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Chapter 338 Can't Lose Again

"Guys, the upcoming schedule is not good for us. I don't want us to leave Texas with a record of 0 wins and 4 losses amidst all the jeers."

On October 2010, 10, Kings head coach Reggie Troyce was in the final pre-game mobilization in the visiting team's locker room at the Toyota Center in Houston.

As the defending champion, the king is in a bad situation now. After losing to the Celtics and Magic at home, the king started the new season with a bad record of 0 wins and 2 losses. Judging from the game state shown by the Kings in the previous two games, what Reggie Toyce said just now is not alarmist.

The Spurs and Mavericks in the Texas semi-finals have obviously stepped up to a new level in terms of overall strength and staffing after undergoing reinforcements during the offseason, while the Kings are sailing against the current compared to last season, and if they do not advance, they will retreat Now, as for the remaining Rockets and Hornets, they are not weak chickens who cannot fight back in front of the king.

What's more, there are back-to-back back-to-back away games that are so tight that they are abnormal. Therefore, in this Texas away trip, the King will peel off his skin even if he is not dead.

After all, the weather, the location, the harmony of the people, the king does not occupy any of them now, and if he is not careful, he may fall directly into the ditch.

However, the current situation of the king leaves them no room for change. As the defending champion, the king has concentrated the attention of countless media and fans.

And this is what upsets Reggie Toyce the most. For the defending champion king, it is a shameful thing to throw at his grandma's house, let alone a 3-game losing streak, or even a 4-game losing streak. Losing streak, 5 losing streak.

Therefore, for Reggie Toyes, today's game must be won. Firstly, he wants to use this to stop the losing streak and give this away trip a good start. Secondly, , Among the top four in Texas, the Houston Rockets are now the best. If the Kings can't even win the Rockets, then the next three away games will have to be hehe.

"Remember, we are the championship, we are the strongest team in this league, no one can stop our progress, no one!"

After some encouragement and announcing today's starting lineup, Reggie Toyce began to arrange the tactics and starting lineup for this game, but what is puzzling is that today's Reggie Toyce did not Instead of writing and drawing on the tactical board with a marker pen as in the previous two games, while explaining the tactical layout, and shouting about execution ability by the way, he spread his hands and said something that made all the players present We are surprised, but come when we think that it is very reasonable again.

"Our tactic today is very simple, that is to open the space, find Yan, and give him the basketball, OK!"

Reggie Toyce, who was born in an academic school, did not come up with what he learned in the NCAA after he started coaching the Kings. Instead, he began to slowly change his thinking and turned towards a nanny coach. After all, the NBA and the NCAA are fundamentally different. Coaching in the NBA, without the support of the players, let alone winning the championship, it is a miracle that you can coach until the end of the season.

However, after leading the Kings to win the championship, Reggie Toyes had some different thoughts. After all, in the American coaching world, the status of nanny coaches is too low, stronger than Phil Jackson and Paragon. Te Riley, there is no way to squeeze into the top coaching circle, let alone other small fish and shrimps.

Therefore, throughout the summer, Reggie Toyce was thinking about how to create a tactical system that belonged to him and belonged to the Kings, and put it into practice in the preseason and two games after the start of the new season.

However, the reality was like a slap in the face, and Reggie Toyes, who was immersed in a dream, quickly woke up. Although Reggie Toyce still had confidence, it only took 30 games at most, and the Kings would fully adapt to this situation. With a brand new tactical system, the overall strength will be directly improved by at least half a level, but the reality will not give Reggie Troyes so much time.

Because the Kings are the defending champions, not a team that is rebuilding. If it is the latter, Reggie Toyes will have enough time to transform the team according to his wishes, not to mention 30 games. It's just that there is no problem throughout the season, but Reggie Toyes is now coaching a team that aims to defend the title, which leaves Reggie Toyes with no time and no confidence to go all the way to the dark.

As a champion coach, a coach who single-handedly built this championship team, the Kings Club will naturally give Reggie Troyes enough trust, but any trust has a limit. There is no problem with losing two or three games in a row, and once the Kings fall into the quagmire of a long losing streak, I am afraid that the call for Reggie Troyes to dismiss get out of class will resound throughout Sacramento.

So in any case, the King can no longer lose, especially today's game against the Rockets, let alone lose.

Just as Reggie Toyes was mobilizing before the battle, Adelman in the locker room of the home team was also making final preparations before the game.

As the longest coaching time in the history of the Kings and the head coach who has led the team to win the most times, in recent seasons, Rick Adelman has mixed feelings every time he faces the Kings.

In the two seasons he just left, after seeing the team that had cost him countless efforts and completely fell into the abyss amidst constant civil strife, while lamenting, Rick Adelman was more angry Indisputable, but now, everything has changed.

When we meet again, the King is already the defending champion. Adelman even has a trace of jealousy when he is relieved. You must know that Adelman has coached the King for 8 seasons, and all 8 seasons have reached the playoffs. With 5+ wins in 50 consecutive seasons, gorgeous style of play, and excellent record, not only the Kings have gained countless attention and attention, but also the Kings have become a team that everyone cannot ignore. , Therefore, that period was also called the most glorious period in the history of the Kings by many media.

But in those 8 seasons, the Kings coached by Adelman have never been able to win the championship. Especially in the 01-02 season, the Kings with the first record in the regular season, because of some well-known but helpless reasons, fell In the Western Conference finals, that round of the series is always in Adelman's heart.

Put away the thoughts in his heart, glanced at all the Rockets players sitting in front of him, Adelman took out the tactical board, and began to announce today's starting lineup.

(End of this chapter)