This pause is indeed strange, but in fact, it is Qiao Hai who has to adjust.

In this important tie-break battle, Qiao Hai prepared a hole card, and this hole card was actually used by Qiao Hai a long time ago, very hidden, maybe even the wise Popovich failed to find out, the Grizzlies' offense in this game is completely different from the previous games.

Of course, the reason why Popovich couldn't find out was because there was no trace of the Grizzly Bear's change.

Qiao Hai's hole card is still ridiculed by a group of fans in later generations.

In the 2004-2005 season, Mike D'Anthony became the league's best coach, and this best coach, along with the Phoenix Suns' outstanding record in the following seasons, made Mike D'Anthony a master of running and shooting.

Then, in 2017, he became the best coach again.

This year, he created a new tactic in the rocket - the creep bomb tactic.

Creep bombardment tactics, as the name suggests, have creep and bombardment.

Creeping is to slow down the tempo, increase the time of possession, and reduce the number of rounds.

And boom, naturally, is to run and bomb, speed up the tempo, reduce the time of possession, and increase the number of rounds.

Creep boom is to combine creep and boom together.

When you are behind, you will bomb, when you are ahead, you will creep, and when the score is tied, it will test the adjustment ability of the head coach or the adaptability of the players on the field, sometimes creeping and sometimes banging.

Grizzlies' Creep Boom is an improved version of Joe Hay for the Princeton offense.

Creep is to slow down the pace in the positional offense, and the boom is to speed up the pace in the positional offense, but this creep is very different from the rocket version of the 2017 creep bombardment, the opening, the grizzly bear played a creep bomb combination, pressing eight seconds to the front court, and then the position is speeding up during the war, even if there is a creep and a boom, in this way, the rhythm can be consistent with the Spurs, but when chasing points, it becomes a creep.

Now, the score is tied.

Qiao Hai is ready to bang again.

The difference between Princeton's offensive version of the creep and the run-and-gun version of the creep is here, because when the creep, the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency is higher, so it is suitable for chasing points, and the bomb is suitable for opening up the point difference, because the bomb means fast pace, which means that the Grizzlies have a chance to explode when they are banging.

Sometimes, a wave of outbursts is a 10-point lead.

So, the score was tied, and Qiao Hai was ready to bang.

"Let's pick up the pace and get up to speed!"

In December, the Grizzlies practiced the fast-paced Princeton offense, and in January, the Grizzlies added the slow-paced Princeton offense, and the two adjusted each other, and the rhythm kept changing.

However, in the second half of the season, Maddie broke out, Qiao Hai gave Maddie more balls, and in terms of tactics, he also began to focus on superstar basketball.

After all, it's the year 2000 and superstars are everything.

Therefore, with this change of pace, the Grizzlies will play less in the second half of the season.

Now that it's taken out again, the test is Qiao Hai's on-the-spot response.

During the pause, Qiao Hai called out from the bench again: "Roughly, you go up, replace Brad, go to the top of the arc and stand, plan the attack, the opponent has no one to defend you, you will shoot." ”

Roughly nodded, now roughly, the total score has reached 75 points, the outside three-point is accurate, the speed is much faster than when he first entered the league, and the strength has gradually improved, and now it can be regarded as a qualified space-type interior line.

In the first two games, the role of the odd soldiers was roughly shown, and three points were scored in each game.

This kind of performance was naturally blown up by some domestic media, and in recent years, domestic sports media have also begun to learn from the American ESPN and have begun to become undisciplined.

Timeouts, adjustments, substitutions, restarts.

As Qiao Hai expected, the Spurs really made a substitution, David Robinson was replaced, Duncan was pushed to the fifth position, and the fourth position was Marry Cross.

With such a change, the Spurs' interior offensive ability plummeted, so Popovich also replaced Tony Decker and Shaun Elliott, but Popovich would never have thought that his two substitutions would become the biggest failure of this game.

The timeout ended, and the Grizzlies continued the Princeton offense.

After the adjustment, the Grizzlies' style of play was still a little different from the opening, at this time, they were completely banging, and the whole tempo increased.

Chauncey Billups quickly brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then ran all over the court, Maddy received a rough pass, saw the Spurs closely guarding himself, pulled the defense, quickly divided the ball, and after dividing the ball again, the opportunity appeared.

The ball was rough, and the Spurs had no one to guard him, so he roughly pulled outside the three-point line at the top of the arc and took the ball.

Bang, three-point hit!

There was a hole in the Spurs' defense, and Popovich could only express helplessness, which was roughly a bug that suddenly appeared in this series, a big man who can shoot outside the three-point line, and the empty shot is so accurate, the Spurs can't defend at all, if you really want to defend, you have to destroy the overall defense of the Spurs, so Popovich is in a dilemma.

The Grizzlies' offense is fast, but now, the Grizzlies' lineup on the court is not one big or four small, and Popovich replaced Marikrose to deal with it, which can be regarded as a targeted substitution.

It didn't work at all, because the Grizzlies weren't running and shooting, they were still playing the Princeton offense, and strictly speaking, the Grizzlies' offense was still a positional offense.

So, after the Spurs lost David Robinson, the Spurs' defense against the Grizzlies became worse.

On the offensive end, the Spurs naturally continued to play the inside, Popovich wanted to see the Grizzlies sandwich Duncan, but the Grizzlies did not, Duncan had to be tired to death if he continued to play like this, so on the offensive end, Popovich was also forced into a dilemma.

With less than four minutes left in the first quarter, the Grizzlies picked up the tempo, the Spurs lost a tower, and their interior offense became worse.

The margin was quickly widened by the Grizzlies.

In the last 4 minutes of the first quarter, the situation that was originally tied was suddenly changed by the Grizzlies.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Spurs by 8 points at 32:24.

Popovich finally figured out the problem, and it was tricky......

"San Antonio people don't have a strong point on the outside, their offense is too single, they can only rely on the strong attack on the inside, although Tim Duncan is very efficient, he has scored 12 points in the first quarter, David Robinson also has 8 points, the two interior lines have a total of 20 points, and the other players of the Spurs only score 4 points, such an offense continues, once Duncan is tired, the Spurs' offense can't play......"

"The bigger problem is on the defensive end, the Grizzlies' offense is balanced inside and out, they have Maddie and Mike Bibby on the outside, and a group of shooters, and Raheem on the inside, and now, they are playing their best Princeton offense, the Spurs can't prevent the Grizzlies' offense, 4 minutes, the Grizzlies lead by 8 points, and if the game continues like this, there will be no suspense in this tiebreaker......"

During the intersection, two or three minutes later, Popovich frowned, racking his brains to think of a way.