The Grizzlies still couldn't stop the Spurs' offense, so Lionel Hollins shouted from the sidelines: "Defend! Pay attention to your defense! Don't give a chance lightly!"

At this time, Lionel Hollins was the most anxious, because the Grizzlies' housekeeping skill is defense, and now the defense is not effective at all, which makes Hollins anxious. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jerry Bayless controlled the ball outside the three-point line, and he gestured to Hollins, signaling to Hollins not to worry, he would use a goal to chase the score back.

Unlike the Spurs' fast-play and fast-break, the Grizzlies quickly lowered their tempo.

The rhythm dropped, Marc Gasol went around from the inside again, and the task of protecting the rebound on the inside was handed over to Ed Davis, and when he went around to the outside, Mark Gasol took the basketball directly, and after getting the ball, Gasol made a gesture to shoot, and Aaron Baines directly pasted it.

After a season with the Spurs, Aaron Baines' improvement was also evident, and he did a good job of acting as a meat shield, jamming Marc Gasol on the defensive end.

Aaron Baines' defense was very good, and Marc Gasol had to choose to take the ball with his back and wait for an opportunity to attack.

Anxi defended Quincy Pondset, a small forward with a certain amount of three-point firepower quickly came out of the bottom corner, wanting to shake off Anxi to catch the ball and jumper, but Anxi was reluctant to follow, and the two went around the top of the arc.

Suddenly, Quincy Poundset ran back, and Anxi almost couldn't stop the car, and when he turned around to chase back, he was actually a step slower.

Quincy Poundset immediately raised his hand and opened his hand to ask for the ball, and he circled again from the top of the arc......

When Anxi also chased to the top of the arc, Marc Gasol suddenly made a pass, and Anxi, who was quick-eyed, noticed this and flew to pounce!

"Anxi! The pass is ruined!"

Anxi couldn't grab the basketball directly, after all, this flying pounce was a bit of a hurry, and it was basically a decision made in the blink of an eye, and it was already very good to be able to destroy the pass.

The basketball flew out, and instead of following its original trajectory towards Quincy Pondset, it flew towards the inside.

Boris Dior, who was on the inside, directly turned into a nimble fat man, rushed over and grabbed the basketball directly, and then dialed it to Anxi.

Anxi got the basketball, so naturally he would not miss this good opportunity, turned around and ran wildly, rushing towards the front court, and the offense and defense switched instantly.

With a bang, An Xi rushed to the front court, directly made a violent deduction, and scored 2 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lionel Hollins found that the team's defense was not good and the offense was not good, and he shouted again on the sidelines: "Take advantage of our advantages, use our advantages reasonably!"

What is the advantage of the Grizzlies? Popovich on the side thought as he held his chin.

The advantage of the Grizzlies is their advantage on the inside, Marc Gasol is one of the few All-Star centers in the league, and Zach Randolph, who is not on the court, is also one of the few offensive All-Star power forwards in the league, although Randolph is not playing, Ed Davis is also a very good defensive interior line, especially physical.

Popovich could only guess here for the time being, but soon, the Grizzlies' offense let Popovich know what the Grizzlies' advantage really was.

The two strong interior lines are obviously a good advantage in blocking and dismantling offense, so after being beaten by the Spurs in a fast break, the Grizzlies played a high blocking and dismantling.

Ed Davis and Marc Gasol worked together to make a double block for Jerry Bayless, and Jerry Bayless, who was through the double block, made a direct one-step jumper and scored 2 points, breaking the Grizzlies' scoring drought at the beginning of the second quarter.

Popovich was still seated on the Diaoyutai platform, but after the Spurs missed a shot, he also stood up and made a gesture. An Xi saw this gesture, and he knew that it was a gesture to change the defensive strategy.

The Spurs' defense has always been man-to-man defense, relying on the single defense ability of outside players, plus Duncan's ability to protect the basket, the Spurs' defense is not bad. But now that the Grizzlies are playing their pick-and-roll offense, Popovich has chosen to change his defensive strategy and change to man-to-man and zone defense.

The NBA doesn't allow zone defense, but that's not a problem for coaches, and a variety of zone defense tactics avoid league rules.

The Spurs' joint defense is actually to let the interior guard under the basket, let other players play rotation defense, and ensure that the defensive end will not miss due to the opponent's breakthrough cut through the constant defensive switch.

The Grizzlies still block and break offense, but the Spurs continue to rotate defenses and constantly make up for the defense, so that the Grizzlies' pick-and-roll offense is a lot weaker and not as strong as it was at the beginning.

However, Lionel Hollins didn't want to rely on blocking and attacking to kill all sides, he just wanted the Spurs to put more energy into the defensive end, and at the same time make the Grizzlies' offense more successful.

Hollins' adjustments in the second quarter were effective, but after two quarters, the Spurs still extended the margin to 10 points.

The second half of the game resumed as both sides switched to their strongest line-up and prepared to battle it out in the final 24 minutes of the game.

After playing two quarters in a row, Marc Gasol was also a little tired, but as the most important interior offensive and defensive core of the Grizzlies, in order to fight for this victory, Marc Gasol continued to play in the third quarter.

However, the Spurs, who rested for a full quarter, did not give the Grizzlies the slightest chance at all, and the third quarter played wave after wave of offensive high-tides, and just like that, after three quarters, the difference became 20 points.

Lionel Hollins sighed, held on for another 2 minutes in the fourth quarter, watched the margin widen to 25 points, and replaced all the main players with a timeout.

The Grizzlies were already trailing by 25 points, and Lionel Hollins chose to replace all of his main players, and the Grizzlies chose to abandon the game. ”

"It's the right decision, it's just the first game of the series, they don't have to spend too much energy on a game they have to lose, give up this game, let the main players have a good rest, find out the reason for the loss, try to get back in the next game, that's what Lionel Hollins should do. ”

The Grizzlies' loss was a foregone conclusion, and the remaining 10 minutes of the game were completely garbage time, Maddy took Cory Joseph and Matt Bonner to brush up the last ten minutes, and the Spurs finally defeated the Grizzlies 93-78, and the last 10 minutes allowed the Grizzlies to recover a 10-point gap.

But it didn't work, the Grizzlies still lost, and this loss made the series between the Spurs and Grizzlies look a little out of suspense.

The NBA practitioners frowned, and that's not a good sign...... (To be continued.) )