The offensive tempo of both sides is slow, and it looks out of place in this era of high-speed basketball that is about to begin.

Kings fans were drowsy, with no dunks, no three-pointers, and even few blocks, steals, and fast breaks, and the two teams were locked into hand-to-hand combat, with four interior players crammed into a pile.

The two interior players of the Kings are also very capable of confrontation, Al Jefferson and Tyson Chandler, who have rebounds and can resist others, met Zach Randolph and Mark Gasol, and it is the opponent who will meet the good talent and chess opponent.

Hollins is a good coach.

Lionel Hollins is 57 years old this year, among the many coaches in the NBA, they belong to the older ones, as early as the 99-00 season, Hollins coached the Grizzlies, originally called the Vancouver Grizzlies, until the 04-05 season, as an assistant coach Hollins temporarily replaced, coached the Grizzlies 4 games, and then in the middle of 08, Hollins officially became the Grizzlies head coach.

Now in more than a season with the Grizzlies, Hollins has officially taken control of the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies have also become a team with both traditional defense and modern offense under his vision.

Wang Mingming found it very interesting to play against Hollins, and he was able to learn something from this old handsome.

For example, the Grizzlies' defense, relying on the crushing of the two-headed monsters on the inside, the Grizzlies have completed the integrated defense from the inside to the outside, and the defense is at the top of the league in the five positions, except for OJ Mayo.

Wang Ming thought about it, so he came to the sideline and made a gesture.

At this time, the two sides attacked each other with substitutes.

The Kings' backup point guard on the court is the No. 14 rookie selected by the Kings this year, Eric Bledsoe.

Bledsoe turned his head to see the manager's gesture.

Bledsoe is very young, just joined the league, there are a lot of things to learn, and a lot of tactics have not been figured out, but for the coach's basic gesture instructions, now it is clear, seeing the coach's arrangement, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he understood.

In this round, Bledsoe took the ball and ran wildly.

Bledsoe started running, and the entire Kings team started running, and Bledsoe ran to the frontcourt to face the Grizzlies' backup point guard Assi Law's defense.

Assi Law was a rookie selected by the Hawks with the 11th overall pick in '07.

Bledsoe dribbled under the crotch twice in a row, and then at the top of the arc, he suddenly began to accelerate, and his right hand controlled the ball to break through to the right.

Then, Bledsoe stepped out with his left foot to the right, followed by another step, breaking through the nothing fancy, that is, a step after the combination of man and ball.

The same is true for most people in the NBA.

Bledsoe followed with two steps, slammed in diagonally, and then in front of the interior player, the famous Tabit, he suddenly became strong, like a small tank in the air, crashed through the defensive Tabit, and made a layup in an awkward posture.

Hit!

"Who is this kid?"

Hollins glanced at Bledsoe in surprise, Bledsoe was more impactful than he imagined, and the young man dared to fight, facing so many interior players who were taller than him, Ling Ran was not afraid, which is very rare, many college players did not play in the NBA, and the most important reason was that they did not dare to play.

Kings fans also felt the novelty.

Last season, the Kings didn't have a player as impactful as Bledsoe, and last season, the Kings were more focused on blocking and dismantling, supplemented by empty cuts and backruns.

The Grizzlies were unhurried, and Assi Law was well versed in the head coach's strategy, passing the half, slowly controlling the ball in his hands, and then handing it to the interior players, several Grizzlies forwards began to cross and try to cut into the air.

Grizzlies inside Darrell Arthur forced the Kings inside, topped Gortat, didn't open the top, and missed the throw.

Gortat turned and pushed the ball a little out, and Bledsoe rushed in to grab the rebound.

Bledsoe takes the ball for a moment, hangs the gear, and starts!

Like a black bolt of lightning, he burst out in an instant, with great speed, and rushed to the front.

The Kings' style changed, and the fans in the stadium saw that they woke up from their lethargic state, and the court suddenly resounded with small cheers.

In the fast attack, Al Harrington grabbed space, Bledsoe accelerated, and then flew into the air in the confrontation with Assi Law.

Lick the basket to hit.

Hollins stood up and couldn't help but call a timeout.

The applause at the scene was thunderous, and the fans wanted to see such a high-tide moment, the Kings are now very tall and mobile, and the rhythm changed instantly, and the slow Grizzlies were caught off guard.

Hollins emphasized drop-out during the timeout while continuing to play at a slower pace.

Wang will emphasize the acceleration tomorrow, and Bledsoe will need to run up and disrupt the Grizzlies' positional defense and offensive rhythm all over the court.

The two sides are a battle of rhythms.

After the pause, one of the two teams played hotly, but the other side was as quiet as a virgin and motionless as a mountain.

Wang replaced the main force in advance tomorrow and took the initiative to change, first replacing DeMar DeRozan, and DeRozan replaced Al Harrington.

