"This offense, very beautiful. ”

On the sidelines, Stu Jackson sat in the front row with a white-collar man in a suit and meticulously combed his big back, watching the team's opening game.

This middle-aged white man is John McCaw, the owner of the Grizzlies.

John McCaw sighed, and Stu Jackson nodded: "It's really beautiful, all kinds of runs, all kinds of passes, it looks gorgeous, but it's a little sluggish." ”

Stagnation is certain, no team can play a gorgeous and smooth offense as soon as it comes up, a gorgeous and smooth offense takes time to accumulate, from the beginning of the training camp in early September, to the opening game of the regular season in early November, in two months, Qiao Hai can adjust such a set of offense, which is already very good.

"Gorgeous attack, Qiao Hai did it."

"Yes." Stu Jackson was silent for a while, he was a little emotional, regardless of whether the game was won or lost, just this obvious Princeton tactic, Qiao Hai had succeeded, for Stu Jackson, he strongly resigned the former coach Bryan Hill, and the decision to bring in Qiao Hai has almost been proven correct.

But at the same time, in order to be able to sign Qiao Hai, he handed over the transfer power.

Stu Jackson is a little unwilling, so he has mixed feelings now.

John McCaw didn't open any pot, he looked at Maddie, who was playing well on the court: "Tracy played well, scoring 11 points in the first quarter. ”

Stu Jackson nodded again: "This guy's outburst is very strong, and Qiao Hai's vision is good." ”

This vision, not bad, with Maddy's preseason performance, coupled with the outbreak of the first quarter of this game, it is not surprising that Maddie is at least an All-Star, in fact, Stu Jackson already feels that Maddy's performance in the first quarter, breakthroughs, singles, mid-to-long-range jumpers, dry pulls, and even violent dunks, the offensive end is too versatile, perhaps, Maddy's future is more than an All-Star.

But after thinking about the deal, Stu Jackson was a little unconvinced: "But it's hard to say whether that deal is a loss or a profit, Steve Francis is doing well, and Sean Marion hasn't been able to prove himself yet." ”

John McCaw nodded, indeed, Sean Marion has not been able to prove himself, but now, he has some faith in Qiao Hai, because of Maddie's excellent performance, John McCaw feels that Sean Marion will not be bad.

In the second quarter, Joe Hai was replaced by Sean Marion.

In the preseason, Sean Marion was not a starter, as a substitute, he didn't have many opportunities, so he didn't be able to prove himself, but at the beginning of the regular season, Qiao Hai had decided to give Sean Marion the treatment of the sixth man, and his playing time would be greatly increased.

Next, it depends on whether Sean Marion can adapt to the rhythm of the NBA as soon as possible.

Sean Marion came out in the second quarter, and like many rookies, he made his NBA debut, and they all wanted to put up a good stat, so they often pushed too hard.

Marion is the same, Joe's request for him is to cut and run in the air on the offensive end, and the defensive end serves as the fulcrum of that defense, roaming between the defenders in his opposite position and the ball handler of the Trail Blazers.

As a result, on the offensive end, there is nothing wrong with his off-ball running, the problem is that as soon as he receives the ball, Marion will shoot whenever he has the slightest chance, and it seems that he feels that he can score with every shot.

On the defensive end, as long as the Trail Blazers' ball-handling player shows signs of a breakthrough, he will pinch it over, for fear that he will not be able to defend against the opponent's ball-handling player.

In the end, he hit the ball again and again on the offensive end, the shooting rate was terrible, and the defensive end was also too hard, and as soon as he struck, the Trail Blazers passed the ball, and a pass was an opportunity.

Qiao Hai was a little helpless, and it just so happened that the Trail Blazers also started to exert their strength in the second quarter, and this force, the Grizzlies' bench lineup was a little unstoppable.

Don't look at the Grizzlies' bench lineup is not bad, in fact, several rookie players have little experience, and Chauncee Billups, the only one who has played in the NBA for two years, is still in his current position, and his shooting is still not good, so the Trail Blazers scored again and again to chase the score back.

Qiao Hai's reaction was relatively fast, and he immediately called a timeout and pulled the team back.

There is nothing wrong with the Grizzlies' offense, the problem is that they are a young team, and many times they will be chaotic, and this mess, the offense will be chaotic, and when the offense is chaotic, naturally, the team will be suppressed by the opponent.

Therefore, as long as Qiao Hai's pause is timely, the Grizzlies will always find their original rhythm.

Playing an opponent like the Trail Blazers, as long as Qiao Hai can find the Grizzlies' offensive rhythm, it will naturally be an advantage on the court.

In this way, Qiao Hai made various adjustments, Mike Dunleavy sent Rashid Wallace to prevent the Grizzlies' mid-distance air cut, and consciously prevented the Grizzlies' counterrun, Qiao Hai directly arranged for Sean Marion to stay on the wing, and the Trail Blazers blocked the players who cut the air, and the defense on the flank would inevitably be missing, at this time, as long as the Grizzlies seized the opportunity, Sean Marion on the wing would get a lot of opportunities.

And after Qiao Hai's several warnings, Sean Marion didn't dare to make a random move.

Without overshooting, Sean Marion's shooting percentage was still guaranteed, and slowly, in the second half of the second quarter, the Grizzlies played their advantage back.

After halftime, the Grizzlies led the Trail Blazers by four points, 57-53.

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies' offense was still excellent, scoring 28 points in the first quarter and 29 points in the second quarter, the Grizzlies' gorgeous offense continued, for Stu Jackson and team owner John McCaw, it really didn't matter if they won or lost, the important thing was that the team was able to play a good offense.

But now, against the Trail Blazers, who finished third in the Western Conference regular season last year, the Grizzlies are leading all the way and are not lagging behind in the slightest.

Is this going to win?

StuJackson found it incredible, the Grizzlies only won eight games last season, so for StuJackson, a win is a rare thing, and sometimes he doesn't necessarily win a game for most of the month.

And now, the Grizzlies seem to have a chance to win their opener.

At halftime, Qiao Hai said again: "We led by 4 points at halftime, this is a good start, but it is not the end, we still have half time to play, our lead is only 4 points, and the 4-point lead is negligible, so in the second half, we must be careful of the opponent's counterattack, I said before, in this game, we must win ......"

If it is said that the opening game, Qiao Hai is to give the players confidence, and now, Qiao Hai has reminded the players to pay attention to the fact that the game is far from over!

In the second half, Qiao Hai continued to control the rhythm steadily, not allowing the Trail Blazers to have a chance to fight back, and in the second half, Qiao Hai also gave Sean Marion more opportunities.

In the third quarter, through the unremitting offensive efforts of the Grizzlies, their lead expanded to 7 points, I have to say that the Trail Blazers still have the strength, the two teams are not much different from each other, Qiao Hai system suppressed, but the Trail Blazers have been working hard not to let the point difference open.

At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies led by seven points.

In the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers did their best and fought back frantically, and Qiao Hai adjusted again and again to keep up with Mike Dunleavy's rhythm.

The Grizzlies' seven-point lead remained until the end, and at the end, with the long-lost cheers of the General Motors Arena, Qiao Hai and his players celebrated the victory in the opening game!