unfinished glory

Chapter 196 Tactical Adjustment
The media was very disappointed, and the fans were also disappointed, but Li Chongxiao felt very satisfied.

This round of competition was really not easy, even though Li Chongxiao was a tough fighter, he felt a little tired.The next schedule is much easier. Not to mention two of the three games are at home, the opponents are still the Clippers, Rockets, and Knicks competing for the top pick.

More importantly, Gasol has returned safely, and the team's strength has returned to full strength.And after the baptism of this round of strong teams, not only Li Chongxiao's self-confidence has greatly increased, but the mental outlook of his teammates has also improved.

This wave of victories knocked out the main opponents and consolidated the team's winning advantage. Carlisle was also able to breathe a sigh of relief and adjust his tactics with peace of mind.

In a few games, the disadvantages of the Grizzlies having only two ball-holding offensive points, Li Chongxiao and Gasol, were fully exposed. Once these two were not on the court, the team's offensive efficiency changed from the first in the league to the ranking. reciprocal.

He was dazzled by the team's ranking before, but after uncovering it, Carlisle deliberately found the data for comparison, and only then did he realize the seriousness of the problem.

A team doesn't need so many giants, but role players who can hold the ground after the core is off the field are also indispensable.

Take the past four opponents as an example. In addition to James, the Cavaliers also have Maurice Williams, and there are veterans like Wally Szczerbiak on the bench.

The Kobe + Yao Ming of the Lakers is already terrifying, and there is Odom next to it.In addition to the Spurs' ability to play GDP, there are also Salmons and Roger Mason.

In addition to Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen, the Celtics have emerged as the fourth giant, Rondo, this season.

The Grizzlies have two good candidates here, point guard Conley and center Gasol Jr., but they still seem a little immature and need polishing.

Carlisle is going to slowly train these two players in the next game, and stagger the time when he and Li Chongxiao are on the court at the same time.

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Not only did Carlisle discover some problems with the team, but Li Chongxiao also saw some of his current shortcomings, that is, he played too many singles with the ball, which dampened the enthusiasm of some players.

A typical example is Mike Miller, who used to be a starter and averaged 16.4 points per game. This season, his playing time as a substitute has dropped to 24.6 minutes, and his scoring is only half of last season, 8.2 points.

Aside from Mike Miller, there seemed to be a few teammates around him, and the scoring numbers all dropped.Li Chongxiao has seen someone say that he is "independent" more than once on the forum.That is to say, he has a high hit rate, and when others say "he is more accurate", few dare to say anything.

Moreover, there is no All-Star player among his teammates, and Gasol and Mike Miller are more famous, so no one dares to give him the title of "waste teammate".

On the contrary, with such a group of "shrimp soldiers and crab generals", he was able to ascend to the first place in the league, which made the majority of experts and fans recognize Li Chongxiao's ability to lead the team.

The boasting all over the place did not go to Li Chongxiao's mind. He knew a truth from Mr. Jin's "Legend of the Condor Heroes" very early: "softness cannot be defended, and rigidity cannot last long."Sooner or later, my own hard horse and hard bridge style of play will be figured out by the old cunts everywhere in the alliance.At that time, not only will he be restricted, but the team will also be defeated because of a single tactic.

So Li Chongxiao took the initiative to find Carlisle, expressed his concerns, and gave a solution, which was to reduce the frequency of his singles and increase the interaction and movement with his teammates.

Carlyle was touched, what kind of international dedication is this.Other stars felt that the ball and shots were not enough, and Li Chongxiao took the initiative to push the ball out for the long-term development of the team.

The team owner said before that even if the team's record is not good this year, as long as Li Chongxiao can get good data, it will be a victory for the team.

As a result, not only the Grizzlies are number one in the league, but Li Chongxiao is also number one in scoring, far exceeding No.2.No surprises this month, he has another 40+ performance in a single month.

And according to this style of play, Li Chongxiao is likely to get a season with an average of 40+ points.Under such circumstances, he was able to give up the temptation of leaving his name in history, which is indeed worthy of a high regard.

After Li Chongxiao and Carlisle reached an agreement, the tactics of the Grizzlies slowly changed. Li Chongxiao's individual singles did decrease, and instead, the passing and cutting cooperation of his teammates increased.

During the training, everyone was surprised, but seeing Li Chongxiao enjoying himself and discussing with Carlisle from time to time, they realized that the two were not in conflict, but really wanted to make the team better.

For a while, the atmosphere of the team became harmonious, and everyone was united and ready to do a great job.

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The next three games gave Carlisle a lot of training opportunities.

In the game against the Clippers, Li Chongxiao played 28 minutes and easily scored 31 points, leading the team to a 24-point lead. It seems that he tortured his opponent to death.

Facing the Rockets again, Li Chongxiao has no desire to compete with McGrady.No matter how provocative the opponent is, he will shoot as soon as he should, and pass as soon as he should, without being angry at all.Not only did McGrady's strength hit the air, but he also successfully avoided O'Neill's premeditated revenge.

Li Chongxiao also had some friendship with this fat man, he knew the other party's narrow-minded temperament, so naturally he would not get inside and give the other party a chance to play tricks.

Who doesn't know that when Carter flew into the air to dunk O'Neill, he was slapped on the floor by the opponent, and he couldn't get up for a long time.The "gentleman's agreement" that the two don't hold back each other is still circulating in the alliance today.

Then came the away game against the Knicks. Li Chongxiao turned the away game into a home game. After a beautiful dunk, as long as he got the ball, the voice of "MVP" would sound.

This summer, in order to recruit Li Chongxiao, Dolan even told the entire team, including the coach, that anyone can pack it up and send it away.And in order to express sincerity, he also recruited Li Chongxiao's college friend Du Hong.

In the end, no one was impressed by Li Chongxiao. The Knicks fans could only watch the Grizzlies jump from the bottom two in the league last season to the number one in the league with envy and hatred.

After this game, the Grizzlies have won 28 games, 8 games more than the previous season.

31场比赛里面只输了3场球，早有媒体开始迫不及待的猜测灰熊队能不能打破96年公牛队创造的72胜10负的历史最佳常规赛战绩了。

Even teammates in the team are discussing this matter. Everyone is looking forward to this record and afraid of failure.

After Li Chongxiao knew about this situation, instead of encouraging everyone, he poured cold water on them: "This is not the first time this kind of thing happened to me."

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on himself, Li Chongxiao went on to say: "I just entered the league at that time, and the Spurs have achieved a similar record as now. I am as excited as a child, and discuss with everyone whether Break the Bulls' record of 72 wins."

"As a result, you also know that it depends on how many wins we get in the end, 64 or 65, anyway, it is still far from 72 wins."

The faces of the Grizzlies players showed a thoughtful look, and Li Chongxiao knew that his words were not in vain: "I'm not saying that we have no chance, but let everyone calm down and don't be dazzled by the performance in front of us." It's a long season, we need to play game by game."

After changing into the training uniform and walking to the door, he turned around again and said to everyone, "By the way, I forgot to tell the ending of this story. In the end, we won the championship in that season!"

(End of this chapter)