God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 538 The Final Battle
The All-Star weekend is tantamount to giving most players and coaches a vacation, but after the regular season restarted, they quickly put their energy into the game.Many teams choose to start working hard at this time, hoping to gain an advantage in the rankings. Of course, those weak teams also lose as usual, and their goal is not the playoffs.

However, there is still a big day before the end of the regular season, and that is the trade deadline. After this date, teams can only sign free agents as supplements, and cannot trade with other teams.This has no effect on the Bobcats. Neither Chrissy nor Jackson intends to make a trade. This is not because they think the team does not need reinforcements, but because they think the current lineup of the Bobcats is already tacit enough. Don't jump into a trade without a good opportunity.

Chang Wei was naturally happy. Before the team wanted to make a deal, he would always ask him to analyze the feasibility, but Chang Wei couldn't simply say that the price offered by the other party was worthless, and the player had no future in the future, so he could only do his best. The editorial reason is that it is more tiring than training players.Now that the team doesn't plan to make a deal, he can naturally breathe a sigh of relief. A reduced workload is always a good thing.

But it is not that there are no other teams making offers to the Bobcats. In fact, in the past two seasons, those team managements that casually let the Bobcats choose players regretted committing suicide. With a good performance, where is the reasoning for this kind of thing?While the price is not high, let's make up for your mistakes first!

As a result, they didn't expect that the Bobcats had no idea of ​​trading at all, and there was no reason to return any advantage they took.In the face of the influx of quotation calls, Chrissy always has the same set of rhetoric: "Sorry, Jack/Ariza/Milicic/Ellis... are not for sale, at least we will not sell them this season. , thank you, goodbye!"

His attitude made other general managers feel helpless, you can't force the other party to make a deal, can you?They had no choice but to laugh and complain in their hearts about their sloppiness at the beginning, and gave the stone to others, but they didn't expect it to be a piece of uncut jade.

After the door of the trading market was closed, the team management also breathed a sigh of relief. Now the Bobcats have no players to add, and under Chang Wei's deliberate attention, the players have not suffered any serious injuries that can be reimbursed for the season. The 11 players in the rotation The players have left a lot of room for Jackson to deploy, and he doesn't need to worry about no one available.

When other teams began to sprint, the Bobcats did not lag behind. They first played a wave of six consecutive victories, and after the winning streak was terminated by the Spurs, they played a wave of four consecutive victories.While continuing to stabilize the third place in the Eastern Conference, they also faintly threatened the Cavaliers' second position in the Eastern Conference.This made the Cavaliers feel a lot of pressure. Originally, they had a big lead, but now it seems that as long as they relax a little, they may exchange positions with the Bobcats. Naturally, they have to cheer up [-]%.

However, this makes the Cavaliers feel very difficult. After selecting James and gradually transforming into a powerhouse in the East, their annual draft picks are not high, and the management's vision is not very good.Coupled with the huge contracts of James and O'Neal, they had to sign many veterans to supplement the lineup, and now the huge pressure made Mike Brown dare not take turns easily. Every game requires the players to go all out. For those veterans, it is quite tormented.

This was beyond Chang Wei's expectation. He just suggested that Jackson try his best to win the victory that can be secured, and at the same time, he should go all out for those games that have a chance to win. Unexpectedly, it put pressure on the Cavaliers.But this is not bad, if both sides can reach the second round of the playoffs with the current ranking, then they will be direct competitors, and there is nothing wrong with weakening in advance.

But the Celtics, ranked fourth in the East, did not give up. No one wants to face a strong enemy like the Pistons in the second round, and they also want to strive for third.While the Bobcats are advancing, the Celtics are not idle. After half a season, the Big Three have gradually improved, and they have won a wave of 12 consecutive victories, biting the Bobcats tightly in terms of record.

The two teams will have a direct dialogue at the end of the regular season, the third-to-last game for the Bobcats, and the second-to-last game for the Celtics.After this game, the opponents of the two teams are full of fish belly, so for them, this game is worth a lot of money. Whoever wins will have the advantage in the battle for No.3, and even decide heights achieved this season.

Jackson attaches great importance to this game, so much that he completely ignores the few games in front of him.His absent-mindedness was fully noticed by Chang Wei, he shook his head secretly, thinking: It seems that the rookie still can't calm down, even the coach is the same.

After a training session, Chang Wei stopped Jackson, who was about to go to the office to rest for a while, and asked with a smile: "Damon, are you free? Let me buy you a cup of coffee. You have worked hard these days, let's have some coffee to relax." one time?"

Jackson complained: "Damn, you're talking like I'm your subordinate..." But Jackson complained, and followed Chang Wei to the small coffee shop in the training hall.After ordering a cup of black coffee, he sat down on the sofa and let out a long breath. Last night he didn't go to bed until early in the morning, and now he is extremely sleepy.

But Chang Wei obviously didn't have the consciousness to let him take a good rest. He patted Jackson on the shoulder and asked seriously: "I watched the Celtics video very late last night, didn't you? You have been like this for the past few days. I I'm really worried about your IQ."

Jackson didn't mind Chang Wei saying that he had a low IQ. He took a sip of his coffee and lazily said, "You've said that about me since we first met. I've been used to it for a long time. What's the matter? Just say it straight, don't beat around the bush."

Chang Wei nodded and asked, "How many games are left in our regular season? How many games are we ahead of the Celtics now?"

Jackson was a little confused, and he replied casually: "You won't be out of your mind, right? You can't remember these things? We still have seven games before the end of the regular season, and we are now two games ahead of the Celtics... ..."

Speaking of this, Jackson suddenly choked. He immediately understood what Chang Wei wanted to say. If he was not careful in the first few games, he would be overtaken by the Celtics. At that time, that crucial game would only be worth one win. , It may be useful or not!Jackson wiped the sweat from his forehead and said gratefully: "Chang, I know what you want to say, so don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)