field coach

Chapter 352

Pat Riley didn't expect that he just called a timeout, not only did it not work, but once again prevented the Magic from scoring a devastating goal.

Everyone knows how important morale is to a team on the basketball court.

After Ewing left the field, he sat directly in his seat, covered his head with a towel, and said nothing.

This ball, like Jordan's ball back then, is destined to be made into highlights by countless people and spread to the whole world, and he, Patrick Ewing, will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and become the background board, being pulled out again and again to whip his corpse.

His mind was in turmoil. As an old player who has played for more than 20 years, it is not that he cannot accept being the background board, but this ball has brought back many memories for him.

During the NCAA period, he fought against Jordan, and after he entered the league, he fought with Jordan. At his peak, he met the terrifying No. 23, and when he was at the end of his peak, he met the Magic's No. 32, and now this devilish No. 1.

"Could it be that in this life, I have no chance of being a champion?" Ewing lay on the chair, turning a deaf ear to Pat Riley, who was eloquent next to him.

Some strange ideas suddenly sprouted in his heart, and took root like a poisonous weed.

Even though Pat Riley called two timeouts in a row, the difference in strength and Ewing's sudden lethargy made the next game still go in a one-sided direction.

At the end of the half, Pat Riley looked at the nearly 20-point difference on the court, and looked at Ewing who was expressionless, but suddenly became depressed after the timeout ended, and did not hide the anger on his face.

"Patrick, what's the matter with you? Keep your spirits up, this year is the closest we are to the championship!" In the locker room, Pat Riley yelled at Ewing.

Ewing is not a fuel-efficient lamp, otherwise he would not say the wise saying "We earn more, but we also spend more" during the labor negotiations. . .

"Come on, what else can you do but let us play for 48 minutes?"

Pat Riley didn't expect Ewing to yell at him publicly, and Ewing's words just hit Pat Riley's G-spot.

He originally planned to scold Ewing a few words, and then encourage him to play well in the second half, preferably the entire second half, to see if he can lose better.

But Ewing's words directly blocked the rest of Pat Riley's words in his throat.

Of course Davis didn't know what happened in the Knicks locker room during halftime, but he saw that the Knicks didn't have Ewing on the roster in the second half, and Ewing didn't even appear on the bench.

"What's wrong with Patrick? Is he injured?" DeWeese walked up to Skiles and asked quietly.

"He had a quarrel with Pat." Skiles didn't want to hide it, and dragged it all out.

Davis nodded knowingly.

This should be the second team to be defeated by the Magic after the Sonics. . . .

Although in the second half of the third quarter, Ewing returned to the court and played normally.

However, in the second half, Ewing was a different person. He only hit 9 goals in 2 shots and scored 4 points and 3 rebounds.

虽然他全场砍下了22分12篮板的不错战绩，但是对比奥尼尔的35分16篮板，以及全场仅仅45%的命中率实在有点不像这个纽约之王的真实水平。

Ewing scored 18 points and 9 rebounds in the first half. Facing O'Neal, he did nothing wrong, and even beat his opponent in shooting percentage.

Of course, there was no suspense in the rest of the game. The Magic won the first game of the semifinals by 23 points.

Facing the Knicks, one of the league's super teams, the Magic played such a crushing game.

After the game, the league exclaimed, is it only the Bulls who can stop the Magic after Davis returns?

But the next day's game, the Bulls were in trouble at home.

The Trident of Kidd, Houston and Mashburn has been running in for two seasons, and the cooperation has been very tacit. In addition, the Celtics finally successfully signed back the Croatian center Dino Radia, who was selected with the 89th overall pick in the second round of 13. In addition, the 89 No. [-] pick Pevis Ellison was signed from the Bullets. The lineup has become very complete.

Houston is no longer the rookie who was at a loss when facing Jordan when he first entered the league. After the opening, he relied on Kidd's cooperation to score consecutive points in front of Jordan through running positions.

And Mashburn even showed the strength of his league's first-generation offensive kaleidoscope, scoring with various defenses under Pippen's defense.

Although the Celtics' scoring efficiency is not high under the Bulls' impregnable defense, the Bulls also had to put most of their energy on defense and fought a defensive battle with the Celtics.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics unexpectedly led the Bulls by one point away.

Of course, a one-point difference is nothing, but it shows a problem, that is, the strength of the Celtics and the Bulls seems to be on the same level.

Just when everyone felt that the result of the game was still unknown, Phil Jackson said a few words to Jordan in the Bulls locker room during the intermission.

"Michael, do you understand the opponent's style of play?"

Jordan smiled and nodded. There was not even a little sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that he didn't exert much effort in the first half.

"Then Kidd will leave it to you in the second half." Phil Jackson set the tone for the second half and the entire game, even the entire series, in an understatement.

The Celtics team, full of confidence, stepped onto the court, vowing to overthrow the Bulls, the terrifying big devil, in the away game, and make a good start for their second round.

But when Kidd received a pass from his teammate and was about to open up the score gap in one go, he found a person lying in front of him.

Michael Jordan.

The young and energetic Kidd doesn't care who is in front of him, relying on his proficient ball-handling skills, he steadily advances to the frontcourt.

"Jordan, who is unparalleled in the world in perimeter defense, is nothing more than that." Kidd even felt that Jordan was old when he advanced to the frontcourt so easily.

However, when he was observing the situation on the court while dribbling, he suddenly felt light in his hand.

Shocked, he found that the ball in his hand had already appeared in the hands of Jordan who was rushing forward.

And Jordan unexpectedly showed off a Carolina windmill.

This ball made all the home fans cheer. Although Jordan is 33 years old, he is still healthy and he is still their most trustworthy true god.

The Bulls lead by one point.

(End of this chapter)