Legendary basketball manager

During the banquet, the Grizzlies players drooped their heads and remained silent.

In stark contrast, is the fiery atmosphere of the Toyota Center.

The fans seemed to have foreseen the victory and started celebrating early in the first quarter.

The sound was so loud that it made the Grizzlies players extremely bored.

"The game has only been played for less than 3 minutes, are you discouraged?"

Hollins asked aloud.

"Coach, it's not that we don't work hard. But it seems that no matter how hard we try, we can't affect their offense."

"I can't see the possibility of winning at all, how can I fight..."

oj-Mayo said helplessly.

When he said the first sentence, several Grizzlies players nodded in agreement.

But when Mayo said the second sentence, everyone frowned.

This is... so discouraging!

If it doesn't affect the Rockets' offense, among the Grizzlies' starters, Mayo is the worst defensive player.

The Rockets used him as a breakthrough point in several fast breaks.

Hollins couldn't help shaking his head: "Oj, you should calm down first, and get your mind right."

Immediately, he solemnly said to the other team members:

"Guys, we fought for the better part of a year to get to the playoffs."

"It's only the second game in the series now, and the game lasted less than 3 minutes. Are you willing to just give up like this?"

"I would rather everyone defend, fight, and show the toughness that belongs to the Grizzlies like in the first two rounds!"

"Even if we lose, we have to let the Rockets take off a layer of skin!"

By the end, Hollins almost growled.

The generals of the Grizzlies were also a little moved.

"Give me the ball and I'll kill it."

Big black bear - Randolph said lightly.

"Focus on defending Curry and McGrady, and be ready to flank them at any time."

As the defensive core, Gasol Jr. also spoke.

"I will definitely stick to Curry!"

Conley said swearingly.

"To deal with him, we must not only strengthen the defense, but also consume him on the offensive end."

Xiao Jia suggested.

Conley nodded.

In this way, the Grizzlies will regroup and return to the court.

"Hey, Mayo was replaced. He was replaced by this year's No. 28 pick—Vasquez."

"This man is 1 feet 98 inches tall and [-] meters tall. He is a shooting guard with a relatively balanced offense and defense."

"It seems that the Grizzlies want to continue to strengthen their defense. After all, Mayo basically couldn't defend against anyone in the game just now."

Zhang Weiping explained.

Pause ends, game continues!

Grizzlies attack.

Conley hit the ground and passed the ball inside.

After receiving the ball, Randolph half-turned, turned to face the basket, and then assumed a triple threat position.

After the previous fights, the Black Bears have a deep understanding of Griffin's top defense ability.

He knew that it would be difficult to defeat this young man with brute force alone.

Therefore, Randolph took the initiative to adjust the offensive strategy.

With this shot, he swayed a bit of space through realistic tentative steps, and then relied on his thick body to lean on Griffin to kill the inside.

Yao Ming sideways to help defend.

Randolph didn't hit hard, but with a flick of his wrist, he passed the ball to Jia.

After receiving the ball, the White Bear made a small throw and sent the ball into the basket.

10: 4.

For the Grizzlies, this ball can be called hemostasis!

Offensive and defensive conversion.

As soon as Curry passed the half court with the ball, he ushered in Conley's close press.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

As soon as they met, Conley slapped Curry hard with his chest twice.

Curry quickly turned sideways, separated the ball from the opponent with his body, and at the same time signaled to the referee that the opponent had fouled.

The referee didn't respond.

Seeing this, Conley immediately rushed towards Curry even more fiercely.

Fortunately, Mengshen has been gaining muscle recently, and his resistance ability has increased a lot.

Facing Conley's extremely aggressive defense, Curry can protect the ball while observing the situation on the court.

Soon, he found holes in the Grizzlies' defense.

The next moment, Curry suddenly dribbled the ball sharply behind his back, passing Conley, who was centered forward, cleanly.

Then, he dribbled two steps forward, came beyond the three-point line, bent his knees to collect the ball, and prepared to shoot.

At this moment, Vasquez, who had just come off the bench, approached Curry with a stride, and then jumped high.

At the same time, Conley also made two steps in three steps, and rushed towards Mengshen from behind.

"Dangerous..."

George on the side couldn't help but worry about his teammates.

But in the next second, Curry suddenly retracted his raised hand to his chest.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, Conley and Vasquez collided in the air.

The two of them fell to the ground in response, their expressions very painful.

