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Chapter 50 Training and Losing

After the interview, Malone washed up and went to Garnett.

He and Garnett have a good relationship, and there are a lot of complaints about the pups in this game.

"This match is all your fault!"

"They're all high school students, why are they so far apart?"

"You're a jerk, Kevin, you're a jerk!"

What Malone didn't expect was that he was in front of the home team's locker room and heard someone inside yelling at the coyotes.

That voice, Malone was familiar with, was Christian Leitner.

He heard these few words clearly.

Followed by directly greeting Garnett with swear words.

Ma Long rubbed his chin, thoughtfully: "When I met yesterday, I felt that Garnett's quality was not bad, which was completely different from my impression."

"So Garnett's blackening is the reason for this?"

The leader of the Timberwolves, Malone doesn't have much impression of him.

The 90s were too far away from his previous life, and those superstars are the ones he remembers most.

The only impression of Christian Laettner is that he squeezed out O'Neal and was selected for the Dream Team.

After time travelling, I read newspapers every day to learn about the news, and I learned a little more about it.

The biggest impression of Christian Laettner is handsome and villain.

With a handsome face like a Hollywood star, when he graduated from college, he was named one of the 50 most handsome people in the United States by "People" magazine, and "GQ" magazine listed him on the cover and even wanted to publish his diary.

In addition to being handsome, he was also very capable in college, and he was considered the hope of a white basketball player after Bird.

Christian Laettner was a rookie in the same class as O'Neal.

The 92 draft pick was O'Neal first and Mourning second.

Christian Laettner is third.

He had a brilliant college career and played a stunning lore in the 1991 NCAA Finals. In that game, he made 10 of 10 shots and 10 of 10 free throws. The lore was even rated by the American media as one of the five most memorable moments in sports history.

Because of this, he squeezed out O'Neal to be selected for the Dream Team.

O'Neal himself has no objection to Wright's selection to the Dream Team.

In an interview at the draft conference, O'Neal also said: "Christian Laettner was indeed better than me in college. He had a greater influence on Duke than I did on Louisiana, and he played college basketball for four years. So I will not be sad because of this, it just makes me more motivated to work hard."

It looks perfect, but everyone who has come into contact with him gives him a bad evaluation.

Christian Laettner's mentor, the old coach K's evaluation: "Have you heard of the kind of person who does anything to win? Laettner is that kind of person."

"He's like a forest fire. If you can't control him well, he will burn you and the team."

In the 1991 NCAA finals, he passed the game-winning goal. The good-tempered Grant Hill also said: "I think he is a villain. There is no better adjective."

The white sweetheart is actually known for her foul mouth and bullying image.

He would call his teammates insulting nicknames, and when he was dissatisfied, he would greet his teammates with actions that were somewhere between beatings and jokes.

In Christian Laettner's own words, his original intention was to 'motivate his teammates', but the result was that once his teammate Bobby Hurley couldn't bear it, he punched him in the eye socket during training, and then ran out of the training ground like flying.

Hurley: I don't want to run either, but he weighs 150 pounds more than me, and I can't beat him if he wants to beat me.

Recalling this incident, Ma Long felt a strong sense of déjà vu.

If he remembers correctly, Garnett did the same thing.

It's just that the result was different. Garnett was not beaten by his teammates, but was beaten by his teammates.

I don't know if I have learned the lesson of Christian Leitner.
"When he was a rookie, the locker room was dominated by Christian Laettner, which was enough for Garnett."

"It's no wonder there will be changes in the future. It's normal for a high school rookie to be changed by the environment."

Malone thought.

He has a feeling of entering history and seeing the truth behind history.

Although Christian Laettner has no sense of existence in the 21st century, not many fans know about it.

But his impact was far-reaching.

Perhaps the rookie year, the shadow left by Christian Laettner to Garnett has accompanied him for most of his career.
Ma Long, a member of the visiting team, cannot interfere with the affairs of other teams.

He didn't have that much time to delay either.

Fly to Chicago tomorrow for back-to-back games against the Bulls.

