I really just want to be a role player

Chapter 114 Resignation due to family reasons, the Heat calculate the championship within reach!
After the game, the reporters surrounded Stan Van Gundy, and Stan Van Gundy responded generously.

"For the sake of my family, I decided to resign as the head coach of the Heat. I believe that without me, the goal of the Heat is still just one..."

"Then don't you feel sorry?

With the strength of the Heat, with O'Neal's comeback, he will definitely get back on track and is still the biggest favorite to hit the championship.

Your decision is very likely to miss the first championship of your coaching career. Are you really willing? "

"After I resign, I will still work for the Heat and be a member of the team. There is nothing to regret. Everything is for the betterment of the team and the betterment of the family..."

"The next head coach of the Heat will be Pat Riley again?"

"No comment!!"

"..."

"Shaq, Coach Stan resigned, what do you think?"

"Family is the most important thing and he made the best decision."

"Dwyane, Coach Stan is the first head coach in your NBA career, what do you think of this?"

"I respect all decisions made by the head coach and the team. The only thing I can do is to continue to play hard..."

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"Stan Van Gundy resigned as head coach of the Heat due to family reasons? Pat Riley will take over seamlessly!"

The next day, despite early news that Stan Van Gundy would leave after his farewell home game, Su Bei couldn't help gossiping in the morning, so he bought a copy of the USA Today newspaper and read it.

"There is nothing wrong with the saying that you will be a teacher for a day and a father for life in planting flowers, let alone what coach Stan Van Gundy said. As for the reason in the United States, this reason is still very fresh and refined... "

In all fairness, Stan Van Gundy's resignation is still the general trend, and what the people want, you can only blame him for being useless, not knowing how to coach a superstar team, and his ability is still too immature.

This season, for the Heat, can be said to be the biggest chance to win the first championship in team history, but it cannot be ruined by Stan Van Gundy in vain.

In the Western Theater, McGrady of the Rockets was crippled, and Stoudemire of the Suns was also injured.

The Kings Webber was sent away, Stojakovic was publicly sold, the Lakers just took over with Phil Jackson, and Kobe had no outstanding helpers around him.

The Western Conference is strong, and the only ones left to play are the Spurs and Mavericks.

The Mavericks spend money like water, are full of enthusiasm, and have a luxurious lineup. They can definitely play, but there are many flaws.

For example, the position of the head coach, the old Nelson left, and now the coach is replaced by the general Avery Johnson.

If there is no coaching change, the head coach of the Heat, Stan Van Gundy, and the head coach of the Mavericks are exactly the same. It is really hard to say who will win and who will lose.

Riley is in the top position, but he can be in the head coach position, crushing the Mavericks head coach position.

Compared with the Mavericks, the Spurs are poor.

In a team in a small city, although there must be one core player, there will still be internal status struggles, and the owner has no money, so the core players have to take turns to reduce their salaries and raise their salaries. In order to maintain a certain salary level.

After winning the championship last season, conflicts arose, and it took a year to discuss and resolve these internal problems.

In addition, the NBA does not want a small city with no market to win consecutive championships. If it encounters the Spurs, the Heat will have the advantage.

But if Stan Van Gundy continues to coach and meets Popovich, it is very likely that he will be bitten to nothing.

During the regular season, the Heat were smothered, and they had no power to fight back.

If Riley is the head coach, at least he won't lose too ugly.

O'Neal and Duncan cancel, Wade and Ginobili cancel, the Heat's bench strength is stronger, and with the support of the league's whistle, the Heat have a great chance of winning even if they lose their home court advantage.

Next is the Eastern Conference. Looking up, only the Pistons and Pacers are opponents.

Because of the Auburn Hills palace incident, the Pacers were robbed of their championship luck. If they can't hold back internally now, they will probably blow themselves up and face the possibility of rebuilding.

The Pistons have five tigers, but they are all well-studied five tigers. The Pistons were suppressed by the Heat last season. If Wade is not injured, the Heat may break out from the East. They have an advantage in their hearts.

Coupled with the fact that Larry Brown took away the "correct basketball" style of play, the current "New Bad Boys Corps" is already on the verge of collapse.

As long as the biggest flaw in the position of the Heat's head coach is resolved, Riley will be the coach. As long as the two cores of the Heat do not suffer serious injuries and cannot play, under Riley's iron calculation, the championship can almost be counted as within reach. to the point where.

