The General Motors Arena, under the neon lights is countless Grizzlies fans, and the hot record in recent seasons has finally brought Vancouver a hot ball market.

Qiao Hai contributed the most to the popularity of Vancouver's ball market, and the NBA's expansion plan was successful, with Vancouver retaining the Grizzlies and Toronto retaining the Raptors, which was completely different from the previous life.

TNT's commentator Cherry Miller even believes: "David Stern should be grateful to Qiao Hai, if it weren't for Qiao Hai, the Grizzlies would have moved out of Vancouver a long time ago, and the Raptors would have been tepid in Toronto." ”

Cherry Miller's words were ignored, but there were those who thought Cherey Miller was right, with ESPN's Stephen Smith adding: "Joe Hay saved Vancouver with his scores, and Vince Carter saved Toronto with a dunk. ”

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So, even after leaving, Qiao Hai still left a great legacy in the city of Vancouver, and there were far more fans who supported him than Billy Knight.

The rocket bus slammed on the brakes and drove into the entrance of the parking lot of the General Motors Arena, and in an instant, a large number of fans gathered around......

"Joe! Joe! Joe! ”

"Joe! Joe! Joe! ”

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Cheers and shouts rang out, but the bus had no intention of stopping at all, and galloped in.

Qiao Hai sat by the window and glanced out the window, and I have to say that there are quite a few Grizzlies fans who have been waiting for him outside the court, which makes him very relieved.

It's been a year since he left, and Vancouver still remembers him!

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In the away team locker room at the General Motors Arena, Qiao Hai is still here for the first time.

This is a relatively old stadium, and the conditions of the home team's locker room are very average, not to mention the away team's locker room, as soon as he entered the door, Qiao Hai frowned.

Bernie Bixduff said a lot, and he directly complained: "This should be the worst locker room in the league......"

The voice of his complaint was not loud, Qiao Hai heard it, and Qiao Hai also felt that it was indeed very bad, so he could only say that this dressing room was barely usable.

In this game, Qiao Hai's confidence is actually not great, there is no way, this grizzly bear is still too strong.

There are only five status cards that can be used in the system warehouse, but Qiao Hai is not ready to use status cards in this level of competition, which is a bit buggy.

Therefore, Qiao Hai can only use the true strength of the rocket to fight with the grizzly bear.

As hyped by the major media before the game, the strength of the Rockets is one notch lower than that of the Grizzlies, and whether they can win or not depends on Qiao Hai's on-the-spot command.

If Qiao Hai's on-the-spot command can completely suppress Hubi Brown, this game still has a good chance.

The opening layout of the Rockets is actually very simple, one-on-one defense on the defensive end, relying on the strength of the single-point defense to deal with Billupsga Maddy on the outside of the Grizzlies.

On the offensive end, it is also to play high blocking and dismantling first, and if it can't be opened, then make changes step by step.

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In the General Motors arena, the Rockets came out and began to warm up.

Qiao Hai also appeared with him, and in the infield, Qiao Hai was welcomed, the Grizzly Bears fans in the infield cheered wildly, and Qiao Hai also saw many signs welcoming Qiao Hai's return.

Some fans even wrote on the sign: "Billy Knight, fuck off!" We want Joe! ”

Clearly, Billy Knight was unpopular.

It's also understandable, although the core roster left by Qiao Hai was basically kept by Billy Knight, the Grizzlies still lost several very important benches, and with the failure to defend their title last year, the Grizzlies missed the opportunity to make a dynasty.

Billy Knight, who drove away Qiao Hai, naturally became a sinner.

"Today's game is Qiao Hai against his old club, a key battle, but the strength of the Rockets is very average, so this game will not be particularly intense." On the commentary bench, Charles Barkley expressed his opinion.

Kenny Smith shook his head: "Not necessarily, Charles, you know, Qiao Hai has never lost against his old club!" ”

"That's the Lakers, he hasn't beaten the Grizzlies yet, and the Grizzlies are different from the Lakers, the Lakers' shortcomings are too obvious, every time Qiao Hai catches the Lakers' shortcomings and hits them, he wins quickly."

Charles Barkley spread his hands and continued: "And this Grizzly Bear, can you name any shortcomings and problems he has? ”

Kenny Smith tilted his head and thought for a while, but he really didn't expect it, and then he said faintly, "Then let David ask Qiao Hai, right?" ”

So, as soon as the camera turned, Qiao Hai, who was standing on the sidelines, was stopped by TNT's sideline reporter David Wallace.

The first question: "Can you predict the outcome of this game?" ”

Qiao Hai's answer was: "There is nothing to predict, the game has not started yet, and everything is still uncertain." ”

Charles Barkley laughed: "Haha, Kenny, you see, even Qiao Hai himself has no confidence. ”

Kenny Smith rolled his eyes, and David Wallace asked a second question: "What kind of problems do you think this Grizzlies have?" Or how would you beat the grizzlies? ”

This time, Qiao Hai thought about it and replied: "Actually, there is nothing to say, no matter what kind of team, there will be shortcomings, there will be problems, sometimes, the problems are bigger, sometimes the problems are smaller, of course the Grizzlies also have problems, there are shortcomings, we will use their shortcomings to win the game......"

Qiao Hai said a lot, but he didn't say what the shortcomings of the grizzly bear were.

Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith in the commentary box looked confused, but Qiao Hai walked away by himself, because the game was about to start!

Before the start of the game, Qiao Hai walked to the technical table, found the old coach Hubi Brown, and the two shook hands.

"Hubi, you should be careful in this game."

Hubi Brown smiled: "You guy, you still talk cruelly, be careful that my old guy beats you to death." ”

Qiao Hai was no longer serious, smiled, waved his hand, and turned back to his place.

"The game is about to start, the starters of both teams are already on the line!"

"On the Rockets' side, their starting five Tigers have made some minor adjustments, point guard Steve Francis, their outside core, the wing is James Posey and Ron Artest, the inside is changed, this game, Carlos Boozer will partner Yao Ming, start!"

Boozer started, which was also a change made by Qiao Hai, who knew that using defense to contain the Grizzlies' offense was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Therefore, Qiao Hai's idea is very simple, try his best on the defensive end, and the offensive end is the real battlefield, and he wants to use the strongest offensive lineup of the Rockets to fight the Grizzlies' offense.

"In comparison, the offense on the Grizzlies' side has not changed, the guard line is Chauncy Billups Gatracey McGrady, the small forward Sean Marion, and the interior line is Wang Zhizhi plus Pau Gasol."

Beep!

The referee blew the whistle, the basketball was thrown over the arena, and the game began!

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