In the middle of the bench on the sideline, Terry Stotts and Mike Woodson shook hands. The difference is that the former is high-spirited and the latter looks lonely.
Yes, judging from their records, the current situation and reputation of the two in the league are completely different.
If there are no surprises, if the Trail Blazers win the regular season championship, the best coach this season will most likely fall to Terry Stotts.
Mike Woodson looked bitter, and Jiang forced a smile: "Terry, to be honest, I envy you and have such a group of good players."
Terry Stotts looked back at the Trail Blazers players and smiled more freely: "Yeah, I'm very grateful to them."
"The Knicks have been in a bit of a difficult situation recently, but I still want to say that we will win the game tonight, and my players and I will not show mercy!"
After a few polite words, Tristol's words suddenly became sharp.
Terry Stotts, who is nearly sixty years old, always looks like a good guy, but every head coach who is good at offense always has an edge in his bones.
Maybe he himself didn't realize that from last year to now, after such a long time, the Trail Blazers have gotten better and better, and he has begun to become more confident, just like a sword that has been sharp for many years has been unsheathed.
"You are too arrogant. Wait, I will let you know next. Excessive arrogance will lead to defeat!"
Mike Woodson was trembling all over and snorted coldly.
"hehe!"
Terry Stotts smiled easily and turned back to the bench.
"Coach, are you going to say harsh words?"
When Wang Zelin saw the angry look on the Knicks coach's face, he knew that his coach must have irritated him during the conversation.
That's not to say you can't speak harshly.
However, as far as he knows, after Terry Stotts became the head coach of the Trail Blazers in his previous life, he always gave fans the impression of a nice old handsome guy.
Let’s talk about the advantages first: He is very good at coordinating the atmosphere in the locker room. He has led the Trail Blazers for nearly ten years and has made the playoffs every year. Pay attention to his coaching level.
Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that he and the Trail Blazers have the same attributes in the backcourt. Everyone likes to attack and is good at attacking.
However, his shortcomings are also obvious:
The team has a set of offensive training, but later it became more and more stuck in a rut. Its on-the-spot reaction ability and ability to change formations during war were average; there was no passion; and it could not train defense.
He can't compare to a famous coach like Qian Sheng, but he has his own way and is better than ordinary coaches.
In the league, we are basically in a position where the upper limit is not enough and the lower limit is more than enough. The lower limit is very high, but the upper limit is just like that.
That's why Wang Zelin asked such a question.
However, what Terry Stotts did just now made him more curious than he was actually happy.
Presumably, everyone doesn't like to be paired with someone they get along with.
"Lusuo, hurry up and get ready to play."
Tristotz laughed and cursed, but when Wang Zelin said it, he also came back to his senses: These words just now are a million times over.
However, it’s really cool!
"Must win!"
Before taking the field, the Blazers put their hands together and shouted loudly.
The game starts with a jump ball in the middle circle.
Wang Zelin and Bargnani stood on opposite sides.
"Give up, you can't beat me when it comes to jumping balls." Wang Zelin said casually.
"Humph, so what if I can't beat you in dancing? I'll dunk you into the top ten in a while!" Bargnani replied coldly.
"Oh, I've become more capable."
After hearing this, Wang Zelin couldn't help laughing.
At this time, the referee threw the ball. Wang Zelin jumped up hard and touched the ball first. The Blazers attacked first.
Lillard caught the ball, and other teammates rushed toward the Knicks' defensive position like a flood.
Bargnani tried to block Wang Zelin, but failed. Wang Zelin landed, blocked Bargnani behind him, and sprinted with all his strength.
At this time, Lillard had just reached the top of the arc and saw Batum suddenly accelerate from the left corner, cut into the paint area, and immediately passed the ball out.
The Knicks were not completely in position yet. Lillard's slightly rushed pass was not hindered, and Batum received the ball very comfortably.
Anthony, who had just retreated to the basket, realized something was wrong and rushed out to cover.
The next second, Batum's sprint came to an abrupt end. Anthony didn't have time to think too much and immediately stretched out his hand to interfere.
"Ah!"
Batum smiled nonchalantly and threw the ball into the sky.
"boom!"
A loud bang was heard soon after.
Anthony looked back and found Trail Blazers No. 36 hanging on the basket. After landing, he stepped out of the sky with an extremely arrogant attitude.
"How do you defend? Ren can't keep up."
Caught in a dispute of public opinion, Anthony, who was already unhappy, immediately yelled at Bargnani.
I feel like I'm treating the other person as a punching bag.
"Mine! My..."
In the end, Bargnani was extremely dissatisfied. On the surface, he did not dare to contradict Anthony and quickly refused to accept the talent.
"Oh ho ho! Alley-oop!"
Buckley roared excitedly.
"ah!!!!"
Madison cheered.
"I'll go! They are indeed the most demanding and least opinionated group of fans in the league."
When returning to defense, Wang Zelin was deeply moved when he witnessed the scenes on the court.
"Okay, stop pretending, the other side is about to attack."
Batum slapped Wang Zelin's buttocks, interrupting the latter's stinking demeanor.
"This is not pretending, it's obviously the truth, okay?"
Wang Zelin replied pretending to be unhappy.
The live broadcast seat of the imperial court.
"The attack was very decisive! The attack only took 6 seconds, and the opponent was stunned."
Yu Jia sighed.
"A gorgeous offense like mercury falling to the ground." Zhang Lili also gave a very high comment.
Raymond controlled the ball for half the game, and the first attack was naturally given to Anthony.
One thing I have to say is that Anthony’s butt is really big and has a huge top!
Aldridge was singled out in the low post on the right side. After hitting him once and twice, he got a chance to shoot and easily turned over and hit a jumper.
After the whole process, Wang Zelin could feel Aldridge's helplessness from afar.
Anthony's push like a pig made Kenneth Smith amused. The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and he said with a hint of teasing: "Hey, Charles, did you see those big butts? Does it bring back good memories of your playing days?"
Buckley immediately said dissatisfied: "Don't compare this coward with me."
What is this coward he calls a coward?
The story goes back to an interview Anthony gave to the media this summer: "I plan to become a free agent in the future."
As soon as these words came out, there was an instant sensation, and there was even news that Anthony was about to leave the Knicks.
To this end, TNT executives invited several guests to discuss Anthony's recent remarks about his intention to become a free agent on a TV show at the end of October.
Among them, Barkley, one of the top 50 NBA stars, gave sharp comments and bluntly stated that he was extremely disappointed with Anthony.
Regardless of what Barkley’s original intention was at the time?
Anyway, as soon as these words came out, they quickly received support from a large number of Knicks fans, and some Knicks team members became more and more dissatisfied with Anthony's remarks, so that many fans later went to Barkley's Twitter to like it.
As you can imagine, when Barkley's words reached Anthony's ears, the latter became furious and gave a fierce response in the subsequent interview.
The feud between the two was thus forged.
