On the evening of December 31, the last day of 2002, the Boston Celtics ushered in their last opponent of the year, the Memphis Grizzlies, at the North Shore Flower Garden at home. -

After Jerry West entered the Grizzlies, a series of changes began to appear on this young and weak team. This team with inexperience, foundation and cultural heritage is being poured in by Jerry West. Thrive under. After a humiliating eight-game losing streak at the beginning of the season, West finally hired Hubie Brown as the team's head coach. Although Brown's arrival did not turn a stone into gold, he immediately turned the Grizzlies over, and they suffered the league's worst 13-game losing streak. Throughout November, their record was a terrible 2 wins and 14 losses, the lowest in the league.

After a nightmare start to the season, Hubby Brown gradually took control of the situation. In December, their results slowly improved. They were no longer a series of losing streaks. Victory began to shine here. They even had One'wave' of four consecutive victories, let people see the effect brought by the old man. In the last game in December, they came all the way to Boston. In the previous game, they had just defeated the Orlando Magic. It was a clean victory. This gave them a clean victory. Confidence to finish the 2002 final battle.

Before the game started, Leon saw a familiar face in the audience. It was Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace who came to Boston with the team as the current player development consultant for the Grizzlies. He seldom goes with the team, but this time it's Boston, so he has to come back anyway.

Leon knew he had to win this game, because next season the Celtics’ first-round pick could be held by the Grizzlies. The worse the Grizzlies’ score, the higher the Celtics’ pick. The greater the'sexual' possibility for Leon to realize the plan. The only thing Leon has to pray for now is to hope that the Grizzlies will not ‘draw’ the No. 1 lottery, so that everything will be lost, but with the Grizzlies’ historical luck, it is not easy to get the No. 1 lottery.

Before the start of the game, Leon reported the starting lineup of Dailem ‘Po’, Walker, Pierce, Reid and Arenas. PJ-Brown has not been able to participate in the first game as a rookie, and his name has not been included in the Celtics list. So Brown sat on the bench in casual clothes, this will be a good opportunity for him to observe Leon coaching and playing with the Celtics.

The morning training can be regarded as an eye-opener for Brown, so he wondered in his heart whether Leon would be the same as during training when he was on the sidelines, constantly using shouts to adjust his tactics and telling the players what to do. What should not be done so that he can be like playing a game. Can ‘play’ every player on the field.

But after the game really started, Brown discovered that, unlike those coaches who like to yell on the sidelines, Leon is more standing or sitting on the sidelines watching the game quietly, seldom yelling at the players. Not anxious with the referee, or even called a timeout, quite like the Zen master Phil Jackson. Contrary to the silence of the off-court coach, the ‘communication’ between Celtics players on the court resounded throughout the court. Paul Pierce’s hoarse voice “door” can be heard constantly, Arenas frowned to direct the players, and Antoine Walker’s exaggerated expressions. When there are some minor situations on the field, the players will form a group. Discuss in circle.

Brown rarely saw such a strange coach coaching on the spot, but in the first quarter, the Celtics hit the Grizzlies with a 17:5 attack "wave". The two-day rest gave the Celtics players plenty of physical strength and good feel. The moderate training in the morning put the players in good shape. They made three of four three-pointers and caught the Grizzlies by surprise. This also ‘forced’ Grizzlies coach Hubby Brown to call a timeout.

The players went back to the bench, and Brown wanted to see what the coach’s style was, but Leon asked, “How do you guys feel? Doesn’t it feel good? Are you in good condition? Any questions? Come out." Dalem'Bo'te took a sip and said, "The arm on the opposite side of No. 18 is really long. It feels like his hand is always on my head.

Dalem’s ‘Po’t’s opponent is Paul Gasol, the extraordinarily long Spaniard. He is now the core player of the Grizzlies. Hubby Brown is developing tactical strategies around him for the Grizzlies. Leon also noticed that Gasol looks a bit slow and soft, but he feels very good on the ball and his position is also very ‘colorful’. Similar to their small forward Sean Battier. It doesn't look outstanding, but the details are quite well done. There are many small areas that make Leon feel that this player and their coach must have worked hard.

"If you think his arm is on your head, then you use your **** to push him away." Leon finished speaking, and the short timeout was over. In 20 seconds, Leon just had a little'exchange' with the players, let everyone take a break to drink, and did not make any arrangements, and did not yell at the players to grab rebounds, strengthen defense, etc. It's not the same as the head coach PJ-Brown remembers.

The game continued. Due to the difference in strength and good condition, the Celtics always maintained a 10-point lead over the Grizzlies. Until the end of the third quarter, Leon did not call seriously. Time-out, he usually calls a time-out for substitutions, then mutters a few words to the players on the field, and then draws a few strokes on the players on the tactical board.

This made Brown feel that Leon's timeout was simply insincere.

At this moment, with 5 seconds left before the end of the third quarter, the Celtics had their last chance to attack in this quarter. They were still leading by 11 points. Leon called a short timeout of 20 seconds. At this time, the Celtics players were Cole, Reid, Anderson, Williams and Wang Zhizhi. Leon took out the tactical board and began to draw tactics on the board.

If Brown remembers correctly, this is the first time Leon has pulled out a tactical board in this game. After the timeout, he returned to the court. Within five seconds, Brown didn't know what tactics Leon could deploy.

At this time, Wang Zhizhi reached the bottom line. It seemed that Leon was going to have a bottom line instead of a sideline. He wanted to use a full-court tactic. Wang Zhizhi served, and Cole and Anderson made a cross screen near the center line. After the screen was completed, Cole ran toward the left side of the court. Wang Zhizhi passed the ball to Cole, and Cole rushed in along the left sideline. At this time, the Grizzlies center Gasol began to double-team Cole. Kerr passed the ball in the gap to Williams, who was standing outside the left three-point line.

At this time, Reid, who had been hiding on the right side of the court, had long been relying on Anderson's screen near the center line and rushed to the basket from the right side like a running back. When he reached the basket, the ball happened to be in Williams. In the hands of Williams, Williams had a through ball, and Reid received the ball easily and dunked with both hands. After scoring two points, the Celtics opened the point difference to 13 points! The time left for the Grizzlies is only 0.6 seconds.

The Grizzlies players desperately threw the ball from the baseline to the basket. The natural ball was not within the scoring range. At the end of the third quarter, Leon and the off-court players clapped one by one, saying: "Beautiful dry ground, but That Gasol was'very' smart, he saw some famous people, so he came over and attacked you, Steve."

Cole nodded and said, "Yes, he's a smart guy, but a bit slow, and his blocking skills are not good."

After that, I just leave everyone alone, sit down on the bench next to Brown, and let the players drink water and chat, or several other assistant coaches will stand up and talk to the players. ~lightnovelpub.net~ Dick Hart also made some comments on the team's defense.

"This is how you coach? It's'very' interesting." Brown couldn't help being curious about Leon, and said. Now he is much more polite to Leon.

"My players are very smart. Whether it is training or competition, they have a lot of opportunities to learn. I want to give them these opportunities. After all, it is the players who decide the game on the court... What do you think? Get used to the atmosphere here, I might let you start from the bench in the next game and get used to it." Leon said to Brown.

Brown nodded. He also became interested in playing under such a coach. In fact, he is very dissatisfied with this ‘sale’ trade. He likes New Orleans, likes the Hornets, and has a good relationship with his teammates. He plans to stay there until he retires. But he didn't expect that he was suddenly ‘traded’ to the Celtics, and he was unprepared. At this time, his wife and son were still in New Orleans, and he had no sense of belonging here.

But the experience on the first day made him feel that playing here might be a good choice.

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