Fortunately, Minnesota and Chicago are not far away.

Although the Timberwolves are in the west, the west is close to the north-central region, and is very close to some teams in the east, so there is no need to toss too long on the road.

But playing the Bulls back-to-back is still very difficult, and the team has to start preparing immediately.

Malone left here and left an email to Garnett through the staff's big ass computer, hoping to encourage the little wolf a little.

No matter how many black spots Garnett has in the future, he is still just a rookie and his career has just begun, so he shouldn't be cast in such a shadow.

Malone boarded a special plane to Chicago with his teammates.

Garnett also endured Christian Laettner's bad mouth.

He was so angry that he took a jump shot for a long time after the game.

It wasn't until he was too tired to think about messy things that Garnett returned home exhausted.

Turned on the computer and wanted to play some games, but saw an email from Malone.

The email is very simple, only one line.

"They tried to bury you, remember you are the seed."

The moment he saw this jargon, Garnett felt his eye sockets being impacted and his vision blurred.

Although he is a high school student, he is still the kind of super poor student who can't go to college because of his poor grades, but he can understand the meaning of this sentence.

Wohuo with a stinky mouth
The grievance of being bullied
These were all aroused by this sentence.

Garnett went to wash his face, with a bitter smile: "I've heard you all."

"Being able to say such a sentence, Ma Long has also experienced it? Yes, he was much more difficult than me in the summer."

"What I see now is only his brilliance, but I haven't seen the hard work behind the brilliance."

"Keep working hard, Kevin, you are a seed, you will take root and sprout and become a big tree!"

After brainstorming for a while, Garnett's gloomy mood improved a lot, and he fell asleep with expectations for the future.

On the plane, Malone sneezed.

He rubbed his nose and thought, "I don't know if the poisonous chicken soup copied from the Internet in my previous life is useful."

"It should be useful. Chicken soup is still very popular in this era."

November 11 is not Singles' Day yet.

Ma Long got up early as usual and came to the hotel's indoor basketball court for training.

In addition to the two fixed items of turnaround jumper and one-foot shot, a small hook and static confrontation have also been added.

Malone also knows that when he falls to the low post, the practicality of the hook is no worse than that of a turnaround jumper.

With his height and wingspan, it is very difficult to use the hook.

But he still has been pondering the skills related to shooting.

This is mainly because his basic shooting skills are stronger, his foundation is more stable, and his shooting-related skills are better expanded.

Using the pyramid as an example, Ma Long's basic shooting skills are as solid as the base of a [-]-meter-long pyramid.

It is naturally much easier to work on such a large base.

In addition, Malone was not physically strong enough before, and his mid-range jumper was relatively efficient.

Now that I have enough physical strength, and there are more low-post singles, it is natural to start expanding the low-post weapon pack.

Although there are some extra points, it is better to practice the technique by yourself, and save points, and wait until the bottleneck is reached before strengthening it.

Static confrontation is the basic skill training of the center forward.

The confrontation looks simple, but there are many small details in it, and it is also a test of technology.

The training team arranged two training positions for Malone.

The first one is to spread your feet wide apart, the distance is wider than your shoulders, and your knees are slightly bent, which is a bit like a horse step.

The feet are fixed in place, do not move casually, and then practice with the same wide distance apart, use the shoulders and upper arms to fight against each other-that is, squeeze each other.

This is a bit of a crowded bus/subway feeling.

This exercises the basic skills of positioning and confrontation, and can also exercise stability, which can be used in both offense and defense.

In order to increase the fun, the team also introduced a scoring system.

If the foot moves or leaves, then it counts as a sparring point.

The second is a lunge with the left foot in front.

Do the same lunge with the shoulders, but with the right foot in front of the sparring counter.

This is mainly used for offense.

Learn where to exert force, and prevent the sparring partner from withdrawing the stool from time to time.

Then it is derived from these two postures.

The first is very simple, and the second lunge is practiced with a layup attack.

Malone needs to dribble with his right hand, clamp a board in the armpit of his left hand, and then dribble for a layup under the defense of the sparring partner.

