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Chapter 88 Chinese Derby

At the end of the season, most teams in the league have already clarified their goals. The Eagles are focusing on training newcomers this season. For the rest of the season, they hope to be as good as possible without losing too embarrassingly.

dropped to the bottom of the league, and strive to get a good pick in the draft lottery ceremony.

Facing such an opponent, Ke Yan felt that he had sufficient fault tolerance to survive, so he changed his playing style during the game and focused on practicing offensive tactics of one large and four small.

Michael Finley replaced Barnes and appeared in the team's small ball lineup, further increasing the team's offensive threat.

Although Finley is not fast, he has been immersed in Nelson's run-and-gun system for many years and has his own way of moving without the ball on the offensive end.

Many times, if you go around two screens and adjust your step point, the defender will be inexplicably distanced by him, and he will capture the space for his shot.

During fast-break counterattacks, Finley can also follow up under the cover of his front-row teammates and deliver a fatal blow, just like a back-row player in volleyball.

Eagles head coach Stotts is essentially a head coach who attacks the strong and defends the weak. Both sides attack very openly, and the score keeps getting higher.

Fans who come to Staples to watch this game will definitely feel that the game is worth the price of admission, "offensive battle", "five best ball slam dunks", "new aids are getting used to smoothly", "head coach's overhaul", "

All these elements are complete. Even Wang Lifan and Hebe, two fake fans, watched this game with relish and found it very interesting.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Lakers successfully won the game 128:117 and achieved five consecutive victories. (36-20)

In addition to Lakers fans, those paying close attention to this game are also the Hawks' management, especially team owner Anthony Ressler and general manager Larry Sand.

However, what they are concerned about is not whether the Eagles can win, but Ke Yan's coaching ability!

The results of the "interview" were very good. The two people have already regarded Ke Yan as the team's first choice for head coach next season!

For this reason, Anthony Ressler even asked someone to investigate Wang Lifan's information. Last time in Atlanta, he suddenly saw Ke Yan in contact with a girl, and he was not well prepared. This time, even Wang Lifan came to the United States with his family when he was young.

, I went to Los Angeles to study for a master's degree, and even collected first-hand information on when my aunt came and what brand of sanitary napkins she used!

Those who knew knew that his target was Ke Yan and wanted to know himself and the enemy; those who didn’t knew thought he wanted to date Wang Lifan!

"Kimi still has the title of acting head coach with the Lakers. Jerry Buss should have other ideas, otherwise he wouldn't have made him a regular coach until now." After watching the entire game, Anthony Ressler said.

, "We need to maintain contact with Kimi for a long time and ensure that if Kimi leaves the Lakers, we will be the first to contact him."

"I've been in contact with Kimi, and he doesn't want to talk about leaving the Lakers for the time being!" Larry Sands reported.

"He said 'temporarily', which means there is no need to talk! Find out what exactly he needs. Is it salary or authority within the team!"

At the end of every season, there are many teams that have not achieved their season goals and have to change their head coaches. Ke Yan has been so outstanding this season, and he is from China and brings commercial value from China. It is inevitable that other teams are eyeing him.
The Eagles' lineup is extremely poor, and there is no core player that can be rebuilt around. In the "Kimi battle", they are definitely at a disadvantage. Perhaps the only thing they can do is to show better sincerity to impress Ke Yan.

Although Ke Yan was quite comfortable with a small lineup and led the team to consecutive victories, Kupchak still made various moves before the trade deadline, trying to trade another insider for the team to prepare for the playoffs.
It's just that these days, insiders are really valuable. There is a saying that "as long as you have the strength, can go up and resist a few fouls, and don't give 2-1, you can make a living."

Kupchak was busy flying, but ultimately failed to help the team get a human shield. At this point, unless Ke Yan can find some fish that slipped through the net, the Lakers can only rely on the current lineup to enter the playoffs.
Although he has only been in office for less than two months, Ke Yan is already used to it when Kupchak comes to him with a grimace and says, "The thing didn't get done." To put it bluntly, he can just pick up scraps from other teams.

, or sign some players who were given up by other teams. Even the "unexpected surprise" of Finley was brought to the door by the Mavericks themselves!

It doesn’t matter if the trade deadline has passed, at least the team has stabilized and no one will have a change of heart!

March 2nd was another Chinese Derby. The Lakers came to the Toyota Center to challenge the Houston Mosaics away from home. Not only did CCTV broadcast the game as expected, because the two teams were related to Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady, TNT also arranged to broadcast the game.

Live broadcast across the United States.

Before the game, the media predicted the outcome, and most people were optimistic about the Lakers. The Lakers, which had won five consecutive games, were in high morale. Kobe was in good shape after the All-Star Game. Ke Yan made many ingenuity in the game. Many experts have it.

I praised Ke Yan’s on-the-spot management.

On the other hand, although the Mosaic team has a combination of Yao and Mai, the role players are average, Van Gundy is rigid in hiring, and various problems are restricting the Mosaic team. Even many Chinese Mosaic fans hope that Ke Yan will return to the Mosaic team as the head coach.

Replace Van Gundy!

Because it is the Chinese Derby, CCTV has arranged a special team to provide on-site commentary and interviews.

After becoming the team's head coach, Ke Yan rarely communicated with his opponents before the game. However, CCTV's intervention was still a big deal. Yao Ming and Ke Yan, the protagonists of the derby, came to the side of the field to accept CCTV reporters.

Visit.

"You two are also old friends. Ke Yan first entered the NBA and worked with Dayao. Now he has become the head coach of the Lakers and has led the team to achieve good results. Is there anything Dayao wants to say?"

"We want this game!" The host's question was a bit silly, and Yao Ming replied humorously.

"Wow! You don't miss your old relationship at all!" Ke Yan cooperated exaggeratedly, and the two of them smiled heartily in tacit understanding.

"Seriously speaking, I am very happy to see that Ke Yan can make a contribution to the Lakers. Having more faces in the NBA is conducive to the development of the entire Chinese basketball. This is not only the job of our players, but also the coaching team. I hope that in

In the future, more young people like Key Yan will be able to go abroad, experience the more avant-garde basketball culture, and learn more advanced basketball tactics." Yao Ming looked down at Ke Yan and reporters and expressed his expectations.

"Thank you. I also hope that my experience can encourage a group of people to choose to come out, learn, and improve." Ke Yan followed Yao Ming's words and said, "I think our focus should not be on China, but on Asia. NBA,

There are so many things worth learning from Europe and even Australia."

The two people tacitly guided the topic to the more macro development of "Chinese Basketball" without getting entangled in the game itself.

"Okay, thank you Dayao, and thank you Ke Yan. I hope the two teams can bring us a wonderful game!"

After the interview, there were only 10 minutes left before the start of the game. Ke Yan took the time to make some tactical arrangements. Then the whole place went dark, and the DJ on the scene began to introduce the players...
As Yao Ming wins the jump ball and hands the ball to Alston, the game officially begins!

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