On May 16, U.S. time, the game returned to the General Motors Arena.

In the fifth game of the series, the GM arena was more enthusiastic than usual, the brown and blue crowded the entire arena, and the players of the two teams came out one after another, cheering continuously. The tide is still to come.

"Let's welcome! NBA1999-2000 Season Regular Season Best Coach - Qiao Hai! ”

I don't know when, the stadium turned into an awards ceremony, and the official host of the NBA shouted Qiao Hai's name.

Then, the cheers erupted!

The rumbling cheers shook the eardrums, the excitement gushed out, and the roof of the arena seemed to be about to be torn down.

A beam of light hit the entrance of the player's tunnel, wearing a custom Versace suit, with a capable short hair, Qiao Hai calmly walked into the infield of the stadium, touched the buttons of the suit, and the hot cheers and shouts had hit Qiao Hai's soul.

Qiao Hai couldn't help but wave to the sidelines.

So, the cheers were louder.

"Qiao Hai! Qiao Hai! Qiao Hai!! ”

The shouts of the scene also continued to sound.

"NBA Best Coach – Joe! He's on the scene! ”

CCTV, commentator Zhang Weiping was very excited.

The best coach in the NBA, this is the highest achievement of the Chinese people in the NBA, the domestic fans are very excited, and the domestic commentators are naturally honored.

Under the attention of everyone, Qiao Hai walked to the center of the field.

And in the middle of the court, on the black table, there is a trophy.

The main character of the trophy is Cardinal Auerbach, who sits on a stool with a cigar in his hand, so this trophy is also called the Reed Auerbach Trophy.

At the scene, the official host of the NBA began to announce Qiao Hai's votes.

"101 first ballots, 27 chapters on the second ballot, 1 third ballot!"

The ballot papers were announced, and among them, there was only one third ballot left, which is a surprising number, too few, compared to the more than 100 votes of the first ballot and the 27 of the second ballot, the third ballot was actually only 1?

Soon, a commentator on the scene explained why Qiao Hai's third vote was so few.

"Only 129 sports journalists are eligible to vote, so the total number of votes is 129, and Qiao Hai got the most first votes in the league, and Doug Rivers in second place only had 16, which is a huge difference."

"At this time, we add Qiao Hai's second and third votes, and we will find that the total is exactly 129, which means that all the sports journalists who are eligible to vote voted for Qiao Hai......"

"This best coach, Qiao Hai has no suspense to win!"

David Stern appeared in the center of the court, and he shook Joe's hand.

But it wasn't David Stern who presented the award, but a mysterious figure.

Cardinal Reed Auerbach walked to the trophy step by step, holding it and handing it to Qiao Hai.

Qiao Hai shook hands with Auerbach: "Thank you, Mr. Auerbach. ”

"No thanks, kid, you deserve it!"

Qiao Hai picked up the trophy, and the cheers broke out again.

"In one year, Qiao Hai pulled the Vancouver Grizzlies out of the quagmire that has been rotten for many years, from the bottom of the league to the first in the league, such progress is too exaggerated, I have to say that Qiao Hai is the savior of Vancouver basketball, so Qiao Hai got the craziest cheers in the audience!"

Amid the cheers, the award ceremony ended, and Qiao Hai returned to the sidelines with the Reed Auerbach Cup

After the cheers, it's time for the game to begin.

At the beginning, on the Grizzlies' side, the starting point guard was still Billups, and on the Spurs' side, the starting small forward was still Jeremy Coltsi, and the positions that were most likely to change on both sides did not change, which means that at the beginning of this game, the two teams will not have any big moves.

Sure enough, halfway through the first quarter, there was an official timeout.

The score of the two teams is 13:12, the Grizzlies of the home team are ahead by 1 point, the two teams played very tangled at the beginning, the difference in points speaks for itself, Qiao Hai did not use a status card on Maddie in this game, so Maddie's state was average, and he only scored 2 goals in the opening 5 shots.

When the official timeout is up, the Grizzlies will definitely have to adjust, and so will the Spurs.

Next, the backs of both teams will arrive at the same time.

Qiao Hai turned on the on-the-spot command assistance system and pondered possible adjustments for the Spurs.

"A big four, a small Kombat whirlwind? Or a flexible interior combo of Duncan and Mari Cross? ”

Qiao Hai felt that the Spurs' possible rotation lineup was only these two, and after thinking about it, Qiao Hai made a substitution.

"Sean goes to the fourth position, Tracy goes to the third position, Mike, you go up, partner with Chauncey, Chauncy, you control the tempo, speed up the tempo! Run-and-boom! ”

Replaced by Mike Bibby and Rahim, Qiao Hai still used one big and four small, and the offensive play was changed to running and shooting.

And after the timeout, Spurs' substitutions also surfaced.

Marik Cross came on for David Robinson, Sean Elliott also replaced Jeremy Corsi, and to Joe's surprise, Tony Decker came on for Mario Alley.

Three substitutions, the defensive outstanding Mario Elli and Corsey were replaced, Deck and Sean Elliott on the court were both offensive, and Tony Deck and Avery Johnson formed a double control, and Popovich's hole cards appeared......

On the commentary seat, McBlin was very excited: "What did I see, aha! I actually saw the Spurs' two-point guard combination?! Surprising! ”

Mav Albert also nodded: "That's right, Popovich also played offense, one big and four small fast break run bomb naturally needless to say, the Spurs were able to win the Jazz, relying on fast break and run bomb, and now, the surprising thing happened again, Popovich once again stole Qiao Hai and came up with a set of double point guard lineup!" ”

After the Spurs pulled out the dual-control lineup, Qiao Hai knew that the next game would be difficult, not only because of the unknown dual-control lineup, but also because in addition to the dual-control, Popovich also retained a regular interior combination.

Marik Ross plus Duncan, which means that the Spurs' defense has not fallen.

The Grizzlies want to open up the offense, it is not advisable to attack the inside, they can only float on the outside to shoot, if the Grizzlies feel hot, then Duncan and Marik Cross will have no effect, but the key is that in this game, the Grizzlies feel average.

Maddie shot 2-of-5, Billups and Marion were already half-shot shooters, and both were still practicing shooting.

The only thing Qiao Hai can count on is Mike Bibi, who has just come on the field.

After the pause, the game resumed.

On the Grizzlies' side, their fast attack was very chaotic, although Billups tried his best to control the rhythm, and the rhythm was as Qiao Hai wished, and he was led by the Grizzlies quickly.

But the problem is, the Grizzlies can't score.

On the outside, the Grizzlies made all kinds of passes, the basketball flew around, Maddie made one shot, Billups came another, and then Marion, they all felt average, and the outside shot was constantly hitting the iron.

It's not that I didn't think about attacking the inside, but Maricross and Duncan stuck to the inside, basically blocking the Grizzlies' opportunity to score inside.

There is no way, Duncan was too strong in the early days, and the ability to protect the frame on the inside line was simply off the charts.

On the Spurs' side, the three offensive players on the outside are playing happily on the offensive end, especially Tony Deck, all kinds of ball rushes, and the Grizzlies don't have good frame protectors, relying on Sean Marion to protect the frame, it's too reluctant.

The first quarter of the game was quickly over, and the Grizzlies, who led by one point at halftime, were quickly blown out by the Spurs in the second half of the quarter.

The score was 27-23 in the first quarter, and the Grizzlies trailed by four points.