basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 228 The first defeat of the season
Under the fierce confrontation, the shooting percentage of both sides was not high. After half a quarter of the game, the score was only 10:12, and the fire led by two points.

Lu Ziqiu took the lead in mobilizing troops and gradually replaced the main players. The substitute players played harder than the main players, especially Barea and Hyde who returned to the team. They all knew that such an opportunity was rare, so Every round is almost desperate.

In this way, the situation on the court not only did not fall into a disadvantage, but also repeatedly made opportunities. After Hayes hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, the Wolves led by 1 point and entered the official timeout.

Lu Wei has been sitting at the end of the bench with Augustine and Xia Yuan today. He glanced at his teammates who were leaving the field with their heads held high, and asked the two people next to him in a low voice, "This is the style of our team. No matter how strong the opponent is, no matter how strong the opponent is. How tiring it is, but you look at them and think about yourself, do you think the coach will like to use them or use you?"

The two frowned and did not answer. They understood what Lu Wei said, but they were different from those undrafted picks. Their careers started at a higher level, and their future achievements were by no means comparable to these undrafted picks, so they would never do that Play hard.

Seeing that they lowered their heads and didn't reply, Lu Wei thought they were starting to regret, so he patted their shoulders, "I have been with the coach for more than ten years, and I know the personality of the coach best. As long as you change your attitude , the coach will definitely train you, so you don’t have to worry too much about playing opportunities.”

The two nodded reluctantly, but still disdainful in their hearts, what is the purpose of playing professional games?It's nothing more than money. It's really not worth it if your future career is affected by injuries.

During the timeout, Lu Ziqiu did not arrange any tactics, but just patted Barea and Hyde on the shoulders, "I have wronged you."

The two gritted their teeth and shook their heads firmly.

But to be honest, they really felt aggrieved when they were put into the second team to play in the second-tier league, but they also understood that it was because of their own lack of strength, not because the coach didn't pay attention to them, so after they joined the second team, their training I worked harder before, and never slack off any chance to compete.

"Let's take a break and play hard after playing. I believe you will not let me down."

"Yes, coach." The two nodded heavily.

Lan Feng came over and put his arms around their shoulders, and said with a smile: "You two brats, have you been slacking off these days?"

Barea replied shyly: "No, because we all believe that the coach will not give up on us."

"Haha, good job, perform well, try to completely replace those two softies, and return to the big family."

Luo Mang and the others also came to encourage them one by one. The two were moved, and they clenched their fists and told themselves that they must not let everyone down.

Lu Wei finally walked over, "I haven't seen you for a while, you have matured a lot."

It is indeed as Lu Wei said, but this is actually normal. After all, after arriving in the second team, they are the most capable players in the team, and naturally become the core of the second team. , The experience of handling the ball in the game has also become more sophisticated.

Lu Wei is the first captain, besides Lu Ziqiu, he has the highest prestige, to get his approval, both of them are flattered and even more excited, no matter what the result is, at least it can prove that their hard work during this time has not been in vain.

The game restarted, and Lu Ziqiu sent Luo Peng and Gao Jun, together with Barea, Hyde and Xiaozhi. Except for Luo Peng and Gao Jun, the other three had relatively poor scoring ability, but they played hard enough, even If you can't score points yourself, you will never score points for the opponent easily.

After the start of the second quarter, Lu Ziqiu removed Luo Peng and Gao Jun, and the field completely became a stage for a group of role players.

Although Luo Chen and Kaiser in the commentary seat have long been accustomed to Lu Ziqiu's employment method, they still couldn't help complaining when they saw such a lineup.

The audience didn't care so much. Although the score has been falling behind, the hard work of the role players still made their blood boil, so the shouts and cheers never stopped.

Seeing how Lu Ziqiu employs people like this, Martin quickly understood Lu Ziqiu's intentions, so he gradually removed the main players and began to use role players to compete with the Wolves.

Xia Kexin saw that Lu Wei had been communicating with Augustine and Xia Yuan, and there was nothing on his side, so he also went there.

As for Lan Feng and the others, they didn't even bother to take a look. Instead, they kept paying attention to the performance of Barea and Hyde. Although the progress was not great, it was enough to make them gratified. In this way, Augustine and Xia Yuan were in their hearts. It also becomes dispensable.

After communicating with them, Xia Kexin was completely disappointed. After all, she was different from Lu Wei. Through observation, she quickly noticed that their attitudes had not changed.

So he winked at Lu Wei, signaling him not to waste his words.

Lu Wei didn't know why, so he pulled her aside, "What do you see?"

"You don't need to communicate with them for now."

Lu Wei frowned, "Don't they mean to change?"

Xia Kexin nodded with a wry smile, "Don't worry, I'll talk to them later."

"These two idiots." Lu Wei couldn't help feeling angry, thanks to him wasting so much talk, "You don't need to communicate with them anymore. With the character of the coach, if they don't change in a short time, it will be absolutely impossible. Won't be using them again."

Xia Kexin smiled wryly again, "Why don't I know this? But Barea and Hyde can't replace them at all."

"The addition of the two of them is just to enrich the tactics. In fact, they are not as important as you think." But in fact, he knows very well that once Augustine and Xia Yuan mature, they will be no less helpful to the team than Gao Junhe Ash.

Xia Kexin didn't answer any more, and Lu Wei didn't bother to talk about them anymore. The two returned to their seats. As for Augustine and Xia Yuan, let them fend for themselves.

The game was still in full swing. Although the role players of the Wolves tried their best, in the end the fire was even better.

But even so, after the game, they still won warm applause from the audience.

When they left the court, Barea and Hyde, who played the most minutes, were so tired that their faces and legs were weak, but they still insisted on walking back to the locker room. Compared with the previous Augustine and Xia Yuan, they played longer and played harder. The physical consumption is also greater, but after the game, he behaves more like a fighter.

After returning to the locker room, Augustine and Xia Yuan were completely ignored by everyone. In the Wolves team, if they didn't dare to go all out, this was their doomed ending, because they were a pack of wolves, how could wolves think highly of sheep?
(End of this chapter)