On the court, the Kings lineup is Bledsoe, Afflaro, DeRozan, J Hickson and Marcin Gortat.

This squad is very young, 21-year-old Bledsoe, 25-year-old Afflaro, 21-year-old DeRozan, 22-year-old Hickson, 26-year-old Gortat.

The field is full of athleticism and talent.

During this time, the fans shouted more lively, the morale of the Kings team was also high, and the Grizzlies were under a lot of pressure.

"Maybe there aren't many teams like the Grizzlies, and there aren't many leagues left." During the broadcast, Kenny Smith praised the Grizzlies' tightness and discipline, "In the midst of such a bombardment by the Kings, the Grizzlies have been able to stay true to their hearts and continue the style of play that they have always adhered to, and they have performed very well." ”

In the seventh minute of the second quarter, the Kings led the Grizzlies by two points, 27-25.

Although the Kings play fast, they can also have a relatively high efficiency in the fast break, and the boys are very average in the positional offense, but Gortat and J Hickson have grabbed a lot of rebounds.

At this time, the Grizzlies slowly switched to the main force.

And DeRozan suddenly broke out, first breaking through OJ-Mayo to complete two plus one, and then receiving Jefferson from the outside to hit a 3-pointer, and the Kings instantly hit a wave of 6-0 small high-tide to pull the score away.

The Grizzlies called another timeout.

After returning from a timeout, the Kings were defended five times, and the Grizzlies retraced the score to 33-all.

The scores of the two teams were still the same as in the first quarter, and the Kings and Grizzlies were tied at 38 at halftime.

Wang Tomorrow has not encountered such a rhythm of attack for a long time, in the locker room, with several players ear to face, and then discussed some offensive tactics, hoping that the players can play in the second half.

Bledsoe had a good performance today, coming off the bench and scoring eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, with multiple breakaways causing fouls from the Grizzlies, and without Bledsoe's previous foul troubles, the Kings really didn't have a good second quarter.

In the third quarter, the Grizzlies came up in intensity, and Rudy Gay hit consecutive jumpers to overtake the score in one fell swoop.

Then, Kidd hit a driving layup, and Chandler inside forced a foul on Gasol.

At 51-48, the Kings led by three points and took a timeout in the third quarter.

Last season, the Kings often scored more than 100 points, and this game was so low that it was unexpected.

The Grizzlies are the norm, and no team has ever scored more than 100 points on them in a game prior to this season.

Wang Tomorrow wanted to solve the Grizzlies in the third quarter, but he didn't expect the Grizzlies to be so tenacious, the scores of the two sides were never pulled apart, and slowly returned to the same running line.

With 3:43 left in the third quarter, Kidd held the ball from the outside.

DeRozan came out to block for Kidd.

A rare pick-and-roll between guards, DeRozan did a good job of blocking Conley, and the Grizzlies switched defenses.

The Kings opened up space and gave DeRozan a free throw line area against Conley.

Conley's defense was good and didn't give DeRozan any space, and DeRozan turned around and dribbled twice to Al Jefferson, who was on the inside.

Jefferson took the ball and raised the basketball with a big hook and shook it for a moment.

Zach Randolph was unmoved, and then Jefferson got up again, hit the basket and shot, and hit!

Jefferson scored 15 points in the game and already had 11 rebounds, another solid double-double.

Jefferson roared after scoring a goal to show his heroism.

The offense and defense transitioned, and the Grizzlies immediately played a wave of offense, Randolph hit a mid-to-long-range step-back jumper, and Jefferson covered Randolph's fingertips, but Randolph still scored in a high arc.

His shooting arc is very high, and the sound of the basketball entering the net is even more crisp.

"Beautiful!"

Hollins couldn't help but stand up and applaud his disciples.

At the end of the third quarter, the Kings led the Grizzlies by two points, 59-57.

The score was very close, with 1:13 left in the final quarter, Rudy Gay scored a difficult two-point goal to tie the Kings 77-77, and the two sides were red-eyed.

Wang did not ask for a timeout tomorrow and left the game to the disciples to settle by themselves.

The starters were on the court, and Chandler gave Kidd a high-quality pick-and-roll.

Kidd dribbled inside, the Grizzlies contracted their defense, and Kidd passed to Batum, who was ambushed in the bottom corner, and Batum dribbled and continued to break inside.

As Batum dribbled, he was already observing his teammates' movements.

found that the Grizzlies defended tightly and didn't have any space, so they had to return to DeRozan at the top of the arc.

At the crucial moment, Hollins has replaced O.J. Mayo, and Xavier Henry has replaced Mayo as a late-minute shooting guard.

Henry, this year's No. 12 rookie, is 1.98 tall and a tall, strong wing player who spreads his hands to defend DeRozan, who dribbles with his right hand and chisels into the free-throw line area.

