the great gatsby

Chapter 155 Mike Brown
The game is about to start, and after a series of pre-match activities, the two sides started to play.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' starting lineup is: JJ Hickson, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Maurice Williams, Anthony Parker.

The starting lineup for the Knicks is: Gatsby, David Lee, Danilo Gallinari, Larry Hughes, Wilson Chandler.

O'Neal and David Lee jumped the ball, O'Neal didn't jump at all, he just stretched out his hand, and David Lee was able to pass the ball to Gatsby, and Gatsby crossed the frontcourt under Morris' defense.

According to D'Antoni's arrangement before the opening, Gatsby played a high pick-and-roll from the beginning. David Lee raised Gatsby to do a high pick-and-roll. This arrangement was aimed at O'Neal's defense. Pick-and-roll defense wasn't great when he was young, let alone at this age.

When David Lee went up to help Gatsby with the high pick-and-roll, O'Neal shrank inside the free throw line and waited for Gatsby to break through. But Gatsby would not use his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths. He directly hit the three-point line. He pulled up from the line and shot, hitting a three-pointer!

3: 0!

Morris catches the ball and dribbles across half court quickly, and then gives the ball to James. O'Neal goes up to set a high pick-and-roll for James. O'Neal makes a block, and James immediately starts to speed up, directly passing David Lee for half a body. When Li held high, he wanted to keep up with James. James pressed David and Li three steps to take off and dunk!
Gatsby gasped: James' ball is a perfect combination of speed and strength, and the moment of the final dunk is full of explosion. Germany's haste, Rose's speed, Ginobili's enchanting looks, but James has a body like a tank, but has the speed of a sports car. This is the first time I have seen the perfect combination of strength and speed.

3: 2!

The Knicks had the ball, and Gatsby caught O'Neal's flaw, and did the same thing again, but O'Neal still couldn't keep up. Gatsby still shot directly and hit a three-pointer!
6: 2!

Gatsby likes to play the ball reasonably. This style of attacking by grasping the opponent's shortcomings is what Gatsby thinks is a reasonable style of play. As long as the Cleveland Cavaliers do not respond, he can follow this approach. Destroy the Cavaliers alive and well.

The coach of the Cavaliers is Mike Brown. After studying under Gregg Popovich, Brown was recognized by the league as a defensive expert. On June 2005, 6, the Cavaliers officially announced the appointment of Mike Brown as the Cavaliers The team's new coach, the 2-year-old Brown has thus become the second youngest coach in the NBA after Frank of the Nets.

Mike Brown is definitely an underrated coach. This may be due to his very simple and honest smile, which makes people think that this person has no intelligence. In fact, if we look at his resume, we will find that the coach must be excellent Much better than most coaches.

In 2000, Gregg Popovich hired Brown as his assistant coach, helping the team build a very solid defense, winning more than 58 games every season, and he served as the team twice in the summer league. head coach, and won the NBA championship in the 2002-03 season with the team;
In 2003, Mike Brown came to Indiana to become Rick Carlisle's assistant coach, and the Pacers' performance quickly improved, making consecutive playoffs and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in 2004;
On March 2006, 3, Mike Brown won the playoffs for the first time in eight years for the Cavaliers;

On April 2006, 4, Mike Brown won his 19th victory;
In the 2006-07 season, Mike Brown led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals;
In the 2008-09 season, Brown led the Cavaliers to 66 wins and 16 losses in the regular season, ranking first in the league, creating the best record in team history, and winning the best coach of the 2008-2009 season;
In the 2009-10 season, Brown's last season with the Cavaliers, he also achieved 61 wins!

If Mike Brown's coaching career ended at this point, his reputation would be much better than it is now:

In the 2011-12 season, as the head coach of the Lakers, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round. In the 2012-13 season, Mike Brown led the Lakers to an 8-game losing streak in the preseason. Created the worst start for the Lakers in more than 3 years, the Lakers lost confidence in Mike Brown in the face of the bottom record in the regular season, and officially fired Mike Brown on November 30, 2012, BJ time.Mike Brown also became the most "short-lived" coach in NBA history.

After returning to the Cavaliers to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers without James, he was fired by Cavaliers owner Gilbert a year later. This is the second time Brown has been fired by Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert in 4 years.

Because of these two dismissals, many fans thought that Mike Brown was not suitable as a head coach. In fact, Mike Brown has many strengths:

——The team has a good defense system, pressing in the frontcourt and controlling the opponent's offensive rhythm. Although it is not a master level, it is rampant for most teams in the league. When encountering a group team that passes the ball very smoothly Being torn apart by the opponent's defense, this is how the Spurs abused the Cavaliers back then!
——Be good at communication and win over people’s hearts. During the first time coaching the Cavaliers, Mike Brown and James have worked together for five years without any trouble. Refer to the end of the Cavaliers’ head coach in recent years; there is also the fact that Mike Brown was the head coach of the Lakers. At that time, Kobe was very dissatisfied at first, but the relationship between the two was harmonious after Brown took office for a week!
——Be good at deploying role players. Both Snow and Goodrock, who had 0 statistics back then, can shine under him. As long as the team achieves a good record, it is natural for Brown to get a big contract!

But Mike Brown is not without shortcomings. His on-the-spot command ability is too bad, and he is not good at training offense, so the team he is suitable for training is either a team with a leader who can make decisions on the court like LeBron James, or a team With super offensive ability, such as the later Golden State Warriors, if he is allowed to coach a team without a leader, it will be a disaster.

Gatsby seized the Cavaliers' defensive loopholes and scored two three-pointers. Mike Brown frowned, his poor on-the-spot command ability was reflected again, and he was hesitant to call a timeout to make adjustments.

He hesitated and Gatsby seized the opportunity to hit the Cavaliers with two three-pointers. Gatsby hit four three-pointers as soon as he came up!
Gatsby exploded!
At this time, Mike Brown woke up like a dream, and quickly called a timeout to make adjustments. LeBron James returned to his seat with a dark face. He was a little dissatisfied with Mike Brown's on-the-spot command.

(End of this chapter)