Chapter 408: Watch at ease

Mike Brown is not a college coach. His college basketball resume is not worth mentioning, and he has no experience teaching at NCAA.
Of course, he is not even a player. This guy has never played professional basketball. Not to mention the NBA, he has not participated in the slightly lower semi-professional league and overseas league.
He worked as a video editor for the Nuggets for a period of time, starting with a non-wage intern, and was later appreciated by the management, learning a little bit and making a little progress.
From interns to editors, to assistant coaches, to head coaches.
From 1993 to 2005, in 12 years, Brown, then 35, became the second youngest head coach in the league.
It can be said that Brown has no problems in professional qualities and abilities. His proper experience is also a winner in life.
It's just that the position of the NBA head coach is not just professional.
How many basketball masters are fidgeting on the bench of the highest basketball hall, Mike Brown can get the best coach, and then to win the championship, it is already amazing.
And when he leaves the position of head coach, he no longer has to take over the overall situation, he does not need to be a mentor and a punching bag, a nanny and a leader, etc., his duties are reduced, and he can better display his professional ability.
The game between the Timberwolves and the Clippers is in progress, halfway through the first quarter, the Clippers temporarily lead at 12:10.
Li Liang's defensive strategy against Martin directly in the opening was undoubtedly successful, because the Timberwolves hoped to make Martin feel the opening, and the result hit the wall.
But the offensive of the Clippers is also average. Now every team knows that to curb the Clippers' offense, it is necessary to slow down the speed of Paul.
Rubio opened the door one by one to guard against Paul, not to speed up Paul.
Rubio, a player who hasn't practiced shooting today, is really not talented.
Others say he looks like a pistol Maravich. If he really has Maravich's shooting level, then he is really good.
However, his defensive skills are increasing day by day. He is taller in point guards and has a good sense of steals.
Rubio stared at Paul in the beginning to control the Clippers' offensive rhythm.
Therefore, the Clippers' offense played so well, relying on Griffin's low offense and Paul's pick-and-roll with the inside.
And Li Liang's opening touch tonight was average. After two missed three-pointers, he stopped shooting.
This thing is really, like Kobe for a while, and James for a while, really don't know how his brain grows.
At the end of the first quarter, the two sides reached 23:20 and the Clippers led the Timberwolves by 3 points.
Originally two offensive teams, they played defensively.
The Timberwolves have physical problems, but what about the Clippers?
Mike Brown believes that the Clippers' problem lies in not using Li Liang well.
No wonder the Clippers didn't hit any forwards in the previous two seasons.
Ability is one thing. The Clippers team has problems with the use and positioning of small forwards.
And Brown believes that the problem may not be the coach, but the Clippers' own configuration.
Otherwise, Negro and Rivers will not do well enough in the Clippers.
Of course, Rivers has been coaching the Clippers for a short period of time, and it cannot be concluded so early.
But from the previous few games, and today's game to start, Mike Brown believes that Li Liang did not do his best.
From the data point of view, Li Liang's scoring has indeed improved a lot compared to last season.
But Brown knew that this was not the best Li Liang.
Brown continued to watch the game while thinking about it.
In the second quarter, Li Liang started playing with the second team on the field.
At this time, Li Liang's offense increased, and the defensive end shifted to No. 4 because of Griffin's end.
The Clippers played a lot of tricks at once, even Crawford was defensively dedicated.
That is from the second quarter, the Clippers slowly opened the score, Crawford's three points, Li Liang's three points, to help the Clippers to open the points difference to more than 10 points.
After Li Liang took a break, Paul and Griffin came on and the Timberwolves started chasing points.
Paul and Griffin used their personal abilities to suppress the Timberwolves' chasing points and further widen the points.
By the time Li Liang re-enters, the Clippers have established an advantage of around 15 points.
Brown looked at the trend of the game and felt that he could slowly see a little clue.
In the second half, the Timberwolves started to catch up.
The Timberwolves changed their style of play, no longer thinking about the rhythm of the Clippers. Instead, they took the lead in accelerating the rhythm and controlled the backcourt to rebound.
Love's long pass is as accurate as a guided shell.
