Chapter 750: Milicic Breaks Through the Shackles
The Charlotte Hornets are still not a strong team after Larry Brown moved in, but after the Bobcats moved in, the entire team has undergone very, very big changes.
Last season when the Bobcats were still called the Bobcats, the Bobcats allowed their opponents to score more than 105 points in every game. But this season, when other teams in the league faced the Bobcats, their points per game averaged from more than 105 last season to this season. The average is less than 98 per game.
The Hornets' performance on the defensive end this season is very, very good, averaging less than 98 points per game, which is even better than the Seattle SuperSonics, and better than most teams in the league.
The reason why the Bobcats have such a poor record this season is entirely because of their offense. Their opponents average less than 98 points per game, and they average less than 94 points per game. This is too bad.
But no matter what, although the Bobcats have not completed reconstruction on both ends of the offense and defense, Larry Brown has successfully built the Bobcats' defensive system into a real Hornets. There is no problem with this.
However, this is a team with a defensive system that has been established and is better than most teams in the league. In this game, the Seattle SuperSonics actually scored 138 points. The entire game ended up losing to the SuperSonics by 51 points. , only 7 points away, and was almost humiliated by the Seattle SuperSonics with 58 points!
This result really made the members of the team in the TNT studio feel incredible.
Not only the TNT team, but also the media reporters at the scene, the audience in front of the TV, and Jordan and Larry Brown at the scene all found it incredible.
"Larry Brown's basketball is no longer suitable for the current basketball world, but Larry Brown's defensive system is still one of the best in the NBA."
"This is also the reason why Michael is looking for him. As Michael's closest comrade, I know very well what he wants this season, and I also know very well what he expects from this game. This is his fifth time this season. Come and watch the game live!”
"He wanted to see what he wanted to see in this game. The Hornets' performance on the defensive end this season gave Michael a lot of confidence. However, his big mouth after the game told me and the world how much he has So shocked and incredible!"
"I've never seen Michael look like that on set!"
"I've never seen Larry Brown look like that when he's standing in the dugout!"
“The wisdom and intelligence shown by Yes in this game are incredible. As a young player who has only played three seasons in the NBA,
When he met Larry Brown, a coach who had been coaching for decades, for the first time, he directly crushed Larry Brown's decades-old basketball philosophy! "
"What wisdom and golf intelligence!"
"I'm not saying Michael is an idiot, but how many years did it take Michael and the Bulls to break through the Pistons' defensive system?!"
"I'm not disrespecting Michael. Compared with Yes, Michael is an idiot in terms of his destructive power and wisdom in the defensive system!"
TNT's post-game studio hall became Pippen's performance alone.
In the post-game press conference, as the head coach of the Hornets, Larry Brown was also the protagonist.
For so many years in the NBA, Larry Brown has always been a very controversial head coach.
Many people respect him.
There are even more people who criticize and hate him.
But whether they respect or criticize those who hate him, there is really no doubt about his defensive accomplishments.
Even if he admitted that he was no longer adapted to the previous generation of basketball, he never admitted that his defense was out of place.
He is very confident about this. Before this game, anyone who dared to question his defensive system would be able to come up with a lot of theories and comments to fight back.
But this game.
Faced with the questioning and ridicule of these reporters, he even now has no way to formulate his own rebuttal.
He is not an idiot, he can see that in this game Yes was not because the Hornets players were not strong enough, so he used a scalpel to find all the loopholes in his defensive system.
Even if the players are not strong enough, his defensive system is perfect, but the defensive system he has polished for decades really collapsed in front of Yes!
Larry Brown had a hunch that even if he replaced this trashy Hornets with his strongest 2004 Pistons, the result and score of this game might be different, but his defensive system would still be dismembered by Yes!
"Larry, is this going to be your last game coaching in the NBA?"
Larry Brown, who was bombarded with all kinds of sharp questions from the media present, was breathless. Apart from the still shocked expression, Larry Brown's face was actually not affected by these sharp questions.
As a highly controversial head coach, he has long been accustomed to such controversy.
But this question...
The look on Larry Brown's face still changed.
"I don't know if you heard it from somewhere. I can tell you very frankly now that according to the agreement between Michael and I, such a failure in this game will automatically dismiss me from this game. I have not been able to Led the team to defeat the SuperSonics. The SuperSonics won this game and held the eighth place in the Western Conference. And I did not let Yes score less than 30 points in this game. Yes won this game in only three quarters. 40 points and 15 assists, this is a perfect performance."
"Facing Yes, it was a complete defeat, but I can assure you that this is not my last game in the NBA. This is not even my last game with the Hornets. I believe in Michael's trust in me!"
"I believe Michael absolutely believes in my ability to turn the Hornets into the Pistons they were."
"By then, the world may be completely different!"
Larry Brown left the press conference after answering the question excitedly.
Before this game, he didn't care whether he could stay in the NBA as a head coach, but after the failure of this game, Larry Brown was absolutely unwilling to leave in embarrassment now!
Regardless of whether this game is an accident or not, he will create another Piston to deal with Yes. By that time, his basketball philosophy will make the whole world different again, he believes!
The game between the SuperSonics and the Hornets was really hyped before the game.
Coupled with the confident remarks made by Jordan and Larry Brown before the game, many people felt that the Sonics would lose this game and fall out of the top eight in the Western Conference. Therefore, this game attracted a lot of attention.
Now that the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Hornets in an away game, how could those coconut fans who were suppressed before the game miss this opportunity to add insult to injury? Even those coconut fans who have high hopes for the Hornets and Larry Brown Jordan will be angry at this time The Hornets don't let go of Larry Brown and Jordan.
