NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

Tang Yu did not return to the locker room with the players, but exchanged the performance of the players in the first half with Stevens outside the locker room.

"Brad, what suggestions do you have for the team's tactics in the second half?"

Stevens, a very famous academic coach in the NBA league in the future, immediately gave his opinion.

"If you want to win, I think we still need to work harder on the defensive end. Although Stephen and James' defense is slightly worse, we must take the initiative in defense in the interior and give the opponent enough pressure."

Tang Yu nodded in agreement, "The Suns players' outside shooting rate is not bad tonight. Jason and Channing both hit three-pointers in the first half. We all know the power of three-pointers."

For a team that focuses on three-pointers, both of them understand the power of three-pointers. Two three-pointers can quickly close or widen the score.

"Yes, Sean and Alian are the outside defenders we can rely on now. They are both important defensive forces on the team's front line."

"Do you mean to increase their playing time?" Tang Yu asked.

"That's right. Increase the playing time of the two players appropriately. I think it's better to replace DeAndre with A-League in the decisive moment. He has better mobility."

Tang Yu bowed his head and pondered for a while, and then quickly agreed to Stevens' proposal.

"Just do as you say. Go ahead. The arrangement of the midfield is up to you. You will soon become a qualified head coach, but we have agreed that you will stay in Houston for three years!"

Although Tang Yu said this to Stevens in a joking tone, his words were unquestionable.

Stevens immediately said, "I understand, boss. I will never accept any olive branch from any team in three years."

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15 minutes later, the second half of the game changed sides. The contributions of the two players on the defensive end were still limited, but the cooperation between the two on the offensive end was quite tacit.

The two teams were in a stalemate, and the score remained around 5 points. Stevens kept taking notes on the sidelines, including the players' hit rates, etc.

Tang Yu taught this assistant coach many future coaching skills and on-the-spot tactical changes.

In the third quarter, the Rockets scored two more points than the Suns, 29-27 in a single quarter, and the score between the two teams came to 92-88, with a difference of 4 points.

During the intermission, Stevens made another constructive suggestion.

"Boss, I suggest that Danny Green be sent in at the beginning of the fourth quarter. His three-point shooting rate has improved a lot in recent training. I think he can do it."

"I believe in you, leave it to you!"

Tang Yu gave his greatest support, and rookie Danny Green played for the Rockets at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Harden took Green, Battier, Yi Jianlian and Jordan to the court.

In the first attack of the Suns, Green immediately showed his talent on the defensive end. Facing Richardson's strong breakthrough, he successfully interfered with the opponent's layup.

After Yi Jianlian protected the rebound, he immediately handed it to Harden to start the offense and defense conversion. After pushing across half court like lightning, Harden continued to change direction and cross-step breakthroughs in front of his body in the face of Dudley's strong defense.

Harden, who attracted the opponent's three-man defense, passed the ball to the left corner without looking at anyone. Green appeared in the position where he should be. After receiving the ball, he shot a three-pointer without hesitation.

'Swish! '

The ball went into the net!

91-92, the score difference was one point!

Tang Yu gave Stevens a thumbs up off the court. He was the first assistant coach of the team who knew the status of each player in training best.

Then the Rockets showed a strong ability to cooperate with each other on the defensive end, and continuously defended the Suns' offense.

The Suns fell into a scoring drought, and the Rockets took the opportunity to play a 15-3 climax to overtake the score difference.

Gentry called two timeouts in a row to no avail, and the collapse seemed imminent.

The Houston Rockets used a defensive lineup to teach the Suns another lesson in the fourth quarter.

By the first official timeout at 6 minutes and 16 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Rockets had widened the score difference to 15 points.

So far, the Suns have only scored 8 points in the fourth quarter, while the Rockets have scored 27 points in less than 6 minutes!

Phoenix fans began to boo, but not for the visiting Rockets, but for the home team players.

Although the Suns' main lineup tried their best to launch the final struggle, the Rockets' scoring ability after switching back to the main lineup was very strong, and they always maintained their score advantage.

The game entered the last minute and the Suns were still 13 points behind. Gentry's team also completely gave up hope and replaced all the main players to admit defeat!

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Suns 135-119 away from home in Phoenix!

The Rockets played a super point difference in the fourth quarter, winning the opponent by as much as 20 points in a single quarter!

SunsThe team was 0-3 behind the Rockets. No team in history could have reversed the situation when they were 0-3 behind. This almost sentenced them to death!

After the game, the Suns coach Gentry said helplessly to the media: "The Houston Rockets are really not to be trifled with in the fourth quarter! We made full preparations, but we still overturned in the fourth quarter!"

In the third game, two of them were taken away by the Rockets in the fourth quarter, which was a huge blow to the fans, players and coaching team.

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The G4 of the two sides started two days later. Although the Suns still wanted to try hard to get 1 point at home and refused to be swept by the Rockets.

But the players' spirit seemed to be gone. The return of Serge Ibaka on the Rockets side also made the team's defense more fierce.

In the end, the Houston Rockets easily shot down the Suns 119-112 away from home.

The total score was 4-0 to eliminate the Phoenix team, and the Rockets also became the first team to enter the Eastern and Western Finals of this season's playoffs.

Tang Yu came to the press conference after the game and was interviewed by reporters.

As soon as a beautiful reporter sat down, she raised her hand to ask a question. Tang Yu pointed at her when he saw such an anxious beauty, "It seems that this beauty is more anxious. Phoenix doesn't have the free coffee in Houston!"

Faced with Tang Yu's ridicule, the beautiful reporter stood up and started asking questions.

"Coach Tang, you are fulfilling your promise and sweeping the Suns again in the Western Conference semifinals. You have suppressed the opponents of the Suns with a similar style of play both in offense and defense. What do you think of your players' performance in this series?"

"Our entire team is a big family. Everyone has their own duties. I am the housekeeper, Brad is the chef, and other coaches are service staff. The players are our service objects, and the fans are the real masters of this big family! So the good performance of the players is inseparable from the contributions of others behind the scenes!"

The reporter quickly recorded all of Tang Yu's answers, and then the next reporter began to ask questions.

"So, does Coach Tang have anything to say about the Suns' performance?"

"The Suns are an almost perfect team. They have the best coaches, players and home fans. They caused me a lot of trouble. Although we swept the opponent, every game was very difficult!"

"The Los Angeles Lakers are now leading the Mavericks 3-0. They are almost certain to become your opponent in the Western Conference Finals. Do you still have the confidence to complete the sweep against this Lakers?"

This is a very sharp question. Tang Yu understands that the Lakers, a team with players like Kobe Bryant, are very sensitive to the topic of sweeping.

"I think this is a preview of the finals. This will be an epic showdown and a Western Conference Finals that will go down in history! I still have confidence in the sweep!"

Tang Yu didn't know whether such remarks would arouse the full-strength mode of the beast, but he couldn't take back his bold words.

As for the game, it still depends on strength on the court!