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

Chapter 286 Winning streak all the way!The momentum is overwhelming!The gap between playoff teams and defending champions?

After the game, the Bulls players who attended the press conference were very depressed.

It makes no one feel good to be the worst backdrop in history and to be watched like a monkey.

Rose said: "The Knicks are too strong. We tried our best but still couldn't get closer to the score. This is a game with great disparity. I feel depressed about it."

Luol Deng failed to dunk and was knocked to the ground by Jefferson's slap. He was even more depressed. He couldn't even say anything to the camera. He held it in for a long time before he finally managed to say: "This is not what I am familiar with." That Bulls team, I hope the team can find its form as soon as possible and avenge its disgrace."

What Luol Deng was depressed about was not that he failed to dunk, but that his impression score in the management's mind was lowered after this battle.

There have been constant rumors surrounding his trade this season. Since the beginning of the season, the management has been thinking about taking a stab at his head and changing the team's structure through trade.

If the Bulls record a luxurious record in the new season and rank among the top in the Eastern Conference, he may still be able to stay with the Bulls and get a satisfactory contract extension in the summer.

But now it seems that he is definitely out of luck in Chicago, and he is getting closer and closer to being traded.

In Lu Yong's previous life, Luol Deng only played 23 games for the Bulls this season before being traded to the Cavaliers for Andrew Bynum and 3 draft picks.

The Miami Heat reached an agreement with free agent Luol Deng on a two-year contract worth $1986 million when his contract expired in the summer.

This battle with the Knicks directly shattered the patience of the Bulls management. Luol Deng's cold touch throughout the game was undoubtedly the main reason why the Bulls experienced a night of shame. If only he could have made two more three-pointers, the Bulls would not have lost like this. Unfortunately, Ross can only support him.

No one knows whether Luol Deng will be traded to the Cavaliers, but what is certain is that he will not be able to last 23 games. He will definitely leave Chicago within a week at the latest.

Luol Deng wants to join a championship team, preferably with All-Star teammates, and his agent has been fighting for him.

Looking at it now, this dream is shattered. He has been playing for Chicago for 10 years and still gets no respect. In the twilight years of his career, he is destined to embark on a path of wandering around the league.

一年级新秀斯内尔打了28分钟，7投1中，得到3分2篮板1助攻，被吉米-巴特勒完爆。

The reporter interviewed Snell with a smirk on his face, and the latter lowered his head and said: "Jimmy is a very talented player. I don't know why the Bulls management wanted to trade him to New York. This is really frustrating. "

Head coach Tom Thibodeau didn't look very good either, but as the Bulls coach, he still praised Butler's strength with a fake smile and expressed his disappointment with the Bulls players.

"Derrick is not in very good shape after returning from injury. In addition, the management has let go of many capable veterans. The Bulls will not be competitive in the Eastern Conference in the new season and cannot compare with the wealthy Knicks."

Thibodeau's words were full of envy, believing that the Bulls' loss was due to the management's garbage operations and Rose's declining state.

He is always so extreme and can only see the shortcomings of others, but cannot see the problems in his own coaching.

At the end of the quarter, all the Knicks stars took a rest, and the Bulls used their main force to beat the Knicks' bench for half a quarter, but the Bulls still couldn't catch up with the point difference. It's hard to say that this is not a problem with the head coach.

On the Knicks side, a reporter interviewed Lu Yong and asked him to evaluate the game.

Lu Yong praised the players one by one with a smile, focusing on Stoudemire. "Although his statistics tonight are average, I am very happy that Stoudemire can maintain a good competitive state. His performance will determine the Knicks' championship limit. I am very satisfied with Stoudemire's performance in the new season."

In the summer, Lu Yong had already prepared for the worst. He signed Al Jefferson because he was worried about Stoudemire's condition declining.

However, after the start of the regular season, although Stoudemire no longer had the same 20+10 game as last season, he still maintained a good performance in the game, averaging 28.6 minutes per game, scoring 17.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 blocks. , shooting rate exceeded 50%.

The performance of the Little Overlord far exceeded the expectations of the coaching staff. As long as the team's core lineup remains healthy, Lu Yong will be more confident in defending and competing for the championship.

The reporter asked again: "The Knicks have always been at the top of the rankings since the start of the season and are the league's biggest favorites to win the championship. What do you think is the reason?"

