Chapter 403: On-court partner, off-court partner
After getting up, packing up the bed that he had made him messy, and after a simple washing in the bathroom, An Jie put it on and prepared to start his new life.
After two fantastic consecutive wins at home, Angel had to continue moving forward, say goodbye to Catherine, and say goodbye to the lovely fans. With the aura of victory, he once again stepped into San Antonio and entered this area that the Trail Blazers had never conquered.
A five-star hotel is the standard for the Trail Blazers to play away games. However, even for the boss Paul Allen, it is too luxurious to arrange a single room for every player on every away trip. The two can not only save costs, but also make the players' accommodation environment comfortable. Moreover, living together is more conducive to promoting the relationship between teammates.
Don’t underestimate the private relationship between the players. This thing can even directly affect the performance of the two people on the court.
If the relationship between two people is cold in private, they will not trust each other on the court. If the relationship between two people is good in private, they will definitely be willing to share the ball with each other on the court. Although professional players want to completely separate their private life and work, at least in terms of interpersonal relationships between teammates, work and life cannot be independent.
The two leading players of the Trail Blazers, Angel and Lamarcus Aldridge, are examples of good cooperative relationships. They are not only the best friends in the team in private, but also the exquisite interior cooperation between Angel and Aldridge has also made countless opponents miserable. Therefore, every time Ricard assigned a room, he always separated the two of them.
"Wake up so early again?" Aldridge still closed his eyes. Angel even thought that his partner had not woken up at all, but in fact Aldridge could hear all the movements in the room clearly.
"Can't sleep, La Marcus, you know, we've never won in San Antonio in the playoffs?" Angel said, pulling open the curtains. The sky in San Antonio was gray, and the weather shouldn't be very good these two days.
"Begin to worry? You've been worried enough. If you want to win the game, you have to make sure you're energetic, right?" Aldridge opened his eyes, picked up the watch on the nightstand and looked at the time.
"Hey, it's only five:30 now. The brighter this naive thing is, the earlier it gets. Hey, I want to win the game tonight, too." Aldridge sat up and stared at Anger seriously.
"What do you suggest?"
"Lying down and sleeping for another hour, believe me, my energy will not harm you." After saying that, Aldridge fell down again. This was not because Aldridge was not nervous, it can only be said that Angel's nerves were too tense.
Anjie lay back on the bed, but to his surprise, he was immediately surrounded by a strong sense of sleepiness. Perhaps Aldridge was right, he should have a good rest...
Due to thunderstorms, when I arrived in San Antonio yesterday, the flight that the Trail Blazers players were on was unable to land.
After waiting for several hours, the plane was finally allowed to land after the heavy rain almost stopped. Therefore, when Angel and his friends stepped into San Antonio land, it was already past five o'clock in the morning. The players who had been training in Portland for an afternoon were exhausted, and Angel was no exception.
Therefore, although there will be a game in the evening, Ricard still did not plan to start training too early. The game has reached this point, and both sides are already very familiar with each other, and there are fewer and fewer secrets between Ricard and Vicky. Training and mutation tactics are difficult to control the situation, and the players' on-the-spot swings are the key to the series.
The players' on-the-spot swings are an uncertain factor that Ricard cannot control. The only thing he can do is to ensure that the players have enough sleep and full physical strength. Therefore, early training is cancelled, which is a matter of course.
However, An Jie, who was used to getting up early, still woke up in advance. However, under Aldridge's persuasion, An Jie fell asleep. This young yellow-skinned guy was really exhausted...
"An's shot! No, this is a fake move. An shook his footsteps past Duncan who came to block the block. The footsteps under the basket are so beautiful, full of the charm of the "big dream" Olajuwon back then! The ball entered, and the Trail Blazers once again expanded the gap. Oh my God, Charles, this is An's 17th goal in this game, and that was An's 17th shot just now..."
"Duncan sat in the inside line, oh? He did not attack, but passed the ball to Ginobili. The Argentine started directly! A snake-like breakthrough! An's horizontal movement was very fast, but Ginobili still advanced the ball, and the referee said that An's defense foul, and the Spurs would have to pay more punishment!"
"I lost, I lost completely! The Portland Trail Blazers are unable to hurt the Spurs at all in the territory of the Spurs!"
"The Portland Trail Blazers are simply unable to hurt the Spurs in the territory of the Spurs!"
This sentence has been repeated, repeated, and repeated in An Jie's mind. It was not until An Jie, who was upset, suddenly opened his eyes that he realized that the scenes just now were just dreaming.
At the beginning, An Jie dreamed of good things, such as setting records himself, or the Trail Blazers moved two games in a row. But the further down, An Jie's dream became more and more terrifying. It was not until the commentary kept echoing in An Jie's mind that An Jie was awakened.
