Chapter Seventy-Six: I'm a Die-Hard Fan Of His!
Dec. 8, 6:30 p.m., FedEx Arena, home of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Halfway through the first quarter, the Memphis Grizzlies narrowly led the Miami Heat by two points, and the game had just begun, with every player finding their groove and fans sitting quietly in the audience watching the game.
At this time, a young white boy wearing a Grizzly star Randolph jersey and jeans on the bottom walked into the arena in a panic with an IPAD.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, man, I'm in the first row, oh shit, the game has begun!" The white boy wore glasses, looked like he was about twenty years old, very young, slightly thin, and looked like Sven, obviously missed the start of the game, rushed to his seat in the first row, patted his chest after sitting down, looked around, and then smiled and shook hands at the black young man next to him: "Hello, buddy, my name is Will Jones, and it is the first time for me to watch the game in such a close position, and it has cost me a year of living expenses." ”
The black guy next to him sneered, obviously unwilling to deal with this neurotic who bought high-priced tickets for some reason, Will didn't care, put down his hanging hand, and continued to say to himself: "You must be curious about why I came to the scene, you must know that I originally had a date with a very punctual beauty tonight, but unfortunately, I couldn't bring her over, of course this is not the point, the point is that the Miami Heat is coming, that's right, the Miami Heat ......"
Nervously, Will became stern at the mention of the Miami Heat, and looked at the Heat players on the court with sharp eyes, Xie Chen!
"It's you, I'm here for you, thank you!"
The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the most lethal teams in the league, and they are not willing to be gnawed by any team in the playoffs, and they can defend Durant as a role player in the first round of the playoffs!
In the offseason, the Grizzlies maintained the team's lineup, replacing McMiller with Carter, who was in better physical condition, and greatly improved the team's ability to handle the ball on the outside, especially the second team.
On the court, the Grizzlies' Zach Randolph inside line to the position, with his thick arms open to the ball, Hassan behind him really can't stand the 118 kg meat ball, the Grizzlies team's other inside line, Pau Gasol's younger brother Marco Gasol holds the ball in a high position, and the moment he passes the ball to Randolph, Randolph raises his hand entangled with Hassan, throws the ball to the basket with his back to Hassan, and at the same time, Crawford whistles, the goal is valid, and a free throw is added.
"Well done, Z-BO, hit the Heat's interior hard!" The young black man in the first row clapped his hands.
AT THIS TIME, WILL, WHO WAS NEXT TO HIM, TURNED ON HIS IPAD AND SAID SERIOUSLY: "THE GRIZZLIES IN THE HOLLINS ERA, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE AN IRON-BLOODED DEFENSE, BUT THE RIGIDITY OF THE OFFENSIVE END GREATLY LIMITS THE TEAM'S CEILING. A team that is only good on the basketball end is not eligible to compete for a championship, and now that Joggle has injected a new element into the team without losing defense, the Grizzlies are one of the most qualified teams to compete for a championship this year. ”
When the black young man heard this, he just looked at the other party, and his thick arm patted Will's little shoulder heavily: "You're so TM right, kid, I agree with you, the Grizzlies must be the TMD champion this year!" ”
WILL SMILED, POINTED TO THE NUMBER JÙ DISPLAYED ON THE IPAD, AND SAID: "SO FAR THIS SEASON, THE GRIZZLIES HAVE AVERAGED 103 POINTS PER GAME, RANKING NINTH IN THE LEAGUE, AVERAGING 23 ASSISTS PER GAME, RANKING 10TH IN THE LEAGUE, AND THEIR THREE-POINT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE HAS ALSO ENTERED THE MIDDLE OF THE LEAGUE WITH 34 PERCENT. ”
"What? Isn't it ninth, tenth, or midstream, shouldn't our Grizzlies be in the top three in the league? We're the second best team in the West! The black man was visibly upset when he heard this.
Will didn't mind the other side's layman, either: "You know, the Grizzlies are one of the five slowest teams in the league, and that's a pretty good number. ”
The black youth snorted coldly, obviously not liking to hear about the shortcomings of his favorite team: "Listen, kid, if you don't praise us Memphis Grizzlies, you shut up for me, I don't want to listen." ”
At this time, Courtney Lee cut out around two screens, and the mid-range shot was successful, and Will spoke: "In the Hollins era, the Grizzlies' offensive routines were very rigid, and to put it harshly, there were three sets of offensive tactics: high-post blocking, low-post singles, and wing side air cutting, but now the Grizzlies' weak-side tactics are more diverse, such as the ball just now, when the inside line receives the ball, the first choice is often not to single, but to find teammates on the weak side, so that the double bears are no longer the team's attack point, It is also the www.biquge.info of the team's offense, which not only revitalizes the outside line, but also saves the body. ”
The black youth nodded: "Well, that's right, Dave Jogel is a good coach, and I've always looked at him very well." ”
At this time, it was the Heat's turn to attack, Wade asked for the ball in the low post, Xie Chen passed the ball over, and Wade singled with his back to use his strong body and skillful footwork to add two more points to the basket.
