Chapter 750 Milicic Breaks Free From His Shackles

After Larry Brown moved in, the Charlotte Hornets are still not a strong team, but the Bobcats have undergone very, very big changes after Larry Brown moved in.

Last season, when the Bobcats were still called the Bobcats, the Bobcats allowed their opponents to score more than 105 points per game. This season, when other teams in the league faced the Bobcats, their average points per game dropped from more than 105 points per game last season to less than 98 points per game this season.

This season, the Hornets' performance on the defensive end is very, very good. The average points lost per game of less than 98 points is even better than that of the Seattle Supersonics, and better than most teams in the league.

The reason why the Bobcats have such a bad record this season is entirely because of the offense. The opponent's average score is less than 98 points per game, and their own average score is less than 94 points per game. This is too bad.

But no matter what, although the Bobcats have not completed the reconstruction on both offense and defense, Larry Brown has successfully built the Bobcats' defensive system into a real Hornets, which is no problem.

However, even such a team with an established defense system that is better than most teams in the league was scored 138 points by the Seattle Supersonics in this game. In the end, they lost to the Supersonics by 51 points in the whole game. They were only 7 points away from being beaten by the Seattle Supersonics by 58 points!

Such a result really made the members of the TNT studio feel incredible.

Not only these TNT groups, but also the media reporters on the scene, the audience in front of the TV, and Jordan and Larry Brown on the scene felt 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."

"That's why Michael is looking for him. As Michael's closest comrade-in-arms, 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 to watch the game live this season!"

"He wants to see what he wants to see in this game. The Hornets' defensive performance this season gives Michael full confidence, but after the game, his big mouth told me and the world how shocked and incredible he was!"

"I have never seen Michael show such an expression on the spot!"

"I have never seen Larry Brown showed that expression when he stood in the coaching booth! "

"The wisdom and basketball IQ that Yes showed in this game are incredible. As a young player who has only played 3 seasons in the NBA, he crushed Larry Brown's decades of basketball philosophy when he played against Larry Brown, a coach who has been coaching for decades, for the first time! "

"What wisdom and basketball IQ is this! "

"I'm not saying Michael is an idiot, but how many years did Michael take the Bulls to break through the Pistons' defensive system? ! "

"I'm not disrespecting Michael. Compared with Yes, Michael is an idiot in terms of destructive power and wisdom in the defensive system! "

TNT's post-match studio became a performance by Pippen alone.

And in the post-match press conference, as the head coach of the Hornets, Larry Brown was also the protagonist.

In the NBA for so many years, Larry Brown has always been a very controversial head coach.

There are many people who respect him.

There are even more people who criticize and hate him.

But whether it is respect or criticism of those who hate him, there is really no doubt about his accomplishments on the defensive end.

Even if he himself admitted that he was no longer suited to the previous generation of basketball, he never admitted that his defense was out of date.

He was very confident about this.

Before this game, he could find a lot of theories and remarks to fight back against anyone who dared to question his defensive system.

But this game.

Facing the doubts and ridicules of these reporters, he couldn't even organize his own rebuttal language now.

He was not an idiot. He could see that in this game, Yes did not find all the loopholes in his defensive system like a scalpel because his Hornets players were not strong enough.

Even if the players were not strong enough, his defensive system was perfect, but the defensive system he had polished for decades really collapsed directly in front of Yes!

Larry Brown had a hunch that even if he replaced this garbage 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, will this be your last game as a coach in the NBA?"

Larry Brown, who was bombarded with all kinds of sharp questions from the media, looked shocked but was not affected by these sharp questions.

As a controversial head coach, he was used to such controversy.

But this question...

Larry Brown's expression changed.

"I don't know if you heard something from somewhere, but I can tell you very frankly now that according to the agreement between Michael and me, such a failure in this game will automatically make me quit. I failed to lead the team to defeat the Supersonics. The Supersonics won this game and kept the eighth place in the Western Conference. Moreover, I did not let Yes score less than 30 points in this game. Yes only took three quarters to score 40 points and 15 assists in this game. This is a perfect performance."

"Facing Yes, this is a complete defeat, but I can assure you that this is not my last game in the NBA, and it is not even my last game in 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 of the past."

"By that time, the world may be completely different!"

Larry Brown left the press conference after answering this 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!

Whether this game was an accident or not, he would create another Piston to deal with Yes. By that time, his basketball philosophy would make the whole world different again. He believed it!

The game between the Supersonics and the Hornets was hyped up before the game.

Coupled with the confident words of Jordan and Larry Brown before the game, many people thought that the Supersonics would lose this game and fall out of the top eight in the West, so the attention to this game was extremely high.

Now that the Seattle Supersonics defeated the Hornets on the road, how could those coconut fans who were suppressed before the game miss this opportunity to add insult to injury? Even those coconut haters who had high hopes for the Hornets and Larry Brown and Jordan would be angry and not let go of Larry Brown and the Jordan Hornets.

Otherwise, Larry Brown would not be besieged after the game.

Seeing Larry Brown and the Jordan Hornets being besieged like this, Yes didn't care.

