Chapter 51 Coach You Are Right

At this point in the visiting team's locker room, Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown is arranging the starting roster.

This is an old coach. He is 70 years old this year. He used to coach in college and has been coaching in the NBA for 13 years.

He is full of confidence in this year's Grizzlies, because this year's lineup is good.

Especially the height on the court, which guarantees rebounds and the number of offenses, this is what he feels most at ease.

"Jason, James, Mike..." After reading the starters at positions one, two and three, he looked at Gasol, who noticed it and looked over.

"Paul, this time..." Brown pointed to Swift again and said, "You and Stromile started together."

"Me?" Swift jumped up excitedly.

As the No. 2 pick, he hasn't started for a long time, let him start today?

Gasol nodded and didn't speak, he knew the coach still had something to say, because the specific position hadn't been mentioned yet.

Sure enough, Brown said again: "Stromile, you play the fifth position."

"OKOK!" Swift exclaimed happily.

Brown nodded. Although Swift's golf quotient is not enough, the young man is still good and has a very good work attitude.

Lorenzen White, one of the Grizzlies' inside twin towers, is a little confused. Has he returned to the bench?

"Lorenzen, you are on the bench this time, because the Suns have a guy who needs you to deal with, and he may appear on the bench."

At this time Brown finally spoke to White and solved his doubts.

Hammer, this name has been resounding throughout the league in the past week, because he broke Karl Malone's two ribs with his elbow and injured Malone's lung function.

Thinking of facing the pair of elbows that broke Malone's bones, White felt a little apprehensive.

He didn't understand how the coach would arrange for him to deal with the Hammers. He wasn't a tough defensive insider either? The Grizzlies went up and down, and none of them was tough on defense.

Seeming to understand what White was thinking, Brown said with a smile: "Lorenzen, I have read his game data. In general, the Hammer's defense is very clean. You don't have to worry about him elbowing you."

"Yeah?"

Lorenzen White was surprised. A guy who broke Malone's bone with his elbow, can his defense be called clean?

White was still worried, and Gasol was relieved.

He has also heard the name Hammer in the past few days. To be honest, he was a little worried that he would run into that Hammer against the Suns today. Now that he has arranged for White, that would be the best.

At the American West Stadium, a group of Chinese reporters including Chen Hong sat behind the baseline and were discussing how Li Ba could play for a few minutes today.

They don't discuss whether Li Ba has a chance to play now. According to their analysis, Suns coach Frank is still willing to use Li Ba.

At this time, the warm-up time came, and the substitute players from both sides poured into the court and began to warm up.

"Hey, where's Li Ba?"

Chen Hong was startled when he saw it, and looked at the entrance of the passage, no one came out, what did Li Ba do? Getting into trouble again?

"Won't there be another accident in the locker room?"

"His personality is hard to say."

"Maybe it's the starting lineup?"

"It won't be so fast, will it?"

A group of reporters began to discuss with concern.

After the heat, the arena lights went out, the music started, and it was the visiting team's turn to enter.

The Grizzlies have five starters: Jason Williams at No. 1, James Posey at No. 2, Mike Miller at No. 3, Stromile Swift at No. Gasol, played one by one.

When it was the home team's turn to play, the stadium erupted with enthusiastic cheers and applause.

Chen Hong and more than a dozen reporters looked at the entrance of the passage with trepidation.

The first player to play was No. 1 Marbury, then Joe Johnson and Sean Marion, all of which received very enthusiastic cheers.

Li Ba excitedly rushed out of the channel amidst the sound of music, and appeared in the sight of nearly 20,000 fans.

"Ahhh, this guy is really starting!"

Chen Hong got up from the ground excitedly, pointed at Li Ba and shouted excitedly.

"Fuck!"

"Shoot it!"

More than a dozen Chinese reporters seemed more excited than Li Ba, and the cameras in their hands flashed.

Li Ba's appearance also received some applause, not too many cheers, but this did not affect his excitement.