"Because the Knicks play very unitedly, no matter the stars, rookies or veterans on the team are trying to burn themselves as much as possible. That old bastard Michael Jordan said that genius can win some games, and teamwork can win championships. I think the Knicks It’s the best team in the league and it’s on a good path.”

Reporters raised their cameras to take pictures. This was a good thing to say, but I didn’t know how Jordan felt when he learned that he was still called an old gangster after he retired.

Another reporter asked: "In the offseason, you threatened that the Knicks would win more than 70 games. Do you think the team has a chance to break the Bulls' historical record of 72 wins and 10 losses in the new season?"

"It's hard to say whether we can make history, but the Knicks play every game as if it's their last and it's going to be hard for other teams to beat us. If there's a chance, I hope that day will happen, just this season."

This was a relatively low-key arrogance. Lu Yong believed that the Knicks had the ability to break the 72-win mark, but no one knew what would happen before the end of the season. In the face of injuries, he did not dare to say too much, leaving fans with endless doubts. Space for reverie.

Just like Lu Yong's Golden State Warriors in his previous life, even the players themselves were unsure before they won 73 games in the regular season. No one thought they could break the historical record left by the team led by the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan.

But when everything really happened, it seemed so natural. Maybe this is the progress of basketball.

That night, the news that the Knicks slaughtered the Bulls with 70 points swept the sports circle, attracting countless fans to rush to praise it.

Jimmy Butler became famous in one game, and many fans searched his past online, wanting to know how he evolved from a substitute who couldn't even hit the ball to a New York star.

On the Chicago fan forum, head coach Tom Thibodeau was reviled by countless fans.

More and more people are asking him to dismiss get out of class, especially in front of Lu Yong, he seems to be such a failure.

The next day, many experts and retired celebrities also expressed their opinions, believing that winning by 70 points is not the Knicks' limit.

If Lu Yong hires people without reservation, the Bulls will only lose worse.

As the worst backdrop in history, the Bulls were also named and criticized by experts, allowing fans to see what it means to be defeated by the crowd.

The former defensive genius Tom Thibodeau has been the most questioned. Experts say that his coaching method can only lead the team to stabilize the lower limit. Unless he has a luxurious star team, it will be difficult to lead the team to win the championship in his coaching career.

Even if the Bulls owner immediately stood up to express his support for Thibodeau, he would not be fired because of this tragedy.

But everyone can see that Bulls boss Jerry Reines is unhappy, but now he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach while standing in the wind, which is very frustrating.Lu Yong's popularity has surged again. Many fans call him the "coach terminator." The season has just begun, and two famous coaches have been criticized by the outside world for playing against him, and their coaching positions are in jeopardy. , I don’t know when the class ended in a daze.

Doc Rivers of the Clippers understands this feeling best. If the league hadn't allowed it, he would have wanted to have a drink with Thibodeau in depression.

Yes, yes, it’s this feeling of being questioned by the whole world, it’s so sour and refreshing.
There are also some fans who dislike Lu Yong and think he is too arrogant and does not understand the world.

There are also people on the Internet who are claiming that Lu Yong's success is because he has never been short of stars. If he were to be thrown into a bad team without stars, he would still be blinded.

Lu Yong simply chose to block such doubts because they were all nonsense.

Even if you throw "Cardinal" Auerbach into a bad team without stars, he still won't be able to perform well.

The performance of the team cannot be separated from the performance of the stars. Even for those so-called "civilian teams", the starting five are not really role players. They are just less interesting than the top stars, but they can play well alone.

No one on the team that actually won the championship was a "civilian". The former Pistons' Fab Five had four All-Stars, and Ben Wallace was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. It's hard to say that it was a team without stars. Team.

In addition, when Lu Yong first took over the SuperSonics, it was indeed an extremely bad team.

But later, Lu Yong still led the SuperSonics to win two championships and became Seattle's spiritual totem. This is an aura that the trolls can't erase no matter what.

With the facts before our eyes, no one takes seriously the doubts on the Internet. It is just the self-comfort of clowns.

After a day off, the Knicks played against the Timberwolves at home, another unsuspicious game.

121 to 105, the Timberwolves controlled the score difference to less than 20 points, which was a pretty good performance.

After so many years of rottenness, the Timberwolves are finally rising.