The creak splint was there to restrain his elbow.

If you don't limit it, the sparring partner will be afraid.
After the splint, if Malone's left hand wants to move, the board will fall, so the layup is not counted as a score, which limits him to "squeeze" with his shoulders and arms instead of "push".

At the same time, it can also practice Malone's ball handling ability.

Because of the competition at night, Ma Long only practiced until noon.

After lunch, take a break, discuss how to play in the afternoon pre-match tactical meeting, and watch the video tapes, that's all there is to prepare.

The Bulls are strong.

If conditions permit, the Trail Blazers also want to make more preparations.

But back to back, they have to play again today after the game yesterday, so they don't have so much time to prepare.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, Malone came to the United Center Arena again.

The vibe here is still... no, hotter than preseason.

Look no worse than the Pistons.

In sharp contrast to the Timberwolves.

Ma Long fought high, and then ushered in a fiasco.
In this game of the Bulls, the lineup is almost complete, and the tacit understanding, tactical fluency and preseason time are not at the same level.

If it's just like this, then it's still possible to fight.

But after only playing for a while in the first quarter, Sabonis was ill and left the court to rest.

5 games in 4 days, back to back in a row, is a test for the Lithuanian's body.

The accumulated fatigue broke out in this bloody battle of the Bulls.

Although I have nothing to do, I need to rest for a week, and I have to take a rotation after that.

One of the core twin towers is missing. Although Malone played very hard, he was still too tender in front of the old-fashioned Bulls.

The historic flank composed of Jordan and Pippen cut off his connection with the outside line.

Malone will not be completely restricted.

He is best at jump shots.

Malone pulled out from the low post to mid-range.

Now the Bulls can't restrict him from receiving passes, and they can't stop him from straight-arm jumpers.

But Clifford and Hawkins felt very cold tonight, and the Bulls double-teamed him more and more unscrupulously.

It doesn't matter if the hand feel is not strong, it will not become a pig teammate.

But Jordan was in great shape tonight, and turned into a "god opponent" to shoot the Trail Blazers badly, with an outrageously high shooting percentage.

The game suddenly turned into a mutual explosion between Malone and Jordan.

The Trail Blazers have been clinging to the score.

It wasn't until the third quarter, when the Bulls launched a big counterattack, that they really widened the point difference and established a leading advantage.

Malone is not alone in growing up.

Zen master learned from the experience of the preseason, and in the third quarter, he sent a center Langley who was not suitable for counterattack.

The purpose is not to let him invest in the offense, but to let Langley, who is 218cm tall and weighs 120kg, pester Malone and prevent him from grabbing offensive rebounds.

Langley topped the defense, Rodman went around to protect the rebound, and at the same time sent a long pass to launch a fast break.

Without Sabonis to share, Malone was restricted by the Bulls, Clifford was also restricted by Pippen, and there was no way to stop the fast break rhythm set off by Jordan.
105:114.

The Blazers lost 9 points, and their five-game winning streak was interrupted.

Malone sat on the bench, watching the point difference on the big screen, and listening to the wild cheers of the Bulls fans, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Before the game, I had a hunch that I would lose.

After all, the Bulls are waiting for work, and their Blazers have 5 games in 4 days.

Although Ma Long was not affected, the physical fitness of his teammates was still affected back to back, and his competitive state was very average.Basketball is a sport for five people, and he alone is not enough.

Seeing his distressed look, Clifford comforted him, "This match is due to me, so you don't have to blame yourself too much."

"Ask one thing."

Malone cut him off.

Clifford was confused: "What is it?"

"How did you adjust your mentality after losing to the Bulls?"

Ma Long said: "You must have experience after losing so many times. I'll go! Don't hit anyone!"

Malone slipped back into the locker room from the player tunnel.

Clifford pursued furiously: "You fucking owe it!"

The rest of the Trail Blazers watched this scene dumbfounded.

After some squabbling, the bad mood of losing is gone.

(End of this chapter)