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

Chapter 98 Prove the Potential; Show Your Worth!The defending champion finally stood up! (plus 13)
On the second day, the major media all mentioned the Sonics' winning streak. The 41-point victory over the Nets was a very morale-boosting game.

The young players of the Sonics have all played with confidence. Although the problem of long shots cannot be corrected, often a strong offensive firepower requires unreasonable long shots.

Steady and steady play can lead to victory, but it is certainly impossible to unleash the league's number one offensive firepower.

The Sonics have no stars, nor are they best defensive players. It is not easy to be stable, and the only way to win is to rely on offense.

The media questioned that the Supersonic's style of play was to take a slanted sword, but coach Lu Yong didn't care.

The record is always the standard for judging whether a team is good or not. As long as the Sonics can play an excellent record, any doubts will be dispelled.

What this group of young people lack now is time. Give them enough time to grow up, and the entire league will experience the fear of being dominated by the Supersonics.

On the 16th, the Sonics returned to their home court against the underdog Bobcats.

Lu Yong didn't take the Bobcats seriously at all, and simply arranged for Durant and Wells to take turns for the two main players.

Not surprisingly, the Sonics' powerful offensive firepower quickly shot through the Bobcats' defense, leading by 17 points in three quarters, and clocked out early.

In the end, 107 to 88, the Sonics easily won.

Bobcats top scorer Jason - Richardson lost his adult tonight, was temporarily put on the starting small role Delfino completely anti-death.

Lu Yong understood the playing style of Richardson, the "slam dunk king", and asked Delfino to focus on limiting his breakthroughs and three-pointers, and drove him to the left mid-range for emergency stop jumpers.

At that position, Richardson's career shooting percentage is only 35.6%, which is extremely inefficient.

The Bobcats lack scoring explosiveness and can't play a wave of offense, and the league's average points per game in the middle reaches of the league can't prevent the Sonics from attacking.

From the beginning of the first quarter, the Bobcats fell into a disadvantage, and did not overtake until the end of the game. At most, they were behind by 24 points.

理查德森这场18投仅5中，三分球4中1，罚球3中2，得到13分3篮板2助攻，命中率不足30%。

This kind of performance is hard for the Bobcats management to believe that he can lead the team to the playoffs, spend a lot of money to poach people from the Warriors, but in the end they made a loss-making business.

德尔菲诺出战34分钟，11投5中，三分球9中4，罚球2中2，得到16分4篮板1助攻2抢断1盖帽，攻守兼备表现抢眼。

The rotation of Durant and Bunch Wells allowed him to perform brilliantly in the swing position, and at the same time proved his potential to the outside world.

After being traded to Seattle, the golden generation from Argentina successfully achieved his worth.

In the next three games, the Sonics won two of them, and their record came to 29 wins and 12 losses, ranking second in the Western Conference.

As long as they win one more game, the Sonics will break through the 30 mark and become the fourth team to get 30 wins this season.

The Sonics got two days off, and will sit at home on the 24th to meet the challenge of the defending champion Grizzlies.

This is the second time the Sonics have played against the Grizzlies this season, and the meaning has become less important, but neither team wants to lose.

On the morning of the 24th, the Grizzlies arrived in Seattle by plane.

Lu Yong called Fratello and asked Tony Brown to have a light meal with the three of them.

The Grizzlies have started to win recently, with a record of 10 wins and 8 losses in the past 2 games.

From the original No. [-] in the West to No. [-] in the West, it squeezed out the Suns led by D'Antoni, and there are only two wins behind the second-ranked Supersonics.

As the championship team last season, no matter how bad the start of the Grizzlies is, it can't change the fact that the team has a strong lineup.

The reason for the recovery of the Grizzlies is also very simple. Coach Fratello suddenly became enlightened. After losing to the Celtics in the Christmas game, he reluctantly took his disciple Warrick out of the starting lineup and began to reuse 3D striker Ariza and second-year rookie Rudy- Guy.

This adjustment directly revitalized the Grizzlies' offense. Not only did the defensive efficiency not decrease, but the offensive space became larger, and they became the defending champion with both offense and defense.

The only thing that frustrates Fratello may be that the forward defense does not seem so "hard" anymore.

Lu Yong didn’t understand why Fratello liked black and hard players so much last season. His offensive skills were rough, his shooting ability was poor, and his tactical movement was confused. Nothing.

If Lu Yong were to coach the Grizzlies, not only would he have already packaged and traded Warrick, but even Swift, the hero of the Western Conference Finals, could not escape the fate of being shot.

These two were really good players ten years ago, but now they are seriously hindering the team's offense. No matter how hard the style of play is, it is useless. After all, this is basketball, not football.

Thanks to Kevin Garnett not playing under Fratello, otherwise the two would have been fighting every day.

One stood on the sidelines and yelled wildly: "Kevin, can you play tougher when you step on the horse? Don't always float outside and shoot jump shots!"

Another thumped his chest and yelled trash talk at the bench: "Shut up you old bastard, you don't have a place here, your wife tastes like a donut."

Fratello's coaching trajectory has changed. He is still the stubborn old man who likes to dig into dead ends, but his ability to adapt to the environment has been greatly improved.

If you make a mistake, you will stand at attention and be beaten, and understand the importance of adjusting the lineup.

If the Grizzlies do not win the championship this year, they will fail, which puts him under a lot of pressure.

Every time he coaches at home with the voice of "the head coach dismisses get out of class", it is considered that he has a strong ability to withstand pressure if he is not driven crazy.

Of course, there's a reason Memphis fans don't like Fratello.

Because he turned the team back to a defensive winning state, the offensive firepower was poor, and he averaged 103.6 points per game, which can only rank 14th in the league.

The few potential rookies in the team are almost eliminated by him, and if they stay idle, half of their careers will be basically ruined.

For the Sonics, the decline in the Grizzlies' strength is good news.

After all, the two teams in the playoffs are very likely to meet. Under the premise that only one team is destined to pass the customs and advance, the Sonics have no reason to surrender.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the Seattle Key Arena was packed.

The home tickets were sold out as early as three days ago, and the scene was very hot, fully accommodating [-] fans to watch the game.

Fans hope to watch the Supersonics defeat the defending champion on their own territory. In addition to the stories that the coaches of the two teams have to tell, the second and third rankings in the Western Conference are also the reason why the Supersonics must win the game.

The Grizzlies have gained too much momentum recently and have reached the third place in the Western Conference all the way, posing a threat to the Sonics' ranking.

Defending the victory is equivalent to stabilizing the ranking. This is a battle of dignity, and no one wants to be a loser.

After the players came out, the Grizzlies greeted Lu Yong with a smile. The relationship was harmonious and not as tense as the media described.

Supersonic starters: Delonti West, Bunche Wells, Durant, Szczerbiak, Noah.

Grizzlies starting: Stoudemire, Mike - Miller, Ariza, Swift, Gasol.

Gasol won the jump ball and the game started.

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