Chapter 405: First in the East

(Ask for a commuter pass)

'I'm happy with my performance, that mistake wasn't my fault, I was watching Szczebiak and I couldn't have thought about Robert Hawley anymore, he's four, I'm three, I've done everything I could, as for his three points and the defeat of the game I was disappointed, Rasheed Wallace had a clash with me after the game? No, no, I've stopped fighting with my teammates since two years ago, so there's no way anything can happen to me and Rashid, you can guess, and I don't have any need to respond."

In the Minnesota chairman's office, Zhuang Fei was smiling with a coffee in one hand and a newspaper in the other, while Stephen Green in front of him was also smiling.

"Coach, I really didn't expect the Grizzlies to lose to the Lakers on their home court, they've been in great form lately."

Stephen Green sighed and said to Zhuang Fei, he knows the next opponent Green very well, this team has only lost to the Mavericks and Timberwolves by a small score so far, and only lost by 5 points in two games, and their home court is unbeaten this season, but I didn't expect the Lakers who were a little tired in the face of continuous away battles were killed by the opponent's last three points.

And after this game, it is rumored that there was a violent conflict in the Grizzlies' locker room, and some reporters squatting outside the door of the Grizzlies locker room even said that they heard the sound of the Grizzlies locker room colliding, which is naturally an extremely ugly thing for this team, although the Grizzlies' head coach Jerry West and Artest, who are the parties to the matter, came out to refute the rumors, but it is obvious that not everyone believes their diplomatic rhetoric. So while the news of Nashdong's trip to the Wizards is slowly cooling, the news of the Grizzlies infighting is slowly heating up.

The Grizzlies are currently one of the most watched teams in the NBA, and there is currently the league's No. 1 balloon star Carter in this team, and this team is currently the No. 1 in the league.

"Hehe, the last three points of that game may indeed become the fuse of their infighting" Zhuang Fei looked at Stephen Green and said with a smile, although the Lakers' three-point shot was shot by Hawley as the fourth position. The Grizzlies' No. 4 Lasheed Wallace and Big Ben are on the inside, while the perimeter defense is handed over to Billups, Carter and Artest. At this time, Hawley pulled from the inside to the outside of the three-point line, which required the Grizzlies' perimeter trio to defend the opposing perimeter four.

The most important thing about defending the majority with a few people is that the defenders must rotate quickly to make up for the lack of numbers with speed, which is something that every NBA player knows. So in that game, the Grizzlies' defensive players did the same, but when it was the final turn to Artest, he had to save Hawley after Szczebiak's pass, but this stinger didn't do that in the end, the small forward didn't leave Szczebiak after forcing Szczebiak's pass, and it was clear that the small forward predicted that the Lakers couldn't shoot other than Szczerbiak's three-point shot, which is the experience of the third-year rookie, Because in the more than a year since Szzerbiak came to the Lakers, the former Warriors' leading player has made seven shots from the Lakers and is considered the best killer in the league. In the face of such a player, Artest's choice naturally cannot be said to be completely wrong. It's just that his choice doesn't match the team's tactics.

"yes, the responsibility is a little unclear this time," Stephen Green nodded in agreement. Looking at the assistant Zhuang Fei in front of him, he also nodded secretly, now Green's vision and understanding are getting wider and wider, and his personal ability is slowly becoming top-notch, if he can have a good opportunity, he may be out of the school. …,

However, thinking of the next game with the Grizzly Bears, Zhuang Fei also secretly suppressed these thoughts in his heart. At present, the Grizzlies are very strong, and now many people are saying that the Grizzlies are very strong, even if they are not as good as the Timberwolves in the previous two years, but they are already a grade with the Lakers. But Zhuang Fei knows that the current grizzly bear is far better than those experts think, this is an all-round team with no dead ends and no shortcomings, no matter how perfect it is, compared with such a grizzly bear, Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics look a little shabby.

Of course, although the Grizzlies are not comparable to the Boston Celtics in terms of strength, Zhuang Fei also knows that this team has not yet been successfully integrated, although this team has been the first in the league for a long time, but Zhuang Fei knows that the boss of this team, Vince Carter, is not playing very happily, otherwise this team will not lose to the Timberwolves and Mavericks in the end, and Carter has completely subdued this team, which is also the reason why this team is currently rift or not very united, and the contradiction between the new and old players in the team is a bit big, Carter didn't dare to intervene in advance when he was not absolutely sure of subduing these people, of course, even if there were some internal language problems in this team, but under the majesty of Jerry West, most of these problems were suppressed internally, and it did not affect the Grizzlies' results.

"Coach, if we can win this game, we will have a chance to reach the top of the East, it seems that this is our chance."

Stephen Green saw that Zhuang Fei was a little stunned, and then sat down in front of Zhuang Fei with a smile on his face and said.

"At the moment, the Grizzlies have lost and their record is 15-3, and the Heat, who are in second place, are 15-4, and we are 14-4, and if we can beat the Grizzlies tomorrow, we will be the first in the East, which is a great result, and last year's Boston was the third from the bottom in the East, if we get to the top, will those experts change their opinion of our team?"

