the rest, only noise

In the third game of the regular season, the Celtics' second home game of the new season, they encountered a bitter battle.

The Celtics struggled with teams that weren't famously strong, but the quietly growing Memphis Grizzlies.

After Danny Ainge successfully passed the rookie period, the Grizzlies also moved from Vancouver to Memphis.

Maybe it's just the feng shui of Memphis. After the Grizzlies moved here, the fortunes of the entire team began to improve.

After several operations by Angie, the Grizzlies can currently form a set of Deron Williams, Josh Childress, Tyshawn Price, Juwan Howard, Amare Star Demier's starting lineup.

Their coach is also from the road department, Tom Thibodeau who has assisted Rudy Tomjanovich for many years.

Thibodeau himself is a coach who emphasizes defense, and then he stole the pick-and-roll style of play from Tomjanovich and flexibly applied it to Deron and Stoudemire, which is just right.

Relying on the youth team's outburst, the Grizzlies and the Celtics fought to the end before being killed by Manu Ginobili with a serpentine layup.

After this campaign, the Celtics won three consecutive victories in the new season, and ended their home defense, and are about to start a round of four consecutive away trips.

Louie divided his teammates into three groups by reviewing the past two games.

One group is the "thriving" group who responded well to SSOLTSOM and performed well in the competition.

One group is the "sooner or later" group that does not respond well to SSOLTSOM, has obvious rejection of new tactics, and does not invest enough in the usual training sessions.

One group is the "although it's hard work, but it's useless" group.

The last group currently has two members, Tony Allen and Mexican Eduardo Najera.

Louis is most concerned about the second group, which includes Andrei Kirilenko, Wally Szczerbiak, Zaza Pachulia.

Although there are not many three, Kirilenko is the sixth man that the team relies heavily on, and Sczerbiak is a seasoned marksman.

Although Kyle Korver entered the starting lineup with his familiarity with the new system and good chemical reaction, no matter how accurate the shooter is, there will be a night when the power is suddenly cut off. At that time, the team will either wait for him to wake up. Come on, or have to switch to an equally good shooter.

Szczerbiak is undoubtedly an excellent addition.

But Szczerbiak is the player who hates the new system the most, because he performed well under the old system and is the team's absolute starter. Now because he can't adapt to the new system, he not only lost his first start, but also doubted his playing time.

As for Pachulia and Kirilenko, they have their own problems, but neither is as acute as Szczerbiak.

In addition, Roy's injury risks are also worrying.

After the game against the Grizzlies, Roy felt uncomfortable in his knee, so Louis asked the team doctor to take him to the hospital for an examination, but nothing abnormal was found.

Louie knew how glassy Roy was, so he not only stopped his training, but also didn't let him go away with the team.

This means that Roy will miss at least four games.

Roy's absence made the Celtics suddenly vacate a starter.

On the way to the first away game, Louie asked Pat Riley, who was sitting next to him, "Who do you think is more appropriate to start instead of Brandon?"

Riley said lightly: "Andre."

"Why?" Louis asked curiously.

"He can live with the fact that he starts and plays well and still doesn't start," Riley said.

"What about Wally, can't he stand this?" Louie asked with a smile.

"I'm afraid not," Riley said gravely.

From Louis' expression, Riley could see that the Celtics owner and coach had decided to let Wally Szczerbiak temporarily fill Roy's vacancy.

Also, he probably never thought about Kirilenko.

Riley asked, "Do you know what the consequences of doing this are?"

"Don't worry, with Wally's familiarity with the system, he can't play the game well." Louis said with great certainty.

Riley pressed: "What if he plays well?"

Louis lightly smiled and said: "Then I'm thankful, I hope he plays well. If he plays well, Brandon can play as a substitute. In fact, the substitute is the most suitable position for him at present. His body looks good. Not ready to deal with the intensity of starting."

Riley made no further comments because Louie had already made up his mind.

The Celtics' four-game away game is concentrated in California. They will first go to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers, then the Lakers, then fly to Sacramento to fight the Kings, and finally go to Golden State to play the Warriors.

