beast basketball

() Although the Supersonics are fully prepared psychologically, the Rockets, who are facing downhill tigers, are still a bit unable to cope. After all, the two teams are in two completely different situations. For the Supersonics To put it bluntly, even if they lose this game, they still have three chances, and the Rockets must win this game if they want to avoid being swept away, so they are already fighting with their backs, and they can naturally display super fighting power Come.

Aaron Brooks' lightning breakthrough, Kyle Lowry's small steel cannon breakthrough, after Ron Artest went off the court, Rick Adelman simply played a double point guard tactic, plus Sean Battier With Brian Cook's three-pointer, the Rockets immediately opened the score to [-] points. Carlesimo immediately called a timeout, and after the players left the field, he said to everyone: "I know everyone wants to sweep the opponent. This idea is very good. If we can sweep the opponent, then we can have an extra week of rest, and it will also help our coaching staff to make preparations. However, if we want to sweep the opponent, we have to work hard. Only when we win the opponent can we rest. Rather than just thinking about it, the Rockets are not weak, they are not opponents who can be knocked down with one blow, and we need to work hard to defeat each other, understand?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, but they were still no match for the Rockets when they returned to the field. One has the impression that there is no effort here.

Stephen thought carefully about the situation on the field. He thought that what Carlesimo said was not on point, but as a player, in order to maintain the authority of the head coach, he could not publicly stand up and question it. In this situation, the performance of the players is actually understandable. The two sides are in different situations. You can’t ask yourself to be the same as the Rockets in terms of will. It is impossible to make players die with language alone.

Motivation comes from pursuit, and pursuit comes from two aspects, one is money and the other is honor. There are many players who work hard for big contracts, and there are also many players who decline after receiving big contracts. Some are self-satisfied Depravity gave up the pursuit, and some really have no motivation. As for the invisible and intangible honor, only players who pursue it will pay attention to it. For ordinary role players, many individual awards are related to them. No chance, no matter how hard you work, the most you can get is a championship ring.

According to the provisions of the labor agreement, once the player's salary is signed, it is absolutely non-adjustable. Regardless of the state of the team and the state of the player, the salary is fixed. The team cannot deduct the player's salary, and the player can no longer To obtain other benefits from the team, no matter whether they enter the playoffs or win the championship, the salary for the players is the same, so it is only a dream of a championship to let the players do their best. It's unrealistic to play with all your strength.

Therefore, most players play not for honor, nor for money, but for professional ethics. Then, according to the different atmosphere of each team, some play harder, and some are more lazy. Relatively speaking, A team with aspirations will infect the players in the team, so they will play extra hard, but it is impossible for the Rockets to work hard.

But in this game against the Rockets, Stephen won it very much. The benefits of sweeping the opponent have been mentioned by Carlesimo just now, but it is not only these, but also the benefits of players' self-confidence and many other aspects.

If Stephen explodes, scores, and plays with all his strength like before, this game will not be impossible to win, but if it continues like this, there will always be a time when Stephen cannot win the next game alone. At that time, It would be dangerous to expect other people to come forward, so Stephen was not in a hurry to equalize the score, but was thinking about how to mobilize the enthusiasm of more people.

Only in this way can the Sonics go further in the following games. Stephen doesn't need to give full play to himself, but to use 60.00% or [-]% of his energy to direct and control the game, and then make a final decision at the critical time , This is the role that Stephen should play the most, instead of trying his best to score points and assist teammates in every game. In that case, teammates will never be able to grow.

If Stephen stands up now and leads the team to launch a counterattack, it is true that the score can be overtaken, but it is not what Stephen wants. What Stephen wants is for the rest of the team to stand up and lead the team to overtake the game. The confirmed target was Kevin Durant, but when Stephen saw Yao Ming sitting on the court frowning, he suddenly thought that in this series against the Rockets, Yao Ming's performance was very tepid, maybe it was because of his face. For the former owner, Yao Ming couldn't bear it, and it might be that he didn't want to irritate the Rockets fans, because seeing him running around the field in a healthy state had already made the Rockets fans very upset.

But in Stephen's view, Yao Ming's approach is very inappropriate. It doesn't mean that you are playing for the Sonics now, but that it will take a long time in the future. Could it be that you will play like this when you play the Rockets in the future? What will I think of you? Nostalgia is the right thing to do, but on the field, you can’t have such emotions at all, so Stephen hit the target on Yao Ming’s head, and he used strong medicine for serious illness, but he had to wait until the intermission Only when it is time, bear with it for now.

