After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 157 Take the blame?

During the break between festivals, the CCTV commentary was also discussing Li Chengming's personal status.

Director Zhang believes that today's situation is actually not suitable for Li Chengming to come back directly, and the reasons are quite good: "In the previous three games, I just got used to the games without Li Chengming. Let him come out this time, and I can't give him enough opportunities to find him. If he's in good shape, it's better not to let him go.

"Wait to play the Heat, Philadelphia or something later, and then pull him up to play more to find the feeling of the game. This will not make other players feel tied up, and it will also reduce the pressure on Li Chengming. The Pistons are still a team. The stronger teams, especially in the second half, had a tighter defense.

"Also, look at the fact that Turkoglu and Lewis didn't play very well behind them..."

Of course, there is another thing that cannot be said all the time, that is, the referee's targeting of Li Chengming.

This is not the first time this has happened. The key issue is that even if the referee didn't give the whistle, Li Chengming could still do it. Now that the foul that should be given is not given, the opponent is more daring to make moves, and his own confidence is also worn down. It doesn't matter. shot.

Then make one shot piecemeal, how do you find the status like this?
Those famous superstars, such as Kobe, Tracy McGrady, Garnett, Nowitzki, etc., will also make crazy shots for a while to find their status, and even play a whole game of iron, and then explode a few games, which is also a common thing.

Li Chengming suffers because he is not a famous superstar, nor is he the absolute core of the team. When he wants to win, he must put himself under the team. Otherwise, there will be some disputes in the team. Opinion.

But as soon as the fourth quarter came up, Van Gundy still left Li Chengming on the court, which surprised the commentators.

Xu Jicheng guessed: "The Magic should still plan to let Howard and the others take a break. Although Li Chengming's personal offensive state is average this time, the Pistons still dare not let him go easily. They usually invest one or two defenders. Go block him."

Yang Jiandao: "The other members of the Magic team have also opened up today. The role players are very active in running positions, and it is relatively easy to get opportunities. Although Li Chengming himself has a mediocre shooting rate, he has also spread some good news by using his own restraint. ball."

If you don't look at the number of turnovers, Li Chengming's current 6 assists in three quarters is not bad.

Of course, he doesn't go down to the bottom line in singles, and doesn't give the opponent a chance to completely double-team. He mostly pulls to the high position or cooperates with a triangle on the waist. He tries to play as reasonable as possible, and the mistakes are reduced. The strength is not that strong, and it can't change the opponent's defense.

So it was possible to hit a small wave of offensive climax, but it was also possible to score nothing within 2 minutes.

Seeing that the point difference came to 7 points again, Van Gundy could only replace Li Chengming, while Howard, Lewis and Turkoglu returned to the field one after another.

It can't be said that Li Chengming is useless, at least with Arroyo and a group of role players, the score has not been stretched too much, and it has also consumed some of the defensive energy of the Pistons, so that the Magic started first. When they returned to the court, there was a moment of confusion in their defense.

Probably Sanders didn't expect Van Gundy to replace Li Chengming directly, as if he was just using him as a bait.

Then came up to rest for a few minutes, and Howard, who was alive and well, went straight to the Pistons penalty area. Originally, the Pistons were not very able to prevent him.

In this way, the Magic team played a wave of 8:3 under the leadership of Warcraft, chasing the point difference to only 2 points.

The Pistons started to use the slashing tactics. Unexpectedly, Howard made three of four free throws and seemed to be very reliable, and he stunned them all at once.

And this clever calculation didn't work out. It didn't get Howard's mentality right, but instead made their own mentality mess up. As a result, the Magic took this opportunity to overtake the score.

103:104, although it was only a one-point difference, when the game entered the last 2 minutes, the power of the hacking tactic that was not dared to use was reduced again, which also meant that Howard's deterrence rose sharply. Very good, let's get excited.

Sanders had to call a timeout, ready to arrange something.

At the same time, it was also to interrupt the Magic team who had just gotten up, and to calm down the Pistons a little bit.

Although they are all veterans, once the momentum on the court is transferred, there will be subtle changes in the hearts of the people. There will be a feeling that the opponent is too strong to play, and the confidence will gradually decline, which will affect the feel and state. the trend of.

The tactical role of the timeout at this time cannot be ignored, so calling a timeout is also a science, and when to call it is the most important thing.

The kind of timeout called just for a tactic is what the lowest idiot will call, unless the tactic is very effective and directly affects the outcome of the game, such as a lore-but this often depends on luck.

Seeing this, Director Zhang smiled and said, "The Magic have played very well these days, but the Pistons have lost their game."

Yang Jian also said: "Now the two sides have returned to the same starting line. If the Pistons can stabilize, the overall state of their players will actually be better. Especially at the critical moment, it may be more beneficial to them."

Because compared to the Magic, the Pistons have a better outside line, and the tactics at critical moments are initiated from the outside in most cases, so the Pistons naturally have an advantage.

What's more, Howard's free throw is still an unstable point that may be thunderous. Although he cannot foul without the ball in the last 2 minutes, it is impossible for Howard as the core not to catch the ball. Sending him to the free throw line will have the same effect.

Xu Jicheng guessed: "Van Gundy probably won't bring Li Chengming up again. At this time, we must first ensure the victory of the game, and we can't destroy the stability of the chasing lineup by ourselves—eh?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the timeout came back, but Li Chengming returned to the court. The Magic team put up a winning lineup that they often used before, Bogans, Turkoglu, Lewis, Li Chengming and Howard .

It’s just that they used this lineup to close the game without any problem before, but today Li Chengming’s condition is not good, and the previous lineup is obviously showing signs of performance, and the sudden change seems to be interpreted as the head coach’s confusion, too superstitious about the past .

Xu Jicheng coughed lightly, thought for a while and said: "The pressure on the Magic team's current record is actually relatively small, so maybe they still want to use this method to suppress it, so that Li Chengming can get back the feeling of the game as soon as possible. They will help in the next game as well."

The next game the Magic will face is the Celtics. Although they have beaten them twice, the role of Li Chengming in these two times cannot be ignored, so if Li Chengming is missing, they will face them next time. It's not easy to say.

Letting Li Chengming play at this time is not only to find his status, but also to maintain his confidence. Otherwise, if he sees his teammates winning the game off the court, and the media will make a fuss about it after the game, then Li Chengming will definitely It is inevitable to be affected.

Of course, if this game is lost, the head coach who was replaced and Li Chengming, who performed poorly, will definitely be dragged out of the blame, so they still have reasons not to lose.

In the first round when Li Chengming returned to the court, he faced Rasheed Wallace.

(End of this chapter)