One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Five. Dominance Far Beyond Imagination

The Lakers were once in a good momentum, Kobe scored 14 points in the first half and Leonard scored 15 points in the first half. The open shots and occasional singles of the two were the key to the Lakers' two 10-point lead.

However, at the end of the game, Kobe only had 17 points and Leonard only had 18 points. On the contrary, James, who had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the first half, scored more than 20 points after the whole game, but James, who had only 8 assists in the first half, only had 10 assists after the whole game, 21 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. James also made 8 of 14 shots, including 1 of 3-pointers, and 4 of 8 free throws. Except for the free throws, which were really too miserable, he missed two 2+1 free throws and the first free throw of three free throws... But the free throw difference was not the decisive factor affecting the game.

The decisive factor was that in the second half, James' teammates couldn't make the ball he passed!

In the second half of the fourth quarter, James tried to lead the team to chase points, but he only scored 7 points with 3 of 5 shots, raising his personal score to 21 points. The whole team only scored 14 points in more than 7 minutes in the fourth quarter. Although they limited the Grizzlies to only 10 points, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 15 points before being beaten 14 to 10!

In the end, Sun Ce's 27 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals overwhelmed James' 21+11+10+2+1, and the Grizzlies reversed the Lakers 100 to 89 and won the first victory in the Western Conference Finals!

From the process to the result of this game... many people were confused by the sudden change of the situation!

Even the North American and European fans who watched the live broadcast on TV didn't understand it. The Lakers seemed to collapse suddenly!

In Asia, fans who secretly watched the game in the morning when they got to work due to the time difference, and students who occasionally followed the text live broadcast on their mobile phones, saw that the Lakers often opened up the points difference in the first half, and the Grizzlies were struggling to catch up, but suddenly the Grizzlies had an absolute advantage!

Most people were confused about the fact that the Lakers were still suppressing the Grizzlies in the first half, so how come the Lakers lost by 11 points at the end of the game?

.T TV commentators discussed this after the game.

Barkley looked at the final score and said, "Kenny, I want to come back. Can the Lord lead me to win the championship?"

"Charles, don't harm the Lord. Maybe he won't be able to surpass Michael because of your comeback."

"... I think I can save it. The Lord should be able to lead me. They are too strong! You see, they are almost unaffected by the lag. I don't know how they can be so confident to stick to this style of play, and they really did it!"

"Maybe Hollins thinks they can definitely win..."

After the Grizzlies overtook the score in the third quarter, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley discussed the Grizzlies' strategy. Kenny Smith is a professional. After graduating from college, he returned to college to get a bachelor's degree in hosting. His knowledge of basketball is not worse than that of some team coaches. In fact, many team coaches have worked in the hosting industry.

Although Barkley looks like a big fool, his professional quality in basketball is not bad. He just often makes big talk and is ridiculed and teased, but few people can find fault with his theoretical knowledge and tactical analysis of basketball. This is a guy who makes a living.

After a discussion, they came to the conclusion that the Grizzlies used the simplest strategy, first consuming the Lakers who had only rested for two days after the tiebreaker, and used this time to allow their team to adapt to the rhythm of the game after a week, and then win the game in the second half.

It's so simple and direct, but the Grizzlies did it!

This seems simple, but the head coach must have absolute confidence in the strength of his team, the players also need super execution, strength and confidence, and the key is to keep up with the opponent's score while consuming the opponent and not let the point difference be widened...

From this perspective, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley felt that the Grizzlies' strategy execution can be described as perfect,

and this situation is almost impossible for the two to do!

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After the game, the Grizzlies returned to the locker room, and the coaching staff led the players to conduct a regular post-game summary after the game.

This year's playoffs, the Grizzlies have become accustomed to summarizing every game, whether they win or lose, and start preparing for the next game after finishing a game.

Sun Ce and his teammates had a very torturous first half, but because of their enthusiasm and confidence, even if they were hit repeatedly, it did not affect their execution of the coach's arrangements.

Then, the second half went smoothly and it felt like winning was a natural outcome!

They just played and gave their all within the framework set by the coaching staff. Most of the players did not understand why they played like this.

Of course, some people understood after reviewing the game, such as Sun Ce and Paul George, Livingston, Aldridge and others.

After the coaching staff reviewed and analyzed the game, Sun Ce was sure that his idea was correct.

