Chapter 244: Away Battle

Sacramento, located just north of San Francisco.

The city is called the second port by the Chinese, and the big port is naturally San Francisco, which has the largest number of Chinese in the United States, and there are many in Sacramento, perhaps because of Qiao Hai, but also because of the roughness, grizzly bears are popular here.

In front of the Ako Arena, when Qiao Hai stepped off the bus, a group of Chinese fans cheered, roughly got off the bus, and got the same treatment.

In the corner of the infield of the stadium, there was another group of Chinese fans wearing grizzly bears, holding the national flag, and cheering constantly.

"The Grizzlies are a Chinese home team because they have a Chinese head coach and a Chinese player! Therefore, there were many Chinese fans who supported the Grizzlies at the scene......"

McBlin, the commentator of the game, explained, after all, there were so many away fans suddenly at home, the regular season was fine, and the playoffs were really rare.

The Grizzlies were quick to play as they warmed up.

Qiao Hai finally walked out of the players' tunnel, a corner of the stadium occupied by Chinese fans, and cheers rang out as Qiao Hai walked out.

Qiao Hai was a little surprised, even if there was a group of Chinese fans cheering outside the court, there were also inside the court, it is estimated that the faces of the Kings management are darkened, and the home field is occupied by away fans, which is a shameful thing, which shows the weakness of the Sacramento ball market from the side.

Because of the loss in the last game, the aggregate score is now a 1:1 draw, and in this game, Qiao Hai's opening arrangement seems to be very careful.

"Princeton offense, defensive end man marking, Tracido with the ball and single-handed......" is still the same old style of play, because the old style of play means stability, the strength of the Grizzlies is definitely stronger than the king, as long as you play steadily, there is no problem in winning.

At the end of the arrangement, Qiao Hai did not forget to add: "Pay attention to your defense, don't give the opponent a chance to shoot easily!" ”

Qiao Hai is afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, if you want to say how the Grizzlies lost in the last game, everyone knows it, the Grizzlies played not badly, they lost to the king's hot hand, this game, Qiao Hai wants to strangle the king's hot hand from the beginning.

Playing away, the Grizzlies still have to face the boos of the away fans, although there are some Chinese fans on the scene, but the number is small, and it still can't suppress the vast majority of Kings fans.

When the game began, Brad Miller won the jump ball, and the Arco Arena immediately booed.

The Grizzlies attacked first, Maddy opened the game alone, took the ball at the top of the arc, broke through, shook off Nick Anderson, rushed to the inside, stood up to Vlad Divac, and made a layup!

The Grizzlies scored at the opening point, and the boos at the Arco Arena continued from the opening point until the Kings started attacking.

The Kings' offense, Jason Williams controlled the rhythm with the ball, Chris Webber received the ball in the middle distance, and passed the ball to Nick Anderson, this time, Maddie didn't give Nick Anderson any space.

Nick Anderson raised his hand and shot, and in the last game he shot five three-pointers, scored three, and felt hot.

Even in the last game where he lost, Nick Anderson felt good.

So, when there is a ball, shoot, Nick Anderson did not hesitate.

But this time, Maddie returned in time, and Nick Anderson's shot was interfered with, and with a bang, it didn't go in.

On the sidelines, Qiao Hai breathed a sigh of relief, if this goal is scored again, the Grizzlies will stop playing in the playoffs this time, and they will be counted directly by the black eight.

Nick Anderson missed a three-point shot, the Grizzlies grabbed the rebound, and scored two more points on the counterattack, and the Grizzlies led 4-0 away.

The king's offense, this time changed to Divac's high position, Chris Webber received the ball in the low post, and after the single, he forced Rahim to score! 4:2!

The Grizzlies serve in the backcourt, a quick tactical cooperation in the frontcourt, Raheim pulls out the low post, receives the ball in the open position, and hits the mid-range shot, 6:2.

The King's possession, Jason Williams went over the screen, shook off the defender and threw a shot, but in the face of Brad Miller's supplemental defense, the shot was interfered with and did not score.

The Grizzlies grabbed the rebound and fought back again.

The king's reaction was also very fast, and he quickly organized a retreat defense, forming a wave of three to three in the front court, Nick Anderson wanted to stop Maddie who was holding the ball, Maddie changed direction in a hurry, after passing Nick Anderson, a long-distance throw, smack, the ball went in!

8:2! The Grizzlies extend their lead.

The plot of this game is finally different, the Grizzlies finally took the lead at the beginning, Qiao Hai breathed a sigh of relief, took the lead at the beginning, and this game was easy to play.

Then, the Kings were caught off guard by the Grizzlies' sudden increase in defense, and the Grizzlies continued to resolutely penetrate the interior line, staring wildly at the weakness of the Kings without an interior rim.

When the official timeout was reached in the first quarter, Rick Adelman endured not to call a timeout, but at 6:33 of the first quarter, the game was dead and entered the official timeout, and the Grizzlies had a 9-point lead at 22:13.

The official timeout, the Kings made adjustments, replacing the in-form Jason Williams with Tony Decker to strengthen the offense.

The Grizzlies also adjusted, and Qiao Hai switched to dual control, pushing Sean Marion to the fourth position and continuing to strengthen the offense.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies continued to attack frantically, and after one big and four small, the Grizzlies' offense played more fiercely.

Playing until the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies scored 44 points in a single quarter and led the Kings by 19 points at 44-25 in the first quarter.

With a difference of 19 points, the Arco Arena, which was still booing wildly at the beginning, fell silent all of a sudden.

"In a one-quarter game, the Grizzlies' offensive firepower is terrifying......" McBrin sighed.

Marv Albert also said: "After the last loss, everyone was singing about the Grizzlies, thinking that the Kings might be black eight, and in this game, the Grizzlies proved themselves fiercely, their offensive firepower was too fierce, 44 points in a single quarter, amazing!" ”

On the king's side, Adelman was somewhat silent.

Pete Carell patted Adelman on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "In the second half of the quarter, the Grizzlies didn't play Princeton, it was a run, we have to grab the rhythm, press the rhythm down, we still have a chance." ”

Adelman nodded and made a change, switching back to Jason Williams to control the tempo and Peja to strengthen his outside shooting.

On the Grizzlies side, Joe Hai has double control - Billups plus Mike Bibby, putting Maddie and Raheem on the sidelines to rest, and the center is rough, plus Sean Marion in the fourth position and Ragabel in the third position, Qiao Hai has put on a completely different new lineup.

The main tactic is still a run-and-shoot, of course, a pseudo-run-and-shoot, and the Grizzlies' run-and-shoot is more like a Princeton offense after speeding up.

In the second quarter, the Kings and Grizzlies battled to attack.

The Grizzlies' lineup is a pure bench lineup, and its combat effectiveness is weak.

The Kings began to chase points, chased for a while, barely chased 15 points, and the second quarter was already half a quarter of the game.

At this time, Qiao Hai took the initiative to call a timeout and replace people!

Point guard Billups, point guard Ragabel, small forward Maddy, power forward Raheem and center Rasiunestrovic came on the scene, half main and half bench, and Maddy and Raheem, who had rested for half the quarter, came on.

On the king's side, Adelman was blinded at once.

The Kings' main force has not been down because they have to chase points, so Adelman kept the main force to play the first half of the second quarter.

So, the Kings now have to face a recharged Grizzly main force, and they are all exhausted.