One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight. Master-Level Control

The Grizzlies beat the Lakers by 27 points in the second game of the Western Conference Finals, which made the Bulls, who were also leading 2-0 in the Eastern Conference, feel that they had an unspeakable relationship with the Timberwolves.

They played against the 76ers and were almost overturned by Evans in the last 3 minutes of the second game. The Grizzlies played against the Lakers, the defending champion team, and the defending champion team that was strengthened last summer, and they actually won by 27 points in the second game!

After the second game between the Grizzlies and the Lakers, the fans at the game "spontaneously" shouted "FO-FO-FO". This kind of shouting by the fans after the team played well looked much more awesome than Rose's previous declaration of "sweeping and advancing to the finals"!

Rose said it himself. Although he also showed strong self-confidence, he always felt that something was missing.

The main reason is that the Grizzlies also did not lose a single game in the playoffs this season. When the Grizzlies fans "spontaneously" shouted the same words, it gave people a very different feeling. The Grizzlies seemed to be saying - we don't like nonsense, we will only express it with practical actions.

However, on the morning of May 25, on the charter flight to Los Angeles that the Grizzlies took, Coach Hollins kept looking at his team owner with resentful eyes, which made his boss feel creepy.

Robert Pera had no choice! He won the Lakers by 27 points, and he couldn't help it. After the game, he couldn't help but lead the fans to shout to sweep the Lakers.

He was sitting in the fan area with the mentality of a pure fan, and he didn't sit in the front row. This year, the Western Conference Finals team sold courtside tickets for 22,000 US dollars each, and the more they sold, the better...

Moreover, it feels good to shout out what you want in your heart!

But feeling the resentful look of Coach Hollins, Robert Pera was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, no one found out that he was the first to shout. Otherwise, he, as the boss, shouted that he wanted to sweep, which would definitely bring pressure to his team members, because he, as the boss, shouted it out, and the players did not complete it, which was too embarrassing.

However, even if no one found out that he was the first to shout, his fans were looking forward to and shouting for a sweep, which still brought extra pressure to the Grizzlies players.

This caused some trouble for Coach Hollins. Regardless of whether it would bring pressure or not, the sweep would definitely affect their team.

However, in such a situation, Coach Hollins also has a trick!

It's very simple. They already have a strength advantage. Coach Hollins just doesn't want excessive praise, flattery, derogation, questioning... and other good and bad public opinions to affect his own players.

Although listening to good or bad comments moderately is conducive to improving enthusiasm or confidence, they were already very active and confident before the Western Conference Finals began. Coach Hollins didn't need these extra help at all, and directly eliminated the negative impact that might be caused by these things.

But if you can't stop it, then accept it.

…

"I feel the same as you do. I hope we can return to Memphis with a spot in the finals, but I won't force it. We just need to go all out. We are the best team and we should win.

Now we are on the road, we must go all out and strive to win every game. I haven't considered the possibility of losing on the road. I can accept it, but we are going to win..."

At noon, when we arrived at the hotel in Los Angeles, Coach Hollins held a team meeting. He used rhetoric to adjust the mentality of the players by inserting the key words "We can win but don't care about losing one or two games" while emphasizing the need to go all out.

Coach Hollins did not reject the idea of ​​the players trying to sweep the Lakers, but he was worried that they were too eager to sweep the opponent and then afraid of losing.

Winning and losing are common in the military, and losing is normal, but if you are afraid of losing, it may lead to poor performance.

Overconfidence and over-caution are not good mentalities. Coach Hollins blocked public opinion during each round of the playoffs series,

just to reduce the probability of such a situation.

But when such a mentality is really likely to appear, Coach Hollins still has a way, mainly because he is usually responsible for thinking about these things.

He understands tactics, but the specific tactics, adjustments in a small range, and enrichment of the reserve tactical library are more left to Dave Joerger, David Fizdale, Stockton, Brian Shaw and others. He is mainly responsible for selecting tactics and formulating tactical frameworks.

The most important thing is the plan of the big strategy, which includes psychological warfare, rhythm control, playing time adjustment, tactical targeted selection, etc.

The on-the-spot adjustment on the court is that the players make adjustments independently based on the already arranged lineup.

This is basically the team framework that has been continued since Sun Ce's sophomore year. After 5 years, Coach Hollins has been very proficient in what he needs to do. Perhaps in this regard, the only head coach since the new century is the Zen Master, and he is not necessarily stronger than him, because he really only needs to be responsible for the things that need him to be responsible for, and he knows that he is not good at other things, so he will not intervene.

