Chapter 352: No Hands Left

The Grizzlies and the Raptors should be counted as two brothers. They are part of the NBA's overseas expansion plan, the Grizzlies and Raptors were born in the first year, and the home court of both teams at the beginning. All are based outside the United States, Canada. But at the beginning, the home court of the Raptors was in Toronto, Canada's first city.

And the home of the Grizzlies, Ran is in Vancouver. Canada's capital, when they first entered the league, the two teams were like two newborn twins, and the situation of the two teams was basically the same, but the Raptors may be considered a descendant, a little better than the Grizzlies, because they selected the flying squirrel Damon Stoudemire in their first season and made him the core.

So in the early days, the Raptors were a little better than the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies were struggling in the first few games, and they have not been able to get rid of the fate of being bullied, and Canada, a bitter cold place, also makes those American players unhappy.

It was difficult to recruit super stars to play for them, and they did not win more than 20 games in four consecutive seasons, and even set a record of 23 consecutive defeats, and finally the Grizzlies could not stand it, and they moved back to the United States in 2001.

Entering Memphis, Texas, Memphis may not be big, but it definitely gets a lot more attention than Vancouver.

This season they also changed their name to the Memphis Grizzlies, and the team was determined to change blood, first exchanging Mike Bibby for white chocolate Jason Sheng Lianmus, his highly performative bead style won the admiration of local fans, and it was precisely because of the arrival of Jason Williams that the Grizzlies instantly seized enough market share and made the Grizzlies the darling of Memphis.

For example, why do the current New Orleans Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats say that they are not doing well? It is because of the reason that the local fans think that they do not recognize these two teams, and the team's peripherals cannot be sold, so the team will naturally start to lose money.

And Jason and William's surname can also be seen as Nash of that era, but he is more passionate than Nash.

But unfortunately, his flashy team was not compatible with the Grizzlies at the time, and the dribble of Gundam became a burden.

Then they brought the core Rahi to the Hawks, in exchange for Loren Ben Wright and everyone knows Locust Paul 0 Gasol, Sean and Battier and Gooden and other big players have also joined in, and a number of young players with great potential have come together.

Then in 2002, the symbol of the Lakers, basketball legend Jerry West, came, as the team's president of the basketball business with his relationship, the entire Grizzlies began to rebuild rapidly, and finally in 2004, the Grizzlies made history, the team entered the playoffs for the first time after the establishment of the team, and it was the sixth in the West, so progress can only be described as a miracle.

In 05, they reached the playoffs again, but unfortunately they met the suns in full swing, and the result was 0-4.

And then the Grizzlies withered again, did not enter the playoffs for many years, and gave their core Paul and Gasol half sold and half gave away to the Lakers, so that the Lakers successfully won a championship, and at the same time, the Grizzlies' results were difficult to improve.

And the Raptors are worthy of being big brothers, their situation is much better than that of the Grizzlies, and they can be regarded as taking root in Canada.

Now he is the representative team of Canadian basketball, and the Raptors have a winning percentage of 21 wins in their first season, which is much better than the Grizzlies, although they have not made the playoffs for four consecutive years, but they have persevered.

In the nephew's draft, the Raptors got Carter, although Carter signed the Warriors, but was replaced by the Raptors, it turned out that this substitution is very important, Carter averaged two rookies of the month in his first season, once became the best player, and he finally won the Rookie of the Year trophy, and in that shrinking season, they got a 23-27 record! From 2000 to 2002, when the Grizzlies still lamented that their players were too young, the Raptors had entered the playoffs for three consecutive years. Then in 01, the Raptors went to the next level, with a winning and losing result, until the semifinals of the East President, but unfortunately they met Iverson who was against the sky at that time and lost to the 76ers at that time, and Carter and Iverson were all in the last game and got a high score of 50 points! In 02, the Raptors invited the Rockets to dream big, and Olajuwon helped.

But it's a pity that the big dream is old and didn't play too much role, and Carter was unfortunately injured at the end of the regular season, but the Raptors still ended the regular season with a 9-game winning streak and drew a happy sentence, but unfortunately, in the absence of Carter, the Raptors lost to the Pistons and lost! Then in the 03 season, Big Dream retired, and the Raptors also chose the successor of the biggest dream, Chris Boshi, but unfortunately at the beginning of that season, the Raptors began to sink. The conflict between Carter, the team and the fans is becoming more and more intense. Finally, in that season, the Raptors did not make the playoffs, and the conflict broke out.

Finally, in the middle of the 04-05 season, Carter was sent to the New Jersey Nets to form the Nets' Big Three.

Then the team began to rebuild with Bosh as the core! affair

Actual signs. They didn't think about it

In '06, they chose the champion from Italy, Banjani, Banjani and Bosh to form the twin towers.

