basketball hero

Chapter 560 We Are Just Pursuing Perfection

There was silence in the Raptors locker room.From the main players to the substitutes, frustration was written on everyone's faces.The opponent who thought he would be able to securely win at home, actually gave himself a sap, causing his self-confidence to slip from the top in an instant, and fell into the quagmire.

Ying Xiong did not accept the interview, but after finishing packing his things, he greeted everyone and went back.This is his MVP night, but the milestone night ended in such a state, how could he be in a better mood...

The members of the Raptors also knew the significance of today's game to Xiong, and they understood him very well, so they didn't speak up, and didn't want to provoke him anymore.

Ying Xiong came home, took a shower, and was going to sleep, but received a video call from the other side of the ocean.Under such circumstances, who else would dare to have a video call with him, except Sun Jing?

"Big Bear, are you okay?" Sun Jing looked worried.

Seeing Sun Jing's peaceful smiling face, most of the depression and unhappiness in Ying Xiong's heart disappeared, and he forced a smile: "I'm fine, but I'm not very happy because we lost!"

Sun Jing shook her head: "I don't want you to be unhappy, you should be happy, because you won the MVP today, this is one of your dreams, and you should be happy when you have completed it!"

Ying Xiong knew that she was comforting him, nodded and said, "This...Of course I know."

Sun Jing still shook her head: "I guess you still don't understand what I mean. There is no perfect thing in life, even if we are always pursuing perfection. The same is true for competitive sports. As a competitive sport, basketball cannot escape this fate." .So, nothing is taken for granted. If you want to get what you want, you must do your best!"

Ying Xiong's heart seemed to be hit by something, and he seemed to understand something.It is "a word that awakens the dreamer".Maybe it's "bystanders are clear, authorities are obsessed", even though I have been emphasizing or reminding myself that I have not underestimated the enemy or looked down on the Pacers, but the body is honest.In the first half, when I didn't start the 5th style, I had the mentality of "fighting and watching", and I didn't have the attitude of desperately fighting for every penny.Maybe my own emotions also affected my teammates. In addition, everyone dug a big hole at the beginning because they had been resting for a long time, and they lost in the end.

Ying Xiong is a person who is very strict with himself. He does not allow to lose a game that should not be lost so easily because of this reason.Moreover, his goal this season is not just to reach the second round of the playoffs.

"I understand, thank you, Jing!" Ying Xiong said seriously.

Sun Jing saw that the frustrated expression on Ying Xiong's face was gone, replaced by a familiar self-confidence. She knew that the man she admired had returned.For this reason, she did not hesitate to risk arguing with her boyfriend to say what she just said.

" Between us, needless to say thank you, I still want to watch the finals live!" Sun Jing blinked and said.

Ying Xiong smiled and stretched out his little finger: "Let's pull the hook!"

Sun Jing also smiled and stretched out her little finger.The two are separated by tens of thousands of miles, but through the Internet, they let each other feel that the other is by their side.

Not only did the Raptors lose the first game, but the defending champion Miami Heat also lost to the New York Knicks at home in the first game.This result makes Raptors fans feel better.

Game 2 of the series between the Raptors and the Pacers will continue on May 5 at the Air Canada Center, home of the Raptors.

On May 5, the Raptors held a team meeting.This is a meeting without any member of the coaching staff. The initiator of the meeting is the core of the team-Ying Xiong.

Ying Xiong first made a self-criticism in the team meeting. He said: "My teammates, I would like to apologize to everyone. I didn't devote 100% concentration at the beginning of the loss in the last game. , this is my responsibility and fault, sorry!"

The other players of the Raptors did not expect that Ying Xiong would apologize to everyone for yesterday's game. In the eyes of most players, Ying Xiong was one of the few players in the team who played well in yesterday's game. Without him, the game may lose suspense in 3 quarters.But this only shows how difficult it is for him to reflect, and it also shows how strict he is with himself.

Ying Xiong continued: "Arranging troops is the job of the coach. What we players can do is to give our all when we are on the court. Forget yesterday's defeat, remembering that it doesn't make any sense. If this game If the loss has practical significance, I think it makes us see that if we want to win the championship, we cannot underestimate any opponent. Only by working harder than the opponent can we be worthy of winning this round of the series! Tomorrow's game, I will give 100% With your hard work, everyone follow my lead, and I will let everyone win tomorrow's game!"

As soon as this remark came out, it was somewhat inconsistent with Ying Xiong's usual modest style, but none of the players present doubted the authenticity of his remark.Because he has this strength, he is the only superstar in the team, and he is also the biggest reliance for the team to win the championship.Especially his teammates who experienced last season's playoffs with him are deeply touched.In the series against the Heat, everyone saw what a terrible player Yingxiong was who went all out.

How this team meeting ended and what it was about, no one except the Raptors team members knew.Although the media smelled the news, the team members were tight-lipped, so no one knew what happened.

On May 5th, at the Air Canada Center Arena, the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs between the Raptors and the Pacers will be played here.As usual, the arena is full of seats. Since the home team's playoff tickets were released, they have been sold out at lightning speed. It can be said that the supply is in short supply.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Raptors at home is: center - Bargnani, power forward - Amir Johnson, small forward - DeRozan, shooting guard - Ying Xiong, point guard - Jeremy Lin.In this game, Coach Casey made a change. He removed the rookie center Valanciunas, who had a sluggish performance in the last game, and replaced him with the No. [-] center Bargnani.Valanciunas showed his inexperienced player to the fullest in the last game. In the head-to-head confrontation with the opponent's inside gate Hibbert, he was completely at a loss, and both offensive and defensive ends were dragging his feet. exist.

The starting lineup of the Pacers in the away game is the same as the previous game.For them, after winning the last game, there is no need to change their lineup.In the NBA, playoff changes are mostly done by the losing side.

(End of this chapter)