One Guard

　　 The day after returning from the holiday, Carlisle completely started his closed training plan. And the training intensity of the players has officially ushered in a real improvement.

But now, everyone on the Mavericks team is full of energy and vigorous. Even if the training intensity increased, they did not feel any discomfort.

Of course, Carlisle couldn't refuse the media open day arranged by the NBA official. However, reporters who came to the U.S. Airline Center Arena at this time to interview must not be able to shoot any spectacular images

During the media opening hours, Carlisle arranged for all staff to rest, and sent a few players at the end of the rotation to send reporters away. Even Mou Ran, who had a good personal relationship with Yiyang, didn't get any privileges.

However, it can also be seen how much the Mavericks attach importance to the next second round. If the Trail Blazers have caused so much trouble to the Mavericks, then the Hornets and Lakers are indeed opponents that need the Mavericks' full attention to defeat. Because facing the Hornets and Lakers, the Mavericks are on the weaker side.

The reporters got a bad nose at the American Airlines Center Arena. After a few days of training, fewer and fewer reporters came to interrupt the Mavericks' training.

No one knows what the Mavericks are practicing, but for Carlisle, the purpose of his closed high-intensity training is not to keep the Hornets and Lakers secret.

Carlisle's serious training attitude can help players understand one thing from the body to the heart. The next round of the series will be a series that is destined to be difficult but never allowed to fail! This is the most important reason why he is capable of closed training.

"Doing this way, will the pressure on the players be too much?" Mavericks assistant Stotts was a little worried. Sometimes the pressure is too much, and it may be counterproductive.

"Trust me, man. If you don't put a little pressure on them, they will soon loosen up. The Mavericks' losses in the playoffs in the past few years are not all like this." Carlisle stood on the sidelines, confident. Staring at the players running on the court.

This year, we must not just go back home!

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At eight o'clock in the evening on April 28, although the day of training has ended, the Mavericks players have not yet "off work."

Today, Carlisle called everyone into the tactical conference room to watch the live broadcast of the Lakers and Hornets' sixth game.

At present, the Lakers have achieved match points in the series, which means that if the Lakers can win in New Orleans today, they will become the Mavericks' opponents in the second round.

But from the heart of Carlisle, he hopes that "Queen Bee" Paul can keep the home court today, and then lead the Hornets out of the siege in the tiebreaker. After all, the shortcomings of the Hornets' inadequate defense is obvious. Carlisle is more willing to fight the Hornets than the Lakers who don't have too many flaws. At least it is more sure to face Paul than to the paranoid guy in Kobe.

"I heard that you used to be a Kobe fan?" The game has not yet started, and the commentator is still introducing the recent situation of both sides. Therefore, the Mavericks players sitting in the conference room also chatted with each other. When the photographer of the tnt TV station gave Kobe a close-up of his face, Nowitzki, who was next to Yiyang, asked such a question.

"Yes, I used to live in Long Beach. The Lakers can be regarded as my home team." Yiyang answered without evasiveness, his eyes fixed on the screen, hoping that the game would start soon.

"Hey, as a fan, I might also like him very much. But believe me, after playing against him in the series, you may not like him again in your life." Nowitzki finished, he was partial. Tilt your head. The Germans can only pray in their hearts now, I hope it is not Kobe!

After the start of the game between the two sides, the first thing that can be seen is that the defense is very active.

But the Lakers' defense is more strategic, and the Hornets' defense is more dependent on the players' personal abilities.

Under the clear-cut defense of the Lakers, it is difficult for the Hornets to score after the opening. Even with a top point guard like Paul, the Hornets have a hard time getting a chance.

"Did you see it!? This is the defense of the Los Angeles Lakers! In addition to the two towers that guard the basket inside, the outside defense of the Lakers is not bad at all. If we face off against the Lakers, I hope we can come up with it. Enough enthusiasm and patience! Without either of these two things, we will become the Hornets now, completely nowhere to be found!" As soon as Carlisle's voice fell, Paul hurried against Fischer before the 24 second offensive time was over. .

The basketball naturally missed a hit, and the Lakers accepted the defensive rebound. This, the Hornets have not scored for three consecutive rounds.

Subsequently, Kobe personally held the ball for halftime. Outside the three-point line, Kobe paused and didn't seem to intend to attack.

Yiyang took a closer look. If Carlisle asks Yiyang and Kidd to play double point guards during the next round of the series, then Yiyang will inevitably play against Kobe. Knowing Kobe's offensive habits now will be of great help to Yiyang in the game.

