Chapter 133 The test between the two powerhouses in the east
Bucks, video room.
As usual, the Bucks coaching staff and players on the team's activation list will start.
Except for the assistant coach who came to the video room in advance to prepare, the others basically walked around with their feet.
He Li played a season of competition and participated in similar meetings forty or fifty times. This made him learn his lesson. He no longer entered the video room for more than ten or twenty minutes earlier, just like at the beginning, and sat down and drank tea.
However, today, something seemed to have happened.
It was already time, but the figures of Big Dog and Kassel did not appear.
"Big Dog and Sam are late?"
Americans still have a relatively good sense of time. Although most blacks are exceptions, the players on the Bucks are still relatively punctual.
So, it is indeed a bit strange that Big Dog and Kassel were late and didn’t come late today.
He Li just asked a question, and happened to George Carl looked at his watch and then said: "Okay, everyone is here, the meeting begins."
George Carl obviously heard He Li’s question, so he explained to the other players present.
"Glenn and Sam have an old problem and will recover from it in the next week or two. So I'll ask you all for the next game!"
As soon as George Carl finished speaking, the video room suddenly became lively.
"No problem, even without Big Dog and Sam, we will win the game!"
"The next calf is worth noting. I'm afraid that by then, the big dog and Sam will be well-kepted!"
"Don't worry, George! We will continue to win the game."
In the eyes of Chinese people, team coaches and players are more like master-apprentice relationships, but in fact, the relationship between NBA coaches and players is mainly the relationship between colleagues and friends.
If you have a good relationship, you are a friend, and if you have a bad relationship, you are a simple colleague. If you feel that the other person is dragging you down, you will have a quarrel with the other person, tell the other person to get out, or even never interact with each other.
The players on the Bucks have a close relationship with the coaching staff. When everyone faces George Carl, they will shout George cordially. There are only a few people who will call Mr. George in a stingy way.
Back to the point, George Carl just smiled simply when he heard his players confidently guarantee him.
Not long after, George Carl became serious again: "In addition, please pay attention to protecting your body while playing games and training.
If you have any discomfort, please tell me and don’t hide it!
Treat diseases with illnesses, heal injuries with injuries, and treat small injuries with major injuries with caution.
For us, the playoffs are the real place to fight.”
What George Carl has said in a cliché is not nonsense, although George Carl has said this to his team members more than once in recent times.
But if the Bucks suddenly hurt their main players and important substitutes and have an impact on the subsequent playoffs, there is really no place to make sense.
Some time ago, the Bucks played three games in four days. Even if they reduced their playing time, they still became sick due to overwork and their old illness recurred.
This also made George Carl care more about the physical condition of the players.
It’s not just the two previous lessons of Big Dog and Kassel! You should know that Ray Allen also suffered an injury this year, and he was directly recuperated for more than half a month.
Anthony Mason has no big problems this season, but there are always minor problems and it has been repeated over and over again, but there is no need to go to the hospital for surgery.
As for Reed, who was reimbursed for the entire season due to illness last season, Reed was just a substitute, so there was no need to pay attention to it, so he did not make a big deal.
Fortunately, He Li, who is currently leading the Bucks, is relatively young. Two months ago, Ray Allen returned from injury and has been in good condition.
The Bucks have the power to take charge with Ray Allen. Even if they face the second-place Nets in the East next time, they probably don't have to worry too much.
On March 22, the Bucks and their group came to New Jersey and tried it with the Nets.
Originally, the Bucks were very sincere and were planning to fight the Nets with real swords and guns.
However, the Nets are very smart in their abacus. After discovering that the Bucks lineup is just a remnant, they chose to play the first half and voluntarily give up the game.
Indeed, there is no need for the Nets to continue to compete with the Bucks in the regular season!
If you want to compete, you will compete in the playoffs, rather than a irrelevant regular season victory or defeat.
In today's game, even if the Nets are fully fired, taking advantage of the Bucks lacking two main players to win the game, what are the benefits?
If you think about it carefully, it is indeed not beneficial, but it is easy to expose the Nets' true strength.
In the second half of the regular season, most teams have shown most of their strength and are sure to advance to the playoffs and even get better rankings, ensuring a home advantage in the playoffs.
However, the Nets do not need to do this at the moment.
The Nets can't compete with the Bucks for the first place in the Eastern Conference, but it is indeed difficult for other teams to surpass the Nets to become the second team in the Eastern Conference.
The Nets have a stable position, so the next main task is to hide some strength slightly, strive to overturn a team stronger than him in the playoffs and achieve better results than expected.
In the East, there are only a few that are worthy of attention from the Nets, and the most important one is the Bucks.
As the playoffs are approaching, the Bucks are the biggest opponent to enter the finals again. How could the Nets be deceived by the Bucks into the finals in a slump?
Impossible, no need, forget it!
Under He Li's leadership, the Bucks are still better than most teams in the league, not to mention that there is also a super giant running and shooting ability without the ball.
The Bucks have Heli and Ray Allen, a combination of internal and external stars, even if the lineup is not complete, they basically did not lose to the Nets in the entire lineup after the first half.
If the Nets want to win, they can only reveal their own shortcomings to the Bucks, as well as other teams that are expected to enter the playoffs and play against the Nets.
Therefore, it is still very rational and experienced to retain strength.
However, even though the Nets hid some of their strength in the second half, the situation of this game was still quite anxious. The two teams once played until the fourth quarter before the score gradually widened.
It is precisely because of this that He Li, who played for four quarters, scored a high score of 31 points under Kenyon Martin's single defense.
By the way, Martine's single defense ability in the interior is pretty good, but it's a pity that he is only suitable for defending players who are smaller than him.
Originally, He Li's projection-type inside line was within Martin's defensive ability, but He Li, a high school rookie, had the NBA power forward-level tonnage as soon as he entered the NBA.
Martin's body cannot force He Li to eat, and in terms of technology, he is even more no match for He Li.
On the contrary, He Li has a clean defense in normal times. At critical moments, the small movement ability is full, and the inside defense has tonnage support. It is difficult for Martin to play He Li alone.
Through this game, both teams felt that Martin was not He Li's opponent.
The Nets want to score with the help of Martin's strength, but it doesn't mean that they rely on Kidd's passing ability to feed Martin the cake.
"We need to use other ways to prevent He Li! If we can't prevent him from taking action, we will only make him unable to catch the ball."
Chapter completed!