Chapter 137: Randolph the Black Bear (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
To the cheers of the audience, David Stern walked to the center of the court, took the microphone, and began to announce: "Let's welcome Greg Popovich and congratulate him on winning the 2011-2012 Coach of the Season award! Congratulations to Greg Popovich! He is one of the greatest coaches of the century!"
With a smile on his face, Greg Popovich walked to the center of the field, shook hands with David Stern, and then received the best coach trophy from David Stern. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Greg, you deserve it. David Stern handed over the trophy and looked at Greg Popovich, the head coach who had caused him a lot of trouble, and David Stern was also a little complicated.
Greg Popovich smiled and shook hands with David Stern as he took the trophy: "Thank you, Mr. President, and I hope to see you here again in a month." ”
A month later, in fact, at the time of the Finals, Greg Popovich made it clear that the Spurs' goal was to win the championship, and a month later, he wanted to see David Stern appear again at AT&A. amp; amp; amp; amp; T Arena, which presented the Spurs with championship trophies.
David Stern smiled very forcefully, shook hands with Greg Popovich, and hurriedly ended the award ceremony.
After the medal ceremony, it was time for the game, and David Stern didn't stay to watch the fifth game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies, he left the arena and boarded the plane back to New York.
Before the start of the game, Lionel Hollins wrote and drew on the tactical board, and in this game, he made a lot of adjustments, although the outside world thought that the Grizzlies were finished and would be eliminated after this game, but Lionel Hollins was not the kind of coach who gave up casually.
"In this game, we play single defense, one-on-one defense, grinding positions on the offensive end, Mike, slow down the tempo, this task is left to you, and Zach, mid-range and interior positions, you have to find a good one, Mark, you continue to play in a high position in this game. In this game, we gave up the zone defense and used the offense to fight for a victory!"
Lionel Hollins almost uttered the last word in a roar, and the Grizzlies starters folded their hands together and shouted cheers.
At the start of the game, the game was still about Hubby Brown and Mike Tyrick.
"The game is about to begin, this is the fifth game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies, the previous four games, the Spurs have led the Grizzlies 3-1, as long as this game is won, the Spurs can successfully advance to the next round. ”
Mike Tirick summed up the current state of the series, Hubbie Brown didn't speak, and the game had begun.
The Grizzlies won the jump ball, and McConley advanced to the front court with the ball before handing the ball to Marc Gasol.
After a run, McConley scored a layup and scored two points after receiving a return pass from Marc Gasol.
Anxi retreated to serve outside the baseline, Tony Parker took the basketball, trotted all the way to the frontcourt, and at this time, the Spurs noticed a new change in the Grizzlies.
"The Grizzlies' defense seems to have changed again, their defense has become man-marking, and it looks like Lionel Hollins is ready to use the Grizzlies' individual defensive ability to fight it. ”
Hubie Brown looked at it for a while, and also noticed changes in the Grizzlies' defense.
However, for the Spurs, the Grizzlies' man-to-man defense is not terrible, and after a few runs, the gap still appeared, not that the Grizzlies' defense is not strong, but as long as their defense can't kill the Spurs' blocking tactics, it is impossible to prevent the Spurs' offense.
Kawhi Leonard appeared in the vacant position, Boris Dior's pass responded, Kowhi Leonard received the ball and shot, the basketball drilled into the basket, and successfully hit!
At the beginning, the two teams played 2:2, but then, the Grizzlies were not so lucky.
Marc Gasol took the ball in the high post, the Grizzlies ran the position, Rudy Gay ran to the bottom corner, received the pass, just took a step outside the three-point line, pulled up and hit a three-pointer, Anxi pounced, blocked the dead, clang, hit the iron.
Insider's Kawhi Leonard held Zach Randolph and flew into his arms to take the basketball into his arms.
Tony Parker asked for the ball and organized the attack with Boris Dio in the front court.
An Xi hid in the bottom corner, looked at the situation for a while, and he felt that running to 45 degrees on the weak side should have a good chance.
So seeing the opportunity, Anxi went around to the penalty area and cooperated with Tim Duncan to make a cross cover, forming a small fight big, but Anxi did not stop, but rushed to the outside.
Mark Gasol, who changed to defend Anxi, hesitated, but stopped, and turned to chase Tim Duncan, after all, if he followed Anxi out of the penalty area, the penalty area would be wide open, which was a big taboo in defense.
If it was usual, Marc Gasol would definitely stop where he was, but today Lionel Hollins had a different arrangement, and the Grizzlies' defense should be man-marked, so Marc Gasol hesitated.
Anxi ran all the way to the outside line, and when he turned his head, there was no one!
The other players of the Grizzlies did not come over to make up for the defense, after all, it is a man-to-man, and there can be a block, dismantling and changing defense, but the rotation defense is something that the other Grizzlies players did not consider, so Anxi was leaked.
Tony Parker's pass came quickly, Anxi just stood firm outside the three-point line, the ball arrived, one hand, and then directly caught the ball and shot!
With a crisp sound, the basketball crossed a perfect arc and drilled into the basket!
The Spurs were cheering at home, and as the game went on, the Spurs began to pull off.
Back to the defensive end, Anxi faced Rudy Gay again, this round of the series, Anxi mainly defended the Grizzlies' star small forward, in the first four games, Rudy Gay was only 10 points per game by Anxi, which can be described as extremely bleak. After four games, Rudy Gay didn't dare to attack much, especially at the end of the last game, Rudy Gay didn't even dare to take the ball for a long time, which shows the horror of Anxi's defense.
locked up the Grizzlies' second scorer, and the Spurs' game was not so difficult, but the Grizzlies also had Zach Randolph, and in this game, Lionel Hollins put more of the offensive burden on Zach Randolph.
The power forward, who was once considered a big brush, redeemed himself with the Grizzlies, and he used 20 plus 10 a season to make Rudy Gay and O.J. Mayo understand that he is the boss of the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies immediately changed their offensive strategy, with Lionel Hollins yelling on the sidelines to make adjustments and being warned once by the referees.
However, the Grizzlies' adjustment was also very fast, Marc Gasol began to retreat, basketball began to be given more to Zach Randolph's hands, the Grizzlies played high blocking, and Zach Randolph's face frame offense and low post singles began to exert their power.
First, a sharp mid-range shot, scoring two points, then a back-to-back hook, and then two consecutive mid-range shots, all hit, with Zach Randolph's performance, the Grizzlies actually bit the score.