When the phone dialed, Duffy laughed unabashedly, mentioning the fact that he had suggested that he be the chief assistant first.

Su Yang also found it interesting. If he switched from chief assistant coach to head coach, fans and management would think that he was taking over the mess, and there would not be so many troubles. If he directly served as the head coach, the expectation was to bring huge changes.

After chatting for a while, he mentioned that he wanted to find someone to help with the investment, and Duffy said that he would arrange an assistant named Taylor for him first.

The matter was settled, and Su Yang contacted his assistant Taylor to confirm the interview time.

After finishing his personal affairs, he put his focus back on the team and added pass training to Durant according to the plan, mainly focusing on how to complete the pass in a double-team state. After all, as Durant's ability to hold the ball has greatly improved, there will be more and more double-teams.

After most of the training, Durant excitedly expressed his determination to be at the level of LeBron.

Su Yang knew it was unnecessary or impossible, so he encouraged with a smile: Anyone who has dreams is great.

On December 3rd, the Thunder challenged the Bobcats away.

After being trained by the famous coach Larry Brown, the Bobcats have strong offense and defense oppression, and it is a bit difficult for the Thunder to get off for four days in a row.

The most uncomfortable thing is Wilcox, because of his rough skills, he suffered three fouls in the first quarter.

Durant and Green are not allowed to play in a misaligned advantage, but it is difficult for basketball to pass into the hands of both of them. The Bobcats used the method to restrict O'Neal's set back then, frequently interfering with long arms, and allowing them to shoot from outside.

Westbrook is okay to deal with it on the outside, but because of Emecca Okafor, the Bobcats robbed offensive rebounds.

Those offensive rebounds were efficiently converted into secondary offensive scores at Okafor's hands, helping the Bobcats to firmly control the situation.

After the game, the Thunder lost 101 to 103, mainly because they were robbed of 12 offensive rebounds.

When the whole team returned to the locker room, Jordan Jr. expressed his regret. Su Yang comforted him and said that grabbing rebounds was the matter of the whole team. After Wilcox suffered a foul, it was equivalent to a few individuals helping Jordan Jr. get a spot, so naturally he can't get it.

After a day off, the Thunder arrived in Orlando and challenged the Magic away.

Considering that Howard has too much offensive and defensive advantages in the interior, and the Magic are good at two front-line players cruising and resting defenses on the outside, Su Yang adjusted his positioning on the spot, allowing Durant to return to the scoring defender, joining forces with Westbrook to take advantage of his height to take over the Magic, and two back positions with insufficient height, hit Reddick and Nelson, showing a hurricane, all kinds of fouls, and all kinds of helplessness.

Su Yang also let Jeff Green serve as a small forward, roaming in various empty cuts, forcing the magic to form double-teams.

Even so, the Thunder still couldn't withstand Howard's strong attack in the inside, and the double-teamed team was shot and three-pointer.

During the halftime break, Su Yang kept making psychological preparations for Jordan Jr., worried that Jordan Jr. would be defeated by Howard.

The scores of the two teams could not be widened. Seeing that there were 4 minutes left in the game, Su Yang instructed to launch the tactic of killing Huo.

Unexpectedly, Howard's free throw shooting percentage is OK, but his efficiency is lower than singles and three-pointers.

Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy also instructed the players to kill Jordan Jordan, and Su Yang immediately replaced him.

At the end of the game, Westbrook stole Howard's pass, quickly dunked, and narrowly defeated the Magic by 3 points.

At the post-match press conference, Stan Van Gundy criticized the Thunder's ugly style of play and criticized Su Yang for abusing the rules.

Su Yang ignored it and the whole team flew to Miami overnight to challenge the Heat back to back.

Before the game started, the Timberwolves announced the dismissal of head coach Randy Whitman and general manager Kevin McHale temporarily served as head coach. There were anonymous reports that the main reason for Randy Whitman's dismissal was that he lost to the Thunder with a big score.

Based on the principle of coaches helping coaches, Su Yang issued a statement on behalf of the Coach Association, feeling sorry for Whitman.

In his opinion, Whitman's level is limited, but the Timberwolves' management and boss are even worse, but no one blames him.

After issuing the statement, the game started immediately.

Considering that the Heat's inside are not good at mid-range shooting and rookie Joel Anthony, Su Yang arranged for the Thunder players to double-team Wade, and at the same time, Wade's passing route at the same time, and even used BOX1 defensive strategy several times.

After a hard fight, the Thunder won 99-94, and Durant scored 32 points and 7 rebounds in the game.

Wade only scored 18 points, and the two gradually narrowed the distance on the road to winning the score king.