And Curry raised the ball again at this time and shot a three-pointer...

"Shu~"

Basketball hits the net!

At 13:4, the Rockets continued to expand their lead.

After scoring the goal, Curry still bent down to take a look at the situation of the two.

Seeing that the two of them were fine, he turned around and threw himself into defense.

Conley struggled to get up from the ground, rubbing his forehead with his hand, his expression still painful.

After passing the half court with the ball, he came to a 45-degree angle on the right.

At this time, Randolph was in the low position, and Curry was the only one in front of Conley.

When Conley was still hesitating whether to play one, Randolph decisively stopped the position and shouted at Conley: "Single him!"

Conley immediately made up his mind, lowered his center of gravity, and prepared to attack.

Curry spread his arms and threw himself into the defense.

"Snapped!"

"Clap!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Conley's dribbling is full of rhythm, and in the process of changing speed, Curry's center of gravity has also undergone subtle changes.

However, his range of motion is small.

Although Curry was slightly out of position, overall, his body remained in front of Conley.

Seeing that the attack time was passing by every second, Conley, who had never found a chance, gradually became anxious.

I saw him blasting the ball with his left hand (hitting the ball hard), making a large crossover, and then speeding up to kill towards the inside.

But Curry didn't hesitate, he moved laterally and got stuck in Conley's way.

"Bang~"

The two had physical contact.

At the same time, Curry's right hand suddenly protruded and cut the ball in the collision.

Conley's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

It's not that he didn't think of failing in singles, but he really didn't think that Curry would steal the ball one-on-one!

[Isn't he the only defensive hole in the Rockets' starting lineup? ]

Conley thought to himself.

At this moment, his center of gravity is leaning forward, but the ball is behind him.

This means that Conley has completely lost control of the ball, and it is extremely difficult to even fight back.

After Curry adjusted his center of gravity, he caught the basketball and headed towards the Grizzlies' hinterland.

Conley just played a single from outside the three-point line, and he was already in a lagging position.

Therefore, the other players of the Grizzlies are far away from Curry at this time.

In front of Rocket No. 30, there is only the basket!

He accelerated towards the grizzly bear's hinterland.

The fans at the scene stood up one after another, ready to cheer for Curry's showtime performance.

I don't know who started it, but the Toyota Center began to shout a word in unison:

"Deduct one!!!"

"Deduct one!!!"

"Deduct one!!!"

......

Amidst the sound waves all over the sky, the young Curry secreted adrenaline frantically.

So he sped up again, collected the ball two steps inside the free throw line, put his feet on the ground, and jumped up...wait!

Curry didn't jump up, he slipped and fell!

"woo..."

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene.

And Curry threw the ball to the basket just before slipping.

At this time, the ball bounced off the backboard and fell into no man's land.

Curry was about to get up when two players, one red and one blue, came behind him—George and Conley.

George stepped up his long legs and took the first step to control the ball.

At the same time, Curry quickly retreated to the left corner.

George swung his hand and passed the ball.

Curry took a dribble after receiving the ball, and then shot a three-pointer...

airball!

"woo..."

There was another exclamation at the scene.

Obviously, everyone was stunned by Curry's two consecutive "show operations".

In the stands, Shen Fei couldn't help laughing.

This scene, he had seen similar in his previous life.

At that time, Curry, in a fast break against the Lakers in the regular season, first slipped for a dunk, and then "crossed the bridge" with a three-pointer.

In that round, O'Neill was also named the top five embarrassments of the year.

Since then, the name of "Golden State LaVine" has resounded all over the world!

And in this time and space, Curry advanced the performance.

"This shot is not at Stephen's level..."

Sun Yue was puzzled.

"He was embarrassed after the dunk slipped, so he shot hastily, trying to save face."

Shen Fei said with a smile.

............

After the episode, the game continued.

On the offensive end, the Grizzlies still follow the coach's arrangement, focusing on the Rockets' inside...and Curry.

However, both targets have shown impressive defensive capabilities.

Although Griffin is weaker than Randolph in terms of wingspan and strength, he is better than young and has extremely strong explosive power.

With one ball, the big black bear hit the basket and carried Griffin away with his body, causing the latter to take a big step back.

If you change to an ordinary player, in this case you can only watch your opponent layup.

But Griffin relied on his terrifying bullet speed, quickly jumped to the highest point, and slapped Randolph's pass away with one palm.

