ATPnovel Chapter 496 Stevens' Metaphor
Chapter 496 Stevens' Metaphor
Chapter 496 Stevens' Metaphor
"Hey! I know you want to win the championship at home to receive bigger cheers, but now our fans don't think about these things, what he needs is that we can win immediately, the sooner the better." Trailing by 9 points It didn't make Brad Stevens too anxious. After all, in the first two games, the Clippers were behind the Heat first, but they still won the victory in the end.
The relaxed Brad Stevens will soon be unable to guarantee their very peaceful state of mind, because after this timeout, they still have not recovered the state they should have.
They originally planned to return to the game at the beginning to ensure the success rate, and first open the gap from the inside. Anthony Davis was stunned when he received the ball. After these 4 games, he discovered a truth. When facing the inside lineup on the opposite side, he doesn't need to master such excellent inside offensive skills. It's necessary to attack and open up space. Then for him, at this time, he can easily score with a light hook.
But tonight, the resistance on the opposite side was extremely fierce. Chris Bosh understood that every game was a last stand for them, so it was obvious that they had to work harder on the defensive end than in the previous games. At this time, For the Clippers, their determination to win this game is far less firm than the Heat. Anthony Davis spent more than ten seconds in the paint and was almost on the edge of the penalty area.
This position is very challenging for handwork. He didn’t hit the small hook. This strike made the Clippers play the first execution and failed. The consequence is very simple. The Heat are next Hit a three-pointer in one round, opening the point difference to 12 points.
At this time, the Clippers fans gathered at the Staples Center to watch the live game on the big screen were still a little anxious, but they were still full of confidence in their team. After all, in the previous two games , The Clippers have won two consecutive comebacks, so this time they believe there is absolutely no problem.
But until the end of the first half, the Clippers did not find anything that could help the team get rid of the current crisis of lagging behind. In the second quarter of the last game, the Clippers' second team had problems. Ryder Stevens still chose the previous second team during the game, continued to let Chris Paul and Anson alternately lead the team, and temporarily abandoned Eric Bledsoe during the game.
In the past against other teams, the Clippers' defense can completely make up for Eric Bledsoe's defensive loopholes, but facing this Heat can't, their offensive ability on the outside will completely overwhelm the Clippers' defense , But even so, the Clippers did not equalize the score as they did at the beginning.
More importantly, the defensive end did not play the dominance of the previous game, which made them unable to counterattack. An Sheng, who felt sluggish in the early stage of the game, lost the chance to counterattack and scored ten times less than the previous game. A few points, at the end of halftime, Ansheng only scored 14 points on 4 of 11 shots!Under such circumstances, even if Chris Paul played well, it is not surprising that the Clippers trailed by 41 points in the first half with 57:16 points.
"Difficult game! For the Clippers, they don't seem to put their minds on the game 100%. You know, the championship trophy has now been airlifted to Miami, but they don't seem to be holding the cup here." Charles. Barkley was very dissatisfied with the Clippers' performance in this game, not only because Anson did not perform well, but felt that except for Anson and Chris Paul, the rest of the people did not have enough respect for this finals.
When he returned to the locker room at halftime, Brad Stevens really saw that his team was really out of shape in this game. There is no way for their minds to be 100% on the game like the Heat.
"Focus! Stay focused. You all know that Ann and I won the NCAA championship together, but you may not know that in that game, almost 80% of the people were not optimistic that we could win that one. This is normal! No one thought we could defeat Duke’s troika, and we were behind by more than ten points in the game, but we still won in the end.”
After Brad Stevens said this, looking at the thoughtful expressions of a group of players, he continued: "If you think I want you to figure out how to fight back in the second half, then maybe you want to It was a mistake."
This long passage directly surprised all the Clippers players present. Isn't this passage encouraging us?The Clippers players looked at each other, wondering what Brad Stevens was trying to trick. At this moment, only Anson understood what his boss was thinking at this moment.
"Now we are not corresponding to the Butler team back then. Whether it is the regular season, the thickness of the lineup, or the record of both sides in the current game, it is obvious that we are the stronger team. Then we are the Duke team that is strong enough to win!" Brad Stevens continued, "But don't forget, the Blue Devils were turned over by us in that game. When leading by more than ten points, not many people would think that we would win in the NCAA competition. Now we lead this game 3:1, just like the game where we led by more than ten points, as long as If we don't pay attention, we will be overturned!"
This sentence suddenly woke up many players. They seemed to have thought too early that the championship this time had gone to his family. They even thought about it when they won the third game Fragment of the championship parade.And halftime and this passage from Brad Stevens hit them over the head like a big stick.
The second half is about to start soon, but Brad Stevens did not tell his teammates more about this game. It is very simple. In the second half, they have to rely on their own performance. He Now the outcome of this game is not too important. Even if the players wake up and play a good game, it will be very difficult to win this game. Not every game can be as good as the previous two games. Also at the last moment the Jedi came back and won the game.
(End of this chapter)