This makes him a master level like the Zen Master in this regard!

In situations like last season where the team just couldn't win, Coach Hollins couldn't come up with a way to defeat the strong with the weak like Sloan and Tomjanovich did, but when conditions were favorable, he did what he was good at and would never cause trouble.

Emphasizing and utilizing the favorable side is what Coach Hollins is best at.

This kind of distribution of responsibilities and obligations within the team reflects the superiority of the core values ​​of Pandaism...

...

On the afternoon of May 25, the Grizzlies did not arrange training, rested for an afternoon, and had another day of preparation tomorrow.

At 5 pm California time, the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals started.

In this game, Rose played 34 minutes and scored 16 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal, Griffin played 39 minutes and scored 30 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. The key point is not the steady performance of the two evil spirits, but the starting and substitutes at the power forward position. Gibson, who came off the bench, played 27 minutes at the power forward and center position and scored 2 points, 16 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Mirotic, who came off the bench, played 31 minutes and scored 17 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block, helping the Bulls beat the 76ers 93-82, making the big score 3-0!

In this game, the Bulls played desperately on the defensive end. When the Grizzlies said they would sweep into the finals, if the Bulls did not complete the sweep into the finals, they would lose face!

However, they did a good job. Evans played the worst game of this year's playoffs. He only made 4 of 16 shots, missed a three-pointer, and only made 5 of 8 free throws. He only got 13 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Gasol only had 12 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, and zero assists. It seems that 4 players of the 76ers scored in double digits, but Evans' 13 points was the highest for the 76ers!

Although the 76ers had an advantage in rebounds, Evans had 13 rebounds, Gasol had 13 rebounds, and Noel had 15 rebounds, but they were not able to convert them into counterattack points. They could only limit the Bulls' secondary offense at most, but their own offense was defended.

…

When the Bulls led the 76ers 3-0, the media began to hype the Grizzlies' sweep and advance to the finals.

But the media couldn't get the Grizzlies' players to follow their lead. They ignored them, continued to refuse interviews, and prepared for the game.

On the Lakers side, the coaching staff didn't allow them to pay attention to public opinion before, and their players couldn't help it, but people always make progress. Even if individuals are unwilling to accept things that may make them uncomfortable, with the right leaders, most people did a good job this time and focused on preparing for the game.

They knew that if they lost another game, they would be like the Warriors, and they would be finished!

This season, no team could turn the tables when the Grizzlies had an advantage, and it has been like this since the regular season began!

It's never too late to mend the fold after the sheep have been lost. There is a similar proverb in the United States, and, as Kobe said, they still feel that their team has hope from the bottom of their hearts. After all, they are the defending champions, and they lost two away games.

But they know better that they can't look at a 75-win team with a conventional perspective. This team is too stable in any situation. Even when it is 11 points behind, it is like nothing happened. It will tie the score step by step, and then sweep everything... Only by seizing every opportunity can they really have hope!

Another day has passed. On May 27, the third game of the Western Conference Finals is here, and it is also the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

First, at 5 pm California time, which is 8 pm in the East, the fourth game of the series between the Bulls and the 76ers started.

Trailing 0-3, the 76ers have completely felt desperate and almost gave up on the defensive end. The Bulls played a crushing game.

118-105, the Bulls won 12 consecutive playoffs and advanced to the finals with all wins!

Rose played for 29 minutes and scored 18 points and 7 assists, Griffin played for 31 minutes and scored 23 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Dunleavy and Mirotic both scored 16 points, Noah scored 5 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Gibson scored 10 points... As many as six Bulls scored in double figures.

On the 76ers side, Evans made 17 of 38 shots, including 5 of 13 three-pointers, plus 7 of 8 free throws, scoring a career-high 46 points in the playoffs, and Gasol scored 28 points and 10 rebounds, but no one else on the 76ers scored in double figures.

…

Just when the Bulls swept the 76ers in three consecutive series with 12 wins and 0 losses in the East and advanced to the finals, the two teams in the Western Conference Finals had already warmed up and were ready to enter.

On the Grizzlies side, although they did not care about public opinion, they had been paying attention to the game situation in another division. Old Hardaway also told his players the final result of the Eastern Conference Finals as soon as possible.

Not to mention, it was full of motivation to push them forward!