Larry Brown, Phil Jackson, Steve Kerr and other coaches can be said to be the coaches he is most familiar with.

He is not only proficient in Steve Kerr's five-small system, but also in Larry Brown's defensive system.

Whether it is the Hornets or the Pistons, as long as the head coach is Larry Brown, Yes feels that he will not lose. After all, he has lost enough when facing Larry Brown.

So, this is just an ordinary victory, not something strange or much attention.

But this victory and Larry Brown's being pushed by the crowd really made Milicic and Quentin Richardson very excited.

On the plane of the Supersonics to Orlando, Milicic and Quentin Richardson were both reading the newspapers about Larry Brown being criticized.

"This is the first time I see such a smile on Dako and Quentin's face!"

"I always felt that Dako and Quentin had something hidden in their hearts, and I always felt that they seemed to be carrying some shackles on their bodies."

"Now I don't feel such shackles!"

Malik Ross looked at Milicic and Richardson, who were not far away, with happy expressions on their faces, and his face was also surprised and incredible.

And the old Nelson next to him nodded with a flickering look in his eyes.

Has the psychological barrier finally been cleared?

Yes once again did what he could not do.

I thought Larry Brown would bring a lot of trouble to the Sonics in this game, but I didn't expect this result.

Yes's tactical understanding and IQ are incredible!

This is the first time Yes competes with Larry Brown!

I have only watched a few Larry Brown's game videos before.

"I have to say, he is indeed the one who can replace Master Romar to train the University of Washington's tactical system!"

Old Nelson also respects Romar.

He always wanted to play a five-small lineup, but Romar was the first to use it in 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 the invitation of the Dream Team ten times and hundreds of invitations from NBA teams.

Master Romar has many quirks. During training, he likes to observe the team as a bystander. So he first handed over the tactical system of the University of Washington to Yes, and let Yes hand it over to the players of the University of Washington. He observed from the side, so as to better get rid of the situation of being confused by the authorities and correct and rectify his own tactical system.

This coaching philosophy of Master Romar is very useful, but also very extravagant. First of all, he needs a player like Yes who is very intelligent in tactics.

Thinking of Yes's tactical attainments and intelligence, old Nelson now really feels that he may be able to fulfill his lifelong basketball dream in his lifetime!

Of course, he is not so anxious now, and he will no longer do things that sacrifice the players' dreams to achieve his own dreams.

Now let's fulfill the dreams of the Sonics players first and then talk about other things!

After the Sonics' unexpected victory over the Bobcats, the record came to 11 wins and 8 losses, still occupying the eighth place in the East. The Trail Blazers, who had the same record as the Sonics, lost to the Celtics on the same day, but the Timberwolves still won. The Seattle Sonics and the Timberwolves still have the same record. In terms of record, if the Seattle Sonics want to keep the top eight position, they still cannot lose.

The current Seattle Sonics are still under great pressure.

On December 5, 2008, the Seattle Sonics defeated the Hornets and continued their Eastern away trip. The second opponent of the Seattle Sonics' Eastern consecutive away trip was the Magic led by Howard.

The last time the two teams played against each other, Howard played very depressed. The Magic's outside players could not stop Yes's sudden explosive breakthrough, and their defensive skills could not even close the door. This made Howard face Yes directly, and he was broken by Yes's sudden straight line burst and breakthrough, and he doubted his life!

This game was the second match between the two teams this season, and Howard was ready to regain his face in this game.

However, after the game started, Howard, who wanted to take revenge in this game, soon found that he seemed to be more miserable in this game than in the previous game!

In the last game, he was hit hard by Yes's breakthrough on the defensive end, and all his face and dignity were lost.

That is, when Yes did not break through, he could regain some face and dignity from other Supersonics players.

But in this game, Howard found that it seemed that it was not so easy for him to regain his face and dignity from other players of the Seattle Supersonics.

To be more precise, he was slightly beaten by Milicic on the defensive end in this game!

Milicic has always been an opponent that he values ​​and despises.

He values ​​because this guy is one of the four young centers in the league and a competitor like him.

He despises because this guy used to be his substitute, and he was the one who was bullied every time he met him.

It is said that Yao Ming eats, sleeps and beats him, but he also has players who can eat, sleep and beat him, and there is more than one, Milicic is one of them.

But this game...

When the game ended, after the Magic lost 98 to 109 at home, Howard even thought that he had played a fake game.

"Yes, this guy is not Yao pretending, right?"

"..."

Standing in front of Yes, looking at the non-mainstream with colorful hair not far away, his face was full of surprise.

He did not pay enough attention to Milicic in this game, but is Milicic the kind of player who can grasp such a player?

Facing Howard's surprise, Yes's face was also a little curious and surprised.

Milicic's feeling in this game is indeed completely different from before. His strength may not have increased, but his mentality has indeed changed a lot.

More active and more confident...

"Have you really broken through the shackles?"

After the curiosity and surprise on Yes's face disappeared, it turned into expectation.

I didn't expect the Hornets and Larry Brown to have such a role.