When he rushed to the court, he shouted to Chen Hong and others: "Look, haha, the uncle is starting!!!"

"Low-key, low-key!" Chen Hong and others hurriedly reminded.

"Low-key PI?"

Li Ba grumbled dissatisfiedly, he didn't bother to talk to these people, and started warming up directly.

Gasol, who was warming up for shooting, frowned immediately when he saw Li Ba appear in the starting lineup.

He really doesn't want to face such a defensive player, it's too dangerous. He decided to shoot a few more mid-range shots in today's game.

In front of the Grizzlies bench, head coach Hubie Brown scratched his head.

Has this hammer with a small offensive and defensive range been put on the starting lineup? Frank Johnson, what do you think? Want to lose to me?

But no matter what, Li Ba's appearance in the Suns' starting lineup can be regarded as disrupting his arrangement.

After warming up and returning to the bench, Li Ba moved directly to the middle, away from the bench.

"Ha ha!"

He sat down happily, and deliberately poked his head out to wave to Barbosa, the watchman of the drinking fountain, to say goodbye.

"Look, you will come back to me soon." Barbossa cursed unhappily.

At this time Frank called someone and began to deploy tactics.

"Area 23 zone defense." He first arranged the defensive tactics.

This is called because the Grizzlies have a very high average starting altitude. In addition to point guard White Chocolate, the average altitude of the other four reached 206 cm.

Therefore, this game has high requirements for the Suns inside, and defense and rebounding must be done well. As for the defensive tactics, of course, it is necessary to play the 23-zone defense that mainly defends the inside.

This 23 zone defense, mainly defending the inside line, to put it bluntly, is to deal with teams that are inaccurate in shooting and focus on rebounding.

The upper line is at both ends of the high free throw line, that is, there are two players standing at the left and right elbows, and they are players in the first and second positions.

There are two players, three The player at the 4th position, the center sits under the basket and moves in the paint.

"Hammer, the first thing you do when you block the basket is grab the rebound." Frank said.

"No problem, look at me." Li Ba said confidently.

For him, to do one thing, do it first. Whether it succeeds or not is another matter. So don't look at his slick answer now, in fact, he didn't think about whether he could complete this task at all.

"There is another one. Gasol is very flexible and has a wide range of activities. He pulls out of the basket and you can't keep up, so don't follow him out and let your teammates solve it." Frank said.

"Coach, you are right." Li Ba nodded appreciatively.

"A sycophant!" Barbosa muttered among the substitutes.

Next, Frank arranged offensive tactics. This had nothing to do with Li Ba. Anyway, he stayed in the paint and knew that his speed could not keep up. Except for the pick-and-roll, he did not arrange any running positions for him. To put it simply, he has no tactical status on offense. If he has the opportunity to fight a few positional battles, but does not have the opportunity to engage in a few second offenses, this is his offensive opportunity today.

From this point of view, as a starter, he does have great limitations in the use of offensive tactics.

It can be used as a substitute, and it is true that he can't keep up with the lineup when he starts. It's no wonder that D'Antoni doesn't like him.

Generally speaking, in the current league, in the position of center forward, his speed is probably in the middle, which is also at the same level as Dayao after gaining weight.

"It's still a pick-and-roll tactic today. Amare, today Swift is playing against you. He is prone to fouls. After the pick-and-roll, do more rolls and hit him at the basket." Frank said to Stoudemire.

"I see." Xiaosi said.

"Fuck, he's a substitute, and he finally made the starting lineup today. It's not good for us, is it?" Just after praising Frank, Li Ba complained again in his heart.

At this time, in front of the Grizzlies bench, Hubie Brown was also arranging tactics.

"Stromile, you and Paul exchange, you go to the fifth position." He said.

"OK!"

Without any hesitation, Swift immediately and happily agreed.

Gasol breathed a sigh of relief, he really didn't want to face such a fierce defensive person like Hammer.

The game starts and the two sides prepare to jump the ball.