"Hey, we probably have the opportunity to win this game. If we continue to fight, the chance of winning is not very high, but in the end it is really not worth the effort for us."

"After all, under such high-intensity confrontation and continuous away games, players are likely to be at risk of injury."

"So if it still doesn't improve after coming back in the fourth quarter, can we replace the main lineup and try to give up this game?"

During the rest period after the end of the third quarter, assistant coach Mondy also frowned and said to Stan Van Gundy beside him.

It is not a shame to give up a game tactically on the basketball court, because there are many games in the regular season, and no one can say that any unexpected things will happen in this long season.

Therefore, as the team's coach, not only should we try our best to lead the team to win more games, but we should also make some accurate plans for the entire season.

"Well, if we can't close the score difference to single digits within four minutes, then we can indeed try to give up in this game."

"Because the team can't really withstand injuries."

Hearing Stan Van Gundy's words, assistant coach Mondy obviously breathed a long sigh. He was really afraid that Van Gundy would show his stubborn side again and fight with the Nuggets at all costs.

If this is the case, regardless of the final victory or loss of the game, the physical burden on the players alone will be too great.

And this situation is obviously not a good thing in a long season.

The Magic have actually done a great job for this away trip to the West. Even if they face a loss in this game against the Nuggets, there will be no fans going to blame them more.

After all, the Magic team has a disorganized lineup, which is a very clear thing in all fans' minds.

So even if I lose to the Nuggets in this game, it is not a shame for the Magic.

You know, the Los Angeles Lakers, a powerful league champion, just lost to the last Kings in the league two days ago.

At that time, this ushered in abuse and doubt from many fans, and they criticized the Lakers for playing counterfeit football and cooperating with bookmakers, which also put a lot of pressure on the Lakers.

Although Los Angeles has outstanding financial capabilities and a wide area, the fans' abuse faced by the Lakers simply don't take it seriously at all.

But the number of fans is relatively large.

So this also made the Los Angeles Lakers fall into a public opinion storm in a recent moment.

Su Jiu, who was sitting aside and wiping sweat, also heard the communication between Van Gundy and Mondy.

However, after hearing the conversation between the two, Su Jiu's heart suddenly became tight.

For Su Jiu, the winning or losing of this game is actually not that important, because the team's shooting feel is very bad in this game, and this is not something that Su Jiu can turn the tide with his own strength.

So in this case, Su Jiu was even more worried about whether this mission could be completed.

Due to JR Smith's personal outbreak in the third quarter and Su Jiu's deterioration of the offensive end, the two's scoring has not widened much of the gap so far.

So after hearing that Van Gundy had the idea of ​​giving up the game, Su Jiu's heart suddenly became tight and felt an ominous premonition.

Once Van Gundy really chooses to give up this game, then Su Jiu's current position in the team doesn't have to think too much about it, and Van Gundy will definitely be taken off the court.

Then, wouldn’t the scores that were almost the same as the two of them at this moment become even more dangerous?!

After all, JR? Smith never takes shame. He can do anything like brushing data in garbage time.

George Carl would help him do such things. Although in name, it is to continue JR's personal state on the court, George Carl actually has some personal selfishness.

Because JR Smith is likely to win the award of Best Sixth Person this year with his current performance.

Once JR Smith wins the best sixth man of the season, this will be a considerable contribution to George Carl.

Because JR Smith is one of his many disciples.

What's more, the criteria for evaluating a head coach, in addition to how many championships he has led the team to win, also has a training for players.

You should know that among the NBA's head coaching group, it is not just as simple as champion coaches and leading the team to win.

There are many teams that play badly and will not chase those popular coaches who are bigger than others, but will instead look for those professional play badly and so on.

Because for these teams who want to play badly, they don’t want to win, they just want to get the top draft pick by losing.

Thus accumulating more potential and soaring into the sky in the next few years.

There are as many as 30 teams in the league. Among these 30 teams, only 16 teams can enter the playoff stage every year.

In addition to striving to compete for the playoff spots, at least more than half of the remaining fourteen teams can only win a future by playing badly.

This also makes the coaches who play badly have more and more markets and are increasingly valued by the team.

For example, the legendary little JB Bickstaff, who was born in later generations, said to kill the head coach of which team he is in.

Although his career coaching win rate is less than 30%, he will not face unemployment in the NBA under any circumstances.

Why?!

It's because he will lose...

Because he is a professional and professional takeover...

After all, although losing is simple, it is a science to cultivate the team's potential while losing...

Bickstaff Jr. even turned the loss into a science.

That is, when facing a game of croaking chickens, if both teams want to play badly, they will definitely do everything possible to lose.

However, the league and fans cannot see that they are playing counterfeit football, and they dare not blatantly remove their main lineup. After all, the team still needs to attract fans through them to earn some tickets.

So this is a test of the professionalism of the coach. At least in the later league, if Bickstaff dares to recognize second place, then no one dares to recognize first place.

Oh, by the way, before Su Jiu traveled back, Bickstaff, the next generation, was the head coach of the Cavaliers in 2020, so you just say whether he is powerful or not...

"Ahem, coach, although the team's touch was not very good in this game, I don't think we should give up such a game easily."

"The recent succession has obviously improved the team's morale. And we have not reached the point where we will definitely lose in this game."

"So I think we can really keep fighting because I really don't want to give up any game."

Just as Stan Van Gundy was discussing with assistant coach Mondy, Su Jiu, who was sitting beside the two, interrupted with a serious look on his face.

Looking at Su Jiu's confident expression at this moment, and adding the sentence he said: "I really don't want to give up any game." This also made Stan Van Gundy stunned for a very obvious moment.

After Van Gundy was the team's head coach for so many years, he had long forgotten who the last time he said this, and in which season it was.

However, after a moment of stunned silence, Stan Van Gundy changed into a smile on his face and replied to Su Jiu:

"Haha, Su, I know you are a player who is very serious about the game, and your desire to win is also very strong."

"To be honest, I am very pleased, I am very pleased that you can grow up to this level under my hands, and even more so that you can always maintain this determination to win the game."

"But sometimes, deliberate loss is not because we are willing to fall, but rather a sign of ambition."

"Because we will make more choices, the journey of this season is too long compared to the winning or losing of a game."

"Maybe you just entered the league, so you don't know much about these, because there may not be such a situation in the NCAA's one-round elimination system."

"But it doesn't matter, you'll understand later."

Seeing Stan Van Gundy being able to calm down and explain this knowledge to him, he also said it very well, which has a meaning of teaching the lecturer.

Looking at Stan Van Gundy's expression of relief at this moment seemed to have a very high recognition of his desire to win.

But looking at Stan Van Gundy's current appearance, Su Jiu was really in tears, and he was even screaming crazy:

"Where are you telling me here about your second uncle?! What I want is winning?! What I want is winning!! Do you understand the scores?!”

But no matter how crazy Su Jiu was in his heart at this moment, facing Stan Van Gundy's smile like a loving mother, Su Jiu could only smile awkwardly, and then said with a wry smile on his face:

"Coach, I want to play basketball..."
Chapter completed!