NBA: I'm really the Chosen One

Chapter 18 Nightmare
"Is this really the US team from a while ago?" the national broadcast commentator said dejectedly while holding his head.

21:20.

At the end of the first quarter, Puerto Rico led the United States by 1 point!
A large number of American fans have begun to attack this team. Puerto Rico is like a provincial team in the eyes of Americans. They are proud and arrogant, and they don't even want to see the dream team at a disadvantage. Unfortunately, the nightmare is still to come.

In the second quarter, the Puerto Rico players seemed to have turned on some kind of switch, and the three-pointer was like a godsend.

Those nba all-stars are hopelessly the backdrop for these nobodies.

Duncan worked hard to restore the decline, but Puerto Rico even used a box-1 tactic. The whole team emptied the outside line to pinch Duncan. Unfortunately, neither Iverson Marbury nor James Wade could seize the opportunity.

12 of 1, the basket covered the U.S. team in the first half, except that Duncan was able to get the ball into the basket as always, but in the middle of the second quarter, two or three defensive players had appeared around Duncan for a long time, and the connecting ball was all extravagant hope.

Stoudemire watched with his mouth wide open as those all-powerful stars in the NBA were stepped over, blocked to death, and played around with tactics. A feeling of despair gradually spread in the team.

Will he show up to save the team this time?

Stoudemire turned his head and looked at the other side, Larry Brown sitting like a Zen master, Popovich dripping with cold sweat, the anxious substitute, and Li Zheng who was concentrating.

"Larry Brown's viciousness is beyond everyone's imagination." Li Zheng looked at the playbook with relish, which embodies the old coach's basketball philosophy and wisdom.

Larry Brown is the most pragmatic coach, as written here, if necessary, players need to be arranged.

Using gradually intensified moves and frequent provocations to influence the opponent's core players, or even cripple them directly, this old guy is the kind of person who will do anything to win.

This is not the basketball he wanted. Li Zheng shook his head. Although petty moves and trash talk are part of the game, crippling and hurting people definitely shouldn't be part of the game.

"Sure enough, I can't get along with you." Li Zheng closed the manual and stuffed it into his arms. He probably won't be playing today.

As for why I know.
Looking at this starting lineup, Larry Brown never puts a rookie in the starting lineup, let alone two.

Someone saw Li Zheng's success and was eager to share and reap the enthusiasm of this wave of newcomers, the American Basketball Association?Or the people behind them?Li Zheng didn't know, but he was sure that Larry Brown must have been under some kind of pressure, and his current calm was probably brewing a game with them after the game.

This is basketball for adults. No wonder it is said that ncaa is the real basketball.

What I should do is enjoy the game
It's just this disgusting score, 49 to 27, Puerto Rico stomped the US team hard.

Li Zheng opened the tactical manual and enjoyed the game. This game is like shit, and the players are lifeless. He might as well read how Larry Brown writes about useless people. At least he can pass on his experience to Roy.

The game came to the second half in a blink of an eye. With 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Puerto Rico still led 56-38.

Larry Brown replaced Anthony. Anthony's strong body and precise shooting gave Puerto Rico a little trouble. They relaxed their defense against Duncan, and the US team closed the gap to eight points.

It was just Carlos Arroyo, the little man who had been ignored by Iverson before the game, stood up and broke up the US team's counterattack with anger and fighting spirit.

In the fourth quarter, Arroyo scored 9 points with sudden shots, completely killing the game, 92 to 73, Puerto Rico completed the first kill against the US men's basketball team in the Olympic race.

The U.S. team made 24 of 3 three-pointers, made a lot of turnovers, didn't dare to shoot open, and missed the defense. The U.S. team, which had defeated Italy so badly, was back.

Even when the red light was on, American fans still refused to believe the result of the game. They could not wait for a miracle, or the opponent was the miracle.

Arroyo's screaming to the sky after the game has become a classic picture, and the dream team players who left behind him have become his best background.

Now he doesn't need to go to AI to show his favor, he is a big shot today.

Larry Brown sat calmly in front of the interview platform, calmly greeted the interviews from the media from all over the world, more strictly speaking, it was torture.

"Our team is good, and our opponents are playing better."

"Sooner or later we will lose, our goal is the championship."

"Special adjustments? Contempt? No, absolutely not. LeBron and the others have this strength, and some people will continue to believe in them."

"The pressure from the outside? The internal pressure is greater, and we need to adjust ourselves."

"The feeling of losing? Happy."

No matter how stupid American fans are, they can understand the yin and yang in Larry Brown's words. While praising their opponents, they allude to their internal problems. It is indeed abnormal for Larry Brown to let young people dominate the team, but these young people are not up to date. In the end, I didn't even dare to vote for an open position. It was really hard to say.

The fans hated Larry Brown, but Larry Brown really tore the fig leaf, and they blamed Larry Brown for placing too much responsibility on young people.

"Iverson should bear the responsibility for the loss of the game. I have never seen a perimeter player who is not good at defense and his offense becomes rubbish. Yes, rubbish. No matter how great he is in the NBA, he is also a war criminal in that game."

"Wade doesn't deserve to start, that's all."

"Anthony played very well. He and Duncan are the only players who can attract opponents to double-team. It's a pity that the others can't get the ball in three-on-one."

"People don't know if the Dream Six players have their legs softened by terrorists or call girls. I mean, they're too soft."

The overwhelming negative comments swept the Dream Six team. The loss to Italy in the previous game has already caused Dream Six to be controversial. Now they lost for the first time in the main game, and they lost to Puerto Rico. It can be said that they have been completely set on the pillar of shame. .

Dream six video editing room.

Larry Brown personally edited the video, Li Zheng sat next to him and discussed passionately with him, and the two people sitting on the field showed their malice to the players in the next game. This kind of scene is rare.

"I don't trust rookie players. I don't even trust old players. I only trust players who should be trusted." Larry Brown said calmly.

"So you just watched Puerto Rico break up their souls?" Li Zhengfan asked.

"Why didn't the German team blow your soul? I don't trust players who attribute their lack of ability to others." Larry Brown retorted.

"You really do all kinds of evil." Li Zheng shook his head and ended the topic.

Is this a warning and revenge for the Basketball Association?

Proving the correctness of his philosophy at the cost of winning or losing the game or even the confidence and career of the players, although Li Zheng does not agree with this behavior, he can understand it.

Basketball should be allowed to speak on the basketball court, and some people have crossed the line.

"I'm an asshole, so don't mess with me." Larry Brown said without looking up.

"I'm curious about what kind of conditions can threaten a guy like you." Li Zheng asked curiously.

"NCAA has no shortage of well-known coaches, K, Calipari, and Romar. If they control this team, they can still win the championship."

"The original words?" Li Zheng said with a frown.

Larry Brown nodded slowly. In order to continue the tradition of nba monopolizing dream team coaches, the necessary sacrifices are worthwhile.

Since ncaa coaches can also win championships, nba coaches need to make some "special" arrangements, such as designing good tactics for some players.

(End of this chapter)