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Chapter 769 Playoff Match



Chapter 769 Playoff Match

Back at the Golden One Center at home, the Kings ushered in the challenge of the Eagles, Curry taught Tre Young, Antetokounmpo taught Collins, Tatum also bullied fellow rookie Bembry, and Su Yang even beat Pierce. Win by 23 points.

The next day, the All-Star substitute list was announced.

Cousins ​​was officially selected, and Brogdon lost to Lillard by a slight disadvantage, which made many fans express regret.

Su Yang didn't care at all. After all, Lee's guidance is one person, one city, but the 76ers official suddenly jumped out and tweeted congratulations to Simmons for being selected as an All-Star. Saying that you win first is not a win.

Although Brogdon was not mentioned, anyone could see the official ridicule of the 76ers, and Su Yang immediately decided to make trouble.

The next day, February 76, the Kings played against the [-]ers at home.

Su Yang adjusted the rotation and arranged for Brogdon's starting partner Curry to appear on the stage. He also emphasized to Brogdon: "After you play later, as long as you fall into the defensive position, you should stay two meters away from Simmons. Use him not to go far Cast your faults as a taunt."

"Will it be too ruthless?" Brogdon was a little surprised, but Brother Antetokounmpo and others expressed that they wanted to be more ruthless.

The game then started, and the Kings quickly played a 15-4 attack wave. It was not how fierce the Kings were attacking, but on the defensive end. Brogdon shrank and restricted Simmons from breaking through. Embiid wanted to give Simmons the inside The space is [-]% self-defeating.

The Kings built their lead just like that until the end of the game, beating the 76ers by as many as 23 points without any change.

In the whole game, with the whole team helping to make the ball, Brogdon scored 34 points and 3 assists, completely blowing Simmons.

Attending the press conference after the game, without waiting for the reporter to ask questions, Su Yang picked up the microphone and said: "Please help me tell the official Twitter of the 76ers that Brogdon is indeed better than Simmons, at least from the past to the present, has been That's it..."

Social media heated discussions ensued. Fans made many GIFs and emoji pictures, mocking or spoofing that Simmons was emptied two meters away and did not take a shot. Rondo and Dream Chasing Green unexpectedly appeared on the scene. More fans wondered why Simmons Refuse to shoot from long range.

Seeing the hot discussion, Su Yang said in his heart that the 76ers must thank himself. This is an early detection and early treatment to avoid late stages.

After a day off, the Kings flew to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs, fought hard for four quarters, and finally lost 4 points.

In the replay after the game, the Kings didn't have too many unforced errors. The only thing left was that the Spurs played well. Although Leonard only had 25 points, the Spurs finally played the rhythm they played against other teams. The team had six players. Scored in double figures, and the offense was smooth.

"Don't underestimate the heart of a championship for a moment, CP3 actually chooses to run more without the ball." On the plane returning to Sacred City, assistant coach Mike Brown sighed again and again, "At this age, facing the decline of explosive power, he chooses to improve other abilities ..."

Su Yang was also quite surprised. A person with such a strong personality like Paul, who even made LeBron a bad rebounder, would choose to play more off-ball in the Spurs, and it was not like the Rockets, who ran to the other side after handing over the ball and waited. , but run like Curry.

Emergency stops, catching and shooting are not Paul's specialty, but Popovich has made adjustments and used a lot of mobile offensive tactics, which can not only make up for Paul's C&S disadvantage, but also continue to use Paul's basketball IQ. A whole new level.

However, the Spurs have not become stronger, but have become more stable. If they really want to play a seven-game series, it all depends on the critical moment.

The whole team flew back to Saskatchewan, when the Lunar New Year was approaching, Su Yang began to participate in various dinners and activities, ran back and forth in the Chinese district of Saskatchewan, Los Angeles Chinatown, San Gabriel, Irvine and other areas, and even flew once Flushing, New York, mainly wants to integrate the strength of the Chinese in the United States and set up a mutual aid group to better speak for the Chinese, just like the Irish people back then.

There was no coaching in the game, and it was all handed over to Mike Brown as an agent. Fortunately, it lasted for 7 days and won all 4 games.

