This Forward is Not Serious

Beating the University of Kansas is easy to say, but it is by no means so simple to do.

Don't think that the University of Texas didn't lose much before, just think that they have the strength to challenge Kansas after adjusting the lineup.

In fact, the last time they played against Kansas, they didn't make the main force in the end.

You can say that Kansas coach Self is as stubborn as Barnes, but the fact is that Kansas is not doing its best.

When Kansas used its full strength in the first half of the first and second quarters, the University of Texas had no resistance at that time.

So to accomplish this goal, they have to continue to become stronger.

Or in other words, they must at least become as strong as the University of Kansas before they have the capital to talk about winning or losing.

After Christmas, Lin Ying and Durant returned to the University of Texas.

They immediately went to Springman and expressed their thoughts.

"Win the championship?"

Springman was shocked when he heard this word.

Well, it's like hearing that someone is going to build an elevator to go to the moon.

You must know that the elite quarterfinals that Barnes mentioned before is already considered an extravagant hope, and winning the championship is simply a fantasy.

But looking at the serious looks of the two, he also knew that this was not a joke, not to mention that today is not April Fool's Day.

After the shock, he nodded seriously.

Although he felt that it was unrealistic, he could still feel the vitality from the two of them.

It is a good thing for young people to have dreams. What he has to do is not to break such dreams, but to help them as much as possible.

No one can predict the future, what if it is really done?

"There is no shortcut to success. I will train you more strictly. You must pay more, even several times more sweat and effort."

What Spleman said next gave the two of them a complete explanation.

Then, he put forward his request for the two of them.

"Our current training arrangement is two exercises a day, and I will increase it to three exercises a day in the future."

From two to three, that might not sound like much of a change, but maybe only professional athletes know what that means.

To give the simplest example, NBA players generally practice twice a day, and very few practice three times a day.

Among the very few people, the fans are most familiar with Kobe, and the stalk of "four o'clock in the morning" came from here.

Or it would be more straightforward to explain it with numbers.

Everyone's training time is different, but in general, a training session is about 2 hours.

Practice once a day, that is, train for two hours a day.

Practice twice a day, that is four hours.

If you practice three times a day, that's six hours.

Maybe you will say that this is not much, ordinary people have eight hours of work a day!

But training and going to work are not the same concept.

When you go to work, you touch fish, and the actual work may only be four or five hours or less.

But training requires dedication.

Moreover, recovery from physical exertion is slower than mental exertion, and there must be enough rest time in between.

That means they will likely be training late into the night.

But Durant and Lin Ying didn't think there was anything wrong after listening to it.

After all, the two of them have been in the training hall every day since high school.

"Coach, can you let us sleep in the training hall?"

Durant made a request.

Because they are students, students do more than just play basketball.

Especially now that school starts, they spend a lot of time in class.

And now, everyone else in Longhorn trains once a day, while he and Lin Ying train twice a day because they accompany Pittman to lose weight.

Now the time for the two exercises is:

The first training is in the morning, get up at 5:30, and train from 6 to 8.

The second training is in the evening, after class at 5 o'clock, and training from 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock.

Because the interval between each training is at least 3 hours, this also means that the third training can only be from 10:00 to 12:00 in the evening.

It can be seen from the time distribution that if the time to and from the training hall is also included, even if they take a nap at noon, they will not have enough sleep time.

But if you can sleep in the training hall, the situation is different.

Because then they can at least guarantee 5-6 hours of sleep time.

If you make up another hour at noon, basically there will be no problem.

Springman glanced at the two of them.

There are no beds in the training hall, and even the lounge has only a bunch of benches.

Sleeping in the training hall means sleeping on the floor.

It would be fine if it was summer, but the weather in late December and January is a double test for people's body and spirit.

While he was watching, Lin Ying nodded along.

From the eyes and actions of the two, Springman could feel their determination.

He nodded.

Then, he said the second point.

"Kansas has not only the personal ability of the players, but also the tactical literacy, which I will also train you in training, and..."

When Springman said this, he turned to look at Lin Ying.

"We need to find a tactic against them, which I haven't figured out yet, but I'm sure we will."

Springman had something to say.

He has been looking for tactics against Kansas, but he has no good ideas. He said this in the hope that Lin Ying would think about it.

Because Lin Ying's basketball IQ has been fully demonstrated before, otherwise he would not have given the playbook to the past.

Lin Ying nodded.

However, as Springman said, a targeted tactic is not so easy to come up with.

This will require a lot of data analysis, and possibly even theory and practice.

But to win the championship, he has to think.

...

New Year's Day is a major holiday in the United States, second only to the previous Christmas in importance.

On the last day of 2006, people gathered in churches, streets or squares, sang poems, prayed, blessed, and confessed, waiting for midnight to come.

At 12 o'clock, the bells rang together, and the band played the theme song "Bon voyage" from the classic movie "Blue Bridge".

To the sound of music, people hugged each other and ushered in the new year together with the sadness of farewell and yearning for a new life.

Of course, this year these have nothing to do with Lin Ying Durant.

On this day, because of the school holiday, their third training session ended earlier than usual.

After training, they moved the bedding from the dormitory to the training hall.

Next to the lounge in the training hall is a storage room, usually for sports equipment or something.

Springman gave them the key to the storage room. They would put the quilts in the storage room during the day and move them to the lounge at night. They arranged the benches in the lounge in two rows next to the wall. The bed is made.

Sleeping on it will definitely not be too comfortable, but it is not a bad way to use the floor in winter.

It was very quiet late at night during training, and the two of them should be able to fall asleep soon after lying down.

But I don't know if it was because of a new place, the two tossed and turned for a while after lying down.

