Kobe Bryant scored in the opening game.

Grizzlies' offense, creeping and roaring remain unchanged, after all, this is the basis for the Grizzlies to win the Spurs, such a good set of tactical play, Qiao Hai intends to practice, until the team can fully adapt to this set of tactical play, and then let the players on the court control the rhythm of the creeping roar.

In the opening, the Grizzlies creep first.

It's just the kind of worm that quickly passes the half and then attacks slowly in the position, which can invest as much time as possible in the positional attack, ensure the success rate of the attack, and ensure that the opening will not fall behind, or even lead.

Brad Miller received the ball, and Maddy cut to the ball and met Bruce Bowen, who was chasing him.

Although Kobe Bryant and Maddy had a war of words before the game and provoked each other, defensively, the Lakers still chose to switch defenses and let Bruce Bowen deal with Maddy.

Facing Bowen's defense, Maddie was blocked in the middle distance.

Then, the offense of this round became Maddie's mid-range singles Bowen, and Maddie made a step feint, shaking off Bruce Bowen and pulling out his hand in the middle distance.

Bang, the ball goes in!

Maddie returned a ball, Bruce Bowen didn't think anything of it, he had already put it in place, no way, mid-distance one-on-one, if it really let Maddie break through one step, it would be an opportunity immediately, it would be better to give a step, even if Maddie made a shot, Bowen would have a chance to interfere.

It's just that the final interference didn't work out.

Bryant scored a goal, Maddie scored a goal, and the opening game was tied 2:2.

The game continues.

The Lakers' offense is still Kobe Bryant's singles, and the Grizzlies insist on not pinching Kobe Bryant, only letting Maddy defend alone.

This ball Kobe Bryant burst out, didn't find a chance, turned over directly from the middle distance, and threw a backward jumper.

Bang, didn't go in.

Qiao Hai shouted from the sidelines: "That's it!" Don't let him break through! ”

Don't let Kobe break through, only let him shoot, maybe it's heaven, maybe it's hell, it depends on Kobe's feel, but at the beginning, Kobe's backward jumper missed a ball, and the four backs turned into three irons, which is one iron.

Then, the Grizzlies attacked.

They continued their slow-paced positional battle, with Raheem singled low and turned around for a jumper.

Facing AC Green, the iron-blooded Raheem finally had the advantage, and in the previous two rounds of the playoffs, whether it was against the Kings or the Spurs, Raheem had no advantage, one against Chris Webber, and the other against Duncan.

This time, neither AC Green nor Robert Horry on the bench could pose a threat to Raheem.

Raheem scored a single goal to give the Grizzlies a 4-2 lead.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant still wanted to play alone, but O'Neal opened his hand to ask for the ball, and he could only put the ball inside.

Inside, Brad Miller withstood O'Neal behind his back, Sean Marion stepped forward to strike, O'Neal got the ball with difficulty, turned around and wanted to play, but was stuck by the two Grizzlies, and had no choice but to pass the ball out.

Fortunately, Ron Harper was very spiritual, slipped in from the baseline, slipped in front of O'Neal, received the ball and made a layup, and equalized the score.

Off the field, Qiao Hai was also very helpless about this ball.

There is no way, to sandwich O'Neal, you have to accept being scored by the Lakers and other goals.

The Grizzlies' offense was still solid, and it dragged steadily until 20 seconds later, when Billups made a mid-range shot and didn't score.

O'Neal grabbed the rebound, the Lakers wanted to play a counterattack, and Bruce Bowen received the ball and rushed quickly.

Kobe Bryant rushed to the front, and Ron Harper, AC Green's speed is not slow, on the Grizzlies' side, Sean Marion, Maddie and Billups have all returned to defense in time, and Raheem is also following behind, his speed is slightly slower than AC Green.

So the front court can be said to be four to three, or it can be said to be four to four.

Sean Marion reflexively wanted to break the ball, but failed, but blocked Bowen, Bowen had no choice but to give the ball to Kobe, Kobe Bryant received the ball, and the fast break was no longer possible, because the Grizzlies' defense was already in place, and there was only one Brad Miller missing.

Before Brad Miller arrived, Kobe Bryant directly singled, made a quick breakthrough, and raised his hand to throw.

Ball in! The Lakers, in turn, took a two-point lead.

was scored a fast break two points by the Lakers in the chaotic battle, but the Grizzlies still played at a slower pace, and in the slow positional battle, Maddy once again singled out Bruce Bowen in the middle distance and scored a goal, and the score was equalized.

At the beginning, the two teams played very harmoniously, there was no rhythm dispute, the Grizzlies played a slow-paced positional battle, and the Lakers were singles in the positional offense.

