The game started and Patrick Ewing won the jump ball.

This season, Ewing and O'Neal are two contrasts of one offense and one defense, Ewing defends to the extreme, therefore, the best defensive player and the center in the best defensive team are Ewing, and O'Neal is the ultimate attack, and his personal statistics are gorgeous, therefore, he is the second in the MVP vote, and the center in the best team.

In the opening game, Ewing pulled to the high post to block and dismantle, but O'Neal did not defend it and still stayed under the basket.

So, after a block, Maddie was defended by O'Neal, he took a few steps, there was no chance, O'Neal was also a flexible fat man, and barely followed Maddie.

As a result, Maddie could only turn around and pass to Ewing, who took the ball in the middle and faced Kobe's defense.

Ewing is playing big and small, and he also has range in the mid-range position, so this is barely an opportunity.

Forcefully pushed two steps, Ewing turned around and shot directly.

Kobe Bryant's defense is not tight, because he knows very well that it is useless to defend tightly, the height gap is here, it is better to take a step and try to block when Ewing makes a move.

As a result, Ewing shot very quickly, and Kobe Bryant failed to seize the opportunity.

Fortunately, at the beginning, Ewing's hand felt very average, and with a bang, the goal didn't go in.

The GM arena sighed, and Qiao Hai also shook his head, very helpless, but the Grizzly Bear's strategy is like this, infinitely fast, and Ewing has no problem with his shot.

O'Neal grabbed the rebound inside, and the Lakers slowly advanced to the frontcourt, and the position triangular offense.

Bryant held the ball, controlled two steps, handed the ball to Rick Fox, cut into the air, went around the other side, and received the ball again.

A Derek Fisher in the bottom corner, flanked by Rick Fox.

The Grizzlies couldn't directly pinch Kobe, so the responsibility of defending Kobe was handed over to Maddy.

Maddie single-defense Kobe, Kobe Bryant controlled two steps, one changed direction, broke through quickly, did not rush over, and when he rushed to the position of the middle distance, he was entangled by Maddie again.

In the mid-range position, there are defenders on the left and right, and the pass is not easy to pass, Kobe Bryant glanced at the basket.

Directly turn around with a back and shoot a backward jumper!

Bang, the same iron.

Qiao Hai, who had already sat down after the failure of the opening attack, stood up at this time and shouted on the sidelines: "Rebound!" ”

Seeing Ewing push O'Neal to grab the rebound, Qiao Hai shouted again: "Attack!" ”

Here's your chance!

Ewing didn't hesitate at all, he passed the ball with a flick of his hand, Maddie received the ball, and the Grizzlies' chance came!

"Chance to counterattack quickly! Grizzly Bears caught! ”

"Maddie's quick sprint, pass! Sean Marion! Buckle! Pretty! ”

"Sean Marion scored on a fast break, Grizzlies scored 2 points first......"

The GM arena was boiling with cheers, shouts, screams, and whistles.

Qiao Hai, who was standing on the sidelines, clapped his hands happily and sat back down.

A successful fast break means that there will be countless more fast breaks, and the Grizzlies' opening strategy is likely to be successful.

As long as the opening rush is successful, the Grizzlies' win rate in this game will at least skyrocket to more than 80%.

In the face of the Lakers, Qiao Hai didn't dare to really say that he would win, but with the correct strategy execution, he could still guarantee a high winning rate.

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The Grizzlies' fast offensive momentum, more than 4 minutes into the game, the Grizzlies played a wave of 13:8, leading by 5 points at the beginning, and Phil Jackson called the first timeout of the game.

During the pause, Qiao Hai thought about it for a while and probably guessed the possible adjustments of the Lakers.

"Next, the Lakers should not make substitutions, but Hollis Grant will appear more in the mid-range area, so we will change the focus of the offense, focusing on the bottom corners on both sides, Tracy, you increase the breakthrough to the bottom line, and give more points to the bottom corners on both sides......"

The Grizzlies have changed the focus of their offense.

After the timeout, the Lakers really changed their defensive strategy as Qiao Hai said, and the two bottom corners were originally the focus of the Lakers' defense, because of the Grizzlies' hammer tactics, the bottom corners on both sides were the biggest threat points.

Phil Jackson had no idea that the Grizzlies would start the game with a mid-range mid-range kick.

After trailing by five points in the opening period, Phil Jackson returned Hollis Grantra to the mid-range position to help defend.

But Qiao Hai turned his head and began to storm the bottom corners of both sides.

When the first quarter was more than 7 minutes into the game, the Grizzlies still took the initiative on the court and maintained the lead, and the score was 21-14 at more than 7 minutes, and the Grizzlies led by 7 points.

Phil Jackson was in a hurry because of this, the game played like this, looking at the trend, it seemed that it was another loss without suspense in the third quarter.

Phil Jackson is well aware of the temperament of the major sports media, and once this game is lost, even if there are at least 4 games in a series, this group of media will have no scruples to spray.

In the playoffs, Phil Jackson couldn't stand the crazy spraying of many media.

So, he didn't want to lose, or at least he didn't want to lose so badly.

So, when trailing by 7 points, Phil Jackson called another timeout.

After two pauses in a row, Qiao Hai also said with a smile: "Phil Jackson is in a hurry." ”

Stanleford also nodded: "It's really time to be in a hurry, OK's state is not good, this game is difficult to play......"

For the Lakers and Phil Jackson, this game is indeed difficult to play, and the OK combination is in average form, at least not as hot as the five games in the Western Conference semifinals.

Maybe it was the Grizzlies' pre-game off-the-market moves that worked, but in short, the overall state of the Lakers in this game was not very good.

With such an OK and such a Laker, the Grizzlies are much easier to solve.

After another timeout in the first quarter, Phil Jackson made another adjustment, replacing O'Neal off the break and replacing him with Isaiah Ryder, and the lineup became a small one.

The Lakers are also going to play fast.

Qiao Hai held his chin and thought for a while, and finally sacrificed the Eagle Eye skill.

After a while, Qiao Hai held his chin and said, "The Lakers are also going to play fast, which means that the triangle offense is not playing?" ”

Phil Jackson's choice made Qiao Hai incomprehensible, but what he knew was that it should not be too difficult for the Grizzlies to win this game.

In the second half of the first quarter, Ginobili, who came off the bench with Maddie, and the two broke out together.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led by eight points at 34-26.

With an 8-point lead in a single quarter, McBrin on the commentary bench shook his head helplessly: "The Lakers are too weak in front of the Grizzlies, and it seems that the Grizzlies haven't made much effort, and the score has already been opened." ”

"With an 8-point lead in the first quarter, the Grizzlies really have to eat and sleep to beat the Lakers, it's too easy."

After the easy first quarter, in the second quarter of the game, the point difference continued to widen, and the Grizzlies' rotation lineup had a huge advantage, and Ron Harper and Brian Shaw's rotation lineup obviously couldn't beat the Grizzlies' Ginobie plus Mike Bibby and Raheem.

So, after halftime, the difference was stretched to 15 points.

The game went smoothly a bit too much, and Qiao Hai even felt that the intensity of this game was not as strong as the intensity of playing the king in the Western Conference semifinals.

In the second half, the Grizzlies slowed down, and the lead was enough for the Grizzlies to grind until the end of the game and then win the first game of the Western Conference finals.