Mike Brown applied what he had learned in his three years as an assistant coach with the Spurs to the Cavaliers, creating excellent growth conditions for early-career LeBron James, with the Spurs' 2000 to 2003 philosophy of defense first, and giving the ball to the strongest player on offense.
On offense, Brezec toughened up, giving Zhang Yang a surprise, but on defense, Zhang Yang didn't expect much from Brezec... Sure enough, after James drove toward the basket, he scored a layup against Brezec using just three steps, without even needing the new rule's allowed "continuation step."
Brezec's defense was too soft!
When it came to the Bobcats' offense, Gerald Wallace also directly called for the ball to drive.
James's lateral movement misjudgment caused him to be bypassed by Gerald Wallace.
Gerald Wallace drove to the basket and made a flying layup.
Brezec was soft; Big Z wasn't soft, but he was slow!
