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

Chapter 86 Tough defending champion!Fight to the death!Tenacious PJ-Tucker!

Since Lu Yong left, Stoudemire hasn't played a good game.

Fratello's offensive tactics are all initiated by the inside, which greatly squeezes his value.

"Little Flying Squirrel" once talked to Fratello, hoping to play like last season, but Fratello waved him down.

The reason is that Warrick and Swift do not have long-range shooting ability. He has to adapt to the new style of play, and it is impossible to be like last season.

This made Stoudemire very angry and quarreled with Fratello on the spot.

If it weren't for the assistant coach of the newly joined team, Mark Jaffroni, the second "throat lock" since Sprewell might be back out of the arena.

Not only Stoudemire, but other Grizzlies players are also upset. For example, Mike Miller, who just won the FMVP last season and whose offensive status has dropped sharply this year.

He has been almost desperate recently, and he is going to put pressure on the management through his agent to submit a transaction application.

Miller feels that if he is consumed by defensive coach Fratello, the rest of his career may be wasted, and he will never return to the peak of last season.

Before the players played, Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace took the lead and presented championship rings to Lu Yong and Tony Brown.

If the player or coach who won the championship with the team last season leaves the team in the summer, the championship ring will be awarded when returning to the old home for the first time in the second season.

Seeing Lu Yong walking into the arena in a suit, the Grizzlies fans immediately applauded. Prejudice and resentment accounted for only a minority, and more thanks and blessings.

The applause given to Lu Yong by the fans was more like irony in Fratello's ears.

Because many fans at the scene were shouting at Fratello with the slogan "The coach dismissed get out of class", this is undoubtedly a heavy hammer for a champion coach, and it is hard not to feel depressed.

Hearing the fans shouting for Lu Yong and yelling at him for dismissing get out of class, Fratello could only stand on the sidelines with a straight face, pretending to turn a blind eye.

As long as he is still sitting in the position of the Grizzlies coach, he cannot openly challenge the fans. This is the basic quality of a coach and the bottom line of guarding a city.

When the players came out, the veteran Michael Finley shouted at the new melons in front of him: "Remember, this is a game that can only be won but not lost! Tonight, I will show all my strength and vow to win in Memphis." Take the victory for the coach, beat the defending champion, we are a better team!"

The young people of the Sonics were full of enthusiasm and shouted in unison: "Beat the defending champion! We are a better team!"

Both teams made their first appearances.

Supersonic Five: Delonte West, Bunch Wells, Durant, Tucker, Joakim Noah.

Grizzlies five: "Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire, Mike Miller, Warrick, Swift, Pau Gasol.

Fratello was visibly taken aback when he saw the Sonics' starting lineup.

Unexpectedly, it was not Szczerbiak who served as the starting power forward tonight, but the second-round pick who was cut by the Raptors last season because of his poor skills.

The chubby guy wearing the No. 17 jersey looks honest and honest, but Fratello knows that Lu Yong will never make meaningless adjustments.

Although he couldn't understand Lu Yong's manipulation, he was unavoidably vigilant and didn't dare to be careless.

Domestic CCTV5 also broadcast the game live. After seeing the starting lineups of the two teams, Yu Jia, the commentator, said in confusion: "The starting power forward sent by the Supersonics tonight is PJ-Tucker. An insider. The Supersonics did not report that Szczerbiak was absent due to injury before the game. I don’t know if Lu Shuai’s employment is a strategic adjustment.”

张指导翻出超音速上场比赛的技术统计，分析道：“PJ-塔克身高只有1米98、但体重却达到了惊人的118公斤，上场比赛替补出场打了22分钟，三分球4投2中，得到6分5篮板1抢断1盖帽。卢勇教练安排他首发登场应该是为了加强防守，帮助诺阿对付加索尔。”

Yu Jia nodded and admitted: "The Supersonics have a lot of surprise players on the bench this year. Maybe Tucker can really surprise the fans tonight, but it is not easy to limit the scoring of a player of Gasol's level."

The employment of Lu Yong also surprised the Grizzlies fans on the scene. Many people are not familiar with the player Tucker. They only know that he is a short insider who can shoot three-pointers and defend. He is not well-known.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the game began.

Noah and Pau Gasol jumped the ball in the middle circle and won by virtue of their explosive jump ball. The Sonics won the first wave of offensive balls in the opening game.

Delonte West dribbled the ball across the half court, passed it to Noah for high support, and then ran 45 degrees to the right.

Noah held the ball in the middle to observe his teammates. Durant failed to escape without the ball and was entangled by Warrick.

Bunch Wells made an air cut from the top of the arc to the middle, received a pass, dribbled a step and raised his hand to throw.

"boom!"

The Sonics failed to hit the first attack in the opening game, and the ball missed the basket.

Lu Yong stood on the sidelines without shouting, but frowned.

To be honest, he didn't like Wells' shot this time.

The distance is not far or close, and it is extremely difficult to throw two inside shots against the Grizzlies. It is better to hit the basket to create a physical confrontation, or split out and let teammates shoot three-pointers.

