unfinished glory

Chapter 174 Opening Battle ([-])
With a 17-point lead, return to the visiting team's locker room.

Generally speaking, the leading team will be a little more lively at this time, but at the moment the visiting team's locker room is quiet, no one wants to make a joke at this time and anger the team boss.

Li Chongxiao's originally calm mood began to slowly burst into flames after he rested.But he is good at restraining his emotions and doesn't want to vent his anger on others.

He didn't want to talk at this time, but as the team leader, he had to come out and say a few words:

"Brothers, what's the matter with you? This kind of performance doesn't look like the leading side?" Then he said with a smile: "Our head coach is not so strict, is he satisfied with being so far ahead?"

"I'm very satisfied with everyone's performance. After all, this is the Spurs' home court." Carlisle shrugged, indicating that he had no objection: "Everyone will continue to work hard in the second half and keep this score until the end."

"Let me just say, under normal circumstances, Popovich is the only one who is not satisfied with this situation. Before we led by more than 20 points, we were scolded because of poor tactics."

Seeing that Li Chongxiao was able to make fun of Popovich, his teammates knew that he really didn't mind, and the atmosphere became active.

Gasol first stated that he would support Li Chongxiao in whatever he wanted to do in the second half, and other players also responded and would keep passing the ball to him.

Li Chongxiao waved his hand and said, "The coach is still here, you can arrange tactics for him, can't you?"

"As long as you win, I have no problem with you shooting 80 shots a game." Carlisle didn't mind.

"OK!" Li Chongxiao took the tactical board and began to explain the "tactics" in a serious manner. The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly became active.

At the same time, there was silence in the locker room of the home team.There are several players who have worked with Li Chongxiao for four years. Facing the performance of the audience, it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad.

Especially Duncan, everyone knows that he has a very close relationship with Li Chongxiao, and it is not suitable to say anything to stimulate him at this time.

Only Popovich came in to break the silence.The team fell behind at home, and he had to find a way to get the game back.

In the matter of Li Chongxiao's departure, he thought he did nothing wrong, but many people, including his proud disciple Duncan, thought there was something wrong with him.Seeing the team's market value decline and revenue decrease, even the owner Holt, who has always supported him, has quite a few criticisms.

Popovich is also a tough-tempered person. He didn't want to lose to Li Chongxiao in this game. After the game, he was dubbed the "blind old man" by the media.The only way to save myself will be to win every game against the Grizzlies.

The tactics failed in the first half, leading to falling behind.He carefully studied the data of the players, frowning.Popovich found that Li Chongxiao had already scored 20 points, but the score was only a bit explicit in the second quarter, and the rest of the time was scored silently. This shows that the Grizzlies' team basketball is playing well and their tactical system is very mature.

The most urgent task is to destroy the opponent's chemical reaction, which is the strategy he thought of immediately.So Popovich made some tactical adjustments, and then found the team staff and arranged them, depending on whether these measures worked in the second half.

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At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs attacked first.This tactic is relatively simple, that is, Duncan singles, leaning on Gasol to score a goal.

Then the Grizzlies fought back, and Li Chongxiao scored a two-pointer with a post-up single.

Both sides come and go. Overall, the Spurs are slightly more efficient.They reduced the pass, played more simply, but received a miraculous effect.

Ginobili became the star of the field during this period. Facing Battier's defense, he shot from left to right and scored 12 points alone, helping the Spurs narrow the point difference to 9 points.

Li Chongxiao saw that the team's situation was a bit reversed, and he didn't care about other things. With a strong attack, he scored 5 points in a row, and even passed an assist, helping the team to open the point difference to 12 points.

Seeing that Li Chongxiao played reasonably even amid the boos of the audience, Popovich knew it was time to use special measures.

He put last year's draft pick Marcus Williams on for a breathless Bowen and guarded Lee.

After the Spurs scored a goal, Li Chongxiao continued to attack. Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter from the audience.

