godfather in black

Chapter 139 141: A Big Success
141: Big Success
As soon as they arrived in Los Angeles, the players boarded the team's bus and went to the hotel to rest.The Lakers team was exhausted after just winning in Phoenix. After arriving at the hotel, the players went back to their rooms to sleep.

"Are they all asleep?" Qin Tao, who was sitting in the hotel coffee shop with Du Peng, looked at Brown-Xiao who came out of the elevator and asked.

"Well, there's no movement. They should all be asleep. You should go to bed earlier too! Qin, you are the one who is under the most pressure in the whole team." Brown Xiao said with concern.

"Okay, you go to bed first! Brown, you are under a lot of pressure!" Qin Tao nodded and smiled at Brown-Xiao.

"Good night, Qin, Du."

"Good night."

"Good night."

Brown Xiao left, and only Qin Tao and Du Peng were left in the whole coffee shop. "There were a lot of Los Angeles fans watching the game just now!" Qin Tao said after taking a sip of his cappuccino.

"Brother, you should go to bed early! It's so late, why don't you go back to rest and drag me here to drink?" Du Peng was a little worried about Qin Tao's current state.

"You still have the nerve to say it? Look at me, I even have white hair." Qin Tao reached out and stroked his hair, and there were indeed a few white strands appearing on his black hair as embellishments.

Du Peng looked at Qin Tao and fell silent all of a sudden. How much unknown pressure does the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, who always appears in the center of the spotlight, bear?And Qin Tao is still a boss who likes to put all the pressure on himself.

"Thank you, Du Peng." Qin Tao drank all the cappuccino in the cup in one breath, and said very deeply.

"Thank you? If it weren't for you, I would probably be an ordinary doctor in a second-rate hospital. I would never have a bright future! How could I have such an income?"

"That's all on your own. I thank you because when I announced the first game to play defense, you were the only one who supported me when everyone on the coaching staff opposed it. Before I tell you my plan When I was talking, you didn’t think I was a lunatic, but you wanted to share the pressure for me.” Qin Tao held the cup with one hand, and spoke harder and harder until his knuckles turned white in the end. It's not that the quality of the cup is good, it might be cracked by him.He smashed his glass on the table, "Waiter, here are two bottles of Erguotou, the Chinese wine I told your manager about last time, don't tell me I don't have any."

"Yes, yes, just wait, I'll bring it right away." A waiter who was wiping the cup hurriedly took out two bottles of Erguotou from the counter. It is not the first time that the head coach of an NBA team is under pressure to beat him. He has also seen several times before that the head coach of an NBA team is under pressure to sober up and relieve his worries.

Du Peng watched Qin Tao continue to ask for wine, but he didn't say a word, but silently poured the wine into the two glasses on the table.

"Thank you for drinking with me. I really miss the days when our brothers drank and ate barbecue at the barbecue stand on the roadside! Now we earn US dollars, but we don't have that feeling, that carefree feeling." Qin Tao drank the white wine in the glass in one breath, and a pungent smell penetrated his body.

"Don't say thank you, we are brothers. I know you are under a lot of pressure, let's vent it! Qin Tao." Du Peng also suffocated the wine in his glass.

"Brother...Brother..." Qin Tao repeated these two words that contained deep feelings over and over again.Ever since the Los Angeles Lakers entered the playoffs with the fourth place in the Western Conference, Qin Tao has been under tremendous pressure, and he has always kept this pressure in his heart.He didn't tell Tian Yu, he was afraid that Tian Yu would be worried.He can't confide in the people next to him, and he doesn't want to confide in others. He doesn't want to establish a "weak" image in others' hearts.But today he was almost crushed by this huge pressure, he could only confide to this man who was recognized as his brother in China.

"Do you think I'm weak?" Qin Tao said while pouring wine.

"No, in fact, I think you are already great enough. You are No.1 in the Chinese basketball world! Although those bullshit officials in China don't want to recognize you, you are not as high as Yao Ming in the hearts of Chinese fans! Yao Ming It's called the 'Great Wall of China' in the NBA, how can you be weak when you're the same height as him?"

"Um……"

The two men drank two bottles of Erguotou, and Du Peng supported Qin Tao all the way when they left.Under the double catalysis of heavy pressure and alcohol, Qin Tao was completely drunk.Although Du Peng also felt that there were twice as many chandeliers in the lobby of the hotel, he still helped Qin Tao back to the room and threw him on the bed before returning to his own room.

Talking about the pressure was like opening a dam to release the flood. Qin Tao felt a lot more relaxed. Coupled with the catalysis of alcohol, he slept soundly that night. He rarely slept so soundly since he came to Los Angeles.In the drowsiness, a familiar melody rang in Qin Tao's ear, which was his cell phone ringtone that had never changed for thousands of years - "Fairy Tale".Over time, his phone's ringtone took on yet another meaning.Everything Qin Tao has experienced is like a fairy tale. He hopes that his coaching career can also be as beautiful as a fairy tale, and he even hopes that his life can also be as beautiful as a fairy tale.

"Hello!" Qin Tao's voice when answering the phone was clearly lacklustre, he turned his head and glanced at the electronic clock in the room, it was a quarter past seven.