Under the leadership of Bosh, they entered the playoffs in the fourth season with the third place in the East with a win and a loss, but unfortunately they lost to the Magic in the first round, but the Raptors did not give up, and in 08, they once again traded for an All-Star level inside, Jermaine O'Neal, intending to form a stronger inside.

and successfully entered the playoffs, but unfortunately in the playoffs, the Raptors' O'Neal Jr. and Bosh did not have any chemistry, and finally when ZX was fierce, O'Neal Jr. and Gamario Grace were traded to the Heat, in exchange for Sean Marion and Marcus Banks, and it was also at the beginning of that season that the Raptors began to decline.

After missing the playoffs in the 08-09 season, in the summer of '09, they signed the Magic small forward Hiddou Tekoglu, who was a promising All-Star player, but it turned out that they still didn't make the playoffs for the Raptors.

In 2010, the Seron team moved again, they first sent away Tekoglu, and then traded for the already famous Brazilian Lightning, Leandro and Barbossa, and signed Jiang Yang with a high salary, but the team's biggest core Bosh left the country.

The team began to rebuild around Jiang Yang, and it turned out that Jiang Yang's strength was indeed much stronger than Bosh.

Now the second position in the East is enough to speak for itself! Facing the Grizzlies this time, although from the perspective of before the start of the season, the two teams may be difficult brothers, but judging from the current results, Jiang Yang's results. Naturally, it's much better than the Grizzlies.

Because of the trade of Mark Gasol, the Grizzlies' starters today are as follows, the center is Darrell Wuser, the power forward Zaschenrandolph, the small forward Rudy Gay, and the scoring guard is Jiang Yang's teammate last year. Celtic's Tony Allen.

The point guard is Mike Conley! The Raptors' veteran, Jose Calderon, worth more than nine million, sat on the sidelines.

And the Raptors' starters are still like that, and now the Raptors have gradually had the demeanor of some strong teams!

After all, the annual salary is there, even if next season, you don't have to give Peja and Kirilenko so much money, but if you want to renew Makgasol, you still need to spend a lot of money, at least the current salary of the Raptors is already very high.

The jump ball was jumped by Mark Gasol and Darrell Wright, Mark Gasol came to the Grizzlies, but he was not prepared to leave any chance for the old owner, and he showed a strong fight when he jumped the ball, and directly slapped the basketball to his own half.

After Jiang Yang grabbed the basketball, he rushed towards the Grizzlies in front of him, in the face of Jiang Yang's breakthrough, Mike Conley wanted to defend, but he couldn't prevent it at all, the head coach of the Grizzlies was Lionel Hollins, a former NBA player, who averaged assists per game, and was a good basketball leader, and engaged in basketball after retiring.

In the 1999-2000 season, he served as the interim coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies, and by '09, he had officially become the head coach of the Grizzlies, and he seemed to be sitting quite securely.

Therefore, when the current team plays the Raptors, they need to consider one problem, that is, Jiang Yang's problem, for them, it is very important to deal with Jiang Yang, as long as Jiang Yang is restricted, the Raptors with insufficient offensive ability will be half crippled.

So Lionel and Hollins were ready to abolish Jiang Yang from the beginning, of course, they couldn't really let the players go up and abolish him.

Jiang Yang is not easy to mess with, everyone knows this, when it comes to playing small actions, Jiang Yang's master is Bowen!

Since Bowen retired, even those guys from the Spurs frowned when they saw Jiang Yang, before Jiang Yang became a super attacker, there was a saying in the league that said, "Don't play small and action with Jiang Yang, Ran Wei's small actions are not as black as him!" "More than one player has said this, and judging from the current situation, Jiang Yang started with defense.

What Hollins said about the most wasteful is mainly referring to the whole court to mark and defend, and then dribble and wrap the tactic!

This is a bit like the tactics used by the Raptors when they played magic last year, when it comes to strength, Howard's strength is not the strongest, and when he touches Perkins, he becomes a soft-footed shrimp, but his physical fitness is far superior to Perkins.

So in the case of Perkins carrying Howard's strength, another person needs to come over to help defend, this is what Hollins is playing now, but unfortunately, his wishful thinking is wrong, Jiang Yang has always thought that he is a technical flow in his heart, just like now. Jiang Yang had a very elegant back ball, and directly flashed Mike Tangli who came to defend in front of him.

In fact, Mike Conley made a name for himself through Auden, who was older than James, and he and Auden were classmates in high school and college. In high school and college, Auden was indeed very good, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the emperor.

With such a good center by his side, Conley's offense is very good, and when he enters the league, everyone can say that he is likely to become the next Parker or Paul, and now when it comes to comparing Parker and Paul, most people want to spray

But you know. In the Mili draft of the Hua Sai Yi. Parker just brushed a finals MVP.

