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Mike Brown is not an academic coach, his college basketball resume is not worth mentioning, and he has no experience teaching in NCAA universities.

Of course, he is not a player. This guy has never played professional basketball, let alone the NBA, he has never participated in a slightly lower-level semi-professional league or overseas league.

He worked as a video editor for the Nuggets for a period of time. He started as an intern without salary, and later he was appreciated by the management. He learned a little bit and improved a little bit.

From trainee to editor to assistant coach to head coach.

From 1993 to 2005, 12 years, then 35-year-old Brown became the league's second youngest head coach.

It can be said that Brown has no problems in terms of professionalism and ability, and his experience is definitely at the level of a winner in life.

It's just that the position of NBA head coach is not only about professionalism.

How many basketball masters are fidgeting on the bench of the highest basketball hall, Mike Brown can get the best coach, and then win the championship, it is already very remarkable.

And when he left the position of the head coach, he no longer had to take charge of the overall situation, and no longer had to be a mentor, punching bag, nanny and team leader, etc., his responsibilities were reduced, and he was able to exert his professional ability even more.

The game between the Timberwolves and the Clippers is in progress. Halfway through the first quarter, the Clippers temporarily lead at 12:10.

Li Liang's defensive strategy of directly facing Martin in the opening game was undoubtedly a success, because the Timberwolves hoped to let Martin play the feeling at the beginning of the game, but hit the wall.

But the Clippers' offense is also average. Now all teams know that to contain the Clippers' offense, they must first slow down Paul's speed.

Rubio guarded against Paul one-on-one at the beginning and did not speed up Paul.

Rubio, a player who hasn't practiced shooting until today, is really not talented.

Others say he looks like Pistol Maravich. If he really has Maravich's shooting level, then he is really awesome.

However, his defensive skills are increasing day by day. He is relatively tall among point guards and has a very good steal awareness.

Rubio stared at Paul at the beginning, controlling the Clippers' offensive rhythm.

Therefore, the Clippers' offense was so-so, relying on Griffin's low-post attack and Paul's pick-and-roll with the inside.

And Li Liang's touch at the beginning tonight was mediocre. After two missed three-pointers, he stopped shooting again.

This guy is really, like Kobe for a while, James for a while, I really don't know how his brain grows.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides reached 23:20, and the Clippers led the Timberwolves by 3 points.

Originally two offensive teams, they fought a defensive battle abruptly.

The Timberwolves have physical problems, but what about the Clippers?

Mike Brown believes that the problem with the Clippers is that they didn't make good use of Li Liang.

No wonder in the previous two seasons, no matter what striker came to the Clippers, they couldn't play the results.

Ability is one aspect. The Clippers team does have problems with the use and positioning of small forwards.

And Brown believes that this problem may not lie with the coach, but is determined by the configuration of the Clippers themselves.

Otherwise, Negro and Rivers would not have done well enough in the Clippers.

Of course, Rivers' coaching time with the Clippers is still very short, so a conclusion cannot be drawn so early.

But just from the previous games and today's game, Mike Brown thinks that Li Liang didn't do his best.

From the data point of view, Li Liang's scoring has indeed improved a lot compared to last season.

But Brown knew that this was not the best Li Liang.

Brown continued to watch the game while pondering in his heart.

In the second quarter, Li Liang started playing with the second team.

At this time, Li Liang's offense with the ball increased, and the defensive end moved to the 4th position because of Griffin's end.

The Clippers' style of play has become a lot more regular, and even Crawford has worked hard on the defensive end.

That is to say, from the second quarter, the Clippers slowly opened up the score. Crawford's three-pointer and Li Liang's three-pointer helped the Clippers to open the point difference to more than 10 points.

After that, Li Liang went off to rest, Paul and Griffin played, and the Timberwolves began to chase points.

Paul and Griffin used their personal abilities to suppress the momentum of the Timberwolves chasing points and further widen the point difference.

By the time Li Liang reappeared, the Clippers had established an advantage of about 15 points.

Brown looked at the trend of the game and felt that he could gradually see some clues.

In the second half, the Timberwolves began to catch up.

The Timberwolves changed their style of play, no longer thinking about pressing the Clippers' rhythm, but took the lead in speeding up the rhythm, controlling the backcourt rebounds and counterattacking.

