Almighty Coach

The regular season of the new season has officially started.

The opening game of the new season at the Staples Center will naturally be reserved for the wealthy Lakers. As for the Clippers in the same city, the first game of the season will fly to Portland to play against the Trail Blazers.

The Blazers are a strong team. They have been in the playoffs in recent years, and their performance has been steadily improving. In the fiercely competitive West, being able to stay in the playoffs is enough to prove the strength of the team.

In contrast, the Clippers are not considered a strong team, and they traded away last season's core player Ronnie, and signed some retired and comeback balloon stars, and instantly became "old, weak, sick" Asylum for the Disabled", so both professional commentators and ordinary fans are optimistic about the Blazers winning this game.

In the prediction before the game, the nine sports commentators interviewed by the media all gave the answer that the Blazers would win, and the odds of the bookmaker also confirmed this point.

The Blazers fans at home seemed very excited. Although the game hadn't started yet, they had already begun to think about what method to use to welcome the first victory of the new season.

In the Blazers' locker room, the players looked very relaxed, and they all felt that this was an easy game to win. The players at the end of the team's bench are gearing up, because they feel that this game will soon enter garbage time, when they can get seven or eight minutes of playing time. For those players who have not entered the rotation lineup, it is worth celebrating to have the opportunity to play and perform in front of the coach.

The Trail Blazers coaching staff also seemed very relaxed. After all, the opponent is the Clippers, which is a "shelter for the elderly, weak, sick and disabled". The coaching staff does not think that a group of old and weak soldiers who have retired will be able to play their remaining heat after returning to the game. What's more, the Blazers' double guns in the backcourt are also the top backcourt combination in the league. They can definitely beat the Clippers with ease.

On the other hand, in the Clippers' locker room, the atmosphere is much more serious. Hall, Ramon and Gray all returned to the game after retiring. This is their first official game after their comeback, so they will naturally pay special attention to it. Especially Gray, this ex-genius didn't have much experience in the game. He only played more than a hundred NBA games before, and now he is back again, and he is also the starting center of the Clippers. There is even a nervous feeling in his heart mood.

Dai Li sat alone on a chair, holding a tactical board in his hand, seemingly closing his eyes to rest his mind, but in fact he was using the prophecy drawing box.

"Heavenly and earthly, gods from all walks of life are about to appear, give me a lottery!" Dai Li murmured silently in his heart, and in the system, a lottery was drawn from the prophecy box.

"It's the top sign! Although it's not the top sign, it's pretty good. Let's see what's written on the sign."

Dai Li checked immediately, and the sign said "Give the ball to Wood."

"What does this mean?" Dai Li thought for a while, finally stood up, walked among the players, and said, "Let me tell you about the tactical arrangement of this game."

The players immediately stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to Dai Li.

Dai Li coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and then said, "Our strategy for this game is very simple. Give the ball to Wood."

Everyone continued to look at Li Dai eagerly, waiting for him to continue talking, but Li Dai became quiet and did not intend to continue speaking.

Or Wood couldn't bear it anymore, he was the first to ask, "Coach, what then?"

"What then?" Dai Li asked subconsciously.

Wood looked at Dai Li inexplicably: "I mean pass the ball to me, what should I do after that? Is it a pick-and-roll, or a breakthrough to create opportunities for the outside line, or should I directly attack the basket?"

"Well, you can figure it out yourself." Dai Li said casually.

"You can figure it out?" Wood blinked. He has played basketball for so many years, and he has never seen the head coach arrange tactics like this.

"Is there a problem?" Dai Li asked back, and then said: "Wood, you are the point guard, and you are the leader on the court. How the team organizes the offense is what you should do, isn't it?"

"Yes, it's just..." Wood seemed a little hesitant.

"Are you worried that you won't be able to take on this important task?" Dai Li asked with a smile.

Wood didn't answer, but acquiescing was tantamount to acknowledging what Li Dai said.

"Do you think you haven't returned to your original state?" Dai Li continued to ask. He didn't wait for Wood's answer, but said, "Wood, there are many excellent players in our team. They used to be superstars, but everyone None of them have returned to their peak state, including you."

"I know, you need more time to get back your touch, to get back the feeling of the game, but now that the regular season has started, we don't have that much time. So I need someone to stand up first, who can Lead the team forward, I think that person is you!"

"You started to resume training in May, which is earlier than others, and your condition is also the best recovery, which is why I choose you, I think you can take on this responsibility. You Don't have any worries, as long as it is the choice you think is right, you will try boldly."

Dai Li said, looking at Wood with trusting eyes.

Wood suddenly felt extremely moved in his heart. He didn't expect Dai Li to trust him so much. The role of the authority scepter also made Wood feel that Li Dai's words were as correct as an imperial decree.

"Coach, I will definitely work hard." Wood said with a straight face.

