Stevens, with 42% of the votes, beat Kerr (19%) and Popovich (10%) to be successfully elected as the best coach of the 2015~2016 season.

This result was within expectations.

The two most amazing teams this season were the Pelicans and the Warriors, both of which broke the regular season win record.

But the Warriors already had 67 wins last season, so the increase in wins was not that significant.

Of course, under normal circumstances, 73 wins would be enough for Kerr to win the best coach.

Unfortunately, there were also the Pelicans with 74 wins this season.

In comparison, Kerr had no chance of winning. Getting 19% of the votes was already considered media favoritism.

But in this way, Kerr was a bit unlucky. Last season, with 67 wins and the league's first record, he was robbed by Budenholzer. This season, with 73 wins, he couldn't compete with Stevens.

This was a big, tragic word.

"Stevens is a very good coach. He deserves this honor. For me, it's not that important. What I want to do is lead this team to defend the championship."

Kerr seemed indifferent.

On the day of the game, the players finished their morning training.

Before the training started, they already knew that Stevens had won the best coach. At this moment, a group of people stood behind the door with champagne.

Tang Tian casually found an excuse to lead Stevens to the door of the locker room.

This scene seemed familiar.

Stevens pushed the door open, and Tang Tian flashed to the side.

"Champagne!"

Champagne sprayed towards Stevens from the sky.

Stevens was instantly wet from head to toe.

"Cough cough!"

His mouth was also sprayed, he choked and wiped his face, and then he saw the players cheering and screaming.

"Best coach! Best coach!"

Stevens also laughed.

These guys, his suit was specially selected for today's game, and it was wasted by this spray.

But the smile on his face was genuine.

The players celebrated for him in this way, indicating that there was no gap between each other.

Just like he said at the beginning, everyone on this team could change their name from Stevens to Brad.

Tang Tian laughed at the door.

When he was in the Spurs, he sprayed Popovich with Duncan and the others, and now he sprayed Stevens in the Pelicans.

This was considered to have continued his NCAA tradition.

That night, the New Orleans Arena was still packed.

The Jedi counterattack in the second half of the opening game made the fans full of confidence in the Pelicans again. They looked forward to the team taking advantage of the victory and rewriting the score to 2-0.

Before the opening ceremony, the award ceremony for the season's best coach was held.

Stevens took the trophy from Xiao Hua's hand, and deafening cheers rang out from the scene.

Brad Stevens, 40 years old, won the best coach in the third season of nBA coaching, coaching team, Pelicans.

This resume is an honor that belongs to Stevens personally, and also belongs to the entire New Orleans.

Just like the brilliant 74 wins, what the Pelicans didn't get last season, they will get back one by one this season!

After the award ceremony, Stevens gave his personal acceptance speech.

"Thank you to my wife Tracy, thank you Mr. Benson, thank you Demps, thank you to the team management, my coaching staff, my players and all the fans. This honor is by no means something that I can achieve alone. It is the result of everyone's joint efforts. It belongs to the city of New Orleans."

The reason for choosing to receive the award before the game was obvious, to boost the morale of the team.

Stevens' acceptance speech was aimed at this goal.

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, there was another overwhelming cheer from the scene.

Next, Stevens talked about the difficulties the team encountered during the season and the efforts of the players.

"...They are fighting for this city."

Stevens' eloquence was unquestionable, approaching Tang Tian's level, and the fans' emotions were completely driven by him.

At this point, his remarks were basically finished.

"Finally, I must thank one of my players, Tang."

When Tang Tian's name was mentioned alone, the decibel level at the scene reached a peak.

Tang Tian's popularity in New Orleans now is unparalleled.

"It was he who gave me the opportunity to coach Michael Jordan."

Stevens' words were concise, but they stunned everyone after he said them.

He was publicly calling Tang Tian Michael Jordan, the god of basketball!

Arrogance, exaggeration, shock, excitement...

Various emotions were revealed on the faces of the fans at the scene.

But in the end, they all turned into higher decibel cheers.

Tang Tian, why can't he be Michael Jordan?!

Jordan is great, but he didn't start getting the first championship of his career until his 7th season!

Tang Tian already has two championships and a FMVP in the first two years of his career!

Even as the core of the team, he led the team to break Jordan's 72 wins in the fifth year of his career!

Jordan's average score and 2 three-peat championships are his main honors, but now, Tang Tian also has such an opportunity!

Not to mention surpassing, but Tang Tian can really pursue and rival Jordan now!

As for personal strength, Tang Tian's defensive difficulty in the eyes of other teams is also very close to Jordan's at the beginning!

So I was shocked to hear this at first, but after thinking about it, Stevens is right!

Tang Tian was surprised that Stevens would say that, but he nodded with a smile after hearing it.

He used to aim at Durant, he chased and surpassed him.

After that, he aimed at Kobe, and he also caught up and surpassed him.

Now, it is time for him to chase and try to surpass the only basketball god!

Carter, Kobe, James, the past league spokespersons all failed to chase, and in the end they can only be under one person.

But what he has to do is surpass!

Stevens' speech was very infectious, not only did it put the emotions of the fans at the scene very high, but even the players were full of excitement.

As a result, as soon as the game started, they beat the Mavericks on the opposite side.

Carlisle is indeed a master-level coach. After one game, he has analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Mavericks in the series very clearly.

In this game, he didn't make too complicated defensive arrangements, just simple man-to-man marking, but he studied a lot of tactics on the offensive end.

The purpose is to rely on the advantage of the team's many scoring points to win the game with offense.

But unfortunately, this trick has been foreseen by Tang Tian in advance.

The Pelicans were prepared in advance, like taking the first move when playing chess.

As a result, the Mavericks' offense was still very difficult, but the defense was worse than the previous game.

On the Pelicans side, they adjusted their offense and focused on Tang Tian at the start.

Back and forth.

When the first quarter was played for about 10 minutes and the rotation was made, the score on the field was 30 to 15, and the Pelicans were already leading by as many as 15 points.

During the intermission, the fans at the scene were chanting Stevens' name.

Entrained with the momentum of the best coach, Stevens exploded Carlisle, who is famous in the league!