Thanos

Chapter 42 To win!

Ye Heping obviously felt that the state of his teammates was not very good, the defense was always slow, and the running in the offense was not very active.

In fact, Ye Heping had a premonition. When he arrived in Memphis today, he also felt very uncomfortable.

In the past few days, from Los Angeles to Atlanta, to New Orleans, and then to Memphis, I spent almost every day on the plane, which is really a great test for the players.

Especially the old and small teams like the Lakers.

For a newcomer like Ye Heping, it was difficult to adapt for a while.

After returning from the timeout, Kobe gave up shooting and broke through the inside to cause White to foul and made two free throws.

8: 2.

The Lakers finally scored, it was too difficult!
The Grizzlies attack, Gasol holds the ball at the free throw line, and finds that the man who pulls out to guard him has become a meme.

Mim has excellent physical fitness, and his speed is not slow under full strength. The most important thing is that he does not suffer from his height.

Tang Shuai's strategy worked.

In the next few rounds, Gasol failed to continue the brave state of the opening.

The Grizzlies' offense also collapsed, falling into a scoring drought.

The Lakers took the opportunity to chase points and quickly tied 8:8.

Beep beep!

The Grizzlies coach called a timeout.

After the timeout ended, the Grizzlies changed their offensive strategy and launched an attack from the outside.

White Chocolate broke through the ball and helped Battier hit a three-pointer.

11: 8.

The Grizzlies coach's strategy is also immediate.

At the very beginning of the first quarter, the head coaches of the two sides battled wits and courage. You and I joined each other, and the fight was inextricable.

Tang Shuai's coaching ability is beyond doubt, after all, he is a champion coach.

And the head coach of the Grizzlies is not easy. Hubie Brown, a very qualified guy, is already 71 years old. The future Hall of Fame head coach, Tang Shuai will bend down to say hello when he sees it.

The logo man Jerry West didn't invite anyone, but he insisted on inviting the 71-year-old Hubie Brown to fight again. This is the recognition of his ability.

And Hubie Brown did not let him down, turning the Grizzlies into a 50-win team in just two seasons.

Hubie is very good at defense, so many outstanding 3D players in the Grizzlies can be said to be inseparable from Hubie's training.

The two head coaches battled wits and courage, and showed their skills.

But in the end, Hubby came out on top.

The main reason is that the Lakers players are in poor condition, while the Grizzlies are recharging their energy and waiting for work.

In the rotation stage, Hubie sent a brand new lineup.

Gasol, Swift, Battier, Posey, Miller.

Mike Miller is an enhanced version of 3D, and it's no problem to make a cameo as a point guard.

Pau Gasol played center, and the bouncer Swift played power forward.

All of a sudden, there were three wing players on the Grizzlies field, Battier, Posey, and Miller.

Ye Heping's first feeling was, the Grizzlies don't want insiders anymore?

After all, Gasol is not a defensive material, and Swift is fierce, but he doesn't know what defense is.

The two of them form an inside combination, who can they guard against?

But soon, Ye Heping was slapped in the face.

When Kobe rushed into the Grizzlies penalty area, he was immediately surrounded.

With Swift at the front and Gasol at the back, two top defenders, Posey and Battier, surrounded Kobe and directly wrapped Kobe in dumplings.

Gasol and Swift's defense is not good, but Battier and Posey are good enough, their complementary defense and defense can greatly support the Grizzlies inside.

This is the system Hubie Brown built for the Grizzlies, all soldiers, team basketball, defense first.

At the beginning of the century, it was the era of star basketball, but the old coach Hubie was unique, allowing fans to understand why basketball is a sport of five people.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the score was 8:19.

The Grizzlies have a slow pace and don't score high, but they just grind the Lakers to death bit by bit.

Tang Shuai is a little uncomfortable, trying to defend?The Lakers are not a team that is good at defense, and the Devils consume too much energy.

As for the offense, Butler and Atkins seemed to disappear under the defense of Posey and Miller.

Kobe also struggled.

Otherwise, give up this game?
The regular season is long, with 82 games, and one game doesn't affect much.

If you give up this game, you can better win the next two simple games.

So many head coaches will choose this way, which is a wise strategy.

"Kobe, take a break."

When Tang Shuai suggested it during the timeout, Kobe noticed it immediately.

"No! I'm in good shape and I can still fight!"

Kobe said without a doubt.

If other people said that, Tang Shuai would not step on him at all, but this is Kobe.

The emperor of Los Angeles, the leader of the Lakers.

And Tang Shuai used to be the core player of the team, so he can understand Kobe's mentality.

That's how he is, if he doesn't fight, as long as he fights, he will never admit defeat or give up. The only pursuit is victory.

Play for 1 minute, fight for 1 minute of life.

This is why Kobe has so many shortcomings, but there are still so many people who like him.

Tang Shuai once said: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion."

Let's see if these two people are very similar, paranoid about victory.

"it is good!"

Tang Shuai suddenly smiled and nodded in relief.

"Then we will win this game."

"Kobe, Ye Heping, Medvedenko, Divac, George, ready to play."

It's a lineup that's never been used, or even rehearsed.

Generally speaking, the old-school Tang Shuai is a dead-brainer and would never use such a new lineup.But at this moment, Tang Shuai suddenly changed.

What the hell lineup is this?

Ye Heping couldn't understand it anyway, and the other members of the Lakers' coaching staff were also a little confused.

If you want to win, use these people?

Kobe is fine, and Ye Heping is fine, the two are the Lakers' best offense and defense.

Divac, too old to run.

George, who was the starting small forward for the Lakers last year, has suffered a severe decline this year.With Ye Heping and Butler around, the playing time dropped sharply.

Medvedenko, a guy who is brave but weak in heart, is tasteless.

When Hubie Brown saw this lineup, he lost his mind for a moment. That guy Rudy gave up the game?

But if you give up the game, why keep Kobe on the court, this is unscientific!

What kind of medicine is sold in this guy's gourd.

Unsure of the situation, Hubie remained unchanged and played with the previous lineup.

Gasol, Swift, Battier, Posey, Miller.

Beep beep!

At the start of the game, Kobe dribbled forward, but under the strict defense of Battier, he had no chance and handed the ball to Divac at the free throw line.

Gasol is not the only one who can support this kind of thing at the top of the arc. Divac is the originator of supporting the center.

Swift immediately pulled out to defend.

However, Divac tricked Swift into jumping with a fake shot, and actually passed the ball to Kobe who cut.

Kobe rushed inside, facing Gasol, and facing Battier was just a face.

Bang!
Swish!
At the same time as the goal was scored, the referee whistled, 2+1.

Battier gave a wry smile. Kobe with the ball is terrible, but Kobe without the ball is as powerful as ever, and even more difficult to defend.

He followed closely just now, but a delay by Medvedenko made him lose his defensive position.

Kobe made a free throw, 19:15, and the point difference was only 4 points.

Roar!
Kobe bit his collar, beat his chest and roared.

Feeling cold for most of the quarter, this is the first goal he scored (free throws are not counted).

(End of this chapter)