Game 6 for the Kings is at home.
This new stadium was built just two years ago.
The name is Golden No. 1 Center.
Golden No. 1 Center has no front or back doors, but is an open venue.
The arena can be entered directly from the surrounding streets in all directions.
Since the Kings owner, Dr. Rana, is an IT tycoon, many technological elements are used in the arena.
For example, there is a facial recognition intelligent security system in the stadium.
For example, you can download the Kings app.
Using this software, you can complete ticket booking, seat upgrade, food ordering, VR live broadcast, parking space reservation and other services on your mobile phone.
Through this app, you can monitor the bathroom queue situation in real time;
You can see the best route from your current location to your seat.
It can be said that here, the entire venue is an intelligent viewing area and leisure and entertainment area, and your mobile phone is the remote control.
Except for going to the toilet in person, most other activities can be completed through mobile phone operations.
There were not many spectators at the stadium today.
If you keep losing, there will naturally be fewer people watching the game.
After all, people spend money to find happiness, not to find discomfort.
The atmosphere in the home team's locker room was rather dull.
After losing five games in a row, the team's morale has reached rock bottom.
In the previous games, the head coach would also say some words of encouragement before the game to mobilize everyone.
But this time Luke Walton has been silently writing and drawing on the tactical board.
It seems that even he has no confidence in this game.
This is indeed the case. After all, the Timberwolves have won 4 of their first 5 games and they are in full swing.
Wang Yi wears size 0 autumn clothes.
The Kings' No. 1 jersey has been retired, so he could only change his jersey to a better size. His choice of No. 0 jersey means starting from scratch.
Wang Yi's mood was also slightly depressed.
However, he still clapped his hands as much as possible to encourage all the players.
"Brothers, I promise you. I will never let you lose in this game!"
This is the first time he has said this with the Kings.
However, after he said this, almost no one in the team responded.
Only by winning can you have the confidence to speak.
Now that we have lost five games in a row, even if you say hell, no one will suddenly get excited about it.
At the same time, players also have deep doubts about Wang Yi's leadership.
Aren't you awesome?
Why can't the Kings lead us to win games?
Only Hilde.
He stood up slowly.
He scratched his curly hair.
Said to Wang Yi: "I believe you."
Because just now, he saw a familiar light in Wang Yi's eyes.
He had seen this kind of light in Wang Yi's eyes at Rucker Park more than three months ago.
At this time, Barnes finally took off his earplugs and stood next to Wang Yi: "Wang, I believe it too."
Wang Yi secretly felt lucky.
It seems that I completely conquered these two guys in Rucker Park.
Having the support of both of them is enough.
Sure enough, after the two of them expressed their opinions, other players also stood up.
Although some of them seemed reluctant to express their opinions, at least they were not as indifferent as before.
Soon, the game started half an hour later.
After the entrance ceremony, Wang Yi looked around the stadium for a week.
Only two-thirds of the more than 17,000 seats were occupied by fans.
This attendance rate can only be described as appalling.
But Wang Yi is not worried at all.
In the near future, he will make this arena sold out.
An hour later, the first half of the game was over.
The Kings fell behind again.
They finished 47:67, trailing the Timberwolves by 20 points.
This brought the little morale the team had just built up back to its original shape in an instant.
The media couldn't wait to start publishing articles.
"The king is still the same mud, Wang Yi is nothing without the real king"
"Wang Yi's leadership ability is the worst I have ever seen"
"He is worse than Irving back then"
One article even directly compared Wang Yi with Timberwolves star Edwards:
Wang Yi only scored 9 points in the first half, while Edwards scored 28 points. In terms of leading the team, Edward crushed Wang Yi in all aspects. From this aspect, Wang Yi is not suitable to be a leader at all. After the Kings lost five games in a row,
, there are already some disharmonious voices in the team. If we lose 6 games in a row today, I am afraid that the conflicts in the team will break out collectively.
Conflicts between coaches and players, and conflicts between players, these are the last straw for the Kings.
The fans were even more rude.
They don't have any rational analysis, just all kinds of abuse.
Even when the players were leaving the field at halftime, Wang Yi heard all kinds of insulting words from the fans on both sides of the tunnel.
But this time, Wang Yi was not angry.
I'm happy that you were beaten into a piece of shit, but you're not happy that others scolded you?
Think about it for a moment, if you were a fan and the team you supported behaved like this, you would also yell at them.
The reason for all this lies in Wharton's egalitarian style of play.
He only took 5 shots in the first half.
He wanted to lead the Kings to win, but Walton wouldn't give him the ball.
As he walked to the locker room, his fists clenched tighter and tighter.
He is going to have a showdown with the coach.
Back in the locker room, all the players were silent.
Some players looked a little unkindly when they looked at Wang Yi.
Didn't you promise us that you would lead us to win?
How can we win by 20 points when we are already behind at halftime?
Walton was once again on the court writing on the tactical board.
Write and erase, erase and write.
After more than 5 minutes, Wharton finally finished writing without erasing it.
He turned back, straightened the collar of his suit, and said to the players: "In the second half, we will use unlimited air-cutting and running. We have practiced this before. Wang, you continue to play without the ball. You are the greatest threat."
So you have to run more to open up space so that other teammates can get the chance to catch the ball."
However, this time, Wang Yi did not immediately nod in agreement like before.
In the past, he did it to respect the coach and give him face.
Although he felt that some of the coach's playing methods were inappropriate, he did not refute.
If you refute the coach when you first come to the team, it will have a bad impact on the team.
Only by following Walton's style of play and letting him see the actual effect of his style of play before refuting him will it be more convincing.
Seeing Wang Yi's silence, Wharton frowned and asked, "Wang?"
Wang Yi slowly raised his head and said word by word: "Give up that damn egalitarianism and give me that stupid ball!"
He knew Wharton was stubborn.
I have been insisting on that style of play since I came to the Kings. I have not achieved results for several years and I still have to persist.
So his tone was stiff when he spoke to Wharton.
As soon as Wang Yi said this, all the players present were stunned.
The two teaching assistants present were also stunned.
Since Wang Yi came to the team, he has always been very kind.
Why are you talking to the coach like this all of a sudden?
Wharton waited for a full five seconds.
His brows furrowed tightly.
He also wanted to get angry.
If you can't win, everyone will feel angry.
However, as a head coach, you cannot lead the team to win, so you will not have the confidence to get angry.
After pondering for a moment, his tone was also very stiff: "Then give him the damn ball!"
[Don't scold me, don't rush me. My father passed away unexpectedly in another place. I have to bring him back in the next few days, and I have to attend the funeral. Even if I have free time, I am not in the mood to write. Both updates are saved. Ten chapters are saved.
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