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

Chapter 44 Not calm anymore!He was hanged and beaten!

The good news for the Grizzlies is that the Hornets starting small forward Peja Stojakovic is reimbursed for the season.

巅峰时期的佩贾是国王当之无愧的二当家，场均24分6篮板3助攻，三分球命中率常年稳定在40%以上。上个赛季被交易到步行者同样有18分6篮板的表现，三分球命中率40.1%。

After joining the Hornets in the summer, Peja only played 13 games for the Hornets before being reimbursed due to injury. This sharpshooter who has been selected to the All-Star three times in his career is very capable. His absence will greatly affect the offensive firepower of the Hornets. Let the Grizzlies The odds are better in this series.

On the 26th, the first round of the playoffs officially started at the home court of the Grizzlies.

Before the game, Lu Yong stood on the sidelines chewing gum, cheering on the young players in the team, without much seriousness on his face.

In this round of the series, the strength of the two teams is very different. Even the outside media does not believe that there will be an upset. Lu Yong, the assistant coach who has personally trained the league's number one, will not have psychological pressure.

Grizzlies starting: Lowry, Mike Miller, Ariza, Swift, Gasol.

Hornets starters: Paul, Devin Brown, Mason, West, Tyson Chandler.

As Lu Yong predicted, the Hornets' starting lineup remains unchanged.

Byron Scott will always only play the deck in his hand, and his on-the-spot adaptability is ridiculously poor.

It is better to believe that Fratello will take the initiative to change than to expect him to come up with a unique move in the playoffs.

It was Lu Yong's suggestion that Lowry was put in the starting lineup. He is better defensively than Stoudemire, who is only 1 meters tall. He is strong and not afraid of confrontation, and is suitable for defending Paul.

It's not a big problem for Lowry to have no playoff experience, because neither does Paul on the opposite side. This is his first time playing in the playoffs.

When a first-year rookie meets a second-year rookie, even if they get blown up, they won't be too ugly.

This arrangement of the Grizzlies outside can also switch defenses, allowing Ariza to mark Paul for a certain period of time, and Lowry will not become a defensive black hole if he uses his strength to withstand the 2-meter-tall Mason.

Gasol won the jump ball and the game started.

Lowry held the ball and passed it to Pau Gasol at halftime, and he followed the tactics to stand at 45 degrees on the left side to wait for the opportunity.

Gasol took the ball in the middle and faced Tyson Chandler, who is 2 meters tall.

When Mike Miller's weak side got rid of the defense with the help of a screen, Gasol immediately had a tacit understanding and secretly passed the ball to the top of the arc.

Devin Brown's lateral speed dropped significantly after his serious injury. Swift blocked him with his body and was unable to catch up in time. He could only watch Miller score a three-point jumper.Swish! 3 to 0.

Chandler didn't dare to let go of Gasol and stepped forward to defend, and no one in the league dared to do so.

After all, the man in front of him is the one with a high probability of winning the MVP of the regular season this season, and he has more offensive methods than Mike Miller on the outside.

Byron Scott stood off the court and frowned slightly. He had a very bad premonition in his heart. He always felt that something big would happen in this game tonight.

But at the beginning, there was nothing to adjust, so he could only wait and see silently.

The Hornets attacked, and the Grizzlies played man-to-man defense, and did not use zone defense or double-teaming.

The Hornets don't have one-on-one singles players who can't solve it. There will be no loopholes in single defense on the field, which is much easier than playing against the Mavericks.

Paul stood at the top of the arc and repeatedly organized several times to no avail. In the end, he could only play Lowry one-on-one, and made an emergency stop jumper on the left side of the free throw line.

As soon as his feet were off the ground, the excited Lowry rushed up with all his strength, rubbed the basketball with his fingertips, and interfered with Paul's shooting.

The basketball, which lost gravity, fell from mid-air and was snatched by Swift in the middle.

The Hornets can only rely on Chandler to grab rebounds. The others have average rushing ability and are better at protecting backcourt rebounds.

In the positional battle, Lowry passed the ball to Mike Miller, Miller made a fake move and flew to Brown, and took advantage of the opportunity to pass the ball to Swift, who was cutting on the weak side.

Swift caught the ball and took three strong steps, crushing West's defensive athleticism, and smashed the ball into the basket with his left hand! 5 to 0.

The Hornets attack, Paul picks and rolls and goes to the right to break through, and is followed by Swift.

He is very good at playing big players when he is misplaced, but it is difficult to beat Swift, because the guy in front of him has no brains, and the second place depends on his unreasonable body.

The helpless Chris Paul had no choice but to pass the ball. Mason caught the ball and walked inside. He leaned against Ariza, turned around and was interfered with the shot and missed.

