Chapter 175 Win the Grizzlies
After the two sides started playing, as the only player in the Grizzlies who currently receives the maximum salary, O'O naturally wanted to perform well.
This round of series is nominally the Western Conference Finals, but everyone knows that this is actually the finals because it determines the title.
Not to mention 100% winners, at least they have to have more than 90% chance of winning the championship.
But after a few minutes of playing, O'O and the Grizzlies players discovered something strange.
Xiao Ao's offensive and defensive enthusiasm is very high, but his efficiency is so low that he was outrageous. All three shots at the beginning were defended by Rashid.
The two of them have not fought before. Whether on the offensive or defensive end, O's performance is significantly better than Rashid.
As a result, as soon as the game started today, O'O was completely beaten by Rashid.
Xiao Ao's condition is very wrong!
Grizzlies head coach Mike Dunleavy on the sidelines looked calm. He might still think that O'O had just not found his form for the time being. In a few minutes, after the condition was recovered, it was the time when the Grizzlies completely defeated the Trail Blazers.
But after a few minutes, Xiao Ao was still in a sluggish state.
This guy on the court is really Jermaine O'Neal, who is known as the fourth largest forward in the league. Why do you think that his skill level is so immature, like a rookie?
The fans' impression is indeed correct. Now that Xiao Ao has been deprived of his attributes by Jiang Dongbing, his strength has been greatly reduced.
The worse he performed, the more he wanted to get back his form, and as a result he occupied a lot of ball rights.
This also led to the Grizzlies' disadvantages in the hands of the Trail Blazers after the start.
Dunleavy finally couldn't help it. If the advantage established by the Trail Blazers is too great, it would not be so easy to win back this game. After all, he also knew that the Trail Blazers were not as powerful as the Grizzlies, and even if they were not as good as the Grizzlies, they were also the top team in the league.
Swap O'clock, replaced Kirilenko, and the game started again.
After Kirirenko came on the court, the Grizzlies immediately regained their dominance. The two sides rushed to each other, and it was obvious that the Grizzlies had a more advantage.
Jiang Dongbing thought for a moment and felt that only depriving Xiao Ao of attributes was too strong.
It’s also my fault. When I was building the Grizzlies, I never thought that one day the Grizzlies would become their opponent.
Although Jiang Dongbing said at the press conference that because the Grizzlies were created by himself, he knew the weaknesses of the Grizzlies, but in fact he knew very well that the Grizzlies had no weaknesses at all.
Whether it is offense or defense, whether it is front court or back court, inside or outside, the Grizzlies are a team without any flaws at all.
Seeing that the advantage he had just established was about to be smoothed out by the Grizzlies, Liu Li simply initialized David's attributes.
David is definitely the top priority of the Grizzlies lineup. If David cannot play a role, the Grizzlies will be cut off and their combat power will decline sharply.
Sure enough, with David's condition terrible, the Trail Blazers once again gained the upper hand.
The Grizzlies fans at the scene were stunned. What's going on? What's wrong with the super double towers of the inside that the Grizzlies are proud of?
It is no exaggeration to say that the two inside towers of the Grizzlies and O's double inside are the strongest inside team in the league, no doubt about it!
But the current state of the Twin Towers is really hard to describe.
No matter how hard O's play, he couldn't get in, and he couldn't get in defense, while David's situation was even worse. The rebound was completely dominated by the Big Ben, and he also failed to get in offense.
"Is our twin towers relaxing water?" The fans couldn't help but guess.
These two are players promoted by Jiang Dongbing. Before they came to the Grizzlies, they had extremely unpleasant team experiences.
David is called the No. 1 pick in the Clippers.
Xiao Ao wasted three years in the Trail Blazers.
It is conceivable that they can be promoted by Jiang Dongbing.
However, this is just a guess in the hearts of fans, and they have no real evidence. Moreover, the playoffs have reached this point, and the Grizzlies are only one championship away from building a dynasty.
If these two people really want to find Jiang Dongbing to repay their kindness, they will have opportunities in the future, and they will not make any mistakes at this crucial time at this critical moment.
Dunleavy is going to be scared to death. It’s fine if Xiao O’s condition is bad. Why is there something wrong with David, the pillar of his team, and what should I do?
The key is that he has not yet been able to replace the double tower player!
Due to salary reasons, after Jiang Dongbing left, the Grizzlies naturally could not introduce any decent inside stars, and even the original big book, which was originally good, was let go by them.
This leads to the only three insiders left in the Grizzlies, O'O, David and Kirirenko.
Now both O'O and David are acting weird and have no effect on the field. Dunleavy wants to substitute, but he suddenly finds that no one can replace him.
Now he can only let David stay on the court and continue to waste, looking forward to the birth of a miracle.
The Grizzlies' outside lineup was originally an perfect super iron barrel formation when Artest was there.
The defense is so strong that it is completely indescribable.
But now Artest has come to the Trail Blazers, Dunleavy has brought Ginobili to the point guard position, and Jackson has played as a small forward.
Ginobili's offense is outstanding, there is no doubt about this, but his defense is definitely not comparable to Artest, and the two are not on the same level at all.
Maybe Ginobili's defense is better than Reed, but he definitely can't be much stronger.
Artest, Reed and Payton, against Jackson, Ginobili and Billups, the outside line of both sides is almost on the same level, whether it is offense or defense.
When the Grizzlies lose their inside suppression force, what will they win?
"Dududu!"
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the Grizzlies, a super powerful team that had dominated the league for two years, lost to the Trail Blazers in the first match in the Western Conference Finals series.
The fans at the scene were shocked. In addition to shocking the Grizzlies' losses, they also shocked Jiang Dongbing's amazing coaching ability.
Last season, the Trail Blazers were completely beaten to the Grizzlies. In an important series like this, no matter how many games they played, the Trail Blazers have absolutely no hope of winning.
As a result, the teams of both sides replaced their head coaches this year, and the Trail Blazers actually won? And they won at the Grizzlies' home court!
"Wow..." The fans at the scene started to boo in dissatisfaction.
Head coach Dunleavy is naturally the first target to bear the brunt. Many fans originally looked down on him, but now it has confirmed that he is not suitable for the Grizzlies.
Dunleavy looked embarrassed. As the game just ended, he immediately took several players back to the locker room.
Of course, Jackson and others would not be so rude. After all, the head coach on the opposite side was his mentor Jiang Dongbing!
"Coach, your luck is really good enough. Our condition is really bad tonight." Jackson sighed and said to Jiang Dongbing.
Jiang Dongbing laughed, "I'm really lucky."
"What do you think your head coach is very upset?"
Jackson shook his head, "Don't pay attention to him, he's just a puppet, no one cares what he thinks."
Chapter completed!