you are all star

Chapter 368 Civil War ([-])

That night, the Pistons' substitute players won against the Cavaliers, but the coach's operation made the players other than Neal very dissatisfied that night, because they were bewitched by the fans after the game.

After that night, except for Neal, the other four starters all had opinions on the coach, thinking that he was biased against them and deliberately tapped potential players to deprive them of the ball.

Since the four starters all have such prejudices against the coach, even if they don't object to the coach organizing their training, they are just lazy and don't train seriously.

The coach was very disappointed to see the state of the three starting players, but if he didn't talk about them, he didn't know what was the point?
Because in the past three days, the coach saw them slack in training and looked proud and complacent, so he just smiled lightly and left after explaining the assigned tasks.

The coach's approach paid a heavy price in another game after the game against the Cavaliers.

Originally, the Pacers have been very strong in recent years and have always been the spoiler of the Eastern Conference championship. In addition, players other than Neil have opinions on the coach and ignore his tactics. By the end of the second quarter, they always regarded Neal as non-existent, and if the four grabbed rebounds or the ball fell into their hands, they chose to go it alone, and the shooting percentage was not high.

This caused the coach a headache, but he still didn't want to talk about them, because the overall strength of the Pistons at this time was too strong after a big change, and the team's record was unprecedented, which made the old players of last season a little arrogant. Therefore, He wants them to taste the taste of failure first, and then make a big change in their hearts, so as to really save this team.

After the second quarter, Neil saw that he was behind the Pacers by a big score, and he was particularly disappointed during the intermission. He looked at his parents and Lavender, who made a gesture to him, first pointing to the four players who were playing at the same time. The starting player then waved to him. After the gesture reached Neil's eyes, Neil understood it and told him not to play. In this game, the coach was replaced, and other players and Ben Wallace, Rasheed , Hamilton and Prince, because the fight continued, his parents and Lavender were afraid that he would lose control of his emotions, and that he would have an unpleasant quarrel with the four of them, and embarked on a wandering career again.

After Neil received the hand signal, he took the initiative to tell the coach: "Coach, I am inexplicably tired from playing tonight, and I ask you to change to another player."

The coach asked knowingly, "Neil, why are you doing this?"

"Coach, there is no other reason, just that I am not in good form tonight, and I am afraid that I will drag the team's hind legs. You see, I have played for 10 minutes and only scored five points, zero assists, and two rebounds. For a shooting guard and point guard For me, it can be described as terrible, so I ask the coach to replace me and give those players who train very hard and want to prove themselves a little chance. You watch a game, you play five substitute players, and finally If you still win, you promise me!"

The coach suddenly became confused. Even though he knew that Neil didn't want to continue playing, but that his four teammates ignored him too much and made him play very unhappy, he took the initiative to ask for a replacement. But Neil's initiative, Instead, the coach saw him clearly, thinking that he was like the other four teammates, who was narrow-minded and wanted to shirk responsibility when encountering difficulties: "Neil, did you dislike my behavior last game? Colluded with Ben and the others to anger me?"

"Coach, you misunderstood me. I never had that kind of thought. I did this for the sake of the team, because I sometimes have a weird temper. I can't see the feeling of being ignored. Playing is a kind of joy. If The players on the court are not happy, but the audience off the court will be happy? I think your answer is the same as mine, no."

After listening to his speech, the coach didn't advise or question anything, and agreed to replace him.

In the second half, Neil was not on the field and played the role of a bench player. The fans were very puzzled and couldn't figure out why the coach did this. The score was already behind at this moment, and they were chasing points, but the hero in their hearts and The big heart is replaced, is it possible to leave some killer moves?
As the game progressed, without Neil's Pistons, the disadvantages were gradually exposed. The players who replaced him were far behind him in organization, offense and defense. He made mistakes one after another and was intercepted by the opponent. is intentional.

The audience looked at the scene of Mu on the field and shouted: "Replace him, replace him, go to Neil, go to Neil..."

The coach was very helpless, so he had to discuss it with Neil: "Neil, you heard it too, everyone wants to see your figure reappear on the court, so just feel wronged!"

"Coach, I... alright!"

The coach patted him on the shoulder: "Come on, kid! Be yourself!"

"Um……"

Neil looked at the four teammates on the field and murmured: "You four are really narrow-minded! Just because the coach replaced you and us in the last game, I feel bitter about it. I don't know what you think in your heart? We won the game. Now, the dignity and honor don’t belong to all of us? Besides, in the last game, if we keep playing with such arrogance and complacency, we may not only lose the game, but also lose without dignity.”

Neil returned to the field, and he took the initiative to walk over to give them high-fives, but instead of giving him high-fives, they were angrily, staring wide-eyed and throwing him a hurtful sentence: "Traitor, why are you back?"

"I'm a traitor?"

"You are not a traitor, what are you? Chasing points in the second half is so important, and time is so tight, but you choose to abandon us and try to hand over the victory to others. I really don't understand what you think? Since you want the Pacers to win so much, Why didn't you join the Pacers in the first place?"

"I……"

"I know I want to explain, but we won't accept this, because your ingenuity is recognized by everyone." Neil wanted to explain, but he only said one word "I", and Ben Wallace interrupted Neil. explanation interrupted.

"Brother, you and the brothers really misunderstood me, the reason why I am like this..."

"Stop the rhetoric, I won't believe anything you say, because you only care about your own high scores all the time, you don't care about the feelings of your brothers, blindly playing singles, my brothers and I have long seen you unhappy gone."

"Brother, I didn't expect that after doing so much, I didn't get the last good word. Instead, I was said to be a person who doesn't care about other people's feelings."

"Neil, you should take a rest in this game. My brothers and I can handle it well. There are not many here without you, and there are not many without you."

When Neil heard this, the corners of his eyes instantly became moist. He turned around and dragged his heavy steps, and rushed out of the gymnasium with his head lowered like flying.

Ben Wallace watched his hurried back, curled his lips, smiled slightly and whispered: "Neil, I've seen you upset for a long time. You keep calling me big brother, but you treat me like a little brother on the court."

Seeing Neil bowing his head and rushing out of the gymnasium, his parents asked Lavender to go and have a look.

(End of this chapter)