Fengshen NBA

Chapter 257 Zhang Reasonable Return

After playing the game in November, the Chinese team finally ushered in a good news.Zhang Li took the plane tonight, and the head coach of the Chinese team finally came back.

Because Xing Tian has to deal with the work of the head coach, his training has not been reduced during this period, so he has been in a tense situation. Now that Zhang Li is back, it is liberating for Xing Tian.

Although the Chinese team has been winning this month, but in the second half, they got bigger and more difficult. Xing Tian played more and more time, and the playing time of the substitute was squeezed out very little.

In a month's time, every team has adapted to the substitute rotation, and the main players will work hard when they play.Everyone has also begun to adapt to the referee's habit of blowing as soon as they touch it. It can be said that this is a brand new league.

Xing Tian's character is very obvious, he is unwilling to give up anyone, so as long as he chooses the opponent, the playing time will be equal to everyone.

Garnett and others played around 30 minutes. Xing Tian sacrificed a lot of playing time to replace him. If a game is played well, Xing Tian's playing time may not even be 15 minutes.

The Chinese team's advantage over other teams is also slowly disappearing. From the first week, Hill and Hu Weidong entered the top ten of the rookie list. By the end of the month, Hill ranked 16th, and Hu Weidong didn't even make the top [-] finalists.

The substitutes of other teams are also adapting to the rhythm of the game, especially those geniuses, who have displayed excellent adaptability one by one, and their performance is no worse than that of the starters.

Although Jerry West is on the bench for the Bulls, he scored 19.8 points and 6 assists in November. He has become the leader of this rookie class. Some people even commented that the Bulls' bench is better than the starter.

Wharton also took out his best tactics. In Xing Tian's words, his tactics are Tian Ji's horse racing, put all the strong players on the bench, and put his strongest players on the bench to beat the opponent's weakest substitute.

Xing Tian also used this trick, but was slowly discovered by other coaches in the league.The Chinese team also relied on this to perform well in the first month.

In the words of the outside world, it is Wharton's tactic of stealing Xingtian, but in the end Wharton has been using this tactic, Xingtian did not use such a tactic, but used the main force to solve the problem.

At the same time, George Gervin finally realized Garnett's sadness. He scored 26 points and 3 assists in a month, but the team kept losing and the ranking was not as good as West.

In this way, George Gervin was very annoyed. He was very unwilling to lose the No. [-] pick. He couldn't beat Jerry West in the college league, but he couldn't match it in the NBA.

However, the five players of the Chinese team performed very well. Griffin ranked third, Jordan Jr. ranked fourth, and Cassel fifth.

The results of the Mavericks and the Thunder are also improving. Although not as obvious as the Chinese team, at least they have the hope of entering the playoffs, especially Griffin averaged 18+12+6 per game.

Although these people participated in the NBA for the first season, they have been serving as the training partners of the Chinese team. As long as there is a training game, they will work hard, so they will often go through training games comparable to NBA games.

Every team is satisfied with their selection of rookies now, at least there are no parallel imports. Under such a big environment, rookies are slowly starting to realize their potential.

Today, Zhang Reasonable's plane is at ten o'clock in the evening. Xing Tian, ​​Garnett, and McGrady drove to pick up the plane together. Others wanted to come, but Xing Tian called him back.

It is enough for three people to pick up Zhang Lili, and the training and rest of the others cannot be delayed.The training of the Chinese team is still very hard, especially they also saw that the main players are training so hard, and the substitutes can't be lazy.

This month, Xing Tian has worked as the head coach of the team, and now the players are more or less afraid of Xing Tian. Even Garnett and McGrady were scolded by Xing Tian when they performed poorly on the court.

"Kevin, Tracy, don't worry, Coach Zhang is a kinder coach!" Xing Tian said with a smile, looking at Garnett who was driving, and McGrady in the back seat.

Because it was the first time for me to work as a head coach, I always kept a straight face. It is estimated that these two guys scolded me a lot in private.

"Hehe!" The two smiled wryly. During this time of winning, the two of them were often nagged by Xing Tian, ​​and they had no reason to refute, so they could only be scolded silently every time.

In fact, what the two of them thought in their hearts was that they could accept any head coach, as long as they weren't as nagging and annoying as Xing Tian.

A simple shooting drill can break Garnett and McGrady. Although it is very effective, it is simply abuse for Garnett and McGrady.

The Chinese plane was delayed for more than an hour, but the three of them didn't dare to enter directly. After all, they are all stars in Los Angeles, and they are the focus of fans' attention wherever they go.

