Tuomas Iisalo, 42, makes Finnish basketball history in the NBA early Thursday morning Finnish time.
The journalist who closely follows the highlights of the NBA basketball club Memphis Grizzlies Damichael Cole says that the team’s responsible coach Taylor Jenkins is sidelined for family reasons from next night’s LA Lakers game.
Becomes the head coach in the match Tuomas Iisalowho usually serves as the club’s assistant coach.
Iisalo, who made a strong coaching mark in Europe, is working in the NBA for his first season in the coaching team of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Iisalo has been responsible for the Grizzlies’ renewed offensive play.
Memphis has won four of the eight games they have played and is in tenth place in the Western Conference.
LeBron James’s starred, the fifth-ranked LA Lakers have won four out of seven games.
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