Almighty Coach

On the bench of the Blazers, head coach Tris stood there, glaring, as if he had just crawled out of hell, roaring loudly at the players on the court.

"Run, run for me!"

"Quick break, all press me!"

"Shoot, such a good opportunity, hurry up!"

"Don't you have a meal? It's so slow to return to defense, hurry up, and try harder to defend!"

In a basketball game, if the head coach scolds or constantly questions the referee's penalty, it is possible to eat T, get a technical foul, or even be expelled by the referee. In addition, the referee can conduct the command on the sidelines, as long as it does not interfere with the progress of the game, it can also be used to shout.

Every coach in the NBA has a different style. Some coaches like to shout at players. As long as they are a little dissatisfied with the player's performance, they will roar like wild beasts; some coaches are quiet like a Weak scholars, sitting honestly on the bench, never shout loudly, even if the players do not perform well, at most they just frown to express their dissatisfaction.

Tris has never been the kind of "Fauvis" head coach who likes to call players on the court, but in overtime, he can't restrain his eagerness.

It is said that in the overtime period, the superior side will have an advantage, the deeper bench will have an advantage, and there will be a certain advantage at home, these three advantages are all occupied by the Blazers, so Tris is at the root Don't worry so much, as long as the Trail Blazers play stably, they can win overtime.

But whenever Tris remembered that the Trail Blazers he was leading had to play against a weak man led by a layman, he felt like a needle.

Tris even felt that every look that looked at him carried a mocking color, as if he was mocking him, not even an amateur coach who participated in the NBA game for the first time.

In terms of the Clippers, assistant coach Cassell kept looking in the direction of Tris. Tris's excitement today was indeed a bit unexpected from Kassel.

"Coach Tris seems to be a little emotional. This is just a regular season game. With the Blazers' current win difference, even if the Blazers lose, it won't affect the team's ranking. As for this! Cassell underestimated a few words to himself, and then looked at the score on the field.

In the last two and a half minutes, the score has not changed in the slightest, and neither side has even scored, so the situation is still very tight.

The Clippers are a weak team. In the face of the Blazers ’tough defense, it ’s justifiable not to score, but the Blazers are a strong team and play at home. They do n’t score in two and a half minutes. Too.

This is still overtime. If you do n’t score for such a long period of time in the overtime, for the playoff team, it is indeed a matter that needs serious review.

"It seems that today's game has always been in this rhythm. When the Blazers feel good, our feel is good. When the Blazers feel bad, our feel is bad. Basically, they score, we also score; they If we do n’t score, we wo n’t score either. It ’s as if the two sides have negotiated, so weird.

Cassell looked at the statistics in his hand, and he was a little confused and scratched his head. From the data point of view, the Clippers today are not very good. The shooting rate, rebounds, assists, and the control of mistakes can only be regarded as Well-formed, it is said that such data can't win the Blazers, so Kassel couldn't figure out how the Clippers played back and forth with the Blazers.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Dai's voice sounded from the side, and he noticed Kassel's puzzled expression.

"Nothing, I just didn't expect that we can play overtime with the Blazers. After all, in terms of strength, the Blazers are much better than us." Kassel said.

Li Dai nodded: "Yeah, we are a weak team, and the lineup is not complete, the key is that the team's coach is still an amateur like me, so almost everyone feels that we will lose, or even defeat . No one thinks that we and the Blazers will play the first overtime. "

"The first overtime?" Kassel blinked and then asked: "Coach, you don't think that this game will be the second overtime?"

"Maybe even the third overtime will happen." Li Dai replied with a smile.

At this time, Li Dai remembered the first round of the US Open, just entered Chen Zhen's game facing the tennis king Basel. With the blessing of "evenly matched", they played four consecutive tie-breaks. In the end, a long set came to a decisive victory.

The gap between Chen Zhen and Basel is much larger than the gap between the Blazers and the Clippers, so Li Dai feels that it is not surprising that the Blazers and Clippers play two or three overtimes in this game.

Assistant coach Kassel did not believe Li Dai's judgment at all. The Blazers' starting player was stronger, the bench was deeper, and they were at home. These advantages will be exceptionally large in overtime. Kasai He even felt that the Clippers could crash at any time.

...

