In the 72 years since the NBA was founded, there have been teams whose coaches have been fired at the end of the season, coaches who have only coached a few games since the start of the new season, and coaches who have been fired midway through the season, but no coach has ever been fired mid-game like Kim Terry.

Although Tom's order has been given, Dale is still thinking about when Kim Terry is the best time to do it, and the halftime timeout is obviously not a good time, the Pelicans are now 15 points behind the Kings, and if the news is announced in the locker room, the Pelicans will definitely collapse in the second half.

"Sack Kim Terry, management doesn't have any advice, but I don't recommend that the team mess up, we are currently in sixth place in the West, and next year's first-round pick is protected, continue to play seriously, and add playoff experience to Davis is the top priority" After half a thought, Dale offered his thoughts earnestly.

Tom didn't answer immediately, and seemed to think about it for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Then do you think the coach who is idle at home now is the most suitable for coaching the Pelicans?" ”。

As soon as Tom opened his mouth, Dale understood that he would not insist on playing badly, after all, the sixth place in the West was really not easy.

"Kidd who just got out of class is good, and Van Gundy Jr. can also be considered, Kidd has coached Garnett, Lopez, and Brother Alphabet, and Van Gundy Jr. has coached Ewing and Yao Ming, and they can both coach Davis very well."

"Then do it, arrange a meeting as soon as possible, handle the media interview, and don't make a bad impression on Cousins"

Tom got up to leave, and Dale grimaced, knowing that the tricky work had just begun.

On the court, the game is about to go to the last three minutes of the second quarter, Kim Terry is shouting passionately, directing the Pelicans players to run, without Cousins, the Pelicans have lost to the Clippers, he does not want to lose to the Kings again, then the playoff spot will be in jeopardy.

But the difference in strength between the two teams can't be made up by shouting, in the case of Zhang Feng's completion of Rondo, the Pelicans' offense is almost out of disorganization, and has been relying on Holiday and Davis to score singlely.

Continuing to play singles is certainly not an option, and Kim Terry intends to use the official timeout to rearrange the tactics. Fortunately, the official timeout came soon.

"Guys, we have to run, we can't just stand still and wait for Rondo to pass the ball, and then we do a fast pass strategy where whoever has a good shot shoots, you know?"

Kim Terry's words, Rondo's brows furrowed when he listened, and the simple small-ball tactics were vaguely spoken, and it was better to let him develop a strategy for the team.

But Kim Terry is the head coach after all, Rondo can only cross his waist and 'listen', and the effect of his recommendation of Tony Allen to defend Zhang Feng just now is not good, he still has to clap his hands and answer: "Understood".

After the timeout, the Pelicans re-replaced Holiday and Rondo called him directly to cover when he received the ball in the backcourt. This kind of behavior is a bit instigating, but as long as you can seek to bring the ball to the frontcourt, it is conducive to the development of Pelicans tactics, and it is nothing to lose some face.

Up front, Rondo hit the ground to pass Davis, who held the ball high in the left elbow area to attract Randolph's close defense, while Moore ran to the left baseline and Holiday went straight to the basket from the left wing.

When Holiday rushed into the paint, Davis bent sideways and accelerated with the ball in his right hand, and Randolph raised his left hand to interfere as he stepped back inside.

Davis faced Randolph, with the advantage of height, reach, and speed, and he quickly rushed to the left basket and threw the ball to the hoop with just a turn or a lean.

The situation was urgent, but Zhang Feng was unmoved, because at this time Davis could also choose to pass the ball to Holiday in the short corner area on the right side, he could not step forward to help the defense, and could only hope that Randolph would prevent the attack and Hill would not lose Holiday away.

A second later, as Zhang Feng thought, Hill did not lose Holiday and Davis had to choose to come by himself, he easily turned to face the hoop with the ball in both hands, and although Randolph reached out to interfere, he still jumped and scored with a dunk.

Seeing Davis score 2 points so easily, Zhang Feng and Hill glanced at each other at the same time, and they had the same idea in their hearts: as long as the ball was in Davis' hands, the king would still be difficult to deal with, and could only cut off the source and prevent Rondo from passing.

But cutting off the source doesn't seem to be enough, the strategy developed in the pre-game meeting has already been used, sticking to prevent Rondo from being broken by the off-ball cover, and the next game must rely on the inside line to catch the ball around the front.

