unfinished glory

Chapter 176
"Tactical No. 6", this is the headline on the front page of the official NBA website.

Li Chongxiao scored 60 points, creating a new opening game scoring record, which previously belonged to Jordan's 54 points.

This news even surpassed the heat of the Rockets' away game against the Lakers. The contradiction between the "OK combination" and the "MM combination" is also talked about, but this game is not very good, because the Rockets lost so badly up.

The much-anticipated two-group duel showed a one-sided situation. The Rockets were beaten 104:67 in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter directly became garbage time.

姚明拿到36分25个篮板11次盖帽的超级三双数据，而科比砍下44分6篮板12次助攻。

与之相对的，奥尼尔只拿到18分8篮板3盖帽，而麦迪17分4篮板4助攻，两个人加起来还不够姚明一个人打的。

The game was so boring that the media didn't want to report it, so they naturally rushed to another big news.

Scoring 60 points is enough to talk about for a long time, breaking Jordan's record in the opening game is even more dazzling. If you return to the old place to kill the old owner, it is worth a special mention.

What's more, there are still many things worth exploring in this game, such as the attitude of Spurs fans towards the old player, the meaning of Li Chongxiao stretching out 12345 fingers in the game, his self-comparison with Jesus in the post-match press conference, and so on.

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A day later, the Grizzlies returned to their home court, preparing to face their second regular-season opponent, the Magic.

The joining of Li Chongxiao in the summer directly detonated the entire Memphis ball market, and the season tickets that did not sell well in previous years were also sold out early.

Li Chongxiao's record-breaking 60 points in the opening game, after two days of slow fermentation, is well known in the local area.Grizzlies fans wanted to see the superstar's first performance at home, so scalper tickets for this game were sold at sky-high prices, and it was hard to find a ticket.

Until the start of the game, there were still people outside the arena holding a sign asking for tickets.

Li Chongxiao and the Magic are also old rivals, one is because they have Howard, the No. 2004 pick in [-].

Except for being awarded the best rookie by Okafor in the first season, in the next three seasons, Li Chongxiao was recognized as the best rookie of the year, while No. [-] pick Howard could only come in second.

With McGrady and Francis leaving the team successively, Howard became the team's top card and grew rapidly.Last season, he averaged 20 points and 14 rebounds per game, becoming the second center after Yao Ming.

Although Li Chongxiao became the leader of a team two seasons later, his achievements in the Spurs are much greater than Howard, and he has already ranked among the top players in the league.

Another thing that makes Li Chongxiao feel "familiar" is naturally his "old teammate" Redick.Ever since his self-confidence was destroyed by Li Chongxiao in his rookie season, the former NCAA best player has been seriously dissatisfied.

In the last two seasons, he only played 47 times with the Magic, averaging only 3.7 points per game, basically in a scrapped state.The Magic also wanted to trade him at one point, but no team was willing to take over.

After Li Chongxiao reported his complaints, he didn't deliberately target Redick again, and only showed redick to the other party every time he met.

This time at the home court of the Grizzlies, Li Chongxiao's main target will not be him.

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At the start of the game, the Magic took the lead in attacking.Howard's jumping talent has been fully revealed from the first two seasons, and he also won the slam dunk contest this year.

But although Howard won the ball by jumping, the Magic's first offensive shot was not him.

The head coach of the Magic clearly knows the advantages and disadvantages of the No. [-] pick center. Contrary to top athletic ability and defensive ability, it is poor autonomous offensive ability.

Howard does not have the ability to attack with the ball, and his offensive skills can only rely on body dunks or zombie hooks after crosscuts to score.

This offensive method determines that he needs a certain amount of interior space and gives him the opportunity to display his super athletic ability.So the Magic's power forward is Lewis, a big three-point shooter.

Another tactic is to pass the ball after the pick-and-roll. Turkoglu has a good vision and can use the pick-and-roll, hit the ground or high throw immediately to assist Howard to score a dunk.

This set of one big and four small tactics is different from Nelson's Warriors and D'Antoni's Suns in that the Magic did not sacrifice the team's rebounds and defense.

Howard has top single-defense and assist defense capabilities, and the other four teammates will continue to force the opponent to go to the bottom line and create opportunities for Howard to block shots.

Although he is an offensive guy, on the defensive end, he is a rare player who can support a system by himself.

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Carlisle attaches great importance to this game. After all, it is the first game at home. If he cannot submit a good answer sheet, it will have some impact on the subsequent coaching.

Before the game, he thoroughly explained the advantages and disadvantages of the Magic team. In addition to the advantages of the opponent mentioned above, he also carefully analyzed the disadvantages of the Magic team.

The inside line relies on Howard's single defense, and if he encounters a strong hit, he will be easily deflated.But in today's league, only Yao Ming and Duncan, who has changed to a center, have this ability, and even O'Neal is a little old.

The other is that the power forward position is too weak. Lewis can attack, but he can't defend against better insiders.

But unlike the Magic, although the Grizzlies know the opponent's weaknesses and the team has a good power forward like Gasol, their offensive starting point is still the core player Li Chongxiao.

This is not that Carlisle's coaching level is not enough, on the contrary, he knows how this team should play.

After establishing Li Chongxiao as the core of the offense, the team practiced this tactic for a month.But the time is shorter and less mature.

The beginning of the regular season is the time for the players to gradually become familiar with this tactic. If you change the established strategy at will in order to win the last one or two games, it will definitely be worth the candle in the end.

Li Chongxiao took the ball to face Turkoglu, and didn't play any fancy moves, but took a step forward, and then stopped the ball for a jump shot.The height of the bounce and the advantage of the wingspan make the latter's blocking action useless.

The ball arced and went straight to the rim, the Grizzlies' first home goal of the season.

When Li Chongxiao hit the first ball, the audience held up a portrait.The portrait is modeled after the one at the home court of the Spurs, and it also shows Wang Caixia holding the baby Li Chongxiao.

The difference is that the two people put on the clothes of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, with a halo on their heads, and a line of words "Save us!"

The big screen at the scene gave this painting a full 20-second close-up, and the audience also gave a round of applause for the goal in a timely manner.

(End of this chapter)