"Hey! Tao, are you still awake? Have you been drinking?" A familiar voice came into the ear of the sleepy Qin Tao.

Hearing who was calling, Qin Tao regained his energy all of a sudden, his drowsiness disappeared, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and teased: "Comrade Xiaotian! Why did you call me! You miss me so much."

"You're so talkative, I've been spending time with my parents recently, and you're also very busy. By the way, congratulations on leading the team to tie the score last night!" Tian Yu's voice was still so sweet.

"It's a pity that you're not by my side. I haven't kissed you for a long time. I feel so uncomfortable." Qin Tao continued to tease.

"You just want to take advantage of others, hum!"

Qin Tao can imagine Tian Yu's appearance now, it must be a cute expression with wrinkled nose and two big watery eyes staring wide. "When will you come back!"

"I've been away from home for a long time. I said last time that I won't be able to go back until June, so don't even think about it. It would be great if you could bring the team to play in New York!"

"It's a pity that the Knicks can't live up to it! If they can make it to the finals, then I will buy the murderer and go to New York to play the finals!"

"Don't be poor, my mother called me, I'll go down first. Hang up! Bye, I wish you all can enter the finals, but don't buy murder!" Tian Yu said with a smile.

"Don't hang up, give me a kiss." Qin Tao said very rascally.

"Mua!"

"can not hear."

"Mua!!"

"I can't feel it."

"Mua!!!"

"Sweet! Goodbye, baby."

"Hmph! You bastard, goodbye. Lead the team to play, don't forget to take care of your body!"

"Ok, I know."

After He Tianyu finished the phone call, Qin Tao came to the balcony to do a set of Tai Chi, and then sat cross-legged according to the breathing method in "Energy", with five hearts facing the sky.After practicing the breathing method in "Motivation", Qin Tao immediately felt refreshed, and the drowsiness from last night's drinking disappeared immediately.

When Qin Tao was about to go out for dinner, he found that there were still two unread text messages on his phone.They were all sent by Avril Lavigne, the first one was to congratulate Qin Tao for winning the away game and equalizing the total score.The second is to ask Qin Tao why he didn't reply to the text message.Thinking of that lively Canadian rock queen, a smile appeared on Qin Tao's face again.After replying a text message to Avril, Qin Tao devoted himself to work again.

He first turned on the PSP, and after a wonderful opening animation of the playoffs, Qin Tao entered the game page.It is still a playoff mode dialog box with several pieces of information on it.

"The strategic abandonment is for better acquisition, and the first loss will not count the loss for the time being."

"The player's independent innovation plan has achieved a small success. The system rewards 2000 points and 2 gold coins. And because the victory in the second game has received unanimous praise, it rewards 1000 points and 1 gold coin."

"The strategy gave up the first game, and used the media to fight psychological warfare, and they all succeeded. The system rewards a bottle of public opinion potion. The effect: it can be used by the opponent's head coach before the game, so that the opponent can wrongly estimate their own tactics. Thinking. The degree of error by the opposing coach varies from person to person.”

These rewards can only be obtained after winning the entire series. That public opinion potion is definitely a good thing!But now this good thing can only be watched. 'Just for this reward, I want to win this round of the series! 'Qin Tao swore secretly.

The Lakers are adjusting their training all day today, and there is nothing in the tactics that needs to be arranged in detail.Anyway, any problems are Tang Anthony's, just as Qin Tao expected.Now Don Anthony is worrying about what style of play to use in the next game. If the team now trains again before the fast-paced mad attack tactics, it is not impossible.But changing tactical training back and forth within a few days has a very bad impact on players adapting to the rhythm of the game.In addition, they only came to Los Angeles from Phoenix yesterday, and the journey was exhausting.After thinking hard, Don Anthony still decided to use the slow-paced style of play he had trained recently.

Game 8000 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns is fast underway.On this day, the Staples Center, which can accommodate [-] people, was filled with spectators, and their unrestrained cheers made the home team play like a rainbow at the beginning of the game.However, everything that happened after the start of the game made Don Anthony's heart gradually settle down. The Lakers were indeed defensive.But as the game progressed, Don Anthony's old face darkened again.

In the 4th minute of the first quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers suddenly accelerated their offensive rhythm, and the Suns couldn't find where the north was in a wave of 22-8.Then they were about to end the first half, and the Suns players wanted to go back to the locker room to take a good rest and reorganize their efforts again when they came back in the second half.Kobe's ultra-long-range three-pointer made the Phoenix people bloody five steps, and Chris Webber also began to play his scoring ability.Inside storm, mid-range jumper, low singles, he scored 8 points in a row.With Webber's restraint, the Lakers' outside firepower has once again been sublimated.Caron Butler and Derek Fisher hit three-pointers one after another, and Kobe also took out all the weapons hidden in his arsenal. He scored consecutive points and helped the Lakers widen the point difference.At halftime, the Los Angeles Lakers had taken the lead: the Suns had as many as 21 points.In the second half, the Lakers relied on the advantages accumulated in the first half to play more and more smoothly, 98 to 121, and they defeated the Phoenix Suns.

(End of this chapter)