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Chapter 96 097: Visitors from the Motor City
097: Visitors from the Motor City
2005年2月24号，湖人前往波特兰玫瑰花园球场挑战开拓者。因为刚刚结束了全明星赛的休假，湖人球员状态明显不是很好。除了科比依旧交出了32分3助攻5篮板的豪华成绩单以外其他人的得分都没有过二十。不过湖人老将克里斯－韦伯的发挥也同样神勇，他一个人打爆了开拓者的内线。从比赛开始以后就帮助湖人在内线确立了明显的优势。

The game had just started, and Kobe's hand feeling was not good. Instead, the Blazers seized the opportunity to beat the Lakers to counterattack several times. The 10-4 start was a complete failure for Qin Tao.Since his counterattack tactics were successful, he vowed to build the sharpest counterattack team in the league. Now that the Lakers failed to counterattack, the Blazers had a few successful counterattacks to widen the point difference. How can this work? ?
Qin Tao stood on the sidelines and yelled at Chris Webber and Kwame Brown twice, and the Lakers' offensive center began to move inward.Kobe also knew that he didn't feel good, and it took time to adjust. He didn't make another shot in the first quarter but hit the ball inside.Webb seized the opportunity to hit consecutively, causing a devastating blow to the Portlanders' inside line.Although Zach Randolph has a wide body and a fat body in Portland, Zach Randolph, who has only entered the league for 3 years, is not at the same level as Chris Webber, who has been in the league for 13 years on the player.Whether it is experience or talent, Chris Webber is much, much higher than Zach Randolph.False footsteps, pull out mid-range shots, forceful dunks, fouls... In the first quarter, Chris Webber scored 9 points to help the Lakers gain a 28-23 lead.

In the second quarter, Kobe gradually regained his touch and repeatedly fired shots from the outside.He hit consecutive high-difficulty jump shots under the double-team of the opponent, coupled with the decline in the shooting rate of the Portlanders, the Lakers made two successful counterattacks and opened up the point difference in one fell swoop.At halftime, the Lakers led 55 to 44.After that, the Lakers didn't give the Portlanders any chance, and all their counterattacks were stifled by the Lakers.In the end, the Lakers won the away game 87 to 74. Webber scored a large double-double with 19 points and 19 rebounds.The tacit understanding with Kobe is abnormal.

This match was a completely expected victory. At the press conference after the match, Qin Tao was very calm.It's just that he was a little too calm, not like his style of doing things at all, but made the Blazers coach Cheeks think that he looked down on the Blazers and didn't pay attention to Portland at all.But to be honest, Qin Tao really didn't pay attention to Cheeks' team.When Cheeks complained to the media about Qin Tao's indifference, Qin Tao just laughed it off.The Trail Blazers, who are currently ranked second to last in the West, really don't have the qualifications for Qin Tao to take them seriously. Recently, he has put all his thoughts on the day after tomorrow, the Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons game at home.

At the press conference after the game with the Trail Blazers, Qin Tao already expressed that he would do his best to deal with the defending champion led by Larry Brown.Ever since the Lakers changed their style of play, everyone believed that the team that can restrain them is defense, and tight defense is the weapon to break the Lakers' quick counterattack and offense.Exactly, Larry Brown is a defensive master. The Pistons he led last season grinded the Lakers to death in the Finals.Will the same script play out in Los Angeles this time around?
On the second day after returning to Los Angeles from Portland, the Lakers refused all interviews with reporters and conducted closed training.During the training, Qin Tao completely portrayed the Pistons as "killing his father and enemy".He noticed that the team's state is not good these days, and if he wants to get the players into the state quickly, he must irritate them.Although the current Lakers team's hatred for the Pistons may not be that deep, Qin Tao, who watched the entire finals broadcast as a Lakers fan in China on the other side of the ocean last season, treated that team like an old man. The team hates it to the bone!Now as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, he will seize the opportunity to complete the revenge battle at home.

The Detroit Pistons VS Los Angeles Lakers is also the first highlight of the NBA regular season after the All-Star Game.The champion of the repeat of last season's finals has attracted enough attention.If it was before Qin Tao moved in, the Lakers might not have attracted the attention of so many people, but after Qin Tao joined the Lakers, the Lakers have successfully stabilized the sixth position in the West, and their momentum is quite fierce, making a big move The momentum beyond the Rockets ranked fifth in the West.The strong recovery of the Lakers made this game that lacked attention once again attracted everyone's attention.And after Qin Tao changed the Lakers' tactics, he added another layer of suspense to the game—is it a strong shield or a strong spear?

