Entering the fourth quarter, the two sides temporarily replaced the substitute players to compete.

Although the Rockets' substitute lineup is not very bad, it is indeed somewhat deficient compared to the Thunder.

Even though the Thunder are mostly young people on the bench, under Yang Fan's specific fast break tactics, and all the players have conducted their own specific training during the offseason.

This also leads to the fact that although the Thunder players this season are not too strong, in a certain field, they can definitely be regarded as a good player in the league.

For example, Wilkins' three-pointers, Ibaka's assisted defense, and Jordan Jr.'s rebounds are their strengths.

Even if other aspects are relatively weak, when everyone can be united, the power it can exert will undoubtedly be very huge.

In the fourth quarter, Adelman still did not give up. Even when he was at a disadvantage in the rotation stage, Adelman also made up for the shortcomings through tactics.

After all, Adelman can be called a "tactical master" because he has a thorough understanding of Princeton's tactics, but more importantly, he has strong on-the-spot adaptability.

However, as time on the court became less and less, when all the main players of both sides returned, Yao Ming's disadvantage of insufficient physical strength in the fourth quarter completely broke out.

At least Yao Ming's defense return speed at this time has become very slower than the previous three quarters.

On the offensive end, the turning technique, which was originally very unsolvable in Collison's opinion, also turned into slow motion replay.

In the end, with the lead always in hand, after the game, the Thunder went away with:

112:99

He defeated the Houston Rockets with 13 points, and while avoiding two consecutive losses, he also won Yang Fan's first victory since his return to the flu!!

After the game, Yang Fan left the coach's seat directly, and then took Snyder toward Adelman.

"Coach Rick, I have long been interested in Daming. Before entering the league, I really liked your coaching style. I am really honored to be able to fight you on the NBA field."

Walking to Adelman's face, Yang Fan directly stretched out his hands to shake hands with Adelman.

And in the conversation with Adelman, there was no arrogance after winning, nor the arrogant journey of young people.

Some people actually have a kind of respect for senior coaches.

After all, although Adelman is not considered a top coach in the NBA history, his use of Princeton is even more than that of Pitt Carell, the inventor of Princeton’s tactics.

Because when Peter Old invented the Princeton tactics, most Princetons at that time still focused on empty cutting and opening the back door.

However, as Adelman's assistant coach during the King's period, his Princeton tactics were completely famous only after Adelman's strengthening.

Especially in the era when the defensive intensity was high and the score was difficult, the gorgeous Kings led by Adelman scored more than 100 points in every game.

This incident is absolutely amazing. At least if it weren't for Adelman, even if Old Pete himself was the head coach, it would never have been possible to have such a gorgeous attack.

As for why in the later small ball era, Princeton's tactics that should have shined were basically lost in the league.

It is because Princeton's tactics are too complicated that in addition to having a great test for the coach, this entire system also has great requirements for the players.

So for the sentence circulating in the league that year, "There is no Princeton after Adelman" is definitely not a false reputation.

What Yang Fan likes about Adelman is that his attitude towards basketball is slightly different from the old Sloan's tactic of devoted his whole life to pick-and-roll.

Although Adelman has been using Princeton tactics since he became famous, as a "tactic master", he does not only use Princeton.

What really made Yang Fan admire him was that when Princeton gradually began to be eliminated by the league, Adelman said this sentence slightly helplessly:

"I don't know why there are always people discussing whether Princeton fulfilled me or whether I fulfilled Princeton."

"I just know that maybe I really want to say goodbye to this place, because when the league changed quietly, I realized that I had become one with Princeton."

"Yes, Princeton's complexity is destined to be eliminated by the times, so if nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to rest soon..."

It can be said that Adelman is not as good as a Zen master in terms of coaching status, not as good as Old Sloan in terms of development and evolution of tactics, and not as good as Brooks in terms of training and guidance of players.

But in Yang Fan's view, Adelman brought people not only the gorgeous offense of the Kings, but also the memories of a generation of young people...

"You are too modest Coach Yang. Only when I meet you can I truly understand what young and promising means. Your coaching level is no longer inferior to mine, so you are really too modest."

"And if I talk about long-term rejuvenation of daimyo, then I should say this to you. After all, your influence in ncaa is too huge."

Faced with Yang Fan's enthusiasm, Adelman obviously did not expect it, but seeing Yang Fan's expression that was not a compliment at all, Adelman's mouth raised a smile.

After all, don’t worry about whether what Yang Fan said is true or false. At least Adelman at this time sounds like a very enjoyable thing.

Especially when Adelman had just been educated by Yang Fan in this game.

"I'm sorry, let's not be modest, but what I said is true, that is, I really like your coaching style."

"So I hope that if we have the opportunity, we can have some private communication. If we can, then I believe you and I will definitely benefit a lot."

I had a few more chats with Adelman on the sidelines, and before leaving, the two of them exchanged contact information at the same time, and were interested in having some communication in private.

In Yang Fan's view, Adelman's coaching direction is obviously very related to the small ball era.

Even though he was not D'Antoni's crazy obsession with running and shooting and three-pointers, the ideas he instilled in the team were very similar to the core purpose of the later small ball era.

You know, Adelman was in the early 2000s at that time, and O'Neal, the "Big Shark" at that time, was still at its peak.

But in this case, in that round of the Kings and the Lakers series, if it weren’t for the league’s undercover operation, then the championship of that season would definitely be the Kings!!

It’s just a pity that Adelman was born at the wrong time. After Jordan retired, the league tried hard to re-launch a leading figure.

The Lakers were launching a three-game winning streak that season, so all teams that stood in front of the Lakers will undoubtedly become cannon fodder that the league wants to promote.

As for Adelman's view, Yang Fan is not only very young, but his coaching ability this season is also no longer needed to prove it to the outside world.

It is no exaggeration to say that Yang Fan was at his peak after entering his coaching career, and this season he became a god.
Chapter completed!