"I'm not scaring you. If you are in this state, the coaching staff will definitely reduce your playing time. If you continue to lose, remove the starter, or even not play for you, it is possible."

Tang Tian knew that Whiteside had a bad head and told him straightforwardly.

塞 Whiteside looked at Tang Tian stunned, and after he figured out what he said, he nodded.

The impact of losing the first game of the series on the morale of the Pelicans is obvious. The enthusiasm of the players in the training session the next day has obviously dropped compared to the previous one.

After training, Williams called Tang Tian to his office alone.

"I want Nicola to start in the second game, what do you think?"

Williams said this, indicating that the coaching staff is very dissatisfied with Whiteside's performance.

Not to mention the last game, the Pelicans would have ended the series in the first round if Whiteside had not had so many problems.

Tang Tian shook his head.

"Nikolai's defense can't support the starting now. Opposite Popovich, he will start against, let us fall into a passive."

Tang Tian tells the truth.

Williams sighed helplessly.

虽然 Although he is not good at tactics, Tang Tian said what he knows, but Whiteside's current state is not bad for the team.

Especially in the last game, although the team members did not complain, but he was good at interpersonal relationships, he could still feel the resentment written in his heart.

"The coaching staff can do more of Hassan's psychological work. He is still our starting center."

Tangtian suggested.

Williams didn't speak, he didn't express his position after being silent for a long time, and finally let Tang Tian go back first.

Tang Tian came out of the office. He didn't know how Williams would choose, but it was foreseeable that the second game was still not easy to play.

In fact, this hesitation of Williams is understandable.

The Pelicans lost a good game in the first game. If they still lose in the second game, the big score is 0 to 2.

Since the NBA implemented a seven-game four-win system, there have been 192 occurrences of 0 to 2, but the number of successful reversals in the end is only 14 times.

If the Pelicans fall into such a situation, the opponent is still the Spurs, the chance of reversal will be very slim.

So Williams's caution is understandable.

On game day, the Pelicans arranged shooting training in the morning.

Before training began, Williams and Borrego pulled Whiteside to chat on the sidelines.

From the confident look of Whiteside, Williams finally accepted Tang Tian's suggestion.

Sure enough, after the training, Williams announced that Whiteside would continue to start in the next game.

塞 Whiteside then apologized to his teammates and promised that it would not happen again in the previous game.

Tang Tian was relieved when he saw this.

Williams is still very capable in interpersonal communication. I do n’t know what he said to Whiteside, so that the attitude of the latter has changed so much.

But this is a very positive sign.

塞 Whiteside apologized and could see his teammates look much better.

That night, the second game of the Pelicans and Spurs continued to open at the New Orleans Arena.

The cricket arena is still full, and even the enthusiasm of the fans is even higher than in the first game.

The Pelicans have accumulated a lot of **** fans for their two seasons of performance. Now the team is in a bad situation. These fans do not complain or blame the players, but cheer for the team in a more enthusiastic way.

Feeling the enthusiasm from the bottom of the heart from the fans, the self-confidence on the players' faces is much higher than before.

At the opening ceremony, Tang Tian played a short break like Walker, lighting the mood of the whole arena.

Both sides maintained the starting lineup for the first game.

Over the Spurs are Parker, Green, Leonard, Duncan and Gasol.

Here the Pelicans are Hollodi, Tang Tian, ​​Ariza, Davis and Whiteside.

塞 Whiteside leaped high to give the Pelicans a lead opportunity.

Tang Tian opened the game against Green's defensive hit.

It doesn't count, he assisted Davis in the next round and made a dunk.

After this series of adjustments, the Pelicans are not worse than the first game.

However, the Spurs are better than the first game, Parker, Gasol and Leonard took turns to score, and played with the Pelicans.

As with the regular season record and outsiders' understanding, the two teams are the standard 50-50 in strength.

If you want to win, most of the time, it depends on who is better at the details.

完 After the first quarter, the score on the court was 25 draws.

In the second quarter, the two sides have entered a rotation.

Jokic still maintained a good feel, and made a three-pointer and sent two assists.

However, the Spurs veteran Ginobili's status is also very good, continuous scoring under the basket.

僵 Stalemate in the starting stage, and the bench period is evenly divided.

The two sides played for three quarters and the score was still 73.

If the basketball game is not a non-scoring victory or defeat, the two sides are evenly matched ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ Maybe it can really make a draw.

开 In the beginning of the fourth quarter, both sides had two starters and three substitutes.

Davis and Ariza lead the Pelicans, while Leonard and Parker lead the Spurs.

Jokic opened the Davis pass and hit a large three-pointer from the outside to help the Pelicans lead.

He feels really good in these two games.

However, no one expected that in the next few minutes, the game will be ruled by one person directly.

That man is Spurs veteran Ginobili.

状态 He was very good in the first half, scoring 4 points and 3 assists in a row.

But this section is his real outbreak.

He first hit Gordon and hit a large three-pointer from the three-point line, and then in the next round, it was another landmark three-pointer.

This is not counted, after the third ball, he faked the fly and flicked Gordon, and then broke into the basket to face Jokic and scored 2 + 1.

他 Under his leadership, in just four minutes, the Spurs played a 15-3 attack wave, instantly pulling the difference to 12 points.

Ginobili contributed 9 points and 2 assists in this wave, which is equal to the Spurs' scoring every round and it is related to him.

句话 A word circulated among Spurs fans: see Parker in good times, Duncan in adversity, and Ginobili in despair.

This sentence is about the strength of GDP, but carefully read that it is actually blowing the big heart of Ginobili.

Now the game is not in despair, and even adversity is not enough, but Ginobili directly changed the situation of the game.

Although he is old and bald, his scoring power is still very scary.