Cory Brewer, who is like a stalk, has an extraordinary sense of quick counterattack.
The Timberwolves relied on a quick counterattack and hit the Clippers a 7:0, forcing Rivers to call a timeout.
The Timberwolves did a good job of adjusting the focus of the offense from Martin to the front line.
After returning from the suspension, Adelman adjusted his tactical focus, focusing on Pekovic.
When Jordan played magic before, he was very miserably educated by Vucevic.
This scene also performed poorly against Vucevic's fellow Pekovic and Jordan's single defense.
Little Jordan has never dealt with such a big white bear inside the European technology stream.
Wucevic played two consecutively, and on the Clippers side, Li Liang continued to break through the layup and succeeded.
After seeing it, Brown thought about it. After I finished the finals, did Li Liang let the ball break through?
He couldn't remember it, he should have it, otherwise why would he?
there must be.
Li Liang's play is undoubtedly correct. In the case of Pekovic's consecutive goals, Li Liang needs to score inside to create pressure for Pekovic.
The Timberwolves' inner guard is average, and neither Love nor Vucevic are block masters.
So Li Liang can go in and wreak havoc a bit.
But Li Liang alone is definitely not going to work. The Clippers must continue to maintain their advantage by attacking and defending, and everyone else must stand up.
Griffin is still powerful in the low post, and Love can't stop Griffin one-on-one.
However, Griffin's defense against Love is not good on the defensive end. Love's play is quite flexible, and the shot from the three-point line is accurate.
Griffin's short hand could not interfere with Love's three-pointer.
Relying on Carrefour's three-pointer, the Timberwolves always clenched the score.
Until the fourth quarter, the difference between the two sides remained at 10 points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Liang continued to play with the bench.
Barea first hit a three-pointer, and then Barnes missed two free throws, counterattack Baria once again broke through the layup, also caused Crawford's foul, and added free throws.
Barea scored 6 points in a row, and the difference between the two sides fell to 4 points.
Rivers wanted to call a timeout, but Li Liang waved his hand to signal that it was not needed.
Mike Brown really looked down the field, the chrysanthemum was tight, knowing that Li Liang was going to zoom in.
Sure enough, Li Liang and Crawford cooperated to play a pick-and-roll on the offensive end, throwing two three-pointers each.
Four three-pointers, hit the Timberwolves a 12:2 attack wave!
This bald three-point rain cast the Timberwolves down.
Adelman had no choice but to call for a timeout. The Clippers pulled the score over halfway through the fourth quarter.
But the Timberwolves did not give up. In the fourth quarter, Li Liang's defense against Martin was obviously relaxed.
Because Li Liang's attention returned to the inside, he was going to help Pekovic.
As a result, Martin got a chance on the perimeter and made two 3-pointers.
The Clippers only scored 1 point on Paul's free throw and the Timberwolves returned the Clippers a 10:1.
The point difference reached another 5 points.
Brown looked straight and shook his head. The Clippers defense either leaked here or there.
Once it is missed, it is easy to be scored continuously by opponents and hit by attack waves.
The Lakers rarely did this last season. After the Lakers played, they often played with each other.
Then the Lakers suddenly took off their costumes and said that I wouldn't play anymore. They beat their opponents with a few blows and the game ended.
The Clippers are really a turn-based system, hammering each other to the last moment to see who can't stick first.
The Clippers are strong and strong~EbookFREE.me~ generally can sustain it.
But if you run into someone as strong as you, can you still guarantee it?
For example, the Heat and Thunder, the hammer finally hammered out the feeling of the other superstar, the result is really difficult to say.
Seeing this, Brown has slowly figured out and thought out some ideas.
The rotation of the Clippers, as well as the order of players' appearances, need to be adjusted to allocate players' functions more rationally.
Of course, more importantly, Li Liang can play a better role.
Watching Li Liang continue to improve, but his influence on the court is not as good as in the past, Brown is very sad!
Rivers, at your level, I might as well be the head coach!
In this way of thinking, Brown is just hiding his heart. Being an assistant coach is actually quite good, and he can watch the ball with peace of mind.