Kobe held the ball and made several three-threat moves. The Italian defender Bellinelli who defended Kobe was nervous. He didn't know which direction the "Black Mamba" would attack.

However, just when everyone thought Kobe was about to make a breakthrough. The number 24 wearing a purple vest throws the ball into the air casually.

The camera followed the trajectory of the basketball. When the basketball began to fall, the tower of Bynum suddenly lifted into the sky and rose to the ground!

This guy completely suppressed Okafor, who was defending himself, who couldn't even jump.

Bynum grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand and yanked it into the hoop! A rolling dunk dunk in the air relay, Bynum was so angry that he won the 2004 ncaa semi-finals and mop Okafor was temperless.

"This is the inside defense of the Hornets..." Seeing this, Carlisle couldn't help shook his head. If the Hornets have one or two inside lines that can defend and carry, the situation may not be so passive.

As soon as the game opened today, the Lakers used heavy dunks and tough defense to completely control the game situation.

After the game, the defending champion Lakers played completely under the Hornets. Paul was struggling to support himself, but with the role players of the Hornets, he could not stop the defending champion at all.

Peja, who had played for the Hornets, saw this scene with empathy. He was thinking, perhaps this summer, it will be difficult for the Hornets to keep Paul in New Orleans.

The last time the Hornets narrowed the gap was when Belinelli dunked with 9 minutes and 14 seconds left in the third quarter, chasing the score to 40-42. And this is the closest time the Hornets come to overtake today.

After that, Gasol and Kobe scored consecutive goals, which widened the point difference. After Paul took a break, the score on the court was quickly opened.

"If this continues, the Los Angeles Lakers will go to Dallas!" Even many on-site commentators were sweating for the Hornets.

The Hornets failed to make a shot in the last 2 minutes of the third quarter. Kobe caused a malicious foul by Okafor at the last minute and made two free throws. The Lakers entered the final quarter of the confrontation with a 12-point difference of 69 to 57.

Watching the live broadcast of Carlisle gritted his teeth, the Hornets must hold on! After watching the Lakers' performance today, Carlisle didn't want to meet the Lakers even more!

However, God is neither standing by Carlisle nor Chris Paul today. Soon after the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers' bench lineup hit three consecutive points to make the gap even more powerful. You know, in the Lakers bench, there is an "all-around fighter" Odom who ranks second only to Yiyang in the best sixth-man selection!

Kobe, Gasol and Bynum have not yet played, the points difference has been widened to 20 points. At that moment, Carlisle knew that the game had completely collapsed, and the Hornets and their "Queen Bees" would not be coming to Dallas.

"Guys!" Before the game was over, Carlisle, sitting in the first row of the tactical conference room, suddenly stood up and turned to face his players.

"You have all seen the way the Lakers play, crushing, crushing by absolute strength! Maybe they occasionally lose sight, maybe the Hornets can steal a game or two of victories. But they want to completely defeat this purple and gold team. , What we need is persistence and courage! Be prepared for the next few days, UU reading www.uukanshu.com will throw all the messy things out of my head. I can tell you with certainty that the next round, It's a tough battle!"

As soon as Carlisle finished speaking, the narrator's roar from the live broadcast came from the speaker.

"Go in! Kobe scored a three-pointer as soon as he came up! The Hornets made a substitution, they replaced Chris Paul! It's over, the Hornets gave up, the Los Angeles Lakers, they reached the Western Conference semifinals!"

After the narrator shouted, Carlisle pointed to the huge curtain behind him. "I think you all know what to do."

The boos of the Hornets fans linger in the Smoothie Kings Center, and what happened today is exactly the opposite of what Carlisle expected. The powerful Zijin Legion will come after all...

At the end of the game, after Carlisle made some tactical summaries for the players, he announced his disbandment. The players went home to rest, preparing for the harder training and harder games in the next few days.

Yiyang drove the car on the way home, and the performance of Kobe and the Lakers in smashing the Hornets into the promotion made a deep impression on the Chinese rookie. Yiyang didn't want to be the next Paul. To be precise, he didn't want to be another victim under the iron hoof of the Purple and Golden Legion.

At this moment, Yiyang's phone vibrated. While waiting for the red light, Yiyang picked up the phone and looked at it.

It was a text message from Kobe Bryant's private number. The content of the text message is very simple, only one sentence.

"Are you ready boy? Next, it's your turn!"