One Thousand Nine Hundred and Two. Strong Pressure!

Playing steadily is the best situation for the Grizzlies. They have been in good shape since the All-Star Weekend. Of course, there are fluctuations, but except for the one game they lost, they can slowly adjust and finally complete the reversal by relying on the singles ability of Sun Ce, Aldridge and Randolph to hold them back even if they start the other games badly.

And now, the Grizzlies are in good shape. They are about to enter the playoffs and are in their prime. If the opponent wants to play steadily, even if the opponent is the Warriors, they are not afraid!

The Warriors have only 72 wins and 9 losses, and the Grizzlies have a record of 71 wins and 10 losses, which is not worse than the Warriors!

Coach Hollins predicted in yesterday's preparations that the Warriors may pursue stability tonight, Steve Kerr may not dare to play tricks, and the Warriors may not dare to try new things tonight. They are afraid that they will lose accidentally.

This mentality has also existed in the Grizzlies, and now they can overcome it because they have enough successful experience, but the Warriors do not.

Therefore, they guessed that the Warriors would most likely choose to play safe, because steady performance is the key to the Warriors' 72 wins this season. The most important thing in a long season is stability. When people are worried and afraid, they often seize their strongest points to fight.

Therefore, the Grizzlies' preparations yesterday were mainly aimed at the Warriors' regular offense and defense tactics, and they were adjusted based on their Grizzlies' regular tactics.

Don't ask how much leading advantage can be created in regular time, just seek stability and find opportunities in stability.

In the regular play, the Grizzlies and the Warriors really played evenly. When the official timeout came in the first quarter, the Grizzlies relied on Sun Ce's pick-and-roll three-pointer before the official timeout. The Grizzlies surpassed the Warriors by two points with 19 to 17, and beat the Warriors to call a timeout.

The players on the court were a little surprised. If it was a previous match, the Warriors would not call a timeout at this time when the score was tense. They would definitely waste time until the dead ball automatically entered the official timeout, or the Warriors did not score the next shot and the Grizzlies scored a shot before calling a timeout. At least there must be a clear score difference, such as a 5-point difference.

Even if they are two or three points behind, they will waste time, because there is a possibility that they will score and the opponent will not score.

The Grizzlies did not call a timeout after 6 minutes, and the reason is because of this.

But Coach Hollins was secretly happy, as expected, the opponent would be anxious once they fell behind!

Entering the official timeout stage, the first quarter lasted 6 minutes and 46 seconds, and the Warriors scored 17 points, and only scored 17 points with 1 free throw. The overall performance can be said to be quite good, but in this situation, they were picked and rolled by Sun Ce and directly scored a three-pointer to overtake...Steve Kerr couldn't help but call a timeout.

Being beaten and calling a timeout would not have affected the Warriors, who have already established a strong team mentality this season, but the situation is different now!

Strategically, Steve Kerr asked not to be impatient, and the preparations during the preparations were also steady and cautious, but their Warriors players definitely wanted to take the lead immediately, right away, and at the first time to relieve their inner anxiety.

However, when their steady offensive performance was obviously okay, they failed to defend on the defensive end and were overtaken by the score. The calm mentality that they had after hard adjustments at the beginning began to have problems.

After the official timeout, Sun Ce was replaced to rest. The Grizzlies played well as a team offense and did not rely on Sun Ce alone at the beginning, so they could make personnel adjustments to try to rush.

Sessions, Carter, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Aldridge were replaced.

The Warriors sent out a combination of Curry, Barbosa, Iguodala, Gerald Wallace, and Draymond Green.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies began to gain the upper hand!

The Grizzlies implemented tactics steadily. What they changed was the tactics and lineup, not the rhythm tonight, which was to play steadily and drag, and try to rush when there was a chance.

As for the Warriors, their preparations were also steady, but the players did not have the mentality of steady play! The Grizzlies noticed this keenly. They were ready from the beginning, waiting for the opponent's style of play to change, not the change of tactics, but the change of players' actions.

For example, Curry threw 5 three-pointers in the second half of the first quarter, but only made one! The only one that went in was a strong shot. Carter, Paul George, Sessions, and even Yi Jianlian or Aldridge who needed to switch defense were all ready to stick to Curry at any time. Curry had no way to break through them, but they would never give Curry the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer.

In this situation of preparing in advance and keeping an unlimited watch, it is difficult for Curry to maintain the efficiency of three-pointers.

This is not the key to the Grizzlies' lead. The Grizzlies' excellent team offensive cooperation, three-point defense against Curry, and someone actively shrinking the basket when someone expands out... these are just the basics.

The key is Curry's choice. He believes in himself more than ever tonight, and wants to rely on himself more, and then he encounters fierce targeting!

At this time, Curry's biggest flaw may be his extremely rare flaws - the flaws in these three aspects - body shape, weight, and explosive power are fully exposed!

Since the playoffs are coming soon, the referee's whistle is based on the playoff standards. If Curry plays calmly and cooperates with his teammates, he will definitely have a superstar-level performance. Although it is not as good as the regular season, which can surpass the performance of ordinary superstars, it will definitely not be bad.

But Curry can't be calm now, because the victory or loss of this game means more to him than to anyone else on the Warriors!

In addition, when Curry was sticking to the ball, although Harden also had the ability to play without the ball, it was obviously wasted Harden's strongest ball-holding attack, and Curry also wasted his strongest off-ball offense.

After scoring 17 points in nearly 7 minutes, the Warriors only scored 8 points in the second half of the first quarter.

The pursuit of stable pre-match preparation, coupled with Curry's uncalm and unstable play, the Warriors collapsed in the first quarter.

On the Grizzlies side, they seized several counterattack opportunities. Sessions used his faster speed than Sun Ce to play 3 counterattacks. In addition, their regular offense performed better than the Warriors, and they played a wave of 18 to 8 in the second half of the first quarter!

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 12 points with a score of 37 to 25!

The biggest problem the Warriors encountered in the first quarter was not actually the offense, but it was also related to this. After they played poorly on the offensive end, they failed to defend against the Grizzlies' rotation lineup, and their hasty actions, frequent fouls and loss of position were the main reasons for their collapse!