NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 231 Piccolo leads the team to defeat the King (710)

"I'm sorry Coach Liu Rui, we missed you before, I hope you recover well, and when you come back, lead the Bobcats to rise again."

"Coach Liu Rui, you have worked hard. Thank you for your dedication to the Bobcats. Please take good care of your illness. Health is the most important thing."

"Coach Liu Rui, don't worry. Even if the Bobcats don't make it to the playoffs this season, we will all see your contribution to the team. I hope you can recover well and love your fans."

All kinds of messages about concern directly maxed out Liu Rui's social media.

It's just that Liu Rui, who has not yet returned to Charlotte, knows nothing about all this.

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After the Kings sent Webber away, on the offensive end, Adelman Princeton's system will be completely borne by the team's starting center Brad Miller.

Peja on the front line can concentrate on his own scoring, all he has to do is throw the ball into the opposite basket.

Coupled with the white devil Bibby on the back line, this also led to the fact that even if Webber was sent away, the strength of the Kings not only did not decrease, but instead showed a posture of getting more and more courageous as they fought.

At present, the Mavericks are attacking the third place in the Eastern Conference.

As soon as the game came up, the two sides played inextricably in the first quarter.

After all, the Kings mainly play Princeton tactics, creating opportunities by constantly sharing the ball and running positions.

Under Liu Rui's system, the Bobcats have always emphasized the importance of sharing the ball. The difference is that most of the Bobcats' final points come from outside the three-point line.

The Kings will finish wherever there is an opportunity.

It may also be because the two sides play similar ways, so at the end of the halftime, the Bobcats played at home with:

53:56
Only three points behind the Kings, ending the first half of the contest.

It is worth mentioning that Kapono made 6 of 4 shots from beyond the three-point line throughout the first half against his old club, the Kings.

Scoring four three-pointers in the half is also one of the important contributors to helping the Kings take the lead.

However, Kevin Martin, who also faced his old club, did not perform well in this game.

Facing the defense of defensive expert Christie, Martin struggled in this game.

If it weren't for his smarter golf quotient, when the outside shot couldn't be made, he would break through more into the inside to try to create damage.

I am afraid that the Bobcats will be led by more points at halftime of this game.

After returning from the second half, Gerald Wallace took the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility of the offensive end, but obviously, the feel of the game was also relatively bad.

In the face of the Kings' shots, Wallace's three-pointers missed the basket several times.

Looking back, Peja of the Kings opened Ren Du's second channel from beyond the three-point line.

He scored a three-pointer on the left and right sides, and directly stopped the Bobcats in less than 2 minutes of the opening.

After returning from the timeout, the fiery touch of the Kings continued, which also led to the Bobcats at the end of the third quarter:

74:86
It fell behind the Kings by as much as 12 points, and in the third quarter, the Kings scored 30 points in a single quarter.

After returning from the fourth quarter, the two sides fought back and forth, but the double-digit lead has never had a chance to tie.

Every time the Bobcats chased the score back to single digits, the Kings were able to re-establish a double-digit lead by shooting.

Recalling Liu Rui's confession before the game, when there were more than four minutes in the game, I saw that the Bobcats were still 14 points behind the Kings.

Bickerstaff also directly replaced the entire main lineup, began to rotate players, and announced that he would give up the game.

Before the game, due to the sudden absence of Liu Rui, the game will be led by Bickerstaff.

Liu Rui was afraid that Bickerstaff would greatly increase the playing time of the players for this game, which would cause injuries.

Therefore, before the game, Bickerstaff was specifically told that if the game was not extremely stalemate, the team's rotation must be relaxed as much as possible.

Because there are several players in the team who have potential injuries.

Especially in the fourth quarter, once the big score falls behind, even if the game is given up tactically, the players must not let the players struggle to exhaustion on the court.

Because the Bobcats were at the beginning of the season, the interval between each game was still longer.

This also led to 82 regular-season games in one season. In the second half of the season, the Bobcats' games will become extremely dense.

Once the physical strength of the players is overdrawn, the risk of injury to the players will be greatly increased.

Liu Rui doesn't want to bury potential injuries in the future because of winning or losing a game.

Therefore, Bickerstaff also followed Liu Rui's explanation, seeing that the point difference could not be narrowed, so he directly replaced his entire main lineup.

Garbage time was officially announced, and at the end of the game, the Bobcats played at home with:

85:108
Lost to the Kings by 23 points.

The loss of this game also allowed the Bobcats to experience a two-game losing streak. At the same time, the record came to 25 wins and 26 losses, and the winning percentage fell below [-]% again.

And was overtaken by the Cavaliers behind him, falling to tenth place in the Eastern Conference.

It's just that the gap with the teams in front of them is very small.

If a team loses and a team wins, the ranking changes directly.

In this game, the Bobcats lost their first game in March.

Facing his old club, Kevin Martin performed mediocre throughout the game.

出场了32分钟，14投4中，三分线外6中1，罚球7中6，拿到了15分2篮板2助攻的数据。

But in terms of the efficiency and shooting percentage of the whole game, it can be said that it is completely horrible, and was completely educated by Christie of the Kings.

Another player, Kapono, who is also facing his old club, has a very hot performance in this game.

全场比赛出场29分钟，13投8中，三分线外9中6，砍下了22分2助攻的数据。

Helped the Kings win the game and gave the Bobcats a good response.

After the game, Kapono also hugged his former teammates one by one. After all, his departure was not voluntary.

The days in the Bobcats are also very unforgettable. After hugging the old big brothers, I also hugged Bickerstaff on the coach bench.

"Coach Piccolo, why didn't Coach Liu Rui come to coach this game? I heard he's sick. Is it serious?"

I heard news before the game that coach Liu Rui was unable to coach the game due to illness and would rest at home.

But since the game was not over yet, Kapono could only suppress the anxiety in his heart.

After the game, he asked Bickerstaff about his doubts for the first time.

(End of this chapter)