Chapter 225: The Tough Grizzly Bear

A number of radio stations paid attention to the game, and Huaxia CCTV5 broadcast it live.

Zhang Lizhi has always been a fan of Li Mojie, and he praised him before the game started: "Li Mojie has obviously become much stronger this season, last season's first in the West, second in the West, the Thunder, and the Spurs were cut down by him one by one, in terms of his ability to lead the team, he will definitely not be inferior to Jordan, O'Neal, Magic and other Hall of Fame players in the second season!" ”

Teacher Yu Jia smiled: "Yes, last season many people thought that Li Mojie was the successor of Magic Johnson, but I didn't expect his outstanding offensive talent this season to be amazing!" ”

"Li Mojie's English name is Magic Lee, and the new magician is naturally different from the old magician!" Zhang Lizhi replied with a smile.

The two starters stood in the middle circle, with Marc Gasol and Rudy Gobert jumping the ball, and the small plus jump ball winning, and the Grizzlies attacking first.

Carter found cover to run off the ball and got rid of Lee Mojie, the ball passed to him, and Middleton switched quickly.

Carter passed to Courtney Lee, Li Mojie was close, and then passed the ball to the inside lineman Gasol, Gasol Jr. took the ball and hooked the basket in the low post, Gobert not only failed to prevent it but also paid a foul!

The "2+1" referee immediately blew the whistle.

Every team in the league wants to play small, and many teams that think that way have had great success by actually doing so. For the Grizzlies, however, they will continue to play an unfashioned tall frontcourt offense and play their mark – beating opponents with solid defense on the defensive end rather than running fast on the offensive end.

The Suns attacked, several times on the periphery, Li Mojie shot in the bottom corner, and missed under Carter's interference, this ball Li Mojie underestimated Carter's uncle, he thought that the 37-year-old Carter could still keep up with him this year, but Carter, who was still playing in the league at the age of 41, obviously still had a lot of gas left in the tank.

Randolph withdrew to the basket, judged the rebound accurately, and handed it to Mike Conley, who received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt, Gordon stuck the breakaway and reached out to interfere, but Conley was unmoved, dribbling and dribbling, and then observing his teammate's run.

Randolph pulled out in time to block and dismantle, the blue fat man has the ability to shoot and go down, and Conley can pass the ball with the ability to shoot and three-pointers, so Conley and Randolph's blocking and dismantling is a tactic that the Grizzlies have relied on more over the years in addition to the interior offense.

Gordon was firmly blocked by Randolph, Conley faced Marcus without saying a word and pulled the ball and rushed to the basket, Markieff was afraid of being fouled, so he gave up the distance and wanted to block the side with a bounce.

This made a bad thing, Conley directly chose to stop the jump shot, and the basketball obediently fell into the net. 4:0

The Suns attacked, Middleton and Lee Mojie ran from the perimeter, Courtney Lee and Carter followed, and Middleton received a pass and made a pull-up jumper that missed the basket under the interference.

Gasol rushed to grab a rebound and handed it to Conley, who slowly dribbled across the halfcourt, and with the Grizzlies' configuration, they couldn't play the fast break either, and this time they handed it to the interior Randolph to play Markieff with his back.

"Come on, fatty, I'm not afraid of you!" Markieff thinks that this black fat man is no different from the black fat man Dior in the previous game, but obviously he is wrong! The 33-year-old is still in his prime on the inside, and Memphis is a really boring place, with little entertainment at night, and the stars here are generally in good shape.

For a mysterious man like Randolph, just looking at his appearance and figure, you think Randolph will be one size smaller O'Neill, who will drop ten times with one force, and be bold and rude. The result was a big surprise to the fans! This meaty face, that clean and innocent eyes are actually playing all kinds of fine work, covering the orchid finger shot within the three-point line, the light frame breakthrough, the jump shot behind the back, throwing, hooking, the softness of the hand is simply outrageous compared to his figure and appearance!

