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Chapter 123 Taking Responsibility

The Spurs also expressed their determination to win in the pre-match press conference. After all, it’s not long before the season. The old men of the Spurs said that they don’t need to rest now, so they are trying to grab as many victories as they can now. If they win, then when their main players take a break, losing a few games will not affect their home court advantage in the playoffs.

Totoro said in his heart that you old people are obviously thinking a little too much, and they actually regard their Rockets as a weak chicken team that wantonly scored points in the early stage. Totoro said that even if they are weak chickens, they are also the king of weak chickens. Those who take advantage here will only be pecked by themselves.

Then, just as Totoro expressed his determination with the local media at the pre-match press conference, he was caught and beaten by three old men of the Spurs on the field, and he was beaten black and swollen. The team also lost the Texas Civil War 87:95.

Totoro’s performance in this game can’t be said to be bad. He scored a large double-double with 26 points and 15 rebounds, but only assisted 3 times. The Spurs intentionally split the relationship between Totoro and the team in this game. Popovich seemed to anticipate that Adelman would attack with Totoro as the main ball-holding point before the game, so he frantically dispatched four of the five players on the field to limit Totoro.

One person is in charge of Totoro's shooting, one person is in charge of Totoro's breakthrough, and the other is in charge of Totoro's points. Shi Fu sits on the inside and controls the overall situation. The Spurs' tactics are very simple. You don't want to hold the ball today. If you get the ball, I will You won't be given the chance to play singles, and don't even think about connecting teams.

There is no perfect defensive system in this world, and there is no defensive tactic that can completely block a player. The Spurs defended Totoro in this way. First, they deployed a lot of troops on him. The opportunity to split the ball, but it missed him a long-range shot from 15 feet away. If this defense meets Kobe, the boss will probably die of laughter. He can completely shoot the Spurs alive in two waist positions died
However, Totoro does not have such ability, and his IQ today has not been brought out of the house. In the past, when he encountered this kind of situation, he usually would not force it. However, today he does not know which tendon is wrong, or It was too much success and fame that made him a little swollen deep in his heart. Totoro's game did have the kind of performance that no matter how you target me, I will use my ability to score.

And some of his rounds of goals are really wonderful, like the kind of big fadeaway jumper, after breaking through 2 people, he faced Duncan's gliding rod for a layup, and he also blocked Shifo and Parker on the defensive end, but those wonderful shots except Will appear in the future outside of his collection, and will not help this game or the team one iota.

Totoro took 25 shots in this game and hit 10 goals. His shots were about 10 times higher than usual, but his hits were 5 percentage points lower than usual, and correspondingly, the average shots of other players were also 2 less. -3 times.

What's more interesting is that Totoro hit 15 of the first 7 goals. The hit rate is close to 5%, which is very scary. But here comes the question, how many of the next 10 goals did he hit?I believe this is a calculation problem that elementary school students can do.
Chinchilla also discovered through this game that with his ability to control his new body, he can play super brilliant performances in the first three quarters or the first dozen goals, and his strength is the same as that of the current superstars in the league. No matter what defense you use, he can score points, but once this period of time has passed, maybe because of a decrease in physical strength, or other reasons, Totoro seems to have lost his buff. Reduced to become an iron king, no matter how you cast, why not.

Totoro made 6 of 1 shots in the fourth quarter. If he can distribute some of these shots to the more stable Yao or other players, maybe the Rockets can really capture the San Antonio at home.
After the game, Totoro also felt the displeasure of his teammates looking at him. Totoro, who felt shameless, also hid in the corner of the locker room to reflect.

"Long, let me ask you, did you enjoy voting today!"

Adelman pushed the door angrily and entered, but he looked around and did not see Totoro.

Relying on his height, the little giant spotted the chinchilla hiding behind the massage chair at a glance, and tapped it lightly with his fingers.

"It's cool, it's so cool that I don't want to have it anymore in the future."

Totoro lowered his head and admitted his mistake like a child. The coach's anger is understandable. Regardless of the regular season or the playoffs, this was a game that could be won, but it was lost because of some people's irresponsibility. If it is lost, anyone will go berserk.

"You better know what you're doing! Did you take a shower? Come with me to the press conference!"

Adelman glared fiercely at the other party. If you were any other rookie, you would have been sidelined by Adelman at this time, but Totoro is different.

Leaving aside the team's high-level preference for him, the old coach also likes him very much, because Totoro has all the conditions to become a superstar in the Princeton system, just like Jordan represents the triangle offense, just like Nash promotes bombardment, Totoro also has the ability Promote the Princeton system to the world.

So don't look at how much Ah Shuai scolds, but he is very precious in his heart. If ordinary rookies make mistakes, he doesn't bother to criticize them. For an old man like him, getting angry, hurting his spirit and hurting his body, he That's why they don't have so much energy to pay attention to the growth of ordinary rookies.

"Dragon, can you explain why you took possession of the ball and shot wildly in the final game? You must know that you missed 5 shots in the fourth quarter, and at the same time ruined the team's hope of a comeback."

As soon as Totoro Chrysanthemum tightened, he knew that there would be reporters making things difficult for him in the post-match press conference, or accusing him, because what the other party said was true.

"This is the need of the team's tactical arrangement. I delegated the power to Chinchilla to do so. Yao Ming is already in his 30s. Sooner or later, Chinchilla will become the new owner of this arena, so this kind of failure experience is very important to him. It’s essential, and I told him during the timeout, just go ahead and do what you want, don’t be afraid to fail, because that’s what every superstar has to do.”

To Totoro's surprise, Adelman actually grabbed the microphone and immediately said something completely opposite to what he said in the locker room to support him. The old man actually took all the responsibility on himself.

"That's right, we are a whole. Losing is the responsibility of each team member, not just one individual. Totoro's attack at the last moment is the responsibility of our whole team. There is no doubt that he failed. But that doesn't shake his place of trust in our hearts."

As the big brother of the current team, Yao Ming also made a concluding speech.

"If there are still such moments in the future, we will still hand over basketball to Totoro without hesitation, because he has the talent to succeed, and he also has the talent to lead us to victory!"

(End of this chapter)