The Godfather of Basketball

Tang Tian was indeed very angry. In the NBA games he had seen, how many teams' leads were reversed because of carelessness. Now that he has traveled to become the head coach of the NBA, he did not expect such a thing to happen to him.

And he knows very well that, in fact, the 13th team in history to be reversed 2-0 is the Rockets.

Now the game between the Mavericks and the Warriors is 1-1 as in the memory of the previous life. If the Rockets take it lightly, it will be the same as in the previous life.

"No, coach." Yao Ming said. He just experienced a 2-0 reversal two years ago.

"No, coach." The other team members also realized that Tang Tian was not joking.

"I'm sorry, Coach." Alston apologized.

Seeing that the team members really realized this, Tang Tian's expression softened a little.

"Our goal is to win the championship, but every champion team has gone through bloody battles to win the championship. There has never been an exception, never. Now tell me, do you really want to win the championship?"

"Yes, coach." The players shouted.

"Louder, I can't hear you."

"Yes, Coach!" the players yelled this time in unison.

At this moment, McGrady and Millsap came to the arena together. They heard the shout and their faces were full of doubts.

Seeing Tang Tian lecturing, they stood at the door a bit hesitant to advance or retreat.

Tang Tian stretched out his hand to signal them to return to the team first.

"The home of the Jazz, Salt Lake City, is at a high altitude. It is the most difficult away game. The Jazz play 30 to 40 games a year. They must be more adaptable than us, so I will expand the rotation in the next game. more time."

After Tang Tian said this, there was a burst of discussion among the players, especially the role players, all of whom seemed eager to try.

"But I need to remind everyone that the next two away games will be much more difficult than the first two. I hope everyone will have this mental preparation and spare no effort to fight every minute on the court, understand? ?”

"Understood!" The morale of the team members was high.

Tang Tian nodded: "Tom, tell everyone the specific tactics first, Paul, follow me."

When Millsap heard Tang Tian calling him, his heart tightened, and when he saw Tang Tian leaving, he hurriedly followed.

When he got to the coach's office, before Tang Tian could speak, Millsap immediately said, "Coach, I was wrong. I shouldn't be late for the training session."

"En." Tang Tian nodded, took out a cigarette from the drawer and smoked it, "What did you and T-mac do?"

Millsap hesitated to speak.

Tang Tian put down the cigarette, his complexion slowly turned cold.

"Hey~"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Coach." McGrady's voice came from outside.

"You go down first." Tang Tian said to Millsap.

After McGrady came in, just as he was about to speak, Tang Tian signaled Millsap to leave first.

After Millsap left, he signaled McGrady to sit down.

"Coach, this is my fault. I took Paul to see the car temporarily, so I was late for training." McGrady said with a smile.

"car?"

"Yes, I think he's doing a good job. I just want to change the car, so I'll take him to have a look and help him pay a down payment."

Tang Tian nodded, picked up the cigarette and took a sip, put it down and said, "T-mac, what you did is a good thing, but the timing is not right."

"Yes, the coach is right." McGrady nodded, but still had a playful smile on his face.

"Tracy." Tang Tian changed his address this time.

McGrady froze for a moment, and looked at Tang Tian suspiciously.

"Should you have not forgotten the experience of 4 years ago? Or have you forgotten that you have not broken through the first round of the playoffs?"

(Note: McGrady led the Pistons 3-1 in the 2002-03 season playoffs. After the game, he celebrated in the locker room in advance, and looked forward to the game against the 76ers in an interview with reporters. The result was finally reversed 3-4.)

As soon as these two sentences were said, McGrady's expression changed instantly, his brows were tightly frowned and there was a trace of sullenness.

Obviously, what Tang Tian said hit a sore spot in his heart.

"There are many great players in history, but none of them have only experienced one round of the playoffs. You are destined to enter the Hall of Fame. Do you want to be the first one with a label?" Tang Tian continued.

Mai Di looked at Tang Tian, ​​his expression gradually changed.

Ever since Tang Tian healed his back injury, the relationship between him and Tang Tian has been very close. This is the first time Tang Tian has spoken to him so harshly.

But after getting along for so long, he quickly understood that Tang Tian was doing it for his own good.

"Yes, coach, I understand." McGrady's expression was very serious, but the expression of that hippie smile was no longer on his face.

Tang Tian knew that he knew, so he nodded.

"By the way, call Paul in by the way." Tang Tian added when Mai Di went out.

After Millsap came in, Tang Tian didn't blame too much, but just gave some advice. For rookies, maintaining self-confidence is still very important.

The third game against the Jazz is two days later.

The Rockets have been preparing intensely for the past two days. With Tang Tian's reminder, the attitude of the team members has obviously corrected.

But Tang Tian was a little surprised by McGrady. After chatting with him, McGrady has been training alone these two nights.

It can be seen that after Tang Tian helped him recall the experience of 4 years ago, he was full of energy.

Tang Tian looked at Mai Di, who was profusely sweating, and suddenly felt a little bit of anticipation.

In the previous life, "Full Power Zhan", "Peak Mai", and "Rational Science" were topics that fans talked about.

The other two haven't had a chance to meet yet, but in the next game, maybe they really have a chance to witness the legendary peak Mai.

During the two days when the Rockets rested, the Warriors and the Mavericks, who started the game first, had another upset. The Mavericks lost the third game. After playing a regular season that made team history, they were in In the first round of the playoffs, they fell behind their opponents 1-2.

This kind of performance also made the fans worried about the other matchups.

Even the fans of the Rockets couldn't help worrying.

The Jazz's away games are notoriously difficult to play. If the Rockets capsize in the gutter, all expectations will be in vain.

Amid such worries, Tang Tian led the Rockets on the plane to Salt Lake City.

However, unlike the concerns of the fans, on the special plane at the moment, the faces of the Rockets players are full of confidence.