So, with more than 6 minutes into the game, the first official timeout, the difference between the two teams was 13:12, and the Grizzlies led by 1 point.

During the pause, Qiao Hai sat on his stool, the main players left the court, rested on the seats on the sidelines, Qiao Hai took a tactical board, and there were less than 6 minutes of the game left in the first quarter, and he was ready to come to something different.

"Let's make a substitution first, Raga you go up, Sharif you come down and rest first, Laga you go on the court and go to defend Kobe."

Since the Lakers have been using Bowen to defend Maddie, Qiao Hai feels that there is no need for him to use Maddy to defend Kobe, freeing Maddy from the defensive end and focusing on offense.

"Sean, you go to the number four position, let's run and bang, Chauncy brings up the rhythm and speed."

Sean Marion nodded, he went to the No. 4 position, the Grizzlies are a big and four small lineup, the only big one is Brad Miller, who can pass the ball, this lineup, starting and banging, is naturally twice the result with half the effort.

"Halfway through the first quarter, both teams were playing their own offense, but after this official timeout, both the Grizzlies and the Lakers should have changed."

On the commentary bench, McBlin was very determined.

Then, at the end of the timeout, the Grizzlies' change shocked McBlin: "Sharif Abdulahim was directly replaced, and the Grizzlies put out a big and four small, this is going to play fast!" ”

On the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson frowned.

The Lakers have not changed much, but they have replaced Derrick Fisher to strengthen the vitality of the outside line.

The Lakers are still a big lineup on the court, and the Lakers can't play fast, O'Neal is casually jokingly called a flexible dead fat man, but a big man of 2.16 meters and weighs more than 300 pounds, no matter how flexible he is, he can't be fast.

So the Grizzlies' small ball is actually somewhat restrained by the Lakers, and now, it depends on whether the Grizzlies' fast break can be opened.

After the official timeout, to sum up, the Grizzlies changed a lot and directly switched to fast break, and the Lakers almost remained the same.

With such an adjustment, the situation of the rest of the game in the first quarter also changed.

After the pause, the Lakers attacked first, O'Neal made a strong layup inside, scored 2 points, 14:13, and the Lakers overtook by 1 point.

Then, the Grizzlies had a wave of fast breaks, and Maddy couldn't shoot from afar.

O'Neal grabbed the rebound, but the Lakers surprisingly did not counterattack, this is an urgent adjustment made by Phil Jackson, the reason is very simple, the Grizzlies want to play fast, the Lakers have to be slow, so the Lakers simply lost the counterattack and fast break and stopped playing.

Maybe it's a grizzly bear.

In the Lakers positional battle, Kobe Bryant singled, and after taking the ball with his back, he took two steps and missed the turnover jumper.

Brad Miller grabbed the rebound, a long pass, and the Grizzlies scored on a fast break, and the Grizzlies led by one point in turn.

After that, the Grizzlies' sudden change of rhythm began to have an effect, and the Lakers' offense was a positional battle, and the position was set up in singles, and there would always be no goals.

But the Grizzlies' offense is different, and once they play a fast break, they are bound to score.

Therefore, with the difference in offensive efficiency, the two teams began to divide the winners and losers......

More than three minutes were played, and with two minutes left in the first quarter, Phil Jackson called a timeout.

At this time, the score of the two teams has become 25:18, the Grizzlies lead by 7 points, and may lose by 7 points in the first quarter, this gap is big enough, so if Phil Jackson does not call a timeout, and then does not call a timeout, this game will not be able to play.

called a timeout, but Phil Jackson had to be distressed.

How to adjust? The Grizzlies' style of play is fast, Phil Jackson thought about it, and he could only follow fast.

He replaced O'Neal, who had played most of the quarter, with Scott Pippen to control the tempo, and Robert Horry as a center, replacing AC Green, plus Derrick Fisher, Kobe Bryant and Bruce Bowen, also a small lineup.

The Lakers made substitutions, and the new lineup debuted, but Qiao Hai was familiar with how he looked at it.

Byron Scott said it directly: "Joe's usual rotation lineup last season, Robert Horry played center, Kobe, Bruce Bowen, Derrick Fisher and Scott Pippen lined up. ”

Qiao Hai smiled, this set of rotation lineups was quite easy to use last season, because Scott Pippen is the peak, controlling the ball, controlling the rhythm, and even individual offense, Scott Pippen is historic, height plus defense, the peak Scott Pippen can also defend the opponent's No. 4 or even No. 5 position.

Therefore, last season, the lineup used by Qiao Hai was really powerful when it was rotated.

