NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 154 Sweeping the Trailblazers to advance!
portland.

In the arena where the Timberwolves temporarily trained.

"The best coaching results are out."

At this time, a staff member of the Timberwolves suddenly said something.

Upon hearing the news, the players all gathered.

They were originally doing recovery training. Compared with the boring recovery training, the players obviously wanted to eat melons.

Su Chen was also in the arena, and he was sitting and checking the information.

"The vote for the best coach is out, Sue, go and have a look."

Milosevic said to Su Chen.

Compared with the outside world, the major teams have special news channels, and they will know the news in advance.

That is to say, the Timberwolves are not very popular with the league, and some teams with better information even knew about it a few days in advance.

Su Chen didn't care too much about the ownership of this award, and didn't ask Lindsay to make news.

"Then go have a look."

Su Chen closed the document, put it on the table and stood up.

The staff member did not prepare to announce it until he saw Su Chen coming.

The players are all in a hurry.

"The best coach is Popovich."

The staff announced the news.

Hearing this answer, there was an uproar.

They have reached the second place in the Western Conference this season. From a team outside the playoffs all year round, it is outrageous that they are not the best coach to reach such a point.

"Will those guys vote? If they don't, let me vote!"

Butler was the first to quit.

He didn't have much chance in the Bulls. Su Chen supported him to become the core of the team. Butler is very grateful to Su Chen in his heart.

On the other hand, his current teammates are very good.

No matter how the offense is, there is no one on the defensive end. Su Chen's team system is also very good.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have faced the powerful Trail Blazers and directly scored [-]-[-].

"These coaches are too much, Chunchun is a popular ticket!"

Lol Deng also said angrily.

He has been in the league for a longer time and knows that the league is a personal love field.

There are factions among the coaches. Many head coaches in the league now come from the Spurs.

Seeing that Popovich is No. [-] in the Western Conference, it doesn't matter how much progress Su Chen leads the team.

"It is indeed a bit excessive."

Even Iguodala, who rarely talks about topics other than basketball, couldn't help but say it.

In addition to them, Giannis Middleton and others also talked about unfairness.

Many people in this team were trained by Su Chen, and now seeing that Su Chen didn't get this honor, everyone is naturally unconvinced.

Even Ibaka, who was traded halfway, is the same.

"Okay, if you really want to complain for me, then let's slap the Spurs in the face of those voting coaches!"

Su Chen saw that the atmosphere of the whole team had arrived, so he clapped his hands and said.

In fact, he had thought that it would be difficult for Popovich to get this honor without surpassing Popovich's accumulated favor in the league.

Popovich's influence in the league coaching world is not just the reason for those disciples who left the Spurs.

His own prestige in the league, as long as he ranks first, other coaches have made great progress in leading the team, and it will be difficult to snatch this honor from him.

Unless the other person is also a highly respected old coach, or his disciples, he will personally canvass for the disciples.

"We'll fight all the way until we meet the Spurs, don't hold back!"

Butler was the first to speak angrily.

"Whoever lags behind, I will kick his skin drum!"

Lol Deng also said at this time.

The duo from the Bulls all responded aggressively.

"We'll go all the way to the Western Conference Finals, but don't let the Spurs fall behind."

Beverly said with a smile.

If it was before today, if this Timberwolves were to talk about touching the Spurs, each of them might still feel a little guilty.

But after this incident, if the opponent can be picked in the second round, most of the team may vote to play the Spurs.

Seeing the team's momentum, Su Chen was also very relieved.

The increase in team morale is much more real than the name of the best coach.

Soon, the players all resumed their training.

The staff member also planned to go back, but was stopped by Su Chen.

"How many votes do I have?"

Su Chen lowered his voice slightly.

Milosevic had turned his head to go back, but when he saw Su Chen's question, he also became interested.

"Coach Su Chen, you got five votes in total."

The staff member looked at the notepad and said.

"Okay, I see."

Su Chen nodded and told the staff member to do other things.

"Su, it seems that you don't care at all."

Milosevic said with a smile beside him.

"How is it possible to say that you don't care at all, I just ask to see if it is similar to what I expected."

Su Chen waved his hand, shrugged and said.

"That's the rule of invisibility in the league."

Milosevic also said helplessly.

Milosevic's emotions are also deeply understood.

In the human relationship field of the NBA, he and Su Chen, two outsiders, obviously couldn't integrate into the big circle of NBA coaches.

Most of these coaches are local coaches, and many of them are transferred from NCAA, and they are all old acquaintances.

After passing this matter, the entire Timberwolves team was holding back their energy.

portland.

Still the Moda Center.

In the past two days, Su Chen's failure to be selected as the best coach should have been widely concerned. After all, it is news that Su Chen brought a perennially weak team back to the playoffs and lost the selection.

Even if the voting is done after the regular season, and the scoring part is also part of the regular season, then the Timberwolves have gone from a big team to the second place in the Western Conference!

However, there are only a few articles reporting on this matter.

