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Chapter 24

"Why hasn't the head coach replaced this guy?" After sitting on the bench and watching Al Jefferson tormenting Spencer Hawes on the court, Yan Hua kept looking up at the head coach. Coach Reggie Toyce waited for him to summon himself to play again, but until the end of the first half, Yan Hua did not get another chance to play, although in the first quarter of the game, Yan Hua consumed a lot of Physical strength, but as his first NBA game, Yan Hua didn't want to sit on the bench until the end of the game after only playing for more than ten minutes.

Perhaps for the sake of protecting Yan Hua, after starting in the first quarter and playing all 12 minutes of a single quarter, Yan Hua was firmly pressed to the bench by head coach Reggie Troyce On, until the end of the first half, Reggie Toyes did not show the intention of letting him play again.

Spencer Hawes, who replaced Yan Hua in the second quarter, was blown away by Al Jefferson without any suspense. Spencer Hawes made 12 of 2 shots in 0 minutes. He scored 1 point by free throws and grabbed 3 rebounds at the same time. Al Jefferson, who was facing Spencer Hawes, was like a god in the second quarter, shooting 7 of 6 shots. In the middle, he scored 12 points in a single quarter and grabbed 5 rebounds, leading the Timberwolves to beat the Kings 23 to 17.

As for the new core Kevin Martin, who has high hopes from the Kings management, his performance in the first half of the game today was not ideal. Kevin Martin, under the defense of Ryan Gomez, made 11 shots throughout the first half With only 3 hits, he can be regarded as the king behind the Timberwolves by 8 points at halftime.

Although the Kings trailed the Timberwolves by as much as 8 points at the end of the first half, Yan Hua was surprised to find that when the Kings players on the field were off the field, the head coach Reggie Toyes turned out to have a look on his face. Smiling, is he very satisfied with the performance of the players on the field in the second quarter?Or was he pissed off by how poorly these guys were behaving?
"You guys were terrible in the first half, I've never seen such a bad player, if you keep playing like this, I guarantee you, you won't be able to find a job in this league anytime soon. "Yan Hua, who was sitting in the corner of the locker room, quietly raised his head, watched the head coach Reggie Toyes spit, pointing at the players in front of him to name and criticize them one by one, it was really incomprehensible for a while, Reggie -At the end of the first half, what was the meaning of the smile on the face of Toyes? Perhaps the head coach was really confused by their poor performance.

"In the third quarter, Yan, Drew, John, Kevin, Bobby, all of you will play."

"Bobby, remember to hit the basket more. Only by exerting enough pressure on them under the basket can there be more opportunities from the outside. Do you understand?"

"Yan, Drew, John, you guys must pay attention to protecting our backcourt rebounds, don't let that guy steal our rebounds again."

After turning on the hair dryer and scolding, Reggie Toyes made the decision to replace Spencer Hawes with Yan Hua, and the main point guard Ben with veteran Bobby Jackson. Nuo Udri, ready to change the team's tactics in the second half.

For the real reason why the Kings fell behind in the first half, Reggie Toyce was very clear. Since after Chris Webber, the Kings did not have a dominant inside player, so since then, the Kings tactics The style of play has always been based on the outside, especially in last season, the king even took the crooked way of the outside three-shot gunner, although Ron Artest and Mike Bibby in the outside three-shot are now They were all sent away, but the King's overall tactics did not change. In the entire first half, the King's 40 or so shots were really close to the basket within 10 feet of no more than ten times.

Although in the current NBA, the three-pointer tactics have long been popular, and there are even some extremes where the number of three-pointers shot more than 30 times in a single season, but the tyrants in this league are all powerful insiders. This is why the Kings have used their draft picks to select big players for three consecutive years. The current league still believes in the belief that the insider wins the world, and the Kings are no exception.

As for the "chicken pecking each other" between the King and the Timberwolves, it seems that the Timberwolves clearly have the inside advantage, especially in rebounding. 8, so in order to defeat the Timberwolves, the Kings will inevitably need to strengthen their inside line. This strengthening is not only in terms of protecting rebounds, but it is also imminent to strengthen their offense at the basket.

"Yan, perform well." After Reggie Toyes arranged all the tactics and personnel arrangements, the Kings players in the locker room began to walk out of the locker room one after another. However, when Yan Hua also got up to leave, the head coach Reggie Toyce stopped Yan Hua, and encouraged Yan Hua with a smile.

Looking at the somewhat familiar smile of the head coach, Yan Hua can guess a little bit. Although Yan Hua is this year's No. 12 pick and is the focus of the management's training, but for Reggie Troyes in the new season In the first game, Yan Hua was allowed to start, and the Kings still had a lot of dissatisfaction, especially Yan Hua's competitor, last season's No. 10 pick Spencer Hawes.

And now, when Spencer Hawes was shattered by Al Jefferson in the second quarter, I believe that under the comparison of Yan Hua in the first quarter, the Kings will never again There were doubts about Reggie Hawes's decision to put Yan Hua in the starting line-up, and Spencer Hawes may be able to settle down and play Yan Hua as a substitute. Just let him move the place.

"Coach, don't worry, I will try my best to play well in every game." Speaking broken English, Yan Hua expressed to head coach Reggie Hawes that he would never let down his trust in him. .

"Heavenly gift bag, here." After reappearing, Yan Hua found that Al Jefferson, who had killed the Quartet in the second quarter, did not continue to play in the third quarter, but sat on the sidelines to rest and replaced him. He played a substitute center Jason Collins with an ability value of less than 60. Al Jefferson must have consumed too much in the second quarter, so Al Jefferson started the second half. , choose to sit on the sidelines and rest for a while, Al Jefferson Yanhua can't figure it out, making this backup center is not a matter of hands, this is simply a chance given to him by God to brush up data!

"Thank you, buddy." Turning his head to look at Spencer Hawes, who was sitting on the bench and biting his finger, without any expression on his face, Yan Hua silently praised him in his heart, consuming AI Spencer Hawes must be responsible for the credit of El Jefferson, and he never forgets the well digger, so Yan Hua should also thank him.

(End of this chapter)