In the first game of the playoffs, the Grizzlies' starting five were point guard Mike Bibby, scoring guard Maddy, small forward Sean Marion, power forward Raheem and center Brad Miller.

This is a regular starter, playing the king does not need to compete in rhythm, the two teams play against each other, whoever has more offensive firepower will win the game, so Qiao Hai did not play Billups, and played Mike Bibby, who has a stronger individual offense.

This is the only change from the final game of the regular season.

On the Kings' side, the starters are point guard Jason Williams, scoring guard Nick Anderson, small forward Corris Williams, power forward Chris Webber, and center Vlad Divac.

Divac and Brad Miller stand together, both as a responsive center, with Divac being the senior and Brad Miller being the junior.

Jumping ball, Brad Miller surprisingly took the win.

Mike Bibby gets the basketball, pushes to the frontcourt, and that's where the game begins.

The Kings' defense was in place, and the Grizzlies also put on a Princeton offensive posture, Brad Miller got the basketball in the high position, and the other players ran like crazy.

"Princeton vs. Princeton! The big battle has begun......" McBrin and Marv Albert sat on the commentary bench, and the appearance of two veteran commentators shows how seriously NBC attaches to this big game, and the main gimmick of this matchup is the Princeton offense vs. Princeton offense.

In 2000, the NBA was full of various defensive battles, and it can be seen from other games in the first round of the playoffs that except for a game where the Lakers played the Suns, the Lakers scored more than 100 points in a single game, and no team scored more than 100 points in other groups, and there were very few teams that broke 90, and the Spurs and Jazz even played an ultra-low score of 71:72.

Fans who are tired of watching defensive battles naturally want to watch offensive battles.

In the regular season, the Grizzlies ranked first in the league in points per game and offensive efficiency, while the Kings ranked second in the league in offense despite being only eighth in the West, and the top two offensive teams in the league have attracted the attention of countless fans.

The Grizzlies' offense, Brad Miller suddenly passed, Tracy McGrady received the ball with a jump and made a layup.

The opening was cold, Maddy's layup didn't go in, and Chris Webb roared, squeezing Raheem away to grab the rebound!

"The Grizzlies missed the opening first attack, Chris Webber grabbed the rebound, the King's counterattack, Chris Webber's long pass!"

The Kings also played a counterattack fast break, I have to say, Qiao Hai brought a wave of trends, now, not only the Lakers and Grizzlies are playing a counterattack fast break, even the Kings also played a counterattack fast break, two interior to grab the rebound, and immediately have the opportunity to make a long pass, after all, Chris Webber and Divac are excellent passers, which is even better than the Grizzlies.

Two inside lines and a long pass, the king's outside trio fast attack, counterattack to the frontcourt, and basically score.

But the Grizzlies they met were also masters in this way, and the Grizzlies naturally would not be without precautions, the Kings outside trio counterattacked and fast-attacked, the Grizzlies outside trio quickly retreated to defend, and the front court played three to three, and everyone had a chance.

Jason Williams made a behind-the-back pass and assisted Nick Anderson on a mid-range shot.

Bang!

McBlin's voice rang out from the commentary box: "The king is fast attacking, score first!" ”

The score was 2:0 on the court, and the Grizzlies served in the backcourt and restarted the positional attack.

It was Brad Miller's high post response, the Kings' defense focused on the weak side, defending Maddie's air cut, but when Maddie rushed to Brad Miller's side, the Kings' defense was concentrated on the strong side again.

Maddie ran two laps and didn't stand a chance.

Bradmiller could only find an open space to get the ball into Raheem's hands.

Raheem singled in the low post and turned around and missed a hook.

Webb also turned, grabbed the rebound, and made another long pass.

The frontcourt was still three to three, Jason Williams once again used an unpredictable pass to penetrate the Grizzlies' three-man defense, and Correse Williams stepped past the defense and scored a layup!

With two fast breaks in the opening game, the Kings led 4-0.

Then, the Grizzlies attacked.

After two consecutive rounds of Princeton's offensive failure, the Grizzlies also changed their style of play, Maddy took the ball, passed Brad Miller's cover, a quick break, shook off Nick Anderson, and then, he faced Vlad Divac's defense, and used a deft change of direction to face the basket directly.

Hold the ball in one hand, raise your hand, and score two points on a layup!

The Grizzlies finally scored.

But then, the Kings' Princeton offense, Nick Anderson ran from the outside, got through the cover, shook off Maddy, and received the ball and raised his hand to make a three-pointer.

Maddie threw off cover and pounced, but was a step too late.

With a bang, Nick Anderson hit two consecutive shots in the opening game, including a three-pointer.

The Kings led the Grizzlies 7-2.

Grizzlies' offense, they tried Princeton's offense again, but failed to find too good opportunities, the Kings blocked the space for Maddy to receive the ball and hold the ball, and the Grizzlies could only turn the focus of their offense to Rahim, but Raheem opened the opening single Webb and missed another shot.

Switching to the Kings offense, Webb also singled Raheem once, entering, 9:2.

Grizzlies' offense, Maddie thought for a moment, took the ball again, singled, broke through the inside, and caused Vlad Divac's foul.

After making one of two free throws, the Grizzlies scored their third point, 3-9, trailing by six points in the opening period.

The king's offense is still Princeton's offense, Jason Williams receives the ball in the air, after attracting the defense, a pass that doesn't look at people, passes to the bottom corner, or Nick Anderson, he raises his hand and shoots three points, smack, and then score!

At 12:3, the difference was 9 points.

In the coach's seat, Qiao Hai stood for a moment, standing on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets.

He hesitated, but didn't call a timeout, ready to watch for a while.

And the assistant coaches sitting in the coach's seat have already discussed.

Lionel Hollins said first: "The King's defense is too obvious, that is, blocking Tracy, we move the offensive focus to Mike Bibby, and everything is solved." ”

Byron Scott said: "The biggest problem now is not offense, we want to open the offense, there are 10,000 ways, the main problem is defense, the king hasn't missed the ball yet!" That's a little scary! ”

Qiao Hai also found it tricky, the main problem was that the Kings felt so good in this game that it exploded, and Nick Anderson had already made three of three shots, including two three-pointers.

Of these three shots, two were open positions, one was in the fast break, Jason Williams attracted Maddy, Nick Anderson caught the ball and hit a shot, and the other was a three-point shot in the bottom corner, which was also Jason Williams, after attracting the defense, the Grizzlies couldn't make up for it, and could only watch Nick Anderson hit a three-pointer.

There was also a three-pointer that was not an open position, but it was also a chance.

So, the Grizzlies' defense had to adjust.

The discussion in the dugout continues.

Lionel Hollins is a master of defense, he thought for a while: "A few of the king's outside lines, it seems that they are not very famous, but they are a little difficult to defend, Jason Williams's passing is too casual, so casual that sometimes a casual pass is a great opportunity, but sometimes it can be a mistake, with the king's two interior lines, plus today's Nick Anderson, which is too difficult to defend......"

Lionel Hollins reminded Qiao Hai, Qiao Hai's eyes lit up, and when the king finished attacking again, Jason Williams received the ball, the Grizzlies did not pinch and change defenses, Jason Williams attacked by himself and missed the throw.

Sean Marion grabbed the rebound, and Joe Hai walked to the sideline and called a timeout.

At this time, the game had just started for more than four minutes, but Qiao Hai had to call a timeout, 12:3, 9 points behind, and the opening gap was big enough.