The Cavaliers have a luxurious lineup of James, Owen and Love, and the goal is to win the championship, so it is very important to choose who to coach. David Griffin, the general manager of the Cavaliers at that time, liked tyronn lue very much, while Dan Gilbert, the boss, was more willing to trust David Blatter, who was successful in Europe and had rich coaching experience. But the Cavaliers gave Tyrone Lu a high-paying contract that was hard to refuse. He worked as an assistant coach for the Cavaliers for four years at a price of $6.5 million, becoming the highest-paid teaching assistant at that time. 16 in the regular season, the Cavaliers lost to the Warriors twice and lost 34 points for the second time. Gilbert couldn't bear to lose to a potential opponent in the final, but Blatter had to leave the class in the face of "death blow".
In the first half of the season, the Cavaliers won 30+ 1 1, and Blatter became the coach with the highest winning percentage in the NBA. He just didn't know how to defeat the warriors, and the knights at that time just wanted to defeat the warriors. The 38-year-old assistant coach Tyrone Lu was appointed as the new head coach of the Cavaliers. He is more familiar with the rules of NBA than Blatter and is liked by management, coaching staff and players. Therefore, he can be the head coach of the Cavaliers for three years. Tactically, Blatter has coached European basketball for many years and has a mature Princeton system. But at that time, the NBA was accelerating to play space basketball. And he doesn't know the rules for coaches to survive in the NBA, and he doesn't know that NBA coaches have to make way for stars.
He bluntly said that Love is not a top paying player, and he often avoids Love at critical moments. You know, the Cavaliers paid a high price to get love, and just renewed their contract with the highest salary. So the Cavaliers management chose Love between Blatter and Love. European basketball values tactics, while NBA only needs to give the ball to the star in charge at the critical moment and let them finish the game. 15 in the fourth game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, before the final 1.5 seconds, the Cavaliers and Bulls fought to 84. The Cavaliers got the ball on the right, and Blatter arranged tactics for James to serve the sideline ball. James erased the tactics he drew and just said, give me the ball and I'll handle the game. We all know the next thing. James caught the ball at the bottom corner, raised the knife with his hand, jumped back and whistled. All in all, it can be seen that coach Blatter is not suitable for the NBA. So except for a year and a half in the Cavaliers, he never got an NBA coaching contract.
Tronlu is different. He is not an academic coach. Being a fixed tactical system is not his strong point, but he knows the ball and is flexible. Unlike Buden holzer, Kathy and Stevens, they can get good results in the regular season, but after the season, they can win a surprise victory in the contest between Tiao and Maimang. The most important thing in the playoffs is the game between two stars. How to make good use of James is what Tyrone Lu needs to think about and what he is best at. In the playoffs of 18, James was able to play such a "stunning performance of tears" precisely because of his absolute trust in Tyrone Lu and reasonable tactical arrangements. And Owen is also in a good position under his leadership, playing the best two seasons of his career.
Steve Cole insisted on passing the ball all season, but Kevin Durant had to play singles to solve the problem at the crucial moment and in the 18 Western Conference finals. This is the real way for a superstar to start. Tyronn lue and Cole both knew Blatter didn't. Riley's future basketball concept won two championships in the Heat, and the Warriors started with Iguodala in the fourth game of the 15 finals, allowing the small team to run to the top three times in a row. Blatter's Princeton system can't be fought in an era when three-pointers are needed and transformation is paramount. After the new official took office, the first thing Tyrone Lu did was to change tactics and tell the Cavaliers to speed up. Blatter's re-used Mozgov gradually withdrew from the rotation in the playoffs of 16, averaging only 5.8 minutes per game, while Tristan Thompson, who was younger and faster, became the starting center.
In the following regular season, the Cavaliers won 27 games and lost 14. Although not as good as the first half, they followed the trend of the times and laid a solid foundation for the championship. The efficiency of the Cavaliers' 100-round attack increased from 107.2 in the first half to13.2, and the warrior ranked first was 1 13.5. The style of the Cavaliers has changed, and the proportion of switching attacks has increased from 10.5% in the playoffs in 15 season to 14.8% in 16 season. At the same time, their fixed-point jumper ratio increased from 17.7% to 19.5%, which opened up more space. However, in positional warfare, the pick-and-roll ended, the face basket singles and low backstroke singles decreased, and the pick-and-roll ratio ended from 18. 1% to 15.9%, and the face basket singles ended from 16.7% to 13.8%, which was low.
