Chapter 667: The Grizzly Bear Blown by the Hammer (Second Update!) )
After the opening ceremony, the starters of both teams came on one after another.
On the Pelicans' side, Holiday plus Tangtian's backcourt combination, Aliza plus Davis' forward combination, and center Whiteside.
On the Grizzlies' side, Conley and Allen partnered in the backcourt, Courtney Lee played the starting small forward, and Randolph and Gasol Jr. were on the inside.
Whiteside jumped to beat Gasol Jr. to kick off the Pelicans' playoff run this year.
Tang Tian received a pass from Holiday in the front court, and in the face of Allen's defense, he dribbled low and accelerated backwards to break through.
At this moment, Li Xiefang, who was on the weak side, came over.
When the two teams met in the regular season this season, Joggle used Allen to defend Tang Tian alone, but he broke up every time.
In the playoffs, he finally learned to be obedient and forced the ball out of Tang Tian's hands, which was better than letting Tang Tian shoot directly.
Tang Tian gave the ball to Ariza for the first time, and the latter received the ball and shot directly before the help defense came.
"Huh!"
The ball crosses a high throwing line in the air and hollows into the net.
Ariza looks very good in the hand.
Conley dribbled to the frontcourt, gave the ball to Gasol Jr., cut into the basket himself, and flew to the basket with the ball.
"Bang!"
Davis was not polite under the basket and directly sent the assistant defense hat.
Whiteside turned around and grabbed the defensive rebound.
The scene erupted in cheers from the fans.
In the opening game, the Pelicans looked very good tonight!
Although Tang Tian took care of the little girl and said that he would not take revenge, the whole team of Pelicans was still very honest!
Holiday dribbled to the front court and continued to give the ball to Tang Tian.
This time the Grizzlies switched to a wrap-and-clamp approach, with Conley shrinking his defense inside.
The Grizzlies, as a traditional defensive powerhouse, have a hundred ways to defend.
Tang Tian still chose to pass the ball.
Fans can feel that the Pelicans are in good shape on the court, and he can feel it even more as a player on the court.
The ball was distributed to Holiday as soon as possible.
Holiday did not hesitate to receive the ball, and threw it as soon as he raised his hand.
"Huh!"
The same is hollow into the net!
The Pelicans hit two three-pointers in a row in the opening game!
And from two different people.
It's not just Ariza who feels good, it's the whole team!
6 to 0!
The perfect start!
The emotions of the home fans were completely ignited by these two three-pointers.
"Defend! Defend! ”
Fans have already spontaneously cheered in unison for the home team.
Randolph forced Davis under the basket, and Davis held his breath.
Randolph turned and threw his hands back, and Davis struggled to save for interference.
"Bang!"
Another big risk!
After the opening, he sent two big risks in a row!
Davis roared excitedly after the block.
That state is really like the fire under the soles of the feet in the game!
He doesn't want to go through the scene of sitting on the sidelines crying like last season!
The Grizzlies sent the ball out of the sideline, and Gasol Jr.'s mid-range from the free-throw line was also deflected off by Whiteside's interference.
Davis grabbed the defensive rebound and threw it directly to Tang Tian, who took the ball and changed direction to avoid Lee's early foul, and rushed to the front court against Conley's defense to score the ball.
8 to 0!
The Pelicans started with a bang!
The emotions of the fans are also extremely excited, and the feeling of holding back the energy to get revenge from the beginning is like waking up to find that the goddess is really in his arms.
Absolute orgasm!
Gasol Jr. beat Whiteside in the low post and hit a difficult step-back shot to finally break the scoring drought for the Grizzlies.
He roared and punched after scoring the goal, and the Grizzlies' bench was a roar of excitement.
The Grizzlies aren't that easy to mess with in the playoffs!
Tang Tian received the ball in the front court and continued to be trapped, or Conley, and he gave the ball to Holiday again.
This time, the Grizzlies were on guard, and Lee's defensive rotation came quickly.
Holiday gave the ball to Ariza, and Conley quickly made up for it.
This airtight defense is the root of the Grizzlies' upheaval in the playoffs.
But at this moment, Tang Tian suddenly turned around and ran back to the three-point line.
Ariza returned the ball, and he received the ball and went straight to the three-point shot.
Aaron's footsteps didn't keep up, and Tang Tian was much taller than him, so he couldn't pounce on this kind of dry pull, so he could only stretch out his hand to interfere as much as possible.
"Huh!"
Tang Tian also scored three points against Aaron's dry pulling!
11 to 2!
The Pelicans made all 3 of their opening three-pointers and went crazy!
"I ...... I don't know how to explain this state of the Pelicans, all I can say is that all of them are playing with the flame of revenge. ”
Brin, who was in the commentary seat, couldn't hide his excitement when he saw the Pelicans' opening hot state, and his experienced commentator couldn't hide his excitement.
The word revenge is always played out on the NBA stage, but not many have actually succeeded.
Being able to witness and interpret this emotion is completely spontaneous.
The Grizzlies' frontcourt coordination couldn't play at all.
The defense is almost on the same level as the Grizzlies on the other side.
Maybe it's really with the fire of revenge as Brin said, or maybe it's stimulated by Tang Tian's Hawaiian star car model tour before the game, the Pelicans are really in a surprisingly good state tonight.
The Grizzlies couldn't play and could only give the ball to Randolph in the low post in the end.
This time Randolph turned and walked under the basket.
"Bang!"
He was greeted by Whiteside's big hat with a slashing head and face.
When did the big black bear get this kind of anger and was blocked by the Pelicans twin towers in turn.
However, he didn't have a chance to be angry, and there was not much time left for this attack on the Grizzlies, and Conley made a three-point shot from the outside.
Once again, the Grizzlies' offense went down nowhere.
Holiday controlled the ball to the front court and then gave it to Tang Tian.
Conley continued to wrap the ball and the ball was given to Holiday who this time took a shot against Lee's defense.
"Bang dang!"
This time the three-point shot finally hit the iron.
However, Davis flew inside and bounced the ball to the basket.
13 to 2!
Joggle reached out and called a timeout.
The game was just over three minutes into play, and the Pelicans had already taken a double-digit lead!
He had to call a timeout to curb the Pelicans' momentum.
After the timeout, Randolph turned around under the basket and forced Davis, and after missing the shot, he scored on the basket, finally regaining some face for himself.
Looking back, Tang Tian held the ball again, and saw that the Grizzlies did not get on the bag for the first time, and beckoned Davis to block and dismantle.
After dismantling it, he walked out and saw that the Grizzlies had not yet been packed, so he directly pulled out his hand with a high stop.
When Randolph saw it, he flew up and hit Tang Tian's hand without controlling his body.
"Toot!"
"Huh!"
After the referee's whistle, the ball went into the net hollow.
A 2+1!
The scene has already resounded with the cheers of the MVP.
Tang Tian's penalty was not scored, and Whiteside racked the ball out.
After Tang Tian took the ball, he dribbled to the three-point line, and suddenly turned around and pulled out three points before shooting.
"Huh!"
Return in!
Tang Tian got 5 points in one round!
18 to 4!
In the opening five minutes, this score, the Grizzlies were hammered tonight!