basketball kingdom

Chapter 20 The Real Commander
It is a 10-minute drive from the competition venue to the hotel where the Rockets stayed. This distance is not long or short.

The Rockets players were chatting and laughing about today's game, and several of their teammates suggested that after returning to the hotel, they would go to a nightclub to have fun.

McDaniels was the leader of the group, not only nodded in agreement with the proposal, but also told these teammates who had never seen the big scene about the hotness of the beauties in the nightclubs in the casino, which immediately attracted the attention of these teammates.

Some people in the team played some amateur leagues on weekdays, and the meager income they got was just enough to make ends meet. They had never experienced a luxurious nightlife, and they were taken aback by McDaniels.

McDaniels looked at the interested eyes of his teammates, waved his hand, and simply said that he would invite all his teammates to the nightclub today.Hearing this sentence, those teammates who had no money to go to the nightclub burst into cheers immediately.

Capela quietly listened to the discussions of his teammates without speaking.His personality is relatively dull, and he doesn't like to participate in these.

Xu Tian was in the front row of the bus. He couldn't understand what his teammates were saying, and he was looking at the night sky outside the window.Today is a sunny day, and the stars in the sky are very bright, drawing his attention to the sky.

When the bus stopped in the hotel parking lot, Xu Tiancai got out of this state.

McDaniels came over and asked Xu Tian if he wanted to go to the nightclub. After getting a negative answer, he took the rest of his teammates to the nightclub for a carnival.

On the way into the hotel, only Xu Tian and Capela were left.Members of the coaching staff took another bus that did not accompany them.

Xu Tian opened the translation software on his mobile phone. He needed this thing for the convenience of communication.Type a string of Chinese characters, click the translate button, and directly convert the Chinese characters into English.

Capella, who was walking behind, heard Xu Tian calling his name, looked up in Xu Tian's direction, and saw Xu Tian pointing at his mobile phone.

A line of English was displayed on Xu Tian's mobile phone, "Why don't you go to the nightclub with them?"

Capela thought about how to express it, and said, "I don't want to go."

Xu Tian originally wanted to say something, but this awkward way of communicating made him feel very uncomfortable, so he simply gave up continuing the communication and walked in the corridor of the hotel in silence.

When he was about to return to the room, Capela stopped Xu Tian, ​​pointed to the mobile phone in Xu Tian's hand, and asked, "Can I use it?"

Xu Tian didn't know what Capella meant, but he still handed the phone to Capella.

Capella tried to type a string of English and translated it into Chinese characters. After marveling at the powerful functions of the phone, he showed the text on the phone to Xu Tian, ​​"Why don't you fight back when they question you like this?"

Xu Tian smiled, took the phone and typed a string of words, "My performance is to fight back."

Capella glanced at the text on the screen, and a dazed expression appeared on his face.Thinking about it now, Xu Tian was indeed uncharacteristically uncharacteristic today, with an extremely strong desire to attack.

Both Capella and Xu Tian were silent people, and they quickly ended this awkward exchange and separated in the hotel.

After entering his room, Xu Tian immediately lay down on the bed. Today's forceful breakthrough inside made his body a little tired.

Just when Xu Tian was about to fall asleep, the doorbell of his room rang.

Xu Tian wiped his face with his right hand to refresh himself, got up and opened the door, and saw Xialian coach Bickerstaff and the team's translator standing outside the door.

Bickerstaff looked at Xu Tian, ​​who was a little tired, and asked tentatively, "Xu, can I talk to you?"

Xu Tian made a gesture of invitation with his right hand and said, "Come in."

He can't say the word please come in.

Bickerstaff and the translator entered the room and sat on the long sofa in the room. It was Bickerstaff who spoke first. He looked at Xu Tian who was sitting on the bed and asked, "I am here this time. I want to ask you, what is the offensive and defensive tactics in the final stage?"

The translator translated Bickerstaff's words to Xu Tian. He seemed not interested in the job, and his tone was a bit dull.

"In the final stage, we borrowed the offensive and defensive tactics of the Miami Heat in 10-14. They did not have a strong center, and they played a strong high-pressure defense and a high-speed rotation offense. When Jeremy Lin played crazy performances, the Heat used this tactic to intercept Lin. It is a very effective tactic against a single point." Bickerstaff gave Xu Tian a high degree of freedom, which made him very comfortable on the court, so Xu Tian liked the coach very much and told him directly. tactics.

"So that's the case. Why didn't you use it at the beginning?" Bickerstaff nodded after listening to the translator, and then asked another question.

Xu Tian looked at the interpreter's Sima face, and was a little dissatisfied, but thinking that he was working overtime now, he didn't mention this, but answered Bickerstaff's question, "This tactic consumes a lot of energy. It’s huge, even the Big Three of the Heat can’t play this tactic all the time, it can only be used for a wave.”

