The first round of the playoffs begins, and the Grizzlies are at home and are about to face a challenge from the Timberwolves.

Judging from the prestige and seniority of the league, Philip Sanders is a good coach, at least many media will praise Philip Sanders, believing that it is his existence that Kevin Garnett can play the all-around data of 22.0 points, 11.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.8 blocks in the regular season.

But judging from the team's record, Qiao Hai believes that Philip Sanders is unqualified.

Kevin Garnett's stats are beautiful, each of the five stats is at least in the middle of the league, but no matter how beautiful the stats are, they can't win the ball, and it's useless, and the Timberwolves with a peak Kevin Garnett obviously shouldn't just have such a record.

In Joe's view, the problem with Philip Sanders is that he sees Garnett as a flashpoint, not a threat point.

The difference between the so-called explosion point and the threat point, Qiao Hai has his own theory.

For example, three-point ......

The threes are extremely important in this new era, but there are always coaches who only see the threes and not see the deeper things, and they just keep the players shooting the threes (like Rick Pitino) without understanding that the threes are just a means.

In basketball, what really matters is space, and three points are just a means to open up space.

Three-point firepower can create a threat, so the most important thing about three points is not that it is one more point than two points, but that it is more dangerous than two points, and it can open up more space than two points.

The same theory applies to Kevin Garnett.

Kevin Garnett is far better than the average All-Star, and he can create more of a threat, which means he can pull more defenders and open up more space.

But Philip Sanders didn't make the most of the threat Garnett could create, he only knew to let Garnett single, and the only place to use Garnett's characteristics to create a threat was Garnett's singles, attracting the ball after the bag.

Even so, Garnett has averaged 5 assists per game, and if Joe Hay were the head coach of the Timberwolves, he would add more Garnett's tactics to match his teammates.

For example, high-position tactics, such as the blocker in the pick-and-roll to catch the ball and then shoot alone or respond to the tactical play.

With the addition of a few sets of tactical play, the Timberwolves' offense will not be as bad as it is now.

The Timberwolves under the coaching of Philip Sanders rely on their defense, and in the Grizzlies' coaching staff meeting, it was analyzed that the Timberwolves should be a weakened version of the Spurs last season.

Compared to last season's Spurs, this Timberwolves lack a twin tower to partner Garnett, but because of Garnett's existence, this Timberwolves' defense is still among the top in the league.

The offense suddenly became a countdown, and the Timberwolves' offense was only two axes.

A board axe is Kevin Garnett's singles, from this point of view, Garnett's personal strength is still very strong, he has the height of a center, the body of a forward, and the flexibility of a guard, in terms of range, Garnett also has an iron-blooded big jumper, can shoot at any position in the middle distance, and the shooting rate is not low.

With the singles of such a player, the threat is naturally extremely huge.

The other board axe is Trill Brandon's singles and playmaking, but obviously, for the Timberwolves, Trill Brandon's ball-handling is already the most preferred option.

Attacking with two axes, not even three, it's too easy to be killed, and if the Timberwolves' defense is a wolf, then their offense is a husky.

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The first playoff game between the two teams at the General Motors Arena.

Before the start of the game, Qiao Hai's strategy was very simple, the offensive plan remained unchanged, relying on the combination of internal and external blocking offense to play his own attack.

On the defensive end, Qiao Hai will use a rough one-on-one to resist Garnett, and use Sean Marion as a free man on the defensive end to flank Garnett at any time.

As for the rest of the players, the Grizzlies' defensive strategy is one-on-one.

Overall, the Grizzlies' defense was a one-point attempt to kill Garnett and cut off Garnett's connection with his teammates, leaving Garnett on his own.

Once the game started, everything went well.

The Grizzlies' offense, Maddy and Billups cooperated, and in the opening 4 minutes, the two first teamed up to score all 13 points in the opening game of the Grizzlies, with Maddy scoring 7 points and Billups scoring 6 points.

The Grizzlies also opened with a seven-point lead at 13-6.

Of the six points the Timberwolves scored, Garnett scored four points from four singles, scored a goal, and drew a rough foul.

There were also two points for Terrier Brandon's breakaway score.

However, Garnett shot 1-of-3 and Trill Brandon also shot 1-of-3, and the stats showed that the Grizzlies' opening strategy was a success.

Philip Sanders called a timeout and began to adjust.

After a pause, Qiao Hai did not move at all, the Grizzlies have a 7-point lead, which has achieved the goal set by Qiao Hai, even if the Timberwolves adjust and lift the Grizzlies' suppression of them, the 7-point advantage of the lead is still there, and everything is okay.

And even Joe Hay didn't think Philip Sanders would be able to pull the situation back with this timeout.

Therefore, Qiao Hai is very calm.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies continued to score on the offensive end, and the defensive end also executed the previous tactical play.

The Timberwolves have clearly changed, with Garnett starting to pick up the ball in the high post and starting to single from a long high post to create a threat.

The game played for another three or four minutes, and Qiao Hai frowned.

I have to say that such a change still had a certain effect, compared to Garnett, the general pace is a little slower, and the effect of preventing the outside line is not good.

Garnett scored three goals in a row through a tough high single.

However, the Grizzlies still lead the Timberwolves by 7 points at 21-14.

At the time of the dead ball, the Timberwolves began to switch to the bench, but Garnett remained on the court.

On the Grizzly Bears' side, Qiao Hai also made a substitution.

In addition to the regular Ginobili plus McBibby for Maddie and Billups, Qiao Hai also roughly replaced, no way, Garnett is too flexible, and he can't guard against him on the inside line.

Qiao Hai's adjustment was that Sean Marion went to the No. 4 position, and Maddie didn't get off the court, and he went to the No. 3 position.

With just over three minutes left in the first quarter, Garnett was limited again, and the Grizzlies further widened the gap with a more frantic outside attack.

In the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies took a 12-point lead at 34:22.

The advantage is huge, and the game is basically no suspense, which is in line with the pre-game predictions, except for one Garnett, the Timberwolves really have no place to threaten the Grizzlies.

At the half, as the two teams changed to a pure substitute lineup, the difference between the points also widened.

The difference in strength between the two teams is still too big!