Chapter 224: The winning streak continues

Playing the Raptors at home, the Grizzlies are aiming for a 21st straight win.

Even the Trail Blazers won, and Qiao Hai didn't think that after returning to Vancouver to rest for two days, the recuperating Grizzlies would lose to the Raptors.

Of course, it's not to underestimate the Raptors, but because the Trail Blazers are fourth in the West and fifth in the league. The Raptors are only fifth in the East, and the entire league ranks 11th, far worse than the Trail Blazers.

Of course, in terms of strength on paper, the Raptors are not bad, Qiao Hai feels that as long as the Raptors change their coach, the Raptors will be able to take off immediately.

But Butchcart's current performance has satisfied the Raptors management, and in the short term, the Raptors will not change the coach.

Facing Butch Carter, Qiao Hai still seemed to bully a child, suppressing his opponent in the opening game.

Although Butch Carter held the outside twin stars of Carter and Steve Francis, he was embarrassed by the Grizzlies' defense, and was beaten 12-2 in the opening game, directly trailing by 10 points.

After an emergency timeout, the Raptors stabilized the situation, but were still suppressed by the Grizzlies.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Raptors by 12 points, 30-18.

Then, in the second three quarters of the game, the Grizzlies won another 10 points, and before the game was finished in the third quarter, it entered garbage time, and the Grizzlies replaced the bench players to dare to fight, and finally won the game easily.

At 118:96, the Grizzlies beat their opponents by 22 points, winning their 21st game in a row this season!

This means that the Grizzlies surpassed the 1971 Midvorki Bucks and became the second in the league's winning streak rankings, the first is naturally the Lakers who won the 33-game winning streak that shook the past and the present, and the 1971 Bucks were sitting on the young Skyhook Abdul-Jabbar and the big O Oscar Robertson, two superstars, they combined inside and outside, and set off huge waves in the league at that time, which was considered a super strong team of the year.

From February to March 1971, the Bucks won 20 in a row, the second-longest winning streak before the Grizzlies' 21-game winning streak.

Now, the Grizzlies have broken that record with a 21-game winning streak and are the new second-in-command, leaving them with only an unattainable 33-game winning streak.

In this case, Qiao Hai also felt that the Grizzlies could lose.

Therefore, next, a wave of four consecutive visitors in the east, Qiao Hai's pre-game layout and command became a little casual, and it seemed that he wanted to lose as soon as possible.

But heaven does not grant people's wishes.

On March 7, the Grizzlies played the 76ers on the road.

Allen Iverson is very strong, but Qiao Hai did not arrange the marking tactics against Iverson and let Iverson play alone.

As a result, Iverson scored 33 points in the third quarter, and the Grizzlies still lead.

This made Qiao Hai very depressed.

Compared with Iverson's 33 points in the third quarter, Maddie also scored a 30 points in the third quarter, and the two scored directly, although Qiao Hai didn't want to win, he couldn't press a hot Maddie on the bench.

In the end, the result of this game was that the Grizzlies took a 10-point lead after the third quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Iverson scored six points in a row, but soon, Maddie used two three-pointers to pull the difference back to 10 points.

Then, the two scored each other, and after breaking 40 points each, they advanced towards 50 points.

But the 10-point difference remained the same, Qiao Hai didn't even do anything, and the Grizzlies led until the end of the game.

Iverson and Maddy played against each other for a whole game, Iverson scored 47 points, and Maddie also scored 45 points, but Maddie still had 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, and Iverson only had 5 assists and 2 steals.

So in terms of data, the two are evenly matched.

But apparently, the Grizzlies won and Maddie won against Iverson.

In the battle for Jordan's successor, Maddie won again.

Qiao Hai also ushered in the team's 22nd consecutive victory with a face full of helplessness.

The winning streak continues, and the Grizzlies' league first seat is getting more and more secure.

The Lakers just lost a game, so the gap between them and the Grizzlies stretched to 2.5 wins.

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The next day, the Grizzlies fought the Hawks back-to-back.