The advantage is that the Cavaliers' score in each round of the 15 playoffs rose from 0.929 to 1. 109, and the ranking rose from eighth to first. At the same time, the offensive efficiency of Cavaliers 16 reached 1 14.6, ranking first. 15 playoff, only 106.6, ranking fifth. Under the leadership of Tyrone Lu, the knight's offensive firepower is more fierce than that of the soldiers. The Cavaliers were invincible in the playoffs and won the first 10 game. How about rookie coach Tyrone Lu? It broke the record of winning the first nine games of Pat Riley rookie season. The Cavaliers eliminated Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptors, and once again joined the finals of Golden State Warriors. This time, they will face 73 opponents in the regular season.
16 finals is the masterpiece of tyrone Lu. He is good at arranging targeted tactics in the playoffs, the most classic of which is "roll call tactics". At that time, the Cavaliers 1-3 were in a desperate situation, and Tyrone Lu made a trick to let Curry's defensive Cavaliers block James and Owen. The Warriors' Fifth Team insists on unlimited defense change, and James and Owen can always get the chance to misplace the singles library. If Curry defends James and Owen alone, then James and Owen will eat alone with their physical advantages and skillful one-on-one skills. If the Warriors help, James and Owen will pass the ball to the open shooter.
This tactic is the key to the Cavaliers' three-game winning streak. 19 finals also appeared again, but the user was replaced by coach NASS. In the three-year playoffs coached by the Cavaliers, the offense of the Cavaliers was the best in the first two years. In the playoffs of 17, they even played the most gorgeous offense of NBA70 in more than 70 years, and the offensive efficiency of 100 rounds reached the terrible 1 19.9. Milwaukee Bucks made good use of the "one-star" tactics under the restraint of Dzhanis Adetokunbo, but Tyrone Lu ruled East China for three consecutive years with James' powerful ball control and passing.
Mount Tai collapsed in front of it, and its color remained unchanged. A good attitude is an important factor for Tyrone Lu to become a champion coach. He witnessed too many scenes in the performance. Since the 1998 NBA draft, he has worked with shaquille o'neal and Kobe Bryant in the Lakers and played with basketball gods Michael Jordan and McGrady in the Magic.
Won the championship with the Lakers twice in 2000 and 200 1. In the 200 1 finals, Phil Jackson asked him to play Allen Iverson. This "answer" has a similar figure, thus liberating Kobe and making him more focused on the offensive end. In the process of teaching, he always keeps calm and dares to take risks in key games or moments. For example, in Game 5 of the 16 Finals, before the Cavaliers went to Oracle Bone Inscriptions Arena, he said to the players, "Don't get on the plane if you don't want to win. Anyway, I have to play at home and go back to Cleveland to play Game 6. " "The two most important days in life are the day when you were born and the day when you found out why you were born." He used Mark Twain's words to tell the knight to fight with the belief of winning. As we all know, the Cavaliers scored 18 in the fourth quarter and James 1 1 minute. Owen played the most crucial three points in the stalemate stage. What did Tyrone Lu do as head coach?
In the first half, James chose to assist but missed the goal and scored 22 points at half time. At halftime, Tyrone Lu went straight to James and told him that you are the leader of the Cavaliers and need to play better. James talked to him, but both bosses supported coach Lu's statement, which made James feel very angry, but when he came back at half-time, he was more focused. Tyronn lue is like this. He trusted James, dared to challenge his authority and pointed out his problems. When James tried his best to stop Iguodala, coach Lu designed a "horn" tactic for Carey Owen.
It was JR Smith and Owen in the defensive garage who did the pick and roll, so that JR snatched the best 3D player of the Warriors, Clay Thompson, and Owen got the chance to challenge Curry. Coach Lu told Owen earlier that one-on-one combat can't stop you. James' magical play, Owen's key three points and the Cavaliers' belief in winning all have coach Lu's silent dedication behind the scenes. So when the Cavaliers won the championship, James and Tyrone Lu cried the most. They gave too much.
James played all the Eastern Conference finals. In the fourth quarter, Lu called a timeout twice, both of which were time to play for James. Stevens, Buden, holzer and Kathy failed to beat Tyrone Lu in the playoffs for three years. On the court, he can think of getting out of the library, changing the key game to TT, giving Owen a deadly three-pointer tactic and other magical tactics. Off the court, he can adjust the atmosphere in the dressing room, get on well with the stars and stand up to boost morale when morale is low. It can be said that Tyrone Lu is worthy of the title of champion coach inside and outside the stadium!