champion heart

Chapter 4 4. D'Antoni's Approval

It was the Warriors' turn to attack again.

After completing the perfect attack and defense in a row, Howard became excited instantly, and worked harder to defend the basket!

Once Howard is serious, this will suffer for the Warriors!
Curry made a three-pointer and popped out of the frame again, and the Lakers began to play against time.

With a little more than 1 point left in the game, the Lakers still hold a 3-point advantage and are invincible.

Blake dribbled the ball to the front court, and Tang De signaled for the ball from the outside.Howard is sternly trying to get a position at the basket at the moment.

Bogut became cautious after suffering a loss, which caused Howard to not have a good receiving position for a while.

The ball was naturally passed to Tang De by Blake.

In fact, what Tang De is most afraid of now is to hand the ball into Howard's hands.

Although Howard just had a very good performance, but now the game has reached the last minute.

Once Howard receives the ball, the Warriors will definitely choose to foul Howard, and Howard's free throw percentage can be described as a disaster.

Tang De now wants to completely deny the Warriors the chance to "cut Huo"!

Seeing Tang De catch the ball, Clay quickly marked it up!
After only one meeting, Tang De felt that Clay's defensive strength was much stronger than Curry's.

Tang De didn't want to be too reckless to attack by himself. Since he didn't have a good chance to attack, he just passed the ball to his teammates.

With a slight hit to the ground, Tang De passed the ball to Gasol, who was in a deep position.

Hand it over to Gasol, Tang De has to rest assured!
Although Gasol was criticized by many people for being too soft, in any case, Gasol's low-post skills are much better than Howard's.

As soon as the ball left his hand, Tang De reflexively started to move aggressively.

After Gasol received the ball, he directly hit David Lee. Since Gasol was already in a deep position, Gasol only dribbled the ball a few times, and the basket was already close at hand!

Gasol easily scored the ball with a "Yao-style small hook"!

Gasol's state has been very good tonight, so far he has scored 16 points on 12 of 26 shots with high efficiency!
Gasol's ball was almost the buzzer!

With more than 40 seconds left in the game, the Lakers continued to expand their lead!
As long as the Lakers continue to play steadily, tonight's game is basically stable!
However, the Warriors still have a great chance. After all, they still have Curry on their side. If he is accurate, anything can happen!
The Warriors quickly called a timeout, and this was their last timeout.

"Listen to the kids, if we want to win tonight's game, we must first do a good job on defense! On the offensive end, first look for an opportunity to grab 2 points! Then try to get the opportunity to drag the game into overtime!" Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said loudly!

This is a very conventional tactic, how can D'Antoni fail to see Mark Jackson's intentions.

So D'Antoni directly told Howard to stick to the basket.

Howard: "Happy to oblige!"

Howard is excited at the moment, even if D'Antoni doesn't say it, he will defend with all his might!
The game came back, and Curry broke through directly to the basket!

But how could Tang De let him rush in so easily? Just kidding, Tang De's defensive ability is not a joke, otherwise he would not have the status of the current team!

So in the end, even though Curry managed to get to the basket, it took a full 15 seconds!

What's even more tragic is that Curry, who broke into the basket, was not lucky this time!

Howard directly serves with a big hat!
This block completely ignited the atmosphere of Staples, which is simply too morale-boosting.

The shouts of MVP sounded again!

Howard was so happy...

He even wanted to say: "Look, I'll just say it, as long as there is no Kobe, as long as I establish my team's boss status, I will be invincible!"

Although it is a bit brainless to say this, Howard really did this kind of thing later.

He really said something similar when facing a reporter's question!

So, Howard, a former superstar, often doesn't know how to play, he just has no brains at all.

I only know how to laugh and laugh all day long, dare to say anything, dare to do anything!
This is really not intentional to black him, the fact is true, since Howard left the magic team, he has been living a life of nomads, no matter which team he is in, he can't find the state he was in the magic period, of course the injury is also A very important reason!
Howard's block this time directly announced the end of the game!

The Lakers finally won the Warriors at home by 6 points!

After the game, Tang De took a deep breath, and finally let go of his hanging heart!
In the whole game, Tang De played 19 minutes and scored 6 points on 4 of 10 shots!
Although the score is still not very high, Tang De also has 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 2 blocks!

For Tang Dede's performance, D'Antoni, as the head coach, is all in his eyes.

D'Antoni originally just brought Tang De on the field as an emergency. What he didn't expect was that in the last 3 minutes of the game, Tang De scored 4 points on 3 of 6 shots. He was one of the important contributors to the team's victory!

So when the game ended, D'Antoni unexpectedly gave Tang De a big American hug, which made Tang De flattered for a while...

Just as a substitute player of the team, when was Tang De recognized so much by the head coach!
"Don, congratulations, you did it! You did a great job! Maybe I should go talk to Kupchak about your contract extension!"

D'Antoni said with a haha.

Hearing D'Antoni say this, it is impossible to say that Tang De is not excited. Although Tang De has systematic help, as long as he is given enough time, he has the confidence and strength to gain a firm foothold in any NBA team , but what he hopes most is to stay with the Lakers!

Tang De knew what this meant!
This means that at least the team coach D'Antoni now recognizes himself!
Although it is said that the right to decide on one's own contract lies with the team's management, but the recommendation of the head coach definitely plays a very important role!

But Tang De didn't show much mood swings.

"Aoye's coach, I did it, I just play, I just want to win the game!" Tang De said with a smile!

The happiest person now is D'Antoni. Anyway, this season, the Lakers in the playoffs are unlikely to go far, and it is very likely that they will make a round trip!

He was not happy all season, he suffered all kinds of doubts.

Now he suddenly discovered that Tang De might be a plastic talent, which suddenly aroused the passion in D'Antoni's heart.

Tang De has a perfect small forward height, excellent defensive ability, and good shooting ability. The key is that Tang De can run on the court, which is very suitable for fast break!
And all of this is most suitable for D'Antoni's consistent tactical style!
Tang De learned from past memories that he signed a 1+1 rookie basic salary contract with the Lakers, and the sum of two years is just over 100 million, which is still before tax!
The most important thing is that Tang De's contract will expire this summer!
So what Tang De needs most now is to sign a good contract, otherwise he will really be poor...

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