Paying attention, Zhang Feng leaned in to grab Willy and Randolph, who wanted to return to the defense, and whispered beside them: "Go ahead."

In two simple words, Willy and Randolph nodded at the same time in understanding.

Yibian fought again, Zhang Feng's pass advanced to the top of the arc, Rondo bowed and stood with his feet wide open, his hands were spread flat, and the defensive posture was very sufficient, looking like he wanted to be a bull.

Rondo's defensive posture was obviously intended to prevent Zhang Feng's passes, and it may be that Zhang Feng's 7 assists in the first quarter paralyzed him, forgetting that Zhang Feng had an excellent three-point hand.

Zhang Feng soon discovered the loophole in Rondo's posture, and without waiting for Rondo to adjust, he took the ball and pulled out three points directly.

'Huh' shot hit, Zhang Feng landed on the ground and turned around to celebrate, but Rondo still looked confused before he could react.

"its ok, its ok, keep going" Seeing Rondo's mistake, Kim – Li on the sidelines did not get angry, but applauded and cheered Rondo.

As soon as Kim Terry applauded, the Pelicans fans at the Smoothie King Center also applauded, and Rondo instantly felt warm in his heart, and he even swelled a little and wanted to single out Zhang Feng once.

But when he faced Zhang Feng before taking the ball, he immediately dismissed the idea of heads-up and continued to call Holiday to cover.

After half-time, he wanted to pass to Davis, but with Randolph standing in front of Davis, he had to look elsewhere for a pass, and after looking around, he decided to give the ball to Holiday.

Holiday took the ball unceremoniously, and took a direct step to give birth to Tu Hill, he had a rare chance not to be defended by Zhang Feng, and planned to hurry up to catch up with the team a few more points.

After passing Hill, Holiday went inside, and Davis immediately half-squatted and stood up to stabilize the plate, intending to block Randolph so that Holiday had an easy chance to make a layup.

Compared to the previous round, the Kings were also penetrated by Pelicans players, but the difference is that Holiday is obviously much less lethal than Davis, Zhang Feng did not help defend in the last round, and he decided to intercept this round.

Before starting the interception, Zhang Feng motioned to Hill to look at Rondo, even if Rondo's shooting ability is not excellent, he must be careful, otherwise if Rondo scores 3 points, the king will lose a lot.

After Hill nodded, Zhang Feng accelerated sideways, and it only took him three steps to go from the top of the arc to the basket, and still bypassed Davis to enter the basket.

At this time, Holiday had just started to make a three-step layup and had not yet formed an absolute scoring opportunity.

I don't know if Holiday saw Zhang Feng's weak heart to intercept, or felt that the center had a better chance of shooting under the basket, so he temporarily chose to pass the ball to Davis who was in the middle of the card.

Davis was still blaming himself for not looking at Zhang Feng, but the basketball was in his hands in an instant, although the current posture could not exert too much force, but in the face of Zhang Feng in front of him, he was overjoyed, and without thinking about it, he raised the ball with both hands and jumped on the spot.

If nothing else, Davis will dunk above Zhang Feng's head, which is definitely an exciting scene for the Pelicans who are behind, and the Pelicans fans do not hesitate to stand and applaud.

There are many accidents in the world, and seemingly absolutely successful dunks cannot be avoided, and at the moment when Davis jumped, Zhang Feng in front of him and Randolph behind him also jumped.

Randolph shot first, and although he touched the basketball, he couldn't block it, but Randolph slowed Davis's upward trend slightly, so Zhang Feng's shot came into play.

With a muffled snort, the basketball was forced down by Zhang Feng and rolled out of bounds, while Davis himself was overturned by the man on his back and fell heavily on the floor.

After Davis landed, he didn't get up immediately, his mouth kept panting, and his face was painful.

"Team doctor, team doctor" Kim Terry was dumbfounded, Cousins had just been injured, and if Davis was also injured, the Pelicans would be completely finished.

As soon as the team doctor hurried to the court, Davis got up on his own, and in the face of his teammates and coaches who surrounded him, he quickly said: "I'm fine, I'm fine, I just forced a dunk and didn't get a breath."

Frightened, the Pelicans dispersed, but Davis's words lingered in Rondo's ears.

"Forced dunk? Why do you force a dunk? ”。

Rondo began to show the slides in his head: Holiday broke through, Holiday made a three-step layup, Zhang Feng appeared under the basket, Holiday passed Davis, Davis jumped, Zhang Feng and Randolph jumped, and Davis was blocked.

