The Brooklyn Nets, the hottest team in the league, are heading to Memphis to take on the Grizzlies on the road with an eight-game winning streak, and for this game, most media, pundits and fans believe that the Nets will use their "small ball storm" to level the FedEx arena under the leadership of tall and strong.

Prior to this game, the Nets and Grizzlies had won five of their last 10 meetings, and the Grizzlies won 101-77 on the road for the first time this season, but the Nets were the best team in recent times, and the team jumped all the way to second place in the East, just behind the defending champion Miami Heat led by James.

The young players of the Brooklyn Nets have won eight games in a row under the leadership of a younger, taller and stronger team, and the recent "small-ball strategy" has been a good activation for the Nets, who are already talented in their own right.

Kawhai Leonard, Kenneth Faried, and Lance Stephenson are all in good shape, and the likes of Marcin Gortat and Chris Anderson have also helped the team a lot on the inside, and the Nets' "strongest weapon" is undoubtedly the "super rookie" tall and strong.

With 29.3 points per game, he is currently averaging more points per game than Carmelo Anthony's 29.1 and second in the league behind Kevin Durant at 29.7.

Tall and strong is a lot of defensive pressure for any team's backcourt, and after the All-Star break, the Nets traded two very talented forwards, so the Nets are currently on a winning streak.

The Grizzlies have been on a steady trajectory recently, winning six of their last 10 games after winning the sluggish Lakers. Barely passing.

The Grizzlies only have 12 players left on the team after completing a 3-for-1 deal recently, but fortunately, the team currently has only one injury to Pendecker, which does not have much impact on the team.

The Grizzlies' defense has been very good recently, and there has been no game this month to let the opponent score more than 100, but the Grizzlies' recent offensive performance is not very good, if it weren't for the poor defense of the Lakers, the previous Grizzlies have not scored 90 points in four consecutive games, and this game has met the Nets, who are more talented and have a strong attack, in addition to limiting the opponent as much as possible on the defensive end, their own offensive end must also have a good play to ensure that the team wins at home.

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"Beep" with the referee's whistle. The Brooklyn Nets' away game against the Memphis Grizzlies has officially begun. Today's FedEx arena is packed, and the Nets' pleasing style of basketball currently makes them second only to Miami and Los Angeles.

As the performance of the tall and strong is getting better and better, there are many Nets fans who follow the team on the road.

After the "boom" opening, the ball just passed to the tall and strong hands. The entire FedEx Arena immediately burst into shouts. Now the "treatment" of the rookie is no worse than that of the alliance superstar.

Tall and strong cut inside near the three-point line on the right. He went around the free-throw line and took advantage of the cover set up by Kenneth Faried to run to the left side to catch the ball and shoot a jumper near a 45-degree angle.

The "brush" ball accurately passed through the center of the net, and the tall and strong took the lead in contributing to the Brooklyn Nets.

"Toot". And at the same time as the tall and strong hit the half-volley, the referee clenched his right hand into a fist and hit the wrist of his left hand, pointing at the opposing guard and shouting "Beat foul".

"Well done" teammates came over and high-fived the tall and strong one after another.

"Brushed" the tall and strong and hit a free throw, playing 2+1, and the Brooklyn Nets started the game 3:0.

A minute later, Gao Dazhuang won the ball again in the same position, but this time Gao Dazhuang first signaled his teammates to open up space, and then he slowly dribbled towards the three-second zone.

When approaching the defender one meter, Gao Dazhuang suddenly increased his speed, and he wanted to break through from his side with an arrow step, but at the moment when the action was just formed, Gao Dazhuang suddenly retracted, stopped sharply, and jumped out.

"When" was a beautiful pull-up jumper that hit the front of the basket.

"Huh?" Gao Dazhuang frowned, and looked at the defender Tony Allen in front of him, just this attack, Gao Dazhuang's feints and emergency stops were good, but Tony Allen seemed to have been prepared, took a step forward, and made a blocking move in time.

Although Tony Allen's block didn't get to the basketball, the tall man knew that Tony Allen's blocking action just now did interfere with his shot.

The Grizzlies defender wearing the No. 9 jersey immediately impressed Tall Strong, in fact, in the first 2+1 attack of Tall Strong, Tony Allen's defense was already in place, but Tall Strong's shooting speed was much faster than other players in the league, which led to Tony Allen's defensive foul this time.

In the following games, Gao Dazhuang quickly felt the difference between this defensive player, because Tony Allen always tried his best on the field, whether he was tall and strong with the ball or not, he stuck to the back of Gao Dazhuang.

Even at 9 minutes and 15 seconds into the first quarter, Gao Dazhuang held the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, and he made a feint to pass the ball to the bottom corner, which completely deceived Tony Allen's defense, and when his center of gravity shifted, Gao Dazhuang took the opportunity to directly hit the basket.

However, when Gao Dazhuang made a layup in the face of Grizzlies interior Mark Gasol, he was given a big hat by Tony Allen who was chasing behind him, and the ball was directly fanned into the audience.

