God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 101 A new look

Seeing the players in high spirits, McKay was very satisfied. He paced and said: "I am very happy to see a different team, but you also have to play your own style in the game! New The season opener is tomorrow against the Gonzaga Bulldogs from the West Coast Conference!"

"I can only say that we are lucky. Gonzaga is not a strong team, but we are still at a disadvantage. If we don't put in [-]% effort, we will have to say goodbye to the good start of the new season. This is the first battle to test our offseason training results, so everyone must go all out and insist on fast attack, do you understand?"

Everyone should be shocked, it's great to have a team like Gonzaga as the opponent in the opening game, neither so strong that the game becomes a one-sided massacre, nor so weak that the goal of testing the results is achieved less than.What's more, no one knows what the team can do. If they don't work hard, people will think they are playing soy sauce all summer!
Chang Wei is not very worried. After a short period of high-intensity assault training, the strength of the entire team has undergone earth-shaking changes.At present, Palesio is still the player with the highest ability value in the team. He has reached 82, and Goodwin also has 79, which is only one step away from the 80 mark.Moreover, in the last few days of training, Chang Wei finally made everyone in the team's ability value exceed 60. Although the system did not release related tasks, it can be regarded as fulfilling his own goal.

In the current team's starting lineup, in addition to Palesio's 82 and Goodwin's 79, McCance has also reached 75, Patrick and Ford are 74 and 72 respectively. The leader Svensey also has an ability value of 74, which should be more than enough to lead the second team.What excites Chang Wei the most is that the system rated the offense of the starting lineup at 85, while the defense just exceeded 80, but this has already met the system's mission requirements.

This lineup is definitely more than enough to deal with Gonzaga. The current Bulldogs are not the tyrannical team that entered the national championship for 19 consecutive seasons. There is also no star in their lineup this season. It can be said that this is two In Chang Wei's view, the Rams undoubtedly have a certain advantage in a matchup between civilian teams that play team basketball.

Of course, everyone has not yet realized how strong the team is, including the head coach McKay, so it is inevitable to be a little nervous when facing the Bulldogs.But this is also a good thing. The Rams have not developed the mentality of a strong player. It is good to be nervous, as long as it does not affect the performance of the players in the game.

However, on the night of the game, when Chang Wei walked into the arena, he was instantly shocked: There are still many vacancies in the arena!You must know that he didn't advance long, and it stands to reason that the entire arena should be full now.

He mentioned this matter to McKay. Before McKay could speak, Palesio said with a wry smile: "Chang, it's not like you don't know our record last season, and the game is also very boring. If you can persist All the people who came to watch were diehard fans of the team, think about how many people there are? Besides, we didn’t add any star players this summer, so it’s normal for fans not to buy it.”

Only then did Chang Wei suddenly realize that it was indeed the case when he thought about it carefully. Fans are willing to watch intense and back-and-forth games. If they particularly like a team, crushing massacres are also possible, but they just can’t. Accepting that a team is not playing well and has a bad record, such a team is destined not to be accepted by the market.

He patted Palesio on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I understand, but this season I believe you will make the fans like to come here to watch the game. We want to win, and we must win beautifully!"

Palesio nodded fiercely, and went to greet his teammates to warm up.Seeing everyone actively doing warm-up activities on the field, McKay nodded with satisfaction, and said to Chang Wei: "It seems that your special training is really effective, and now I am looking forward to the team's performance in the new season. Hope to get off to a good start today.”

Chang Wei smiled and said: "I just laid the foundation for everyone. How to play on the court depends on your command. If you can win the game with your own strength alone, what's the use of coaching?"

McKay was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed.What Chang Wei said is correct. The individual level of a player is one thing, and the team's tactical system is another. Without suitable tactics, no matter how strong a player is, it won't make much difference. hit five?Players like that basically don't exist on Earth.

It may be that Palesio had already vaccinated his teammates in advance, so when the players came out, they didn't care about the sparse applause and cheers.This made the Gonzaga players on the opposite side breathe a sigh of relief. Most players were afraid of encountering the Devil's home court when they were on the road. The cheers that could lift the ceiling would put a lot of pressure on them. The gymnasium at Colorado State University was so deserted, everyone seemed to be excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

However, their reactions were not within the consideration of the Rams players. After making their debut, everyone went back to the locker room, ready to listen to the head coach for the final tactical arrangement.In fact, McKay has nothing to say. After all, the team has been practicing how to play fast-paced transition offenses during this time. After the game started, I was in a hurry.

"I won't talk about the specific tactical layout. You only need to remember one word, that is fast! Our height is not as good as our opponents, so we have to use speed to catch them by surprise in every offensive round. Of course, fast does not mean If anyone makes too many mistakes during the game, he will claim the punishment himself after the game is over!"

Then he looked at Palesio and said solemnly: "Milt, you are the captain of the team and the top scorer, you must find your own offensive rhythm as soon as possible so that you can lead your teammates to play our style. I know your shooting percentage has improved a lot, but that's training, not a game, you have to pay more attention!"

Palesio nodded and said: "No problem, I understand. If the shooting percentage is not high, I will create more opportunities for my teammates. Compared with personal statistics, I prefer to help the team win the game."

(End of this chapter)