No one expected that the first battle of the Western Finals would be so easy to divide the winners and losers, with almost no suspense and no twists and turns.

Judging from the point difference fluctuation chart, except for a period of anxiety at the beginning, the point difference trend has been the Grizzlies' lead, with the largest lead to 22 points, but in the end, this point difference was narrowed to 17 points.

The score at the end was 117:100, and the Grizzlies won by 17 points at home, winning the first game of the Western Conference finals, leading 1:0.

In this game, the Grizzlies' entire offense exploded, Maddy, the team's highest scorer, scored 27 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and the starting Billups also had 17 points and 9 assists, and Raheem didn't play much time, getting 17 points and 8 rebounds.

In addition to these three, Sean Marion had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Mike Bibby had 15 points and 5 assists, Sammak had 11 points, and all six players on the team scored double-doubles, in addition, he also roughly made two three-pointers, got 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks.

On the Lakers' side, O'Neal and Kobe broke out, one scored 32 points and 14 rebounds, and the other also scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and the OK combination scored 62 points, but still lost.

"The Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers are different, they are completely two styles, the Trail Blazers have a strong defense, and in the last round of the playoffs, they limited O'Neal's scoring average to 25.9 points per game, which is well below the season average, especially in the last three games, O'Neal's scoring average was not even more than 20 points per game, but because of the explosion of Kobe Bryant and the role players, the Lakers won the crucial seventh game."

"The Grizzlies have always been a strong offensive team, in the regular season, their average points per game and offensive efficiency ranked first in the league, in this game, the Grizzlies defeated the Lakers with their offense, scoring 117 points in the game, six scored double-doubles, Qiao Hai can even put on a lineup where everyone can shoot and everyone can take the ball and attack independently......"

After the game, ESPN's playoff special analyzed the differences between the Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers to determine why the Grizzlies won the first game of the Western Conference finals.

The conclusion is still very correct, but this expert named Max Coleman ignores another point - the Grizzlies' defense is not bad, for most of the regular season, the Grizzlies' defensive efficiency ranked in the top 15 in the league, and the final ranking is also 12th in the league, which is considered the defense in the middle of the league.

If it weren't for the lack of a rim-protected center on the inside, the Grizzlies' defense would have been even stronger without changing their tactics.

The second game of the Western Conference will begin two days later.

In this game, the Lakers still can't do anything about the Grizzlies' run-and-gun tactics, and Phil Jackson seems to have given up on himself, and the whole game is a regular lineup to deal with the Grizzlies' run-and-gun tactics.

The Grizzlies' style of play is also the same as the previous game, opening with a creep, dragging out the rhythm for a while, and then turning to running and shooting.

The difference from the previous game is that the Lakers were a lot more tenacious in this game, in the second half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies turned to run and bomb, the rhythm of the opening game was not opened, Maddie was in average condition, and the singles in the continuous fast break did not score, and the Lakers once took the lead, but in the second quarter, after the Grizzlies ran and bombed again, several substitutes were in good shape, only a wave of high. tide, and the Grizzlies opened up the difference.

At halftime, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by eight points.

In the second half, the Grizzlies continued to insist on running and bombing, and Qiao Hai made various substitutions to replace the new force.

The margin widened, and at the end of the game, 112-99, the Grizzlies won again, and the margin of victory was 13 points.

In this game, Maddy's state was average, only 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and Mike Bibby was the Grizzlies' scoring champion, but he only got 18 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, but the Grizzlies played the demeanor of all the people.

Billups had 13 points and 4 assists, Sean Marion had 12 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, Brad Miller had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and Sammark also had 11 points.

That's already a double double for seven people.

On the bench, the big man scored eight points on two three-pointers and one on one shot, Rasiunestrovic also had six points and five rebounds, Ragabel had four points, and Elboykins also had four points.

The Grizzlies played 11 players in this game, and everyone scored.

On the Lakers' side, O'Neal had 38 points and 10 rebounds, Kobe Bryant had 37 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and the OK combination scored 75 points and continued to explode, and the Lakers continued to lose.

After two games, the Grizzlies led 2-0 overall.

So far in the series, the Grizzlies have strangled the Lakers, and the Lakers couldn't cope with the Grizzlies' run-and-gun tactics, and were scored 117 points in one game and 112 points in another game, with scores above 110 points in both games.

The Lakers can't defend themselves against the Grizzlies' offense, so there's only one way they can go — score more points than the Grizzlies.

But this road was also blocked by Qiao Hai.

The Grizzlies' defense of the Lakers is to pinch O'Neal, try not to let O'Neal get the ball, or even if O'Neal gets the ball, don't let him shoot easily, and then defend Kobe Bryant alone, and the man-to-man stares at the Lakers' role players.

In both games, the Lakers were OK combo outbursts, role players were dumb, and then lost the game.

From 0-4 against the Grizzlies in the regular season to 0:2 in the playoffs, Phil Jackson's Lakers have been questioned, and the Lakers, who won the championship with a record 15-1 in the previous season, turned around in the hands of Phil Jackson, which is already full of holes.

The series reached the Western Conference Finals, and the Lakers had lost six games.

Perhaps, from this moment, the comparison between Qiao Hai and Phil Jackson has come to an end......

Of course, Phil Jackson did not give up, although the series has fallen behind 0:2, the Lakers have a good chance, and the next series will go to Los Angeles, which is the home court of the Lakers, and play on their home court, the Lakers have every chance to win two games in a row.

However, the first thing Phil Jackson has to face is an incurable problem - how to solve the Grizzlies' offense, or how to solve his own offense, solve one of the two, and return to the home court, the Lakers will have a chance, otherwise no matter how they play, the Lakers will inevitably have an ending - being beaten by the Grizzlies.

After the two Western Conference finals, the league announced the best team, best defensive team, and best rookie team for the regular season this season.

The five players in the All-Round Team are Gary Payton, Maddy, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and Shaquille O'Neal, and surprisingly, all five players in the team are Western players, and there is no Eastern player, which proves one point from the side - the West is strong and the East is weak.

All-Round Second Team: Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, Grant Hill, Karl Malone and Alonzo Mourning, there were three Eastern players in the second team, one Iverson, one Grant Hill, and one Alonzo Mourning, but Grant Hill's selection was questioned because his playoff performance was so bad that he was not even as good as Jerry Starkerhouse.

Three teams of the best team: Stephen Marbury, Kobe, Carter, Chris Webber and David Robinson, in the three teams, Marbury's selection was also questioned, because Marbury's regular season record was so poor that he didn't even make the playoffs, this kind of performance obviously shouldn't be selected for the three teams.

All-Defensive First Team: Payton, Kobe, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and Alonzo Mourning.

All-Defensive Second Team: Kidd, Eddie Jones, Bruce Bowen, Clifford Robinson and O'Neal.

The Grizzlies did not make the All-Defensive Team, but the Lakers had three selected, so they were questioned, Kobe Bryant and Bowen said that O'Neal's defense was good, but many people believed that O'Neal's defensive contribution was not as good as that of the aging Patrick Ewing, let alone David Robinson.

All-Rookie Team of the Round: Francis, Andre Miller, Sean Marion, Lamar Odom and Elton Brand.

Marion was selected for the All-Rookie Team for a while, which is also expected, and the average of 13.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.6 blocks and 1.2 steals per game is enough to support Marion's selection to the All-Rookie Team for a while, not to mention Marion's more eye-catching defensive performance, which cannot be reflected in statistics.

All-Rookie Team 2: Chaki Atkins, Jason Terry, Wallis Zebiak, Artest and James Posey.