Chapter 256: The Most Tormenting Counterpoint
Before Lawler's words fell, Brewer's pass to Tang Shuai was stealed by Allen, and Conley followed up with a fast break to score 2 points.
McLean glanced at the field in a daze, then turned to look at Lawler, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Cassel shook his head helplessly, although he had deliberately told him, but the Grizzlies' defense was full of physical confrontation, and after changing to a small lineup, the defensive rotation was more terrifying than before.
Paul held the ball to the frontcourt, reached out and motioned to his teammates to open up the space, and then motioned to Griffin to come up and block the pick-and-roll, and after a block, it was directly a dry pull shot, scoring the first two points of the opening game for the Clippers.
The Grizzlies do a near-perfect defensive effort on the defensive end, and this simple offense is easier to score points for the team.
Paul saw this right away after a round.
The Grizzlies' offense continued to be futile, but they also managed to defend the Clippers' offense, and it seems that the style of this ancient team is that I can't score, and you don't want to score.
After several rounds in a row, the two sides played extremely ugly, and under the super high defensive intensity, it became extremely difficult to score goals.
The two sides played for more than three minutes, and the score was still 6:7, both staying in single digits.
Tang Shuai didn't receive the ball at this time, but he was already out of breath, Allen's defense was so tight that he couldn't get rid of it after going around a few times, and he was looking for physical confrontation at every turn. Let him consume his physical strength all the time, and he is even more mad than a mad dog.
On the pitch. He used the packing system to scan Tony Allen's skill pack, a blue skill pack. The orange exclusive defensive bag was particularly dazzling, and he was a little worried at the time, but after he really got on top, he realized how uncomfortable it was.
Having seen the score of Orange's exclusive offensive pack, and then experiencing this hellish level of defense, it really made him a little overwhelmed.
Paul was still solid, but after a few consecutive singles, the physical exertion was obviously a bit too high, and he had to call his teammates to start blocking and pick-and-roll.
Tang Shuai ran out with all his strength at this time. Paul had a quick shot at the ball, but as soon as he tried to throw, he was immediately chased by Allen.
Aaron has a purple power pack, and in the same level of confrontation, his back play is not dominant, and the exclusive defensive pack, his dry pull pack is also easy to steal.
He hesitated, but finally handed the ball over.
The Clippers' offense was once again in vain.
At this time, the Grizzlies made personnel changes, replacing Gasol Jr. and Green with cold hands. Replaced by Randolph and Jermichael Green.
As soon as Randolph came in, the Grizzlies immediately adjusted their offensive strategy and let him single under the basket.
At this time, it was Griffin who defended Randolph, and Randolph made a few tough back-to-back shots. Squeezed Griffin directly into the layup to score.
Griffin looked helpless, and couldn't help but touch his chest, Randolph was as big as a real black bear. The top person is in pain everywhere.
Randolph can be called Griffin's bitter master, this is a dozen and one accurate.
Paul saw that the momentum was not right. After two rounds of rest, he had to stand up, but the result was only half a quarter. He's already out of breath.
The first half of Tang Shuai's start was completely disastrous, and in the face of Allen's defense, he could be said to be completely unsuccessful, and he was suppressed miserably.
Seeing this, Cassel called a timeout and replaced the three starters except Brewer and Jordan Jr., and as the Clippers made a rotation on their side, Jogel also made personnel changes on that side, replacing Allen and Conley with Barnes and Money.
Barnes is also a defensive stalwart, but after all, he is older, and the Grizzlies' defensive quality has dropped a lot, and the Clippers' benches have taken advantage of the momentum to play a wave of suppression and slowly bring the momentum back.
Tang Shuai looked at the game on the field at this time, the whole person was a little wooden, he probably never thought that the situation would become so bad, although it was expected that Allen would defend him and lock him up, but he really played such a bad game, he still couldn't accept it, and he even complained a little about why Kassel wanted him to start this game, which was simply embarrassing him.
"Don, don't think too much." At this moment, Billups in the coach's seat noticed that Tang Shuai's expression was not quite right, got up from Kassel's side, and walked over to him and said.
Tang Shuai's mood at this time can be said to be very bad, and when he saw that it was Billups, he just nodded.
"Don't be discouraged, although you didn't play well in this half quarter, you are not without an advantage over Tony's guy." Billups followed.
"Advantage?" Tang Shuai smiled bitterly, he really didn't know what advantage he had in being guarded like this.
"You're younger than him, don't look at Tony's stalking, his physical exertion is also very large, don't believe it." Billups said as he turned his head to look at the Grizzlies' halfcourt.
After Tang Shuai heard this, he unconsciously turned his head, and then saw that Alun was still a little out of breath at this time, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel.
"Young?" He muttered unconsciously.
"It's a long game, you've only played five minutes, don't be so discouraged." Billups said meaningfully.
Tang Shuai looked stunned, and then a burst of light suddenly burst out in his eyes.
That's right! It's only been 5 minutes since the game! After all, Allen is already a 34-year-old veteran, and it is impossible for him to last four quarters with such a hard defense as the opening! Even if he has that ability, he doesn't have that physical strength!
This can be seen from the fact that Jogger replaced him so early!
Realizing this, his whole mood suddenly became bigger, and that kind of blank expression disappeared all at once.
At this moment, Kassel glanced back at the bench, and after seeing Tang Shuai's expression, his face showed a look of relief, and then turned his head to look at the field.
Joggle is also an experienced coach, and after seeing that the momentum was not right, he really replaced Lee with Conley and played a double point guard directly.
After Conley came up, the Grizzlies' quality on the defensive end immediately improved, and the Clippers failed to score points in consecutive rounds.
And when it came to the positional battle, Randolph was quite happy to fight Smith,
Smith plays with his body and bounce, which is equivalent to a weakened version of Griffin, but Randolph is a floor stream, playing this type of player is the best at it, and he not only has a body, but also a 6 plane with one hand to turn around, and Smith can only stare dryly.
By the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies had a six-point lead at 22:16.
Don't underestimate these 6 points, in this game, 6 points is already a considerable lead. (To be continued.) )