"Beep ..." The sound of the on-site electronic timer sounded, the time of the game was reset to zero, and the second overtime ended.

Cassell looked at the score of 118 to 118, and for a moment did not know what to say.

"It was really told by Coach Li that it was time to play the third overtime." Kassel peeked at Li Dai. He now feels that Li Dai has a layer of mystery that cannot be seen through. sense.

"Just now coach Li said that there will be a third overtime, I thought he was laughing, and the result is that there is really a third overtime. Is this just a coincidence? But playing three overtime is not common in the NBA. , If it is a coincidence, it is too 'coincident', so I can't believe it! "

"In the third quarter before, he did not call a timeout, saying that the player can recover the score by himself, and the player really recovered the score. Is it a coincidence? How could everything be possible? Is it a coincidence? "

"Is this coach Li's professional judgment? But he doesn't understand basketball? How can he make such an accurate judgment? At least I, a person who has been a basketball coach for more than a decade, can't see that this game will hit With three overtimes, I ca n’t see that the player can catch up when he is 15 points behind. "

"Or coach Coach Li knows basketball at all. He has been pretending to know nothing. He is deliberately playing the pig and eating the tiger! He wants everyone to think that he is an amateur and let his opponents relax their vigilance. Then he was giving his opponent a fatal blow. "

Kassel thought of this possibility and looked at Li Dai involuntarily.

Li Dai also realized that Kassel was looking at himself, so he smiled at Kassel slightly.

However, to Kassel, this smile really seemed to be a knife in the smile.

...

On the Trail Blazers' bench, coach Tris's mentality collapsed.

He wanted a big victory without suspense. He wanted to easily crush the opponent, but the result was that in the third overtime, the game still had no points.

More importantly, the Trail Blazers are now two points behind.

Although it was only two points behind, Tris had a very helpless feeling.

"It's going to be impossible. Are we going to lose to the Clippers?"

Tris' self-confidence was shaken at this time.

On the field, the Blazers ’players also became irritable. A game that should have been won easily, but now reached the third overtime, and it is still two points behind. If the player ’s heart is still very calm, it is also Don't worry, it's impossible.

As for the home audience, the voice is getting smaller and smaller, and some fans even started to leave early. The atmosphere at home has dropped significantly.

The regular time of 48 minutes in the NBA game, including halftime and timeout, is almost two hours, and then two extra time games are played. The period also includes rest and timeout. It is also a very exhausting energy for fans. As a matter of fact, those people who cheered for the home team constantly shouted their throats by this time, and the third overtime really didn't work.

Moreover, the geographical location of Portland is also relatively west, so the start time of the game will be later than other places. Although everyone implements Western Time, but fans cannot live near the Moda Center, many fans They drove dozens of kilometers to watch the game. They still have to work the next day, and it is impossible to stay late on the court. If it is only one overtime, you can still stick to it, but after hitting three overtimes, some fans ca n’t really stick to it and can only choose to leave.

What's more, the game was not very good. Although it was three overtimes, the opponent was a weak team such as the Clippers. The Blazers also played a little slack and did not play an excellent state in the eyes of fans. It ’s really meaningless to spend time watching a boring game.

In fact, many fans are also a bit disappointed with the Blazers' performance. The Blazers are currently ranked third in the West, and fans have high expectations for them. Many fans are looking forward to the Blazers can reach the Western Conference finals, and even reached the finals, get the NBA championship. However, dealing with such a weak team as the Clippers, it is impossible to attack for a long time. Naturally, some fans do not buy it. Some fans even began to accuse the Blazers of playing badly.

Both the player's mentality and the atmosphere on the scene began to be detrimental to the Trail Blazers. The previous situation of even rivalry seems to have changed a bit.

...

"Boom!"

The basketball hit the box and then bounced out. Three Clippers players rushed over and protected the rebound.

At this time, the Clippers still have a two-point lead, and the game time is less than 10 seconds, which means that even if the Clippers do not attack, they will win the game.

The players on the other side of the Blazers hesitated and didn't foul up immediately. Obviously, their attention was no longer so focused.

"Go foul!" Trail Blazers coach Tries shouted at the player.

The Trail Blazers players rushed up, but basketball has passed from the inside players to the guards.

