On December 6, the Grizzlies played the Rockets away.

Before the game, Qiao Hai read the media report of the interview with Phil Jackson, and he could only shake his head.

This Phil Jackson is quite stingy, he holds a grudge very much, and he starts to find trouble with the Grizzlies at the first opportunity, but Qiao Hai is not afraid of this trouble, not to mention anything else, the possibility of the alliance punishing illegal joint defense is too small, and the joint defense will be opened next year, how can it be possible to punish illegal joint defense this year?

And even if the league comes forward to punish and the law does not blame the public, so many teams on the edge of joint defense, even if the league punishes, how can it be punished?

Therefore, Qiao Hai is not afraid at all, no matter how the outside world ferments this topic, and no matter how others criticize, Qiao Hai will continue to use the tactics he should use, anyway, he just ignores the disputes in the outside world.

Playing the Rockets, the fast-paced Grizzlies almost had a big incident, and the first half of the first and second quarters hit various irons, and the state was sparse.

Fortunately, Maddie was in good shape, scoring 11 points in the first quarter, and scored 7 points in a row in the first half of the second quarter, and before halftime, Maddie had scored 18 points.

But at halftime, the Grizzlies still trailed by six points.

But in the second half, the familiar plot was staged again.

At a slow pace, the Grizzlies began to chase points.

It was a bit difficult to chase, but the difference was narrowing, and after three quarters, the Grizzlies equalized the score again.

The decisive battle continued in the fourth quarter, Maddie broke out again, Raheem also hit consecutive shots, and the Grizzlies turned the game around in the fourth quarter and successfully won six consecutive wins.

Maddie scored another 35 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, and his personal single-game score in December never fell below 30 points.

Obviously, Qiao Hai is going to use Maddie as a superstar.

On December 7, the Grizzlies fought the Mavericks back-to-back, and it was still a fast-paced trial run in the first half, but this time, the Grizzlies got away with it......

No one expected that the Mavericks would have a big explosion in the first half, Dirk Nowitzki, Cedric Ceballos and Michael Finley exploded in the half, Nowitzki made 3 three-pointers, Ceballos made 4 three-pointers, Michael Finley made 5 three-pointers, and the Grizzlies made 12 three-pointers in the half, and they scored 36 points in just three points.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points in the half, not only with three-pointers, but also with a mid-range shot Nowitzki exploded.

The German driver has had a big break this season, and this race is just a microcosm of his whole season.

In this game, his outburst, coupled with the three-point explosion of two teammates, the Mavericks scored a high of 71 points at halftime, and directly led the Grizzlies by 19 points at 71:52 at halftime.

After a huge deficit at halftime, Rao is Qiao Hai quickly adjusted the arrangement, and he couldn't save the defeat.

In the first half, when the Mavericks' lead reached 10 points, Qiao Hai had already reacted and adjusted his tactical play, but helplessly, the Mavericks' three points were already unstoppable, and the Grizzlies' defense expanded, but gave Dirk Nowitzki another opportunity, anyway, he couldn't prevent the Mavericks' offense.

trailed by 19 points at halftime, and the Grizzlies chased the points at a slow pace in the second half, but they couldn't catch it up.

Maddy's state in this game is also average, far from the explosive seed in the previous games, scoring 26 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in the whole game, and scoring 30 points in a single game.

In the end, the Grizzlies lost 95-114, ending their winning streak.

It was also their fourth loss of the season, a regular season overturn, which also made sense, and when he set the goal of adapting to the fast-paced Princeton offense in December, Qiao Hai thought that such a game would appear, so he was not surprised or in a hurry.

There's nothing to be afraid of losing, there's no team that doesn't lose, as long as it's not an important game.

Qiao Hai still put this mantra on his lips, and the post-match press conference also expressed his disdain to this defeat, and it was this mantra used.

After playing the Mavericks, the Grizzlies have another two days of rest, and the main event is here, and the Grizzlies' next opponent is the Spurs.

