I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 99 Stevens' Call

Lin Yang returned to the locker room of the home team, put the earphones on his ears as usual, and took out his mobile phone. He clicked on the screen, but found an unread message, which belonged to Gordon Hayward.

——Hey, brother, you shouldn't behave like this, this is not you, this is too bad, get back to the state soon!

The news was sent 15 minutes ago, which should be the second quarter of the game between the Mavericks and the Nuggets.

This guy watched me play today?

——I'm also trying to figure it out.

Lin Yang sent a message back to Hayward.

—Come on, I'm waiting to see your performance in the second half.

Hayward soon sent another message, this guy should be in front of the TV!
Lin Yang touched the phone twice. He didn't know how to reply, so he simply didn't reply, but just as he turned off the phone, there was a vibrating sound, and there was a call. Lin Yang turned it on, and was slightly taken aback. It was Brad Stevens' call.

"Coach!" Lin Yang connected without hesitation.

"Lin, your performance tonight is a bit too bad!"

When Lin Yang was at Butler University, Stevens had a strict attitude towards him and often directly pointed out his problems. Today, as soon as the call was connected, Stevens was the same as before, and he still criticized Lin Yang’s performance in the first half. This made Lin Yang feel that he was back at Butler University. He didn’t care about Stevens’ tone. To be honest, he only respects Stevens. For Stevens' help, especially in analyzing the situation, Stevens gave almost all of his money. When watching videos in the past, he even took Lin Yang to analyze together. Lin Yang will never forget this kind of training, even if he has become an NBA player now, he will never forget this point.

Besides, Lin Yang was even more moved when he received the call from Brad Stevens. Now the end of November will soon be the beginning of December. Stevens' workload is definitely not small, and he can still find time to watch his own games. This is definitely spent on him for the few rest time.

"The impact of back-to-back is too great, which I didn't expect!" Lin Yang couldn't help but rubbed his own wrist, and added, "Chauncey Billups is also very powerful, this guy is much stronger than me!"

"Chauncey is better than you, there is no doubt about it!" Stevens agreed with the second half of Lin Yang's sentence, but did not agree with the first half of his sentence, "But, Lin, I don't think back to back has a great influence on you!"

"Huh?" Lin Yang was stunned for a moment. He didn't think of Stevens' words. Doesn't back-to-back affect him much?impossible!Since he entered the NBA, almost everyone has said that "back-to-back schedule" is the most difficult for a rookie to adapt to. From Lin Yang's own experience, "back-to-back" is indeed torture. The tight schedule, mental pressure, and insomnia directly lead to his lack of concentration on the field today. These are all because of "back-to-back". It will never be suppressed like this!
Fortunately, the "back-to-back" schedule is only the regular season, not the playoffs.

All kinds of thoughts in Lin Yang’s mind are fleeting, and he was about to explain a few words, but Stevens said again: “Lin, your career has just started, and you haven’t encountered any major twists and turns. After you spend two to three seasons in the NBA, you will find that you can’t be fully prepared at any time. For example, Kobe Bryant, the No. 1 player in the league, almost suffers from pain in his fingers every game. Does he blame the back-to-back schedule for the loss, or does he blame his hand injury?"

"Lin, great players never use external factors as the reason for their downturn. No matter what kind of things they encounter, truly successful players use their willpower to overcome all difficulties! The same is true for you, Lin. From your performance in the first half, your physical fitness is not a big problem. Your real problem is in your heart. You seem to have accepted your fate. You feel that back to back has affected you. Maybe I will hurt you by saying this, but, really, I feel that in the first half, you gave up on yourself!"

After Stevens finished his long speech, Lin Yang didn't say anything for a long time. He didn't know what to say, because Stevens said everything in his heart. In the first half, almost every time he made a mistake, he would involuntarily attribute it to back-to-back.

Even at the end of the second quarter, he began to think that it was normal for him to play abnormally in this game. If he was given time to prepare carefully, how could he be depressed like this.

The lie became true thousands of times, and Lin Yang gradually convinced himself, but now, Stevens ruthlessly exposes the "excuse" he made for himself!
Stevens was right. Kobe never used the schedule as an excuse, and he never blamed other areas for his lackluster performance.

If you lose, you can't!

This is what Lin Yang should realize!

This is also the real reason why Stevens made this call. There is no big problem with not performing well. Everyone has times when they perform poorly, but even if they do not perform well, they cannot give up on themselves.

"You must always maintain a strong willpower. You must be full of desire to win. You must understand that if you want to win, you must continue to fight. Don't deliberately think that this is back-to-back. And such players are, without exception, players with strong willpower!"

"Lin, you should be such a player!"

"Okay, the intermission time is only 10 minutes. I won't say much. The rest of the time is left to you to adjust. I hope to see a passionate and hard-working Lin in the second half!"

After Stevens finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly. Lin Yang glanced at the time, 4 minutes and 30 seconds. Although the time was not long, Stevens' words were deafening, and Lin Yang really came to his senses.He has been in a dead end, just like Stevens said, everyone is saying that "back to back" is not easy to play, rookies do not adapt before the game, and it is normal for them to perform poorly on the court. Because of this, Lin Yang was late before the game, Rick Carlisle did not blame him, and Rick Carlisle did not yell at him when he was depressed on the court. , his performance will not be so bad!
Therefore, Lin Yang believes that no matter how bad his performance in this game is, it is the influence of "back to back", not because of his own strength and attitude.

