With the Kings and Spurs each setting off smoke bombs, fans from both sides were sometimes happy and sometimes worried.
It was like this until 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the second day, when the Kings players came to the small and cramped locker room at the Spurs' home court.
This time, the Kings players had long memories and did not open the closet door immediately.
Instead, he opened the door cautiously and tentatively.
As a result, other players had nothing in their lockers, but something happened to Wang Yi's locker again.
The moment he opened it, something popped out.
That's a grimace.
A pale and pale face.
When the ghost face popped up, it also let out an extremely shrill scream.
"ah--------"
Wang Yi opened the closet cautiously, nervously, fearing that there would be a snake or something messy inside, but the sudden appearance of this grimace startled him.
The heart is beating continuously.
Even though Wang Yi was always calm at this time, he couldn't help but yell: "Old Bobo, you are a despicable, shameless and dirty old man. I have never seen such a shameless person!"
The other Kings players all laughed.
At the same time, in another locker room at the end of the corridor, Popovich was smiling.
Imagining Wang Yi's furious appearance after being frightened, Lao Bo also had a naughty smile on his face.
Wang Yi was frightened and said angrily: "When they go to Sacramento, we must also fulfill our friendship as landlords!"
Everyone heard the meaning of Wang Yi's words and made up their minds one after another.
When they came to play at the Spurs' home court last year, they suffered a lot in this locker room.
Then when the Spurs go to the home court of the Kings, they must be well entertained.
While the players were preparing for the game, Wang Yi approached Rose alone: ​​"Brother, I have something to discuss with you."
Ross said: "Tell me, why are you so polite?"
Wang Yi said: "In the past, apart from me, Danny, and Mane, the only one left on our back line was you. But today I want Westbrook to play. If he plays, your playing time will definitely be reduced. Of course.
, I am willing to give up some playing time, so that your playing time will not be greatly affected. But you will definitely have to play a few fewer minutes."
Rose thought for a while, shook his head resolutely and said: "No, your playing time must not be given up. You are the backbone of our team. If you play less minutes, our team will be more dangerous. Don't worry, I am willing to give up.
All my playing time."
"I'm old and can't play anymore. If I didn't have to watch Danny grow up, I should have retired after winning the championship last season."
Rose suffered too many injuries when he was young, and as he gets older, these injuries are increasingly reflected on his body.
Now he doesn't play much time per game, only sixteen or seventeen minutes, but after playing these sixteen or seventeen minutes, he often feels soreness in his knee joints and soreness in his back.
From that moment he knew he was no longer cut out for basketball.
Wang Yi heard this, thought for a while, and nodded heavily to Rose: "Thank you, brother, I guarantee you that Westbrook will surprise everyone in the next game!"
Ross looked at Wang Yi with some surprise: "Are you so sure?"
He originally thought that Wang Yi let Westbrook play because he just wanted to give Westbrook a decent championship and not sit on the sidelines the whole time trying to win a championship.
I didn’t expect Wang Yi to say such words.
Wang Yi nodded: "Quite sure!"
Ross didn't know why Wang Yi had such confidence, but since Wang Yi said so, he nodded.
"Well, as a veteran, I also hope that his career can be successful."
Then Wang Yi found the coach again and said to the coach:
"Coach, you can consider letting Westbrook play today."
The coach looked at Wang Yi doubtfully:
"He basically hasn't played in regular time this season. When he does play, it's all in garbage time. Now you suddenly say you want him to play more time. Why is that? You have to give me a reason."
Naturally, Wang Yi couldn't tell the coach that I gave him a cheat.
He could only make random nonsense: "I watched his performance on the training ground, and coupled with the intervention of the psychological counselor, his shooting percentage has increased to a certain extent. If he is given playing time, it will be even more
Give him confidence, and you know that when a player has confidence, his shooting percentage will increase, and this will form a virtuous cycle."
The coach was still a little hesitant.
Wang Yi continued to say to the head coach: "Don't worry, coach, no matter what we do in the process, we will definitely win the championship in the end."
After receiving Wang Yi's promise, head coach D'Antoni finally nodded with relief: "Okay, while you are resting, I will let him play instead of Rose."
After an hour, the match between the two sides is about to begin.
The moment the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the big screen, Spurs fans were relieved.
The Kings players were also relieved.
The Spurs' starting lineup remains unchanged from last season.
Point guard: Hugo;
Quantile: Carl;
Small forward: Jim;
Power forward: Duncan Jr.;
Center: Ali.
There are also no adjustments to the Kings' starting lineup from the previous round.
Half an hour later, with the referee's whistle, the game between the two sides began.
The moment Wang Yi stepped onto the sideline, the cold mechanical sound of the system came to his mind.
[System task: get four pairs without using plug-ins.]
"puff……"
When Wang Yi heard this, he almost spit out blood.
How difficult is it to get four pairs without using plug-ins?
In the entire history of the NBA, only 7 people have achieved a quadruple-double.
James has had countless triple-doubles in his career, but he has never been able to get a quadruple-double.
Westbrook has averaged a triple-double per game for two consecutive seasons, but a quadruple-double is also hard to come by.
Although Wang Yi has obtained quadruple-doubles many times before, he only obtained them with the bonus of the system.
Now let him get four pairs without using plug-ins. System, if you want to hurt me, I will tell you straight away.
In fact, for the current Wang Yi, it is easy to say that his points, rebounds and assists are all in double figures.
Scoring is like picking up something from a bag for him.
As for rebounding, as long as you stay on the court longer, you can always reach double figures;
As for assists, as long as he passes the ball a few more times, it will come out.
The remaining two indicators are steals and blocks.
Arthur, the steal leader this season, only averages 2.85 steals per game.
Blocker Wang Wenbanyama only averaged 3.75 blocks per game.
One can imagine how difficult it is to get into double figures with these two figures.
The right time, right place and right people are indispensable.
However, the more difficult the task given by the system, the more it stimulates Wang Yi's fighting spirit.
Chapter completed!