With the red light on the scoreboard, the game is over.

"In the first round of the 2000-2001 playoffs, the Grizzlies faced the Timberwolves at home, and the first game came to an end, and the Grizzlies won a 25-point victory at 107-82 on their home court!"

"A game without any suspense, a boring game!"

"The Grizzlies controlled the game from the beginning to the end, from start to finish! didn't give the Timberwolves any chance, even until the end of the game, the Timberwolves didn't even see the slightest hope of a comeback! ”

The commentator summed up the game as the Grizzlies celebrated the victory.

After such a no-brainer victory, the Grizzlies got off to a good start to the playoffs.

For the Grizzlies, it was a game that couldn't have gone any better, and Qiao Hai's pre-game arrangement and strategy were fully implemented into the actual action.

Kevin Garnett had 29 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, but his game was only two assists, well below his season average of five assists.

The Grizzlies' one-on-one limited Garnett's blessing to the entire Timberwolves, which ultimately succeeded.

Aside from Garnett, the Timberwolves' top scorer was Wallis Zebiak, who scored 13 points, and it was clear that Szebiak was also limited by the Grizzlies, who didn't score three points in the whole game, and outside the three-point line, he didn't get a chance at all.

Trim Brandon had 12 points and eight assists, and he had an extremely poor offensive end, shooting just 4-of-17 from the field.

In addition to the above three, the Timberwolves are left with Anthony Piller with 11 points and Dean Garrett with 10 points.

A total of five players scored in double figures, but except for Garnett, none of the other players were efficient.

This also led to the final fiasco of the Timberwolves.

On the Grizzlies' side, Maddy scored the highest on the team, with 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

Billups was next with 21 points, three rebounds, eight assists and one steal.

Then there was Manuginobili, who had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Mike Bibby who had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Roughly scored in double figures with Sean Marion.

The Grizzlies scored double-doubles, plus a Patrick Ewing who had 8 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks, and the bench and starters worked together, and the Grizzlies won a more team victory.

……

The first game was won, and in the next game, the Grizzlies played more easily.

On April 23, in the second game of the first round of the playoffs, the Grizzlies continued to sit at home against the Timberwolves, and before this game, the league officially announced the ownership of the best rookie of the season.

With an average of 16.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.4 blocks per game, Manuginobili was undoubtedly elected as the 2000-2001 regular season rookie of the year.

If it weren't for Maddie's comeback in the second half, Ginobili's stats would have exploded even more.

Of course, even the current stats are far better than McMiller, who is second on the rookie list and averages 11.9 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

The Grizzlies won their first regular season trophy, and further down, the Grizzlies have a chance to compete for more trophies, including Best Coach (Joe), Best Manager (Stu Jackson), Best Sixth Man (Manuginobili), and Best Defensive Player (Patrick Ewing).

But at the same time, they also face stiffer competition.

In terms of best coach, Qiao Hai will compete with the 76ers' Larry Brown, the Mavericks' Don Nelson, and the Kings' Rick Adelman, Larry Brown is leading the team to the first place in the East, and Don Nelson and Rick Adelman are leading their respective teams to great progress.

In terms of best managers, the Grizzlies' most eye-catching operation this season was to trade Patrick Ewing, but the Spurs' trade operation was equally eye-catching, signing Bruce Bowen and trading Derrick Anderson, and the two operations directly helped the Spurs strengthen the defects on the outside.

There is also the operation of the 76ers, who exchanged the season-reimbursed Theolatliff for Deacon Bemutombo, which directly allowed the 76ers to enter the championship ranks, etc.

The biggest favorite for the best sixth man is Ginobili, but the 76ers' Aaron McGee also has a chance, he has a low score, averaging only 11.6 points per game, but he has 4.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists than Manu, and 1.4 steals, and most importantly, Aaron McGee has only 8 starts, while Ginobili has 22 starts.

The best defensive player is the most stable of these, Ewing's biggest rival is Deacon Bemutombo, but Uncle Mu was in the Hawks in the first half of the season, and the Hawks' extremely low win rate dragged him down.

In contrast, both in terms of individual data and team records, Patrick Ewing's advantage is even greater.

……

Manu Ginobili lifted the trophy for Best Rookie, and in the next game, Manu was in good shape, and Qiao Hai also took advantage of the situation to make Ginobili happy.

The Grizzlies scored another big win at the General Motors arena.

The score at the end of the game was 96:69, and the Timberwolves performed even worse in this game than in the previous game, with Kylian Garnett being limited, scoring only 18 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block on 5-of-13 shooting in the whole game.

Compared to the previous game, this game made the Timberwolves feel even more desperate.

The Grizzlies won two straight games at home, and the series was 2-0.

Then, the game moved to Apolis, Minnesota, for the third and possibly final game of the series.

In 2001, the first round of the playoffs was still a best-of-five series, so a win in Game 3 would only take the Grizzlies to advance to the next round.

On the Target Center Court, the Grizzlies continued their strong performance in the first two games.

Maddie completely broke out in this game, scoring 11 points in a row at the beginning of the first quarter, leaving the court for half a quarter, and after replaying in the second quarter, he scored 16 points in a row.

The ace in Qiao Hai's hand was powerful, and he scored 27 points in the half.

The Grizzlies also relied on Maddy's explosive individual play to lead the Timberwolves by 21 points at 66:45.

The target center was still full at the beginning, and after half the game, most of the fans had already left the game, and the fans thought very simply, the Timberwolves had no hope of winning, and they didn't want to stay on the field and be fed by the Timberwolves' poor performance.

At the beginning of the second half, Qiao Hai went directly to the hot Maddie, Maddie continued to take over the game, and scored 7 points in a row, plus the scores of other players, the Grizzlies' lead quickly reached 30 points, which is a huge lead.

Qiao Hai was replaced early because of this, and the remaining garbage time was worn out.

In the end, the Grizzlies defeated their opponents again 122-97, swept the opponent 3-0 in the series, and advanced to the next round first!