Jenkins pushed aside the information in front of him, looked at Morant, and taught earnestly:
"These 450 people in the NBA, even the most inconspicuous ones, are among the 450 best players on the planet. If you are among them and compete with the 499 people who are the best basketball players on the planet, maybe it depends on you.
With your talent, your impact, and your skills, you can win the game with dignity."
"But if you want to make a difference in the playoffs and win the coveted O'Brien Cup, you not only need strength and skills, but you also need luck and some tricks."
"Throughout the history of the NBA, no team has ever won a championship without a single intentional foul."
"During the Bulls era, Jordan had Charles Oakley and Rodman by his side."
"In the post-Shark era of the Lakers, Kobe has Artest by his side."
"The Spurs have Bruce Bowen, the Warriors have Bogut, and Green."
"The Heat's big three always have Haslem."
At this point, the coach paused: "Some people may ask, does every team that wins the championship have a villain? I will tell you, not the 2004 Pistons. They are all villains."
"So, if you want to win the championship, you can't play too cleanly."
"Now I don't ask you to be a villain, but at least you have to be able to do some tricks besides basketball."
"Otherwise, you may not be able to win the O'Brien Cup for the rest of your life. Do you think you will never be able to wear that ring that you miss so much?"
When Morant heard this, he finally raised his head slowly and clenched his fists tightly: "Coach, I listen to you!"
Head coach Jenkins saw Morant relieved, and he was secretly relieved.
In fact, as a head coach who has been in the league for nearly 20 years, he has not exhausted all his methods. He still has many ways to change the trend of the game.
But the team's leader, Morant, sometimes sternly refuses some less-than-bright methods.
This guy is good at everything, but sometimes he is too upright.
After getting Morant's agreement, the head coach continued:
"As my head coach, I shouldn't have said what I said next, but now the situation forces me to say it."
Then he looked at all the players and said seriously: "Do you think we still have hope of coming back when we are 0:3 behind?"
Morant was the first to stand up: "Of course!"
Others were a little confused at this time.
Morant looked at the players and then at the coach:
"What do you mean by this? Coach, what do you mean by this? You never give up in a basketball game until the last second. Do you want to give up?"
The head coach shook his head and said:
"Jia, I didn't say I wanted to give up hot pot. Just touch your chest and think about it. When we are 0:3 behind, do we have much hope of making a comeback?"
Morant frowned and lowered his voice: "Even if there is little hope, we will fight until the last second!"
The head coach said: "Of course, we have to fight until the last second. I didn't say we had to give up."
"So in order to fight until the last second and even win this game, we must change our playing style. If we still use the previous regular playing style, it will be difficult for us to win."
Morant nodded and said to the head coach: "Tell me, coach, how do you want us to play?"
Jenkins then continued: "It's the foul I just mentioned. As long as Wang Yi has the intention to take action, then we can try to prevent it as much as possible. If we can't prevent it, we will foul it."
Everyone nodded.
Under the current circumstances, if the Grizzlies want to win, they must contain Wang Yi's offensive firepower, and if they want to contain Wang Yi's offensive firepower, the only way to contain Wang Yi's offensive firepower seems to be fouling.
Morant pondered for a moment and nodded: "Coach, I listen to you."
Jenkins continued: "Of course, we have to pay attention to the details when committing fouls, rather than making brainless fouls."
"To this end, I have prepared some materials for everyone to watch and learn from."
As he said this, he signaled to the assistant coach next to him. The assistant coach immediately turned on the projection, and scenes of many people committing fouls appeared on the screen.
Some of these people committed tactical fouls, and some committed impromptu fouls under the lightning.
But no matter what kind of foul, it achieved good results in the end.
For example, at the end of the game, if the opponent is three points behind and wants to make a perfect shot from beyond the three-point line, he will be fouled before he can shoot and let him go to the free throw line.
Although the opponent made two free throws, there were only 2 seconds left in the final time, and the ball was still his.
The opponent can only regret losing.
There was also a time when Howard and O'Neal were at their peak, the two of them almost dominated the basket, and their opponents used shark-cutting tactics against them.
As you can imagine, the free throw shooting percentages of these two people are hard to describe.
In the end, some games were lost because the two players' free throws were not accurate enough.
After watching it, head coach Jenkins said to Morant: "Without these fouls, the results of the game may have changed, and some may even have been completely opposite, so don't underestimate the role of tactical fouls."
"But this is just a tactical foul, and we will elevate it to a strategic foul in this game."
"So from now on, you should take a good look at, learn and practice the information in the expansion pack."
Finally, the head coach specially invited a coach to coach these players.
"How to avoid the referee's sight and commit a foul? How to influence the opponent's mind and emotions? How to provoke the opponent's anger? These are all a science, a big science."
"Then there is still one and a half days between now and the start of the game. In this day and a half, everyone must learn how to effectively commit fouls."
"For the next game, my request is: to foul Wang Yi as much as possible, and at the same time to protect myself better and keep myself on the court as much as possible."
At the same time, he said to the substitute players:
"In order to protect themselves, the main players may not be able to commit fouls sometimes, so I will give the substitutes as much playing time as possible in this game, and you must try your best to show your kindness to them in as much playing time as possible.
I show your worth."
All the players responded in unison: "Understood!"
Next, the entire Grizzlies players practiced enthusiastically in the training hall.
At this time, Wang Yi still doesn’t know what kind of special targeting he will receive in the next scene.
Of course, he still had some mental preparations.
He scored 60+ points in the first two games. In the third game, the Grizzlies will definitely send two, three or even four people to double-team him. If he wants to score 60 points in this game, it will be in these three games.
The most difficult one.
Chapter completed!