Love's long pass is as accurate as a guided shell.

The hemp-like Corey Brewer has an extraordinary sense of quick counterattack.

Relying on a quick counterattack, the Timberwolves beat the Clippers 7:0, forcing Rivers to call a timeout.

The Timberwolves made a good adjustment, shifting the focus of offense from Martin to the striker.

After returning from the timeout, Adelman adjusted his tactical focus and focused on Pekovic.

When Jordan was playing Magic before, he was educated miserably by Vucevic.

Facing Vucevic's fellow Pekovic in this scene, Jordan's single-defense performance was also not good.

Jordan has never had many ways to deal with this kind of big white bear insider with European technology flow.

Vucevic hit him twice in a row, and for the Clippers, Li Liang broke through the basket and made layups.

After Brown saw it, he thought to himself, after the finals, did I ask Li Liang to make a breakthrough with the ball?

He can't remember, there should be, otherwise how could he do it?

there must be.

Li Liang's style of play is undoubtedly correct. With Pekovic scoring consecutive goals, Li Liang needs to go inside to create pressure for Pekovic.

The Timberwolves' inside basket protection is average, and neither Love nor Vucevic is a master at blocking shots.

So Li Liang can go in and wreak havoc a little bit.

But relying on Li Liang alone is definitely not enough. The Clippers must continue to maintain their advantages on both offense and defense, and everyone else must stand up.

Griffin is still quite powerful in holding the ball in the low post, and Love can't guard Griffin one-on-one.

But Griffin is not effective against Love on the defensive end. Love's style of play is quite flexible, and his shots from outside the three-point line are very accurate.

With Griffin's short hand, there is no way to interfere enough with Love's three-pointer.

Relying on Love's three-pointers, the Timberwolves are always biting the score.

Until the fourth quarter, the difference between the two sides remained at 10 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Liang continued to play with a substitute.

Barea took the lead in hitting a three-pointer, and then Barnes missed two free throws. In the counterattack, Barea broke through and made a layup again, which also caused a foul by Crawford and made an additional free throw.

Barea scored 6 points in a row, and the difference between the two sides dropped to 4 points.

Rivers wanted to call a timeout, but Li Liang waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need it.

Mike Brown saw it clearly off the court, his chrysanthemum tightened, and he knew that Li Liang was going to make a big move.

Sure enough, Li Liang and Crawford cooperated to play pick-and-rolls on the offensive end, and each threw two three-pointers.

Four three-pointers hit the Timberwolves with a 12:2 attack wave!

This wave of bald three-point rain blinded the Timberwolves.

Adelman had to call a timeout, the fourth quarter was about halfway, the Clippers opened the score.

But the Timberwolves did not give up. In the fourth quarter, Li Liang's defense against Martin was obviously lax.

Because Li Liang's attention has returned to the inside line, he is going to help defend Pekovic.

The result was that Martin got a chance on the outside and hit two three-pointers.

The Clippers only relied on Paul's free throws to get 1 point, and the Timberwolves returned the Clippers a 10:1.

The point difference came to 5 points again.

Brown shook his head as he watched. The Clippers' defense either leaked here or there.

Once missed, it is easy for the opponent to score consecutive goals and be hit by attack waves.

Last season, the Lakers rarely had such a situation. After the Lakers played, they often fought each other.

Then the Lakers suddenly took off their costumes and said that I would not be acting, and knocked out the opponent with a few bang bang bangs, and the game was over.

The Clippers are really a turn-based system, hammering each other to the last moment to see who can't hold on first.

The Clippers are physically strong and generally able to hold out.

But if you meet someone who is about as strong as you, can you guarantee to hold on forever?

For example, the Heat and the Thunder hammered out the feeling of the opponent's superstar in the end, and the result is really hard to say.

When Brown saw this, he had slowly figured it out and conceived some ideas.

The Clippers' rotation lineup and the order of players' appearance need to be adjusted to more reasonably allocate the functions of the players.

Of course, the more important thing is to be able to better play Li Liang's role.

Watching Li Liang continue to improve, but his influence on the field is not as good as before, Brown is heartbroken!

Rivers, at your level, it's better for me to be the head coach!

Brown just hid this thought in his heart. Being an assistant coach is actually quite good, and he can watch the game with peace of mind.