The King of the NBA

Just when the Timberwolves fans were celebrating the Timberwolves' seven-game winning streak at the start, and looking forward to the Timberwolves being able to continue this performance, winning 8 consecutive victories, 9 consecutive victories, and even more consecutive victories, the Timberwolves showed no sign. Suddenly lost.

Yes, it was lost without warning, to the Pelicans.

"How did this happen, why did you lose to the Pelicans?"

"Maybe it's because of the away game."

"Away games shouldn't be like this. The Pelicans are still the same as last season, but our Timberwolves' strength has improved a lot compared to last season."

Timberwolves fans are puzzled and confused.

In fact, the players of the Timberwolves are also very puzzled. The strength of the Pelicans must not be as good as the Rockets. We can even win the Rockets. Why did we lose to the Pelicans instead?

This is unreasonable.

"Perhaps, it's our winning streak, let's let go too much." Ning Yi recalled this game, couldn't help but smile bitterly, the fight was still the same way, but I don't know what's going on, their hit rate this time Very low, not one person is low, but everyone is low, including Ning Yi and Le Fu.

"Maybe." Le Fu shook his head and sighed, "What a pity."

"Is it a pity?" Ning Yi's eyes were sharp. It's a pity that the seven-game winning streak ended here, but it's nothing. Since we can win a wave of seven consecutive victories, we can also play a second wave.

Perhaps, with this failure, next time it won't just be a seven-game winning streak.

After the game, Coach Adelman called everyone together and held a summary meeting.

In fact, Adelman has already discussed with Terry Porter and others, but they can't just discuss. They are the coaches, but the players are the players. It is not enough for them to know why they lost, and the players also need to know. .

"Okay, let's talk about it." Adelman didn't say it directly, but asked, "What did we lose in the game against the Pelicans?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

Love opened his mouth and said: "I think it's because we are not in good shape and our shooting percentage is too low. The overall shooting percentage is less than 140%. With such an efficiency, it is impossible to win the game."

Adelman nodded and looked at the others.

Rubio said: "I don't think our tactics are executed well. Many times, everyone hits you and I hit mine. Especially when the score is too far behind, it's completely messed up." He is a point guard and pays attention to The overall situation, pay attention to the rationality of the game, so I think this is the main reason for the failure.

Subsequently, Brewer, Martin, Turner and others also expressed their views.

Seeing that Ning Yi didn't speak, Adelman asked, "Ning, what do you think?"

Ning Yi pondered for a moment, and said: "There are many factors for our defeat, the hit rate is too low, the tactical execution is not good enough, the mentality is not correct enough, these are all. But I think the fundamental problem is that we are not mature enough."

Adelman raised his eyebrows and said, "Continue."

"We are still very young, and we are not mature enough in terms of mentality or style of play." Ning Yi said: "A mature team, first of all, is stable, not playing well in one game, nor playing well in a few games. , but a whole season. A long season, lasting several months, 82 games, no team can guarantee to win all the time. But there are big differences between each other, mature teams will not struggle. "

Everyone was taken aback.

Adelman understood, nodded and said: "You are right. A mature team will not struggle. It is as strong as it is. If it can make it to the playoffs, it will definitely make it to the playoffs. The immature Even if the team has a gorgeous lineup, talent, and strength, and can win some difficult games, sometimes they lose some games that should have been easy. They are not stable enough, fluctuate a lot, and they obviously have the strength of the playoffs. Many times, they have to wait until the end of the regular season to struggle hard and work hard to enter the playoffs."

Ning Yi nodded, that's what he thought.

"Ning, what else?" Adelman asked.

Ning Yi thought for a moment and shook his head.

Adelman said: "Well, let me sum it up. The reason why we lost is because we underestimated the enemy, thinking that after a wave of seven consecutive victories, we are omnipotent, and no team can stop us. When the game comes, we But we fell into a disadvantage, and this gap made our mentality go wrong."

"The state of mind determines the state, so our state is not good, the shooting rate is very low, and the execution of tactics has become chaotic. We only want to chase points, but we have messed up the rules."

"Also, the team is not mature enough, you are not mature enough. Love, Ning, including Rubio, Dion, and Jokic, Whiteside, Clarkson. You are not mature enough, we played in the first few games It’s good, everything is fine. But when there is trouble, Dang Ning and Love have problems, you panic.”

Everyone bowed their heads.

Jokic, Whiteside, and Clarkson looked at each other and said in unison: "Coach, I'm sorry."

Adelman said: "Needless to say sorry, you are still rookies, how many games have you played? Talking about maturity now is too embarrassing for you. I understand you this time, but I hope we can do better next time." ...I don't ask you to suddenly become very mature, but you can't make the same mistake a second time, understand?"

"Understood." The three said in unison.

Afterwards, Adelman said to Ning Yi, Love, and others respectively.

When the meeting ended, every player of the Timberwolves seemed to have matured, which made Adelman very satisfied. For him, the growth of the players was far more important than a victory. Losing a game will not affect their entry into the playoffs, but whether the players can improve is related to how far they can go after entering the playoffs.

For Adelman, for today's Timberwolves, entering the playoffs is not the goal, but a foundation, which is only equivalent to passing.

Most importantly, the playoffs.

In the end, Adelman found Ning Yi alone, and said to him: "Ning, our players are talented, but how much they can realize and when they can realize it is a question. After all, after the playoffs, we still need It depends on you and Love, but I believe you also know that Love lacks some leadership skills. We need you to stand up, become the leader of the team, and lead the team to go further."

Ning Yi was surprised and said: "Coach, am I not the core of the team now?"

"No." Adelman shook his head, "This is different. You are the core now, and Love is also the core. You are the same as him. I mean, I want you to be a leader. Leaders not only need strength, but also Leadership, Love is not lacking in strength, but lacks the necessary leadership."