"I felt very frustrated, not embarrassed," Randolph, who didn't play well in the first game, told reporters that he stayed up all night after the fight, "This is basketball, and the boxing champion Ali has been beaten before, but he became the greatest boxer in the world because he always bounces back." ”

However, Randolph wants to bounce back, and it is not so easy for either him or the Grizzlies in the hands of the Spurs.

In order to prevent the Spurs from making a surprise attack, the Grizzlies played the best defense at the beginning of Game 2.

Compared with defense, the Spurs will definitely not be afraid, and the Grizzlies do not have Curry's open-mindedness.

So as soon as the game began, the two teams entered a vicious order, I will cover you on the inside, you will come back with a cap, and I will force you off on the outside, and you will have to save face and return one.

Then there is the constant sound of iron, and it is normal to not score in a few rounds, and it is rare to fight defense like this.

Popovich is also worried about the toughness of the Grizzlies, and it is difficult to say if he wins or loses a few more games with the Grizzlies.

Isn't it just fighting defense and fighting, the Spurs used this trick many years ago, when the Grizzlies were still a child.

The intensity of the game is a little choking even for players like Zhang Xiaotian, who are used to fighting.

However, he has never been afraid of others, and when his skills were not enough, he relied on this trick to get by.

If you're afraid of confrontation, then go home and nurse your baby.

Seeing that the bench was also in the same rhythm as the Grizzlies, Popovich stood on the sidelines and cursed.

It's just that this rhythm is up, and it's not easy to stop.

In the first quarter, the Spurs led 15-13 and won the fight, and the players were a little smug, and Popovich was not happy.

After chatting hard about tactics during the break, the Spurs fielded a pitcher lineup in the second quarter.

This is a tactic that the Grizzlies can't follow, and the Spurs actually have a lot of players who can shoot from the outside this season, and they have been powerful many times in the regular season, and they didn't show it in the last round when they met the Warriors who specialize in this.

Playing cards is afraid of eating, playing ball is afraid of resting, and at the beginning of the second quarter, it is not so easy for the Grizzlies to bring rhythm.

Ginobili and Parker took turns to break through the ball, with Gary Neil and Matt Bonner both beneficial, unlike the front that could only play soy sauce.

Now it is Zhang Xiaotian who plays soy sauce, and Popovich is still very satisfied, and he makes the best use of it.

In the first three quarters, they had to shoot from the outside, and in the final moments, the Grizzlies couldn't turn over.

Perhaps stimulated by Mike Conley, Parker passed a lot more in this game.

The last thing the Grizzlies want to do happened, when their hand has not recovered, the Spurs are shooting on the outside again, they are afraid of this kind of hand-to-hand play that does not fight with them, the two inside lines can't be defended, and they can't use their attack power.

At halftime, the Spurs had another 15-point lead.

According to the usual experience, this game is about the same, the Grizzlies are very grinding, and they are not very good at chasing points.

But at the beginning of the second half, the Grizzlies' offense was alive.

Mike Conley stepped up his individual offense, and after coming off the bench Jerry Bayless in place of Prince, he was finally able to support the Grizzlies on the interior with Conley.

Combining inside and out, this is the most terrifying form of the Grizzlies on the offensive end.

The key is that Conley teamed up with Randolph to continuously create Duncan's fouls to knock down the only strong point on the Spurs' interior.

Popovich said that there was no problem at all, only three minutes into the second half, Duncan was replaced, six minutes, Split was also replaced, don't pull down inside, and now the Spurs are a three-point team, and all five positions can be shot.

Defense, it's just shrinking, giving the Grizzlies a chance to shoot from the outside, and everyone compares the shooting percentage from the outside.

It can be played like this because the Grizzlies are a flawed team, with twin towers but no group of shooters to assist, they can only rely on defense to slowly grind with people.

Everyone just voted, the Grizzlies also won, the twin towers don't change, the three people outside shoot, and if they don't shoot, they grab the frontcourt rebound.

The Spurs' lineup is undoubtedly extreme, and they can't grab rebounds at all.

But it doesn't matter, they are ahead, they have a higher hit percentage.

In this way, in the third quarter, the Spurs scored 30 points by shooting, and the Grizzlies scored 33 points by rebounding and shooting in the frontcourt.

But in fact, the grizzly bears can't be chased back by beating them like this.

In the fourth quarter, they tried Randolph's four-outside style of play for a few minutes, and the Spurs did not adjust the lineup for the time being.

But at this time, the Spurs' shooter group was not so accurate, and it was really impossible to say if he took a break, seeing that the Grizzlies chased the score to single digits, Popovich immediately paused to adjust.

At this point, it was only 2 minutes into the final quarter, and that's how the championship-level coach reacted.

Ginobili with the shooter group rested, Zhang Xiaotian, Leonard and Danny Green went on, no longer giving the Grizzlies a chance to go outside, and in the final quarter, the Spurs didn't care about the rhythm of hand-to-hand combat.

Duncan is also on, this is the Spurs' strongest defensive big four, and it was replaced by Ginobili and Danny Green, which is the big four with the strongest offense.

In the next two minutes, the Grizzlies' outside shots were all interfered with, the Spurs made a substitution, and the defense was raised by at least three notches, and their offense, Parker singled one, Zhang Xiaotian singled one.

That's the difference, when the Grizzlies don't give the inside a single opportunity, who can step up.

As soon as the Grizzlies saw that the score gap had widened to double digits, and they couldn't score points from the outside, they also chose to make substitutions and continue to sit in the twin towers, no matter what, they had the confidence to do so.

The Spurs are not afraid of the lineup of the Twin Towers, but their weakness is still better than that of the Grizzlies, because Duncan has committed four fouls, and the Spurs play one big and four small, and Duncan is the anchor.

Randolph drew another foul on Duncan, and the Spurs had to be forced to bring on Split.

Split is good and doesn't care about physical confrontation, but in terms of strength he can't compare to the two bears.

Duncan went down, one is that there is a problem with the rebounding that is already a little weak, and the other is that Randolph can't suppress it, Leonard can't prevent Randolph's No. 4 position, so when encountering a team with two towers, many times the Spurs won't play one big or four small, but now the inside line is not enough.

What to do, inside three-point tactics or give up on the inside?

The key is to score, and after being tossed by Randolph, the score gap is back in single digits.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian stood up, and after blocking and changing defenses, he almost ignored Gasol Jr.'s long arm and hit three points.

Popovich finally made up his mind to replace Danny Green with Matt Bonner and let Zhang Xiaotian play the No. 2 position.

Take into account both offense and defense, and contain the twin towers on the inside.