unfinished glory

Chapter 46 Trading Rumors
The Spurs players who returned to the locker room were very silent.

They expected to lose at the Toyota Center, but they never expected to lose in this way.

Devon Brown stood up first and apologized to the team: "It was my fault. I made a huge mistake at the most critical moment..."

"It's not anyone's mistake," Popovich interrupted him, saying, "You just made a mistake that you usually make. Unfortunately we met Tracy McGrady today. Which one should we change in this situation? There’s nothing the team can do.”

He clapped his hands: "Cheer up, lads. This is just a regular season, no big deal. Everyone is going to take a shower, Tim, hurry up and follow me to the press conference."

After speaking, he went out. It could be seen that the old man was not in a good mood, but he still comforted the players.

Everyone was listless and took a bath in order.Li Chongxiao originally wanted to ask Bo Wen about the final situation on the court, but seeing the other party's gloomy expression, he decided not to do such a dangerous thing.

Li Chongxiao was also very sad. He hated losing. He had to reflect on himself every time he lost.

At the end of each game, he will ask for the video tape of the game, compare and review the mistakes he made in the game, and summarize some defensive experience and lessons.

Before the game, I also gradually learned to record some offensive habits of the opponent's star players through video tapes, combined with close observation on the bench, and formulate some targeted defensive plans.

Such a learning attitude, Bo Wen's precepts and deeds, coupled with a hard training plan, are the reasons why Li Chongxiao has improved so much in the past month.

In this game, he felt that he played pretty well, at least he made outstanding contributions on the defensive end.Before the final four balls, McGrady was only 25 of 8 shots, which is the effect of him and Bowen taking turns defending.

He began to look at his biggest problem of the game, six fouls.Among them, one was to wipe Parker's ass, and the other was unwarranted. These factors were out of Li Chongxiao's control.

Once being fouled by McGrady, Duncan would also be fooled in this situation. Li Chongxiao dare not say that with his experience, he will definitely be able to avoid it.Another one is defending against McGrady's breakthrough. In this case, Li Chongxiao's defense is still a little immature, so he took out his small notebook and wrote it down.

Then there was a foul on the Rockets center. The foul on Yao Ming in the first half was misplaced and was a tactical foul.The senseless foul in the true sense is the one against Mutombo, a rebound foul.

Li Chongxiao also wrote it down in a small notebook, of course it was not a strategy like "never compete with the center for the frontcourt next time", but a simple two words-block position.

After summing up the experience and lessons, Li Chongxiao began to reminisce about the game. He thought that many fans in China envied him for being able to sit on the sidelines and enjoy the performance up close.

"But I want to play, maybe I can change the direction of the court!" Li Chongxiao felt somewhat regretful that he could not play at the critical moment.

He somewhat understood the mentality of the stars crying on the bench when the overall situation was settled when watching the game before: watching the team lose and being helpless, this feeling is really uncomfortable.

"Maddy's heroic appearance is really fascinating!" Li Chongxiao's thoughts drifted far away: "If I can have such a day..."

Play like Maddie!
A trace of ambition emerged in Li Chongxiao's heart. Even if you start to become a dog, people will still count on you in the end, and you are the only one who can stand up, and you are the one who will be remembered.

姚明得到31分12个篮板，全场17投11中，在比赛的47分25秒钟内，是球队紧紧咬住比分的最大功臣。

But in the last 35 seconds, when people recall this game, they will only remember McGrady's miracle.

For the Spurs, Duncan's double-double and seven blocks won't even be remembered.

The star of the stars, at least in this game, McGrady is worthy of this title!
Li Chongxiao just got rid of his depression and worked hard to get better, but he was involved in the transaction message.

The Raptors and the Spurs were negotiating a deal. Their bargaining chip was Carter. First, the Lions opened their mouths and asked the Spurs to provide Manu Ginobili + Parker + Li Chongxiao + a first-round pick. Popovich vetoed it without even thinking about it.

However, Li Chongxiao, who got the news, knew that this was a normal business negotiation strategy. Asking a lot of money and paying back the money on the spot did not mean that the Spurs were completely unwilling to make a deal.

In the training session on the morning of the third day, all the Spurs players knew about the trade message. Although they were all talking and laughing, it was obvious that they still had something on their minds.

Facing Carter's bargaining chips, no one can guarantee that they will not become part of the deal except Duncan.

No one paid attention to the depression of losing to the Rockets.But after all, they are professional players, and everyone is still training hard on the field.

After the last game, Duncan saw Li Chongxiao's serious expression and planned to comfort him, but he was going to attend the press conference at that time, and then he went back to his own home, so he didn't have a chance to talk to Li Chongxiao.

But that would be unnecessary, because the way to cover up one bad thing is to bring out another, worse thing.

In fact, Li Chongxiao has not been greatly affected. For him, it is enough to play the ball. Which team he is in is really not something he can consider now.

So this time he was still playing bullfighting with Barry in the arena with a happy face, not like Udrih who was worried.

After the training, Li Chongxiao found Bowen again, ready to ask him how he feels about defending McGrady.

Last time Bowen blew Kobe off, but Li Chongxiao felt that McGrady's performance in the last game was absolutely divine. In Li Chongxiao's years of watching football, only the "Miller Moment" and "0.4-second lore" can compare.

Let alone Kobe, even if Jordan is replaced in this game, he will not be able to perform this kind of performance.

"You have too little NBA experience." After hearing Li Chongxiao's question, Bowen smiled and said, "I admit that McGrady is very powerful and can determine the trend of a game by himself. But in such a game, I'm afraid McGrady It can be played once in a lifetime.

Jordan couldn't play such a game, but he had a season averaging 37 points per game; Kobe couldn't play such a game, but he had the miracle of averaging 40+ points per game in a single month. "

Watching Li Chongxiao concentrate on listening to his commentary, Bo Wen was very satisfied, and he continued: "But these are not the reasons why I say Kobe is stronger."

After being asked by Li Chongxiao, "Then what is the real reason?", Bowen continued to confide in his heart:

"In the playoffs, I think the performance in the playoffs is the only criterion for testing a superstar. If you can't lead the team to win a series against a strong team in the playoffs, and play a dominant performance , then your superstar quality will be discounted.

Kobe and I have met three times in the playoffs in the past few years. We only won once in 03, relying on Tim's performance, so I know the horror of that man.

But I haven't played McGrady in the playoffs, and I don't know his full capabilities. I temporarily reserve my opinion on McGrady. "

Li Chongxiao once again saw Bowen's attitude towards "regular season superstar" and "playoff superstar", which made him look forward to the playoffs much stronger than last time.

Such a powerful Tracy McGrady, the two-time scoring champion, was considered by defensive experts like Bowen to be a superstar because of his slightly insufficient performance in the playoffs.

What kind of game is the playoffs, and the finals?

(End of this chapter)