One Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety. Fortunately, I Have a Pair of Triple D

This is a very bad situation for Coach Hollins.

Coach Hollins clearly judged the improvement of the opponent's rotation lineup. Dio played better than last season and could almost be said to be the tactical core. Ginobili's condition was surprisingly good! He was no longer the one who only performed well in a certain period of time in a game last season. He would not be a pit in regular time. Unlike last season, he was either super god or super ghost, but he could play at a stable first-class level when he was not out of the game.

Coach Hollins knew that this situation occurred due to Gasol's weight problem and Larry Sanders' suspension. Their defensive problems might not be so serious.

But facing opponents like the Spurs, it really seemed so serious, and their goal was not to deal with ordinary teams, but they regarded teams like the Spurs as their opponents.

And the Spurs seemed to have become stronger than last season!

After the players returned to the bench, Coach Hollins came out of his contemplative state and started to make substitutions.

Sun Ce fought harder and harder in the first quarter, throwing the ball 10 times in a single quarter, and his hit rate of 3 in 5 in the first half of the quarter was reduced to 5 in 10, and he got 13 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Seeing Sun Ce's hard work, Coach Hollins knew that he didn't have to worry about Sun Ce's physical strength and momentum, and replaced Livingston, Paul George, Prince, Gasol and Sun Ce to play together.

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After the timeout, George Hill, Belinelli, Gay, Dio and Aron Baynes came on the court on the Spurs side.

The second quarter started, and the Grizzlies attacked first.

Livingston, Paul George and Gasol came on, and Sun Ce's role on the offensive end immediately changed. He began to use cutting and counter-running to find opportunities. The Grizzlies used Paul George as the offensive spearhead, Livingston and Gasol as the tactical core, and Prince could contain him on the sideline if he could, and if he couldn't contain him, he would just catch the ball and shoot. Compared with Battier, Prince still had the ability to cut in.

When rotating the lineup, the Grizzlies played well on offense with the first lineup, and this lineup also played well on offense!

The TV commentators were all amazed that the Grizzlies' rotation lineup tactics are richer this year.

In fact, it can be seen from the preseason that in order to deal with the offensive problems of the rotation lineup after Nash left, the Grizzlies coaching staff tried many tactical options.

Although the coaching staff's offensive adaptability is not good, the tactical construction is still no problem, and the players are excellent and have strong tactical execution.

In the preseason, the Grizzlies did not sign training camp players,

just to try various tactics without interference, and decided on several lineup combinations and formulated preliminary tactics for these lineup combinations. They were used for the first time in the official game tonight, and the effect was good.

This gave the Grizzlies a good start in preparing targeted tactics for each opponent after the start of the new season.

But the defense is really unstoppable. Gay repeatedly attracted the attention of the defense after the inside pick-and-roll. George Hill and Dio took the opportunity to pass the ball. Belinelli shot accurately and the Spurs had good passing and cutting cooperation...

At 4 minutes and 11 seconds in the second quarter, George Hill made a three-pointer with a fake pass, and the Spurs opened the score to 46 to 37, leading the Grizzlies by 9 points. The Grizzlies called a timeout in advance!

In more than 4 minutes, due to rhythm problems, the Grizzlies took 6 shots and scored 9 points with 3 of 6 shots, which was not bad.

But the Spurs scored 14 points with 5 of 7 shots... There was no way to play!

In the eyes of coach Hollins, even if the Spurs can be as strong as in the past two years this season, because of the progress of young players such as Gay, George Hill, Danny Green, Mills, etc., the strength has steadily increased, but except for Gay, the others are not players who can decide the game.

But these people have improved, Ginobili and Dio have actually improved!

Ginobili's condition has improved, but Dio doesn't look very strong. If he changes to another team, he may not be seen for a long time, but he is strangely powerful in the Spurs.

Moreover, the Spurs are not as impatient as last season when they can't defend and the score difference can't be widened. They are very stable!

If it were last season, the Grizzlies would defend without a word, but the conditions do not allow it now.

Coach Hollins had already made a decision when he called a timeout. After the players returned to the bench, they immediately made arrangements: "Noah, Klay, Paul, Richard, Otspes, you go up and play offense and catch up with the score!"

Directly sent out the team's most capable and most capable lineup!

Coach Hollins emphasized running coordination, zone double-teaming, and switching defense for three-pointers. Although this lineup is not good at inside defense, it is at least fast enough and will not drag down the three major outside players. The key is strong offense!

The timeout is about to end, and Sun Ce looks at the opposite side Parker, Danny Green, Gay, Duncan, and Kwame Brown combination on the court.

Popovich made a better allocation of Duncan's physical strength. Sun Ce felt that it was not enough to just replace the offensive lineup.

Once the idea of ​​making trouble came out, it was always unstoppable.

"Uncle Learning Machine, use the magic sword!"

"Host uses skill: Magic sword is out of the sheath, random effect is being drawn..."

"11111..."

Sun Ce roared in his heart, and after 3 seconds, the system prompt came.

"Congratulations to the host for opening the skill: Magic sword out of the sheath effect 3..."

"Shake the day!"

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After the timeout, looking at the lineup of the Grizzlies, the Spurs are actually under great pressure.

There is Sun Ce on the opposite side!

However, after the game continued, Sun Ce tried a three-pointer and almost missed it. After a fast break counterattack layup hit the neck, he seemed to be afraid to shoot.

It was obvious that the Spurs would counterattack regardless of whether they scored or not. Sun Ce had the opportunity to crush Danny Green or Parker, but he chose to pass the ball.

This made it easier for the Spurs to defend, and they scored 6 to 3 before the official timeout in the second quarter.

Except for Paul George's dunk under the basket, Yi Jianlian caused Duncan to foul and scored 2+1, the Grizzlies did not score any other points, while the Spurs made 2 of 4 shots and two free throws, leading the Grizzlies by 12 points with 52 to 40 into the official timeout!

Sun Ce, who scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in the first 16 minutes, suddenly fell into trouble!

Although I don't know why, Coach Hollins replaced Sun Ce first to slow down, and after the official timeout, he sent out Livingston, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian.

We still have to continue to attack.

The strategy was correct. Although the Spurs had Duncan and Kwame Brown on the court and their defense was strengthened, the Grizzlies relied on Paul George and Klay Thompson to score two three-pointers in the last moments of the first half, narrowing the gap to 8 points before the end of the half!