On the evening of the 15th, the Liaoning men's basketball team defeated the Zhejiang men's basketball team 106-70 at home, so that they successfully defended their championship with a big score of 4-0. Liaoning men's basketball coach Yang Ming was the "male god" in the hearts of many female fans during the player era: good looks, standard figure, full of spiritual playing style... But three years of coaching experience has also made Yang Ming's face have many traces of years, although it is not like Du Feng has a lot of gray hair, but in his own words, "his appearance has changed".

Transformation: Soon after retiring from the military, he became a "firefighting instructor"

Liaoning is a province of basketball talents, especially defenders have emerged one after another, and Yang Ming is one of them. When he was a player, although Yang Ming was not a defender with a particularly good physical type, he played full of spirituality, his style was relatively good-looking, and his appearance was outstanding, so he had countless fans at that time. The reputation of "CBA's first handsome guy" is all over the place. At that time, Yang Ming said in an interview: "I hope that others will mention me in the CBA range, preferably saying that I play basketball handsomely and well." ”

Yang Ming served as the captain of the Liaoning team and was also selected for the national team, but after all, there are many players in the backcourt in Liaoning, and their talent and strength are outstanding, so Yang Ming officially ended his 2019-year career at the end of the 15 season at the end of his career while he could still continue to play. However, Yang Ming immediately transitioned to a coaching position after finishing his playing career, and he later served as an assistant coach for the Liaoning men's basketball team.

Three years ago, Guo Shiqiang guided Yang Ming, who had just retired from the game, and immediately went to the competition area to coach as a "firefighting coach". In his first season of coaching, Yang Ming has a lot of things to explore and move forward, and it is inevitable that there will be unsatisfactory places in between, and he will face difficulties and challenges that he has never encountered before. That season, the Liaoning men's basketball team reached the finals, but failed to reach the top. After the season, Li Hongqing, who was the team's general manager at the time, revealed that Yang Ming had offered to resign, but the team did not agree.

Coaching: The challenge is not small The pressure increases dramatically

In the following season, Yang Ming continued to lead the team to the championship. That year, for Yang Ming, how to integrate and play a role in internal and external aid Moreland became a big challenge. Moreland was playing in Liaoning basketball for the first year, and he had distinctive characteristics, but how to integrate into the Liaoning team's system, the team needed to constantly explore and try. According to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter, the coaching staff even had the idea of cutting Moreland at that time, but in the end, it was through Yang Ming's continuous communication with Moreland to give him more time and patience, which finally allowed him to have a very good performance in the playoffs. That year, the Liaoning men's basketball team was able to win the second championship in team history, which was directly related to Moreland's strong play in the playoffs.

This season is Yang Ming's third season in charge of the Liaoning men's basketball team, and the challenges are also not small, but they are not the same as before. Liaoning men's basketball team, as the defending champion, is the "target" of other teams, people say that "it is easy to play the rivers and mountains, it is difficult to defend the rivers and mountains", Yang Ming, who has been engaged in professional basketball for so many years, must be deeply satisfied.

This season's Liaoning men's basketball team also had a lot of problems, especially player injuries that always plagued the team. This also makes the Liaoning men's basketball team full of uncertainties on the road to defending the title. Along with this, Yang Ming's pressure as a head coach increased sharply. Especially after the resumption of home and away games in the third period, such expectations have increased day by day, and he is a little breathless.

Variation:

Staying up late to prepare for the game is the norm

As a former famous player, Du Feng transformed earlier than Yang Ming, and his appearance has changed significantly over the years, especially the increasing gray hair on his sideburns, which can make people feel that what a coach bears every day is unimaginable to normal people. Yang Ming has spoken of similar changes several times during the season, such as eye bags. During this season's "All-Star", Yang Ming was interviewed, and his left eye bag was more visible. "As long as you sleep less, that's what happens," he said. "Staying up late watching videos and preparing for games is the norm in the championship coaching season.

At the age of 35 to 38, even if he is considered a young coach in the entire basketball world, and he is a favorite to coach the championship team, the pressure on Yang Ming can be imagined. In the past few seasons, we have seen the picture of his "shirt soaked", the picture of him "drying a bottle of water", the picture of him sitting on the bench quietly "bowing his head and silent" after eliminating Guangsha, and the picture of him "raising his hands" in relief after winning the championship. These body movements are only one side of his inner activities, and the more pictures that we can't see need to be digested and endured by Yang Ming himself.

