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

Chapter 52 G5!Lu Yong: I will not allow a miracle in this round of the series!
Back in Memphis, Lu Yong had dinner with Tony Brown to celebrate the victory.

The series held the match point 3-1. Neither of them believed that the Mavericks could win three games in a row to advance. It was only a matter of time before the Grizzlies entered the finals.

Tony Brown looked at Lu Yong excitedly. "Lu, we joined the NBA as an assistant coach in the first year and helped the team reach the finals. This is so cool! I seem to have seen a bright future waving to us!"

"Don't get too excited. Although I don't think the Mavericks can win, they will definitely be dying in G5. We should wait until we win to celebrate." Lu Yong said calmly.

"Lu, do you think we can win the championship this year?"

"Of course, as long as we beat the Mavericks, the championship will be ours. The Cavaliers are not as good as the Spurs in the semifinals." Lu Yong laughed.

The Cavaliers played well this season, ranking second in the Eastern Conference with 50 wins and 32 losses in the regular season, and reached the finals for the first time in the LeBron James era, allowing the management to see the dawn of the team's revival.

However, in the past two years, it is no secret that the West is strong and the East is weak. The Cavaliers, ranked second in the Eastern Conference, dare not say that they will win any of the top eight teams in the Western Conference. The Heat's championship last season is the last glory of the Eastern Conference. .

The Cavaliers can really play this year only James and "Big Z" Ilgauskas. The depth of the lineup is much worse than that of the Grizzlies. If they really want to face each other in the finals, at most five games, the little emperor will die.

Lu Yong is not worried about the finals against the Cavaliers, but he is worried about the Mavericks' counterattack before they die.

As one of the most powerful teams in the league, the potential of the Mavericks in their last stand cannot be underestimated.

The overall age of the Grizzlies players is relatively young, and no one dares to guarantee whether they can withstand the pressure in G5 and send the Mavericks home.

What Lu Yong can do is to appease the young players before the game, make more sophisticated defensive deployments against Nowitzki, strangle the Mavericks' counterattack in advance, and achieve tactical suppression.

During the meal, Lu Yong briefly analyzed the situation and stunned Tony Brown.

After joining the Grizzlies, Tony Brown doubted his life many times.

Obviously everyone is a teaching assistant who has come out of the NCAA, but why is the gap so big?
What frustrates Brown the most is that he can't understand the tactics that Lu Yong usually arranges, and it can even be said that he has never heard of them.

The ideas in Lu Yong's head were so advanced that Tony Brown once wondered if he was abandoned by the times, otherwise how could he never even heard of it?
In fact, it's really not that Tony Brown is stupid. Many of the offensive tactics that Lu Yong arranges have never been heard by Fratello, who has been in the industry for more than 20 years.

It's just that Fratello is an old fox, he has always done a good job on the surface, even if he doesn't understand, he has to pretend to understand.

At the meeting, he nodded to Lu Yong from time to time, and boasted that he had thought of it a long time ago, but Lu Yong said it a step earlier than him.
This guy is a typical guy who wants to save face and suffer. He refuses to lower his face and ask more questions in front of the teaching assistants.

Fortunately, although Fratello is a stubborn ass who wants to save face, as a veteran coach who has been in the industry for many years, he is still persuaded.

Knowing that Lu Yong has the ability to improve the team's offense, he is willing to delegate power to him.

If it was replaced by former Pistons coach Larry Brown, Lu Yong would have slapped his ass and left, because the old man is really hopeless.

The next morning, the Grizzlies were called to the arena for training.

Fratello is in a panic now, even if he leads 3-1, he always feels uneasy, and plans to take the players to practice more.

To put it simply, he is afraid of losing. The shadow of being hung up and beaten by the Mavericks all year round has put him under a lot of psychological pressure. Before the end of this round of the series, he may not be able to sleep well.

As a result, Lu Yong frowned as soon as he entered the arena and raised objections to Fratello.

"Mike, I don't think players should practice more at this time, and the big guys don't have time to adapt to new tactics. Have you forgotten why Pat Riley was kicked out by the Lakers? It is very dangerous to increase the amount of player training before the finals Thing, if the main players get injured, we're really done for this year."

"So far in the series, our biggest advantage is physical fitness and lineup depth. Instead of letting the players practice more, it is better to let them rest well and get back to their best condition to prepare for G5." Lu Yong reminded.

"I know, but I always feel that I am not at ease. I hope there will be no accidents in tomorrow night's game." Fratello smiled wryly.

"Don't worry, as long as we can increase our speed and double-team Dirk on the defensive end, the Mavericks will definitely not be the opponent." Lu Yong said seriously.

Fratello was silent for a moment, and sighed: "Just do as you said, practice a few sets of running positions in the morning, and take a rest in the afternoon."

"Well, I will arrange it." Lu Yong nodded.

Fratello is such an indecisive character. He will feel uneasy when the team leads, but the pressure on him when the team falls behind can be reduced.

After all, he is used to losing in his coaching career, and he has never led a team to the finals.

The Grizzlies have gone so smoothly in this year's playoffs, which made Fratello have an ominous premonition, suspecting that the Grizzlies will be unlucky next.

It is precisely because he has no confidence in his own coaching level that he is worried and worried that the team will be reversed and eliminated.

Lu Yong is more optimistic than him. He knows that the depth of the Mavericks' lineup is difficult to support them to win three games in a row, because there are too few X factors in the bench lineup, and winning can only rely on a fixed number of main players.

Being able to avoid being swept is a manifestation of the strength of the Mavericks, but it is time for the flames of hope in Dallas to be extinguished.

Before the fifth game started, the media completely heated up the game.

Whether the Grizzlies win and advance, or the Mavericks return home with a victory, they are very attractive to fans.

However, Lu Yong firmly believes that the Mavericks will go home to fish this time, and he will not allow miracles to occur in this round of the series.

Except for the three core players of Nowitzki, Terry, and Josh Howard, the Mavericks are all nerve-knife level players. It is difficult to be reliable in a life-and-death battle.

Only Stackhouse, the sixth man, can bring a substitute on the offensive end, but his shooting percentage of less than 40% is nothing to fear. No one knows whether this guy will kill the opponent or his own team.

When Nowitzki was frequently double-teamed and German Harris didn't even dare to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, Lu Yong really couldn't think of how this desperate Mavericks could win.

In the evening, the fifth game between the two sides started at the Memphis Arena.

Grizzlies fans uniformly wore black and white T-shirts, and the audience stood up and cheered when the players came out, creating tremendous pressure for the Mavericks in the away game.

The players began to warm up, and Lu Yong called "Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire to his side alone before the game. "Damon, remember what I said to you before, play this game resolutely, you are the key to the team's victory in G5, the coaching staff all believe in your strength."

Stoudemire nodded and gave Lu Yong a thumbs up. "Don't worry, coach, I will score 30 points tonight!"

　For the smoothness of the plot, two chapters will be updated continuously today.

　　For such a caring author, asking for a ticket is not too much, right?
　　
　
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