There is one last game left in January, but by this time, the Grizzlies have already locked up the first place in the league ahead of schedule, of course, the first place in the league before January 31.

The first place in the league before January 31 means that Qiao Hai has locked up the coach of the All-Star Game, and it also means that Qiao Hai has completed the special mission one at the beginning of the season.

"Special Mission 1: In the middle of the season, lead the team to the first place in the league and be elected head coach of the All-Star team!"

"Mission reward: 1 dynasty point, 20 victory points."

This is a little dynasty point, but the reward has not been issued yet, and I think it will still have to wait for the alliance to announce the final result, and the system will finally approve it, and then issue the reward.

However, Qiao Hai is not in a hurry, for the time being, he doesn't need dynasty points, and getting this dynasty point is a matter of these two days, basically, after playing the last game of January, the reward will be in hand.

And the schedule shows that in the last game of January, the Grizzlies' opponent is the Lakers.

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This season, the Grizzlies have beaten the Lakers twice, with both games on the road.

In a regular season, the Grizzlies will play four Lakers games with two home games, and basically, if there are no surprises, the Grizzlies should be able to complete another quadruple kill against the Lakers.

After all, the remaining two games are home games!

For Qiao Hai, you can lose to the Lakers away, but you can't at home.

In this game, Qiao Hai still stubbornly let Maddie start, although Maddie played four games after his comeback, two games were average, and two games were bad.

The overall performance was a fail, and a very poor one.

Four games later, Chris Perkins, an expert in the magazine "Basket World", even posted: "Tracy McGrady's condition is too bad, maybe a serious back injury has made Maddie lose his explosiveness, the Grizzlies shouldn't give him more opportunities, Manuginobili is definitely a better scoring guard than Maddy!" ”

Finally, the expert, named Chris Perkins, appealed: "Qiao Hai should start Manuginobili, let Maddie go to the bench, and even he should trade Maddie, because Maddie just signed a big contract, and now Maddie is no longer worthy of this big contract!" ”

Vancouver, who is about to host Phil Jackson, Joe Hay participated in the pre-game press conference.

A reporter mentioned Chris Perkins's column and advice, and then asked Qiao Hai what he thought, and Qiao Hai replied directly: "Chris Perkins? Who is he? ”

Indeed, for Qiao Hai, there are too many sports reporters and experts in North America, not every reporter and every expert he knows.

Hoop Sports reporter Lee Edwards, who was sitting in the audience, whispered back: "The editor-in-chief of "Basket World", a well-known expert on wheat black. ”

Qiao Hai heard Li Edwards' answer, and he pointed directly at Li Edwards: "Look, this reporter friend from Hoop Sports has said that he is a microphone black expert, he specializes in black Tracy, right?" Then all his articles related to Tracy are biased, so there is nothing to respond to. ”

"Tracy will prove with his performance that he is still the same Tracy from last season!"

"So will Maddie still be a starter in this game?"

Most expert reporters are not as frustrated as Chris Perkins, they don't think that the current Maddie is no longer good, but they all believe that at least the current Maddie has not recovered his form, in this case, Qiao Hai should put Maddie on the bench and slowly find his form.

Especially this game is a strong matchup against the Lakers.

In this case, Qiao Hai should be more careful.

But Qiao Hai nodded: "Yes, Tracy will still be the starter in this game." ”

"Aren't you afraid that he's going to play badly and let the Grizzlies lose because of that?"

Immediately, a reporter asked.

Qiao Hai shook his head again: "Don't be afraid." ”

"But the opponent is the Lakers?"

"So what? For the Lakers, we can play casually, and we can win them casually! ”

In the end, Qiao Hai answered the last question in a dragging manner, and seemed to ignore the uproar at the pre-match press conference, turned around and left.

"Fight the Lakers, fight casually, win casually?"

"He's kidding, right?"

"It must be!"

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Lawrence Frank is gone, and the Grizzlies' coaching staff is making another adjustment.

