basketball task

Chapter 112 After the game
"The Hornets, the top three in the West, are at home against the 76ers, the eighth in the East. For New Orleans, this should be a gift to the door, but who would have thought that Philadelphia, which is mediocre, unexpectedly defeated the Hornets. , took away the victory from New Orleans, and slapped all the critics who are optimistic about the prospects of the Hornets in the new season. In the face of this disastrous defeat, we must not only ask ourselves, is the Hornets really that strong? ?”

Accidentally swallowed the bitter fruit of failure, countless Hornets fans broke their dreams of the Western Conference finals. This result made the fans unacceptable. Lawsons, a reporter from the New Orleans Sports Channel, was furious and asked questions brazenly in front of the TV camera.

"First of all, let's analyze the opponent's situation. As we all know, since the departure of Allen Iverson, the Philadelphia team's offensive level has been in the middle and lower reaches of the league, and its defensive ability is also average. I don't even know the name of their leading star? The average Where is the score ranked? How did such an ordinary team beat us tonight? I will analyze it from several aspects below."

"The first point is that the number of turnovers is abnormally high. What I have in my hand is the detailed statistical table for tonight. The statistics show that we have a total of 35 turnovers tonight, which is higher than the average number of turnovers per game last season." There were as many as 13 times, and Philadelphia caught our mistakes and played 9 fast breaks, which means that we lost nearly [-] points from mistakes alone."

"Second point, Chris Paul didn't play well tonight. Under the strict defense of Philadelphia, Paul made 22 of 12 shots, scored 29 points and 5 assists. The number of points and assists is the highest in the team. It still looks efficient, but What should not be underestimated is that Paul actually made 7 turnovers personally. You must know that Paul's style of play is the most stable. The average number of turnovers per game in the previous seasons was firmly controlled below 3 times, but today he can make so many turnovers. I don’t know if Philadelphia’s defensive strategy has worked, or because Paul’s long playing time has caused him to be in poor condition? I’m going to ask Coach Byron Scott about this.”

At the press conference after the game, Byron Scott was swept away by a snowflake of various questions.

"Is Chris Paul tired? The head coach should reasonably allocate the physical fitness of the leading star."

"Peja is often in a wide open position outside the three-point line, but the ball is rarely passed. Why is this? Is there a problem with the relationship between the players?"

Faced with these disturbing problems, Byron Scott regarded them all as noise. He felt that a defeat was nothing. Maybe the Hornets' recent games are too dense and the players are a little tired. The double-teaming tactics ate dumplings. In short, Byron Scott believes that everyone pays too much attention to this game. A defeat cannot change the Hornets’ goal of hitting the Western Conference Finals or even the Finals. Similarly, a victory cannot change The strength of the Philadelphia 76ers' East belly.

On the surface, Chris Paul catered to the head coach’s views, and said with a smile to the reporters that this was nothing serious, but right after the interview, Paul’s face became gloomy like a black man. Iguodala's height and long arms have already caused a lot of interference to Paul's sudden pass. In addition, Philadelphia used Channing and Iguodala's double-team tactics. As long as he breaks through, It was a desperate flank attack. Although Paul found a loophole in the flank attack a few times and passed the ball accurately, resulting in scoring, but in more cases, the Hornets' ball movement stagnated, which was not the usual rhythm of play at all.

"Well, maybe I'm overthinking. Philadelphia shouldn't be that strong." Paul forced himself to let go of this loss. Occasionally losing to a big team doesn't mean anything. The Hornets' goal is a sea of ​​stars.

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For the Philadelphia team, after an unexpected victory over the Hornets, head coach Cheeks generously gave the players a day off to do whatever they want.

Finally having a rare day off, Channing's teammates were nowhere to be seen.Maybe ordinary fans are very envious of the life of professional basketball players, but for professional basketball players, their life is all kinds of games flying around every day. It will inevitably feel boring after a long time, so the free time of this whole day is even more precious.

The old Miller and Iguodala met to go fishing, Korver took the rookie Smith to go to the fun field to gain insights, Reggie Evans spent the whole day at home with his wife and children, and Louis Williams planned to take The two girlfriends drove for an outing, and they stayed and flew together.

In such a huge training hall, only Qian Ning has no place to go. In fact, he is doing well in the team, and his popularity is not bad. Many teammates invite him to play together.

The prodigal Korver wanted to lure Channing to haunt the Fireworks Land, but Channing rejected him wholeheartedly. The big brother Evans invited Channing to come to his house as a guest, but Channing declined politely. He didn't want to delay Evans' company with his family , so as not to let the dark and strong foreign sister-in-law complain, Channing really wants to follow Louis Williams, but he still wants to fly together.

Iguodala, the boss of the 76ers, also invited Channing to go fishing with him and Miller at this time. Since Channing joined the team, Iguodala has been shocked by Channing's astonishing progress many times. In the game against the Hornets, Channing and himself formed a forward defensive partner. The tacit understanding between the two is gradually improving, and through this tactical arrangement, Iguodala has already understood how much the coaching staff attaches importance to Channing. The attack with the ball seems to be a bit over the top. Iguodala is indeed a broad-minded person. Although he was a little uncomfortable, he quickly adjusted his mentality and took the initiative to win over Channing.

It's a pity that Channing is a landlubber, he can't swim at all, and he doesn't have a cold for the sea fishing that Americans are most passionate about. Those are all flashy and extravagant capitalist dross. Yes, Channing already has an appointment.

He was not dating Chris Cannon, nor was he an enthusiastic and open American female fan, but Justin, the only guard assistant coach in the team.

As a character who has only appeared for the first time until now, Justin, like Sanders, is the right-hand man of Coach Cheeks. Cheeks is in charge of on-the-spot command, Sanders is in charge of tactical design and big man training, and Justin is good at guard technology training. Unlike the gray-haired Cheeks and Sanders, Justin is just in his early thirties. He is a young coach who has retired from professional guards for less than two years. He has a good relationship with the young people on the team and can often play go together.

(End of this chapter)