One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Three. Splash Brothers!

The original water cup tactics in the time and space were created by Kidd. As a new coach who started to work as a coach immediately after retirement, his wonderful ideas are difficult for many previous coaches to understand. However, as a superstar who just retired, and the kind of superstar who can make it to the finals with Kenyon Martin and a group of role players, most of the old generation coaches cannot compare with him in terms of the rules and rhythm of the current league.

In the past two years, many famous coaches have faded out of the league because they can't keep up with the times. For example, Sloan, who was a top coach in the 80s, 90s and the new century, is rare in the entire NBA history, but he was unlucky to meet Jordan and Kobe.

Even the Lakers invited Kidd to be an assistant coach and prepare to develop in the direction of head coach. He could take over when old Bickerstaff didn't want to do it anymore, but Kidd once again gave Scott a critical hit and succeeded in usurping the throne early...

For Kidd, a somewhat despicable strategy is not a problem at all. If he is not strong enough to fight the Grizzlies for a whole game, he has to rely on his brain!

And this is a gamble on luck! He gambled on the status of Rivers, Babbitt, and Ryan Anderson who played in the second quarter, and gambled on whether Irving could still be in good condition in the second quarter after being defended like that in the first quarter, and he gambled right!

This is a very simple rotation response as long as you see through it. Sun Ce saw through it, and the coaching staff also saw through it, otherwise they would not let the assistant coach who records the data to come up with a detailed schedule of appearances in the first half in advance.

After Sun Ce and Coach Hollins discussed it, they analyzed that even if a pure defensive lineup was sent in the third quarter, it might not be easy to play. There is a problem with the pure defensive lineup. The scoring ability is extremely poor. It is estimated that only more than 80 points can be scored in a game. It is estimated that 80 points is enough in the playoffs. The Pelicans are leading now. If they can get an efficiency of more than 20 points in a single quarter, their Grizzlies will definitely be finished!

It has to be said that once Kidd's strategy of gambling on luck succeeds, the effect is really good!

The Grizzlies don't dare to use a defensive lineup rashly. If the offensive rhythm is blocked, they are finished. The 75-win team lost the first game of the playoffs. Let's not talk about the failure of the event. It's really a big loss of face!

Fortunately, although the Grizzlies' offense in the second quarter was not as aggressive as the opponent's 40 points in a single quarter, it was also a normal efficiency of 27 points in a single quarter. The offensive state is still good. After discussion, Coach Hollins decided to attack in the third quarter!

He played less than 15 minutes in the first half, and the defense in the first quarter was very easy. He played for more than two minutes in the second quarter. He had enough physical strength, and it was not a problem to play the whole second half without physical potions.

In the past two years, although his physical strength could not be improved by training, it was also naturally increasing with age. He estimated that when he was 27 or 28 years old, the peak period of physical and technical combination, even if he could not break through to the top level of S-level, he would be the highest among the first-class physique of A+ level.

Sun Ce is still confident in his own strength. In this series, he is the player with the strongest overall strength on the court, no doubt! Maybe from the numerical evaluation of ability alone, Irving is slightly higher than him. This guy has S-level mid-range shots and A+-level three-pointers, and has top-level skills, but his role on the court is undoubtedly the strongest in the whole court!

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The Pelicans are very excited! They did it!

In theory, Kidd's strategy is too unreliable for the dual cores of Kidd and Anthony Davis, but Kidd's prediction is too correct. They found that the Grizzlies wanted to defeat them at once when they came on the court, and they could not beat the Grizzlies with full strength. Even if Irving fought to the end of the first quarter and Anthony Davis played all the time, neither of them felt that they had a chance to take advantage of the Grizzlies' starting lineup and the strongest defensive lineup.

Now the risky gambling tactics are successful! They are in good shape and have a chance to win!

Halftime was almost over, and Irving and others returned to the court. Seeing that the opponent's expression and eyes were different from the hateful and playful ones in the second quarter, they knew that now, the real difficulty had come!

Whether they can win a victory after the "sneak attack tactics" have taken effect, the second half is more critical than the first half!

Halftime was over, and the Pelicans' lineup of Irving, Rivers, Babbitt, Anthony Davis, and Lopez came on the court.

On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian came on the court.

Kidd looked at the opponent's lineup and guessed that the opponent would definitely play a run-and-gun game. He never looked down on the Grizzlies. A team with 75 wins might really be no worse than the Bulls in the 95-96 season! Although the Bulls had a good record that year, they were not the strongest team in the playoffs. The OK combination was recognized as the strongest team in the playoffs. The performance of the Bulls in the 1995-96 season ranked fifth or sixth in the top ten. There were too many teams that performed better in the playoffs than the Bulls that year.

In Kidd's opinion, the Grizzlies, whose lineup is so luxurious that it makes people smack their lips, may be stronger than the Bulls that year!

