75-83 loss to the Rockets, 93–117 to the Clippers.

After a 36-game winning streak, the 13th and 14th home back-to-back against the Western team, the Eagles lost.

Hit the Rockets, the Eagles side only two people scored double points, Liu Yan got 21 points, Scola got 15 points, the other one scored a double.

Hitting the Clippers, the offense was better, but the defense collapsed again.

Sometimes, even most of the time, you don’t need to play tactics.

In fact, during the 36-game winning streak, the Eagles' tactics were not always very good, and they were divided into two stages.

In the first 18 consecutive wins, the tactics played very well, and the 18th consecutive win was still very routine, and the first board followed the tactics.

But after the 18 consecutive wins, the last 18 consecutive wins include double killing of the Lakers, all of which are old duck rowing, the Eagles are completely crushed by the state, and the tactics are not played.

What is the tactical purpose?

Get easy scoring opportunities and get better shots.

What do you mean by better shooting opportunities and easy scoring opportunities?You can put the ball in with more certainty.

However, during the 18-game winning streak behind the Eagles, they do not need those things at all, the opponent defends well, and the Eagles can throw the ball in here.

That state is simply too good, when the other side is tight, the shot can also be thrown out, sometimes can also throw in, but that kind of ball in addition to luck, you need to have the kind of keen sense of smell that can hold the opportunity of the moment, can seize a little chance in the defense, can seize this opportunity, no doubt are superstars.

Usually, facing the defensive vote, even Kobe, only 157 percent of the overall hit rate, Liu Yan is the same.

But in the back 18 consecutive wins, the Eagles can guarantee that hit the rate, but when the 35th consecutive win hit the heat, in fact, the Eagles' attack has shriveled, the Magic team is probably back, and then with Igudala, Guy, Artest, Landry, Bynum, Mutombo and other Rockets under the defense of the Rockets, completely collapsed, creating the Eagles this season's lowest scoring record.

After playing the Clippers, the Clippers were used by some of the Eagles' current problems, and the Eagles defense failed to play out.

That’s what Coach Kruger is worried about.

Once the state is good to explode, resulting in the team's tactical discipline decline, too want to rely on a good state to win, attack can not play in the defense to lose enthusiasm...

This problem is very troublesome, even if the physical fitness because of the rest is no problem, it will still be very troublesome, may be restored to solve, but coach Kruger can not expect this, the Eagles three consecutive crowns what?It's defense!

Although the offense is strong, the playoff defense is the focus!

...

On March 15, 2008, the International Consumer Rights Day, the Eagles held a team meeting.

Just experienced two consecutive defeats, the Eagles record became 57 wins and 8 losses, basically bid farewell to the hope of breaking the 73 wins and 9 losses maintained by their own team, and Coach Krueger gathered the players together before the team opened the three consecutive guests.

The meeting process was very short, coach Krueger said only ten seconds to go, but the short content of this ten seconds, the weight is very heavy!

"The next game starts, I need to see our tactics on the offensive end, defensive to return to the level before the 36-game winning streak, if someone doesn't do it, we don't have to play, we have a lot of talented players waiting to get more minutes to show their ability."

Coach Kruger said this with the coaching staff left, the conference room exploded!

“Did the coach eat the gunpowder today?”Why so violent?”Jason Terry exclaimed.

"The coach is right, we should reflect."Finley was very supportive of Coach Kruger’s thinking.

"Yes, we played too poorly yesterday in our defense, and it was a shame to be scored 117 points by the Clippers."Grant Hill also joined the road.

Two highly respected veterans, Finley and Grant-Hill, said so, and the others felt a glimmer of shame.

Start sitting down and think calmly.

After two consecutive defeats, most of the Eagles players are still immersed in the madness of the previous 36 consecutive wins.

Not only the Eagles players, but also the fans and the media, the Eagles lost two games to the Eagles, and felt that the Eagles were already invincible.

Liu Yan thought of the Warriors' start with 24 consecutive wins, and the result was 73 wins and 9 losses lost the championship...

Does the regular-season win have anything to do with the playoffs?Of course, if you can get more than 20 consecutive wins, the record will certainly not be bad, let alone 36 consecutive wins.

The Eagles are now 57-9, the league is very stable, the Spurs are now 53 wins and 12 losses behind the Eagles three and a half games.

At present, the 50-win team, on the Eagles and Spurs, the Raptors are only 49 wins and 16 losses.

But in addition to the home advantage, the regular season record for the playoffs, really no other help.

Even if the Eagles won all the next game, 17 consecutive wins to 74 wins to break the all-time record into the playoffs, but if the playoffs are not good, this does not make sense.

Liu Yan felt that because he adjusted it for a while, reversing the team's current bad atmosphere.

