Chapter 242: Battle of Princeton (3)
Rick Adelman paused, thought about it for a long time, and didn't come up with a good solution.
Only through substitutions, Divac and Jason Williams were re-introduced, and Nick Anderson, who was hot in this game, also re-appeared.
Changing three people in a row, the king can only use the main force to regain the advantage.
There were no substitutions on the Grizzlies' side, and Qiao Hai didn't adjust, how to play at the beginning of the second quarter, and how to play next.
The game restarted, and the Kings relied on the main force to play and barely bite the score.
By halftime, the Grizzlies led by five points heading into halftime.
The halftime score was 62:57, and the fast-paced Princeton offense became a sharp weapon for the Grizzlies, who scored 37 points in the second quarter, and the Grizzlies won the opponent by 10 points in a single quarter, from trailing by 5 points at the end of the first quarter to leading by 5 points at halftime, and the situation of the game was reversed.
At halftime, Qiao Hai made adjustments unhurriedly, playing with all the main forces, and Princeton attacked.
The king's side is also the main force.
In the third quarter, to the cheers of the Vancouver fans, the game resumed.
Both teams are Princeton offense, but the Grizzlies' Princeton offense is a little more varied, as fast as it can be, as slow as it can be, and sometimes it can break the formation, leaving only one interior to respond to the offense, and four outside lines to frantically attack the interior.
Of course, there are also commentators and commentators who believe that the latter set of plays is more like a run-and-bomb tactic.
But Qiao Hai's principle has always been that no matter what tactics, a tactic that can suppress the opponent is a good tactic.
Therefore, in the third quarter, the Grizzlies still suppressed the opponent and dominated the court.
Rick Adelman kept adjusting, taking various timeouts, but the Grizzlies' Princeton offense maintained a hold on to the Kings through a change of pace.
But the Kings played tenaciously and kept biting the score, and the Grizzlies had a lead that hovered between 7 and 9 points. Considering that he really couldn't open up the difference, Qiao Hai put the time to decide the outcome at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
In the final minutes of the third quarter, the Grizzlies came off the bench.
After three quarters, the Grizzlies led by nine points.
In the third quarter, they won by four more points.
In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies played with all the main force, and the King's rotation was disrupted, they used the main force to hold up the second quarter for a quarter, and the third quarter was also forced to go to the main force to support, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Rick Adelman thought differently from Qiao Hai.
He wanted to put the time of the decisive battle back, at least wait for the king's main force to rest for a while, and then play the decisive battle.
But Joe Hay, apparently, won't give him that chance, and the Kings started the fourth quarter off the bench against an energetic Grizzlies mainstay......
That's when Maddie erupted......
Maddie was suppressed for three quarters of the game, and in the first three quarters of the game, he was strictly guarded by the Kings, no matter when and where, as long as he got the ball, he would immediately be caught by the King.
Because of this, Maddy only scored 14 points in the first three quarters, but he also had 8 assists.
His individual offense was suppressed by the Kings, but after three quarters of the game, in the face of the Kings' bench, Maddie went straight out.
In the opening game, Maddie was a single, and in the face of Joanbari's defense, he accelerated, got rid of the defense, rushed to the basket, and scored two points first.
Then, defending against the king's offense, Maddie reflexively threw a three-point shot, and Joanbari, who defended Maddy, didn't expect Maddie to shoot like this, and the most critical problem was that the ball was scored! Three points, Maddie scored five points in a row.
The Grizzlies instantly took a 14-point lead.
Rick Adelman shouted anxiously from the sidelines, Maddie's rampage was not over.
The Kings scored a goal, the Grizzlies' offense, and Maddy returned a step-back jumper for another 2 points and a 7-point streak.
Then, Jason Williams, the only main player of the Kings on the floor, caused a foul on Billups, went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws, missed the second free throw, and was directly grabbed by the Grizzlies for the rebound and played a counterattack.
Maddie received the ball and broke quickly, and the king hurriedly retreated.
In the chaos, Maddy scored another 2 points with a European step, scoring 9 points in a row at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the Grizzlies instantly led by 15 points.
Just over two minutes into the game, Rick Adelman walked to the sidelines and called the first timeout of the fourth quarter, not a full-time timeout, but a short timeout.
Joe Hay counted it, and he knew that after this timeout, Rick Adelman would only have a full-time timeout left in his hand.
After the timeout, Maddie walked to the sidelines, and Joe Haihai went up to give him a high-hand.
In just two or three minutes, Maddy scored 9 points alone, and with his personal explosion, he helped the Grizzlies lead the Kings by 15 points, and with a 15-point difference, the Grizzlies' playoffs are almost off to a good start.
During the pause, the Grizzlies wanted to arrange the next tactical play, but Qiao Hai seemed very casual: "Let's continue to play like this, Tracy takes the ball and plays alone, as for Princeton's offense, Chauncy you control the rhythm, fast when it should be fast, slow when it should be slow." ”
Billups nodded, and the other players and coaches had no objection.
Now that the Grizzlies are leading by 15 points, they can play like this, anyway, they are the advantage, even if they are suppressed by the king after the timeout, for a while, the king will not be able to exceed the 15-point difference, Qiao Hai has enough time to adjust the countermeasures.
The timeout was short, only 60 seconds, and Rick Adelman couldn't make too many adjustments, so he had to make substitutions.
The main force will play early, and the king's decisive battle will also be advanced.
But after the game restarted, Maddie's outburst didn't stop.
He began to keep taking the ball and playing alone, and no one on the Kings' side could stop Maddy from scoring, so they could only keep piling up people and using the numerical advantage to defend Maddie, which brought about a faster collapse of the Kings' defensive system.
After playing for more than three minutes, the Grizzlies extended their lead to 20 points.
And just like that, with just over five minutes left in the game, the Grizzlies led by 20 points, forcing Rick Adelman to take the last timeout.
But after this last timeout, both teams came off the bench.
The Grizzlies are roughly on the bench with Rajabel, Earleboykins and Sammak are also on the lineup, and the Grizzlies are a pure bench lineup.
Byron Scott laughs and says, "It's the same as playing the regular season." ”
Qiao Hai shook his head: "It's still different, Wang and Laga didn't play much, until they were 20 points ahead, we didn't dare to go up to Earl and Sam, the rotation has changed, and the main force has played longer, which means that the intensity of the game is ......"
Byron Scott nodded, he understood this.
He's played a lot of playoff games as a player, and he's had a full playoff game as a coach (he won the championship with Joe Hai and the Lakers last season), so he understands.
The finale was accompanied by a burst of cheers.
The timer beeped, and the Grizzlies won the playoffs with an absolute advantage of 125:107, 18 points!
With a full-court score of 125 points, the Grizzlies also set a record, which was the highest single-game score in the first playoff game of the first round, and the Grizzlies' offensive firepower was well deserved.
The Kings are also playing well, they are just a little worse defensively, in terms of offense, just looking at the data, they are not even worse than the Lakers, as the losing side, their score is even higher than the winning Lakers!
The Grizzlies and Kings contributed a great battle in the first game of the first round of the 2000 playoffs!