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After Monty left, he also contacted Anthony.

"Hey, Anthony, I have something I want to tell you."

Anthony actually didn't expect that the head coach would call him.

This made Anthony feel uneasy.

After all, if the head coach calls you, that is definitely not a good thing.

"Coach, tell me, I'm listening."

After Monty thought about it, he also spoke.

"The next game against the Cavaliers, I want you to be on the bench."

"Waldfark!"

Anthony was immediately shocked.

Anyone who knows this will be shocked.

After all, Anthony, who has a champion in hand, will definitely be in the Hall of Fame after he retires.

Who wouldn't be shocked if you let such a superstar play as a substitute.

But after the shock, Anthony quickly calmed down.

After all, he was under Monty's hands, and his time was not short.

For this coach, he still understands a little bit.

Especially the novel tactics that the coach sometimes arranges make Anthony's eyes shine.

So for Monty to put him on the bench, Anthony still has to listen to Monty.

"Coach, I want to hear your thoughts."

"Actually, I don't have a strong sense of belonging to the Lakers, but for Chen Tian, ​​I am willing to sacrifice everything."

"As long as Chen Tian is with the Lakers for one day, I will definitely fight to the last moment with the Lakers."

When Anthony said this, Monty was also very emotional.

It can be said that basically everyone in the Lakers team came for Chen Tian.

Not to mention anything else, both Matthew and Yi Jianlian are fellow villagers of Chen Tian.

And Tucker, Jokic, JR and Anthony can be said to be Chen Tian's guardians.

It's like the last game against the Clippers.

Anthony saw that Chen Tian was at a disadvantage, so he immediately made a move.

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the team went crazy.

From that match, it can be seen how good the relationship between Chen Tian and them is.

In fact, such a situation can be said too much in the NBA.

It's like being a warrior now.

No matter how strong Clay and Green are, they are still willing to play next to Curry.

Needless to say, Ci Shiping's notoriety in the NBA.

But in front of Kobe, Ci Shiping will always be his little brother.

That's the beauty of their group.

Some people even voluntarily cut their salaries to stay on the team in order to be with the boss.

But the Lakers don't have to worry about that.

Not to mention that Chen Tian's salary in the future is very low, but there is such a giant as Qingkong behind him, so why can't he afford a contract.

After all, after the NBA entered the 21st century, the sense of belonging to the team basically has nothing.

Especially after Garnett and several people gathered to the Celtics.

The Baotuan of the 21st century has also begun.

Therefore, the story of one person, one city is becoming less and less in the 21st century.

Monty also directly talked about it with Anthony.

"Just now, our coaching team has already discussed the tactics against the Cavaliers."

"If it's a starting match between the two teams, the chances of winning are basically half to half."

"At the critical moment, we still have to see Chen Tian's performance."

"So we are going to make a little fuss about the bench."

"After all, the Cavaliers' bench lineup is still very poor."

When Anthony heard this, he immediately understood.

The coach hopes that he will take the opportunity to open the score when the opponent comes off the bench.

And Monty went on.

"In fact, there is another role, that is, the inside combination of Love and Howard will put a lot of pressure on you and Jokic."

"So I'm going to put Yi Jianlian in the starting lineup."

Anthony nodded.

In fact, Anthony still knows very well about his defense.

Originally, Jokic's defense was not very good.

With him, the Lakers' inside line is really over.

After all, Thompson and Howard of the Cavaliers are two concepts.

"Okay, coach, you have successfully convinced me that I can play as a substitute, but only for this game."

Monty laughed outright when he heard what Anthony said.

"no problem."

After speaking, the two hung up the phone.

It is confirmed that Anthony will play as a substitute, and Monty is relieved.

Soon the matchup between the Lakers and the Cavaliers is coming.

At ten o'clock the next night, the Lakers' home game against the Cavaliers was about to start.

In the Lakers locker room, Monty was also making tactical arrangements.

"Okay, let's talk about the starters for this game."

As soon as these words came out, even Chen Tian was stunned.

Because under normal circumstances, Monty will not say who the starter is.

So Chen Tian and the other five were locked in.

But as long as Monty said this, there must be a change.

No one took turns in this game, which proved that one of the five starters must go down.

All eyes were also on Matthew and Tucker.

After all, no one thinks that Monty will rest the Big Three.

But soon, Monty directly said the names of Matthew and Tucker.

Everyone was shocked at this moment.

That must be for people from the Big Three to play as substitutes.

"Chen Tian, ​​Yi Jianlian and Jokic."

Monty also finished talking about the starting lineup.

Everyone also looked at Anthony. No one expected that Monty would let Anthony play as a substitute.

Even Chen Tian looked at Anthony.

But Anthony didn't change his expression.

Chen Tian knew that Monty and Anthony must have discussed it in advance.

Since Anthony didn't have any complaints, Chen Tian naturally wouldn't say anything.

After all, if a team wants to win, someone must make sacrifices.

If they are all fighting on their own, then this team will definitely not go far.

After that, Monty also looked at Tucker and Chen Tian.

"This game is a very heavy task for the two of you."

When the two heard Monty's words, they also looked at Monty.

"Taker will defend Paul in this game, while Chen Tian will defend James."

"The task of the two of you is to cut off the cooperation between Paul and James."

Both of them are experts in defense, so they immediately understood what Monty meant.

But the two also know that this game is also a very heavy test for the two.

It's okay for Chen Tian to say, after all, he didn't defend James once or twice.

But Paul is not easy to defend. This guy is full of intelligence.

So Tucker is also thinking about how to defend Paul.

After explaining all this, the match between the two teams is about to begin.

At this time, the two teams also came to the court.

The second matchup between the Lakers and Cavaliers this season is about to begin.

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