After a good start, the Grizzlies received a lot of praise, or in other words, a lot of praise.

The media is like that, winning and blowing, losing and stepping on.

The Grizzlies won, still by 18 points, with a high score of 125 points.

Such a performance was naturally touted by major media.

"Crazy 125 points, such offensive firepower, the Grizzlies are in sight of winning the championship!" This is the news headline of ESPN's coverage of this game, I have to say, it was too blown, it directly blew the Grizzlies into the sky, this is the first game of the first round, and ESPN put the Grizzlies in a position where the championship is in sight.

Hoop Sports also conducted a post-match analysis of the game, and the main writer was John Hollinger.

And the title of the article is taken from a quote that Pete Carell said in an interview after the game: "Compared to the Kings, the Grizzlies' Princeton tactics are an upgraded version!" ”

That's right, Pete Carell, the founder of Princeton Tactics, personally admitted that the Grizzlies' Princeton Tactics were an upgraded version of King Princeton's Tactics, and Qiao Hai was also called by Pete Carell - the promoter of Princeton's Tactics.

In short, Pete Carell gave Joe the greatest praise.

HoopSports' post-game analysis also wrote: "Compared to the Kings' Princeton tactics, the Grizzlies' Princeton tactics are more versatile and can deal with different situations and opponents......"

Privately, Pete Carell also discussed with Rick Adelman that this season, the Kings will enter the playoffs with the eighth place in the West, face the Grizzlies in the first round, and have little hope of entering the next round.

They already have in mind that next season, Rick Adelman and Pete Carell will work together, not to make the playoffs once or twice, but for the longer term, and their goal is the O'Brien Cup, so they have to feel the stones to cross the river, build a lineup that best suits Princeton's tactics, and then transform Princeton's offense to meet the standards and requirements of competing for a championship.

Now, Qiao Hai helped them wade to a river beach, and the situation was generally clear.

"Next season, we're going to find an outside core, the kind that can take the ball and attack on its own."

Pete Carell looked at Maddie's data and was very emotional.

Rick Adelman also nodded, in this game, Maddy only scored 14 points in the first three quarters, but broke out in the fourth quarter, scoring 19 points in a single quarter and 33 points in the whole game, plus 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

This is the role of the outside core, but Rick Adelman also struggles with his brain, it is easy to find an outside core, but it is difficult to find someone of Maddie's grade.

The Grizzlies won their first big game, and in the first round of the first round between the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves that started on the same day, the Timberwolves thought they had pinched the soft persimmons in the top four in the West, but they didn't expect that they were beaten by the Trail Blazers on the road.

Although they don't have a superstar, the Trail Blazers play good overall basketball and are strong defensively.

The only superstar of the Timberwolves, Kevin Garnett, was limited by Rasheed Wallace very badly, all kinds of iron, the Timberwolves of the Trail Blazers defense only scored 17 points in the first quarter, and the Trail Blazers scored 25 points themselves, leading by 8 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers continued to widen the margin, leading by 13 points at halftime.

In the second half, the Trail Blazers attacked Kodaka. tide, directly lock in victory.

In this way, the first round of the East and West was all played, and only the Jazz completed the following grams.

The second game of the first round also started one after another after the curtain came down on the first match.

In the rematch, all the teams learned the lessons of the first game, the winning team wants to win more happily, and the losing team naturally wants to get the aggregate score back, if it loses two games in a row, then it loses the match point, and the third game is difficult to play.

The 76ers lost the first game against the Hornets, and in the second game, the Hornets fought back and actually pulled one back.

Iverson was defended on 5-of-21 shooting and scored only 13 points, while the Hornets' offense also played well, with Derrick Coleman scoring 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Anthony Mason Jr. also had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and core player Glen Les chipped in 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

The overall score between the 76ers and the Hornets became a 1-1 draw.

The Heat played the Pistons, and the Pistons also wanted to pull one back, they played tenaciously and defended well, but Grant Hill was as soy sauce as ever, only 7 shots in the game, scoring 3 goals.

Relying on Jerry Starkerhouse's outburst, the Pistons barely dragged the game to the end.

Alonzo Mourning's mid-range shot ultimately led to the victory.

The Heat led 2-0 overall.

At the same time, the Lakers beat the Suns again, but this game was not a big win, only a small victory by 1 point.

Clifford Robinson was the biggest contributor to the Suns' play, he scored 30 points in the game, and at the end of the game, his three-pointer almost killed the game, but the three-pointer didn't score, and the Lakers won the game in a thrilling way.

They also led their opponents 2-0.

The Jazz played the Spurs, the Spurs pulled one back, the overall score became 1:1, the loss in the first game was just an accident, this game, they won the opponent 101-94, very easy.

The next day, it was the Grizzlies' turn to play again.

The Pacers won the Bucks with a 2-0 overall score.

The Raptors pulled one back and won the Knicks, with a total score of 1:1.

On the other side, the Trail Blazers beat the Timberwolves again, with a total score of 2:0.

In this way, except for the Grizzlies playing the Kings, there were four 2:0 and three 1:1 in the first-round series.

And the second battle between the Grizzlies and the Kings began at this time.

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No one expected that in this game, the king would break out, including Qiao Hai and the king himself.

At the beginning of the game, Jason Williams hit three three-pointers in a row, although Maddy's condition was also good, but relying on Jason Williams' three three-pointers, and Chris Webber's excellent play, as in the first game, the Kings opened the lead.

But unlike the first game, Qiao Hai put on a big and four small chase points, but he couldn't catch up.

Because the king's state was so good, Pejastojakovic, who came off the bench, also broke out, and he also hit three points in a row, and he couldn't catch up with the opening behind.

There was no way, in the second half, Qiao Hai made various substitutions and adjustments, and the difference was narrowed to 10 points, and Rick Adelman replaced Jason Williams, Peja and Chris Webber, who were in excellent condition, and bit the score to the end, and maintained a ten-point lead until the end.

The final score was 122-112, with the Grizzlies losing by 10 points.

Losing at home, Qiao Hai shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Now, everything deviated from his pre-match prediction.

Qiao Hai's previous prediction was that the Grizzlies would lose one game, and the one they lost was the first away game, and the result was still on their home court, and the Grizzlies had already lost one.

"Then we have to win the next two away games."

Qiao Hai muttered.

It's already noisy outside.

When the Grizzlies lose, they blow when they win, and if they lose, they have to step on them, and the media naturally want to step on the Grizzlies.

ESPN's report: "Losing at home? Grizzly bears are afraid of being blacked eight? ”

Seeing this title, Qiao Hai sighed: "Okay, win one game to win the championship, lose one black eight, it's simple." ”

After thinking about it, the playoffs are the playoffs, you still have to be careful, you can't be careless, anyway, the next two games, you must have two consecutive wins.