" Wu Dawei suddenly realized, Wright Tibbetts knew that this kid should be going to change the training project, so he was about to remove the pads on his arms, but Wu Dawei said: "It seems that I have to go back at noon to find some videos of this guy, but now you should accompany me to practice back singles, Wright!" ”
"Are you crazy?" Although Wright Tibbetts taught Wu Dawei defensive for a summer, he knew that the Chinese boy in front of him was a conscientious and hardworking person, but at this time he found that he still did not know Wu Dawei deeply enough.
"Afternoon? Aren't you going to give yourself a break? Or go out and relax. You should wake up at 4 a.m., right? Tibbetts did not forget Wu Dawei's work and rest time, because there were very few people who got up at this point in time to train.
You can count them on your fingers, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul......
"Only successful people are qualified to relax, but they never relax themselves!" Wu Dawei, who has always been arrogant in front of people, suddenly spit out such a philosophical sentence from his mouth, which made Wright Tibbetts a little stunned for a while.
Because he found that the boy in front of him, though as hard as he did in summer, even harder; But he seems to have changed, and his brow is always wrinkled at times, and he looks preoccupied.
Does he have something on his mind? Wright Tibbetts was suddenly confused, and then the gossip that had been in the air of the recent uproar came to his mind. …,
"Damn journalists!" Tibbetts thought of the reason at once, and he felt that it must be inseparable. He looked at Wu Dawei's young face, this kid was only 20 years old, but he was as restrained and self-disciplined as a mature and sophisticated man in his thirties.
The pressure from the outside world on him is too great, but it also seems to have played a role in motivating Wu Dawei to work harder. Maybe in the end, he will really become an extraordinary success in the field of basketball!
This kid can be regarded as half of his own disciple, just for this moment, Tibbetts decided to help this kid! He tied up the pads, and then suddenly shouted, "Come on, Wu, let me see how ugly your back-to-back posture can be!" What kind of brute are you going to have this time? Cow arch cabbage!? ”
Wu Dawei was furious, and in these few games, he heard others laughing at his back singles posture.
Then Wu Dawei rushed in, and Tibbetts was hit with a bang, because he suddenly saw that there were two strangers in the training hall where there were only himself and Wu Dawei.
Black hair, yellow skin, with a camera and voice recorder in his hands.
Reporter!?
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