The godfather of basketball started from conquering the NBA

Chapter 110: Xu Xiao’s reflection, expansion is the biggest enemy

On June 2013, 6, the finals officially opened in Minnesota.

The Timberwolves host the Miami Heat at home.

"Ready, man, our efforts this year have ended at this moment." Assistant coach Finch was still mobilizing the players, and the players also responded.

Xu Xiao saw all this and smiled happily.

Not only did he see a united and powerful team, he also saw the future.

Maybe Finch can really take over his class, after all, it's a bit tiring for one person to hold two jobs.

Under Finch's guidance, the Timberwolves' morale was so high that they seemed to be torn apart by the Heat.

"Keep this up and go win the championship that belongs to us."

Xu Xiao waved his hand, and the Timberwolves immediately attacked with their entire army.

Xu Xiao also sat calmly on the coaching bench. In his opinion, this series was a game without any suspense.

No one knows James better than Xu Xiao. Xu Xiao in his previous life had a good understanding of James.

It's not that he likes James very much, it's just that James has enough traffic, and as long as he analyzes his characteristics, he can attract attention.

Coupled with the victory last year, it gave Xu Xiao more confidence. He believed that no matter how powerful Spoelstra was, the entire team would never change qualitatively in a short period of time.

But this time, Xu Xiao miscalculated.

The Heat changed their regular starting lineup, allowing Haslem, who is known as the "spirit of the team," to be promoted to the starting position, and won the previous starter Okafor.

The rest of the players remain unchanged, with the double backcourt of Chris Duhon and Wade, and the forwards of James and Bosh, while the Timberwolves are still the regular starters:

Westbrook, DeRozan, Josh, Ibaka and Oden.

At the beginning, Xu Xiao was calm and calm, but as the game progressed, Xu Xiao's face became more and more ugly.

From gloominess to swearing, it only took less than three quarters.

Xu Xiao can call a timeout every time. Although it can play a certain role, the Heat's counterattack is also timely.

103 to 112, the Timberwolves were defeated by the Heat in the first game.

After the game.Xu Xiao looked at the data sheet in disbelief.

The Timberwolves' rebounding, which they have always been proud of, was surpassed by the Heat. They took 26 three-point shots and hit 11 goals. Originally, this shooting rate was not bad, but it could not cover up that they had as many as 18 turnovers in the game.

Many of the mistakes were caused by the Timberwolves failing to protect the ball after grabbing rebounds, or trying to directly launch a counterattack with a pass but were intercepted.

Fast break errors led to a score of 40 to 18, which made the Timberwolves, which have always been known for their counterattacks, lose face.

After the game, Xu Xiao attended the press conference and took the initiative to take responsibility.

"This game is my problem. I was not prepared. This is simply a shame for a professional coach like me. The opponent is obviously more prepared than us. We will fight back in the next game."

After this game, Xu Xiao stayed up all night, not only thinking about today's game, but more importantly, his mentality.

He was a little relaxed, even underestimated the enemy a little, and was overconfident to the point of inflating.

Xu Xiao himself carefully reviewed his journey this year.

There was almost no resistance in the West. Neither the Trail Blazers nor the Spurs caused substantial trouble to the Timberwolves.

In addition, I still have the blessing of the system in my hands, and my mentality has lost the original humility, replaced by self-righteous calmness and impetuousness.

But I have been coaching for 5 years now, and I only have one championship ring. Why should I dare to compete with famous coaches?

I thought that I knew enough about James in my previous life and that my lineup was deep enough, so I thought that winning was a matter of course.

But reality gave him a slap in the face. Everyone was changing and making progress, but he was the only one who was still standing still, with such a system that was unbelievable, and he was complacent after only winning one championship.

After self-reflection, Xu Xiao couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply got up and watched the video to study the next day's training and subsequent tactics.

The night was not in vain. Although he had not slept all night, Xu Xiao was obviously energetic now because he knew where the problem was.

Before you knew it, it was noon, and the team members arrived at the training venue one after another.

Seeing Xu Xiao who had been up all night and was very excited, he was a little moved. Seeing the coach working so hard, what qualifications did he have not to work hard?

They also took the initiative to start today's training.

Seeing that the team members were basically all here, Xu Xiao began to organize today's training content.

"Guys, stop for a moment. We are not going to play tactics today. We will train in a different way today."

Finch was just about to organize his team members to start today's tactical drill when he was stopped by Xu Xiao.

"I have been asking you to practice tactics before, but I thought about it seriously yesterday. What we need now is not just tactics, but some details and habits on the court. This is the stage of the finals, and any details will be ignored. The opponent caught it, so I changed the training content today and we have a special game today."

Without giving the team members time to react, Xu Xiao had already begun to announce today's training content.

"Let's have a 6v6 match. You form your own team. The three of you are required to be within the three-point line and not outside the three-point line. The remaining three are outside the center circle. I will lead the assistant coach and we will be outside the three-point line. Line up, let’s shoot threes.”

“The task you have to do is to grab the rebound from the people within the three-point line, and then pass the ball to the teammates in the center circle, and the other two teammates will complete the scoring.

The requirements are the same as in the game. No matter what method you use, just put the ball into the basket in the end. The team that did not grab the rebound can counterattack. As long as the ball does not go out of the three-point line, the person in the center circle can counterattack. The same is true. You can counterattack or defend the opponent to prevent him from scoring. However, after the person in the center circle grabs the ball, he cannot score again. Instead, he passes the ball to the designated position.

In short, the first team to score 40 points wins, and the winner will receive $100, which will be deducted from the loser's salary. "

"Okay, I'll give you 5 minutes to form your own team."

After Xu Xiao finished explaining the rules, everyone immediately understood that this was a rebound and fast break training, but they didn't have time to think too much. Let's form a team freely, and everyone was ready to move.

"Yao, as a team, we can definitely defeat them easily."

"Russell, believe me, we are definitely an invincible combination."

"Jr, if you don't shoot three-pointers like a convulsion, I will believe you."

The training hall was very lively for a while. Everyone had chosen their teammates, and the 12 people were ready.

"Okay, then I wish you good luck."

Five trainers appeared from five angles at the same time, each holding a basketball.

Then, these five people began to take shots in an orderly manner. The difference between each person's shots was no more than 5 seconds. Almost as soon as the previous ball was snatched, the next ball came.

Each time it does not interfere with the previous scramble, but each time it hardly gives the players time to react.

Several times he gave up his position because he had to fight for the previous ball.

The competition among the players in the center circle is also very fierce, but there are also situations where the next ball cannot be caught after just finishing one ball.

After a few rounds, the team members seemed to have found a way, began to discuss their own tactics, and gradually began to cooperate.

He even had several beautiful fast breaks.

After becoming more and more proficient, an idea couldn't help but appear in everyone's mind. How did the Heat defeat them? Now they have the answer.

"I see."