Yao Ming's mentality is indeed like this. In the regular season, if he wins, he wins. But now it's the playoffs, and the Rockets finally made it to the playoffs. Looking at his former teammates on the field Running without hesitation in physical strength, Yao Ming really couldn't bear to eliminate them. Yao Ming knew it was wrong, but he really couldn't muster such courage. Maybe the other teammates worked hard, as long as he didn't do it himself. Yes, presumably the fans of the Rockets will not be so sad. Under such emotions, Yao Ming can still get the data of seventeen plus nine, which is actually quite good, but in Stephen's opinion, this is far from enough. What I want is that Yao Ming who is like the God of War descending to earth, not the current one.

During the intermission, Stephen pulled Yao Ming aside, and asked directly, "Is it a bit unbearable to play against the Rockets? Have you forgotten how the Rockets treated you at that time, you know?" Is the Sonics your team now? If you want to be a good person, don’t come to play basketball. Charity is more suitable, so you don’t have to worry about it in your heart. If you really don’t have the heart to play hard against the Rockets , I can suggest that the head coach let you not play against the Rockets, you don’t need to play in such a coping style, okay?”

"No, it's not like that. I just can't bear to make the Rockets fans feel uncomfortable. You don't know how hard it is for them to enter the playoffs. I, I just can't bear it. Don't worry, I will work hard in the next games." Yao Annoyance flashed across Ming Ming's eyes, but it passed quickly, and then he said to Stephen with a painful expression on his face.

"I don't mean to embarrass you, but you must know that this is the arena, this is the playoffs, and there is no room for tolerance. The Rockets are not as strong as us, but that doesn't mean they don't have the ability to come back. So in every game, we have to try our best to defeat our opponents, instead of considering other irrelevant feelings. I know you still have feelings for the Rockets fans, but I don’t think they will remember you the most forever. Use your best form to beat the Rockets, so that they will be more aware of the regret of losing you, and at the same time, it will put more pressure on the team. I will continue to stay on the court in the second half and try to pass you the ball. I hope you Don't let me down." Stephen didn't say anything more, turned around and left, he believed that Yao Ming would naturally make a choice.

Yao Ming thought about it in silence, and then returned to the locker room. Regarding the communication between the two, the other players did not seem to be surprised, and did not show any signs. Indeed, the communication between the two big guys is something they can interfere with. , Even Carlesimo didn't say anything, just asked for Stephen's meaning, and after learning that Stephen didn't need to leave the field, he began to arrange tactics when Stephen was on the field.

Carlesimo cleverly guessed Stephen's intention to lure Yao Ming away, so when arranging tactics, he focused on requiring the team to start from the inside, because the Rockets' inside is one of their weaknesses after all.

After the start of the third quarter, Stephen passed the ball directly to Yao Ming for the first time. After Yao Ming got the ball, he started to single Chris Wilcox with his back. Wilcox has a good defensive ability in the low post, but In terms of comparison with Yao Ming, he was still close. Just now Yao Ming pushed back two steps, Yao Ming just shook his shoulders, then turned around and made a small hook, and sent the ball into the basket.

The fans in Houston didn't know what to do when they saw this scene. No matter how much they supported Yao Ming now, it was impossible for Yao Ming to come back, but they couldn't bear to treat Yao Ming with the same attitude as an enemy.

But soon, the Sonics' second offense came. Stephen passed the ball to Yao Ming again, but this time it was a high-lobed pass. After receiving the ball, Yao Ming turned around and raised his hand. , a slight hit on the board, sent the ball into the basket again.

Four consecutive offenses, Yao Ming scored all of them, and at the same time caused a foul by Chris Wilcox, Rick Adelman took this opportunity to replace Wilcox and replace him with Chuck Haye Si, who knew that as soon as Hayes came on the court, Yao Ming made a pick-and-roll with Stephen and then suddenly cut to the basket. Slam dunks at the same time.

Seeing Yao Ming in such a brave state, the courage in the hearts of the Rockets players slowly dissipated. If other players scored like this, it would not have such an effect. In the third quarter, not only overtook the score, but also achieved an [-]-point lead. In the fourth quarter, Stephen and Yao Ming teamed up to play a wave of [-]-[-]. After the lead came to [-] points, the Rockets The team has essentially given up the game.

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