The timeout ended, and the Pacers made a substitution.

Larry Bird couldn't find a way to defend against the Grizzlies' offense, and for the Pacers, their overall defense was weak in the face of the Grizzlies' diverse offense, so Larry Bird could only strengthen his offense so that the team wouldn't collapse so quickly.

He stepped up the attack by bringing on Austin Crohill early and moving Rick Schmitz to the number five position.

Austin Crohill came on, and the bonus to the Pacers' offensive end was mainly reflected in the long-range projection on the inside, Crohill's range could go as far as outside the three-point line, but his most stable was his mid-range shooting, with a shooting rate of more than fifty percent, and with Crohill on the floor, the Pacers' offense could play more three-dimensional.

The Grizzlies' defense is mainly to block the opponent's passes, but all they can do is Mark Jackson's passes.

With Crohill, everybody on the court can shoot, and once the other players get the ball out of the way, this lineup where everybody can shoot will open up the offense, that's what Larry Bird thinks.

But the idea is beautiful, the reality is cruel.

The Grizzlies' way to deal with it is very simple, if you want to shoot, I will shoot you, if you have the ability, you will shoot me, in the Pacers' lineup, only Reggie Miller is a historic pitcher, no matter how good the others are, they are only second- or third-rate pitchers, no matter how accurate the shooting is, as long as the Grizzlies' defense is not out of position, the Pacers still can't turn the sky just by shooting.

Therefore, when the game restarted, the Grizzlies still cut Mark Jackson's pass, making the Pacers' offense fall into infinite individual singles, and Jalen Rose continued to play singles, facing Sean Marion's single defense, in most cases, he could only make strong shots, or passes.

And the ball he passed, Austin Krohill and Reggie Miller received the ball, and there was no guarantee of the shooting rate, and there was no ball, and the offensive efficiency of the Pacers was still not high.

The Grizzlies' defense is methodical, and on the offensive end, under the control of Billups, the Grizzlies quickly speed up, open up the fast break, the offensive efficiency has exploded, everyone can score, and compared to the Pacers, the Grizzlies have one more offensive strength on the outside of Maddy.

In the second half of the first quarter, because the Pacers did not have a behemoth like O'Neal on the inside, the pressure on the Grizzlies inside was very small, so Qiao Hai replaced Raheem, as the big of the big of the big four small, and the running and bombing were still thriving.

On the Grizzlies' side, Maddie and Sean Marion and Mike Bibby played the whole first quarter, of which Maddy scored the most, through continuous individual singles, air cuts and catch-and-shoot, he scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter, Sean Marion made a three-pointer, plus two goals that hit the basket, and scored 7 points, and Mike Bibby even made a sudden shot, and also scored 8 points and 3 assists in the first quarter.

These three alone scored 30 points in the first quarter, and with the scores of Raheem, Billups and Brad Miller, the Grizzlies scored 41 points in the first quarter.

With 41:21, they led by 20 points in the first quarter.

not only limited the Pacers' offense, but also broke the Pacers' defense on the offensive end, of course, there is also a reason why Larry Bird helped, if it wasn't for Larry Bird's desire to improve the offense, replace Davis with Austin Crohill, the Pacers' defense would not have collapsed so completely.

But the problem is that without Davis Davis, the Pacers' overall defense is gone, the Grizzlies are crazy to storm the basket in the fast break, and the offensive end is almost as easy to play as they want.

So, in the first quarter, the Pacers collapsed.

The Pacers trailed by 20 points in the first quarter, and the cheers in the GM arena continued, but the crowds grew smaller and smaller, and there was no way to keep the home team enthusiastic for a game that didn't seem to be in suspense, even if the home team was in the lead.

So, as the score gap continued to widen, the cheers at the GM arena became smaller and smaller......

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies continued to make substitutions, with Rasius Nestelovic on the court, roughly playing the No. 4 position, Sammark small forward, Ragabel and Billups partnering the guard line, and the Grizzlies playing a slow Princeton offense.

Larry Bird also seemed to have learned the lesson of the first quarter and traded Dale Davis back.

The Pacers, who re-established the defensive system, played very tenacious, and under the huge disadvantage of 20 points, the Pacers began to chase points, but the reality is cruel, the 20-point deficit is too big, for the Pacers, they fell behind by 20 points in the first quarter, and they undoubtedly dug a huge hole for themselves.

If you want to fill the pit now, it is naturally extremely difficult.

The Grizzlies lineup on the court is a pure bench lineup, and there is only one Billups who can be regarded as a starter, so in the face of the Pacers' semi-main and semi-bench rotation lineup, it is naturally a lot more difficult to play.

Halfway through the second quarter, the margin was narrowed to 16 points.

Then, Qiao Hai called a timeout and made a substitution.

Raheem came on as a center, Sean Marion as a power forward, Maddie as a number three, and Mike Bibi as well as Ear Boykins at the backline.

With a new set of rotations, with Maddie and Raheem on the floor, the Grizzlies started the fast break again, the tidal attack opened up again, and the Grizzlies' offense exploded again.

At halftime, the Grizzlies led the Pacers by 25 points, 74-49.

The game was played at halftime, the suspense was lost, and everyone had already seen that the Pacers were not the Grizzlies' opponent at all, trailing by 25 points at halftime, whether it was offensive or defensive, the Pacers were not the Grizzlies' opponent.

On the ESPN TV commentary bench, Stephen Smith carefully analyzed the first half of the game: "After playing a quarter and a half, Maddy scored 22 points, just Maddy's point, the Pacers have nothing to do, and the reality is that in addition to Maddy, the Grizzlies also have multiple offensive points such as Mike Bibby, Chauncey Billups and Raheem, and on the defensive end, the Pacers can't lose anymore, they should think more about offense." ”

In fact, Stephen Smith's analysis was all wrong, and Larry Bird had realized his mistake, and his mistake was not to fight the Grizzlies offensively, and from the beginning, the Pacers had only one chance to win — to fight the Grizzlies defensively, try to slow down the tempo, and turn the game into a defensive battle.

On the NBC side, McBrin considered it more comprehensively: "The defense was blown up, which was the main reason for the Pacers' fiasco in the first half, the Grizzlies scored 74 points in the half, the offense exploded completely, and they did a great job on the defensive end, the Pacers are good at defense, not offense, if the Pacers really want to win, they shouldn't abandon their strengths and fight their weaknesses with the Grizzlies......"

The commentators from both TV stations analyzed the first half of the game separately.

However, at this point, no amount of analysis can stop the Grizzlies from winning this game.

In the second half, the Grizzlies insisted on a steady opening and then a crazy run-and-gun offensive style to continue to maintain the lead and still extend the lead.

In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Pacers with 123:88, 35 points and won the first victory in the Finals!