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

Chapter 154 The First Round Sweep!

After the game, the media interviewed Lu Yong enthusiastically.

He sat on the sidelines tonight and acted too easily. The audience only called two timeouts. Compared with Mavericks coach Carlisle, he can be called calm and calm.

Facing the camera, Lu Yong changed his usual humble face and said with a smile: "The reason for calling timeouts less often is because the team is playing well. I can't call timeouts for the opponent when the team is leading the game, can I? Players tonight They all played excellent performances, and I believe we will not play too hard in this round of the series.”

Hearing this, the media frantically pressed the shutter to record Lu Yong's arrogant side.

Lu Yong has always been very low-key in interviews during the regular season. Apart from saying that the team's goal this year is to compete for the championship, he rarely answers questions in an arrogant tone.

However, after entering the playoffs, Lu Yong does not intend to keep a low profile. As the head coach, he must always instill the team's strong thinking in the players.If you don't even believe that the Sonics can win the championship, how can you convince the fans?
The next day, the Seattle media spoke highly of Lu Yong. "As a young coach, Lu Shuai has built the Supersonics into the favorite to win the championship in just two years. He has the capital of arrogance. There is no second coach in the league who can guarantee that the Supersonics will be brought to the championship in two years. No. [-] in the league, he deserves more praise and support."

The New York Daily said: "This year's best coach has been locked by Cavaliers coach Mike Brown. He not only led the team to the No. 20 record in the Eastern Conference, but also improved by nearly [-] wins compared to last year. But from the perspective of coaching level, Lu Shuai is the one who deserves the award more. He didn't lose to Mike Brown, but he lost to the voting rules."

Online fans all recognized Lu Yong's coaching ability and believed that he deserved to be the best coach again, and other coaches were not as good as him.

However, the best coach award is more important to lead the team to increase the number of wins. Lu Yong led the Sonics to a terrifying record of 60 wins last year. The starting point is too high, and it is particularly difficult to improve.This is also the reason why "Zen Master" Jackson led the team to win 9 championships, but was only elected the best coach once in his career.

Fortunately, Lu Yong doesn't care whether he can become the first person in history to win the best coach consecutively. His coaching career has just begun, and there will be opportunities to break records in the future, so he doesn't worry about his historical status being raised.

The second game continued in Seattle. Durant played mediocre this time. He failed to grasp several open three-pointers. He made 18 of 7 shots, 4 of 1 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 18 points and 7 rebounds. 4 assists and 1 steal, shooting less than 50%.

Lu Yong found that Durant didn't feel good and decisively adopted a large-scale rotation, allowing him to play only 32 minutes. The "Martial Saint" Jackson led the team to withstand the Mavericks' counterattack.With the outbreak of Szczerbiak, Neil and Francis, the Sonics won 112 to 107, rewriting the big score to 2 to 0.

After the game, Durant expressed his frustration in an interview, promising that he will devote more energy in the next few games to help the team sweep the first round and will not disappoint the fans and coaching staff again.

In this regard, Lu Yong, who was sitting on the sidelines, just smiled lightly, not to mention that the Sonics won tonight, even if they lost the game, he would not blame Durant.

Durant rarely performed abnormally in his peak period, but now that Adu is in the early stages of his career, it is difficult for Lu Yong to ask him to do better.Even Michael Jordan has a time when a tiger takes a nap, let alone Adu in the second grade.

Most importantly, Lu Yong believes that Durant's state will rebound in the next game.

The Mavs don't have top defensive players on the front line. As long as the shooting touch is not so bad that you can't look directly at it, no one can guard Durant if he wants to score.

In the third game, everyone flew to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks away.

Durant lived up to expectations and indeed played offensive dominance in the G3 game. He played 35 minutes, made 17 of 10 shots, 4 of 2 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, scored 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block. 55.5%, beat Josh Howard.

“武圣”杰克逊15投8中，三分球5中2，罚球4中4，得到22分6篮板5助攻2抢断，双子星同时爆发让小牛外防线崩溃，超音速最终121比107获胜，3比0拿到赛点。

In the first round of G4, the Mavericks played a last stand at home and played a good offensive firepower.

However, the Supersonics' offense was also uninterrupted. With Durant's performance of scoring 2 points in the last 6 minutes, he won the game and swept the first round 4-0 to advance.

Several other matchups in the West have also been decided.The Nuggets easily eliminated the Jazz with their strong offensive firepower, and also swept 4-0 to advance to the second round, where they will compete with the Supersonics.

The Spurs eliminated the Hornets 4-1, and the troika performed quite steadily throughout the series. Except for the limited scoring ability of role players, the starting lineup is still very competitive.

The Trail Blazers vs. Rockets series was more intense. The two sides drew 3 to 2. Whoever can advance to the semifinals will have to wait two more days.

In the East, the Cavaliers swept the eighth-seeded Pistons 4-0 in the first round and advanced to the next round. The head coach of the Pistons, Michael Curry, is determined to leave get out of class in the summer. His coaching level is not as good as that of Tony Brown next to Lu Yong. It's a compliment.

Obviously he has a luxurious starting lineup, but the team just can't play competitively. It's hard to say that this is the fault of the head coach alone, but as the head coach of the team, he still cannot absolve himself of the blame.

This is not an upset, because the Pistons only played 39 wins in the regular season. No matter how luxurious the team's lineup is, it still depends on the results in the end.

The defending champion Celtics played another thrilling game against the Bulls. From a 3-0 lead to a 3-2 tie, the pig-headed Rivers always allows fans to experience the fun of a roller coaster ride. Jump wildly between strong and not strong.

In the other two rounds of the series, the Magic swept the 4ers 0-76, and the Eagles defeated the Heat 4-1, both of which locked in the semifinals in advance.

The most eye-catching match in the second round was the Sonics vs. Nuggets. Fans couldn't wait to see Durant vs. Anthony.

Before the semi-finals started, the fans of the two teams argued on the Internet.

Anthony fans believe that Melon, who scored 28.9 points, 6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.4 steals in his peak season, is stronger. His rich experience in the playoffs allows him to easily beat Durant in the matchup, and the chance of abnormal performance is very high. Low.

Durant fans simply responded with this season's MVP ranking, saying that Durant, who led the team to the league's first record, has locked in the regular season MVP in advance, and Anthony, who has not even made the best team for a while, is no opponent at all. Spouting wildly.

Of course, no one will take the controversy among the fans to heart. After all, Anthony is a star who has been famous for a long time. There is a greater chance of exploding.

Lu Yong is not worried that Anthony will explode and take the game away. This season, his style of play is getting closer to a team. Both the number of shots and points per game are lower than those of the previous two seasons. Without the help of Billups and JR-Smith, It's hard for him to kill the game himself.

The depth of the Supersonic lineup is the biggest advantage of this round of the series. Nuggets coach George Karl also has the title of "offensive master".

　Also at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)