Seeing the players walking onto the field, Dai Li tightened his face to hide his embarrassment, and thought to himself, "Finally, I've fooled the lottery!"

...

Wood stood on the court and looked around the auditorium.

The regular season is already a bit unfamiliar to him. Due to continuous injuries, he has only played less than 30 games in recent seasons. He has even forgotten the feeling of the regular season.

The player standing across from him is staring at him. This Blazers player is named Dumid. He is the core of the Blazers and one of the two backcourt guns of the Blazers. He won the Rookie of the Year in his rookie season, was selected to the All-Star three times, and was selected to the All-NBA First Team once.

In fact, in terms of age, Wood is only two years older than Damed, but Wood entered the NBA earlier. When Wood won the regular season MVP that year, Dumid was just a rookie who had just entered the NBA. But now, the rookie of the year has become a top guard in the league, and Wood, the youngest regular season MVP in history, has become a disabled veteran who has lost his glory.

Wood and Dumid are the same height, 6-foot-3, and weigh about the same, at 192 pounds and 193 pounds. In terms of achievements, Wood and Dumid are similar, both are three-time All-Stars, both are All-Stars, and both have won the All-Star Skills Competition. The only gap between the two is a regular season MVP.

Wood knows that his opponent is very difficult to deal with. His average data per game is similar to his peak. He doesn't know whether he can cope with the challenge of this rising star.

Dumid on the opposite side looked at Wood with a provocative look.

In the culture of the NBA, there is never a lack of provocation, especially the juniors. It is very normal to provoke the seniors. Some seniors even want their juniors to provoke themselves, and then they can bully the rookies and rub the juniors on the ground.

But today Dumid obviously wanted to press Senior Wood to the ground and rub it hard.

As an All-Star guard, Dumid never feels that he is inferior to others, but when people discuss the backcourt players in the NBA, they don't regard him as the top existence. Especially when compared with the defenders of several strong teams in the West, Dumid has become the worst.

Among the strong teams in the Western Conference, the guard of the Rockets won the regular season MVP, the guard of the Thunder won the regular season MVP, and the guard of the Warriors was elected as the MVP of the regular season twice. Compared with them, although Dumid has a top The guard's data, the Trail Blazers he is in is also very good, but he has never won the regular season MVP, as if he kept telling Dumid: "In the West, you are a younger brother!"

With resentment towards the MVP, Dumid faced Wood, and the Wood in front of him was the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history. For this reason alone, Dumid would also beat Wood.

Dumid wants to prove to the world that he is much better than those regular season MVPs!

...

This is the first game of the new season, and neither side seems to have entered the game state, which can be seen from the defensive attitude and tactical movement.

It is normal for the Clippers to enter the game slowly. After all, the team is full of comeback players. They have not participated in official games for a year or two. They need time to recover and adapt.

The Blazers are simply because the players are still in a state of "holiday syndrome" because of the start of the new season.

The defensive intensity of the game is not considered a fight, and the two sides played back and forth. However, at the end of the first quarter, the Clippers fell behind by 10 points.

The Blazers Dumid made 3 of 5 three-pointers and added two free throws. He scored 11 points alone.

Dumid is a player with strong scoring ability. His shooting is very accurate, especially the three-pointer. Half of the shots were from beyond the three-point line. It is not an exaggeration for a player like him to score more than ten points in a game.

For the Clippers, although Wood can also shoot three-pointers, his three-pointer ability is much worse than that of Dumid. His best offensive method is to break through to the basket with the ball and face the defensive players. , and this scoring method is also called the "knee killer". None of the players who used this method to score in history would have good knees.

It is also because of this offensive method that Wood has a "fifty or sixty-year-old" knee.

Now with the help of Dai Li, Wood's knees have recovered. He has explosive power and speed, and he has started to use the way of breaking through throws to score.

It is still a beautiful continuous change of direction, sudden start and stop, strong explosive power, and then a quick breakthrough and elegant layup. Wood's signature offense can make the opponent's defense become seven zero. Baluo, if no one is flanking or assisting in defense, it is difficult to stop Wood's offense with one defense and one defense.

It's just that the shooting percentage of the final throw was a bit horrible, 1 of 7 shots, which made Wood very embarrassed. You must know that his shooting percentage after the breakthrough was close to 50%, and that does not include foul free throws. If you count his average of 7 free throws per game, the true shooting percentage of his offense using this method It's close to 70%.

...

"Our hit rate is a bit bad." Assistant coach Cassell said with a worried face.

"I know." Dai Li nodded: "Wood still needs time to get back the feel. But I believe that the feel will come back soon."

Dai Li turned his head as he spoke, looked at Kassel who had a somewhat anxious expression, and continued, "Wood was once the MVP of the regular season. As long as he is given enough chances, he will quickly return to his previous state. And I I have always believed in a point of view that actual combat is the best teacher for athletes!"