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Chapter 364 [Underdogs upset, scold Jordan]

Chapter 364 [Underdogs upset, scold Jordan]

At the end of February, the Wizards lost to the Nets again, and were unfortunately swept by the Nets in the regular season.

The lineup of the two teams is similar. They rely on overall offense, with many scoring points. The starting substitutes have a lot of changes, and they lack super scorers.The advantage of the Nets is that several core players were on the same team last season and have already completed the run-in.

Yang Rui knows that if he wants to beat the Nets in the playoffs, he must work hard on the defensive end, and can no longer fight offense.

In the back-to-back game against the Mavericks, Yang Rui strengthened his defense and let Wallace play for 31 minutes, losing again 91-108.The Mavericks' offense is even more powerful than the Nets, and if they meet in the playoffs, the Wizards will not be able to compete.

In March, the Wizards beat the Bulls at home in Game 3.

The method Yang Rui used was to start Shanghai Wood, strengthen the defense of the penalty area, and play a pick-and-roll with Jordan in the middle of the offensive end to help him get rid of a one-step pull-up jumper.

In addition to the low-post singles with the ball, Jordan also used the jumper to make a quick stop after the pick-and-roll. This is probably the simplest offensive tactic. As long as the defender's ability to hold the ball is not too bad and can quickly stop and shoot, the opponent is not good. Defend.

When Jordan was young, he rarely played pick-and-rolls. It was not that he despised tactics, but that his physical fitness was too strong. An ordinary pull-up jump shot was difficult for opponents to defend.Now he needs the help of his teammates, and he will seek cooperation in the last two years of the Bulls.

McGrady in the late stage of the Rockets also followed this path. Because of the guest, his fastest move in the league became the slowest move, and he could still score 20 points.Jordan's current start-up speed is not inferior to McGrady in 08.

In order to prevent Haywood from going down, the Bulls can't save inside, so Jordan will get a shot.And Jordan is not just a simple jumper, he will hold the ball to break inside, once his position is too deep, the Bulls have to make up defenses inside, and it is easy to miss Haywood in the end.

Jordan scored 24 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the game, which is very comprehensive.

This year, Stoudamire can be selected for the All-Star Game. Thanks to Jordan, as long as he plays according to the routine, the old flyer can still attract inside defense.

I was only happy for a long time. On the 4th, the Wizards broke out in back-to-back upsets. With an 18-point lead, they were reversed in the final quarter and lost to the underdog Heat 89-92.

The Heat are ready to pick the No. 31 pick, and they don't even want to win this game.Except for Eddie Jones, the team has no bright spots, and Jones's opponent is Jordan, who scored 5 points, 6 rebounds and [-] assists.

Jordan felt extremely bad in this game and became an undercover agent. He made 27 of 9 shots and 3 of 3 free throws. He missed key shots at the last moment and scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Due to Jordan's disregard for scoring, Maggette only had 6 shots, Stoudamire 5, Wesley was even worse, only 4 shots, and the team's offensive system was disrupted.

This is a game that can be easily won and lost. Jordan is of course to increase his average points per game. In addition, today is the day when his new sneakers are released, and he has a strong desire to show.

Jordan 18 generations, countless fans want to buy a pair of collections.

Faced with the media, Jordan has admitted that this is the last season of his career.As a result, the 18th generation will be Jordan's last pair of boots, and Jordan personally participated in the design of the sneakers from beginning to end.

Back in the locker room, Yang Rui scolded Jordan in front of many people. "Michael, is there something wrong with your brain? Is it more important for you to brush stats than to win? Are you still not satisfied with 10 scoring titles?"

Jordan was stunned for a moment, and the other players were even more stunned. They didn't expect Yang Rui to suddenly go crazy.

The new players have never heard of a coach who dared to talk to Jordan like this, and neither did Phil Jackson in the Bulls. Last season, veteran coach Doug Collins coaxed Jordan to talk.Counting Jordan's teammates back then, there was only one Steve Kerr who dared to challenge Jordan.

Yang Rui asked loudly: "Michael, tell me, what is your goal for this year, is it really just the playoffs? Do you have this ambition? Score 20 points in the regular season, take a cut in the playoffs and retire?"

"Of course not." Jordan was also angry and roared.

Yang Rui's momentum was undiminished: "Neither did I. Telling the media about the goal of the playoffs is to decompress the young players and keep the media from talking nonsense. We have only one goal this season, and that is the championship! Especially for you. If you don’t win the championship, you will fail. In the Wizards, only you are a veteran who wants to retire, and everyone still has time. Don’t you understand? Only when you set the best example, everyone will do their best to help you. Perfect retirement. Today, I hope you will express your opinion here, you will listen to my arrangements, and there will be no mess like today!"

Jordan was right. Although he looked bad, he didn't scold Yang Rui.He didn't dare to flip the table with Yang Rui. If he did it too much, he would fall out. He would definitely be the one who was unlucky.Yang Rui came to the point at once, and he was the only one who wanted to retire.

After hesitating for half a minute, he had no choice but to say word by word: "I will listen to you next, if the hand is not good, I will pass the ball and adjust it."

Jordan didn't apologize to anyone, just showed his attitude. It's not easy for him to do this.

For Jordan, his situation was like Guan Yu who was besieged by Cao Jun in Xiapi, with only two options, one is to surrender, the other is to die.Guan Yu chose to surrender, so the era of Wusheng came into being.

Yang Rui seized Jordan's weakness and dared to be tough with him.Even if the media exposes this incident, there will be no popular sentiment towards Jordan, because everyone knows what record the Wizards had last season and how much they have improved this season.

Yang Rui's anger was not impulsive, but calculated.

First of all, he helped the players who couldn't catch the ball to breathe a sigh of relief and made them feel comfortable, and he will work harder next.

People with strength will not be willing to be Luye. They only shoot a few times per game. If Jordan is the best and can solve problems with his personal ability, they will recognize it.Now Jordan's scoring ability is not much better than Hamilton, Maggette, and Stoudamire.

If the player is angry and can't let it out, it is very likely that something will go wrong in the playoffs.In Yang Rui's previous life, the Lakers were eliminated 2012-4 by the Thunder in the 1 playoffs, and Bynum, who couldn't catch the ball, laughed on the court, like a domineering president.

Second, he needs to let Jordan have a long memory. As a veteran, he can't mess around anymore.

Finally, he also seized the moment to give Jordan a little color.Usually in the team, Jordan's status is detached, and the coaching staff are like his nanny. Everything depends on his face, which is very tiring.

If Jordan was invincible, it would be fine to be a babysitter, but now he has no dominance on the court and is an old hooligan with a flawed character, which makes people very uncomfortable.

Yang Rui is a person with a temper. This season, he led Jordan to win the championship, not to hug Jordan's thigh.The better the team's regular-season record, the better his chances of winning the Best Coach Award. Losing to the underdog made him unacceptable.

If Jordan loses to a few underdogs, the final team's record is not as good as the Bulls, and the best coach is given to Thibodeau, then he doesn't say it, and he wants to strangle Jordan in his heart.

The young players saw Yang Rui go wild and made Jordan bow his head, and they admired him from the bottom of their hearts.Yang Rui is much younger than Jordan. Although he is a coach, his courage is not comparable to ordinary people.

Next, the role ball players will be more obedient. Yang Rui is not polite to Jordan. Isn't it a piece of cake to clean up the others?

This time, he did more than one thing.

(End of this chapter)