However, he has been in the league for several years, although Geng Xiao has not become a cripple like Oden, and he has also made a relatively large contract, but speaking of which, his achievements are still not high, this guy's speed is fast, and the breakthrough is relatively sharp, but he is useless against Jiang Yang, and his defense can only be regarded as okay in Jiang Yang's eyes, and he often confronts those famous defensive gates in the league.

A backdribble. Jiang Yang rushed over directly, and seeing Jiang Yang rushing over, Conley's reaction was very right.

He wanted to find a physical confrontation, and he also knew that the speed he was proud of was not worth mentioning in Jiang Yang's eyes.

So he needs to find a body to touch to limit Jiang Yang's speed, his idea is good, but Jiang Yang's power is what he can fight? With a bang, Jiang Yang's right arm made a close contact with his chest, and then Jiang Yang didn't move at all, and Conley was already bounced away by the shock force of this force. Then let Jiang Yang directly enter the inner line.

Jiang Yang's old friend next to him, who can also be regarded as a defensive master in the league, Tony Allen, also pounced at this time.

However, Jiang Yang is not the same as Jiang Yang before. Looking at Tony and Aaron, Jiang Yang didn't have time to reduce at all, and rushed over directly.

And Tony and Allen are like a roadblock that touches a dirtstacker, and it's okay if such a roadblock hits a car, but it touches a dirtstack... Then it was dead, almost just a moment of fighting, Jiang Yang had already broken through the defense of Tony and Allen.

Seeing Jiang Yang's movements, Lionel and Hollins couldn't help but pat their foreheads helplessly, the current Jiang Yang is too incomprehensible! At the critical moment, Zach Randolph on the inside line ran out, and when he ran, the inside line was empty.

However, Jiang Yang did not pass it to Banyani, who was still wandering on the outside, but hoisted it to Mazz Gasol, who was defended behind him at this time, and when he saw Gasol singled Darrell Wright on the inside, Zach knew that he had been fooled!

Sure enough, Mark Gasol's big ass arched, and then he flew high with the basketball in both hands, and dunked the basketball into the basket heavily.

The game begins. The Raptors launched such an offense, which the Grizzlies did not expect, originally they thought that the Raptors would play back-to-back next, and in such a situation, they should save some energy.

But Jiang Yang and they don't think so, in the first quarter of the game, the Raptors blasted out a super score of 34-16, winning the opponent by as many as 18 points in a single quarter.

"Good! It's Jiang Yang again, Jiang Yang passes the ball to Banjani, and Banyani shoots and scores! At this time, in the studio of the imperial court station, the Shuangping combination is hosting the show with a sweet face, and it is cool to watch such a ball.

"You see, this ball Jiang Yang played very reasonably, this ball was scored by No. 7, Andrea Banyani! There is already a vacancy here, Jiang Yang's passing is also in place, and it can be seen that the current Raptors are very excited! The Grizzlies are in a big headwind situation, and I just don't know if they can turn the wind back! Director Zhang next to him also said with a smile on his face, the current grizzly bear is indeed a big headwind, and the direction of the wind does not seem to be so easy to turn.

After winning the old points in the first quarter of the game, in the second quarter of the game, the Grizzlies' alternative triangle offense began to counterattack, specifically it should be said that it was a three-line offense, Gay, Tony Allen and Darrell slandered, constantly brushing points to help the team quickly narrow the score, and at the critical moment, Jiang Yang's number one lackey Barbossa began to make trouble on the court, constantly mixing up the water on the court.

And those bench players also took advantage of this opportunity to start scoring constantly, which also made the Grizzlies look very passionate and play very well, but it is difficult to narrow the score, and when the main players of the Raptors come on the court, the Grizzlies will be dumb again, aren't you brushing points? Aren't you aggro-based? Exactly, this is our favorite rhythm!

Driven by Jiang Yang, the offensive rhythm of the entire Raptors team instantly overshadowed the Grizzlies, and in the second quarter of the game, although the Grizzlies chased back a little point, they only scored two points ahead of the Raptors with ugliness, and the difference was still sixteen points!

And at this time, even the most stupid person understands that they lost by sixteen points at halftime, and in the face of the Raptors with Jiang Yang, the Grizzlies are hanging!

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, it was really like moving in the direction everyone wanted, Jiang Yang is not scoring at all now, facing the bag of Tony Allen and Mike Conley, plus his teammates can score, Jiang Yang has no need to brush points, brush assists!

One assist, two mid-afternoon assists, three assists.... Ten fueling the fire .... Fifteen helpers.... Jiang Yang is very happy!