The outside world was talking about the operations of the five and five, and the Thunder was not affected at all, so they rested and trained step by step.

However, those outrageous doubts about Su Yang gradually disappeared. The main Thunder starting fives performed poorly in the beginning of the third game, showing that they were not invincible, and thus allowing fans and media to see Su Yang's ability to adjust on the spot again.

Even if the five-on-five-on-five-on-five-on-five-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one-stop coaching bias, like George Carl and Thibodeau.

Espn reporter Wind Horst tweeted: "As far as I know, the vote for the best coach has not ended yet, but this year's selection of the best main players will definitely become the most controversial year in NBA history. Su Yang led Lei to tie the record and reached 72 wins, and coach Tom Thibodeau helped the Bulls improve by up to 20 wins. No matter who chooses, there is reason and qualification..."

Many fans have expressed their grievances for Su Yang. After all, with such an outstanding record, there is no doubt that someone else would win the best head coach.

Fans believe that Su Yang has suffered a loss and remains excellent for a long time. He is a bit like those generals who eliminated the war in the bud, but gained reputation but was not as good as those generals who often won battles, especially those who insisted on rotating and allowed the players to rest and avoid being injured. He risked the loss of 72 wins that could be obtained by just a sloppy main force, and even had differences with the boss because of this, and almost had an unhappy relationship.

After the training on the 24th, Su Yang pulled Westbrook to watch the video, focusing on analyzing the rounds that Westbrook was stolen by Conley.

Those were low-level mistakes, Westbrook looked embarrassed and kept silent. Su Yang pretended not to pay attention and reminded: "You are born with super high passion, which brings you a lot of vitality, but when facing a burning situation, you can have a better way to deal with it..."

In Su Yang's view, Westbrook is a naturally boring and unruly player who loves freedom. With his strong physical fitness, he often performs brilliantly without using his brain, but when he encounters a tense situation, he is prone to getting up and giving up thinking completely.

Especially when playing in the playoffs, Westbrook will become impatient and start to play a few blindly.

There have been many similar situations. Su Yang always told Westbrook to learn to be patient before, and this time he decided to hit the pain point directly.

He suddenly made up his mind, and he felt that it would be too late to not remind him, and it would be difficult to find a more suitable opportunity to speak in the future.

"You need to strengthen basic exercises, like James and KD, using muscle memory to remind you how to play, if you carefully observe the successful point guards in NBA history, such as Oscar Robertson, Elvin Johnson, Isaiah Thomas, and John Stockton, and even two MVP Steve Nash..."

Westbrook's expression became even more awkward while speaking.

As an NBA starting point guard, his head coach said that his basic skills were too poor. How embarrassing it was.

Fortunately, other teammates have left, and I also know that Su Yang is not the kind of coach of Larry Brown like Pua player.

"I asked Phil to develop a training plan after playing the series, starting with the most basic dribble, and striving to improve as soon as possible..."

Su Yang smiled and nodded: "Don't be burdened, after all, as strong as Michael Jordan, he had basic skills flaws in the past few years before entering the league. He became the strongest form after winning the scoring champion several times. Your situation is very close, just keep improving."

Westbrook's basic poorness is considered historical reasons. The summer vacation from high school to college, he grew too fast. After entering UCL, he played as a substitute shooting guard in the first year, and did not practice point guard skills seriously in the second year, and the time was too tight.

After talking about offense, the two talked about defense again. Su Yang still said the same thing: Don’t give priority to defending for some kind of data. Stealing and blocking are good, and getting rebounds and pushing fast breaks is also great, but those are not as good as the benefits brought by accurate positioning.

On the 25th game day, the Thunder were rushed to the FedEx Arena again to start the fourth matchup with the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies, who fought against the back, boldly changed their team, and Rudy Guy returned to the starting lineup and scored two mid-range shots at the beginning.

