Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 24 The first appearance of the edge
After the game, Washington commentator Webster looked at the technical statistics in his hand and sighed: "Today, we saw a different Grizzlies. This kind of offensive firepower was unseen last season. It is incredible. .”

Temple nodded: "The Grizzlies' away game was very team-oriented. If you only look at the tactical role and coordination of the players, I thought it was a Spurs game."

The Grizzlies beat their opponents by 21 points in the first game of the season, and Lu Yong, the assistant coach who arranged offensive tactics, made the first contribution.

It's a pity that he is only an assistant coach, and it is really sad that it is not his turn to show his face in front of the media.

灰熊全队一共有7人得分上双，被深度重视的迈克米勒14投8中，三分球9中5，罚球2中2，高效轰下23分4篮板1助攻，三分球命中率55.6%。

保罗-加索尔12投7中，罚球4中4，得到18分7篮板4助攻。

Swift has the best physical fitness among the starting players. He played for a long time tonight. He made 10 of 6 shots and 8 of 5 free throws. He scored 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block, filling the data column.

As the No. 2000 pick in the [-] NBA draft, apart from his poor brain and ability to read the game on the court, Swift's athletic ability is absolutely top-notch.

What Lu Yong asked him to do was very simple, pick and roll, fast break, and counterattack, coupled with his excellent defensive ability, really gave this guy a second spring in his career.

At the press conference after the game, Fratello was surrounded by a group of reporters as soon as he entered the venue.

The rain of compliments made even a man in his 50s feel blush.

Assistant coach Lu Yong was behind the plan, but in the end all the praise fell on him. Although this feeling is very cool, you must have a thick skin.

When asked by a reporter why Ariza was temporarily started tonight, Fratello replied with a serious face: "The Grizzlies are a strictly disciplined team. Hard side. Tremendous Ariza played well in summer league, tough defense, positive attitude, that's why he got a chance to start."

阿里扎出战28分钟，三分球4投2中，得到6分4篮板1抢断。

The data is not eye-catching, but the defense against the All-Star player Caron Butler impressed the fans. Butler only hit 10 goals in the first 3 shots, and his shooting percentage was far below his career average.

Worse than Butler is the sixth man Sangueira, with 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 5 turnovers. The offensive end was crazily educated by the little-known Reggie Evans.

Can't beat, can't grab, played 26 minutes of sleepwalking.

More turnovers than points, more minutes than field goal percentage, barely pissed off head coach Eddie Jordan.

Reggie Evans came off the bench tonight and scored 3 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. His fierce defensive ability made him famous in the first battle, and he was recognized by the head coach Fratello.

The overall performance of the Wizards "Three Musketeers" was very bad tonight. The player who scored the most was "General" Arenas with 18 points, and his outside shooting percentage was less than 40%. How could they beat the Grizzlies?
That night, the Grizzlies flew back to Memphis.

Fratello was in a state of extreme excitement, and asked for the video of the game from the videographer. He was trying to figure out the key to the team's victory tonight.

The second assistant coach Tony Brown was also very interested in this. The two sat together and studied for half an hour, and the expressions on their faces gradually became wonderful.

Lu Yong had no interest in replaying games, so he put on a blindfold after boarding the plane, lay down on the seat and fell asleep.

Read more books, read more newspapers, eat less snacks and sleep more. This principle runs through Lu Yong's two lives, and he has already formed a habit.

The Wizards are an incredibly polarized team. Once the offense pulls the hips, it is impossible to win at all.

If the Grizzlies are struggling to win even the Wizards, and this season is still fighting for a championship, they can just sleep and forget about it.

Lu Yong has great ambitions. He doesn't want to stay in the teaching assistant position for too long. He must have enough voice.

He signed a one-year contract with the Grizzlies, and the reason why he helped Fratello unreservedly was actually helping himself.

Only when his popularity and ability are noticed by more teams, Lu Yong will have more choices in the future.

Fratello's identity is too special. It is not easy to squeeze him out of the Grizzlies to become the coach. Fortunately, Lu Yong is not the only choice for the Grizzlies.

He is confident that he will lead any team in the league to rise, and even a weak team can complete the reconstruction in a very short period of time.

After a day off, the Grizzlies returned home to face the challenge of the Sacramento Kings.

The 21-point victory over the Wizards in the first game of the season made the enthusiasm of Memphis fans even higher.

As soon as the tickets for the Grizzlies' "home" opener were on sale tonight, they were sold out by fans in less than two hours. For the first time in team history, all tickets were sold out.

Some reporters conducted random interviews with the Grizzlies players before the game. Everyone expressed confidence in winning at home and maintaining the winning streak at the start of the game.

Mike Miller, who scored 23 points in the game, even smiled in an interview: "In the new season, everyone is full of confidence and the team's morale is good. The new coach Lu is a talent. I like his offensive tactics."

Mike Miller's answer made a small group of reporters focus on Lu Yong. "Lu, many fans feel that the Grizzlies' offensive smoothness in the new season is due to you. You have shown your coaching talent in the summer league. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Lu Yong smiled lightly and said: "Maybe I am indeed responsible for this, but the team's smooth offense is due to the excellent performance of the players. They trained very hard in the summer, and winning is the result of everyone's joint efforts."

The reporter asked: "Nuggets coach George Karl once praised you in the preseason. You are very talented. How do you feel about joining the Grizzlies during the offseason?"

"The Grizzlies are a very good team. I like the atmosphere here, and the colleagues get along very well."

This sentence is of course not the truth, Lu Yong really wanted to complain about Fratello in front of the camera.

However, there are some things he can only hold back in his heart now, and conflicts will easily break out if he talks too much.

This time without Lu Yong's reminder, Fratello took the initiative to put Ariza in the starting lineup, continuing the employment of the last game.

The best persuasion is never talking, but putting the facts before your eyes.

When Fratello tasted the sweetness of Ariza, he now does not feel uncomfortable reusing marginal players, but began to give Ariza high hopes.

"Trevor, you are in charge of man-marking Kevin tonight. Don't be nervous, take a bold shot from the bottom corner if you have a chance, I believe you can do a good job."

Fratello stared at Ariza with a serious face, let him deal with the king's leading scorer Kevin - Martin.

(End of this chapter)