Chapter 538: Ready to go
"Two consecutive rounds of excellent defense, the Grizzlies stunned everyone! After playing all season, no team has been able to defend the Trail Blazers like this. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Don't talk about attacking now, he can't even catch the ball!"
"Lillard is still too young, and Angel and Aldridge must now be promoted to the high position. Otherwise, Lillard alone may not be able to break through Tony Allen's defense. Yu Jia also felt the dilemma of the Trail Blazers on the commentary stage, if the Trail Blazers' offense could not hit An Jie's hands, then their offense would have failed for the most part.
After being whistled for a foul by the referee, the Grizzlies pushed forward slowly under the guidance of Mike Conley. The Grizzlies' first positional attack has been rolled out in front of An Jie's eyes.
Marc Gasol didn't dwell on Angelo on the inside, he raised the high post from the start and was ready to complete the pick-and-roll with Conley.
Zach Randolph as the No. 4 squeezed into the interior instead, and in terms of tonnage and power, Randolph seemed to have the upper hand over Aldridge.
Move Anjie out of the three-second zone and use Marc Gasol's mid-range shot to contain him, and then let Randolph go to the basket. It has to be said that Lionel Hollins' tactics were very well thought out.
Conley borrowed Mark Gasol's pick-and-roll to easily get past Lillard, and Angel immediately moved sideways to block Conley. Seeing this, Conley immediately passed the ball and gave Gasol a chance to shoot.
When he was just warming up, Mark Gasol practiced his mid-range shooting according to tactical needs. Shooting in the open position is simply a necessity for Gasol Jr. today.
But it backfired, and Anjie soon returned to little Gasol with a single step. Gasol Jr. not only does not dare to shoot now, but he also has to carefully protect his basketball. Everyone knows that in the position of center, An Jie's average steals per game ranks first in the league.
Hit the success rate, do not rush to attack. That's the point that Hollins emphasized to the Grizzlies players several times before the game began. So Gasol Jr. did not play with Anjie as aggressively as in the regular season, but easily lobed the ball high and hoisted it into Randolph's hands.
"Damn!" After An Jie held back his eyes, there were only two people in the entire three-second zone, Randolph and Aldridge. Anjie wanted to go back to the basket to help defend, but Mark Gasol's shooting made Anjie dare not let him go half a step at all.
Randolph didn't waste that opportunity, and he started to recoil. With the weight advantage in his body, Randolph quickly pushed into his own attacking range.
He suddenly sank his shoulders and pushed hard, earning himself a little room to shoot. After that, the fat, black guy was in the Rose Garden, and with his extremely soft hook hand, he gave the Trail Blazers' defense a head start.
Back then, Zach Randolph was the savior of the Rose Garden. But it wasn't long before Randolph became a cancer in the rose garden. He was spurned and abandoned by Trail Blazers fans.
Now, however, the prodigal son's back-turned-back fellow intends to deal a heavy blow to the fellows who abandoned him in the realm of the Rose Garden!
"Hollins came prepared, he thought about every detail. "Maybe it was because D'Antoni didn't have the heart to play before, so when Ricard met an opponent who really wanted to win, he was a little caught off guard.
"We're already 4-0 down, don't we adjust?" Divac didn't expect the Grizzlies to cause so much trouble for the Trail Blazers.
"Look at ...... Look at ...... "Ricard clasped his arms around his chest, and if they want to win the game, first of all, they can't mess with themselves.
This time, with Aldridge's blocking, Lillard finally managed to get the ball to Angel.
In fact, Tony Allen was also very quick to get rid of the pick-and-roll, but Lillard did not hesitate to seize the opportunity to pass the ball.
When the basketball hit Anjie's hand, "Old Prince" Tyshawn Prince immediately pounced, ready to complete the bag with Gasol Jr.
Iguodala has the ability to shoot, but his shooting is usually not very consistent. This is also the reason why Prince dares to go to the trap, and if he and Gasol complete the encirclement, Anjie will definitely not have a good time.
Anjie didn't want to see that happen, and he shook his shoulders immediately after winning the ball, so that Gasol Jr. couldn't guess where he was going.
Angel then turned around and made a jumper before Prince's bag came up. Marc Gasol's interference was timely, but Angel's very high shot allowed the ball to go over Gasol's palm and into the nets.
Anjie's trademark turnaround jumper, he still scored the ball between the two. But I have to say that the Grizzlies' defense is really good. This is also Anjie, who can score the ball. If it were someone else on another team, the Grizzlies' defense would certainly be successful. Although Yu Jia was going to An Jie to explain the game, he was not unreasonable this time.