With a tough physical confrontation, the Grizzlies briefly scored a 6-2 lead, and in a blink of an eye, Durant and Westbrook jointly shot a 6-0 attack wave to overtake. Then the two teamed up with Ibaka and Chandler to help the Thunder lead 17-10.

The Grizzlies have difficulty scoring for a long time, so head coach Hollins can only request a timeout, but unfortunately the players' momentum has plummeted but no results have been achieved.

After the first quarter, the Thunder led the Grizzlies 24-14.

After the second quarter, the Grizzlies' five starters, only Tony Tony was replaced by Bathir. The other four starters carried the risk of a large amount of physical loss and insisted on continuing to play. However, they endured for four and a half minutes, but still failed to narrow the gap.

Su Yang didn't know what Grizzlies coach Hollins thought, but he only knew that Gasol and others were obviously stiff in their movements and relying on their physical hardware to play. The defense was pretty good, but it was consumed in advance. Even if the score difference was narrowed, it would inevitably collapse in the second half.

The Thunder took the rotation as usual, and the half-time game was over and the Thunder led the Grizzlies 44-38.

It was nothing to lead with a six-point lead, but Westbrook made zero mistakes in the first half. Su Yang raised a key praise when he returned to the locker room.

The third quarter started immediately. The Grizzlies, who were in desperate situation, miraculously made 4 of 5 shots with a three-pointer with a miraculous 4 of 5 shots, withstood Durant's 6-7 shots in a single quarter and continued to maintain the suspense of the game.

During the inter-chair pause, assistant coach Brian said: "I suggest adjustments, don't give so many small open spaces to snatch three-point shots..."

Su Yang shook his head slightly: "No need, they are about to collapse..."

The fourth quarter game started, and the Thunder players and three assistant coaches were closely watching the situation in the field. As Su Yang predicted, Mayo, who hit two consecutive three-pointers in the third quarter, made a series of iron shots with three-pointers in the open space, was obviously seriously lacking in physical strength.

Harden and Green took the opportunity to lead the team to a 9-1 attack wave. Wait until the last six minutes, which is the time point for the main players to return to the schedule. Su Yang directly activated Ibaka to play the five small lineup of the center forward, with a wave of double-teams and fast attacks to completely lock in the victory.

After the whole game, the Thunder defeated the Grizzlies 103-89, and the series scored 4-0 and advanced.

Durant scored 37 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while Westbrook scored 15 points, 11 assists, 0 turnovers and 1 foul.

The Thunder became the first team in the league to advance to the second round, and the potential opponents Mavericks and Nuggets have not yet started the fourth game. The key is that the Mavericks are temporarily leading 2-1, and it is very likely that they will have to play six games before they can decide the winner and lose. They will have to wait for the elders to meet for a long time.

The four-to-zero result made the 21 experts in ESPN's predictions a bit ridiculous. Many commentators tweeted that they underestimated the Thunder's strength. Most of them believed that losing Wesley Matthews, the Thunder would encounter great trouble in outside projection.

But the Thunder played pick-and-roll in a abnormal manner, hitting the weaker links in the Grizzlies' defense. After the Grizzlies focused on pick-and-roll, they completed the adjustment in just half a quarter, and the Grizzlies could not make adjustments at the same speed.

Looking at the entire series, Su Yang, as the head coach, completely beat Lionel Hollins, and also completely beat the Grizzlies.

Fans from all walks of life also joined the discussion, and with the attitude of "winning and bragging", they frantically praised Su Yang for his coaching skills, which caused those previous questions to be done by aliens, and laughed at Phil Jackson, who was forced to tie 2-2 by the Trail Blazers.

Compared with the random discussions among well-known commentators from Twitter, a part-time reporter named shams charania broke the news on the official website of the Chicago Tribune: Because TMZ revealed the rift between Su Yang and the Thunder boss twice in a row, the Golden State Warriors management has suspended the selection of new head coaches and is preparing to wait until the season is completely over before continuing.
Chapter completed!