Needless to say, against the Clippers, this team with Antawn Walker, Eddie Curry, and Emeka Okafor has no future at all.

The only sure thing about the future of the Clippers is that they will show up in the 2007 lottery on time and pray to the goddess of luck and the gods of the draft to win the "Oden/Durant" Cup.

After Roy's truce, Louis let Lu Wuxia return to the starting No. [-] position.

Although Louis intends to use a season to strengthen his flawless off-ball offense, his ball-handling threat is indeed surprising.

Looking at the current Lu flawless play is like watching James Harden in the 2016-17 season.However, that year was unfortunate for Harden. Normally, the MVP that should be secure was snatched by Russell Westbrook, who averaged a triple-double and led the team to the eighth place in the Western Conference. Harden, who should prove in the playoffs that "you should fucking choose me as MVP", also performed poorly in the Western Conference semifinals, and was finally blocked by Ginobili in the late balding period, leaving a moment of shame.

Louis felt flawless like Harden that year, not because he played like that, but when he got the ball, the influence he had on the field and the destructiveness to the opponent's defense were very similar.

Lu Wuxia is enjoying the bonus brought by his loyal father who forced him to make technical reforms.

When Lu Wuxia launches a pick-and-roll attack with his shooting skills without dead ends, the opponent's inside line always has to rush out of the three-point line to delay, and this is often easily broken by him, and then the opponent needs to defend and rotate.A team with weak defensive qualities will be full of loopholes at this point, and even a strong defensive team will not be able to defend against him.

Because Lu Wuxia at this time is different from the early days. Compared with his rookie period, his current weight has reached 95kg. Although he is not very strong when he is divided into two meters, he already has an above-average confrontation ability.Once the confrontation ability is up, his technical advantages can be brought into full play to the greatest extent.

This was the case in the last game against the Clippers.

When Eddie Curry dragged his bulky body out to delay, Lu Wuxia directly played him like a monkey.

It is also changing direction to make an emergency stop and retreat for three points, and it is also accelerating breakthrough throwing and hitting the board, and it is also relying on rhythm changes to shake people down while walking.
Lu Wuxia's series of military training to Fat Curry was cruel, but when Thibodeau asked others to switch defenses, there was no good fruit to eat.

Antoine Walker's defensive effect is limited better than fat Curry;

Childress is in good physical condition, and his defense is also very good, but he is too prone to fake moves, and he is not sure about Lu Wuxia's pulse;
Shandon Anderson is more than strong, but lacks defensive awareness, and is also being teased-in fact, one of the coolest shots of Lu Wuxia in the game was shot in front of Anderson.

When Yao Yueban, Ginobili, Szczerbiak, and Gasol opened up space for Lu Wuxia and gave him singles, he met everyone's expectations.

Lu Wuxia ended Anderson's center of gravity with a high-speed crotch dribble and an emergency stop.

Anderson slipped and fell on the court like a skating beginner, but Lu Wuxia acted "very surprised" and waited for the opponent to stand up and defend in front of him before throwing the ball.

Then swish!
Anderson was hit hard, but he heard Lu Wuxia sincerely praised: "Good defense, I was almost blocked by you."

If Anderson's mentality does not collapse, Louis, the father, will collapse.

Why is this child less and less like his father? It is not honest at all to do so. Louis is very worried that Wuxia will follow in the footsteps of his uncle Tomjanovich.

After that, Anderson really exploded in mentality, made frequent fouls, and was soon replaced.

This game was completely dominated by Lu Wuxia, and the Celtics' SSOLTSOM system was half played.

Relying on the "SSOL" offense, Lu Wuxia scored 47 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against the Clippers, successfully grabbing the headlines of the day.

"I know scoring is just part of the game, everyone is working hard to contribute to the team and I'm just a part of it."

Lu Wuxia, who knew what the media wanted to hear since she was a child, used a humble speech to convey tonight's performance.

At the same time, the flawless performance also made Louie firm in his determination to strengthen his off-ball skills.

When he is so great with the ball, if he can also be as great off the ball, then he is a unique player.

That's what makes Stephen Curry different from other players of his generation, and it's also the key to his ability to support the dynasty.