Looking back, Rondo found the problem: "Holiday shouldn't pass the ball, there is nothing to do with the layup, and there may be a 2+1, but passing the ball to Davis, who has Zhang Feng in front and Randolph in the back, is the worst choice."

"What did you just think?" Rondo asked, pulling Holiday back on guard.

"The coach said to pass the ball more...... I should have gone straight to the basket, my fault, my fault" Holiday wanted to shake the pot, but halfway through the sentence, he realized that he was at a loss, so he quickly changed his words.

"It's okay, I think what you said makes sense, we shouldn't pass the ball too often, it's not easy to break through the Kings' defense, and it's the best tactical strategy to shoot when you have the chance" Rondo shook his head.

"Isn't it just to break through the Kings' defense?" Holiday didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"That was before the breakthrough," Rondo stressed in a low voice.

Unable to say anything about Rondo, Holiday chose not to answer, and turned to chase after George Hill.

The two teams each played one more round, and the second quarter officially ended, with the Kings leading the Pelicans by 13 points at 55-42.

On the way back to the locker room, Rondo and Davis kept exchanging tactics, mostly about how to defend Zhang, and they plan to share these ideas with Kim Terry in the locker room as a tactical alternative for the team.

As soon as Kim Terry returned to the locker room, he was called away by team manager Dale Dyer, and Davis and Rondo could only continue to discuss, but halfway through the half-time timeout, Kim Terry still did not return to the locker room, and Rondo was in a hurry.

"What's the situation, aren't you going to set up the tactics for the second half? What about coaches? Rondo asked the Pelicans.

No one knew where Kim Terry was going, but after Rondo asked, several Pelicans staff members in the locker room looked unusual, especially assistant coach Eddie Adams, who had a twinkle in his eyes as if he knew something.

Rondo soon noticed Adams' abnormality, and he directly pulled Adams to sit aside: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Of course, Rondo lowered his head and asked softly, and Adams also bowed his head and was about to whisper, but before Adams could speak, General Manager Dale walked into the locker room.

"I am announcing that Kim Terry will no longer be the head coach of our team, and this decision is effective from now on, and the coaching role will be in charge of Eddie Adams for the second half of the game."

Dale's words were like thunder on the ground, Davis leaned forward and stared wide-eyed when he heard it, Rondo raised his head and sighed while holding his mouth, and Holiday stopped dressing and opened his mouth wide.

After ten seconds of silence, Adams was the first to speak: "In charge of the coaching position, you must report to the league in advance, and the referee will screen according to the list provided by the league, otherwise it would be a mess for anyone to call a timeout."

Adams' question was a nuisance, but at this point the Pelicans players didn't care what he was saying.

Firing coaches is very common in the NBA, and since the beginning of this season, Suns coach Watson, Grizzlies coach Fitzdale, and Bucks coach Kidd have been sacked. During this period, it was once rumored that Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue would be out of class.

It's not a shocking event that the head coach is fired, but it just happened in the middle of the game, and the Pelicans players were slightly shocked, but after the shock, they all started to think about how to respond.

As the team's top player, Davis has mixed feelings, Kim Terry started his tenure with the aura of a champion assistant coach, but he played for a few seasons without seeing any results, although he has good stats, but his playing time is also increasing, he does not feel any improvement and happiness.

Moreover, his first head coach after entering the NBA was Monty Williams, who was replaced by King Terry in 15 years, and he has already experienced a change of coach.

"Then someone has to be responsible for calling a timeout, right?" Holiday finally reacted.

"It's a nuisance, but don't worry, Coach Eddie Adams will be in charge until a new manager is decided and the team's goals for the season haven't changed......

After announcing the sacking of Kim Terry, Dier had to make some remarks to calm the team's emotions.

"I'll be in charge of this game," Rondo said suddenly.

"What are you responsible for?" Dale asked curiously, and the Pelicans turned their gaze to Rondo.

"I'm responsible for arranging tactics, calling a timeout, arranging rotations, and playing half a game with Zhang Feng, I almost figure out his routines, Adams temporarily takes over, it's better to arrange it directly than Adams, everyone has no opinion, right?"

The Pelicans looked at each other, and Dale looked at Adams, who nodded, and Davis also expressed support for Rondo as interim head coach.

"Then it was decided, the interim coach for the second half was Rajan Rondo"