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The next morning, when Situ Yulin and Mo Xueru got up, Stephen had already trained for an hour and a half, and Stephen would go to the training organized by the team later, it was two and a half hours of training, two people Only then did he sigh, success was not accidental.

At this time, Stephen has put away all thoughts that do not belong to basketball. No matter how good last night was, it was only yesterday. Now it is basketball time. Before the game, Stephen can not worry about any external things .

Stephen was going to the team to participate in training. Situ Yulin and Mo Xueru were going to visit a friend in Seattle. Stephen drove his Chrysler to them and drove to the team by himself.

Generally, before training, the coaching staff will hold a meeting to establish the strategy and principles of the game, and then they can do more targeted training. As a representative of the players, Stephen needs to rush to the team in advance to participate in such a game Meeting.

Regarding the seriousness of this game, there is no need for Carlesimo to emphasize anything. Losing means the end of the season and being officially eliminated from the ranks of contenders for the championship. In the game, the Sonics have a chance to comeback.

And there is nothing to adjust the strategy of the game. Up to now, both sides have brought out all their weapons and displayed their strongest abilities. The gap in strength between the Supersonics and the Spurs is not so obvious. The two sides can only say that each other has strengths.

And who can win depends on who can use their abilities better, who has better grasp, and who can pay more attention to details. Every time the gap between the two sides is very small, sometimes it is just The gap between one ball and two balls, and at this point, it is obvious that the Sonics are not as good as the Spurs.

So for this game, Carlesimo didn't say too much. The tactical analysis has already been done. After a while, the training coach will naturally arrange it. After everyone else left, he kept Stephen and watched it for a while. After that, he turned to Stephen and said, "Actually, I don't have much confidence in this game."

"Yeah, the more I know about this team, the more I feel that he is terrible. If we don't know that well, we might still win a game or two with a bang. It's because we know too much that we will Lose the first game." Stephen also said.

If the opponent is not the Spurs, even if the Sonics cannot take the lead, they will not be scored [-] to [-]. At this point, both Stephen and Carlesimo feel deeply, and others may not experience it. It is the deepest experience of the two of them.

"Well, yes, but even if we lose this game, for us, this season is still a success, isn't it? So we have to let go of the burden in our hearts, go into battle easily, don't think about winning or losing the game, and go all out Go show yourself and give the home fans a satisfactory answer, now it seems that we may continue to stay here next season, so we must appease the home fans."

Carlesimo is not very good at doing psychological work, but during the meeting, he saw the expression on Stephen's face, with a bit of seriousness and prudence, which was rarely seen on Stephen's face before, so he deliberately made Stephen Stay and enlighten Stephen.

He didn't know that the reason for Stephen's sullen face was not because he was worried about the game tonight, but because if he didn't do it, he was afraid that he would smile on his face, and it was also not a good thing to smile at this time.

Stephen is very pleased with Carlesimo's concern. Although Carlesimo has many shortcomings, it is quite pleasant during the time when the two of them work together. Stephen is more willing to cooperate with such a coach, and the requirements are basically Being able to be satisfied, changing to someone else would definitely not give Stephen such a big degree of freedom.

This season was indeed a successful season for both him and Stephen. He won the best coach of the year, and Stephen also won the regular season most valuable player and other awards, and the playoffs have reached this level. For the Sonics, every win is a huge breakthrough.

It's not that the Sonics don't have a glorious history, but that this team is still able to achieve such results after undergoing major changes from the capital to the management, from the coaching staff to the core lineup. I didn't think of it.

Even those who overestimated Stephen did not expect that Stephen would average [-] points per game this season and lead the team to the No. [-] record in the Western Conference. Regardless of the playoffs, this in itself is a huge success.

Even if they lose to the Spurs in this series, there is nothing to be ashamed of. You must know that the Spurs were the championship winners last season. Isn’t it normal to lose to such a team? According to the leader of the league, he was finally hacked in the first round, which is not the same thing.

Carlesimo was worried that Stephen would perform under too much pressure. At the same time, he was also worried that after the team lost tonight, he would not be able to accept such a failure. After all, since he joined the league, he has been in success almost all the time, and he was afraid that he would not be able to accept it. Such a contrast, so I specially comforted Stephen.

"Coach, it's okay. I know all of this. No matter how much we hope to win, in this game, I will definitely go all out, so that even if I lose the game in the end, I will not have regrets in my heart. This We failed this season, and we will make a comeback next season. According to the plan we have formulated, if we operate well this summer, our team's strength will definitely reach a new level. Our strength has increased, but the Spurs are all old. We are one year old, we will win next season, we are still young, there is nothing to be afraid of, don’t worry, I only hope that in today’s game, if I don’t make a request, don’t replace me.”

"Okay, each of us doesn't want to leave regrets, let's work hard tonight and create another opportunity for us." Carlesimo looked at Stephen's confident look, and he also gained confidence. Think about it That's right, at the beginning of this season, I didn't expect to have such an achievement. I coached the All-Star Game and won the best coach of the year. What dare not think of.

During training, the team was full of tension and great pressure. Under such circumstances, Stephen didn't say much, but trained as usual. Slowly, driven by Stephen's composure, Slowly back to normal.