NO.16, Su Yang, who was finally free, flew to Charlotte to participate in the All-Star Game, watched Tatum participate in the Rookie Challenge, watched Curry participate in the three-point contest, and finally coached the All-Star, giving Wade and Noah Witsky, who specializes in setting up signature tactics.

After returning to Saskatchewan after the All-Star Weekend, Su Yang discussed with Hinkie about the trade deadline and decided not to make a trade. As for other teams in the league, only the Raptors and Grizzlies made big trades. In the East, the Cavaliers and The Celtics didn't make a big move.

In the west, Davis still stayed in the Pelicans, Rondo was not sent away by the Rockets, and got along with Harden unexpectedly, but the Lakers did not wait for the third giant, and the Warriors did not have much reinforcement. Not up or down, the pattern has hardly changed.

Against the Warriors on the 21st, Su Yang took over the coach again.

It's a pity that the Kings lost 123 to 125 and lost to the Warriors for the second time in the season. The more obvious problem is that they only made 33 of 10 three-pointers, which did not reach the average level, and allowed the Warriors to grab 14 offensive rebounds, which was slightly limited. Durant.

Because of successive losses to the Warriors and Spurs, the betting website has increased the odds of the King winning the championship, indicating that they are not so optimistic about the King.

ESPN and other media also once again pointed out the King's rebounding problem. Antetokounmpo and others also took the initiative to hold a meeting on the plane to discuss, but Su Yang didn't care much. After all, part of the reason for the lack of rebounds was the defensive strategy, and he had already decided not to make adjustments.

The team's special plane landed in Oklahoma City and challenged the Thunder after a day's rest. Su Yang arranged various strategies step by step.

The game was won easily, and the King flew to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves. It was still an easy win, and the whole team did not have much joy of winning. It seemed that they all agreed that they only needed to stay healthy for the rest of the regular season, and only the playoffs were enough. focus.

Su Yang didn't worry about it. He adjusted his playing time when he returned to the home court, and reused several young people such as Bridges, Dun Luo, Tatum and Sabonis. Wins against the Clippers, Knicks and Celtics.

With six consecutive victories, the Kings started their first away trip in March. Su Yang did not accompany the team, but stayed in Sacred City to accompany Jiang Ruolan. Finally, at NO.15, the birth of his son Su Feng was expected. Eight days of maternity leave, and did not officially return to the team until the 24th.

Just when the Kings challenged the Lakers in an away game, Kobe bluntly said that he wanted to be Su Feng's basketball leader, and strive to train him to the point of entering the NBA. Like Rivers, he staged the scene of Lao Tzu coaching his son.Su Yang agreed on the spot, intending to become a teacher when he was older.

After the big victory over the Lakers, the Kings beat the Clippers the next day, and then started the repertoire of each season, that is, the trip to the Southwest Division. The winning streak was ended by the Cavaliers.

In the post-match rematch, although they only lost five points, they still didn't open the inside line, which led to the outside line not being opened. Hit rate drops, forcing many one-on-ones.

In the last three games, Su Yang used all of them to experiment: how to better help Cousins ​​get opportunities in the low post and better help Antetokounmpo hit the basket without starting with five-out and one-in-four-out formations Basket, unfortunately only a little change.

With back-to-back losses to the away game to the Jazz, the King's regular season record is fixed at 67 wins and 15 losses, which is 2 games ahead of the Spurs and ranks first in the league. The opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Clippers. Firth is expected to compete for the best head coach.

The other three teams in the West played against each other. The second Spurs played the seventh Rockets, the third Warriors played the sixth Trail Blazers, and the fourth Lakers played the fifth Jazz.Seeing the distribution of the matches, Su Yang thought to himself that this time, brothers Westbrook and George, don't let the rookie Mitchell do it again.

According to the schedule, the king got three days to rest. Su Yang didn't spend too much energy preparing for the game, but spent more time every day teasing the children. After all, the Clippers were too weak as a first-round opponent. The only thing to worry about was that the league might control the game. field.

"I have to find a way to make the Clippers lose their fighting spirit as soon as possible..."

(End of this chapter)


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