Chapter 363: 8 Consecutive Guests
All five matchups are over, and the Grizzlies have won five games, winning them all! Didn't lose a single game! This is a terrible achievement!
Against the other four teams in the league's top five, the Grizzlies' record also changed to 2-2 against the Spurs, 4-0 against the Lakers, 4-0 against the Kings and 2-0 against the 76ers.
With the exception of a draw with the Spurs, the Grizzlies swept all three of the other teams.
Although a sweep in the regular season does not mean that the playoffs can also be swept away, at least, the advantage in the regular season will be transformed into a psychological advantage, which is the most important thing.
The Grizzlies have an absolute advantage over the league's top five regular-season records, so Spinach has lowered the odds for the Grizzlies to win the championship again.
This reflects that the Grizzlies are the real favorites to win the league at the moment, and the momentum is ferocious.
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After five major events in early March, the time has also come to mid-March.
The rest of the game is insignificant, and Qiao Hai has also begun to implement his rotation and rest method, actively preparing for the playoffs.
After playing the game against the 76ers, he suffered a slight injury.
So in the game on March 13, Raheem returned to the starter, and the Grizzlies defeated the Raptors 101-84 at home, maintaining the team's excellent form and continuing the winning streak.
But after playing the Raptors, the Grizzlies then ushered in a wave of 8 consecutive visitors, in Qiao Hai's view, this wave of fixtures is even more terrifying than the previous five strong matchups, almost half a month, the Grizzlies have to run around in various away games, unable to return to Vancouver.
And, back-to-back road games mean there will be countless back-to-back battles in between, which will be a serious test of Grizzlies' fitness.
The first of the eight consecutive road games was back-to-back battles, the Grizzlies made the long journey to Atlanta, and after a large rotation, substitutes Jamal Magroyle and Stephen Jackson came to the starting lineup, and the Grizzlies finally lost to the Hawks by 89-94, a five-point difference, ending their winning streak.
After the game, the Grizzlies flew to Charlotte that night.
After a night's rest in Charlotte, the next day the energetic all-out team played and defeated the Hornets 105-85 in the final game, winning a big game and continuing to refuse to lose streak.
This season, the Grizzlies have lost nine games, each of which has been a separate loss and has never lost on a losing streak.
It's also a sign of the Grizzlies' dominance of the league today, reflecting the Grizzlies' ability to adjust, and after losing one game, the next game can be immediately adjusted.
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The win over the Hornets followed by another back-to-back.
The opponent is the Heat, this game Qiao Hai continued to rotate a lot, in his eyes, victory is not the first, protecting the health of the players is the first.
With more than a month to go until the playoffs, Qiao Hai didn't want to add a few injuries to his team.
This game is roughly back, Qiao Hai also made a rough start, plus Mike Bibi and Manuginobili, who is still playing the sixth man even if he has a large rotation.
This time, the Grizzlies played to an effect.
He had 22 points and eight rebounds on 8-of-16 shooting, Mike Bibby had 17 points and seven assists, Manuginobili also had 20 points, five rebounds and four assists, and the Big Three combined for 59 points.
In addition, starting Michael Reed made three three-pointers and scored nine points, Stephen Jackson had 11 points and five rebounds, and Rassione Estrovic also had 11 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
The Grizzlies eventually defeated the Heat 101-93 to snap a back-to-back winning streak.
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After a two-day break in warm Miami, the Grizzlies then flew to New Jersey.
On March 20, the Grizzlies challenged the Nets away.
With the main force playing, the Grizzlies won another game, winning three in a row.
After the game, Byron Scott made the game and invited his old colleagues to a big dinner, but in New Jersey, no matter how big the meal is, that's it.
Qiao Hai gave Baron Scott's suggestion, and Byron Scott also accepted it humbly.
Before the trade deadline, the Nets approached the Suns to trade Stephen Marbury for Jason Kidd, and the trade was negotiated after eight hours of negotiations, but at the last minute, the two teams were halfway through the process and the trade deadline ended.
The paperwork between the two teams was not submitted in time, so the deal was aborted, and for Byron Scott, he still had to put up with Stephen Marbury for half a season.
After the end of the season, the trade will be restarted.
Next season, Byron Scott will be able to enjoy the thrill that Jason Kidd brings.
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The Grizzlies stopped in New Jersey for a day before flying to Cleveland.
The continuous long trek had already had some negative effects, and in the pre-game warm-up at the Quickloan Arena in Cleveland, Maddie suddenly strained her calf muscles and was forced to retire.
Qiao Hai's expression was serious, although Maddie only had a muscle strain and was not a big problem, Qiao Hai was still worried, so in this game, he shared the playing time of all the players equally.
Each player played just over 20 minutes, and the Grizzlies eventually defeated the Cavaliers in Cleveland for their fourth straight win in the East.
Maddie's muscle strain needs to be out for a week, so in the last few games of the Eastern Consecutive Away Games, Qiao Hai simply didn't let Maddie play.
He asked the team to buy Maddie a plane ticket and sent Maddie back to Vancouver early.
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On March 23, another back-to-back came.
This time the opponent is the Pacers.
The Pacers have been in a serious decline this season, and Larry Bird seems to have proven his coaching ability, with his Pacers finishing in the top two in the East last season, and Isaiah Thomas' Pacers on the brink of the playoffs this season.
However, in Qiao Hai's view, it is not that Larry Bird's coaching ability is too strong, but that Isaiah Thomas's coaching ability is too poor.
The smiling assassin can only play on his own, he can't be a coach, let alone a manager.
In this back-to-back battle, the Grizzlies rotated again, Maddie couldn't play in the first place, and Qiao Hai also reduced Ginobili's playing time in this game.
Thus, a not-so-unexpected defeat was staged.
At 91:99, the Grizzlies lost by eight points, which was also their second loss in eight consecutive road losses, and at the same time, their second loss in March, their 10th loss of the season.
After playing back-to-back, the remaining two games of the 8-game game will be simple.
Playing the Magic on the 27th, the Grizzlies will have a four-day rest before this game.
Then there was a game against the Raptors on the 29th, during which there was also a 2-day break.
The two games had plenty of rest, and Qiao Hai also changed his original plan, and the Grizzlies would go to Orlando early, find a hotel to stay, and then take the holidays......
Consecutive away games, although with 4 days of rest, the Grizzlies' physical fitness will no longer have problems, but the main problem is that the continuous away games have made the nerves of the Grizzlies hang for half a month.
Qiao Hai is well aware that the players need to rest and need time to calm their nerves so that they don't get too big ......