Chapter 289: A Legend That Belongs Only to One Man
Airteam, Team in the Air, or Team in the Air, maybe this new term will be like the Lakers' 'showtime' after this game, Wake Forest's ' showteam' spread all over the United States, but now, Zhuang Fei didn't think about these things, for him this game is the first game he led the American team, of course, with his current quality, there will naturally be nothing else because of the first national team game Tom Izzo now thinks that Zhuang Fei is trying to prove himself right, Magic and Michaels think that Zhuang Fei is creating a new basketball culture, but Zhuang Fei himself looks at this game very lightly, he has not thought about proving anything, nor has he thought about creating anything, he is just realizing some strange or curious ideas in his mind, this is what Zhuang Fei is thinking now。
What are the benefits of coaching Team USA? Everyone will say that you will have the best group of players in the world, and the same is true for Zhuang Fei, the coach is like a chef, and the players are like ingredients, these ingredients of the American team are naturally the best and most precious, and there are all kinds of them, Zhuang Fei used to have all kinds of recipes in his mind, but due to the limited ingredients of Wake Forest and Timberwolves, he has been holding back until now, and now all the ingredients are enough, and Zhuang Fei has also begun to prepare crazy to make what he thinks is the most perfect dish.
In fact, Zhuang Fei is not very satisfied with this game, it is not because the performance of the players is not good, the performance of the American team is very good, but the performance of the opponent makes Zhuang Fei very disappointed, which cannot make him feel the real potential of the two teams in the second half of his team. The hole for the U.S. team is too deep, and the NCAA team has too short a stick.
"It seems that a lot of things will have to wait until the Olympics to play," Zhuang Fei finally said with a sigh in his heart, and at the same time, he lost interest in the game, and instead returned to his seat to chat with Carter.
At the same time, the two teams on the court are now changing a little, the U.S. team is now getting faster and faster under the leadership of Iverson, Kobe Bryant and Maddy, while the Michigan State University United team has been dragged down. In fact, this game has already entered garbage time, and it stands to reason that now everyone is slowly putting away and playing, and the American team does not need to be serious. Save some face for your younger brothers, Tom Izzo thinks so, and now he has replaced a lot of substitutes. So the main force has now been completely dragged down, and it was already considered a surrender if he replaced all the substitutes, but Zhuang Fei was unmoved, he did not make substitutions or pauses, all let the players of the American team play on the court by themselves, and finally just let Ray Allen replace Szebiak, after Ray Allen came on the field, the speed of the American team was faster, Zhuang Fei did not realize it, and these players on the field of the American team did not have this sense of forgiveness and forgiveness, not only did not stay, but the more fierce they played. Especially Ray Allen, who has just come on the court, this guard keeps hitting the basket and then dunking, as if he has used all his energy. In fact, it's not that they don't want to stay on the court, but that they are really excited, and this is their debut for the American team. Of course, they can play as well as they can, and they watched their teammates slaughter their opponents by almost 50 points in the first half, and now they want to prove it, at least not too much worse than their teammates, which makes this game a slaughter that cannot be stopped.
"Looking back now, how horrible it was when Coach Z led Wake Forest to beat the USA four years ago, NCAA players and NBA players are not on the same level at all," Michaels said as he looked at the sidelines with an 80-point difference, and the corners of his mouth twitched. I couldn't help but wonder how Zhuang Fei did it. …,
"Yes, when the Dream Three team was formed, many people said that he was better than our first one, and it was indeed a very strong team" Magic Johnson also showed a thoughtful look, Dream Three's strength is definitely not worse than Dream One in his opinion, and it is no wonder that Wake Forest is known as the strongest team in history.
"Looks like you've lost to NCAA teams before," Michaels asked, intriguing when he saw the Magic mention Yumesan and Yumeichi. The magician just shook his head.
"It was completely different, it wasn't an official game, and we didn't do our best, but four years ago, the Dream Three team did their best, and in the end Shaq was tired and lay down, and that was the first time I've seen him so embarrassed," Magic Johnson smiled after he finished speaking.
"It seems that no one will ever be able to create this miracle of Coach Z again, just like he won both the NBA and the NCAA, he is the only one, and the most special one" Michaels nodded at the end. And Magic Johnson on the side also agreed.