Kidd could not have any control over any game in this series from the beginning. He could only gamble. Next, he could only gamble that his touch was better than the opponent's!

After the start of the third quarter, the two teams started a fierce offensive battle.

It is true that the Pelicans played very well in the second quarter. In the pre-match mobilization, Kidd and Irving were responsible for giving confidence to their teammates, while the former was responsible for making the players have a do-or-die mentality. They knew that if they could not win the first game, they would not win any games afterwards. For the sake of dignity, they fought hard! They also played well with strategy, and now they are playing actively and proactively!

The Grizzlies could only barely compete, holding on to the score and not letting the opponent, who was extremely hot on the offensive end, widen the gap.

The pressure on Sun Ce was getting bigger and bigger. When he was about to start the wave, Klay Thompson, who received the pass from Yi Jianlian and had the opportunity to pass the ball to Richard Jefferson who cut in, shot a three-pointer directly against Anthony Davis's defense!

There was no sign at all, and it was not a good opportunity, but Klay Thompson made a strong three-pointer in the positional battle!

70 to 73, the Grizzlies narrowed the gap to 3 points!

Then Lopez Jr.'s quick throw from the baseline was too hasty and hit the rim. Sun Ce grabbed the defensive rebound and counterattacked directly!

The king of counterattack advancement was triggered! Sun Ce rushed to the frontcourt at the fastest speed, but did not choose to rush to the basket to perform a dunk. Now was not the time. He chose to chase the three-pointer in a 1-on-0 situation!

Seeing Sun Ce's 1-on-0 three-pointer, everyone on the Pelicans team felt that they had suffered a critical hit! The Splash Brothers were just teasing them, and they scored a 6-0 wave in 22 seconds!

This is not over yet. Anthony Davis received the ball and made a long two-pointer, but then Paul George seized the "connection" of the Splash Brothers that made Paul George unable to figure out, and screened with Yi Jianlian, took advantage of Sun Ce's three-point threat, directed Klay Thompson to screen Richard Jefferson, and then took advantage of Richard Jefferson's cut-in threat to create a three-point opportunity for Klay Thompson to receive the ball!

Although Rivers of the Pelicans was very active in defending Klay Thompson, Klay Thompson hit a three-pointer against Rivers and caused a foul. The three-pointer was valid and a free throw was added!

When Klay Thompson hit the free throw, the Pelicans called a timeout! Entering the official timeout time.

This wave of 10 to 2 stunned the Pelicans!

In less than 1 minute, 10 to 2! This is simply!

It was hard to lead by 6 points, but before the official timeout in the third quarter, in just 58 seconds, the Grizzlies overtook the score by two points!

However, calling a timeout could not stop the Splash Brothers. They scored two three-pointers in a row, including one Klay Thompson who scored 4 points, and the threat became huge! Coach Hollins replaced Paul George with Carter in time, letting Sun Ce attack, and the inside line became a combination of Randolph and Larry Sanders to strengthen the defense against cutting and pick-and-roll.

In the second half of the third quarter, Sun Ce scored 7 points, 3 assists, 1 block and 2 rebounds. After Klay Thompson led his Sun's three-pointer, he used the three-pointer as a threat, strengthened defense, and helped the team score 16 to 12 in more than 5 minutes after the third quarter.

After three quarters, the Grizzlies led the Pelicans by 6 points, 93 to 87, and entered the intermission!

In the third quarter, the Pelicans had tried their best. After scoring 43 points in the second quarter, they also scored 31 points in the third quarter.

However, the Grizzlies scored 38 points in the third quarter!

A strong feeling of the general situation lingered in the minds of all the Pelicans.

In the last quarter, the Grizzlies started to cheat again.

The lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Larry Sanders and Gobert came on the court!

There is no such thing as wretched or not, winning is the hard truth! The offensive lineup in the third quarter had already fought to the end. It was not a good idea to continue fighting. Yi Jianlian played the third quarter and consumed a lot of energy. He might not be able to maintain his form in the fourth quarter. With the lead, he naturally had to fight on defense!

The fans at the scene were too familiar with such a situation. They cheered their players with the most enthusiastic cheers.

As for the Pelicans, they were suppressed by the Grizzlies again in the third quarter. This time, they did not have unlimited momentum like the second quarter after the first quarter. Most of them thought in their minds-we have fought so hard, but still have no chance?

As soon as such a thought came out, the energy was drained away at once!

Just as Coach Hollins and Sun Ce predicted during the discussion, the scale of the refereeing became loose in the playoffs. Their lineup, which was extremely offensive, only scored 18 points in a single quarter, which was worse than the offensive performance in the regular season.

However, they also defended the Pelicans to only 15 points in a single quarter.

111 to 102, the Grizzlies defeated the Pelicans by a difference of 9 points and got off to a good start in the playoffs!