Mason is 2 meters tall and weighs 01 kilograms. His body shape is similar to that of Ariza. He has no physical advantage in confrontation.

Gasol protected the backcourt rebound, looked up at the frontcourt and immediately threw a classic long pass from the quarterback.

Swift, who is good at fast break, turned around to get the ball, took a big stride to overtake, threw off West and dunked the basketball with both hands and scored! 7 to 0.

David West is 2 meters tall and weighs 06 kilograms. Although his offensive ability is good, it is a torment for him to defend against a spring player like Swift, and he can't catch up at all when he runs.

Swift is also 2 meters tall, but weighs only 06 kilograms. He can fly over West's head when he takes off with all his strength. How can he catch up with such an athletic talent?
The Hornets attacked. Paul finally stopped the bleeding for the team this round. He singled out Lowry with the ball and made a mid-range jumper. 7 to 2.

In the next round, Gasol pulled out the perimeter to hold the ball to attract the defense, and assisted Lowry, who made an air cut in the middle, to hit the board with a high throw. 9 to 2.

When Chandler's defensive gate was pulled out of the penalty area by Gasol, the Hornets didn't even have the last barrier inside, and Lowry easily scored into the basket and scored.

Byron Scott stood on the sidelines with a livid face, yelling at the players like crazy, repeatedly emphasizing defense in his mouth.

He was unacceptable to be beaten 9-2 by the Grizzlies in the opening game. Although the overall strength of the two teams is very different, this game can't be beaten in the first quarter, right?
He waved Rasual Butler to his side, ready to play him.

Although the offensive firepower of the Hornets will become worse after replacing Devin Brown, in order to improve the weak side defense, he can only make a trade-off.

Seeing that Byron Scott was about to make a substitution, the on-site commentator Marcus Hill said: "The Grizzlies played fiercely at the beginning, and the offensive fluency was better than people expected. The Hornets are a very talented team. team, but the core players are still too young, and the defensive end is easy to lose position, which cannot guarantee confrontation."

Larry Clark nodded and said: "Rasual Butler is a younger striker with flexible feet. Substituting Devin Brown may improve the flank defense. But the price of the Hornets' substitution is weakening The team was already behind, but this time they can only rely on Chris and David to chase points."

On the offensive end, Paul still asked West to play a pick-and-roll, and went to the right to break through and hit the rebound.

The Grizzlies attacked, Lowry played a pick-and-roll with Gasol at the top of the arc, suddenly attracted the defense, and passed the ball back to Gasol, who responded in a high position.

Gasol caught the ball and swayed in place, shooting fakes to open up space, the big version of the European step went straight to the inside, and scored with Chandler wiping the board. 11 to 2.

Scott was not calm at all this time, cold sweat was already seeping on his forehead, and he reached out decisively to ask the referee for a timeout.

In fact, even if Scott is suspended, there is nothing to adjust. All his tactics are initiated through the point guard, which is single and limited, and it is destined not to be easily changed.

When he was coaching the Nets, he was able to lead the team to the finals for two consecutive years because he had Kidd in his hands, and when he was coaching the Hornets, he had a genius like Paul.

Throughout his entire coaching career, Byron Scott, who left Kidd and Paul, never had a winning rate of more than 50%, but often led his team to compete for the top pick.

In eight seasons, the number of coaching wins was less than 26 games. The worst year was only 17 wins and 65 losses. He was fired immediately during the offseason.

If Lu Yong were to coach, he would definitely increase the running positions of weak-side shooters, build a system around the pick-and-roll of Paul and West, and awaken the projection of role players instead of relying on individual singles scoring by stars.

The Hornets' role players have a high level of shooting this season, and they have not been used by Scott at all.

首发得分后卫德文-布朗三分球命中率38.8%、替补席上的拉素尔-巴特勒36.9%、文尼休斯42.9%、简奈罗-帕戈38.8%、锋线替补约翰逊三世34.5%。

With Paul and West as the core to launch the offense, relying on the three-point rain of the role players, the Hornets can at least play back and forth with the Grizzlies, and they will not be hung up and beaten like they are now.

Paul's passing vision is not blown out. When he is cut off from his teammates, unable to drive the team, and can only be forced into individual singles, this in itself is a kind of despair.

After the first quarter, 34 to 18, the Grizzlies led by 16 points.

保罗-加索尔担任策应轴心，单节得到7分4篮板4助攻1盖帽，只送出了1次失误。

Both Mike Miller and Swift also delivered good personal performances, scoring 9 and 8 points respectively.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a reward, and ask for your support!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)