NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 18 Our opponent is only the Lakers
After experiencing the defeat in this game, Lu Yuanzhi seemed to be able to understand the dull attitude of the veterans after losing.

The game is really too dense, and then there is another back-to-back away game, flying from Orlando to Miami, more than 300 kilometers away, and then starting the next regular season game again more than ten hours after falling asleep.

You don't even have time to be sad before you start the next game.

You can't accuse those NBA players of having no desire to win, because on the court, everyone is doing their best to win.

But as soon as they left the arena, everyone was so dull, as if ordinary people had left work.

Some people take it for granted, but Lu Yuanzhi feels that he needs to get used to it slowly. He is so competitive that even in an ordinary regular season, he is not willing to taste failure.

The next night's game was against the Miami Heat. The Heat had only "kidney fighter" Alonzo Mourning and Eddie Jones, an All-Star offensive guard, who put young Coe on the bench.

But it was useless. Pat Riley, who was determined to rebuild, didn't want to pay the luxury tax at all. After Mourning and Jones took up a lot of salary space, the other Heat players were all crooked. In the end, the Kings ended up with 90 :75 wins easily.

Pat Riley is like this. He is a very targeted person. In many transactions, you think he has lost a lot, but he is actually planning. When there are big fish in the free market, you will be surprised to find out why every time The Heat will have enough salary space to compete for those big fish.

O'Neal is like this, and so is James.

What's even more amazing is that the Heat, a rookie who joined the NBA in 1988, later owned three championship trophies, all of which were brought back by Riley's strategizing. They are the team with the sixth most championship trophies in the NBA, only behind the Lakers, The Celtics, Bulls, Spurs and Warriors, so Pat Riley is called a "magic fortune teller", and it is well deserved.

The Heat didn't want to resist, and the Kings players were also very tired, which gave Lu Yuanzhi a lot of playing time.

陆远志上场15分钟，拿到10分6篮板2封盖1抢断2助攻，并且在攻防两端打爆了老将拉方索-埃利斯，拿到了久违的2点自由属性，将自己的对抗终结提升到了47点。

In the end, the Kings had two wins and two losses in their four-game road trip in the Eastern Conference, which is not good, but considering that team leader Chris Webber, who averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds per game, is still on the injured list, what a start. The result of leading the Western Conference with 5 wins and 2 losses is not unacceptable.

The next game is three days later, when they return home to face the challenging Raptors, so the entire Kings team will rest in Miami for one night before flying back to Sacramento tomorrow.

Back at the hotel, Bobby Jackson invited Lu Yuanzhi out for a drink, and said that it was the big brother Divac's treat.

Ho Ho Ho, although this is not in Atlanta, there is no Gold Club, but please, this is Miami, go out and see how many hot and hot girls are on the beach!

These old guys really know how to pick places.

These old guys are really blowing up gold coins all the time!
But after following Bobby Jackson into the bar in a hurry, Lu Yuanzhi was dumbfounded.

The bar was booked, with Kings players and staff sitting here and there. Soothing and melodious music was playing in the room. Big brother Divac was even chatting about literature with Stojakovic!

No, this is what you call a drink?
Is this what NBA players call a drink?
No hot music, no hot girls, what are you going to do?

As NBA players, is there a problem with your hormone levels?
Is it really appropriate for you to play Luohan game to deceive a rookie's feelings?

"Hey, newbie from the mysterious East, interested in joining our discussion about Tchaikovsky's works?"

"Okay, Vlad, stop teasing the rookies," Bobby Jackson looked around, seeming a little dissatisfied with such a plain environment, "Let's get down to business before we drink."

"Business?" Lu Yuanzhi was a little strange. This seems to be a place to talk about business?It's better than here in the locker room.

"Rookie, we don't know your personality. In order to make you more relaxed, we chose this place for the conversation." Divac poured a glass of wine for Lu Yuanzhi, and then began his speech, "First of all, I have no intention of Interfere in your private life, and what follows is the experience of a league veteran."

Lu Yuanzhi was shocked. There was something wrong with these foreigners. If he said he had no intention of interfering, then he would undoubtedly interfere with you. But why should he interfere with his private life?

