unfinished glory

Chapter 287 The Battle of the Finals
The Grizzlies are not favored this season, and few commentators will predict that they will enter the finals. After all, the Thunder and Warriors look stronger on paper.

The same thing happened in the Eastern Conference. Everyone regarded the Heat as the only finals candidate, but the Grizzlies' opponent was indeed the Nets.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Heat were eliminated by the Nets.The latter took advantage of the trend to kill the Eagles 4:2 in the Eastern Conference finals and reached the finals.

This time Li Chongxiao is finally not facing the new generation. Howard is a rookie in his class.After twists and turns, the No. [-] pick finally stood on the same platform as Li Chongxiao.

For so many years, Howard has also been able to recognize Li Chongxiao's strength, but being inferior to him doesn't mean he is convinced.He now has to prove himself that he is worthy of the No. 2004 pick in [-].

Just like in the 1984 draft, even though Jordan is so great, Olajuwon has proved to everyone that he is still worthy of the No. [-] pick in another election.

The combination of Howard and Lopez did not lose to the inside of the Grizzlies. Except for the obvious weakness in Li Chongxiao's position, the Nets are even stronger in other positions.This season they were kneaded together, so they were able to eliminate the Heat and enter the finals.

In the finals, the Grizzlies returned to the regular lineup, using Drummond and Gobert to deal with the Nets' inside line.Mike Brown's purpose is very clear, even if I can't score inside, you can't score.

The Grizzlies' inside defense is better, and the Nets' inside offense is stronger. The four big men of the two teams strangled inside, and other players couldn't get in at all.

This situation is naturally advantageous for the Grizzlies. They don't rely on the inside to score, and they can abolish the opponent's two scoring points.

With Howard and Lopez in Memphis, the scoring average is nearly five points lower than in the Eastern Conference playoffs.For the Nets, the Grizzlies' perimeter defense was quite good, but now it is really difficult to make up for this point difference.

At least in the first two games, they had nothing to do with this situation. They couldn't find an offensive rhythm in the two away games and lost 2:0.

Back in Brooklyn, the Nets really couldn't think of a good solution, so they could only pin their hopes on Deron Williams.The player with only 35 points in the playoffs was forced to shoot wildly in this game.

Mike - Brown did not allow other people to help defend, he also read Deron's previous data, that this does not change the situation on the court.

But the Nets gambled.In these years of the Grizzlies, Conley can only be said to be a qualified guard, and has not shown the potential of an All-Star. Naturally, he cannot resist Deron, who was once able to compete with Paul.

Deron's offense achieved very good results, scoring 45 points.Not only that, but his offense also attracted the Grizzlies' defense and revitalized the entire team.

The player Li Chongxiao defends is "Contemporary Jordan" Joe Johnson, who has a strong shooting ability and is excellent in singles.When he freed his hands to help Conley, Joe Johnson hit two deadly [-]-pointers in a row, and the Grizzlies' normal efforts fell short.

The Nets used the same trick in Game [-].Mike Brown can be considered to have experienced it, and he actually stabilized. He still let Conley defend alone, and this time he didn't even let Li Chongxiao or Thompson assist in the defense.

Sure enough, Deron didn't feel good in this game. He made 25 of 8 shots and the Nets also lost in a mess.Teams are basically gambling when they need a point guard to score.Winning a bet is already a fluke.If Deron is an offensive point guard like Curry, there is still hope, but unfortunately he is just a traditional point guard, and it is basically impossible to win the second game.

3:1, the championship is imminent, the Grizzlies owner Ellison put down the work at hand and made a special trip to New York, ready to witness his first championship.

In this game, the Nets are still in the regular lineup, but their positions have changed slightly.When attacking, only Howard was left inside, and Lopez pulled out to near the three-point line.

Relying on the pick-and-roll, Lopez made several long two-pointers.This is basically out of his range, so it's not efficient.But it was finally able to score, and the Nets had one more scoring point.

And after he is pulled out, Howard has more space, whether it is offense or rebounding, it will be much smoother.

But this style of play cannot counter the Grizzlies' offensive at all.They lack an attacking point that cannot be defended and can score at any time.Joe Johnson was excellent in singles, but he was still not ready, and now he was guarded to death by Li Chongxiao.

Until the second half of the third quarter, the Nets seemed powerless to parry, and the point difference had been stretched to 15 points.Ellison couldn't bear it, and sat in the audience and began to celebrate the team's victory.

The Nets were counting on someone to break out, but Deron and Joe Johnson seemed helpless.Seeing that the game was about to enter the rhythm of the Grizzlies, no one thought that the Nets' bench lineup would stand up.

Li Chongxiao played all the time in the first half and took a break with more than three minutes left in the third quarter.The Grizzlies are led by Thompson, Carter and Conley.

The Nets sent Jarrett Jack and Bogdanovic as a two-guard combination to lead, plus Alan Anderson.

In terms of the two teams' bench lineups, the Grizzlies still have an advantage.But in the actual offense, first Jack broke through Conley forcibly, scored twice, and then Bogdanovic made a three-pointer with the help of a pick-and-roll.

后面霍华德也来了一个2+1，一波10：2，把分差缩小到了7分。

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jack and Alan Anderson each scored a goal, and the point difference was only 3 points. The Grizzlies' lead seemed precarious.

Just after Carter returned the color, Bogdanovic became more and more crazy, hitting two consecutive three-pointers against the defense.These two goals stunned Thompson. He made a mistake. He was distracted when serving the ball, and directly sent the ball to Jack. Not to mention the opponent's successful layup, he stepped forward in a panic and paid for a foul.

In the first 3 minutes, it was another 9:2, and the Nets evened the score.At this time, Mike Brown could only replace Li Chongxiao. After he came on the court, the first ball encountered a double-team and was awarded to Thompson from outside the three-point line. The latter missed the shot without defense.

The rebound was taken by Howard, a long pass, and the Nets made a fast break layup.In the 7 minutes between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, they played a 21:4 attack wave, tying the score and going ahead.

At this time, the camera of the scene showed Ellison who was still celebrating just now. The other party was silent at first, but when he saw the big screen at this time, his face turned livid and he began to curse.

A wave of attacks by the Nets and the strength of the bench also drove the momentum of the main lineup.Until the last minute or so of the fourth quarter, they were able to maintain the balance on the field.After the Grizzlies scored, they could always fight back and tenaciously held on to their weak lead.

It was Lopez who finally stood up to end the game.When his teammates were all blocked and unable to shoot, he hit two three-pointers.

This unbelievable offensive method, not to mention that the Grizzlies were unpredictable, even the Nets were very surprised.

The big score became 3:2, and the two sides continued the championship competition for the sixth game.

(End of this chapter)