Chapter 658: Constant Flanking (1/5)
In this game, the starting lineup of the Grizzlies is point guard Tyronn Lue, scoring guard Maddy, small forward McMiller, power forward Wang Zhizhi and center Shaquille O'Neal.
O'Neal vs. Perkins, the two jumped the ball, O'Neal touched the ball first, Grizzlies' possession, and the offense began.
In the first goal of the opening game, Maddie faced Iguodala's defense, and without waiting for the defense to settle down, Maddie directly accelerated and directly passed the ill-prepared Iguodala.
Hit the three-point line, a pull-up jump shot, smack, two points in the account!
In the opening game, Maddie took advantage of his quick first move and outstanding pull-up jump shooting ability to score two points first.
Lynx offense, Chris Paul takes the ball.
After the Grizzlies scored in the first offensive round, the Bobcats' attack had to secure the score, so Paul made a gesture and chose a solid offensive strategy.
Perkins had already retreated to near the middle distance, and when he saw Paul's gesture, he immediately pulled back, along with Rivra Frenz at the top of the arc.
The two big men, at the top of the arc, gave Paul a super high-quality cover at the same time, and Paul connected two screens and rushed directly into the penalty area.
Perkins took a break and Lafrenz headed for the touchline.
Paul's breakaway took away all of the Grizzlies' defense, and there was a huge void in front of Lafrentz who stopped between the left sideline and the three-point line before opening his hand.
Paul turned his head to see Lafrenz in the open space, and when he was about to be caught in the middle of the attack, he directly hit the No look pass and found the open Lafrentz.
Lafrenz made a three-point shot, and Tyronn Lue, who was covering the defense, reached out symbolically.
Bang, the ball is in!
"A double block, Bobcats on both sides at the same time, Chris Paul's pass found the outside vacant Rivra Frentz, Lafrentz hit a three-point shot, 3:2 in the opening game!"
On the sidelines, Qiao Hai also clapped his palms, this ball, the Bobcats' original idea was to use the double block to create an inevitable misplaced single, and let Paul go to the single roughly or O'Neal.
But what the Lynx didn't expect was that the Grizzlies actually chose to delay Paul and finally hit Paul.
That's why Paul rushed in and immediately started looking for teammates, because he knew that if the opponent flanked him, there would definitely be open space on the outside in a hurry.
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The Grizzlies' offense, they continued to play the star, Maddie continued to possess the ball, and it was still a single, but the Bobcats reacted immediately after Maddie got the ball, Michael Reed and Iguodala sandwiched left and right, and directly sacrificed the bag and clamp tactics.
"The Bobcats pinched Maddie, is Maddie going to pass?"
Maddie didn't pass the ball, and he chose to pull it out again, perhaps because of the first goal of the opening game, which made Maddie mistakenly think that he had a good hand in this game.
But this ball, with a bang, was iron.
The Bobcats grabbed the rebound, Perkins gave the ball to Iguodala, Iguodala turned back and began to push back, and the frontcourt immediately formed a three-on-three situation, Iguodala vs. McMiller, Michael Reed vs. Maddy, and Paul vs. Tyronn Lue.
Iguodala rushed to the front court with the ball and gave the ball directly to Paul at the top of the arc, and Tyronn Lue, who was defending Paul, took two steps back, looking like he wanted to prevent Paul's breakthrough.
But Paul stopped the ball directly outside the three-point line, adjusted it, and made another three-point shot!
With a bang, the same crisp sound of wiping the net sounded, and the lynx scored another three points!
"Another three-pointer, Bobcat scored two goals in a row!" Reggie Miller on the commentary box shouted, and then said: "Chris Paul's personal desire to shoot so far in his rookie season has been very low, which has made many people ignore that he is actually a good shooting guard, and this goal proves it." ”
"Chris Paul doesn't mean he can't shoot, it's not that he doesn't even want to shoot, he just keeps the pass in mind!"
At 6:2 in the opening period, the game continued.
Grizzlies' offense, this time the ball went inside, O'Neal took the ball, and the Bobcats used Perkins to defend from beginning to end, completely without help defense and pinching.
Perkins couldn't stop O'Neal, O'Neal forced a turn, and scored two points on a layup, 6:4, and the Bobcats still led by 2 points.
The game continued, the Bobcats served in the backcourt, and after two consecutive three-pointers, the Bobcats finally returned to the positional battle, and the pass attack began.
At the top of the arc, Lafrentz gave Paul a cover, and Paul went inside.
Michael Reed came around on the wing, and came to a small block with Paul, and after blocking and dismantling, the Grizzlies chose to pinch Paul who had 3 points and 1 assist in the opening game, and there was an empty space in front of Michael Reed.
Catch the ball, Reed empty jumper, smack, the ball in!
At 8:4, the Bobcats' attack was still extremely fast and looked irresistible.
As for the Grizzlies' offense, they continue to focus on star singles, and Qiao Hai has seen it clearly in successive rounds of offense.
The Grizzlies' tactics are actually triangle offense, creating one-on-one opportunities for Maddie and O'Neal to play alone.
In this ball, the Grizzlies were still Maddie's singles, and the Bobcats once again decisively sandwiched, and Maddie split the ball and directly found McMiller, who had a large vacancy on the sideline.
But in the face of absolute open opportunities, McMiller failed to seize the opportunity and hit a three-point iron.
The Bobcats continued to protect the rebound, giving the ball to the small player on the perimeter and continuing to try to push the counterattack.
The front court is still three against three, and it is Paul who takes the ball, he steps into the penalty area, leans on McMiller, who is supplementing, and throws the basketball directly over his head.
In the next second, the basketball fell straight down, and with a bang, it passed through the net frame.
"Nice toss! Chris Paul scored two more points, and in the third minute of the game, Chris Paul had already scored 5 points and 2 assists, and every ball of the Bobcats was related to him! ”
"Chris Paul's individual performance is so good it's hard to imagine he's going to be a rookie! He's acting like an old bird in this league! ”
The continuous praise on the commentary bench has already shown how good Chris Paul's form is in this game.
After 10:4, Lionel Hollins did not take a timeout because he believed that the Grizzlies' offense was playing fine, and the failure to score was just because of poor hand.
As for the defense, Hollins has completely ignored it.
The Grizzlies serve in the backcourt and advance to the frontcourt.
Maddie received the ball again and singled it out, and the Bobcats continued to pinch decisively.
After the pinch, Maddie passes the ball.
The ball was distributed to Tyronn Lue on the wing, Tyronn Lue received the ball and shook off Iguodala who was defending, rushed to the basket and scored two points, 10:6, and the Grizzlies recovered two more points.
After this goal, Reggie Miller in the commentary box began to question Qiao Hai's defensive strategy: "The Bobcats are almost infinite in the pinch of Maddie, but is it really necessary? In the last few rounds, Maddie has always been able to draw in the pinch and then split the ball to create a definite scoring opportunity. ”
"Isn't a defense like the Bobcats giving away points?"
McBrin immediately shook his head, as a commentator who began to narrate Qiao Hai's game in 1998, he knew very well that Qiao Hai's strategy of crazy pinch attack at the beginning was only to lock the opponent's arrow player for a period of time, rather than the whole pinch shot, so that the opponent had an absolute vacant opportunity from beginning to end.
He can foresee that by the second quarter at the latest, the Bobcats will reduce the bag on Maddie, or even end the bag on Maddie completely.