NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 37 Team Basketball
After the timeout, Van Gundy took Yao Mai, who had rested for a few minutes, to play ahead of schedule.

With Tyronn Lue on the bench, Taylor, and Jim who took a break in the second half of the first quarter.

"Hey, I wanted to rest for a while, but you are really annoying. Very good, you have successfully aroused my interest."

McGrady grabbed the ball with one hand in the middle, and Kareem didn't dare to get too close, otherwise he might be passed by with one step. Even if he was too close, it would be difficult for him to take advantage of McGrady's dry pull, and he might be called a body hair foul by the referee.

McGrady observed the situation on the field, and suddenly accelerated like a sprint to the right. Kareem, who was concentrating on it, shifted his center of gravity to the right at the first time, but the excellent waist strength allowed McGrady to pull back like a left in time.

Since it is Iverson's signature crossover! !
The lack of coordination between the muscles and the brain caused Karim to fall backwards immediately.

Since it was shaken down! !
Then McGrady, who retreated to the three-point line, made a three-point shot.

Hit! !
38:30
Under McGrady's personal ability, the Rockets finally broke the scoring drought of more than 4 minutes! !

Smith in the TNT studio: "Good!! McGrady!!! McGrady flew Kareem away and hit this unreasonable three-pointer!! The dignity of the scoring champion cannot be trampled!! I don't know if the Bobcats can withstand McGrady's anger!!"

Barkley: "Really, it's too strong!! McGrady's jump shot is not only beautiful, but his first step can also make the Bobcats feel a huge threat. Today, Liu Rui didn't choose Wallace to defend McGrady. We really don't know what medicine he sells in his gourd."

Smith: "I think it's obvious that Liu Rui knows that even Wallace can't defend McGrady, so he directly chooses to keep Wallace's physical strength to participate in the offensive end. Well, that's it."

"No, no, I don't agree with your statement. Even if Wallace can't defend McGrady, Wallace's defense will obviously make McGrady feel great pressure and greatly reduce his efficiency,"

"But Liu Rui didn't do that. I think it might be some kind of new defensive tactic. After all, he is Liu Rui, a complete freak, haha." Apparently, Barkley is being misled by Liu Rui's crazy deeds. He thinks that Liu Rui is definitely not as simple as he imagined. It is estimated that even Liu Rui farts now, he will feel that there is a big mystery...

Liu Rui, who was sitting on the sidelines, frowned slightly. Although he knew he couldn't guard against McGrady, he had no intention of guarding against him.

But Liu Rui can let McGrady kill all directions on his team, but Liu Rui doesn't like this kind of ball that allows him to complete the background board work on his own players.

This kind of ball will not only affect the players' hearts in the public opinion after the game, but also dampen the players' defensive enthusiasm and even create a sense of insult.

Liu Rui has always believed in one sentence, the player who can be knocked down is always the player who is serious about defending! !
"Wallace, get ready to go, defend McGrady in this half quarter, show your full strength!!" Liu Rui frowned and said to Wallace who was sitting on the sidelines.

"It's the coach!" Although Wallace was very surprised, because before the game, Coach Liu Rui asked himself to avoid McGrady as much as possible, and told himself to limit Yao Ming today. For McGrady, try to let other people defend alone, because he is not afraid that McGrady will kill the team.

Although I don't know why the coach suddenly disrupted the deployment and asked himself to defend McGrady head-on now, Wallace has always been firm in obeying Liu Rui's orders.

Without Coach Liu Rui, I would not be where I am today, and Coach Liu Rui is really different from others. Wallace is sure that from high school all the way to the NBA, Coach Liu Rui is definitely the best coach he has ever met! !

Even Bick next to him was a little surprised: "Rui, are you not going to let McGrady shoot the ball? Why did you suddenly change your strategy? There is really no problem."

"Bick, if your friend is a person who works hard in learning, but he really doesn't have the talent for learning, even if he works hard, but when his hard work is trampled on, and it may be passed on as a laughing stock, what will you do?" Liu Rui smiled and picked a banana and stuffed it into his mouth, and his words were vague.

"Then of course I will vent my anger on his behalf!! Everyone who works hard should be treated kindly!!"

"Yes, hehe, everyone who works hard should be treated kindly."

Looking at the young man in front of him with a smile on the corner of his mouth, watching the game while eating bananas, Bickerstaff felt a little touched in his heart.

I also understand the purpose of Liu Rui's substitution. This guy...is really unbearable, no wonder the players are so protective of him.

Alas, maybe this is the so-called successful coach, not those coaches who are full of glory and let players wrestle for victory.

I have always been pursuing success and the approval of others. Now that I think about it, it is really funny. Haha, maybe whether a person is successful or not has nothing to do with the glory he has gained...

beep~
The Bobcats request a timeout! !

"Karim, come down and rest for a while, Wallace, go, remember what I said, try to lock up McGrady." Liu Rui patted Wallace on the shoulder.

"It's the coach!!"

This made Karim who was replaced on the side even more anxious.

"Coach, I can do it, really, I just slipped my foot just now, believe me, please give me another chance!!"

Looking at Kareem who was a little incoherent because of excitement, Liu Rui smiled and picked a banana for him.

"I don't mean to blame you, but on the contrary, I agree with your defense very much, because you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep. This sentence is the same in the field. You can never shake a person who is not defending."

"But as long as you are under my command, you are mine. I will find this venue for you. I only hope that you can sit on the court and eat this banana. Don't care about other people's opinions after the game."

"Because those who follow the trend are always idlers, and what you need to do is to preserve your strength and be ready at all times. When you play next time, use your best way to fight back. Do you understand, Karim?!"

"It's the coach!! I understand, next time I will definitely make them look good!! Thank you coach, thank you so much, the previous coaches never told me so much, they only let me defend well, and I will definitely train hard next time!!"

"Haha, that's right. Don't worry about Kareem, I will definitely teach that guy McGrady a lesson for you. If he gets a point against me in the next half of the quarter, I will take out 1 US dollars to treat everyone to dinner, haha."

Wallace slapped Karim on the chest with his fist, expressing his encouragement to him.

"Haha, then we have to think about what to eat with so much money?"

"Haha, yes, you can brag now, don't beg the coach to replace you when you play later, haha."

"Yes, yes, if it doesn't work, you can lie in the middle of the court and can't get up. We will collect the body for you, haha."

Looking at the players gathered together, the smiles on everyone's faces and the atmosphere of unity, Liu Rui felt that this is what basketball should be like...

(End of this chapter)