Randolph's solo play on Markieff resulted in Randolph using his back and ass to block Markieff to secure a safe shot, and then turned around to shoot. 6:0

The Suns attacked, and the players pulled away.

Markieff covered Gordon in the middle, Randolph had to defend it, and Lee Mojie squeezed Carter in the bottom corner to cut to the basket.

Gordon got rid of Conley and took the ball with both hands on the right side to make a sharp stop, and Jr. was forced to defend it, and Gordon jumped up and passed the ball to the baseline. Li Mojie was just in place, very comfortable receiving the ball, and scored a layup.

"It's not easy, the Suns finally scored!" Teacher Zhang Li said with emotion.

"yes, the pace of the game has been relatively slow so far, but the Suns' offensive efficiency is not high." Teacher Yu Jia added.

The Grizzlies attacked, Conley shot after Randolph blocked and dismantled, hit the iron, and Gobert finally grabbed a rebound.

Next, everyone's shooting percentage is not high, and they are fighting defense, but when it comes to defense, the Suns are obviously not the opponent of the Grizzlies, and gradually the score began to change, and after the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies led the Suns by 6 points at 24:18, and Gobert also paid 2 fouls.

"This won't work, next Marcus, Jokic, you two, you two have the ability to shoot, play blocking and dismantling the Grizzlies' interior line out!" Hornacek made an immediate adjustment at the break.

Markieff didn't speak with a dark face, Channingfrye and PJ Tucker were traded away this season, Markieff originally thought that he must be stable in the Suns' starting power forward position, but he didn't expect the coaching staff to prefer his younger brother Marcus, who is weaker defensively than him but has the ability to shoot from medium to long range, and this year's second-round pick Jokic is also infinitely optimistic about the coaching staff, he feels that he has no future in the Suns to continue to stay like this, so after the last game, he notified his agent to ask for a trade.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies replaced Randolph, who was also 33 years old and naturally couldn't let him rest, so he sent Costa Koufus.

The Suns attacked, Li Mojie and Jokic blocked and dismantled, Carter chose to follow Li Mojie, and the Grizzlies also chose to defend Li Mojie's breakthrough inside, and then Li Mojie passed back to Jokic, Jokic hit a shot from outside the three-point line, 24:21.

"Beautiful, the Suns hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the second quarter, and it's time to start fighting back!" Zhang said excitedly.

"The Grizzlies have a weakness in defense, that is, it is not suitable for Gasol Jr. and Costa Kufus to start together, Costa is 211cm, Gasol Jr. is 216cm, they are both more than 120 kilograms, poor mobility, and the defense is more suitable for traditional centers to stay under the basket!" Teacher Yu Jia nodded and said.

The twin towers started together, and the result was that the defense on the outside line was not good enough, and the work of guarding the basket was in place, but the Suns replaced the interior with Marcus and Jokic, who have the ability to shoot from the middle, and then the Grizzlies were in trouble.

Grizzlies head coach Dave Jogel squatted and frowned, not saying a word, this is his habit, other coaches are on the sidelines or with their hands on their chests and their eyes are cold, or their eyes are dull, but there is only one coach who likes to squat on the sidelines to coach, there is no semicolon, but his posture makes the part-time mopping staff who come to the sidelines feel up and down, and they don't even pay attention to the games that are close at hand, they just look at him, and they are afraid that he can't hold back his pants, he just works part-time, and he can't do it with a shovel.......

But in this game, Gasol Jr. is unusually brave, maybe the defensive level of Jokic in his rookie season is not enough, anyway, although the Suns have repeatedly scored through long-range shots on the offensive end, but Gasol Jr. can repeatedly use inside singles skills to abuse the other big white bear Jokic, back hits, hook hands, and mid-range shots one by one, in the second quarter, Gasol Jr. cut down 12 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, and although Costa Kufors on the other side is mediocre in terms of blocking and pick-and-roll, he also has the soft feel that the European interior line has, When Marcus opted to pack Gasol Jr., Costa was also able to shoot on the perimeter. I want to talk about "The New Magician of Basketball" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~