During the timeout, Qiao Hai praised the team's opening performance.

The team's performance was really good, opening 13:4, which can be called a wave of offensive high. It's tide, such a performance, Qiao Hai can't say it if he doesn't praise it.

After praising it, Qiao Hai thought about it, the team's offense was a little smooth today, so it was better to try to speed up: "Let's try to speed up, next, speed up our air cuts, passes and shots, and raise the tempo......"

The Grizzlies need to speed up, and Larry Bird's side is still emphasizing defense.

The Pacers' defense was problematic and they gave the Grizzlies too many easy scoring opportunities, and Larry Bird was furious, believing that this wasn't the defense the Pacers should have.

The offense was also a serious problem, with Reggie Miller locked up and the Pacers having to find another way.

After some adjustments, the game restarted.

The Pacers' offense, Mark Jackson with the ball, Reggie Miller leads the defense,

Mark Jackson passed the ball inside, Rick Schmitz turned and hit a jumper, Raheem's defense still has some problems, it is a weak link in the Grizzlies' defense, the Pacers' offense is obviously changing the main offense, Reggie Miller is locked, and they can only seek opportunities from other positions.

In fact, the Pacers in recent seasons have often changed their main attackers, Reggie Miller is old after all, and his state is not as good as before, once the shooter is not in good shape, it is easy to be dumb, and the Pacers' offense cannot be without a backhand, Jalen Rose and Rick Schmitz are the backhands of the Pacers' offense.

After the Pacers pulled back two points, the Grizzlies attacked.

Jalen Rose defended Maddy, Dale Davis also switched defenses with Rick Schmitz, and Larry Bird had to block the Grizzlies' two offensive strengths with a single defense.

Such an obvious change of guard, Qiao Hai didn't care.

Brad Miller held the ball high, Maddy cut to catch the ball, their passing speed increased significantly, Maddy received the ball, directly a pull-up jumper, the Pacers couldn't react, and let the Grizzlies score two points.

At 15:6, the Grizzlies continued to lead by nine points.

The Pacers' offense, Jalen Rose's long-range two-point shot from the outside, missed.

Raheem grabbed the rebound, and the Grizzlies fought back in a wave, which was very fast, and another 2 points were scored, 17:6, with a difference of 11 points.

It was the Pacers' possession again, and Reggie Miller made a three-pointer against the defense and finally hit it.

The Grizzlies' fast-paced Princeton offense, Mike Bibby missed directly, Davis grabbed the rebound, the Pacers also played a wave of counterattacks, Reggie Miller scored another 2 points, and the difference narrowed to 6 points at once.

Qiao Hai was anxious and shouted to Maddie: "Tracy, lock him up!" ”

Reggie Miller scored 5 points in a row, Qiao Hai was in a hurry, there was no way, Reggie Miller launched a madness, and it was not a problem to directly solve a team alone, 8 seconds and 8 minutes were not for fun.

Maddie nodded, earnest.

The Grizzlies' offense has significantly accelerated, and mistakes are inevitable in the acceleration, and it is inevitable to hit the iron in the fast shot.

So, the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency went down.

This gave Larry Bird the illusion that his defensive strategy had worked, and the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency had declined, which was a great time for the Pacers to chase points.

Reggie Miller suddenly came to a wave of form, but Maddie's serious blockade locked Miller Sr. again.

In this way, the Pacers' offense was difficult, and the Grizzlies played a wave of 13:4 in the opening game, and the offensive efficiency after that was not high.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Pacers by seven points at 28:21.

Back at home, the score reversed, with the Grizzlies leading, and the last time the two teams played a game where the Pacers took the lead at the beginning and ended with the Grizzlies coming back from behind.

Larry Bird didn't want to turn the tables, he just wanted to establish the lead early and win early.

So in the second quarter, he asked the team to increase the intensity of defense, and then gave Reggie Miller a break to prepare for the second half of the second quarter to play again.

At the same time, the Pacers replaced Sam Perkins, Austin Crohill, Travis Best and Al Harrington, plus Jalen Rose, a lineup where everyone can shoot and score, and it is clear that they are chasing points.

The Grizzlies also replaced the bench, rhythm master Chancey Billups played, and the other four positions were Ragabel, Maddy, Sean Marion and Nesterovich, the Grizzlies continued to speed up, and the 7-point lead in the first quarter directly allowed Qiao Hai to play, anyway, there are still three quarters of the game, even if the lead is tied, the Grizzlies still have two quarters to re-establish the advantage.

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency continued to decline.

The Pacers are not much better, their bench lineup is a master of the scramble, but when they encounter the Grizzlies' strong side stacked defense, they are directly defended very badly, and there is no chance in the singles, and after passing, several players who receive the ball have to continue to take two steps.

As a result, the Pacers' offensive efficiency has also become lower.

This game, fighting, is a bit of a defensive war, but Qiao Hai knows that this is not a defensive war, but rookies pecking each other.

Larry Bird has not adjusted, not because the Pacers are playing too well, but because the Pacers have been chasing points, and the point difference is gradually narrowing, Larry Bird feels that this is a good momentum, and he wants the team to maintain this momentum that looks good.

In the second half of the quarter, Larry Bird was replaced by Reggie Miller, and Qiao Hai made corresponding adjustments, letting Ragabel go to defend Reggie Miller and continue to lock up Miller Sr.

After halftime, the Grizzlies led by three points at 50:47.

The half-time speed test was basically over, Qiao Hai was not satisfied, and the team still needed to adapt to the Princeton offense in the speed, but at halftime, Qiao Hai still praised the team's performance in the first half.

In any case, the Grizzlies held the lead in the first half, and although the lead had been narrowed to 3 points, Qiao Hai really felt that the team had done a good job.

On the other hand, Larry Bird has already turned on the hair dryer mode.

"We played so badly, it's our home stadium! But we're getting ahead of the Vancouver, I don't know what you're doing, Dale, what about your frame? What about your rebounding protection? Why did the opponent let the opponent grab so many rebounds in the half? And Jalen, Death Resistant Tracy McGrady! Kill him! Of course, the most important thing, Reggie, you are the captain, you have to get back to the crosshairs as soon as possible, can a small undrafted rookie prevent you from killing you? ”

Larry Bird breathed a sigh of relief and shouted two more words: "Give me attention, we have to take the lead in the third quarter!" I don't want to see a game where the winner is decided in the fourth quarter! ”

In the second half, Qiao Hai made a substitution.

Point guard Chauncy Billups, shooting guard Maddy, small forward Sean Marion, power forward Raheem, and center Brad Miller.

Chauncey is in better shape than Loops in this game, plus the other four main starters, Qiao Hai's thoughts are the same as Larry Bird, the Grizzlies are going to exert their strength, Qiao Hai doesn't want to drag the game to the fourth quarter, and it is already Qiao Hai's heart to let the Pacers chase down only 3 points behind, Qiao Hai doesn't want the Pacers to repeat the previous game.

The roles of the two teams were reversed, and the Pacers turned the tables over.

This is what Qiao Hai does not want to see, so he must firmly control this game, preferably before the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies reextend the lead and seal the victory early.