Otherwise, Larry Brown wouldn't be under siege after the game.
Seeing Larry Brown and Jordan Hornets being besieged like this, Ye Si didn't care.
Coaches such as Larry Brown, Phil Jackson, and Steve Kerr can be said to be the coaches he is most familiar with.
He is not only proficient in Steve Kerr's five-small system, he is also proficient in Larry Brown's defensive system.
Whether it's the Hornets or the Pistons, as long as the head coach is Larry Brown, Yeos feels that he will never lose. After all, he has already lost enough when facing Larry Brown.
So, it's just a normal win, nothing weird or something to focus on.
But the victory of this game and Larry Brown's defeat by the crowd were really exciting for Milicic and Quentin Richardson.
On the SuperSonics flight to Orlando, Milicic and Quentin Richardson were both reading the newspaper about Larry Brown being sprayed.
"This is the first time I see such smiles on Darko and Quentin's faces!"
"I always felt that Darko and Quentin were hiding something in their hearts. I always felt that they were carrying some shackles."
"Now I feel no such shackles!"
Malikros looked at Milicic and Richardson who were not far away with happy expressions on their faces, with expressions of surprise and disbelief on their faces.
Next to him, Old Nelson nodded with twinkling eyes.
Have the psychological barriers finally been cleared?
Yes once again did what he had not been able to do.
I originally thought that Larry Brown would cause great trouble to the Sonics in this game, but I didn't expect this result.
Yes's tactical understanding and IQ are truly incredible!
This is the first time Yes has competed with Larry Brown!
At most, I only watched a few Larry Brown game videos before.
"I have to say that he is indeed someone who can train the University of Washington's tactical system in place of Master Romar!"
For Romar, Nelson also has great respect.
He had always wanted to play in the fifth grade, but Romar took the lead in using it to defeat the NCAA.
And the whole world knows that Master Romar is a very pure pursuit of basketball. He doesn’t like fame or profit. According to ESPN, Coach Romar has rejected invitations from the Dream Team ten times and rejected invitations from NBA players. Hundreds of invitations from the team.
Master Romar also has a lot of quirks. He likes to observe the team as a bystander during training. Therefore, he first handed over the tactical system of the University of Washington to Yes, and asked Yes to hand it over to the players of the University of Washington. Observing on the side, in this way, you can better get rid of the confusion of the authorities, and you can make corrections and corrections to your own tactical system.
Master Romar's coaching philosophy is very useful, but it is also very luxurious. First of all, he needs a player with a high tactical IQ like Yes.
Thinking of Yes's tactical attainments and IQ, Nelson now really feels that he may actually be able to fulfill his lifelong basketball dream in his lifetime!
Of course, he is no longer in such a hurry, and he will no longer do things like sacrificing the dreams of players to achieve his own dreams.
Now let’s fulfill the dreams of the Sonics players first before talking about other things!
After the SuperSonics "unexpectedly" defeated the Bobcats, their record reached 11 wins and 8 losses, still occupying the eighth position in the Eastern Conference. The Trail Blazers, who had the same record as the SuperSonics, lost to the Celtics in an away game on the same day, but the Timberwolves Still winning, the records of the Seattle SuperSonics and Timberwolves are still the same. In terms of record, if the Seattle SuperSonics want to maintain their top eight position, they still cannot lose.
The current Seattle SuperSonics are still under a lot of pressure.
On December 5, 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Hornets to continue their Eastern Conference road trip. The Seattle SuperSonics' second opponent in this consecutive Eastern Conference road trip was the Magic led by Howard.
The last time the two teams met, Howard was very, very depressed. The Magic's outside players couldn't stop Ye Si's explosive sudden breakthrough. His defensive skills were not even simple to close the door. This made Howard face Ye Ye Si. , those who were hit by Ye Si's sudden straight-line breakthrough were doubtful about their lives!
This game is the second meeting between the two teams this season, and Howard is preparing to regain face in this game.
But after the game started, Howard, who wanted revenge in this game, soon discovered that he seemed to be even more miserable in this game than in the previous game!
In the last game, he was beaten to death by Yes's breakthrough on the defensive end, and all his face was lost.
That is, when Yes is not making breakthroughs, he can regain some face and respect from other Sonics players.
However, in this game, Howard discovered that he did not seem to be able to regain face and respect so easily with other Seattle SuperSonics players.
To be more precise, on the defensive end of this game, he was beaten by Milicic!
Milicic has always been an opponent that he attaches great importance to but also despises.
Pay attention because this guy is one of the four young centers in the league and a competitor like him.
The contempt is because this guy used to be his substitute, and this guy was the one who was bullied every time he met him.
It is said that Yao Ming plays him while eating and sleeping. He also has players who can play while eating and sleeping, and there are more than one. Milicic is one of them.
But this game...
When the game ended and the Magic lost 98-109 at home, Howard even thought he had played a fake game.
"Yes, this guy is not pretending to be Yao, right?"
"..."
Standing in front of Ye Si, he looked at the non-mainstream man with colorful heads not far away, with a look of surprise on his face.
He did not pay enough attention to Milicic in this game, but is Milicic the kind of player who can grasp this?
Faced with Howard's surprise, Ye Si also had some curiosity and surprise on his face.
In this game, Milicic's feeling in the game was indeed completely different from before. His strength may not have increased, but his mentality has indeed changed a lot.
More proactive and more confident...
"Did you really break through the shackles?"
After the curiosity and surprise on Ye Si's face disappeared, it turned into expectation.
I didn't expect the Hornets and Larry Brown to have such a role.