The final score of this game was 145-60, the United States team slaughtered Michigan United by 85 points, and when the American team was off the court, Tom Izzo actually saw Iverson, Kobe, Maddie, these young players actually showed some unwilling and reluctant looks on their faces, and it was obvious that these people thought that this game could be slaughtered again. This made Tom Izzo's heart chill, fortunately, this game is compared according to the rules of FIBA, otherwise he doesn't know what he will be slaughtered if he plays forty-eight minutes, Tom Izzo, who has been full of confidence before the game, is now actually glad about the length of the game, thinking of this, Tom Izzo's back is chilling, losing the game is not terrible, what is terrible is losing his confidence, it is obvious that he is losing confidence now, Tom Izzo is a famous coach, he naturally knows how terrible his thoughts are now, After a brief period of self-adjustment, the NCAA coach is back to nature. And at this time, Zhuang Fei was already standing in front of him.
Zhuang Fei didn't want to come here at this time, after all, Tom Izzo didn't look like seeing him now, and he himself was embarrassed, but in the end, he thought about it and came here to say hello, in fact, Tom Izzo really didn't have this idea, he was just jealous of Zhuang Fei, he didn't want to always appear with Zhuang Fei, he needed his own personality, but from a personal point of view, Tom Izzo has always respected Zhuang Fei very much, this game let him know a lot of his shortcomings, and also gave him a lot of new understanding of basketball, For him, the loss of this game is nothing, he sees the gap with Zhuang Fei, and also sees his own shortcomings, which is enough, and now he has no determination to compete with Zhuang Fei, so when he saw Zhuang Fei coming to find him, Tom Izzo was not as cold as at the beginning of the game, but gave Zhuang Fei a very grateful smile.
"Zhuang, I want to fight you again when I have a chance in the future, and I will definitely not lose so badly next time" Tom Izzo said with a smile This surprised Zhuang Fei, originally he didn't think of this.
"Well, I'm looking forward to it too" Zhuang Fei also smiled after finally recovering his heart a little, he didn't mind competing with Tom Izzo again, but from now on, it seems that there is little hope.
"Zhuang, maybe now I should go back and find the book you wrote again, I now find that my understanding of basketball is a little complacent, as if it is framed by a frame, when I won the NCAA championship this year, I felt that my basketball literacy was enough, I was already a great coach, now it seems that I am too arrogant" Zhuang Fei has always opened a column in the United States, and also likes to write something in the column, Today, the United States has even taken out all the things that Zhuang Fei has written in the past few years and printed them into a book with more than 400 pages, and Zhuang Fei not only wrote a lot of things such as running and bombing, triangle offense and other tactical systems, but also a lot of things about basketball development and ideas. It can be said that this book is a relatively high-end professional book, so this book is very famous in the American coaching circle, originally at the beginning Zhuang Fei opposed the practice of publishing some of his own remarks in the United States, which reminded him of those xxx quotes and celebrity quotes in his homeland, but in the end, he could only agree with the idea of the United States for the sake of face, but in the end, what Zhuang Fei didn't expect was that with his current prestige, the sales of this book are getting bigger and bigger, This also established Zhuang Fei's position in the American academy coaching circle. …,
"Zhuang, in my opinion, you are really condescending to the NBA, in my opinion, with your ability, you can promote the development of the entire basketball game, in the NCAA can you let out a more intense light, I really hope you can come back" Tom Izzo said and finally sighed, he didn't care about Tom Izzo's contempt or contempt for the NBA, in their circle, the NBA is indeed a level lower than the NCAA, for them pure basketball is only the NCAA.
"Actually, it's the same everywhere for me, and this kind of NBA rule is also very good, and it can also allow me to find a lot of different things," Zhuang Fei said with a smile, and Tom Izzo was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Hehe, that's true, with your ability, maybe it's the same everywhere, but Mr. Pitino is very difficult now, maybe you can save him when you return to the NCAA" Tom Izzo finally said Celtic head coach Pitino, who is now in an extremely embarrassing situation, this time it was Zhuang Fei's turn to be a little helpless.
When the knot between the two is untied, Zhuang Fei can also feel the kind of pursuit of basketball in the head coach's heart, these people are some basketball maniacs in Zhuang Fei's heart, they will always move forward for a goal, and it is a lifelong commitment. In fact, in D'Antoni's opinion, Zhuang Fei is also such a madman. (To be continued)