This may become an excuse for him to perform poorly back to back for a long time in the future, and even this situation will intensify. In the end, he will use various excuses to excuse himself for his sluggish performance.

This is not conducive to Lin Yang's growth!

It’s not that Rick Carlisle doesn’t understand this truth, but compared to Brad Stevens’ understanding of Lin Yang, he doesn’t know much about Lin Yang. 80.00% of his understanding of Lin Yang lies in his performance on the training ground and on the court. As for his personality off the court, Rick Carlisle doesn’t know. Carlisle has seen too many rookies struggle "back to back", and Lin Yang is just another one. This is also the key to his neglect of Lin Yang's fighting spirit and attitude.

As the head coach of the university who has coached Lin Yang for a year, Stevens naturally knows Lin Yang better, and of course he can see that Lin Yang's problem is far more than the "back-to-back" influence!
Lin Yang put away his cell phone and stopped even listening to the song. He refocused his somewhat sluggish spirit and began to think about how to play in the second half.

The task given by the system today is to get 6 points and turn on the "feeling hot" mode. Judging from the current situation, today's system task may not be completed...

This is also the reason why Lin Yang's fighting spirit is not high. The only hole card that can make him explode today may not be used, so what else can he expect.

However, it is different now. With Stevens' beating first, Lin Yang no longer puts his hope of breaking out in the second half on the system.

At the same time, he also realized that after entering the NBA, he became more and more dependent on the system, and tonight even put his last hope on the system!
This is another misunderstanding...

He should be a plug-in user, not a plug-in manpower column-the "feeling hot" system is an artifact used by God to help him perform better, not that he has to rely on the "feeling hot" mode to perform well!
Tonight, he really went into a misunderstanding in every way of thinking.

What I'm good at is... playmaking and passing, and, defense!

There was some light in Lin Yang's eyes, he finally found a way to perform well in the second half!
***
The second half of the game started shortly after, and the two teams fought again in different places, and both played in the starting lineup.

The Nuggets overtook the score at the end of the first half, but at the beginning of the second half, it was the Mavericks who scored first. The morale of the Mavericks, who were suppressed by the Nuggets in the second half of the second quarter of the first half, was not affected at all and remained high, especially Dirk Nowitzki.

Seeing that the point difference was about to be overtaken, Carmelo Anthony couldn't bear it anymore, and he restarted his personal singles mode, but at this moment, Carmelo Anthony's state is not as good as when he first played in the second quarter, and he failed to score a few shots in a row.

The Mavericks took advantage of this period of time, and other players also followed suit, and the score difference finally came back.

George Karl's complexion became extremely bad again.

In fact, at the beginning of the third quarter, Cameron Antony ran according to the tactics. Although he missed two goals, they played the purpose of consuming the physical energy of the Mavericks defenders. As long as they continue to play according to George Karl's tactics, the Mavericks will inevitably fall into a passive position again.

It's a pity that it's useless for him to not be in a hurry. Carmelo Anthony couldn't help it. He managed to overtake the lead in the first half. He was holding back his energy to win tonight's game. How could he watch the Mavericks regain the initiative.

However, his personal forced shot did not do what he wanted, but indirectly helped the Mavericks successfully counterattack during this period.

At 5 minutes and 47 seconds of the third quarter, the Mavericks widened the point difference to 7 points. George Karl took the lead in calling a timeout and put Carmelo Anthony back down.

The Nuggets returned the ball to Chauncey Billups.

This change is still effective, and the Nuggets successfully scored the first goal after Anthony left the court!

Carmelo Anthony looked at this scene on the court, and Sima's face instantly turned on his face.

You guys are all targeting me~
Carmelo Anthony was very unhappy, but in the next few minutes, he was even more unhappy. The firepower of all the Nuggets did not stop after this ball, but became more fierce.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

Especially jr Smith, who received consecutive passes from Chauncey Billups and scored two three-pointers.

The point difference was tied by the Nuggets at once!

At 9 minutes and 10 seconds of the third quarter, the two teams returned to the same starting line.

Rick Carlisle's face was very ugly. The Mavericks' starters were basically panting after following the Nuggets on the field. He had to replace them. Otherwise, the Mavericks' starters would have to face a physical crisis in the fourth quarter.

However, tonight's Lin Yang is not the former Lin Yang. In the first half of today's game, Lin Yang was completely incapable of being the core of the second team. He was blown away by Chauncey Billups!
Rick Carlisle looked at George Karl and obviously did not intend to make any substitutions. That is to say, if he takes Lin Yang at this moment, he will continue to match up with Chauncey Billups, and it is very likely that he will continue to be beaten by Billups.

Rick Carlisle didn't want to take Lin Yang for the first time, but at this moment, he has no more choices!

"Notify Lin, get ready to play!"

Rick Carlisle finally made up his mind, and Lin Yang went on the field. This time he played, only a few Chinese fans in the auditorium were cheering, and none of the other Dallas fans supported him!
These Dallas fans are disappointed with Lin Yang's performance tonight...

　Two more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)