On the big screen at the scene was a photoshopped picture pulled out from the audience, on which was a large portrait of Li Chongxiao's mother, Wang Caixia.Wang Caixia wore a pointed witch's hat, her face was full of wrinkles, and she was breastfeeding Li Chongxiao who was in the shape of a baby.

Next to the picture is Li Chongxiao's house in Memphis. It was reported in the news that this house was managed by Wang Caixia and Li Chongxiao lived in directly.

There is also a paragraph below the picture: "Go back to your mother's arms and breastfeed!"

Seeing this scene, Li Chongxiao was furious. He could insult him, but not his mother.

He took the initiative to call a timeout, and was about to protest to the league officials on the sidelines. Carlisle had already stepped forward to negotiate.

At this moment, Marcus Williams, the Spurs player who was facing him, said next to him: "What's the matter, are you going to cry to find your mother?"

Li Chongxiao turned around and was about to step forward, but Conley beside him had already rushed over, pushed Marcus Williams away, and shouted, "What are you, you dare to come here to provoke?"

The referee hurried over to separate the two sides and gave Conley a technical foul.

Back off the court, under the protest of the Grizzlies, the Spurs staff reluctantly let the audience put away the pictures.

Carlisle was worried about Li Chongxiao's mood, so he hurried forward to comfort him and let him calm down.

Li Chongxiao picked up a towel and wiped his sweat, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll give them some color to see later." He stood up and straightened his clothes: "I will hurt them and remind them of today's game Come to hate. The more it hurts, the more it hates, and the more it hates, the more it hurts.”

Back on the court, after waiting for the Spurs to make a technical foul free throw, he offered to bring the ball across half court.

When his teammates were about to pick and roll for him, he raised his left hand and pointed out a "1" with his index finger.

Then, before his teammates and opponents could react, the dribble broke through Bowen, who was replaced again, and made a mid-range shot.

In the second offensive round, Li Chongxiao stretched out his left hand again and made a gesture of "scissors".This time, the teammates have experience, and the Spurs think what tactics the Grizzlies will play, as if they are facing a big enemy.

Li Chongxiao took two steps against Bowen, turned around and hit a two-pointer with a jumper.

In the third offensive round, he made another "OK" gesture.This time the Spurs were even more nervous. They didn't know whether it was the Grizzlies who wanted to play tactics or Li Chongxiao who wanted to play singles.

The players on the Grizzlies bench all held back their laughter, watching Li Chongxiao make a three-pointer in front of Bowen's defense.

Then not only the substitute players were rocking with laughter, but Carlisle also succeeded in disguise.

He was worried that Li Chongxiao's emotions would be affected by the audience, but it seemed that the core of the team was very sober on the field.

He was still a little worried that Li Chongxiao would disrupt the team's offensive rhythm, but he quickly remembered the situation when the two of them were chatting.Li Chongxiao's "Because, I can" left a deep impression on him, so he simply sat on the bench and enjoyed the other party's performance

These three gestures not only caused chaos for the Spurs, but also confused the fans at the scene. They didn't know what it meant, and even the slogan "Traitor (traitor)" was weakened.

Some smart people thought they had figured out the rules: "1" is a single, "2" is two points, and "3" is three points.But soon "4" also came, and "5" was also a single.

How can there be such a tactic?
The audience at the home court looked at the Grizzlies bench that was overjoyed, and they were speechless for a while.Even the spectators sitting close couldn't help but wonder what Li Chongxiao's gestures of 1~5 meant for these players.

The players of the Grizzlies certainly know that Li Chongxiao told them in the locker room just now that this tactic is called the "Kobe tactic":
Stretch out a finger, which means "brother is going to play singles";
Stretch out two fingers, which means "Brother is going to have two points";
Stretch out three fingers, which means "brother is going to shoot a three-pointer";
Stretch out four fingers, which means "you four open the gap for brother";
Stretch out five fingers, which means "watching brother perform a one-on-five for you".

(End of this chapter)