The Hawks are not strong, but in this game, the Hawks unexpectedly forced the Grizzlies to the last minute.

In the first three quarters, the two teams were tied.

On the Grizzlies' side, Maddy, who broke out in the last game, was not in good shape, and the team's offense could only be supported by the in-form Mike Bibby and Raheem.

On the Hawks' side, Jim Jackson broke out and scored six three-pointers, and Jason Terry also broke out and scored five three-pointers, and the outbursts of the two helped the Hawks bite the Grizzlies to the death, and it was also the Grizzlies' offense that exploded, otherwise in this game, the Grizzlies would have to trail by 20 points in the first three quarters alone.

This season, the Hawks got off to a bad start, and Isaiah Ryder was unruly in exchange for Steve Smith, and he had a conflict with the old coach Lenny Wilkens, so he didn't play much, and more often, Isaiah Ryder was banned from the team.

In this game, Isaiah Ledder did not play, but the Hawks played better, which has already illustrated the negative points of the Hawks' offseason operation.

As the season progressed, the Eagles' record got worse and worse, and they simply messed up, winning one game at a time, and not caring if they lost.

But in this game, Jason Terry and Jim Jackson broke out, and they had a chance to win, and Lenny Wilkens was naturally aiming for the win.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jason Terry hit two more shots in a row, a three-pointer and a pull-up jump shot, plus two dunks from Mutombo's line, and the Hawks opened with a wave of 9:2, leading the Grizzlies by 7 points.

Lenny Wellkens immediately made adjustments to strengthen the defense.

The seven-point lead lasted until the eighth minute of the fourth quarter, when Maddie exploded......

The outburst in the last game only made Maddie languid for more than three quarters of the game, and at the critical moment in the fourth quarter, Maddie stepped up again, scoring five consecutive singles and all goals, including two three-pointers, and a two-and-one, for a total of 13 points.

The Grizzlies overtook the score in a wave and won again......

At 111:106, the Grizzlies won by 5 points and won their 23rd game in a row!

In the third game of the four-game road streak in the East, the Grizzlies challenged the Pistons on the road.

Maddie vs. Grant Hill and Jerry Starkerhouse, this game is not easy to play, and Qiao Hai is not specially arranged, it looks like he is going to lose.

During the Grizzly Bears' crazy winning streak, the major media both touted the Grizzlies and sang about the Grizzlies.

Touts of the Grizzlies believe that the Grizzlies are now running in against the sky, the players are very tacit, coupled with the addition of the top offensive tactics Princeton's offense, Maddy's state is so good, the Grizzlies even hope to impact the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.

Qiao Hai is now going all out to get revenge on the Lakers, and may feel that it is not enough to beat the Lakers, and the best way to get revenge is to break the Lakers' records with another team.

The media that sang about the Lakers included ESPN and Hoop Sports.

Fortunately, before each streak, they have data to back it up, arguing that the Grizzlies' winning streak has come to an end.

ESPN is pure saliva.

For example, before playing the 76ers, ESPN said: Playing away, the Grizzlies are afraid of losing to end the winning streak.

As a result, the Grizzlies won, and ESPN said: Maddy scored 45 points alone, won hard, and in the next back-to-back game against the Hawks, the exhausted Grizzlies feared losing to end the winning streak.

As a result, the Grizzlies played the Hawks away, and the Grizzlies did have a hard time, but Maddie broke out in a wave, and the Grizzlies won in the last quarter and won again.

ESPN posted again: Playing on the road in a row, the Grizzlies' winning streak potential has been exhausted, and a loss is imminent.

This time, ESPN didn't even dare to make a prediction.

But the big war started, the Grizzlies and the Pistons played anxiously, and at the critical moment, Billups stood up again, scoring two goals in a row, a pull-up jump shot, and the other chasing three points, especially the latter three-point chase, the Grizzlies themselves led by 2 points, and after this three-point shot, the Grizzlies led by 5 points, and there were 33 seconds left in the game.

Chauncey Billups directly killed the game, winning 24 in a row!