As for now, because Scott Pippen is declining rapidly, he is on the verge of retirement, the individual offense is gone, only some fixed-point shots are left, of course, the ball quotient is still there, controlling the ball, controlling the tempo is still very good, and the defense is not good.

Scott Pippen's point has declined, and the Lakers' rotation lineup is equivalent to one less superstar, the defense is weakened, the offense is also weakened, and the rhythm can be controlled.

The Grizzlies are also a single superstar, but they are better overall.

This timeout, Qiao Hai replaced Mike Bibi and roughly, in addition to Maddy, the outside offense can also play alone, everyone on the court can shoot three points, and the Grizzlies often play run and bomb, this set of Qiao Hai style running and bombing has been practiced by the Grizzlies almost.

With two minutes remaining, the Grizzlies continued to dominate.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 8 points at 32-24.

"After the first quarter, now, Phil Jackson needs to think about how to deal with the Grizzlies' small-ball play, Robert Horry plays center, and Scott Pippen plays the No. 4 position obviously doesn't work......

As McBlin said, Phil Jackson was scratching his head at this time.

On the Grizzlies' side, Qiao Hai has already decided on the second quarter's play.

Maddie rested, Raheem came on, Rasione Estrovic in the center, and Sammak, Chauncey Billups and Mike Bibbi on the outside.

"In the second quarter, we played slowly, passed the half court quickly, and then attacked from the position, and then we didn't shoot until 20 seconds later......"

Grizzly bears are going to creep again.

On the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson didn't think of a good way either, and chose to replace O'Neal, who had a short half of the quarter, Robert Horry played power forward, and Scott Pippen, Brian Shaw and Derrick Fisher on the outside.

The Lakers' bench depth is still very good, which is different from the Spurs.

At the very least, the Lakers have Derrick Fisher, Scott Pippen, Brian Shaw, Robert Horry and Rick Fox on the bench, gritting their teeth and even putting on a starter.

So, when the grizzlies started to creep at the start of the second quarter, Phil Jackson breathed a sigh of relief.

O'Neal was on the court, the Grizzlies only had dual control of Galahim, the Lakers still had the advantage on the court, the big sharks continued to take the ball and chisel the inside, Rasiunestrovic could only hard top, unable to defend, O'Neal began to wreak havoc.

In the second quarter, another half quarter was played, O'Neal played crazy singles, scored 11 points in the first quarter, Phil Jackson dreamed of chasing points, and after taking the advantage, Phil Jackson saw hope.

But after the half-quarter game, the difference was still 8 points......

Phil Jackson was surprised, he didn't know why O'Neal had exploded like this, and the point difference still hadn't narrowed.

Qiao Hai was not surprised, the creep attack in half a quarter, dual control of Galahim, Raheem against Robert Horry, this offense is equivalent to three to one, the success rate in the attack is stable, and it is more than enough to draw O'Neill's outburst.

After the half quarter of the game, Qiao Hai waved his hand and replaced point guard Earl Boykins, scoring guard Maddy, small forward Sammark, big forward Sean Marion and center Wang Zhizhi.

It's one big and four small, and the center is still rough.

The Grizzlies' madness is here again, and this time it's even crazier, because O'Neal played half a quarter and was replaced, and the Lakers only had Kobe Bryant, and Kobe Bryant needed to face the Grizzlies' crazy fast-break lineup......

In the second half, the Grizzlies opened the fast break again, and after various scores, they won by 10 points, counting the previous 8 points, and at halftime, the Grizzlies won by 18 points.

"Is it that simple?"

Qiao Hai also had some doubts, and inexplicably, he won by 18 points at halftime.

McBrin summed up the Grizzlies' style of play in the first half: "In the opening slow positional battle, the Grizzlies dragged down the pace of the Lakers, and suddenly accelerated the pace after half a quarter, replaced with one big and four small, crazy fast attack, once the fast break was opened, the Lakers couldn't prevent it, and then it was Grizzlies show time." ”

"That's how the Grizzlies played in the first quarter, and the same was true in the second quarter, and I have to say that after winning by 15 points at halftime, the Grizzlies won too simply and crudely."

At halftime, Qiao Hai set the tone in the locker room: "In the second half, we will continue to play like this, play fast and attack quickly......"

In the second half, Phil Jackson broke the jar and fell, and directly put the OK combination, not playing fast attack, and not fighting with the Grizzlies, just playing.

The advantage of the Grizzlies is not so big, because with O'Neal, the Lakers' offensive efficiency can still be guaranteed, but the 18-point lead in the first half has always existed, and in the second half, the Grizzlies maintained the lead all the way until the end......