I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 324 A Smiling Smile (Fourth)

Lionel Hollins took over the Grizzlies last season and started the transformation of the Grizzlies.

He knows Chris Wallace quite well, knowing that this person is not a basketball professional and lacks some talent and sense of smell.

He used to rely on the famous Jerry West. After West left, he could only rely on himself.

No, he didn't rely on himself, but followed the Clippers general manager Smart as a follower.

As the saying goes, wolves eat meat when they travel thousands of miles, and dogs eat shit when they travel thousands of miles. If you follow a wolf, you will eat meat, and if you follow a dog, you will only eat shit.

Hollins is dissatisfied with the Grizzlies' recent trades, whether it's sending Gasol Jr. or trading Rudy Gay to Beasley.

Especially using Rudy Gay to get Beasley, in Hollins' view, it's just nonsense.

Now Beasley's performance has also proved that this deal was a complete failure.

But his failure is that he got Beasley instead of Gay.

After more than half a season of observation and lineup testing, Hollins found that there was nothing wrong with trading Gay.

In the case of Griffin, it is not a good thing to leave a "cancerous" small forward who is average defensively and needs a lot of ball possessions in the third position.

Gay's struggles in the Heat have proved this point.

Otherwise, Pat Riley would not have to spend a lot of money to get Battier from the Rockets at the trade deadline.

Wallace's real failed deal was to trade Gasol Jr. for Kaman.

Kaman only lasted for a while, and he was useless when Griffin came back, and he happened to be injured too.

Hollins once imagined the combination of Gasol + Griffin, which seemed to return to the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977.

A center who can pass the ball + a power forward with strong finishing ability, plus a team with a smooth offense.

As a result, Gasol was taken away by the Clippers.

What surprised Hollins even more was that his ideal team seemed to be gradually being built in the Clippers.

The incomparable Blazers were the muse of Hollins' basketball career, the only place he ever tasted a championship.

The Portlanders led by Jack Ramsey, led by Bill Walton and Lucas, before the three-point line, their offensive fluency is the best in history.

Hollins was the team's guard, where Ramsey was forever yelling "run run run" at them, and Walton could always get the ball right to the guard who cut to the basket.

It's a pity that the current Grizzlies don't have such talent, and Hollins took the team in another direction.

But tonight's game, Hollins saw the shadow of the Trail Blazers on the Los Angeles Clippers, what a smooth passing and cutting movement, coupled with a more powerful up-pointer, he attacked Hollins several times He was so engrossed that he even forgot that he was the head coach of the Grizzlies and wanted to applaud him.

Hollins admired Steve Kerr. He knew that Kerr gradually established the Clippers' offensive system, and achieved results in just half a season.

But the person he admires more is Min Congda. In just over one season, he has built a bad team like the Clippers into a good playing environment.

Hollins played for the Clippers when he was young, and Sterling was already the owner of the Clippers at that time.

Hollins knew how bad this team was from top to bottom. It was rotten from the beginning to the root.

And Smart Min's ability to clean up this mess and give these young, talented coaches room to display is enough to show how amazing his ability is.

When setting up a stage to sing opera, the actor who sings the opera is always the most famous and has the biggest fans.

But a person who knows how to set up a platform and can set up a platform well can hold the most and the best roles.

During the intermission, Wallace came over and took out his notebook and said that he had a few tactics to discuss.

Hollins and Wallace have worked together for two seasons. Does Hollins know how much he has in basketball tactics?
When he said those defensive strategies, Hollins was shocked because it hit Hollins' arms.

At that moment, he suspected that Wallace must not have come up with it himself, but someone taught him, and he was unwilling to say it?
Who could it be?Who's that guy that's been sitting with Wallace in the stands?Only Smart-Min left.

But why Smart helped Wallace and the Grizzlies, Hollins was puzzled.

Deliberately pitting Wallace and the Grizzlies in the future, and gaining trust now?

No, it's too far around.

Most of the strategies and methods of the NBA are still conspiracy.

There is no future in engaging in conspiracy and trickery.

Hollins couldn't figure it out, he just knew that Smart was not a dog, but a wolf.

Wallace followed him, maybe he could really eat meat.

After the start of the second half, Hollins really changed his defensive strategy.

Tony Allen was adjusted to the third position, no longer directly facing Baron Davis.

The Grizzlies' two interior defenses are more retracted, and they no longer make meaningless delays. It is OK to defend the basket well.

The mid-range position is vacated for the Clippers, or to Tony Allen as much as possible.

Anyway, if you want to force Tony Allen in the middle distance, you can do it. I will not give you the inside easily.

In the first half, the Grizzlies gave the Clippers too many opportunities to cut to the basket and broke their defense.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Grizzlies' defense really worked, and Jordan and Griffin squatted under the basket.

No matter how high the screen is, how it is supported, how it is cut, it is easy to refuse.

Although Curry hit two mid-range shots, the Grizzlies could accept this result.

You are not Kobe, can you shoot me to death if you keep shooting from mid-range?

And the Grizzlies' offense also settled down, taking their time and grinding against the Clippers.

The staffing of the Grizzlies is doomed that they can't play a wave of explosions, and they can recover the score in four to five minutes.

But they have the patience to make exchanges little by little, exchanging time for space, chasing back one ball at a time.

The tempo of the game plummeted, and along with it, the Clippers' offensive efficiency.

After Tony Allen came to the third position, he seemed to be facing Ricky Davis, but actually actively switched defenses.

Every screen, every cross-transposition, switch defenses, and don't give the Clippers a chance to run out of space.

He did not spare any physical strength, and his full-coverage transposition defense slowed down the Clippers' passing speed significantly.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Grizzlies chased the score to 78:68, only 10 points behind.

When Harden and Paul George came on the court, Tony Allen took on the important task of single-handedly defending Harden.

Close-fitting defense with no dead ends, full concentration, if you are not careful, your ball will be broken.

Although the offense is not very good, the defense should not be underestimated.

Harden had two turnovers in front of Tony Allen.

Griffin dribbled the ball himself in the fast break counterattack, turned around and spun the top to pass George.

Fill the basket vigorously with both hands!

The basket trembled.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was chased to 80:74, and the Grizzlies were only 6 points behind!

Wallace watched the Grizzlies' wonderful performance in the third quarter and smiled smugly.

Then he turned his head and saw that Mr. Smart smiled more proudly than him!

(End of this chapter)