Chapter 161: Narrow victory

The two-day break allowed the Bobcats players to complete their charges. Minnesota away from the cold is good news for every player.

FedEx Arena was unusually hot tonight, and the smell of beer filled the air. Hu Qingniu couldn't help but shrink his nose, his nose was very sensitive to alcohol, this is a doctor's occupational disease, alcohol is generally used to disinfect.

From the start, Wade showed his lightning speed to Memphis fans. The Grizzlies missed the shot, Wade started to push the counterattack, accelerated straight through the ears of the two Grizzlies defenders, changed hands slightly, and threw in.

Wade announced his arrival with a blistering fast break.

But then, Spaniard Pau Gasol stepped up, and after a high block with James Posey, he faced Gerard Wallace in a big and small situation.

Gasol spun back-to-back, his feet brushed Wallace's defense, stretched his long arms, flicked to the basket, and hit accurately.

The two sides are putting on a great show, and fans are watching a grand NBA offensive and defensive battle.

In this game, Dazhi finally swept away the decline and regained its edge.

The reason is that Dazhi has fewer singles for stopping the ball in the low post, and there are more combinations of off-ball movement and blocking and dismantling. On the weak side, he used the cover to cut inside to attack the basket, cut outside to shoot, and stood at the three-point line after blocking and dismantling, waiting for Wade's return pass, and blocked and dismantled the shot in the high post. Live like a light cavalry, move flexibly, and bow horses skillfully.

Dazhi's current strength is still not strong enough in one-on-one singles, but it is his teammates' ability to finish after holding back the defense, which is amazing.

It was only at this time that Hu Qingniu had a feeling that Dazhi had played to the fullest, and Dazhi's performance in this game made him feel that Dazhi seemed to be born to do this.

After experimenting with many styles of play, Hu Qingniu also suddenly found that Dazhi is not like Garnett and Duncan, and even has a gap with Dirk. Dazhi's characteristic is that he has a strong finishing ability, but the mediocrity of his physical talent makes it difficult for him to play, even if it is strengthened in the summer, but the body is not something that can be trained in a short time, and it will take a long time to see the efforts made today.

The Bobcats performed well, and Hu Qingniu nodded straight at it, but after all, this is the "City of Grinding", and the fans are constantly hearing the slogan of "Grind Grand Grizz".

The Grizzlies have the strength to never admit defeat at all times. With a Bobcats outside service error, the Bears hit a big comeback. At this time, Wade disappeared, and there were many mistakes that should not have been.

With 24 seconds to go, the Grizzlies led by one point at 96-95 and trailed by one point, which is a familiar script.

But this is Hu Qingniu's team after all, and his youth army has not given up.

In the final moments, Wade staged Superman's return, dribbling high and facing defensive snag James Posey.

After a pull ball changed direction to change the position of the defender, he accelerated to the penalty area, and after seeing the defender to follow, he suddenly stepped on the emergency brake, and Posey really couldn't stop the momentum, and slid in front of him, only to see that at this time Derek rose from the ground, looked at the mountains, threw and hit, closed the coffin, and the FedEx Arena was silent.

Hu Qingniu looked at the timer, showing that there were 1.7 seconds left, and after the technical desk corrected it, the time was changed to 2 seconds.

At this time, Hu Qingniu made a bold instruction, blocking the inside line, putting three points, except for Gerard Wallace to follow James Posey, the other players all took three points.

Hu Qingniu knew that this team did not have a reliable three-point point at all. Most of them are three-point shooting percentages that don't hit 30 percent. There was also a sharpshooter Mike Miller, but at this time, he was still pressed on the bench by head coach Hubby Brown, and he didn't know when he would be able to turn over.

Not shooting threes is probably a tradition for the Grizzlies, and until more than a decade later, the Grizzlies were the least three-point team.

The Grizzlies' tactical execution failed from the serve, and when the violation was almost 5 seconds away, Gasol pulled out and received the basket, and wanted to see the basket, but Dazhi's long arm had already waved, so he could only cover one casually, and the result was that he didn't even get on the basket.

Gasol has yet to develop the three-point skill set, and he is still positioned as a center-like power forward like Duncan. Back shots, mid-range shots are fine, but if you pull outside the three-point line, I'm sorry, I don't have that ability.

Although Wade staged a quasi-final kill, but in the whole game, his dominance did not overshadow Gasol, 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists can not be said to be very dazzling, not to the level of the season average.

Although the Grizzlies lost the game, Gasol still performed well, with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks. was sent 5 blocks in a row by the opposing team's star insider, which was all thanks to Gerard Wallace and Reggie Evans, two rough brothers, who went straight to the point and met the master of the block, and was risked to doubt his life.

The Grizzlies actually have a lot of rosters this season, but the team's current problem is that the players are not working one side.

Before moving to the Grizzlies last season, Mike Miller still had a good offensive power of 16 points per game, but after arriving at the Grizzlies, it dropped directly to about 10 points. After bringing in James Posey in the offseason, Miller's stature in the heart of head coach Hubbie Brown began to decline.

Hubie Brown wants to get results, he is afraid that he will be laid off tomorrow, so he values an experienced veteran like Posey, and Miller, a stunned young man, is directly ignored by him. Recently, he also traded from the Trail Blazers to another guard swingman, Bonzi Wells, and Miller's status has dropped again, so Miller was not seen at all in this fourth quarter.

Although he started every game, in fact, Miller only played 20 minutes in the whole game, which was a pseudo-starter.

Also affected is Sean Battier. At Duke University, Battier was considered the strongest college player, and although there was an element of bragging, it was enough to show that Battier was a star player, but then Battier was a defensive expert, which was obviously unreasonable.

Hu Qingniu went through these two seasons before he realized that Battier's growth should be in the chaos of the Grizzlies and not getting enough space.

In the first season, Battier started every game, scoring 14.4 points, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 37.3%, which is obviously a seedling with great potential.

But the following season, Hubbie Brown took over, and for some reason, he removed Battier from the starting spot and replaced it with then-year rookie Gordon Girisek, who had only six years in his NBA career combined.

Battier's scoring dropped to 9.7 points due to the change in the team's status, but he shot more from the field, shooting nearly 50 percent from the field and nearly 40 percent from three-point range. However, this season, Battier seems to have given up on himself, and now Battier has started from defense and has basically become a role player.

While Battier has proven to be one of the best role players in league history, it's clear that his talent doesn't stop there, and a rookie who has been scoring a lot since entering the league is certainly responsible for a lot of the team's development.

If you don't train well this season, Battier's spirit will probably be smoothed out, and then he will really be the role player who plays a greater role than the data.