Overall, the Big Black Bear has only a slight upper hand in the one-on-one confrontation with Griffin.

When Conley hit Curry, the effect was even worse.

After gaining muscle, Curry did not lose the wind in the confrontation.

And he was already taller than Conley, and he was half a point faster than Conley.

Coupled with a good defensive awareness, Curry clearly had the advantage in several single defenses.

Except for one foul caused by Curry, Conley's other singles attempts all ended in failure!

In the process, the Rockets' lead was further expanded.

Among them, the best performer is undoubtedly Curry.

After that wonderful fast-break mistake, Mengshen knew the "shame" and then acted bravely, with full firepower!

In the first quarter of the game, Curry made 5 of 4 three-pointers and scored a total of 18 points.

McGrady also scored 9 points.

After the first quarter, the Rockets led the Grizzlies by as many as 36 points with 20:16.

In the following games, the Grizzlies still did not give up and maintained a high-intensity defense.

However, the point difference between the two teams has remained at around 20 points from beginning to end.

After three quarters, the score was fixed at 102:81.

During the intermission, Grizzlies coach Hollins could only read four words from the body language of the players-the situation is over!

The strength of the Rockets overwhelmed the Grizzlies generals.

A sense of powerlessness came to them at some point.

Not only that, the long-term high-intensity defense also greatly consumed the physical strength of the players.

At this time, Gasol Jr. and Conley were panting and sweating profusely.

And they, one inside and one outside, are the core of the Grizzlies' entire defensive system.

The decline in physical strength of the two also announced the collapse of the Grizzlies' defense in a sense!

After hesitating for a moment, Hollins sighed and said, "That's it for this game. We'll continue to fight when we get back to the home court."

The players raised their heads and looked at their coach after hearing the words, but no one objected.

Hollins shook his head with a wry smile.

[It seems that I have to give these children some psychological massage when I go back, so that I can play well in the next game...]

[Otherwise, if people lose their minds, it will be difficult to lead the team. ]

Hollins thought to himself.

Ever since, the Grizzlies withdrew all the main players at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Upon seeing this, Mark Jackson directly signaled Curry to intentionally foul, and then withdrew the main players.

CCTV commentator Zhang Weiping explained in a timely manner:

"There is an unwritten rule in the playoffs, that is, the leading team cannot replace the main players first."

"But after the lagging side replaces the substitute, the leading side must follow up in time and withdraw the main force to show respect for the other side."

Ever since, the next game entered garbage time.

It is worth mentioning that the Rockets' third lineup is still luxurious-Lowry, Tony Allen, pj-Tucker, Yi Jianlian, and Birdman Anderson.

With such a configuration, it can even be used as a starter for some weaker teams.

But in the Rockets, these people are actually at the end of the rotation!

On the sidelines, Grizzlies coach Hollins was speechless.

[luxury!Too extravagant! ]

[This Tony Allen is simply too suitable for our Grizzlies, why not come to us as the main force? ! ]

[If he was on our team, Curry and McGrady wouldn't be playing so comfortably! ]

Hollins growled inwardly.

In the offseason, the Grizzlies once offered an olive branch to Tony Allen.

In fact, Mr. Tony also thinks that the Grizzlies' style of play suits his taste very well.

But at that time, Shen Fei had already personally talked with Tony Allen on the phone.

After feeling the sincerity of the Rockets, the latter gave a verbal commitment and decided to join the Rockets after the free agent market opened.

The Grizzlies were one step too late, so they fell short.

............

The game restarts.

Although the last quarter was "garbage" time, the two teams still played very seriously.

Especially the Grizzlies, their bench talent is average, but the level of hard work is not inferior to the main force.

Aggressive defense, active rotation, tireless running, and the referee's slightly loose scale...

Together, the Grizzlies showed their tenacity once again.

In the fourth quarter, when the overall strength was not as good as that of the Rockets, the Grizzlies' substitute narrowed the point difference to 10 points!

Mark Jackson on the sidelines was so frightened that he almost wanted to replace the main force.

Moreover, in addition to the pressure of the score, the young coach of the Rockets is also worried about his own players... The Grizzlies' defensive moves are too big!

There were a few actions that made Mark Jackson terrified, and the Rockets fans at the scene booed bursts of boos!

[Hurry up and end it, don't be surprised...]

Mark Jackson prayed in his heart.

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