This kind of badness is not the contradiction in the team, not the desire to win, but a very complicated number of factors, so that this factor appears, is the 36-game winning streak that Liu Yan is proud of, but this 36-game winning streak is also a very big constraint for the Eagles!

Liu Yan stood up and patted the table, let the noisy conference room quiet down, when everyone's eyes are gathered on him, Liu Yan said: "I support the coach's arrangement, if I play not well, not in accordance with the tactics, the defense side is not good, I also accept the arrangements of being snowed, until you have any performance worse than me, I will play again."

As a result, my teammates were shocked.

Liu Yan's career so far seven years, never because of injury or rest missed the game, more than six years, Liu Yan absent from 12 games, all are banned, in addition to a no-down, fell the "data mania" title.

After being banned for six games in the 03-04 season, the second half of the 03-04 season is now almost four seasons, Liu Yan has played 329 consecutive regular-season games, taking the Eagles team's history of consecutive appearances as the first person to the position of the first person, although in the NBA history, the top ten can not enter, but the Eagles are already the best, and have the opportunity to catch up with the current first Derrick Fisher record.

Liu Yan and Fisher's active first consecutive appearance competition is now also one of the things that the Eagles and Lakers fans are competing.

From the understanding of Liu Yan, teammates feel that Liu Yan wants to compete in any aspect of competition, and coach Kruger said that the kind of play does not have to play, with the Eagles players on the coaching staff understanding, Liu Yan is definitely outside the rules.

But now Liu Yan is taking the initiative to be in the same competitive mechanism with his teammates...

Wade first echoed: "I agree with Ace's statement that I don't pass the ball and break through well, so I'll go and rest and practice."

"Me too, I didn't defend and drive the attack well, so I gave Jason the starter."Maddie also supports Liu Yan's persistence.

"Go, you hit your start, don't fight with me for the sixth person, there is Dwyane has enough of my headache, I will also join!" 」Jason Terry also echoed the road.

What else do others have to say?

Originally for Grant Hill, Scola, Gottat, O'Neal Jr., Brad Miller and other substitutes, this arrangement is a good thing for them, although they do not fight, but there is certainly a lot of time to play is of course happy.

Now even Liu Yan supports Coach Krueger's arrangements, and they have no reason to refuse.

Marion and Quamet Brown also felt a sense of crisis, but after losing the finals last year, Marion now can't wait to win the championship, he has felt his explosive power and bouncing down, want to win the championship in the peak tail in the first-class contribution, rather than old to hold the thigh.

Although Kwame Brown felt the crisis, but Liu Xuan wanted to do what, he supported, he went to the Eagles, followed Liu Yanxuan, to get rid of the nickname of the water cargo yuan.

Rindo is still cool...

Now that you’ve decided, let’s discuss what to do!

Liu Yan opened the computer, called out the schedule, and released it with a projector.

"Tomorrow we are going to New York, the day after tomorrow to play the Knicks, there are still 17 games left, leaving us with less time, but not too much..." Liu Yan said, suddenly there is a sense of national football both-seeing ...

"Yes," Finley took over the words, he did not care about the playing time, but to play the role of his own locker room leader: "Our next game, starting from the defensive end, playing the Rockets, we defend well, the coach is not angry, but playing the Clippers our defense is too bad, we do not care about the hand, no matter how the attack, defensively we have to play the level we should have..."

Just like playing the Lakers in last year’s Finals, the Eagles players began speaking enthusiastically after determining the next team rotation plan and competition mechanism.

The short-term goal is the next three consecutive guests, the Knicks, the Wizards, the Nets, in the 17th, 19th, 21st, the opponent is not strong, but the schedule is tight, the Eagles played 8 games in the first 14 days of March, that is to say, 17 to 31 this 15 days there are 8 games, there are two back-to-back at the end of the month, and there are 9 games in 17 days next month.

However, at this stage, step by step, this is a good habit developed by the strong team for seven consecutive years, but the impact of 36 consecutive wins is too big, once the Eagles as a whole have been shaken.

But this deep-rooted good habit, as long as you are sure what to do, can quickly get back on track.

To get back on track, you have to step by step and slowly get out of the whole team's blind situation in the last 20 games!

As Liu Yan said, 17 games say not much, but say less is not much.

Coach Kruger looked at the monitor in the office, the camera that connected the conference room.

Seeing that under the leadership of Liu Yan, the players began to actively prepare for the next three consecutive away games and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although coach Kruger often wants to hit people, most of the time this boy is still worthy of his trust.

Fortunately, there are more than a dozen games away from the playoffs, and there have been adjustment experience before, and Coach Kruger is very old-time adjustment...