Those famous reporters originally liked to join in the fun, but they didn't report on each of them.

In fact, these seemingly big-mouthed names are very shrewd.

For example, Wo’s revelations are accurate every time, but in fact, it’s just that other teams cooperated with him to let him break the news.

There is actually no problem with Popovich beating Su Chen to win the best coach. The problem is that Su Chen won five votes.

In terms of emotion and reason, Su Chen's results should not be such a low number of votes even if he lost the best coach.

The alliance also feels that this matter is not conducive to the reputation of the alliance, and it is also suppressing the news.

Moreover, the league has no intention of praising an oriental coach, and the league has no intention of interfering with Su Chen's low vote count.

The news that should have caused a storm, but it was so plain.

This made the Timberwolves players feel unhappy.

Su Chen has led the Timberwolves all the way to the present, and everyone knows how much it has helped the team.

Su Chen was treated like this, which made the Timberwolves players feel that their efforts were not respected.

But they didn't go out to talk about it because of this incident.

Just like what Su Chen said, when they beat the Spurs, they'll be slapping the favored coaches in the league in the face.

this match.

The attendance rate in the Moda Center arena is only about [-]%.

This is rare in the playoffs.

But thinking about how much rhetoric the Blazers had before, how disappointed the Blazers fans are now, and it's still three to zero.

For the Trail Blazers, it's already three to zero, and this game will be easier.

Being relaxed doesn't mean that you don't have the will to fight. Winning a game at least looks good.

But it is not easy for the Blazers to win.

The entire Timberwolves team is still aggrieved. At this time, the Blazers have normally become the Timberwolves' vent.

The Blazers' defense itself is not particularly strong.

Facing the Timberwolves players who were like chicken blood, the whole Blazers team was stunned.

You are all leading three to zero, as for fighting so hard?

The appearance of the Timberwolves not giving the Trail Blazers this chance also made Terry Stotts a little upset.

He simply used a lineup that he didn't dare to use before.

Aldridge played center and Batum played power forward.

In fact, Terry Stotts had thought about this idea before, but he himself denied it.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is rampaging inside. At this time, he takes the initiative to go inside. Isn't this a faster loss?
But it was this change that suddenly eased the defensive pressure of the Blazers.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played Batum, and his efficiency began to decline.

You know, whether it was Lopez Jr. or Aldridge, or even the insiders who were on the bench.

One counts as one, and all single defenses were blown up by Giannis Antetokounmpo.

But with Batum as the striker, it has achieved results.

It's not really able to defend, but it's not like it was on the inside before, and it was directly blown by Giannis Antetokounmpo.

If a defensive strategy is formulated at this time, with Batum able to top it a little, then it is possible to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo.

It's just that Terry Stotts is not good at making adjustments, and the Blazers' disadvantage is already too great.

At this time, Su Chen also saw something.

Just when it was time to switch players, Su Chen immediately replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Even if Terry Stotts wanted to experiment with defensive methods, he couldn't find the opponent.

The Blazers lost too many points. Even without Giannis Antetokounmpo's strong offense, the Blazers would not be able to chase points at this time.

In addition, they were all three-to-zero, and the morale of the Blazers was also a little bit broken.

The Blazers still didn't catch up with the score.

With the end of the game.

Trail Blazers 89:99 Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves won the series.

The Trail Blazers, who were full of confidence before the start of the series and took the initiative to challenge the Timberwolves, were swept away by the season.

Many Trail Blazers fans in the arena have retreated early, but there are also many fans sitting in chairs disappointed. Their request for the team is not to be swept away.

But even so, the Blazers didn't even fight a game.

The Blazers players didn't look too good-looking, but as a matter of professionalism, they still shook hands with the Timberwolves players.

After the Timberwolves celebrated, they shook hands and hugged the Trail Blazers one by one.

Although Terry Stotts was not reconciled, he still walked towards Su Chen.

"Congratulations, you are also getting the team back to the playoffs. You have done a better job than me."

Although a little unwilling, Terry Stotts still congratulated Su Chen.

Speaking of which, he also brought the Blazers into the playoffs, but he led the Blazers for one more season than Su Chen and took two seasons to achieve.

Moreover, Su Chen's achievement was beyond his reach.

Last season, Su Chen led the Warriors to the championship. This season, he brought the Timberwolves to second place in the Western Conference and swept them away.

"Your team is also very good. If you face other teams, you will win some games."

Su Chen looked at Terry Stotts and smiled slightly.

Terry Stotts was also a little speechless.

They are in the next position, and the other teams they can meet are the Spurs and Warriors?

Although Su Chen meant to elevate them, but more he elevated himself, showing that he is stronger than the Spurs and Warriors.

Regarding Su Chen's speech, Terry Stotts was not easy to answer, and turned around and left after shaking hands.

As far as the fans in Minnesota, this time is celebrating in the streets and alleys.

The team returned to the playoffs and even swept their opponents in the first round. This is simply a grand occasion for Timberwolves fans!
(End of this chapter)