After Wang Yi's speech, the players were all fired up.
None of them wanted to be treated like dead weight hanging off someone else's leg.
None of them wanted people to think they were useless.
At last, they all raised their heads and clenched their fists.
Their eyes glimmered with fervor.
Wang Yi nodded. "So this series is your best chance to prove yourselves!"
"Now, let's get back to practice!"
The players all answered eagerly and returned to their drills.
Once they resumed, their spirits were completely different from the dejection they'd shown earlier.
Their steps were lighter, and even the basketballs seemed to bounce with more force against the floor.
Anjiali saw all these changes. She couldn't help admiring Wang Yi.
"You have this kind of magic about you. You can take a lot of really awful situations and explain them from such a strange angle that people end up full of hope. Could you teach me sometime?"
Wang Yi pointed to his head. "Can't help it. I was born this way. It can't be learned."
Anjiali pouted. "Hmph. I complimented you, and now you're getting carried away."
Nearby, the owner, Ranadave, watched the two of them flirt and felt uneasy.
Wang Yi was already married. Nothing was ever going to come of his daughter's feelings for him.
He'd tried to talk Anjiali out of it many times, but she didn't seem inclined to change her mind at all. Was she going to cling to this one tree until she died?
Wang Yi said to the three assistant coaches beside him, "Keep an eye on things for now. I need to think carefully about how we're going to handle the Lakers throughout the series."
The three of them nodded.
As Wang Yi started to leave the gym, Anjiali hurried