In an interview with reporters after the game, Su Yang publicly suggested that other teams in the league use BOX1 defensive strategies to target Wade, because Wade is in a state that is against the sky this season, while others are more struggling with the Heat, so Wade will win half of the game.

Of course, his real idea was to let other teams help lower Wade's average score, which was a little evil.

After playing against the Heat, the Thunder flew back to Oklahoma and got two days off.

As agreed, Su Yang met with his assistant Taylor and authorized stock purchases and investment related matters.

Taylor suggested that he buy more Nokia stocks, saying that there is insider news that Nokia will launch a 3G phone soon.

Su Yang couldn't help but recall the first generation of magic machine Nokia 5230 and refused to suggest it on the spot.

No. 8, the Thunder played against the Warriors at home.

Because Ellis was injured and reimbursed, the Warriors had decided to play badly, and there was basically no defense in the whole game. Su Yang intended to set more tactics for Durant, while Durant scored 45 points in the game, bringing Wade, who is on average to the top of the game again.

The Thunder also defeated the Warriors 113-109, achieving three consecutive victories for the second time in the season, with a total record of 8 wins and 14 losses.

After a day off, the Thunder continued to play against the Grizzlies at home.

During an interview before the game, Grizzlies head coach Mark Jaffarni said that inspired by Su Yang, he is boldly trying to change the formation.

After hearing the news, Su Yang felt apology that the alliance could lead the trend and sooner or later become the Godfather of Pat Riley.

I thought that after the game started, he discovered that the Grizzlies' so-called bold change of formation was to let Lowry replace Conley as the starting point guard, and Dako Milicic replace Mark Gasol as the starting center, which was just a few tricks.

Su Yang knew that Mark Jaffaroni had learned wrongly, but he was not polite. He made a little arrangement in the first quarter, and the Thunder thunder thunder 37 to 19.

Then, the Grizzlies never recovered.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Grizzlies 112-98 and won four consecutive victories.

At the post-match press conference, Su Yang was asked how to view the Grizzlies' transformation, and it was an interesting attempt to say it was against his conscience.

After three days of rest, the Thunder team flew to Dallas and challenged the Mavericks after the change of coaches away.

In the first quarter, Durant beat veteran Devin George with all kinds of force, and scored 14 points with 6 shots.

But on the Mavericks, Nowitzki also made 4 of 5 shots, and Jeff Green couldn't defend it at all.

In the second quarter, Durant maintained super efficient results, 4 of 6 shots and 10 points were scored in 10 points with two free throws.

But on the Mavericks, Nowitzki made 5 of 7 shots and two free throws, and Green couldn't defend against two fouls in a single quarter.

Plus Jason Terry made 4 of 6 three-pointers, and at the end of the half, the Mavericks took an 8-point lead.

During the halftime break, Su Yang encouraged Durant to insist on taking action in the second half and to adapt to this huge match.

Durant kept it in mind, and in the third quarter, he made 4 of 6 shots and scored 11 points.

Who would have thought that Nowitzki made 6 of 11 shots and scored 15 points in response.

Fortunately, Westbrook beat Kidd, with 8 points and 5 assists in a single quarter, helping the Thunder bit the situation.

By the fourth quarter, Durant and Nowitzki became key defensive targets. Other players of the two teams stood up to help. Westbrook and Green carried the Thunder attack, and Terry and Barrea carried the Mavericks' attack, playing like the playoff G7.

The player with the highest annual salary in the game, Hall of Fame point guard and Dream 8 captain Jason Kidd, in the eleven minutes of fighting between the two teams, only 2 points and 1 rebound was scored, of which 1 point was due to a technical foul free throw.

At the last minute of the game, the situation suddenly changed, and Westbrook took two fouls against Barria.

One attack was faked and the other was blocked by the defense, and four free throws were given to the Mavericks.

In the end, the Thunder lost to the Mavericks 109-113.

Su Yang was so angry that he stamped his feet. He was angry that he had not yet made a decision to challenge him. The referee could only think that he was not lucky.

At the post-match press conference, he bluntly stated that he was trash punishment, ruining a classic game. Unfortunately, Nowitzki scored 41 points, and Durant scored 39 points. It was even more regretful that it encouraged the league's fake fall style and proposed to establish a penalty challenge mechanism.

That night, the Thunder flew to San Antonio overnight and adjusted the Spurs back to back away.

Due to physical strength, the Thunder fell behind by as many as 20 points in the first quarter, but from the second quarter, Durant and Westbrook led the team to chase each other and finally lost to the Spurs 107-109, resulting in Durant's 33 points and Westbrook's 28 points.

With two consecutive losses, the Thunder flew back to Oklahoma.

The next day, the NBA announced the first round of All-Star voting results, and Durant ranked first in the Western Conference forward.
Chapter completed!