On December 12, one day after the coaching change.

Orlando, TD Waterhouse Center Arena.

At this time, the home court of the Magic is about to hold a regular season game against the Heat. The lights are bright and there is a lot of people.

The Heat are led by the newly appointed head coach Pat Riley, who changed coaches during the schedule. Naturally, there is not much time for adjustments, so they are directly dragged to the court.

Returning to his hometown, O'Neal did not find his former teammates in the Magic. After all, he has left the Magic for almost 10 years.

Fortunately, he didn't have nothing to talk about. He could chat with Hill and Howard for a few cents.

During the warm-up, on the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's match were also displayed.

Magic 5 Tigers, Howard, Tony Batty, Hill, Deshaun Steventy, Francis.

Not to mention, the current record of the Magic is mediocre, and the reputation of the players is still great.

Heat starting 5 people, O'Neal, Haslem, Posey, Wade, Payton.

Su Bei continued to sit on the bench, with a new coach and a new atmosphere, just to see what kind of tactics Riley would arrange.

After announcing the coaching change, I originally thought that Riley would train a Heat player, but he didn't even attend the daily training, and just let the assist coach do it for him.

The game started.

beep-!
The whistle sounded, and the referee threw the basketball into the sky. Howard defeated O'Neal and scored the first attack for the Magic.

The game was broadcast live by TNT radio station, with Barkley and Kenny Smith as commentators.

"Francis took the ball to the frontcourt and handed over the basketball to Hill to play. Let's see how much skill Hill still has now..."

Putting on three offensive threats, Hill stepped down, changed direction in front of his body and took a sudden step, his right hand slapped his left hand, accelerated to break through inside, Posey turned around to chase, Hill seemed to be waiting, and predicted Posey's action Usually, a two-point jump shot with an emergency stop...

Swish-!
Grant Hill's offensive skills are comprehensive and omnipotent, but with successive injuries, he prefers to use jump shots to solve opponents.

0 to 2! !
The Magic took the lead in opening the scoring account.

On the field, in the Heat's offensive round, Payton took the ball to the frontcourt and immediately gave the ball to Wade to play, while Stevenson defended.

"O'Neal pulled out and played a pick-and-roll tactic with Wade. Wade threw off Stevenson, rushed into the penalty area, and shot with a small throw. With a bang, he easily scored two points..."

2 to 2! !
The Magic attacked, Francis stepped down and dribbled the ball continuously, and pushed forward. Payton was unhurried, maintaining a certain level, and crossing in front of Francis.

Suddenly, Francis pulled the ball up, raised his hand and made a three-point jumper...

Payton guessed wrong, he did not defend against penetration, he did not expect Francis to shoot so resolutely three-pointers.

Bang-dang-!
The slap in the face was also quick, and Francis missed a three-pointer.

"At the basket, Howard took consecutive penalties, jumped suddenly, took the rebound, turned around for a layup, and was fouled by O'Neal early..."

It was just a sideline kick, Howard was still careless, and the score close to his eyes turned into a re-serve.

Of course, O'Neal also got a foul on his back.

"Tony Batty served the ball to Hill, lifted the ball, feinted a shot, swayed Posey, dribbled the ball to the basket and broke through, facing O'Neal who rushed over, he passed the ball to Howard, jumped up, alley-oop , Howard blasted the basketball into the basket..."

2 is better than 4!

As the game progressed, the Magic's offensive style was slowly revealed. The Magic with star players played team basketball.

Whoever has a chance will shoot, and the shots are relatively even.

Who can believe that at this moment, Howard is only ranked fourth in the offensive shot selection. Many of the rebounds he grabbed were transformed into offenses.

The Magic don't have a core tactic, and they can still play back and forth with the Heat.

After the first quarter, the score was 29 to 30, and the Heat only took a one-point lead.

In the second quarter, the lineup was rotated, Walker, Subei, and Mourning played.

Wade and Payton continued to stay on the court.

Howard and Stevenson stayed on the court for the Magic, replaced by Jameer Nelson, Ariza and Hido Turkoglu who had just been transferred.

Su Bei faced Shang Tiezha again, with the expression "I'm not happy anymore" on his face.

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(End of this chapter)