According to NBA rules, the fouls in the last two minutes, if the foul is not the ball-bearer, then it will be a technical foul with two free throws.

Now that the ball is in the back of the guard, this time the Blazers can only foul the Clippers guard and send the defender to the free throw line.

The defender's free throws are still reliable. With two free throws, the gap between the scores was increased to 4 points. This is a safe difference. The Blazers need at least two rounds to catch up.

The Blazers have no time-outs, which means they can only serve from the backcourt, and then take the ball to the frontcourt for a shot. Judging by the time left, it is impossible for them to complete two offenses.

"We won! We actually won the Clippers!" Although the game was not over, the Clippers' bench was celebrated in advance.

Li Dai took a breath.

"After using the title of head-to-head, the result of the game is no longer under my control. The last time I used head-to-head was Chen Zhen's U.S. Open game against Basel, Chen Zhen finally lost. And this time my luck Not bad, the Clippers actually won the Blazers. I hope the luck will still be so good in the next game. "

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"The Clippers beat the Blazers with overtime in three overtimes"

The next day, after seeing this headline in the news, people couldn't help but want to see the content of the news.

The Clippers are the weakest players in the league, and have just encountered the turbulence of changing bosses and coaches, while the Blazers are the strongest teams in the league. They are also the top teams in the odds to win the championship. In the contest between the two, the Clippers actually won the counterattack. Driven by curiosity, people wanted to know what happened.

The situation of three overtimes is rare in the NBA. It may not appear once in a season. For fans who have watched the game, it may be that three overtime rookies peck each other, but the same thing is put. When it comes to the news, it becomes a highlight.

It is not uncommon in the NBA for the weak team to beat the strong team in an upset defeat. The league lost to the penultimate first. Moreover, the Blazers and Clippers are not the kind of focus team, except for the fans of the two teams, this game is just a report in the news, and did not make much waves.

And there are so many games in the NBA every day. A team only needs to play 82 games in the regular season. This kind of victory is not a critical game, and it will not be particularly remembered. Most people look at the result of the game and forget it in a blink of an eye. They can't even remember the score.

But for the Clippers, this game is the team's first win after the transaction is completely completed, and for Li Dai, this is also his first win after becoming an NBA coach.

Ordinarily, the team should celebrate the first win, but this is only the first of the Clippers ’four away games, and they will play three away games, so there is no time to celebrate this long-lost victory. Instead, he went to New Orleans non-stop and prepared to challenge the Pelicans away.

New Orleans is located in Louisiana. If you open the map of the United States, some people think that the geographic location of Louisiana is more inclined to the east of the United States. In fact, there are three teams in the West, the Pelicans, Grizzlies and Timberwolves. Their geographical position is relatively east, and they are closer to most Eastern teams.

From Portland to New Orleans, almost from the northwest of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico, the plane will take a long time to arrive. So after the game and the Blazers game ended, the Clippers did not directly go back to the hotel to rest, but flew directly to New Orleans.

The Pelicans are also a playoff team. In the fiercely competitive West, as long as they can make the playoffs, there are no weak players.

So in terms of strength, the Pelicans are much stronger than the Clippers.

Faced with an opponent stronger than himself, Li Dai can only use "evenly matched" again.

As a result, Li Dai's luck was still very good. After three overtimes, the Clippers won again and won two consecutive games.

The Clippers then flew to Indiana to challenge the Indiana Pacers away.

The Pacers are currently ranked fifth in the East, with a win rate close to 60%, and this Pacers have always been known for their perseverance The team does not admonish.

In terms of strength, the Pacers are also better than the Clippers, and this time, Li Dai still used "evenly matched"

This time, luck did not stand on Li Dai's side. After four hard hours, they finally lost to the Pacers.

For Li Dai, two wins and one loss in three games, this result is also acceptable.

Li Dai has also calculated in his mind that if he uses "evenly matched" and wins five or five, the probability of winning two consecutive games is one-fourth, which is actually a very high probability, which is equivalent to the test. The multiple choice question was correct when choosing one of the four. Many people have encountered this situation.

If you win in three consecutive games, the probability is one-eighth, which is much lower.

What Li Dai is concerned about is the probability of the team winning, while others see the problem of overtime.

The last three games have played a total of 10 overtime, the Clippers have become the fans in the eyes of overtime.