Although from the current public opinion in the United States, everyone has very much agreement with this Boston Celtics, but most people think that this team is just a strong team and wants to become a Timberwolves. The Grizzlies and Lakers still have a long way to go, the Boston Celtics are just a dark horse, although the dark horse is a positive term, but it is also a derogatory term, if everyone thinks that your strength and your record match no one will say that you are a dark horse, only when the strength and results are not equal, this 'dark horse' word will appear, and now those people have recognized the strength of the Boston Celtics, but they do not recognize that they can achieve such results with their own strength. Many people even think that sooner or later this team will slip.

"Yes, this is indeed a good opportunity" Zhuang Fei also thoughtfully put down the newspaper and coffee in his hand after listening to Green's words, Stephen Green is now considering the team's external environment. And Zhuang Fei is more about thinking about the team's interior.

Now Zhuang Fei is accelerating the development of players like the Boston Celtics, and the best way for a young team to accelerate their growth is to develop confidence in them, if the team can become the first in the East or even the league. Then this sense of responsibility and honor will urge them to move forward, even if Zhuang Fei doesn't stare at these players in the future, they won't be lazy anymore.

And more importantly, the Boston Celtics team has not been able to become the leader of the East for a long time, if this goal can be achieved, Zhuang Fei's voice in this team will reach another height, although now the conservatives of the Boston Celtics have become more and more low-key under the oppression of Zhuang Fei, but these people are still dissatisfied with Zhuang Fei, if they can really win the first place for this team, then this situation is expected to change soon. …,

"It's a tempting opportunity, but it's a bit difficult to do. We can't think that our team can easily win because of some of their nonsensical arguments, at least the strongest person on their team still makes us very puzzled, and there is no player on our team who is equal to him" Finally, Zhuang Fei sighed and said, the player he said about the Grizzlies was naturally Carter, and the direct conversation between Carter and Maddie in the next game was also a highlight. It's just that from the current point of view, Maddy is a little worse than Carter in any aspect, if Maddie is finally played to death by Carter, then the tactics of the whole Timberwolves will have problems, Maddie is now the core of the team's organization, and when he thought of this, Zhuang Fei completely lost the joy of hearing Artest and Rasheed Wallace's infighting, but was worried.

"Coach. You're watching out for Tracy's business, right? Do you say that our next game is not to let James Posey be more involved in the team's organization, and let Tracy take more responsibility for the team's scoring, I think it is best for him not to concentrate on one aspect in the next game" Obviously, Stephen Green also saw the reason why Zhuang Fei's face was getting worse now. When one of the most important players on your team is playing against the player who is better than him in every way, the team has to make a trade-off.

It's just that Stephen Green was a little disappointed that Zhuang Fei didn't take his suggestion except that he frowned after listening to his suggestion.

"It seems that the coach already has a plan in mind," Stephen Green sighed in his heart when he finally saw Zhuang Fei's brows stretched. In his opinion, every time Zhuang Fei encounters a problem, he doesn't need to worry anymore, he has confidence in his head coach's ability.

Zhuang Fei and his assistants are now worried about the defeat of the Grizzlies, and along with Zhuang Fei and Stephen Green, Grizzlies head coach Jerry West, the Grizzlies general manager and head coach has been extremely uncomfortable lately.

"Sir, this is a written review by Ron and Rashid"

In the Grizzlies' general manager's office, Jerry West sighed when he saw his assistant put two documents on his desk, although he always said that there was no problem within the team, but in fact, the team's problems have always existed, and since then he brought Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace to the team, this problem has not been solved, especially Rasheed Wallace and Artest, the two seem to be born to be incompatible, and the last game lost to the Lakers was just a fuse.

In fact, Jerry West can also understand the behavior of these two, and now the boss of the team is Carter, there is no problem with this, and Artest and Rasheed Wallace must work hard for the other second position of the team, and now he is the only two of them in the entire Grizzlies at one level, others such as Billups have no prestige at present, and the team's big brother Olajuwon has no such mind at all, The Rockets legend is here mostly to save face for Jerry West, but to win another championship in the twilight of his career, and he doesn't want to be involved in it.

So at this time, all the people in the Grizzlies were watching the final results of Artest and Rasheed Wallace, and even at the beginning, Jerry West was in a better mood to see this kind of competition, there is competition to make progress, but I didn't expect that the strength of these two people was too close, and in the end, they couldn't tell the winner at all, plus the temper of the two was not very good, and there was no possibility of shaking hands and making peace at all, if they didn't distinguish one higher, they would definitely not give up, So in the face of such a situation, Jerry West and the team's boss Carter have wisely chosen to wait and see, which is also the best choice. It's just that I didn't expect the competition between the two to evolve into an all-martial arts in the end, and more importantly, the battle between the two actually made the team lose to the Lakers, although Jerry West is the symbol of the Lakers, but the current coach of the Grizzlies definitely doesn't want to lose to the Lakers, and losing to the Lakers is losing to Phil Jackson, which Jerry West absolutely can't accept.

"Looks like it's time to take care of these two little cubs," Jerry West looked at his assistant's back as he left, and made up his mind.

"But now it's more important to beat that Chinese" Just when Jerry West made up his mind to intervene between Artest and Rasheed Wallace, the former Lakers head coach thought of the Lakers' bitter master, but the corners of his mouth rose a little, since taking over the current Grizzlies, he has been thinking about the day when he will directly confront that Chinese, and he has been looking forward to that Chinese for a long time.

"Now let me see what you can do, take the first place in the East as a bet" (welcome to your support, is my biggest motivation.) )