"DAMN IT, WHY IS D-WADE SO SCRAPPY TODAY, IT'S ONLY BEEN TEN POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, IT SEEMS THAT THE YOUNG FLASH IS ALIVE AGAIN!" If it weren't for Wade's repeated chasing points, the Grizzlies would have pulled the score away, which also made the black youth complain.
"What? D-WADE has already scored 10 points? And what about Chris Shea? Will Jones asked impatiently, looking at Xie Chen's expression as if he was very concerned.
The black youth frowned: "You said Scarlett's boyfriend?" He shouldn't have scored yet, the Heat relied on Wade to single in the low post as soon as they came up, and even Bosh didn't attack much. ”
"Oh?" Will was shocked, and suddenly felt strange, Wade shouldn't have worked so hard in the regular season, and now that the Heat is on a winning streak, he looked at Coach Spo on the sidelines, and then suddenly realized: "I understand, DWADE holds the ball in his hands in order to calm the relationship between the two Chris, Bosh and Xie are both in the top four in the MVP list, although they are united on the surface, but there must be a gap in secret, it seems that the Heat really has infighting, as I guessed, the relationship between Bosh and Xie finally began to change, The winning streak is fine, once this streak ends, if the problem is not solved, it will be in trouble, and if in the playoffs, Spo still can't solve the position of the two teams and the way they play, then it will be difficult for the Heat to compete for the championship. ”
"Heat infighting?" After hearing what Will said, the black young man immediately became energetic: "Haha, Chris Bosh is a little kid at first glance, it's hard to make a big deal, he can't even hold back a rookie boy, an inside line always floats outside to shoot, and our Z-BO is far worse, the Miami Heat doesn't have LeBron anymore, of course he can't compete for the championship, aren't you talking nonsense!" ”
"No, buddy, I'm not talking nonsense, if Spo can handle the relationship between the new Big Three, plus Rohrdeng and Hassan, who have unknown potential, this is definitely a team that is very capable of competing for the championship." Will is serious.
The black young man gave him a blank look and said again: "It's not to praise us Memphis grizzly bears, I don't want to hear it!" ”
At this time, the Heat missed the shot, the Grizzlies got the rebound, a long pass, directly to the fast Randolph, Randolph faced the defender and made a layup for the first time, and the atmosphere of the whole court also rose.
"Beautiful EarlyOffense! Although the pace of the Grizzlies is still slow, the defensive counterattack has become a weapon for the Grizzlies to play a high tide. Will continued.
The black youth chimed in: "Yes, I like this too...... This EarlyOffense! ”
Will also nodded: "Well, attacking when the opponent's defense has not yet acted is better than waiting until the opponent's defense is formed and then attacking, with unexpected effects." ”
The first quarter ended quickly, the Grizzlies and the Heat played inseparable, but still led by a slight advantage of 4 points, and in the second quarter, the Grizzlies had a good performance on both offensive and defensive ends, while the Heat gradually fell behind with the increase in errors.
By this time, Wade had scored 18 points, Bosh only scored 6 points, and Xie Chen only scored 5 points but had 3 assists.
Many people are commenting that Xie Chen's state today is not good, it is normal for players to have ups and downs, even if he is the scoring champion, it is impossible to be 30+ per game, but Xie Chen is not the reason for the state, on the one hand, Wade took the initiative to stand up and take more responsibility today, the Heat is still his team after all, no one dares to refute what he says, and neither can Bosh. The reason why he did this was because he didn't want to see Bosh and Xie Chen have a conflict because of the best of the month or the MVP list, so he simply came out to be the boss, and both of you obediently assisted!
But both of them know that with Wade's physical condition, it is impossible to play like this in every game, and in the future, Bosh and Xie Chen will play with the team, and when the time comes, the problem will still exist......
But let's talk about it later, let's guarantee the current winning streak first, and then win the Grizzlies, and the rest of the games will be easy to play.
On the court, McConley, who was 1.85 meters tall of the Grizzlies, singled Xie Chen, kept changing direction, and then broke through, but did not shake off Xie Chen's defense, forced his shot, and shot iron.
The black youth was a little unhappy when he saw it: "Why does this PG always play singles Xie, Xie is the scoring king!" This is too self-indulgent, how many times did the Grizzlies waste the ball? The coach should replace him! ”
Will shook his head: "I think this should be what the coach told him to do." ”
"What?"
"Although Xie is the scoring champion, his defense is even very poor, I think Coach Jogel must know this, so he used Xie's opponent to hit him, no matter who Xie defended will resolutely hit him, but today, Xie's defense seems to be better, his feet move faster, and McConley, who is 1.85 meters, didn't even throw him away."
The black young man laughed twice when he heard it, it turned out that he singled him out because of Xie's poor defense, and the black young man asked, "You know Xie quite well, this rookie." ”
Will tugged at the collar to reveal the other jersey he was wearing, and said, "I'm his fan, a die-hard fan!" ”