Note: The Big Three of the Heat refer to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

Bickerstaff nodded, understanding the final tactics of the game, and continued to ask the next question, "The day after tomorrow we will play against the Timberwolves in the final. Do you have any tactical suggestions?"

Xu Tian really couldn't stand the Sima face of the translator, so he took out a few hundred-yuan bills from his pocket and handed them to the translator, "Brother, put some emotion in your translation."

After the translator took the dollar bills, he felt as if he had received an electric shock, and his spirit was completely different from before. When he translated Bickerstaff's words to Xu Tian, ​​he even brought a bit of a broadcast voice.

Xu Tian shook his head helplessly, and then answered Bickerstaff's question, "The next round will be a pure competition of talent, not too many tactics."

"Can you beat Karl-Anthony Towns?" asked Bickerstaff.

"I don't know, the two of us are not opposing players, but my talent is not inferior to him." Xu Tian quickly replied to Bickerstaff.

Bickerstaff looked at Xu Tian and asked, "What do you want most in this competition?"

Xu Tian answered very simply, "Champion!"

"What gave you such great motivation?" Bickerstaff looked at Xu Tian with admiration. Before, he only knew that Xu Tian was very smart, but he never knew that he had such a strong desire to win.

"What kind of motivation does this need? Do you want to be a loser?" Xu Tian's thinking is very similar to Kobe's. He doesn't understand why Bickerstaff would ask such a question.

Hearing Xu Tian's rhetorical question, Bickerstaff smiled noncommittally. He hadn't won the championship yet, so he didn't know what it was like, and said, "Everyone wants to win the championship, but only one team can win it." take."

Xu Tian didn't answer, but asked Bickerstaff, "Have you ever been a champion since childhood?"

Bickerstaff was stunned for a moment. He didn't know why Xu Tian asked this question, and replied: "I got class No.1 in elementary school, but when I got older, I became scumbag."

Xu Tian almost laughed when he heard the translator's words. He suppressed his smile and replied: "Mr. Bickerstaff, you are at the right time to coach in the Summer League. You experience what it's like to be a champion."

Bickerstaff is still cautious, saying: "The Timberwolves' Towns' data exploded, and he also has the help of Zach LaVine and Tyus Jones. Their strength is not weak, so we should be more cautious. "

Xu Tian said: "Don't worry, our team has a secret weapon."

"Who?" Bickerstaff's eyes flickered. He didn't know what secret weapon was in the team and was very interested in this statement.

"Clint Capela." Xu Tian said the name of the center in the team.

"Why is he a secret weapon?" It's not that Bickerstaff is not optimistic about Capela, but in his opinion, Capela is still a bit reluctant to compare with Downs.

Xu Tian made a fool of himself and said, "You will know clearly about the match the day after tomorrow night, and the champion must be ours."

Bickerstaff has been aware of Xu Tian's coaching talent since the first Summer League game, and now he believes in his words, saying: "Then I will wait and see, waiting to win the Summer League championship."

The translator translated Bickerstaff's words to Xu Tian, ​​which is usually used as an ending.

Xu Tian understood very well, and took advantage of the opportunity to say good night to Bickerstaff, ending the discussion on tactics.

The translator finally got off work, and before leaving the house, he said to Xu Tian, ​​"Thank you very much for the tip. Besides, I know some nice girls, do you want to experience it?"

Xu Tian finally understood why the interpreter was Sima Lian. No one would be too happy to spend the time picking up girls for work, but he still replied: "No need, I have a girlfriend."

"Brother, this is Las Vegas, why are you so conservative?" The interpreter changed into the old stubborn look, and asked in disbelief.

Xu Tian smiled, knowing that he and the interpreter were not on the same side, and said, "I wish you a good night, good night."

Seeing that Xu Tianxia issued the order to evict the guests, the translator left awkwardly. After turning around the corridor, he cursed inwardly: "There are two stinky coins! What's the big deal."

After Xu Tian lay down, he suddenly remembered the scene when Kobe started training with him.

Kobe held the basketball, looked at Xu Tian and asked, "Regular season MVP and Finals MVP, if you had to choose, which one would you choose?"

"I choose the finals MVP!" Xu Tian answered Kobe's question with confidence.

Kobe turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper, looked at the basketball that was hitting the basket steadily, and said, "If I had your physical talent, I would choose to have it all."

Xu Tian didn't think about this answer at all at the time, but these days, this concept has deeply entered his mind.

Since someone is always going to win, let me win!

Thinking of this, Xu Tian checked the time, got up, picked up the basketball on the floor, and walked out of the room...

(End of this chapter)