After winning the championship, Yang Ming said the following: "For the position of coach, frankly no one is nostalgic. Tension, suffocation, and even more exaggerated situations can appear. Especially the Liaoning men's basketball team, the expectations of the outside world are very large. You see, although the Zhejiang men's basketball team did not win the championship this time, they have created team history and they have won a lot of honors, but even so, when you do not meet the expectations of the outside world, there will still be many doubts. In any case, coaches have such special attributes. For me, the pressure is on me to make it as easy as possible for the players to win. The position of coach, the pressure is too great at the moment, I can't imagine what it will be like if I can't win this championship. ”

Interview

Li Xiaoxu: In the hearts of fans, Coach Yang will always be very handsome

On the evening of the 15th, the Liaoning men's basketball team defended its championship. Liaoning men's basketball coach Yang Ming revealed after winning the championship: "Li Xiaoxu broke his finger in the first game, but this news was not disclosed. Thanks to Xiaoxu's persistence, thank you to all players for their persistence, Liaoning men's basketball team deserves all praise. ”

A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily interviewed Li Xiaoxu on the 16th. He revealed that when he first heard about the broken finger, he was a little blinded, but later learned that it was an avulsion fracture, which was lighter than expected, and the burden was also unloaded. In addition, Li Xiaoxu revealed that he took painkillers before the final three games to relieve finger pain.

At the end of this season, the 33-year-old Li Xiaoxu will once again face a contract extension. He told the Beiqing News reporter: "I don't really think too much about the renewal of the contract, I just move forward step by step according to my body, and I hope to help the team as much as possible." ”

Beiqing News: Director Yang Ming said that you broke your finger during the first game, tell me about the situation at that time.

Li Xiaoxu: After the first fight, I didn't feel too much pain at that time. I slept at night, and when I slept until the second half of the night, I felt very painful, and I didn't feel very good, so I went to the hospital at about 4 a.m. to take a film. I remember the nurse on duty initially telling me that I had broken my finger, and I was a little blindsided because I was worried that it would affect the game later. But when the doctor told me it was an avulsion fracture of the third and fifth phalanges, I was relieved because the avulsion fracture was less serious.

Beijing Youth News: After a finger avulsion fracture, he grabbed 15 "rebounds" in the second game, including 7 front court boards, how did he do it?

Li Xiaoxu: I think it's still the adrenaline, the competition environment and atmosphere at that time, I almost didn't feel pain, of course, I took painkillers before the game, I think this is also very useful.

Beiqing News: Many people say that this season's Li Xiaoxu has returned to the state of "domestic Warcraft", what do you think?

Li Xiaoxu: All this is relatively normal for me, last year I came back from injury, my body needs some time to recover, and the whole state is definitely not very good. It takes a process, but this year I feel that my physical condition is significantly better than before, and that can also play out my own characteristics.

For grabbing "rebounds", I think it is the consciousness in my bones. This is how I played basketball very early, and grabbing "rebounds" was also my first task. I think I'm positioned in the team accurately.

Beijing Youth News: In these games in the playoffs, which game do you find the most challenging?

Li Xiaoxu: The most challenging, I think, was the fourth life-and-death match against Guangsha in the semifinals, when we were 1-2 down, and we were under the most pressure. The feeling of those days was that time passed slowly, and each player was fragmented in terms of rest, training, life, and atmosphere were dull. You can feel that everyone's inner emotions are complicated, and even a little overwhelmed. At the same time, it will be unwilling, and the heart will have mixed tastes. It was a few days, and it was really tough.

Beijing Youth News: After this season, it will face the problem of renewing the contract again, how do you think?

Li Xiaoxu: Actually, I haven't set myself a few more years. Faced with the issue of contract renewal, for me, it was a matter of course, and I didn't take it too seriously. Over the years, we've had a good job of renewing our contracts. I think it's better to go step by step according to my physical condition, and I want to help the team play longer.

Beijing Youth News: Yang Ming has won two championships in three years of coaching, what kind of coach is he in your heart?

Li Xiaoxu: Coach Yang is a very young young marshal, I think he is improving every year, he is also a coach who takes his work very seriously, he summarizes every year, step by step to improve. Everyone can see that he has become more and more mature in his game control this season. It can be said that the future is immeasurable. At the same time, you can also feel that the pressure he faces is relatively great, and he sleeps late during the league, which is more devastating to him, but in the hearts of the majority of fans, he will always be very handsome.

Song Xiang, reporter of this group (Source: Beijing Youth Daily)

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