The Whip of the God of Basketball

The Boston Celtics have gotten into some minor troubles in the new year. The first is the inevitable injury problem in the league. The team's main power forward Antoine Walker missed the team's Texas trip because of a knee injury, which also caused the Celtics to suffer in Dallas and San Antonio. Miserably failed. Walker's statistics have declined slightly this season, but his role in the team is still very important, especially his support skills have been developed by Leon, and the number of assists has increased significantly.

Leon had to play PJ Brown at power forward in several games and then start Dalembert at center. Although Brown has a very good mid-range skill, his lack of support and independent offensive ability has caused the team's offensive launch to be completely burdened on the outside. In the offensive battle with the Mavericks, the Celtics, who lacked an inside attack, lost to the intense flames of revenge from the Dallas people. In the SBC center, Brown alone can't stop the Spurs twin towers, and Dalembert is still too immature.

Leon made a bold change in the third game against the Rockets in Texas. He no longer sent Dalembert, a kid who lacked offensive power, but sent his surprise soldier Wang Zhizhi, and let Wang Zhizhi start a pair The No. 1 pick of the Rockets, the "little giant" Yao Ming who has attracted the attention of fans all over the world. This is a very risky move. Although many people know that Wang Zhizhi has always had the upper hand against Yao Ming in the CBA, the Yao Ming in the 2002-2003 season is no longer the Yao Ming in China. In his NBA debut journey, from being questioned at the beginning, with 0 points in the first game, to letting Charles Barkley kiss the ass of the donkey, once gaining the upper hand in the confrontation with O'Neal, etc. A series of outstanding performances Let people see the strength of this genius from China.

On the contrary, Wang Zhizhi, the first Chinese player to come to the NBA, can only sit on the bench with the Celtics. Although Leon also gave Wang Zhizhi some opportunities, Wang Zhizhi also had moments of glory, but after all, he cannot be compared with the champion Yao Ming. And Leon took advantage of this before the game. He aroused Wang Zhizhi's fighting spirit with words, and then made ingenious tactical arrangements, taking advantage of Wang Zhizhi's good footwork and long range, plus he faced Yao Ming in the CBA. Confidence built, and finally on the night of January 13 at the Compaq Center in Houston, he played the best battle of his career. He made 3 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 5 two-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 19 points and 3 rebounds and 2 assists, overwhelmed Yao Ming's 10 points and 5 rebounds, and helped the Celtics get away without a general.

After returning to Boston, because of this victory, Leon's proposal to sign Wang Zhizhi in the summer was well received by the Boston media, but the bad injury problem did not get better when the team returned to their hometown. In the home game against the Eagles, Michael Reid suffered a slight contusion of his right thumb. After being examined by the team doctor, he was advised to recuperate and observe and treat for a period of time before considering returning to the game. Fortunately, the Celtics relied on the performance of Arenas and Pierce, and with their strong defense, they still won the game 96:87 and achieved two consecutive victories.

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On the morning of January 16, a rest day for the Celtics, Leon got up in the morning and made himself a cup of coffee. Recently, he felt a little lack of sleep. On the one hand, the continuous injuries of the team tormented his brain cells, and on the other hand, Khomeinis, who was slowly taking a break from writing papers, began to make Leon feel restless at night. Fortunately, Leon's physical foundation is very good, but he can still bear it. Since becoming the head coach, Leon has also felt that his desires in all aspects are declining. The position of NBA head coach is indeed one of the most stressful positions. .

After drinking the coffee, Leon felt that his chaotic mind became clearer, and all the affairs of the day appeared in his mind. A series of content such as team training, video analysis, pre-match preparation and so on. Leon may be one of the head coaches with the most workload in the league. Many head coaches will hand over some planned content to their assistant coaches to complete, but Leon is not like this.

It's not because Leon is a butler-type coach who likes to grab eyebrows and beards, but because he thinks he is good at planning and planning, and he does it very efficiently. In this case, why let the assistant coach do these things? The time saved by the assistant coach can be used to do more meaningful work, such as Cowens' basic technical guidance, Siegfried's focus on shooting training, Hart's full study of the team's defense, and Hess's new team. For the formulation of the physical training plan, Leon, as the head coach, is willing to do some chores in order to let the assistants under him concentrate on their duties.

The boss Pagliuca once suggested that Leon recruit another assistant coach to be his own affairs assistant, but Leon refused, and Angie also disagreed. Angie disagrees because he thinks the Celtics have a lot of assistant coaches, and since Leon is so capable, let him work harder. The reason Leon refused was because he always had an assistant coach position for Rick Carlisle in his heart.

Leon went out quietly while Khomeinis was still sleeping soundly on the bed. After all, he had gone to the bedside to kiss goodbye before leaving, but it was delayed for another 20 minutes, so Leon chose to go quietly. leave quietly.

After arriving at the training hall, Leon met Michael Reid. He just missed the game yesterday because of a right hand contusion. After being checked by the team doctor, he thought he should recuperate for a week, but he still came to the training hall. Leon saw that the middle finger of his right hand was holding a ball of gauze, and he was practicing shooting. Fortunately, his right hand is not his shooting hand, but it will still affect the lift of the shot.

"How does your hand feel, Michael, you still need to pay attention to rest, and don't affect your future days because of a day or two of training." Leon stepped forward and asked with concern. This season, Reed is already an important piece of the Celtics' outside line. Leon pays great attention to the cultivation of his personal ability. The shooting coach Siegfried he invited can sometimes be said to be Reed's personal coach. Also No. 20 of the Celtics, he bets the most energy on Reed.

"Sig also asked me to seize the opportunity to practice more defensive footwork, but I think shooting must be practiced every day, otherwise the feeling will be worse, unless my left hand is broken." Reid said to Leon, and then shot another shot In the middle distance, the ball goes hollow into the net. Reid's shooting speed is getting faster and faster, and his posture is getting more and more strange, but his shooting rate is getting better and better. Leon could see that Reid's shot was casual and relaxed, and his arm muscles were well controlled. Leon knew the ball was going to be scored the moment the ball went out.

"Maybe you should consider changing your shooting posture to be more beautiful, otherwise there won't be too many fans like you... You shoot like an excavator..." Leon can only complain about Reed's shot The posture is getting worse and worse.

"It's useless to look good, it's the last word to be able to enter!" Siegfried, who had changed his clothes, came from the side, and he responded loudly when he heard Leon's words. Leon smiled and didn't say anything. To old seniors like Siegfried, it's better not to talk humorously with them. Anyway, Leon is completely at ease in entrusting Reed's training to him.

Because of Reid's injury, Reid did not participate in the group training during the day, but took time to let Siegfried conduct individual shooting exercises. While Leon organized the whole team to practice, he looked at what Reid was practicing from time to time. Sometimes he finds that the old man Siegfried is quite thoughtful. As expected of a person who trained criminals in the correction center, he is very studious and full of energy. different patterns for training. Moreover, his training method is not based on his own head-covering, but is supported by data. He does not know how to use a computer, and he specifically asked Leon to help him make statistics and print them out on A4 paper. Based on the guidance of these data, he formulated a shooting training method. .

This time Leon discovered that Siegfried was leading Reed to perform very strange exercises again. He first asked Reed to perform continuous vertical jump training on the spot, and then asked Reed to stand still and only do upper body exercises Shooting practice. Leon was a little puzzled, Reed didn't have a leg injury, so why did he do this kind of exercise.

Asked about Siegfried, the old guy laughed and said, "This is a new technology!"