"Shadow, are you asleep?"

"not yet."

"Are you saying we can beat Kansas?"

Durant heard that Lin Ying didn't feel sleepy, so he regained his energy and sat up.

"it should be OK."

"It will definitely work! Last time we didn't show our strength, and if we do it again, we will definitely not be like that again."

Durant gritted his teeth when he said this, obviously holding back his energy, and he was a little impatient.

Lin Ying let out a "hmm".

Although Durant can't wait, the next match between the two teams will not be until early March, which is two months later.

Just then, there was light in the darkness.

It was Durant who turned the phone on.

"Shadow, do you want us to watch something exciting?"

Lin Ying was speechless when she heard this.

Thrilling stuff, the kind they saw on their first day in a UT dorm.

But there is no woman in this big night, can the two men still be able to fencing?

"Kevin, we've got to give it our all to beat Kansas."

Lin Ying spoke.

The light in the darkness faded, and Durant lay down again to sleep.

After a while, there was a slight snoring sound in the lounge.

Lin Ying couldn't sleep anymore.

Not because of Durant's snoring, but because of what Durant said.

If they lose to Kansas in the next home game, it will definitely hit the team's morale very hard.

It is even possible that they will become unconfident when they face Kansas in the divisional playoffs.

So for them in the next game, they can only win but not lose.

Two months is enough time for them to prepare, but as Springman said, they must find a targeted tactic.

But this kind of tactic is so easy to find.

After another round of tossing and turning, after an unknown amount of time, Lin Yingmi fell asleep in a daze.

Just like many office workers, it seems that just after falling asleep, the alarm rings.

Especially in the winter, getting up is simply the ultimate test of personal willpower.

However, the two got up quickly, and the quick movements made people feel distressed.

After a brief wash, they went to the training hall to warm up their lower bodies, and after a while Wright "carried" Pittman over.

This scene has played out countless times since they entered the University of Texas.

The content of the training is basically fixed.

The first hour is basic training, including shooting, running back and forth, etc., which they can complete by themselves.

When it was around seven o'clock, Springman also came, carrying some bread in his hand, which was breakfast for others.

The last hour of training is confrontation training.

At this time, Springman is not only an assistant coach but also a trainer, holding a mat to simulate confrontation to train the two.

Of course, in addition to this, there is also the offensive and defensive battle between Lin Ying and Durant.

With shield and spear together, there is nothing more effective for training than to have them confront each other directly.

By the end of the two-hour training, the two of them were already dripping with sweat.

Their training content will generally not change, but Springman will adjust the intensity according to the physical condition of the two, so that they are always in "high intensity".

Don't feel cruel, because only in that way can they stimulate their physical potential and allow them to complete their goal of beating Kansas.

When the training was over, Springman told the two of them good news.

The school finally agreed to the team's application to install a TV in the lounge, and the installation will be completed before the New Year's Day holiday.

In other words, this holiday season they can watch TV while they rest!

When Springman said this, Durant reached out and clapped Lin Ying.

Usually, they spend most of their time in class during the day, and they don't think about what to do after training.

But now that I am on vacation, I suddenly have a lot more time.

For two people who enjoy going to the training hall for fun, it is really a bit of a mystery what to do.

Their lives would be much richer if they had television.

Springman didn't fool them, and the guy who installed the cable TV came that afternoon.

Durant chatted enthusiastically with them, while Lin Ying sat aside quietly and continued to think about tactics.

Still nothing like last night.

It wasn't until Durant pulled him back from his thoughts that he realized that the TV was installed, and even the person who installed it had left.

"You said how about we buy a game console? Connect it to the TV and we can play games! Oh yes, I can order another pizza and coke..."

Durant proposed.

He is a professional when it comes to otaku.

"Kevin, this is the school's lounge."

Lin Ying reminded.

This TV has just been installed, if people from the school find out that they are using it to play games, they may take it back in minutes.

Durant's expression was slightly disappointed, but he turned on the TV and watched it.

Television in the United States is divided into two categories: one is public television, which is similar to the five sets and eleven sets in China.

Such programs have a coverage rate of more than 90% in the United States, and they have high requirements for content. Any violence, pornography, and even dirty words are not allowed, and they will be beeped off;

The other category is cable TV, which covers more content and has more American characteristics.

For example, the popular "Song of Killing and Fucking" is in this kind of program.

The coverage of such programs is low and most of them are charged, so many episodes are not limited in scale.

After watching public TV for a while, Durant felt bored and wanted to switch to cable TV.

Lin Ying didn't object either. Watching programs similar to popular science and political news really made people drowsy.

But after entering the cable TV show, he made a suggestion.

TNT.

It's not short for Dynamite, it's short for Turner Television Network.

The Barkley show that Lin Ying was on before was on TNT.

TNT is a TV station similar to CCTV 5 in China. It will broadcast live sports events around the clock, and the NBA is the focus.

Or in other words, as long as it is an NBA game that is broadcast by TNT, you can watch it whether it is live or rewatched.

Nothing grabs the attention of two basketball players like this.

After paying the fee, they can watch the game.

However, the NBA live broadcasts are basically at night, and they can only watch replays now.

Fortunately, they were busy with training and didn't pay much attention to the NBA. They didn't know the results of the game. The difference between replay and live broadcast was not that big.

And they picked a game very quickly, which was just finished two days ago.

Lakers VS Mavericks.

The Mavericks are a Texas team. This season, under the coaching of "Little General" Avery Johnson, their performance is very dazzling. Nowitzki also played the best performance of his career, and now ranks first in the Western Conference.

Although the Lakers are average now, they have Kobe.

Kobe scored 81 points in a single game last season and averaged 35.4 points per game this season.