Apart from playing games, on the way to play games, I have no private life at all.

Seeing that Lu Yuanzhi did not object, Divac continued: "I remember when I was still playing in Europe, I would practice extra every day after training, constantly improving my skills, and I didn't dare to slack off at all. In those years, it was also the best time for me to improve my skills. Fast forward a few years."

"You also know that your skills are very rough. Now that you have just entered the league, it is the critical moment to improve your skills. Why do you end training early like us old guys? You can't improve your skills in games!"

Indeed, Kobe said it, and Tracy McGrady also said that you can't improve your skills in the game, and neither can the NBA. Only through systematic training can you really improve your skills.

This is why at the end of each summer, hard-working people have developed a new technology that shines in the new season, while a large number of people just grow a circle of flesh.

The summer offseason is the golden time to systematically improve your skills. Lu Yuanzhi also wants to go to the training camp in the summer to polish his skills. After all, it seems that the average free attribute is only two or three points per game. The system sends out free attributes, and I can't type them out until the year of the monkey?too slow.

Unexpectedly, Divac's advice to him was to practice more every day and not wait until summer.

This is really strange, Lu Yuanzhi nodded, and then looked at Divac suspiciously.

Divac was also very happy when he saw Lu Yuanzhi nodding, but he was also afraid that Lu Yuanzhi was just perfunctory, so he continued, "In the shortened season of 98-99, I came to the Kings, and Chris also came, and then he was selected two years ago. Peja also ended his contract and came to the Kings. The first time we worked together, we led the Kings to the playoffs. Although they started well, they were swept out of the playoffs by the Jazz 3:2."

"But neither of us was discouraged, because we both saw visible talent in each other."

"In the 99-00 season, we lost to the champion of that year, the Los Angeles Lakers, 2:3 in the first round."

"In the 00-01 season, we continued to strengthen. Shedo came, Doug came, and Bobby also came. Doug made the best defensive team, and Bobby also got the best sixth man. But we still Swept by the Lakers 4-0 in the second round."

"Everyone said that Jason (Williams) played too much and made too many mistakes at critical moments. Although it was a sweep, the scores were very close every game. In fact, we have a good chance."

"OK, this year, Mike is here, and you have also joined the team. To be honest, Mike's addition has indeed made our offense smoother. His precise shooting also fits our Princeton system very well, and as a rookie, you-" After talking for a while, Divac took a sip of wine, pointed at Lu Yuanzhi and said, "You have energy that none of us have. You can defend from position 1 to position 4."

"Your joining has made the team extremely powerful. Chris was still recovering from his injury, and we played a wonderful game. I talked to him on the phone about the changes in the team. He is also very much looking forward to returning and letting everyone Everyone has seen how powerful the real Princeton system is!”

Divac became more and more excited as he spoke, and his face was flushed.

"Defense wins the championship! Doug can keep an eye on the opponent's arrow figure, but his physical strength is not unlimited. Max, your joining can make up for his physical vacancy period. He defended McGrady very well yesterday. good."

Regardless of whether defense winning championships is proven false in the future, Lu Yuanzhi will never be the one to stand up and oppose it, because he relies on defense to gain a foothold in the Kings now, and there is no way he will ruin his job.

"More importantly, Max, in addition to the defensive end, you can also attack the inside, which we have been lacking before."

"You know, our perimeter players are very smart, but their impact is a bit lacking. They can use the Princeton system to score at the basket, but they can't use the system to cause damage. Bobby, don't talk, you He's too small to be a threat to Shaq."

"Max, apart from Chris, you are the person in the team who is most likely to attack the opponent's inside, kill the opponent's inside players, and get them into foul trouble. But you are still too rough now, you need more training! "

Seeing that Bobby Jackson wanted to say that he is also very powerful, Divac directly reached out to stop him, and then stared at Lu Yuanzhi, "Yes, I'm talking about Shaq, the Lakers, the Lakers who have won two consecutive championships! Invincible Lakers! What I want is to overthrow the Lakers and win the championship that belongs to our Sacramento Kings!"

(End of this chapter)