The Way of the Center

　　 Two-game losing streak, in the long regular season, two-game losing streak is nothing at all. However, if the Thunder continue to play in this state, the losing streak will definitely not stop at two games.

Lost to the Spurs in the first game, the Thunder lost too arrogantly. I thought that if I had won ten consecutive victories, I could easily win the old guys in GDP.

Lost to the Mavericks in the second game, the Thunder lost in fear and lack of confidence. After being yelled at by Van Gundy, no one dared to do anything, nor did they dare to do anything outside of Van Gundy's arrangement.

This is how young people are, and they are easily influenced by the outside world. Van Gundy is also thinking about it, maybe he can't use the same way he used to treat young people.

"Pseudo-strong team? After losing to the Western powers in a row, the Thunder were beaten back to their original form."

"Michael Beasley: Those guys are not worth mentioning."

"Oklahoma City Thunder: Will only play the weaker team's sixth in the Western Conference."

"With the strength of the Thunder, even if they enter the playoffs, they will only be swept out in the first round." Charles Barkley also made this conclusion on the weekend program. Indeed, when encountering a weak team, consecutive victories, encountering a strong team, consecutive failures, the performance of the Thunder is before everyone's eyes and cannot be explained.

The headlines of the newspapers and the words of the commentators are not good for the Thunder. There is only one day before the next match against the Heat. Van Gundy must use this day to adjust the mentality of the players, otherwise the "Flash" will not miss the chance to win.

An Jie admitted that he has become more lax in his training requirements during this period of time. It’s not as diligent as before.

The continuous double-doubles and continuous blow-up match-ups made An Jie start a little self-inflated, lowered his demands on himself, and made him start to find excuses to escape the hard training.

"Isn't David Lee also blown by me?". Whenever An Jie doesn't want to go to training, he always finds all kinds of excuses.

But not today. After fighting Duncan and Nowitzki, An Jie knew that he didn't count anything. Those resounding names surrounding him are just given by the media without authorization.

Going out on time at 6:30, Anjie drove to the Chesapeake Energy Arena. It has been a week, and Anjie hasn't gotten up so early in winter to go to training.

"Don't forget how you got here!" Van Gundy warned him, so Anjie didn't dare to insult him anymore.

"So early today?" The security guard in the underground parking lot of Chesapeake Energy Arena was a little surprised. Seeing the RX-7 driving towards him, he thought he was dazzled.

"It's too cold, go to the court to warm up." An Jie opened the car window and smiled at the security guard.

Van Gundy watched the Heat's game video and had a headache. After Wade returned from an injury at the beginning of the season, his condition became more and more fierce, and Michael Beasley also played his worth in these games. It can be said that apart from Wade, Beasley is now the second scoring point of the Heat team, which is completely different from last season's malaise.

There are newcomers who break out, and there are veteran players who are in their prime. The structure of the Heat's team is actually more reasonable than that of the Thunder. If you can't adjust the mentality of those guys today, it will be really hard to fight.

While Van Gundy was thinking, he heard the sound of a ball on the court outside the office.

"Ha, this kid." Van Gundy knew who was outside, and Anjie wouldn't let him down.

"Ann, don't vote, come here." Van Gundy opened the office door and beckoned Anjie to enter.

"Regarding the offensive movement, look, you should be like this. If Kevin is facing Beasley at the moment, and Jermaine O'Neal is on defense, you don't go for the pick and roll, but go down. Seriously injured After the illness, O’Neal is very slow and can’t keep up with you. But if this is the case, Van Gundy began to explain the running position to An Jie patiently, instead of just cursing to solve the problem. He pointed to the screen while writing and drawing on the tactical board.

An Jie listened carefully, Van Gundy’s tone was very gentle, which also made An Jie not think Van Gundy was criticizing himself.

"Of course, these are just established tactics. When you get on the court, you should also have your own ideas. I believe your judgment, you have always handled the team's offense very well." In the end, Van Gundy also gave Anjie A certain degree of autonomy. This not only ensures that An Jie will not be too far from the general direction he has set, but also ensures that An Jie will not be too restricted by himself.

In fact, An Jie, who has lost his arrogance, knows what he should do, but with Van Gundy’s comprehensive analysis for him, An Jie has also gained a lot.

After listening to the tactics, Anjie trained alone on the field for a while, and Westbrook also appeared on the training field.

"Good morning, boss." Westbrook greeted An Jie cordially. Although his shooting percentage was not good before, Van Gundy had never said anything about it. But the last time Van Gundy was furious, he also criticized Westbrook's poor shooting percentage.

"The office is watching the video." Van Gundy walked out again as soon as Anjie finished speaking.

"Russell, you come in." Like Anjie, Van Gundy beckoned Westbrook in. Van Gundy didn't comment on Westbrook's shooting rate before, because he was afraid that it would affect Westbrook's confidence and fear that he would not dare to shoot from then on. Once young people have no confidence, no matter how talented they are, they won't be able to play out. But now, he decided to solve this problem completely.

"Wade's playing style is also based on breakthroughs, but you can see why his shooting percentage is much higher than yours."

After that, when a player comes, Van Gundy will call him into the office for a while. Since getting angry can only be counterproductive, Van Gundy simply patiently explained the problems he found one by one. In the middle of the season, Van Gundy is naturally aware of the players' strengths and weaknesses.

Today, he used training time to correct one by one. Don't ask for a new look for the Thunder players, but at least let them change.

Van Gundy's gentle attitude neither dampens the players' confidence, but also allows them to recognize their own shortcomings. Seeing Van Gundy's tireless discussion with Westbrook over and over on the training ground about the timing of his shots, Anjie felt that the lively, hard-working Thunder was back again.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the Thunder's regular training day officially ended. Van Gundy slapped his palms and stopped the players' movements.

"Listen, tomorrow's game, as long as we play according to what we practiced today, there is absolutely no problem." At the last moment, Van Gundy decided to give his boys a shot in the heart.

"I know we have had a hard time in the last two games. To be honest, I am also responsible. But the group of fools said that we are a pseudo-strong team. I don't agree with this." The psychological problem is greater than the technical and tactical problem. Van Gundy has always believed that this is a young ball. What the team has in common. So now, he must mobilize the boy's emotions.

"I don't agree, why don't they say how we defeated the sun~www.readwn.com~ Morris was the first to come forward to agree.

"That group of idiots just didn't understand anything, we just took a nap." Westbrook is the most criticized and the one who wants to prove himself the most.

"So, I know Wade is a respectable player, but"

"But tomorrow we will do our best to defeat him." The arrogance when playing the Spurs and the arrogance when playing the Mavericks have now been swept away by An Jie.

"Yes, this is our home court! We train here and win here. Here are our fans, our supporters. The Heat? No, so what about the fifth in the Eastern Conference, they can't be wild here!" Van Gundy Shaking his fist, he felt that the group of guys in front of him had become the group of Knicks players who were particularly jealous when they mentioned the Heat.

"Correct"

"The boss is right!"

"Isn't it fifth in the East?"

More and more people became excited, and the game started immediately.

Van Gundy looked at his "masterpiece" with satisfaction, and it was not impossible to pay the tuition with the failure of two games.

At this moment, Wade and the Heat players on the plane do not know that they will be greeted by dangerous and terrifying thunder and lightning!

"Defend your home court!" This poster of the players group photo outside the Chesapeake Energy Arena will become a well-deserved theme for the next day's game. (To be continued.)

Chapter 222: Eat soft but not hard: mz