But just after the game started, he didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of the players, so he stood on the sidelines and stared, constantly analyzing the game in his head.

The Grizzlies attacked, Pau Gasol fell to the low post halftime, stuck Noah with his back and reached out to the top of the arc for the ball.

Gasol hit Noah with the ball, and just as he turned to the middle, he turned around and shot a jumper. PJ Tucker on the weak side judged the situation in time, and then jumped up and successfully interfered from the side.

This time, the timing of assisting Tucker was well grasped. Gasol made half of his shooting, and it was too late to pass the ball while floating in the air.

After being interfered by the pinch, the jumper hit the iron, and Noah protected it with a rebound.

Durant received the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. He found that Bunch Wells on the weak side threw off the defensive fast break and passed the ball immediately.

Wells rushed to the front, strode away Mike Miller, faced Swift's supplementary defense and scored a strong layup, whoosh! 2 to 0.

A classic defensive counterattack, the Sonics played a perfect rhythm this round.

Mike Miller was the MVP of last year's Finals. He has good offensive firepower, but his athletic talent is too poor. The counterattack can't keep up with the beast of Bunch Wells, and his physical fitness is completely crushed.

The Grizzlies attacked, Stoudemire dribbled the ball across half court, and passed the ball to Gasol.

Gasol watched his opponent with his back to ensure that there was no help defense. In the three-second zone, Noah turned around and shot a jumper. Under the interference, he missed again. The rebound was grabbed by Durant.

The Sonics counterattacked, and Durant passed to West.

West sprinted with the ball to observe the position of his teammates, and quickly transferred the ball to Bunch Wells in the frontcourt.

Wells' playing style is very unreasonable, rushing to the basket with the ball in his arms, regardless of how many defenders are in front of him.

Mike Miller was hit on the chest by Wells when he was retreating. He coughed violently and almost lost half of his life.

Bunch Wells flew to the basket and was pulled down by Miller's foul. After falling to the ground, he immediately stood up and rushed up aggressively.

PJ Tucker on the side hurriedly stopped Big Brother when he saw it, for fear that the two teams would break out in a physical conflict during the nationally broadcast game.

As a result, Wells rushed to Miller and didn't shake his fist. He just raised his arms to show off his strong biceps, and said sarcastically, "Did you see that, boy, this is what a man should look like." , even the fouls are so soft, how did you win the FMVP last season?"

Bunch Wells can bully most defenders with his body. After all, he was also the man who misplaced Tim Duncan back then.

At the free throw line, Wells made one of two free throws, 3-0.

The Grizzlies attacked, and Stoudemire did not pass Gasol this time. He hit a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc and broke through from the left. After attracting double-teams, he distributed the ball to Warrick who responded at the top of the arc.

Warrick's free throw line was emptied, and the open jumper missed the basket.

This guy won't score if he leaves the three-second zone. It's not surprising that Lu Yong hits the iron with an open jumper.

He understands the characteristics of the Grizzlies players, and before the game, he specifically told Warrick to shoot from the outside. His threat is less than that of power forward Swift.

I am afraid that only Fratello in the entire league will arrange for Warrick and Swift to start as a partner. It is hard enough, but the space is too small, and it is hard to become a blacksmith.

Gasol rushed to grab the rebound and was blocked by Noah. Tucker picked up the rebound and immediately sent a long pass to the frontcourt.

Durant sprinted in a straight line and threw off the defense. After receiving the ball, there was no one in front of him, and he rushed to the basket and dunked the basketball with one hand!

"boom!"

5:0.

Lu Yong sat on the sidelines with his arms folded, chatting with Tony Brown in a good mood.

The Sonics played very well in these two rounds, playing blood on both ends of the offense and defense. Team basketball is like this, and the enjoyment is directly full.

Tucker proved his toughness in the next few rounds. The occasional help defense interference upset Gasol and accidentally caused an offensive foul on Gasol.

Never underestimate the strength of role players. They may not be able to deliver charcoal at critical moments, but their icing on the cake performance is just right.

If Lu Yong did not adjust the lineup tonight, it would be useless for the young Joakim Noah to defend Gasol alone. Tucker did not play much offensively, but played a vital role in defense.

The Grizzlies played poorly in the first half, and it wasn't until Rudy Gay replaced Warrick in the second half that the team's offense got back on track.

Gay made a three-pointer after he came on the field, and hit a turnaround jumper from the middle distance on the left, teaming up with Mike Miller to catch up with the point difference.

Lu Yong stood on the sidelines from time to time to remind the players to stand. When the defensive strength of the defending champion Grizzlies increased, the Sonics' offensive rhythm slowed down significantly, and their scoring efficiency gradually declined.

Seven minutes later, Szczerbiak came on to replace Tucker to strengthen the offensive firepower of positional warfare.

The Sonics played well tonight, no matter the core players, role players, or old veterans all showed a desperate attitude, facing the defending champion Grizzlies did not fall behind.

After the first quarter, the two teams were tied 24-24.

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