This season, under the leadership of offensive master Adelman, the winning rate was maintained at around 50%. The first ten games had the best start in recent years.

In this campaign, the "new Wolf King" Kevin Love played well and ensured the offensive firepower. He played for 36 minutes and scored 27 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block. He made 6 of 3 three-pointers and his outside shooting was getting better and better. Stable.

Kevin Martin, who newly joined the team, also broke out. In the third quarter, he scored 11 points on a sudden outside shot, ensuring that the game was not disrupted early.

Playing under the old coach, Martin received good offensive treatment. In the new season, he averaged 19.1 points, 3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1 steal per game. He is quite dreaming of returning to the top and is the second-leading scorer of the Timberwolves.

It's a pity that the past two years in the Western Conference have been fierce competition. With a winning rate of 55% in the regular season, we can't even say that we are guaranteed to make the playoffs.

It is difficult for the Timberwolves to lock in a spot with this current lineup. There is a high probability that they will still be ranked 9-10, suffering the disadvantage of being too strong in the division.

On the 19th, the Knicks, who had won their first 10 consecutive victories, faced the Heat at home.

After four quarters of fierce battle, the Knicks narrowly defeated 108 to 101.

The Heat did not make reinforcements this summer, and the core lineup is still the same as last year. However, the stable performance of the Big Three still caused some trouble for the Knicks, and it was not easy to win.

波什首节爆发，独砍12分吹响了热火进攻的号角，全场19投11中，三分球7中2，罚球4中4，得到28分8篮板2助攻1盖帽。

James scored 22 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, and had a passionate exchange with Anthony. The score was always deadlocked in single digits.

Unfortunately, the Heat collapsed in the last 2 minutes of the final quarter and were taken away by the Knicks with an 11-4 run.

Among them, Anthony scored 8 points in a row from outside the field goal, which was the key to winning the game, helping the Knicks to secure the victory without any danger.

The Heat's overall strength this year is still not as good as the Knicks. In addition to suffering losses inside, they now don't even have much advantage on the outside.

Al Jefferson scored 25 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, beating "Birdman" Anderson + Haslem, and did not bury the nickname given to him by Lu Yong, "New York Fire Extinguisher."

With the strong rise of the Knicks, the Heat have missed the best window to win the championship. The Big Three are disheartened and are likely to fall apart during the offseason, making it difficult to work together.

The next day, the Knicks defeated the underdog Pistons back-to-back, 118-94, another big victory.

Although they signed "former Eagle King" Josh Smith from the free market in the summer, and Brandon Jennings, who scored 55 points in his rookie season, the Pistons are still an underdog in the Eastern Conference. The team lost more games than they won, starting with 4 wins and 8 losses, ranking 11th.

In the final analysis, both Josh Smith and Jennings are overrated players. The former averaged 16.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. His data seems good, but his field goal percentage is only 41.9%. The field goal percentage is as low as 26.4%. It is a complete offensive black hole and cannot bear the heavy task of revitalizing the Motor City.

Another new aid, Jennings, did not perform much better, averaging 15.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 37.3% from the field and 33.6% from three-point range. Like Josh Smith, both It's an inefficient player. The Pistons spent a lot of money on people in the summer, which was wasted.

In fact, the Pistons have a good lineup this season, with Josh Smith + Drummond + Jennings + Monroe + Stuckey and Pope. There are many players in the team who can play.

However, the new head coach Maurice Cheeks is too good at coaching. If he were replaced by D'Antoni, the godfather of running and gunning, the Pistons might be able to play better, at least not worse.

After two days of rest, the Knicks defeated the Trail Blazers 127-91.

开拓者这赛季实力不俗，当家球星阿尔德里奇场均23.2分11.1篮板2.6助攻1抢断和1次盖帽，今年有很大可能入选西部全明星。

Of course, the biggest highlight of the Trail Blazers is second-year newcomer Damian Lillard. He has all the star qualities in him. He averages 20.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, second only to Aldridge, and is the team's second-leading scorer.

If he hadn't made up for the team's last shortcoming, it would have been difficult for the Blazers to return to the playoffs so quickly.

The Trail Blazers are currently ranked No. 5 in the Western Conference. It is not difficult to reach the playoffs, but there is nothing they can do against the Knicks. This is the gap between the playoff team and the defending champion.

(End of this chapter)