So far, the Spurs have a record of 14 wins and 6 losses, and the Grizzlies are 14 wins and 4 losses, with two games less and two fewer losses, so the Grizzlies are now ranked ahead of the Spurs.

But this does not mean that the Grizzlies can win the Spurs casually, in terms of strength, the Spurs who entered the Western Conference finals last year and won the Lakers are obviously very strong, in terms of tacit understanding and tactical system, the Spurs' lineup has also been playing for a few years, and if Qiao Hai did not intervene last year, the Spurs would be the final champion.

So, the Spurs are strong, and the Grizzlies are going to play the Spurs as the real defending champions.

Qiao Hai also flipped through the schedule, and the schedule for the next week was simply terrifying.

No. 9 plays the Spurs, after two days of rest, No. 11 will play the Lakers again, then No. 13 and No. 14 will play the Clippers and Kings, and No. 16 will play the SuperSonics, and four opponents in five games are playoff-level, and among the four playoff-level opponents, the Spurs and Lakers are championship-level teams.

In these five games, one of them is not handled well is four losses in five games, and at most one game against the Clippers will be won.

Of course, Qiao Hai's bottom line is 2-3 and can lose to the Spurs, Kings and SuperSonics, but not to the Lakers and Clippers.

The Clippers must not lose, and if this bad team at the bottom of the league loses, Qiao Hai, the coach, will not have to do it.

As for the Lakers, since Phil Jackson has to find trouble, Qiao Hai doesn't mind changing the current public opinion, maybe the last victory is a little long away, the media have forgotten, and Phil Jackson seems to have forgotten.

That Qiao Hai doesn't mind winning again, remind Phil Jackson, and by the way, remind those media who are frantically hyping up illegal joint defense, it's time to hype up a wave of grievances between Qiao Hai and Phil Jackson......

Playing the Spurs away, the Grizzlies flew to San Antonio a day early.

On the same day, the Lakers also faced the King.

The Lakers' record has caught up, currently 15-5, playing two more games than the Grizzlies, one win and one loss, and the wins are the same as the Grizzlies, but because of the disadvantage of each other's records, they are ranked behind the Grizzlies.

After a month of chaos, Phil Jackson has put the Lakers on the right track.

Since December, the Lakers have only lost one game and won 4 games, Qiao Hai didn't pay much attention to why the Lakers suddenly found their form, the big war is imminent, Qiao Hai can only surprise the changes that have occurred in the Lakers.

He asked Lawrence Frank to get him video materials, and after watching two games, Qiao Hai found the reason......

Phil Jackson is also really iron-fisted, knowing that Scott Pippen is declining seriously, but he didn't care about Scott Pippen's thoughts, after the chaos of the start, he directly took Scott Pippen as the starter, played a few starters with Bruce Bowen, and after the situation stabilized, he put Scott Pippen back in the starting position.

The tactics were readjusted, and only Scott Pippen was given the burden of organizing the attack, and all other rights were taken away.

Relying on Kobe Bryant, who has made obvious progress, and O'Neal, who is already the first person in the league, the Lakers are full of firepower on the offensive end, and they are still marking people on the defensive end, and they are also playing well, and the Lakers are naturally on the right track.

The Lakers' triangle offense has also changed a bit, in the Qiao Hai era, the Lakers' triangle offense rhythm was completely controlled by Scott Pippen, and the offense was either biased to the inside or the outside, in short, it was to open the offense on one side first, and then open the overall offense.

And Phil Jackson's change directly escalated the Lakers' triangle offense, he let O'Neal and Kobe Bryant successfully connect, the two attracted defense respectively, passed the ball to each other when they were in the bag, relying on two 90+ superstars, the Lakers' offense played better and better.

Qiao Hai frowned, in a month's time, Phil Jackson has already gasped, this new Laker is obviously not as easy to deal with as at the beginning of the season.

A Fierce War......

The next day, San Antonio, the Grizzlies will play the Spurs first.

The day before, the Lakers lost to the Kings in Sacramento, but Phil Jackson didn't care, he set his sights on San Antonio, and at this time, in San Antonio, a big battle had begun.