The clock ticked into the final minute.

DeRozan chiseled twice from the free throw line attachment, leaned back, and half-turned!

Henry took a step back and saw DeRozan turn back again, with his left foot as the axis, the whole person leaned back sharply, raised his hands and made a jumper, and his hand shape was very stable.

"Oops!"

Henry knew that something was wrong, and if he took a step forward, he couldn't reach it.

"Huh!"

DeRozan's big heart scored two points.

Ahead!

The crowd cheered, and the Kings led 79-77.

At this point, with 53.5 seconds left in the clock, the Grizzlies didn't ask for a timeout.

Hollins didn't want to give the Kings a chance to set up a defensive strategy, so he was determined to leave this final moment to the players to figure it out.

The Grizzlies block from the outside, and Conley breaks through on the left to find Rudy Gay who cuts in.

It's better to leave it to Guy!

Guy catches the ball in the paint this time, turns around with the ball, and makes a beautiful mid-range jumper!

Batum and Jefferson blocked him.

The basketball was heavily interfered with by two and missed.

Before the Kings fans could cheer, someone stretched out his big arm under the basket, and the Grizzlies' big center, Marc Gasol, squeezed away Chandler to occupy a more advantageous position, reaching out and touching lightly.

"Smack!"

In order to get back to his position, Chandler forcibly interfered and beat his hands.

The basketball didn't go in, but the referee's whistle blew.

"Kings foul!"

The referee's whistle made the Arco Arena boo, and under normal circumstances, the referee rarely blew a foul at the last moment, leaving the game to the players to solve on their own, but now the referee actually took the initiative to blow the foul.

Mark Gasol celebrates with his teammates at the free-throw line, under pressure from the court, and hits both free throws.

79 flat.

37 seconds left.

Wang asked for a timeout this time tomorrow.

Within 10 seconds of the timeout, the Kings completed a wave of offense, and finally the basketball was handed to Batum in the open position, and Batum missed a three-point jumper, giving the Grizzlies one last chance to attack.

The audience sighed.

The Grizzlies have 26 seconds left.

The whole court stood up to watch the game, although the offensive rhythm of the two sides was not good-looking, but at the last moment, it was still extremely tense and exciting.

Wang guessed tomorrow that the Grizzlies would arrange a strategy of interior offense, so they specially arranged an interior pack, and once Randolph or Gasol had a good position, the Kings would implement the package by quickly changing defenses to force them to fail offensively.

Sure enough, after returning from a timeout, the Grizzlies opted for the traditional pick-and-roll interior offensive tactics.

After Randolph got the ball inside, he suddenly found that the Kings had several players in the bag, and he was originally attacking in the low post, and he couldn't even see the situation outside clearly for a moment.

Gasol raised his arms and shouted "pass".

Randolph let out a loud shout and lifted the ball under the basket, and as soon as the basketball was exposed, he didn't know that the hand came over and slapped the ball off.

The Kings and Grizzlies scramble, and the basketball rolls off the sideline.

"Dut~" The sideline referee signaled that he didn't see clearly.

The three referees deliberated, watched the replay, and finally awarded the ball to the Kings.

The Kings had the final wave of offensive possession.

13.2 seconds.

For a long time, Wang Mingming has been known for his changes and is known as the NBA's master of tactical response, but he has not had many opportunities to show off the last wave of offense, and the occasional sporadic flash will also be praised by fans who like him.

Wang Ming picked up the tactical board and drew a set of tactical circuit diagrams on the board.

The whistle blew and the two sides returned to the field.

Kings serve on the sideline, Jason Kidd is the server, Kidd serves to Chandler, Chandler steps back and makes a cover with him, Kidd takes the ball and moves to the left, to the top of the arc, and pauses.

About 5 seconds passed, and then the other Kings screened each other in the elbow zone.

DeRozan prepared for the empty cut Batum to cover, and after the cover, he met Al Jefferson and Tyson Chandler double ghost shot-like screens, and at the top of the arc 45 degrees, DeRozan took out the open space.

Kidd passes the ball, man to ball.

It stands to reason that this is already an empty spot, so DeRozan holds the ball in both hands and raises his hand to shoot.

The defender jumped out without thinking, you know, there are only 4 seconds left at this time, who would do another feint in a normal person?

DeRozan did.

After everyone opened up the space, DeRozan, who had a big heart, shook his head, flew the defender, took a big step laterally, got up with both feet on the ground, stepped on the three-point line, and jumped high!

Hollins stood up suddenly.

At this time, in DeRozan's world, the entire basketball court seemed to be silent, and only the basketball hoop was left in his eyes.

The basketball hoop is far away in front of you.

He even had a brief pause in the air, his hands raised, and he gently plucked the ball out!

The basketball was plucked from his fingertips, tumbling in the air, and cutting through a beautiful parabola.

Headlong into the frame!