Those young players didn't seem to take this defeat seriously at all.
Only Ross had an anxious and worried look on his face.
Wang Yi secretly sighed.
As expected, it is difficult to lead young players.
The veteran players know when to relax, when to tighten, when to be happy, and when to be angry.
And these young players don't understand this at all.
He knew that even if he were to hit these players at this time, although they would become serious on the surface, they would still not take it seriously at all.
Under such circumstances, coupled with the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, how could it be possible to win the ball?
At this time, the Kings were suppressed by public opinion outside, but within the team, these players did not take this defeat seriously at all.
This made Wang Yi frown all the time.
After returning to the rented room with An Jiali, Wang Yi kept thinking about the solution to the matter.
But until after 9 o'clock at night, he could not think of an ideal solution.
After thinking about it, Wang Yi thought of a person.
Popovich, Mr. Pop.
So he picked up the phone without hesitation and dialed Mr. Bo's number.
Immediately from the other end of the phone came Bobona's voice that looked a little old, but had a child-like naughty voice:
"Do you know how difficult it is for an 80-year-old man to fall asleep? How can you bear to disturb this old man who has just fallen asleep?"
Wang Yi smiled and said: "I will give you a bottle of red wine to keep you drunk another day."
"Okay, I'll sleep soundly after drinking wine. Just wait for me and I'll go to the wine cellar to get a bottle of red wine."
While talking on the phone, I heard the sound of footsteps gradually leaving, one light and another heavy.
After a while, the sound of light and heavy footsteps came closer and closer.
Then came the voice of Mr. Bo: "I guess you might call me. Tell me about the current situation."
Talking to smart people saves trouble and you don't have to go around in circles.
Sometimes he knows what you want to do without even saying a word.
Wang Yi exhaled and said: "What you can see on the surface of the current situation is that we have won three games in a row by a big score. Although we lost the fourth game, we only lost by 4 points."
"It seems that we have a big advantage. But it is precisely because of this that the young players in the team underestimate the enemy, and D'Antoni's many trainings are of no use."
"After losing tonight, not only did they not have a heavy heart, they were all still arguing in the locker room, as if they didn't take the Hornets seriously at all."
"If this continues, we will lose the fifth game."
"If you really can't compete with hard power, there's nothing you can do about it. But if you lose because you underestimate the enemy or because of your mentality, then it's really unacceptable."
"So I would like to ask the old man how to adjust their mentality. You have led the Spurs for 35 years and are very experienced in leading teams. How did you adjust?"
After hearing Wang Yi's words, Mr. Bo said:
"The situation is pretty much what I expected. As for the solution, you actually just said it."
Wang Yi was confused: "Have I already said that?"
Mr. Bo obviously took a sip of red wine, and then continued:
"Yes, think carefully about what you just said?"
Wang Yi thought over what he had just said, and finally settled on one sentence:
"We still have to lose the 5th game?"
Mr. Bo laughed loudly and looked very happy: "Exactly!"
After saying only these two words, he did not continue, but gave Wang Yi time to think.
And he was sipping red wine leisurely.
Wang Yi thought for a moment and said:
"You mean to let us lose strategically in the fifth game. Not only must we lose, but we must lose by a big score. Only in this way can we attract the attention of these players and make them deeply realize the huge gap in strength between the two sides."
Can you make them completely put aside their contempt?"
Mr. Bo clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "It's easy to talk to smart people. With the strength gap between your two teams, coupled with the players' mentality of despising each other, if you play normally, it will be difficult for you to win the fifth game.
Even if you try your best, you will most likely lose in the end."
"Instead of doing this, you might as well give up strategically. Of course, this strategic giving up can only be known to you and not to the players, otherwise it will be ineffective."
"After strategically giving up and losing by a big score, it will not only arouse the psychological attention of your players, but also make the Hornets relax their vigilance, and may even cause their players to develop a mentality of underestimating the enemy."
When Wang Yi heard this, his heart moved slightly:
"OK, but I'm still worried that if we lose this game by a big score, the morale of the players will be destroyed, and then the sixth game may still be difficult to play."
Mr. Bo said: "It is much easier to stimulate and boost a person's morale when he is depressed than to demoralize a person when he is satisfied and complacent."
Wang Yi heard this and thought for a moment:
"Actually, I think we should not determine the strategy of strategically giving up too early. Instead, we should first look at the game status of both sides after coming up. If our game status is not good and theirs is hot, then give up strategically."
"On the contrary, we should not give up, but should try our best to win the game. Of course, if our state is as good or bad as theirs, then we should still give up the game."
Popovich nodded: "You're right, that's exactly what I meant."
"One more thing you need to pay attention to is that if you plan to give up this game strategically, you should save your physical fitness."
"The less time you can play in Game 5, the less time you can play."
"You should put all your physical energy and energy into the sixth battle. Note that you should treat the sixth battle as your last battle."
"If you can't win the sixth game and put it in the tiebreaker, with the overall strength of your team and the physical condition of you and Derek, it will be difficult for you to win the seventh game."
Wang Yi nodded when he heard this.
In fact, he also realized what Mr. Bo said. As Mr. Bo said before, it will be harder for the Kings to win in the future.
It's like two people with a huge difference in strength playing ball.
If you only hit one ball, maybe the weaker player hits the right ball and wins.
And if the game is extended to 3 balls, 5 balls, 10 balls or even 30 or 50 balls.
Then the possibility of the weaker party winning will become smaller and smaller.
Therefore, the Kings should fight quickly rather than play a protracted game.

Chapter completed!