God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 145 Break Through Easily
In order to ensure his sleep, Chang Wei actually took a lot of effort to force himself not to think about the team's championship schedule.In fact, for a team that aims to be a champion, it really doesn't matter who the opponent is. It's enough to win one game at a time. If they lose, they have to start all over again next season.

When Chang Wei opened his eyes, the plane was already descending. He shook his head lightly, cleared all the chaos in his mind, and started thinking about the team's championship trip again.In terms of work, Chang Wei is actually an obsessive-compulsive disorder. If you don’t think about all the problems clearly, it’s still easy to think about food and tea.

While following the rest of the team to the airport hall, Chang Wei went through the list of the Western District teams in his mind.The 1st through 16th seeds in the West this year are: Arizona, Colorado State, Oklahoma, LSU, Texas, Purdue, Louisville, Wisconsin, Frey Snow State, Gonzaga, Dayton, Indiana State, Southeast Missouri State, Winthrop, Northern Arizona and Jackson State.As the No. 2 seed, Colorado State's first opponent will be Northern Arizona University.

In Chang Wei's view, this team belonging to the Big Sky League is nothing to be afraid of. Although their two big stars, Rand and McClintock, did perform well, that's all. They can't take advantage of Patrick and Ford, and the others can attack wildly. Colorado State University has at least [-]% chance of winning in the first round.

But among the top eight in the entire Western Conference, except for Colorado State University, other teams are also tough nuts to crack.Especially the top-seeded University of Arizona, if Colorado State University wants to advance to the final four, then it is likely to join them in the Western Conference Finals, which is definitely a tough battle.And in the University of Arizona's roster, Chang Wei saw three names he was familiar with: Gilbert Arenas, Richard Jefferson and Luke Walton.

Walton Jr. can be put aside. Although he will be an important rotation player for the championship team in the future, he is just a substitute at the University of Arizona. Chang Wei is more worried about Arenas and Jefferson.In his memory, Arenas and Jefferson are both first-class stars, scoring in the NBA at their peak was like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. Although Colorado State University's outside line has been trained very well, Chang Wei still Do not believe they can do Arenas and Jefferson.

But now that the tournament has not yet started, it is undoubtedly a rather arrogant thing to think about the Western Conference finals in advance, so after Chang Wei recalled the performance of Arenas and Jefferson in his previous life, he left them behind , the most important thing now is to defeat Northern Arizona University and advance to the second round while reducing consumption.

After arriving at the hotel where he was staying, McKay announced the disbandment after a few words of advice, and asked the players to go to him to get the room card, and quickly returned to the room to take a shower and have a good rest.McKay attaches great importance to this championship trip, so he strictly requires all players not to leave the hotel without authorization at night, and stay in the room obediently if there is nothing special.

A few assistant coaches planned to take a stroll outside, but Chang Wei, who was now dozing off again, had no interest in this at all.Although he occasionally fantasizes about meeting some current or future celebrity on the road like he met Popovich in San Antonio, the bed is still the best home for him right now.After all, the team still needed him to spend his time arranging training tasks the next day, so he didn't want to waste his precious sleep time on shopping.Besides, what is there to do for a group of old men?If it's Harmon, then you can still think about it. Now, it's better to hurry up and sleep.

Chang Wei slept very well this time, but he still got up on time at 7:[-] the next morning, which is also the biological clock he has trained in the past few seasons.Moreover, it is already the day before the official start of the competition, so we must seize the time to familiarize ourselves with the field, and then practice the established tactical system and routines.Although Northern Arizona University is not very strong, but the team that can reach the national championship stage must have two brushes. Chang Wei does not want to be overthrown by his opponent because of insufficient preparation.

But after the game officially started, he realized that his worries were superfluous, because Colorado State had the upper hand at the beginning.Just like the countermeasures formulated before the game, the first five tigers defended and attacked Rand. Patik looked very easy on the outside against Rand. It was miserable.

The same is true inside. Ford is even ready to protect the basket at any time while restricting McClintock, preventing the opponent's smaller players from directly breaking through and hitting the basket.Although he blocked only one shot in the first half, his deterrence at the basket made opponents frightened.In his previous life, Chang Wei had never heard of Ford's name, but judging from his performance this season, he is almost certain to enter the league as a second-round pick. If he is lucky, it is not impossible at the end of the first round.

When the two major stars are marked to death, the disadvantages of the lack of players in Northern Arizona University are revealed. They simply do not have a third person who can carry the burden of scoring. With a normal offense, they fell behind by more than 15 points at halftime, which was the result of the latter's staying power.

In the second half, McKay simply regarded the game as a defensive exercise for the team. Not only did Rand and McClintock lose points, but the shooting percentage of the others also dropped significantly, and the point difference instantly widened to nearly 30 points. .Seeing that the overall situation was settled, McKay replaced all the starting players, which can be regarded as saving some face for Northern Arizona University.

Chang Wei seemed very relaxed throughout the game. When he led the players to practice the day before, he could vaguely see their state. Not to mention the mere Northern Arizona University, even a strong team like Duke North Carolina probably would not be happy if they came. Not good.As for why McKay still allowed the main players to play for such a long time, Chang Wei can only attribute it to the fact that he was too cautious and insisted on widening the point difference until the opponent couldn't catch up before replacing him, but this is not bad, At least I won't be nervous when watching the game.

(End of this chapter)