Qin Tao conducts closed training in Los Angeles, and the media can only find trouble with Larry Brown, a stubborn old man.Because the old man was as stubborn as a stone in the toilet, the media didn't like to deal with him, but under the last resort, these media reporters who belonged to flies all rushed to find him during the Pistons training.

The reason why Qin Tao said before the closed training is "a strong enemy is coming, prepare for the battle."But Larry Brown did even better, rejecting all media interviews without saying a word.Both sides refused to interview, but Qin Tao did better in comparison, at least he refused the media with a smile, but Larry Brown directly refused people thousands of miles away.The media can only write nonsense when the coaches of both sides can't interview, but when they write nonsense, they all tend to favor Qin Tao intentionally or unintentionally.

"Pistons insiders revealed that Larry Brown was too timid to face the media." "Larry Brown once said he was afraid of Qin Tao." "Bad news came from the Pistons locker room. Contradictions." The media were writing nonsense, but they didn't speak ill of Qin Tao this time, which made Qin Tao feel very relieved. "Brothers and sisters of the reporters finally opened their eyes!" In the next day's newspaper, Qin Tao did not see them "digging out" the "negative news" inside the Lakers in all the media except the "Los Angeles Sports News".In this way, at least in terms of public opinion, the pressure on the Lakers will be much less.

The pressure from the external environment is greater in Detroit than in Los Angeles. Although Larry Brown doesn't care, Qin Tao feels that he needs to add fire to them at the right time.On the day of the game, at the official press conference organized by the Lakers, Qin Tao said arrogantly to reporters from all over the world, "We will definitely win the game. Last year we were just stolen by Larry Brown. It's just a championship. We will use facts to prove who is worthy of the 04 championship and who is more worthy of the finals MVP."

Qin Tao didn't expect to arouse the anger of that smelly and tough old man Larry Brown, what he wanted was to arouse the anger of the Pistons.As long as they burst into anger, the game will be much more convenient.When people get angry, they will be impulsive, and impulsive will leave loopholes, especially in a team like Larry Brown that emphasizes group defense.

When Qin Tao declared arrogantly that he "must win", Larry Brown actually avoided all reporters' interviews. 'What does the old man want? 'Qin Tao was a little confused.

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In Qin Tao's office, Brown-Xiao and Qin Tao sat opposite each other, talking about the game tonight. "Qin, how are you preparing for the game tonight?"

"The tactics and so on have been prepared very well, but one thing we need to pay attention to is what does this old guy Larry Brown want to do? No matter how much we shout, he just won't come out." Qin Tao stared at the table. Holding the teacup, he said incomprehensibly, as if he was talking to himself.

Brown-Shaw has been cooperating with Qin Tao for almost a month. Every day he guides the team's training, and Qin Tao sets tactics to adjust the mentality of the players.The cooperation between the two of them can be regarded as a tacit understanding. Brown-Shaw knew that every time Qin Tao showed such an expression, it meant that he encountered a big problem that he couldn't understand. "Qin, in fact, we don't need to think so much. The Zen master once said that psychological warfare, as long as you play the cards, you don't need to worry about the rest. Whether it works or not, let him go! Anyway, it is the on-court factors that determine the outcome of the game.”

'yes! Qin Tao suddenly realized that the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear!Unknowingly, he had entered a misunderstanding, but fortunately Brown-Shaw reminded him that he did not fall into Larry Brown's trap.In this pre-match confrontation, Qin Tao admitted that he would have lost without Brown-Shaw.Larry Brown's refusal to respond to Qin Tao's words is actually a kind of psychological tactic.He just let Qin Tao speculate on his thoughts, and in the end Qin Tao would take it for granted what Larry Brown would do!Cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness, and you will surely be trapped in your own cocoon in the end.Fortunately, Brown-Xiao woke up Qin Tao, allowing him to stop his rushing thoughts in time, otherwise he would end up walking into the maze he set for himself.

After waking up, Qin Tao lamented that his experience was still too little, and he was no match for an old fox like Larry Brown in playing this kind of psychological warfare.He and Popovich also had the experience of actively showing weakness before, but at that time Popovich really didn't pay attention to Qin Tao, and naturally he didn't play any psychological tactics with him.This time, as soon as Larry Brown made a move, Qin Tao realized how powerful the old fox in the NBA really is.

After thinking it over, Qin Tao put his mind completely on the details of the night's game, and he continued to discuss the details of the night's game with Brown-Shaw.In the psychological battle before the game, Qin Tao almost got caught by Larry Brown, the old fox, but Qin Tao also vowed to prepare a gluttonous meal for the guests from the Motor City during the game, otherwise how could he be worthy of his past few years? How many millions of brain cells die every day?
(End of this chapter)