Lawrence Frank is the offensive coach of the Grizzlies, so as soon as he left, the position of offensive coach became vacant, and Qiao Hai directly promoted David Fitzdale, who had just joined the Grizzlies, to serve as the offensive coach, and quickly filled the vacancy.

In this game, the Grizzlies' tactics have not changed, and the starting lineup is still the same as in previous games, point guard Billups, scoring guard Maddy, small forward Sean Marion, power forward Raheem and center Patrick Ewing.

The Lakers' starters were point guard Ron Harper, shooting guard Kobe, small forward Rick Fox, power forward Hollis Grant and center O'Neal.

The starting lineup is no different from the last matchup between the two teams, the difference is that Isaiah Leddle sits on the bench of the Lakers in this game, which gives Phil Jackson confidence in the lineup.

Before the game even began, McBrin and Marv Albert in the commentary box were discussing what Joe Hay had said in his pre-match press conference.

"Everyone thinks Qiao Hai is joking, I don't think so, since Qiao Hai became the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies have not lost to the Lakers once, at least from the perspective of each other's records, the Grizzlies can indeed win the Lakers casually."

This was McBlin's idea, and he said it directly.

Mav Albert also nodded: "Even if Maddie is pitted, the Grizzlies have other players who can pull the score back, compared with the last game between the two teams, the Grizzlies have one more Maddy, and the Lakers have one more Isaiah Leddle." ”

"Actually, the two extra ones mean the same thing, both teams have an extra player available."

Maddie is an available player, and so is Isaiah Ledder, so thinking about it, it seems that no matter how bad Maddie is, it will not affect the outcome of the game.

The game started quickly, with Patrick Ewing stealing the opening ball and the Grizzlies taking the lead.

When the game started, Maddie directly came to a single at the top of the arc, and after passing the cover, he stopped and jumped shot, bang, and didn't score!

"Maddie opened the game with a shot and it looked like he was still in average form, but of course, it was just the first ball, so it's hard to say."

O'Neal grabbed the rebound, the Lakers advanced slowly, and after halftime, Kobe Bryant took the ball, also single.

Kobe's opponent is Maddy, in this game, Maddie came back, and Qiao Hai used the routine of last season again, so that Maddie and Kobe Bryant were one-on-one, the two were of equal strength, either they exploded each other, or who was in good shape.

But obviously, Kobe Bryant was in good shape in this game, singles in a high position, a breakthrough, and after shaking twice, he threw a direct backward jumper.

Bang!

At the beginning, Kobe Bryant hit a step-back jumper, and a pair of thick black hands seemed to be hot!

And then, the Grizzlies' offense.

Maddy, who hit a shot in anger at the beginning, couldn't get the ball, after all, no one knows whether his current state is good or bad, the Lakers have scored, and the Grizzlies need to score.

So Billups himself came.

After the cover in the middle, Billups went directly into the penalty area, attracted a pinch shot, divided the ball into the bottom corner, and Sean Marion received the ball in the bottom corner and shot, bang, still didn't score.

O'Neal was on the spot, and Hollis Grant grabbed the rebound.

The Lakers played a wave of counterattacks, Kobe Bryant sent an assist in the counterattack, Rick Fox scored 2 points on a layup, and the Lakers led 4:0 in the opening game!

The Grizzlies started the game in average form, Billups also hit a shot, Raheem also followed up with a mid-range shot, but still didn't score, and Maddie didn't touch the ball much.

In the Grizzlies' half, only the sound of bangbang was heard, and after more than three minutes, the Grizzlies were 4:11, 7 points behind the Lakers, and the 4 points scored by the Grizzlies were still Patrick Ewing after grabbing the offensive rebound, which shows how bad the Grizzlies' state is.

Qiao Hai did not call a timeout, because the game had just begun, and he believed in the self-adjustment ability of the players on the field.

On the court, Maddie, who had only touched the ball once after playing for more than three minutes, began to strongly open his hand to ask for the ball, and the Grizzlies were in average condition, and Maddie felt that maybe he should try again.