San Antonio, the aTT center, has never won here... In the past two days, Anjie's mind was full of these three things. So much so that his brain would constantly recall these three messages while resting.
"It's so fucking!" An Jie cursed, looked up at the window, it was still gray outside, and it was already raining.
San Antonio, this place was like the dark clouds in the sky now, shrouded in Anjie's heart.
After being at home and being adjusted, the Spurs will definitely fight back. An Jie knew very well that if they wanted to win this game, they had to pay the same considerable price.
Maybe he will get a leg cramp? Maybe Aldridge will be emotionally furious by Dior's ball slut? In any case, this is destined to be a very difficult battle.
Even though you know that the hard time is coming, you still have to face it. Whoever encounters such a thing will not feel depressed?
"An? What are you going to be?" Still the familiar voice, the familiar face, Angel, who had been staying there after Aldridge got up, returned to reality.
"No... nothing..." An Jie shook his head hard, trying his best to let himself throw these damn things behind him.
"Let's go, the boss has already asked us to leave for the aTT center."
"Oh." Anjie answered simply, his expression still dull. Although Aldridge has only known Anjie for less than a year, he still knows Anjie's personality until now. This guy is rarely so quiet when facing an acquaintance.
"install."
"ah?"
"Damn it, give me some energy! Let the fans of the aTT Center see how powerful the most offensive inside team in the league is?" As he said that, Aldridge stretched out a fist at Angel.
Although there was a bed, the distance was nothing in front of the slender arms of the two.
"Damn it, let them see!" Anjie also stretched out his arm and fisted with Aldridge. If Duncan and Dior saw this scene, they would definitely feel more painful than Anjie just now!
Ricardo asked the team to gather in the first floor lobby, and then took a bus to the aTT center. Although it was rainy and rainy today, outside the aTT center, there were still countless fans wearing raincoats or umbrellas, holding signs to welcome the Spurs home, and also "attacked" the invading Trail Blazers.
This is definitely an important game, so Ricard did not dare to do any high-intensity training before the game. Simple tactical exercises and warm-up in-team confrontation are everything that Ricard arranged before the game.
At the beginning, facing the training, An Jie was still confused and still felt bored and anxious about the upcoming battle. But after a while, he devoted himself to it. This transformation was not An Jie's sudden explosion of the universe. After all, this is not the world written by a cartoonist, and An Jie is not the kind of comic character who is too optimistic and persistent.
The reason why Anjie changed his mentality was entirely because Aldridge completely aroused his competitive state!
"An! What the hell!" Seeing Aldridge scored another easy goal on Angel's head, Ricard could not bear it anymore. Although this confrontation was just a warm-up confrontation, Angel was too worried.
"Hehe, sorry, sorry." Angel smiled at Ricard, but just a minute later, Aldridge scored another goal.
"Are you planning to face Duncan in this state at the aTT center? Let me tell you An, if you play like this, that old Duncan will definitely take you in this game!" Ricard's roar echoed in the training ground again. This time, Anjie did not laugh, but swallowed with a serious expression.
The third time, Aldridge directly flashed past Anjie with a beautiful jump step and completed the dunk. This time, when Anjie picked up the basketball on the ground, he made a gritting action.
"You're not going to come really, Lamarcus."
"It's just training, it's just training." Aldridge deliberately underestimated, which even ignited Anjie's fighting spirit.
No matter how strongly a person's nature is, it will suddenly explode under some stimulation.
The lion in the circus may be very obedient, but once you starve it for three or five days, it will become a terrifying killer again.
Anjie has been in a depressed mood today, but in the face of Aldridge's challenge, Anjie's competitive spirit has also begun to cause trouble again!
"Come on, Lamarcus, let me see what else have you prepared to go against that cunning guy Dior." Anjie said, and took off his defensive posture. The smile on his face no longer means sorry, but looks very ferocious.
By the way, this smile is right. Others may feel heartbroken when they see Anjie's smile. But Aldridge only feels at ANjie's smile. Because he knows that Anjie is now truly entering a state of combat!
In the subsequent training, it was extremely difficult for Aldridge to score on Angel's head. Angel had no reservations and showed his strength as the best defensive player.
"Boy Lamarcus..." Ricard smiled and shook his head. Although Aldridge is usually taciturn, this guy has quite a lot of ideas.
But from another perspective, Aldridge also needs to know Angel enough to effectively stimulate him and arouse his competitive spirit and fighting will!
Judging from the current training, Aldridge is in excellent form, and he also helped Anger get back to his form.
I hope these two big men can continue their performance in the official game and kill all sides!
"Okay! Stop it all! Fifteen minutes later, we will play!" Ricard looked at his watch and stopped the confrontation training.
Chapter completed!