basketball hero

Chapter 595 The Responsibilities and Responsibilities of the Head Star
The battle of Tianwangshan will be held on June 6, so the two teams have 17 days to rest and adjust.For the Raptors, how to adjust their body and mentality during this period of time, adjust their state, and regain the rhythm of winning is even more important.

The series has come to 2:2, and the outside world is calling for the Spurs to reverse and win the championship.Those who originally looked down on the Raptors also took the opportunity to jump out at this time, bragging how predictable they are on some TV programs, the inexperienced youth army needs to pay tuition in the finals, the west is strong, the east is weak, etc. .

Frustration began to spread within the Raptors, and some players even began to doubt themselves.Although Gay did not make it clear, he believed that he should replace DeRozan as the starter to reduce Ying Xiong's burden.The team's coaching staff is also very busy. Coach Casey even stays up all night, watching the video of the game, studying the opponent, and studying the game.

On June 6, the Raptors did not practice. In the evening, the team held a team meeting together.In-team meetings are nothing new to them. During the regular season, the team had them before, and the effect was very good.Now, at the critical moment of the finals, when the team is in trouble, the team meeting is activated again.

It was the head coach Devin Casey and the team's head star Ying Xiong who initiated the team meeting.In addition to all the members of the team, Casey was the only one who participated in this meeting.The team's management and other members of the coaching staff were not in attendance.

Casey did not participate in the previous team meeting. He wanted the players to deal with it themselves.But this time, he voluntarily asked to participate, and he had his own considerations.

The team meeting was not open to the public. At the beginning, Casey didn't say anything, but showed the players clips of the two games they lost.

After watching the game clip, the expressions of the players became more dignified, and the whole conference room seemed a little depressed.

At this time, Casey asked the players to express their opinions, and then everyone discussed together.Some players first reviewed themselves and then expressed their opinions; some players complained about the referee; some suggested that the coach can do this and that.

In the end, when everyone had finished speaking, Casey began to express his opinion: "Everyone, I think everyone has the same mood and the same goal, which is to win the championship. But have you noticed that starting from G3, it is very important for us In general, the game has become more and more difficult. In the past, when the team encountered difficulties, as long as Ying stood up and scored more than 40 points, the game would usually be won. But in these two games, Ying scored a total of 89 points. But we all lost!" After he finished speaking, he glanced at the players present, seeing the man who had just said it with confidence, he didn't dare to say anything.

Casey continued to say with a straight face: "San Antonio is a great team, Greg is a great coach, these two games let us understand that nothing is taken for granted, relying on the strength of one person, it is impossible to beat the most A strong team. The championship is not something that can be obtained easily, if you want to win the championship, you must work hard!"

Casey stopped talking, he glanced at Yingxiong.

Ying Xiong, who had been sitting there silently, got up slowly, glanced at his teammates present, and said in a deep voice: "Up to now, there are no secrets between the two teams. I still say the same thing, I don't need you to accommodate me on the court." I don’t care about my feelings, I just need you to be yourself. The tactical rotation arrangement is left to the coaching staff, and the rest is left to me, and I will lead you to win the championship! This is a battle. On the court, apart from teammates, they are opponents. To be kind to the opponent is to be cruel to yourself. Whoever can fight to the end will be the ultimate victor. Let us unite as one, win the last two victories of this season, and become the first overall team since the establishment of the team. Creator of champions! Come on, brothers, I need your support!"

Ying Xiong's words are simple and straightforward, very contagious.The Raptors players, who were originally shrouded in frustration, instantly became full of fighting spirit and excitement.

Everyone present gathered in a circle, put their hands together, and shouted together: "Toronto, champion!"

Coach Casey is very satisfied with the result. The purpose of this meeting has been achieved, and the effect is surprisingly good.No matter what the next game will be, at least the mental outlook of the team has taken on a new look.

6月17日，总决赛的第5场比赛，将继续在马刺队的主场——AT&T中心球馆进行。双方前4场比赛打成2:2，所以这场比赛也被称为“天王山之战”。

The importance of this game is self-evident. According to the statistics of the NBA's playoffs in the past years, any team that wins the battle of Tianwangshan has a great probability of winning the final championship.

This game is even more critical for the Spurs. Once they lose, the opponent will return home with the match point.It is difficult to imagine the difficulty of playing a match point game at the opponent's home court.

However, no matter who wins this game, the winning team will get the match point of this round of the series, and the series will end as soon as possible, and it will reach G6.As for whether there will be a tiebreaker, it depends on whether the losing side of G6 can equalize.

In the NBA, there has always been such a saying that without winning on the road, the series is not really leading.Now this round of the series has played 4 games, but neither team has won the opponent's home court.For the Raptors, who have home court advantage, if everyone keeps their home court to the end, they will be the ultimate winners.But the fact is that when it comes to the tie-break, anything can happen, and the Spurs have more experience. At that time, the home court advantage will not be as great as imagined.

Therefore, the battle of Tianwangshan in G5 is related to the trend of the series, and may even determine the final ownership of the championship!
The commentators for this game are Steve Kerr and Jeff Van Gundy.

"Jeff, it's a pleasure to explain with you!" Cole smiled, revealing the thousands of wrinkles on his face, with a sincere expression on his face.

"Me too, Steve, do you think Toronto will change its formation today?" Van Gundy asked.

"I think the possibility is very high. They have lost two games in a row. It can be said that it is time to make adjustments in this game!" Cole said seriously.

"Well, it's the same as I thought! I don't know how Coach Devin will arrange the starting lineup!" Van Gundy said.

Soon, the starting lineups of both sides will be announced.The Spurs, who are playing at home, are still the starting lineup of the previous game. Since using this lineup, they have won two games in a row.They naturally hope to continue to win this game with this lineup.

(End of this chapter)