As soon as Ron Artest scored three points, the score became 8:9, and the Rockets were only one point behind.

Then, the Grizzlies' offense, they tried to hit another point, but Billups' mid-range shot was ironed by Steve Francis' defense.

Yao Ming grabbed the rebound.

The rocket hit a wave of counterattacks.

On the counterattack, Chris Anderson received the ball and dunked it and was pulled down by Sean Marion.

So, Chris Anderson went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws, 9:9, tied!

……

From the beginning of the game, it showed a trend of its kind, with the Grizzlies only Maddie scoring, and the Rockets' defense obviously letting go of Maddie and focusing on locking up the Grizzlies' other points.

And the Grizzlies' defense of the Rockets is obviously a continuation of the previous style of play, and they focus on locking the Rockets' mid-range.

But the Rockets relied on Yao Ming's height advantage and two three-pointers to play the offense they wanted.

……

After the opening 9-9 tie, the Grizzlies began to look for a change, and Billups hit another shot, this time, he finally made a mid-range pullup jumper to score his first personal point of the game.

Then, on the Rocket's side, the ball was given to Yao Ming for a single.

Yao Ming punched him twice, causing a foul on Pau Gasol.

Stepping onto the free throw line, Yao Ming hit one of two free throws, and the Rockets trailed by one point.

The Grizzlies' offense, they started to pick up, Maddy's breakaway disrupted the Rockets' defense, and then, Billups went around to the top of the arc to catch the ball and broke through again.

On the other side, Sean Marion slipped to the bottom line to catch the ball and scored two points with a violent dunk.

The Rockets' offense, Steve Francis broke through the inside, and after being caught in the middle, the ball split the wing, and Ron Artest's mid-range shot hit the iron.

The Grizzlies grabbed the rebound and fought back.

Billups rushed to the front court and scored two more points on a pull-up jumper.

The Grizzlies suddenly took another five-point lead.

Qiao Hai knows that this is a normal phenomenon, and against the Grizzlies team, they need to guard against the Grizzlies' sudden outburst all the time.

In fact, when he led the Grizzlies, this sudden outburst was even more violent.

The Grizzlies were always able to lock in a huge lead at the end of the third quarter, relying on this trait, and it can be said that Qiao Hai created this trait for this Grizzly Bear.

And his successors, whether Lionel Hollins or Hubbie Brown, have exploited this trait very inefficiently.

Therefore, the record of this Grizzly Bear team did not explode.

If Qiao Hai had led this Grizzlies team, perhaps their regular season record would have exceeded 72 wins.

……

The Grizzlies led by 5 points in a wave, and the Rockets finally scored, and Ron Artest scored 2 points inside to solve the Rockets' scoring drought.

Then, Maddie, who had been silent for a long time, broke out again, forced the inside, scored a layup, and caused Yao Ming's foul.

Walk to the free throw line and hit a free throw, hit a three-point shot.

When it was time for Maddy to make a free throw, Johi opted for a substitution, and he replaced Steve Francis and James Posey with Jamal Crawford and Ralph Alston.

Then let Ron Artest go to switch to Maddie.

After this change, Jamal Crawford, who had just come on the court, immediately scored, he changed direction from the outside of the ball, burst in and scored two points on a jumper.

This is a player that the Grizzlies are unfamiliar with, and it can be said that Jamal Crawford singled the Grizzlies by surprise.

The Grizzlies' offense is still Maddie's singles.

In the past few rounds, they have also tried to let other players play, and the efficiency is not bad, but the most offensive efficiency is still Maddie, so the ball is given to Maddie again.

Maddie also seized the opportunity, singled out Artay from mid-range and scored a pull-up jumper.

On the Rockets' side, after the newcomer, they immediately showed a new atmosphere, Yao Ming also received the ball, a mid-range single, turned and threw into the middle shot.

The other ball is blocked, and after the block, he directly catches the ball and shoots it, and also scores.

Yao Ming scored 4 points in a row, and the Rockets were still 6 points behind.

The Grizzlies were firmly in control of the score, and for the Rockets, a six-point deficit in the first quarter was not too big or too small, which was acceptable.

Therefore, Qiao Hai has always behaved very calmly.

On the court, Ron Artest hit a three-pointer and scored on a breakaway, and Jamal Crawford also scored a three-pointer from the outside.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets trailed the Grizzlies by 31-34.

"The 3-point disadvantage is not too big or small, and overall, the Rockets' offense in the first quarter of the game is quite good, but their defense is very average."

"Maddie broke out wildly, hitting 8 balls in 10 shots in the first quarter of the game, scoring 21 points in a single quarter, this state is too hot!"

"But in fact, we must also note that the Rockets have not been able to flank Maddie, in fact, they are a defensive strategy that allows Maddie to play alone, and it looks like a bit of a failure, because Maddie has exploded too completely!"

Unlike the commentators, who trailed by three points in the first quarter and Maddie scored 21 points and the rest of the players scored few points, Johi believes their defensive strategy was a success.

So in the second quarter, the Rockets continued a similar defensive strategy.

But Maddy didn't play much in the second quarter, especially in the opening game, he didn't play directly, and Billups and backup Michael Reed led the Grizzlies' bench.

Without Maddy, the Rockets' defensive strategy immediately exerted his power, and the second quarter opened with a wave of outbursts, directly overtaking the Grizzlies by three points.

Hubi Brown was so busy that he replaced Maddie again.

At this time, Maddie had only rested for more than two minutes.

As soon as Maddie returned, the Grizzlies immediately brought the advantage back, which again reflected the correctness of the Rockets' defensive strategy.

Playing and fighting, the Grizzlies suddenly became a team that relied on Maddie.

Perhaps at the moment, Hubbie Brown is also scratching his head.

In the second half of the second quarter, Maddie came on the court and didn't go any further, he played until the end of the second quarter, with Maddie's blessing, the Rockets' offensive outburst continued, but they couldn't prevent the Grizzlies' offense on the defensive end.

After halftime, the Rockets trailed the Grizzlies by one point, 60-61.

……

"At the end of the half, the Rockets trailed the Grizzlies by 1 point, this gap is almost negligible, from the point difference, I have to say that the Rockets still played very well, they withstood the pressure brought by Maddie's outbreak, and Yao's play was very good......"

In the home team's locker room, Qiao Hai got a technical statistic at the end of the half.

Maddy scored 28 points in the half, and the highest score was Billups with 8 points other than him, and overall, the Grizzlies' offense was focused on Maddy alone.

Even when Stan Lefu saw this technical statistic, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "After Lionel and Hubie Brown coached this Grizzly Bear, they have lost the tradition of all the soldiers left by Joe, and the current Grizzlies are actually a superstar team." ”

"It's just that their superstar is strong enough, once they don't even have the advantage of superstar, they will become the Lakers of the year, no matter how they fight, they can't beat us personally."

Qiao Hai smiled: "So what we have to do this year is to disrupt the situation, and then next year, we will teach them to be people!" ”

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