In the second half, the Kings continued the style of play in the second quarter, continued to speed up, and exchanged speed for space.

The Grizzlies played directly with Billups, Maddie and Ginobili partnered up, and the Grizzlies played three small on the outside, plus Sean Marion and Patrick Ewing on the inside.

The Grizzlies' lineup is a double-strengthened version of the offensive and defensive lineup, and the outside three directly burst the Kings' already not outstanding defense.

Defensively, Marion and Ewing have a joint defense and a top defense, plus three average or even far above average individual defense players on the outside, the Grizzlies' defense directly locked up the Kings' excellent offense.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Grizzlies played a wave of 11:2, and the score became 77:60, and the difference was directly stretched to 17 points.

Rick Adelman had to call a timeout, and after the timeout, the Kings slowed down the tempo to ensure success in a slow tempo.

Soon, the Kings regained their sense of offense, but the Grizzlies played a high-percentage offense, and after consecutive shots, the Grizzlies' offense exploded directly.

After the opening 11-2, the Grizzlies played another wave of 18-8, scoring 29 points in the third quarter, the third quarter was just the seventh minute, and there were as many as five minutes of game time left in the third quarter.

The score difference also widened again, 95:68, a huge difference of 27 points, for the Kings, the unrivaled outbreak of the Grizzlies directly made them helpless.

At the end of the third quarter of the game, Qiao Hai replaced Ginobili, who had a little physical problem, with Mike Bibby, and roughly replaced the interior combination with Raheem to continue to maintain a strong offensive end.

In the end, the Grizzlies scored 44 points in the third quarter, 44:24 in a single quarter, and the Grizzlies took a 20-point lead in a single quarter.

After three quarters, the Grizzlies scored 110 points to lead the Kings by 28 points at 110:82.

It has to be said that the Kings' offense has done well enough, but the Grizzlies have entered the playoffs, and the full burst of offense directly blew up the Kings.

At the end of the third quarter, the game also went into garbage time.

The Kings gave up the game and went off the bench first, with the Grizzlies following the bench.

It was an extremely easy game for Qiao Hai and the Grizzlies coaching staff, and Qiao Hai didn't have much arrangement and adjustment, and the game was easily won.

For the Grizzlies' players, compared to the first round of the playoffs, they still sweated a little, especially in the third quarter, Maddy, Billups and Ginobili almost did their best, otherwise it would not have been possible to explode the Kings' defense.

Through this game, the Grizzlies can be regarded as officially entering the playoffs.

The Grizzlies in this game first showed their offense at playoff intensity.

At the end of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies directly scored a super high score of 137 points, and finally won the game with a huge score difference of 137:108 and 29 points.

The first game was a super victory, and McBrin in the commentary bench couldn't help but sigh: "The Grizzlies' offense is too good!" This is simply an attack that is beyond this era, it is too explosive! ”

Mav Albert quickly summed it up: "Yes, a completely explosive offense, but when the whole game is over, we think about it carefully, and the Grizzlies' offensive routine seems to be very simple, that is, all kinds of blocking and pick-and-roll by small players on the outside and big players on the inside, and other small players cutting in the air, plus constant passing, to create space ......"

"That's right, it's a very simple routine, but the Grizzlies are able to keep scoring, and then, cut 44 points in a single quarter, and cut 137 points on the spot!"

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At the end of the game, Qiao Hai stood on the sidelines and shook hands with a bitter Rick Adelman.

Through this game, Adelman is clear that the Kings may have the ability to beat the Grizzlies in one game, but they certainly don't have the ability to beat the Grizzlies in a series.

This Grizzlies team is too strong, the offense that exploded in full force is definitely historic, and more importantly, the Grizzlies' defense is not bad at all.

The Kings scored 108 points in this game, but that was below the Kings' regular season average, and obviously, the Grizzlies' defense played a role.

With a combination of offense and defense, this Grizzlies is definitely a super strong team at the historical level.

Rick Adelman was even thinking that the Grizzlies' 71 wins in the regular season was not accidental, and if Qiao Hai was serious, it would not be difficult for the Grizzlies to break the 72-win record in the regular season.

But obviously, Qiao Hai doesn't value the winning record in the regular season.

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After shaking hands, Qiao Hai was directly interviewed by media reporters on the sidelines.

"Does the 29-point win mean that there is no suspense in this series?"

The first question pointed to the fact that there was no suspense in this series, but Qiao Hai shook his head: "The game is not over yet, everything is not easy to say, and now it is disrespectful to the opponent to say that there is no suspense in this series." ”

In the playoffs, Qiao Hai didn't want to provoke a war of words, especially since Rick Adelman didn't have any grudges with him.

Qiao Hai is not the kind of troublemaker, he thinks that a big mouth is not a good thing, just look at Jose Mourinho on the football side next door, it is good to say when the personal results are excellent, once the results are bad, or just the results at a certain stage are not as expected, even the right to breathe will be lost.

Generally speaking, Qiao Hai's external style is that people don't offend me, I don't offend people.

After simply dealing with this group of media reporters, the post-match press conference for the first game ended like this.

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After the first game of the second round of the playoffs, except for the Grizzlies who defeated the Kings, the 76ers lost to the Raptors 93-96.

The Bucks beat the Hornets 104-92 and didn't let the Hornets go down.

Finally, there's the much-watched Lakers vs. Spurs.

In the first game of the Lake-Horse War, the two teams played fiercely, and the game turned into a defensive battle, obviously, the Spurs had the advantage on the court, but in the final quarter, Kobe Bryant scored 7 points in a row, a wave of 9:2, and the Lakers finally defeated the Spurs 88-81 and won the first victory of the series.

In this game, in the OK combination, Kobe Bryant was in better shape, scoring 28 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 11-of-24 shooting.

In contrast, O'Neal was restrained by the twin towers, finishing with just 19 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and one block.

The first game of the series has come to an end, except for the Raptors, the overall is still in line with expectations, including the Lakers' win over the Spurs, this game is also in line with expectations, because the final point difference is only 7 points.

A day later, the second game of the second round of the playoffs was also staged.

Before the second game, the Grizzlies received another notice from the league that they would present the award to Qiao Hai at the Grizzlies' home court.

In the 2000-2001 season, the NBA Best Coach was still won by Qiao Hai, although in various discussions before, Qiao Hai's Best Coach was not won steadily.

But in the end, the Grizzlies' 71 wins, as well as the offensive and defensive top three in the league, cannot be ignored after all, and it can be said that this season's Grizzlies are historic.

The grizzly bears of the historical level, its coach can only be the best coach.