After waiting for more than an hour, the three of them almost fell asleep in the car. Zhang Lili knocked on the window to wake them up. Fortunately, they had told Zhang Lili about the car before, so Zhang Lili would not miss it.

"Coach, I can't tell where you are sick?" Xing Tian saw his radiant face, he did not seem to have overcome a serious illness at all, as if he had just rested for a while.

"Hey, domestic affairs are too complicated!" Zhang Lili shook his head, but Xing Tian was very sure that Zhang Lili was not due to injury, but because of special reasons.

Afterwards, Zhang Lili discussed with Xing Tian. Zhang Lili was forced by some domestic bosses to stay in China to help them establish a domestic basketball league. The general plan was only completed this month.

Of course, Zhang Lili couldn't tell such a secret thing, so he left the Chinese team and stayed in the country alone.But this is also some of the conditions for him to trade with some domestic bosses.

"Kevin, Trish! Welcome to join the Chinese!" Zhang Lili greeted the two foreign players as soon as he came up. Although he was in China, he has been paying attention to the changes of the team.

It can be said that these two people have raised the Chinese team to two levels when they came to the Chinese team. Zhang Lili also has the idea of ​​winning the championship, but he still doesn't know the personalities of the two people very well, and he doesn't know if they can accept some special rules of the Chinese team.

"Coach, you're being polite. Both of us admire your coaching, so we came here to join the Chinese!" Garnett chuckled. He had been abused by Xing Tian during this period, and he couldn't wait to change to another coach.

"Haha!" Zhang Lili laughed. Li Nan often told himself that Xing Tian was very strict in the management of people in the team. Even players like Garnett made mistakes and were driven by Xing Tian to run laps.

The first game of Zhang Lili's return was against the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. The performance of the Cavaliers this season is not bad. Under the leadership of Irving and Love, they already have the atmosphere of a strong team.

But in today's game, everyone is more concerned about the return of the head coach of the Chinese team, and what changes Zhang Reasonable's return will bring to the Chinese team.

The game changed in the first quarter. The Chinese team no longer used the strategy of the Chinese team in the first month to let Guo Ailun and Jeremy Lin take turns starting, but replaced it with Xing Tian, ​​who had been the head coach for a month.

Although this game was not the home of the Chinese team, when Xing Tian made his debut as the starter, he was still cheered by the fans. Xing Tian only started three games this season, so everyone still welcomes him very much.

But Xing Tian made Cleveland fans despair in the first quarter. Irving has become a superstar who can decide a game this season, but he met Xing Tian and his performance was not as good as last season.

His ball handling and his breakthroughs are impressive. Xing Tian made his debut today. Cleveland fans felt that this game was a test for Irving.

But they never imagined that Irving's first breakthrough was taken by Garnett behind him, and the basketball was passed to Xing Tian by Garnett. Xing Tian went straight down, but he didn't attack, but Throwing the king of the ball to the sky, McGrady jumped up and grabbed the basketball and dunked it into the basket.

Xing Tian knew that he couldn't defend Irving, so he made a defensive gesture, and he believed that with Garnett's strength, he would definitely be able to fan out Irving who broke through. What Xing Tian had to do was to let Irving catch the ball.

Owen would not be fooled the second time. The Chinese restricted area is very tight, so he chose a jumper, but Xing Tian's height and concentration blocked Owen's jumper.

Few people can shoot directly in front of Xing Tian. Xing Tian's height is the second tallest in the league among point guards. The first is Magic Johnson.

It is more difficult for these two people to break through the defense, but it is easier to defend the jump shot. They can often rely on their height to put pressure on the attacker.

After so long without starting, Xing Tian was a little excited. He took the ball and quickly rushed to the Cavaliers' penalty area. Before the opponent Shumpert came over, he scored a two-pointer for the Chinese team with a one-handed dunk.

Relying on Xing Tian's starting lineup, the Chinese team led the Cavaliers by 6 points in the first quarter. Everyone also saw that the Chinese team's strength had reached a peak.

However, during the second quarter when the Chinese team was on the bench, the Chinese team was instantly tied by the opponent, and the Cavaliers led by 6 points before the Chinese team started playing.

Although the Chinese team won the game, the Chinese team's substitutes lost nearly 12 points. In November, Xing Tian played as a substitute, so the Chinese team's substitute strength was not pulled away by other teams.

Without Xing Tian's substitute, they seemed to be unable to play.This made Zhang Lili very helpless off the court, and this was also a big hole left by Xing Tian.

(End of this chapter)