After falling behind by 4 points in the first quarter, Qiao Hai was very helpless.

The Grizzlies' problem is too big, on the offensive end, except for Maddie, they don't have a second strong point, which directly leads to the Grizzlies' inability to open the offense when Maddie's state is average.

Compared to the offense, the Grizzlies have a bigger problem on the defensive end, Brad Miller has no rim attributes, and Raheem does not, and the Grizzlies' rim protection task can only be handed over to a starting No. 3 position, so everything is reversed.

There are problems both offense and defense, and the Grizzlies naturally fall into the disadvantage against the Spurs who play all the cards in the hole.

In the second quarter, Qiao Hai thought about it and decided to make a radical change.

"In the second quarter, we played like this."

Joe Hay picked up a tactical board and continued: "The lineup for the second quarter, point guard Earl Boykins, scoring guard Mike Bibby, small forward Sammark, power forward Raheem, and center Rasian Netrovic. ”

Byron Scott was surprised that Joe Hay had actually used Boykins and Sammark.

Before the playoffs, Joe had a coaching staff meeting, in which they said okay, El Boykins would only be played as a surprise player in some games in the playoffs, and as for Sammark, he would be completely abandoned.

As a result, in this game, Qiao Hai not only used Boykins, but also Sammak.

What does Qiao Hai think? What does he want to do?

"We play like this, we don't have singles, everybody runs to catch the ball, we shoot in the open positions, Lashewe plays in the high post, Sheriff plays in the low post, passes the ball and gets our Princeton offense going!"

Byron Scott understood that Qiao Hai was about to be ruined.

Maddie, who has just recovered from injury, is in average condition, Qiao Hai simply doesn't need Maddie, direct egalitarianism, everyone can take the ball, whoever is in a good position will shoot, as long as the Grizzlies can create empty positions, and in the case of countless empty shots, Qiao Hai doesn't believe that the Grizzlies' feel will continue to rot.

It was a gamble, and Qiao Hai felt that he had gambled.

The game restarted, and the Spurs' lineup for the second quarter was released.

Duncan rested, David Robinson sat on the inside, the power forward was Marik Cross, and the outside trio were Tony Decker at point guard, Antonio Daniels at scoring guard, and Sean Elliott at small forward.

Popovich frowned when he saw Sammak play, he realized the problem.

The game started with no superstar lineup and the Grizzlies passing the ball wildly.

Sammak ran into a quasi-open corner and Rahim's pass came in immediately.

Sean Elliott turned around and pounced, a step too late.

But it didn't go in.

It's been almost a month since he played, and Sammak is in average form, and it will take time to find his touch.

The Spurs played a wave of counterattacks, the Grizzlies retreated, and Antonio Daniels, who had the ball, was stopped by Mike Bibby, and the fast break was missed.

Antonio Daniels gave the ball directly to Deck, who pressed down the tempo and waited for David Robinson to settle down and the Spurs began a positional battle.

In the positional battle, the Spurs also did not score, and Tony Deck scored a goal and did not score.

The Grizzlies fought back, unsuccessfully.

Then, they didn't fight a fast attack, it was also a positional battle.

Because Qiao Hai figured it out, if you play fast break, the Spurs will follow, and the Spurs' defense is better, so it's better not to play fast break, and use Princeton's offense to slowly consume, once this set of high-ceiling offense is played, maybe the Grizzlies will in turn suppress the Spurs.

In the positional battle, Mike Bibby ran out of a position, shot in the middle, and successfully hit.

2 points are in hand, and there are 2 points left in the difference.

Then, the Spurs' positional battle, after grinding for a while, David Robinson scored a goal inside, and the difference returned to 4 points.

The Grizzlies continued to battle their positions, and the slow pace surprised Popovich and surprised many.

But the Grizzlies kept fighting.

Sammak quickly found his groove and made a shot from beyond the three-point line as the Grizzlies cut the deficit to one point.

Qiao Hai also deployed troops during this period.

El Boykins was in average form, and Joe Hay was replaced by Ragabel.

Rasian Nestrovic should have done a good job, but the offensive threat was insufficient, Qiao Hai saw David Robinson, who had been guarding the basket, and made another substitution, Wang Zhizhi came on the court, replaced Nesterovich, and played center.

As a result, he was roughly on the court, pulled directly to the top of the arc, and shot a three-pointer in the open position.

The Grizzlies are up by 2 points.

Popovich was forced to make adjustments, and the Spurs switched defenses on the defensive end, allowing Mari Kroos to pull to the perimeter.

However, at this time, the Grizzlies' offense has unknowingly turned on.

Sammark hit two more three-pointers in a row, plus roughly made a mid-range shot, and two odd men exploded, and the Grizzlies overtook the score in the second quarter.

In the second half of the quarter, Qiao Hai replaced Maddie and continued to strengthen the offensive.

At halftime, the Grizzlies led the Spurs by five points at 54-49.

Qiao Hai's tactics succeeded.

For the Spurs and Popovich, in the second half, they had to play more cards.

"The Grizzlies returned to their regular style of play, the Princeton offense in the second quarter directly blinded the Spurs, and in the entire second quarter, they won by 9 points, the wonder soldier Sammack scored three three-pointers, and Wang Zhizhi also scored 5 points on the court, although the data looks average, but the tactical role is the greatest, because he involved the Spurs' interior defense, which is the real fuse that tore through the Spurs' defense......"

At half-time, McBrin and Marv Albert summed up the first half.

"What's more, the Grizzlies' defense, which has given up on the fast break, has also improved a lot, and they have the advantage in the field and the situation, and the next thing is to see how the Spurs adjust......

In the locker room at halftime, Qiao Hai was already crazy: "Three points!" We're going to keep shooting threes! The San Antonio people are strong on the inside, but they are too weak on the outside, they don't have the offensive strength on the outside, they don't have the strength on the defense, everything is worse than us! ”

"So in the second half, we're going to pass more, we're going to look for open space, and then open up and shoot that damn basketball!"

After a roar, in the second half, the Grizzlies' lineup also changed.

Point guard Mike Bibby, shooting guard Maddy, small forward Sammark, power forward Raheem, and center Brad Miller.

Bibby and Sammark, who were in good form in the second quarter, continued to play, so Billups and Sean Marion didn't play, and the Grizzlies' tactical play in the third quarter was already obvious.

The Grizzlies returned to their usual style of play, and the Spurs naturally responded.

Duncanga guards Robinson's twin towers, small forward is Colsi, and the outside line is Mario Eliga Avery Johnson, which is also a regular lineup, and the Spurs are not playing fast, they have to fight the Grizzlies with the regular style of play.

One Princeton is on offense, the other is crazy on defense.