He also had a similar view to the .T legendary commentary combination... their coach really had confidence in them!

For Coach Hollins, he felt that there was no problem at all in making such a strategic plan.

The first game of a series is actually the easiest for the underdog to defeat the overdog, especially for a team like them that advanced a week in advance. They have a clear weakness - their state continuity may not be as good as their opponents.

But their advantages are clear. As long as they are in the same state as the opponent, they are stronger, and they also have physical strength.

Since the advantages are so clear, of course they should use their advantages.

If they start by focusing on the stars like the Lakers, their state continuity is uncertain, and the opponent has more players with strong ball possession than the Grizzlies. In addition to Zhan Lunke and Boozer, there are also JR Smith, Wayne Ellington, Motiejunas, Nick Young...

It is not a good idea to fight with the opponent in a way that you are not as good as the opponent. Of course, you have to play defense to consume the opponent from the beginning. At the same time, take advantage of this stage to let Sun Ce and Randolph enter the confrontation state at the beginning and use pressure to prompt the two to find the offensive state quickly.

This is confidence in the strength of the two. Coach Hollins has too much confidence in these two people.

And the two did not disappoint Coach Hollins!

However, the players didn't care much about the summary of the game they had won and the specific tactics after the game, including Sun Ce and Randolph, two trusted players. They cared more about the coaching staff's confidence in their entire team! This is a kind of recognition, recognition of their strength! This will obviously make them happy as players.

As for the content of the post-match summary, the players are more concerned about which of their small-scale cooperation is effective against the opponent under the framework of large strategies and tactics, and want to know which aspects of their on-the-spot cooperation with the Lakers are not well defended.

Most of the players' focus is different from that of the coaching staff.

As for winning, they are happy... they are definitely happy to win, but just as Coach Hollins feels that they have a clear advantage in the first game, they think it is very normal for them to win the first game.

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On the other side, in the visiting team's locker room, the Lakers refused to be interviewed after the game like the Grizzlies.

Both teams refused to be interviewed, and after the game, they could only say what the media said.

But the Grizzlies don't care, and they don't care about public opinion during each round of the series. The Lakers naturally have to do the same. Unlike the Spurs, the Grizzlies have a guy who can bring back the dead without paying for his life.

Compared to the Grizzlies who felt happy to win after the game and felt that they deserved to win, everyone on the Lakers felt that they were beaten!

Although they relied on Kobe, Leonard, James, Marion, Nene, Boozer, Wayne Ellington, Wesley Johnson, Motiejunas, Nick Young and others to create a 10-point lead twice in the first half, they didn't last long.

In the second half, after the Grizzlies exerted their strength, they were taken away by the Grizzlies.

In the second half, the Lakers only scored 38 points! This is too miserable!

Kobe and James originally thought that the Warriors lost to the Grizzlies in the second round. The losses in the first three games were not too big, and the score was even close for a long time. They felt that the Warriors had a chance, but they were not as good as the Grizzlies at the critical time. They just lost because they had no experience in major competitions and were bullied by the Grizzlies who had won two championships.

But now they find that it may not be that the Warriors can't play key balls, but that they can't play key balls with the Grizzlies at all!

They thought that the Warriors used all kinds of weird tactics to hedge against the Grizzlies, and it was the rookie coach Steve Kerr who messed up and worked. They thought it was a wrong move.

But after feeling the result of the steady play with the Grizzlies in the first game, Kobe and James finally understood that if they didn't seek changes, they would be abused by the Grizzlies and doubt their lives!

They didn't get 75 wins in the regular season for nothing. The Grizzlies could not be happier to play with the Grizzlies with a conventional style of play.

Execution, trust, confidence, strength... Kobe and James think the Grizzlies are too strong when combined with these aspects! It's not like they haven't seen the playoffs of the Bulls, who had the highest single-season wins. They think that, regardless of the strength of the strongest player, the Grizzlies may be stronger in terms of overall team strength.

Kobe has another feeling that James can't relate to. He feels that the Grizzlies have the same feeling as he and O'Neal had in the 2000-01 season playoffs!

In terms of the playoffs, even so far, the performance of the 2000-01 season led by Kobe and O'Neal is recognized as the strongest in history, and the 72-win Bulls are far inferior to it in the playoffs!