Only Anjie can confidently hit in that situation, and the Grizzlies' defense is not to prevent you from scoring, but to make every attack extremely difficult.
In the following games, the Trail Blazers still played awkwardly. Lillard bumped every time he faced Tony Allen, and the Grizzlies were always able to move Anjie out of the restricted area, but scored with ease.
That's why Gasol's data doesn't look flashy, but it's huge. Although Gasol Jr. didn't make a shot, his containment of Anjie was the most important link in the Grizzlies' entire offense.
As the game went by, the Grizzlies reversed their regular season momentum and firmly controlled the situation on the court.
It wasn't until Rickard and Hollins gradually switched to the bench that this pattern was finally broken.
The performances of Contney Lee and Batum allowed the Trail Blazers to salvage some of their slump, but with the persistence of the likes of Darrell Arthur and Jerry Bayless, the Trail Blazers never overtook the score.
In the end, the result of the first quarter was fixed at 18-16. The below-average scores of both teams also proved how tightly defended this game was.
David Stern's fears came true, and the match was nothing short of like the '05 Finals. But the Chinese fans were not disappointed, because when the Trail Blazers were pressed and beaten, only Anjie still played at a super high level.
Of the 16 points scored by the Trail Blazers in the first quarter, Anjie scored 6 points alone. This is also because Lillard often can't give the ball to Anjie, otherwise Anjie's score will only be higher.
Chinese fans were happy to see Anjie's excellent performance, but Ricard didn't think there was anything to be happy about in such a situation.
Now the entire Trail Blazers team is struggling to press the score with the support of An Jie alone, but An Jie cannot hold the entire 48 minutes alone.
Ricard now has to change his team's tactics and get everyone to play at their most efficient level.
"You can see, the Grizzlies and the Lakers, they're two completely different concepts! Don't think of y' y'all as goddamn favorites, if we're not careful, we might not even be able to make it to the fucking Western Conference semifinals!" First of all, Rickard needs to adjust the mentality of his players and make them alert. Don't look at the Trail Blazers are only two points behind now, but if they continue to play like this, the difference will be more than just two points.
After adjusting his mentality, Ricard began to set up his tactics.
"In the second quarter of the game, we defend the joint defense!Ann, I want you to defend the basket, defend the basket, defend the basket!" Ricard poked the three-second zone on the tactical board with the marker in his hand.
"In the first quarter, we proved that man-marking, more mobile and nimble can't contain the Grizzlies. Their interior attack is tougher than we thought. Andre, if Marc Gasol is in high office, I want you to deal with him!
After that, Ricard began to lay out the tactical details in detail. The Grizzlies, on the other hand, continue to enrich their offensive arsenal.
"It's called the playoffs. Mike Brin couldn't help but discuss it with his partner during the break. The first round of the Trail Blazers' playoffs was just too dull and even more boring than the regular season. But now, the Trail Blazers are finally getting a little playoff feeling.
The game quickly restarted in the second quarter, and since it was Anjie who won the first attack today, it became the Grizzlies who served the baseline ball in the second quarter.
The Grizzlies, for their part, are still using a semi-rotation lineup, with Arthur and Randolph on the inside, and Quincy Bombset replacing Tony Allen.
Seeing that the Grizzlies were playing with such a lineup, Rickard temporarily pulled Anjie and Aldridge back. There's no need for them to waste energy at this time, and when the Grizzlies' main players are all back, that's when Anjie and Aldridge should be in action.
During the period when the two sides were half substitutes and half main players, the score was very stable. This period is the time for the coaches of both sides to give their main players a rest, so there is no intention of pulling away the score.
The atmosphere of the whole game cooled down in an instant, and the two sides were still playing wildly, but the scene was not as good as before.
Just when many fans were about to change the channel, Hollins was the first to call a timeout.
"There's no time to waste! Mark, Tony, Mike, all three of you are back on the court, let's start pulling the score! I'm not asking you to attack, defend, defensively!" Lionel Hollins couldn't get any better, and the more the game dragged on, the easier it was to play out the surprise. He must establish an advantage as soon as possible and continue to control the game.
Riccard estimated that Hollins couldn't hold his breath, so he patted the shoulders of the two cores, Anjie and Aldridge.
"Do you remember what I just said, now, go on the pitch and show those guys what the favourites are!" Ricard has had enough of the grievances, and now he hopes that his two cores can get the team back together.
"Don't worry, boss, protect the basket, I'm the best. An Jie moved his muscles and bones and defended the basket, which meant endless inside hand-to-hand combat.
The bloodthirsty butcher was inexplicably excited.