In the new season, the Spurs started the game in average form, but the further the game went, the better their form became, in the last eight games, they won 7-1, and in terms of overall record, the Spurs also finished second in the West with 11 wins and 4 losses, second only to the Grizzlies.

Compared with last season, this season's Spurs are still dominated by the inside, and the twin towers of David Robinson and Tim Duncan are still the foundation of their foothold among the strong teams in the West, but in addition to the inside, the Spurs' outside line this season has finally shown signs of momentum.

Bruce Bowen's defense is excellent, Derrick Anderson's individual offense is what the Spurs need, and Derrick Anderson's personal defense has begun to shine after coming to the Spurs.

In the last game in November, facing the Lakers, to everyone's unbelievability, Derrick Anderson killed Kobe Bryant one-on-one, he could follow Kobe Bryant at the same time, and use his hands reasonably to contact each other, affecting the opponent's breakthrough and shooting, that game, Kobe was locked by Derrick Anderson and Bruce Bowen teamed up, shooting 6 of 22, and performed poorly.

For the Spurs, there are twin towers on the inside, Bruce Bowen and Derrick Anderson on the outside, and tactically, inspired by Qiao Hai, Popovich's tactics are also changeable, with iron defense and smooth offense.

It can be said that, on the whole, this spur is even stronger than the spurs at the peak of the history of the previous life.

Against this Spurs, it's really hard to say that you must win.

However, Qiao Hai still arranged everything and fought for victory.

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As analyzed before the game, this Spurs team was difficult to deal with, but Qiao Hai surprised him from the start, putting on a starter that looked a little strange, with Mike Bibby at point guard, Billups at point guard, Manuginobili at small forward, Sean Marion at power forward and Patrick Ewing at center.

Three small guards, plus a three-four swinging Marion, in essence, this is a starting lineup of one big and four small.

So, Popovich didn't pay much attention, he just told starting point guard Avery Johnson: pay attention to the rhythm.

Popovich just thinks the Grizzlies might be going to play fast-break.

But in fact, when the game really began, Popovich found that the Grizzlies did not play fast offense at all, but played a very normal positional offense, but relied on the three small outside lines to constantly break through, air cuts and fast intersperses, quickly tearing apart the Spurs' defense.

In the opening five minutes, the Grizzlies played a wave of 19:9 and directly led by 10 points.

But then, Popovich called a timeout.

After the pause, everything changed.

The Spurs' defense began to expand, and they used the two-to-three defense to strangle the Grizzlies' breakthrough, and the effect was obvious, but the difference in points did not change much.

It wasn't until the second quarter that the Grizzlies began to replace the bench and the outside three could not be on the floor at the same time, that the Spurs began to slowly close the difference......

It trailed by 10 points at the beginning, and at halftime, the margin was chased by the Spurs to 6 points.

Although the pace of chasing points was slow, the situation on the court was not optimistic, the Grizzlies were suppressed by the Spurs, and Qiao Hai gave Ginobili, Mike Bibby and Billups a lot of playing time, and no one could break the deadlock.

In the third quarter, the margin continued to narrow, and only 2 points remained.

In the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Qiao Hai broke the kettle and started a run-and-bomb offense, in the new season, the Grizzlies have never played run-and-bomb, as if Qiao Hai forgot that there is still such a set of play, but after restarting the run-and-bomb, the effect is not good.

The Spurs quickly overtook the score and slowly took the lead.

After Qiao Hai switched to the outside three small again, the Spurs were still using their tough defense to maintain the lead

So, in the end, the Grizzlies lost a game with a rare opening lead.

The final score was 88-92, and the Grizzlies only lost by 4 points, but it was these 4 points that allowed them to swallow their third loss of the season, as well as the second loss against the Spurs, and except for Maddy, the Grizzlies were all there, and it looked like it was a painful loss.

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At the press conference after the game, Qiao Hai said about the result of this game: "There is nothing to say about losing, the Spurs are strong, but the Grizzlies are not bad, we only lost by 4 points, if we are lucky, we can win." ”

A reporter questioned Qiao Hai's answer: "Although the margin of winning the game is only 4 points, on the field, the Grizzlies are completely suppressed by the Spurs. ”

Qiao Hai directly counterattacked: "The suppression of the scene? Believe it or not, I played a game that was suppressed by my opponent and still won it? The suppression on the scene is nothing! ”

It seems that Qiao Hai is a dead duck with a hard mouth, but in fact, Qiao Hai can really lead the team to such a victory.

This is the same as the defensive counterattack in football, it seems that the team that defends the counterattack is frantically suppressed by the attacking team, and can't even press it at halftime, in fact, it is often the team that wins the game with the defensive counterattack, because they find an opportunity and can complete the goal, while the attacking team wastes countless opportunities and just can't score.

Reflected in basketball, there can be a variety of performances, such as this game, it seems that the Spurs' defense is excellent, the defense of the Grizzlies is sluggish, and they can't find the basket position, but in fact, the final score is only 4 points, if the Grizzlies score two more goals, or miss two fewer goals, the Grizzlies will win.

Qiao Hai ignored the reporter's questioning.

Finally, he said: "Tracy McGrady's absence has caused us a lot of problems, without Tracy, our offense lacks a real strong point, we are looking forward to Tracy's return, for this game, I have nothing more to say, the Grizzlies will play the Spurs four times in a season, even if the regular season is over, we have a chance to meet the Spurs in the playoffs, the real matchup has not yet begun, or it is not over." ”

A post-game press conference that lost, especially the post-game press conference where the home team lost, Qiao Hai was a little exhausted, reporters are not easy to deal with, when he was with the Lakers, Qiao Hai blocked ESPN, in the Grizzlies, Qiao Hai found a way to get along with this group of reporters, he knew that under reasonable guidance, this group of reporters was not terrible.

But sometimes, reasonable guidance requires Qiao Hai to spend more energy.

So, after a press conference, he was tired.

The locker room didn't go back, and slowly, Qiao Hai walked from the passage all the way to the parking lot.

Along the way, Qiao Hai will meet a variety of acquaintances, including...... When passing by the away team's locker room, Qiao Hai ran into Greg Popovich standing at the door of the away team's locker room: "Hey, Joe, are you ready to go back?" ”

Qiao Hai smiled: "What, Greg, do you want to have a drink together?" ”

"If you're willing to have a treat, that's great."

"Don't you have to go back overnight?"

Qiao Hai asked, and Popovich immediately laughed: "I don't think you want to have a treat, Joe." ”

Qiao Hai also smiled: "Of course not, then let's go?" ”

"Let's go......"