In the first game of the preseason, Qiao Hai didn't care about winning or losing, so the Grizzlies' opening style of play was very simple, practicing Princeton tactics.

In the opening jump ball, Brad Miller was 2.13 meters tall and had a height advantage, so the Grizzlies won the jump ball and made the first attack in the opening game.

Mike Bibby received the ball and advanced to the front court, giving a gesture, Brad Miller directly mentioned the top position of the high arc, a cover, plus a hand-to-hand cooperation, and the basketball in Mike Bibby's hand was already in Brad Miller's hands.

Brad Miller responded with a high position, but Mike Bibby had already used the cover just now, one arrow rushed into the three-point line, and on the other side, Maddie didn't think about it, and cut directly empty-handed.

Before the supersonic defense could react, they thought that Mike Bibi was the ball carrier, and hurried to block Mike Bibi who threw off the defense, but directly ignored Maddie on the other side.

Maddie, who has risen a little in a week, is already a star wing with a total rating of 82 points and is about to be 83 points, so Maddy's air cut is actually very threatening, but obviously, the SuperSonics did not pay attention to this, and it just so happened that in the Grizzlies' tactics, Maddie who gave the ball to the air cut was the most important link.

Therefore, in the first wave of offense and defense in the opening game, Maddie hit the three-point line, received a pass from Brad Miller, took three steps, and made a layup directly!

This ball is so easy! The supersonic defensive attention was not on Maddie at all, not only no one surrounded Maddie, but no one defended under the basket, Maddie made an easy layup, and did not even touch a blocking defender.

In the first attack of the opening game, the Grizzlies played very successfully.

Then, the Grizzlies played a variety of routines on the offensive end......

Brad Miller continued to respond with a high position, and Maddie cut inside to catch the ball again and hit it hard.

Brad Miller responded in a high position, Maddie cut in the air, suddenly a reverse run, caught the ball outside and pulled out three points, and hit!

Maddy held the ball through Brad Miller's screen, hit the inside, attracted the pinch shot, distributed the ball to the wing, power forward Raheem went around the back door, received the ball for a layup, and the Grizzlies continued to score.

……

That's it, because Hollis Grant followed Brad Miller to the high post, resulting in the emptiness of the supersonic interior, the Grizzlies scored consecutive points in the opening game, and actually led the superSonics.

SuperSonics coach Paul Westphale didn't take a preseason game that much seriously, but with the Grizzlies taking the lead and threatening to walk away with a win in Seattle, Paul Westphale couldn't sit still.

It's okay to lose, but no one can lose to the Grizzlies, after all, the Grizzlies were the bottom team in the West last season, and losing to the Grizzlies is not to give media reporters the truth and let those media reporters criticize him?

So, in the second half of the first quarter, Paul Westphall made an adjustment, allowing Hollis Grant to stick to the inside, and letting Gary Payton defend Maddy, who scored 11 points in half a quarter.

Qiao Hai really doesn't care about the Grizzlies' offense being contained, he doesn't care at all, let the team play, this game, he wants to see what the team's Princeton tactics can be like without coach interference.

Maddie was quickly contained, and Gary Payton's defense was clearly much better than Brent Barry's.

However, a Maddie was contained, but the Grizzlies played more cooperation on the court, Mike Bibby and Raheem had more play, especially around the back door tactics, the Grizzlies tried and tested, after all, around the back door is after many empty cuts, and it is difficult for opponents to prevent.

But as they played, the Grizzlies showed their immaturity, and the offensive end began to fluctuate, with Mike Bibby and Raheem always shooting regardless of the situation.

Maddie is the same, always habitually shooting directly after a cover.

The Grizzlies' shooting percentage dropped severely, and in the second half, the experienced superSonics gradually beat the score back and completed the comeback.

Gary Payton scored consecutive strong shots, and at the critical moment, the SuperSonics also stabilized the situation and led all the way to end the game.

Just like that, the system announced that the side quest for the preseason start had failed.

Qiao Hai didn't care at all, if he lost, he lost, at least in this case, the problem of the grizzly bear was exposed.

Among the starters, Maddy, Mike Bibby, Raheem and Brad Miller are all young people, easy to mess up at critical moments, and the only veteran Sammark does not have the ability to stand up at critical moments.

Lost the first game of the preseason, and in the second game, returned to the home court and continued to play against the SuperSonics.

Qiao Hai consciously controlled the game, and once the young players on the field were confused, he made substitutions.

Qiao Hai tried to replace Chauncy Billups, but Billups directly surprised Qiao Hai, and at the critical moment, Billups directly controlled the rhythm and did not mess up at all, and Maddie and Sean Marion on the field also calmed down.

As a result, at home, the Grizzlies won one.

A preseason win is inconsequential, of course, but Joe has discovered Billups' big heart, and perhaps Billups will soon prove that the Grizzlies' decision to trade Tony Massenberg for him was the right one.

won one win at home, and in the rest of the preseason, Qiao Hai led the team to play more casually.

He has successively added offensive routines to the team, the Princeton tactics set of tactics, the only trouble is that the playing style routines are too complicated, but there are also benefits, the advantage is that the Princeton tactics are really gorgeous offensive tactics, once opened, the offensive end is full of firepower, and it is indeed unstoppable.

Then, the Grizzlies played the Trail Blazers home and away, and this season the Trail Blazers traded Steve Smith, plus the improvement of Rasheed Wallace, and the addition of Detreff Schramf, the overall strength of the Trail Blazers is stronger than last season.

In the face of the Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers, who focus on the whole, won two victories directly.

However, the Grizzlies' progress is visible to the naked eye, and the proficiency of Princeton's tactics has risen to 42%, but this time, Qiao Hai feels that the proficiency of Princeton's tactics has risen a little slowly, at least compared to the triangle offense, this proficiency is more than twice as slow.

It's also a 100% proficient tactical board, why is Princeton's tactical proficiency growing so slowly?

Qiao Hai thought about it and guessed a reason: compared to the triangle offense, Princeton's tactics are too complicated, and the requirements for players are higher, Brad Miller is slowly adapting to Princeton's tactics, he is the key to the whole strategy, but obviously, the current Brad Miller's ability to respond with his hands open in later generations, so the Grizzlies' Princeton tactics are still a little sluggish.

Perhaps, the issue of player ability is the main reason why Princeton's tactical proficiency has grown so slowly.

However, Qiao Hai is not in a hurry, because the grizzly bear is obviously making steady progress, as long as there is progress, everything is developing in a good direction.

After two consecutive defeats to the Trail Blazers, the Grizzlies faced the Timberwolves, winning at home and losing on the road.

In the last two games against the Jazz, the Grizzlies lost another wave of two straight games.

In this way, in 8 preseason games, the Grizzlies' record is 2-6, which is obviously not a good result.