It was precisely because of this ball that Gao Dazhuang was then replaced by Lance Stephenson, and in this quarter of the game, Gao Dazhuang shot 1 of 4 and only scored 3 points in a single quarter.

However, fortunately, the Grizzlies' offensive success rate was not high, and the two sides fought 17-17 in the first quarter.

The 17 points was also the lowest score for the Brooklyn Nets in a single quarter after the All-Star break, and what made the Nets a little anxious was that the Grizzlies continued to defend at a high intensity in the second quarter.

Although Gao Dazhuang relied on free throws to score seven points in the second quarter, his 10-point score in the half was also the lowest since the All-Star break.

"Worthy of the NBA's No. 1 Defensive Team of the Year last season" is tall and strong has always been entangled by Tony Allen and cannot use his full attacking power.

After a direct conversation at halftime, Gao Dazhuang had an intuitive understanding of Tony Allen. He has excellent physical fitness, power and explosiveness, but his shooting ability is not strong, and even his ball handling skills are far from top-notch.

But Tony Allen's defensive awareness is outstanding, his lateral movement and power are league first, he is very good at disrupting the rhythm of his attacking players, accurately predicting the ball, and breaking screens is among the best in the league.

It's fair to say that Tony Allen is the league's best individual defender and the perfect team defender.

38：40

At halftime, the Brooklyn Nets, who were playing away, trailed the home Memphis Grizzlies by two points.

In the first half, the Nets didn't play their recent "small-ball style" at all. "Shelling tactics" have also disappeared completely. The main reason for this is that their core is tall and strong, and they are firmly locked by the Grizzlies.

On the outside, Tony Allen sticks to the tall and strong like kraft candy, but when the tall and strong struggle to get rid of the defense and enter the interior, the Grizzlies' "black and white bears" Mark Gasol and Zach Randolph often let it go in vain.

After the start of the second half, the Brooklyn Nets brought on Kyle Korver and Lance Stephenson. Trying to attack opponents with their recent hot three-point touch.

But obviously. The Grizzlies had a very thorough study of the Nets before the game. In addition to center Marc Gasol sitting under the basket, even power forward Zach Randolph often pounced on the three-point line to block the Nets' shots.

It didn't take long for the Brooklyn Nets to discover that their vaunted three-point shooting percentage was extremely low.

The third quarter of the game ended. The Nets made a total of 21 shots from beyond the three-point line and hit just four of them.

And Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins is a master of strategy, intrigue, and strategy, and the Grizzlies players are also players who know how to strategize and tactic.

They play with a cool head and a clear style of play, and in this hard-fought defensive battle, once the Grizzlies players do not shoot well or below the right from the outside, they will generally decisively stop their outside three-point shots, give up more three-point opportunities and switch to two points or make foul free throws to score.

Because the Grizzlies have some of the most enviable interior players in the league - Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, they always follow the basketball rule of "the closer you get to the hoop, the higher the shooting percentage, the more lethal the game".

Both teams struggled in the third quarter, with the Grizzlies scoring just 16 points, while the Nets scored two fewer points than them, and their 14-point mark once again broke the previous record for the Nets' lowest score in a single quarter.

52：56

In the fourth quarter of the game, although the Nets made frequent substitutions, Gao Dazhuang was also trying his best to score, but these efforts did not work well in the face of the Grizzlies' iron-blooded defense.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, Grizzlies' Mike Conley hit a three-pointer to give the Grizzlies a 10-point lead over the Nets at 71:61.

Although the Nets then organized a couple of beautiful offenses, and Gao Dazhuang also scored a dunk on a counterattack, when the Nets closed the deficit to four points.

Grizzlies interior Mark Gasol and Zach Randolph grabbed back-to-back rebounds and kept the ball out to solidify their lead.

Especially in the final moments, the Grizzlies played a powerful role defensively in key moments, with Gasol and Allen each giving a big hat to Tall Strong and Kenneth Faried.

With 19.5 seconds left in the game, Zach Randolph drew a foul and made two free throws to give the Grizzlies a 74-69 lead.

The Brooklyn Nets then missed back-to-back shots, and with 10.9 seconds left in the game, the tall and strong was caught in the opponent's middle and was stolen by Tony Allen, and the Nets lost their chance.

69：76

In the end, the Brooklyn Nets, who were playing on the road, lost to the Memphis Grizzlies, and the eight-game winning streak came to an abrupt end.

In this game, the core player of the Brooklyn Nets played 37 minutes, shooting 6 of 15, 0 of 5 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws, and only got 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, which is the lowest single-game scoring record for tall and strong in the past 22 rounds.

The Nets made 26 three-pointers in the game, hitting 5 of them, the shooting rate was less than 20%, the team's shooting rate was only 33.8% for the whole game, and the 69-point score also set a new season low, so it is reasonable for the Brooklyn Nets to lose. (To be continued......)