In late May, Los Angeles has turned on the hot mode, and in the middle of summer, even with air conditioning, the huge Staples Center is still a little hot, and the hot people's hearts are dry.

As the game approached the start, both the Lakers and Grizzlies were already on the court, and both teams were warming up.

The coaches of both teams were also on the sidelines, and on the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson gathered the coaching staff and nervously discussed the tactical play of this game.

In stark contrast to that is the Grizzlies coaching staff.

On the Grizzlies' side, Byron Scott was talking and laughing with Stan Love, Lawrence Frank was also discussing something with Lionel Hollins, and only Qiao Hai was quietly holding a tactical board and thinking about something.

It looks like the Grizzlies didn't take this game to heart, and the coaches were taking it easy, but it wasn't.

The Grizzlies performed very easily, and the main reason was that Qiao Hai had determined the opening style of this game early - how to play the first two games, and how to continue to play this game.

It's a very simple set of play, the Grizzlies have already played two games, naturally there is no need to say anything, and there is no need to discuss anything, and the Grizzlies are now the leading side, they are 2:0 ahead, whether from a tactical point of view, or from the perspective of psychological advantage, the Grizzlies' ease is what it should be.

Of course, the opponent faced by the Grizzlies is the Lakers, the Lakers that cannot be taken lightly, Qiao Hai naturally also prepared some back hands, back hands, as the name suggests, are naturally the means or tactical play that will only be made after the opponent adjusts and changes, so these back hands are not used in the opening.

Since it can't be used, the opening naturally doesn't need to be accentuated.

Because these backhands are all strange tricks that are suddenly sacrificed in the middle of the game, Qiao Hai's best thing is to suddenly sacrifice a backhand, and then disrupt the rhythm of the opponent, so, in the opening, compared to the Lakers' nervousness, the Grizzlies are naturally much more relaxed.

On the field, the warm-up ended quickly.

The players of both teams return to the sidelines, and the coach will make the final adjustments and set-ups.

Qiao Hai emphasized the opening style of play: "At the beginning, we played a slow pace to ensure the success rate in the offense, and continued to pinch Shaquille O'Neal on the defensive end, Sean (Marion) went to defend Kobe Bryant, Tracy, you take the ball more singles, shoot more, and play your threat on the offensive end." ”

"In short, how we played in the first two games, this game will continue to be played like this."

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On the Lakers' side, the starters are already on the scene, and the starters on the Grizzlies' side are also coming soon.

"From the starters, neither the Lakers nor the Grizzlies have changed...... "The commentary sent by NBC in this game is still McBryn, Gamav and Albert." On the Lakers' side, the point guard is still Ron Harper, although the veteran's performance in the first two games is average, not as good as the Grizzlies' two young point guards, the scoring guard is Kobe Bryant, the small forward is Bruce Bowen, the big forward AC Green, and the center Shaquille O'Neal. ”

McBrin complained about Ron Harper, indeed, from the first two games, Ron Harper's performance was very average, not only failed to defend Billups and Mike Bibby, but his own offense was not good.

On the contrary, it was Derrick Fisher who came off the bench who played well, and Phil Jackson was still reluctant to use Fisher as a starter, and McBrin was puzzled.

"Needless to say, the starting lineup on the Grizzlies' side, point guard Chaun Billups, scoring guard Maddy, small forward Sean Marion, big forward Raheem and center Brad Miller, a regular starting lineup, judging from this starter, the Grizzlies' style of play should be the same as the first two games, the opening Princeton offense, as for whether there will be any changes next, it depends on Qiao Hai's subsequent adjustments."

McBrin and Marf Albert analysed the starters on both sides, and the game began.

Shaquille O'Neal won the jump ball, which was expected, and even Jo Hai was used to Brad Miller losing every jump ball, and it was a surprise to win the jump ball once.

The Lakers got the opening shot, Ron Harper took the ball across the halfcourt, and Bryant took it.

Kobe Bryant, who got the ball, immediately put on a single posture, Ron Harper gave Kobe a cover on the spot, the quality was not very high, but it delayed Sean Marion, who defended Kobe, and after the first game, Qiao Hai no longer used Maddie to defend Kobe, the reason is very simple, the Lakers do not take the call, and have been using Bruce Bowen to defend Maddy, and the Grizzlies also have a player similar to Bowen on the side, so there is no need to waste Maddy's energy.

Sean Marion was blocked by Ron Harper, but he still quickly entangled Kobe.

However, Bryant had already gotten space to sprint through this cover, and he picked up speed and rushed straight to the basket.

The opening game was about to hit the basket, and Kobe Bryant looked confident.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, in the first two games, although the Lakers lost, Kobe's personal performance was not bad, and he even scored a 37 points in the second game.

Bryant rushed to the basket and raised his hand to make a layup.

Sean Marion followed closely behind, stretched out his long arms, and raised his hand to be a hat!

Syllable! Staples instantly burst into an exclamation, boom, and McBrin also shouted: "Kobe Bryant's breakthrough comes up!" Big hat! Big hat from the back of Sean Marion! It's so beautiful! This goal is definitely the best defense of the day! ”

The Grizzlies bench waved towels, and several coaches in the coach's bench also stood up and applauded, Qiao Hai was also surprised, thinking that the goal had been scored, but Marion still gave him a surprise.

NBC TV also quickly began to replay the ball, no one expected that the game had just begun, and Sean Marion played a wonderful wave of defense.

The defense camera showed that the ball was very beautiful and clean, almost grazing Kobe's fingertips and flying the basketball from Kobe's hand.

After the basketball was fanned, it flew all the way out of the bottom line, and the ball still belonged to the Lakers, because Kobe Bryant started playing alone directly after getting the ball, so there were 15 seconds left in the time.

The Lakers reorganized the offense, there was still plenty of time, Kobe Bryant took the ball again and singled, he continued to impact the basket, this time, Kobe Bryant rushed not so smoothly, Sean Marion blocked him, and with more than 5 seconds left in the offensive time, Kobe Bryant turned over and jumped in the middle distance.

Bang, don't go in!

Brad Miller stuck O'Neal and struggled to get stuck, but at this time, Maddie had already grabbed the rebound and reflexively played a fast break.

The Lakers' reaction speed was a little slower, and the front court was three to three, but the Grizzlies' three ran in front, and the Lakers only had Bruce Bowen running in front, Bowen glanced at Maddie who was holding the ball, hesitated, and reflexively went to kill Maddie.

Maddie didn't come by herself, passed, gave it to the basket, Sean Marion received the ball, and flew to dunk!

Bang dang! There was an explosion!

The Staples Center is already booed.

"One hat, one defense and one buckle in the opening! Sean Marion's condition is so good that it explodes! ”