NOVEL NEXT Chapter 95 - Forty defeats at home
After two consecutive home and away games with the Rockets, the Grizzlies finally ushered in a long day of rest. They will simply take a day off and face the challenge of the last opponent at home, the Indiana Pacers.
The Grizzlies now have a good record of 5 wins and 2 losses in the preseason. From the outside view, after Gasol returned, and joined the European aid Navarro, selected Conley, and after the bold introduction of Asian talents After the season peak, the Grizzlies line-up is good, and the offensive ability is excellent. In the seven games played, the Grizzlies only scored one hundred against Unikaha in the first game. This is the firepower of the entire league. The top three can be photographed.
However, the Grizzlies have the most defensive ability when they have full offensive ability. They averaged 99 points in 7 games, which is also among the top teams in the league.
Attacking strong and defending weak, this is the general understanding of the Grizzlies.
After analyzing the reasons, ESPN concluded that the offensive firepower mainly comes from the outside. In so many outside lines, Ji Feng, Guy, Lowry, Conley, Mike Miller, Navarro, Damonstad Meyer, all are The offensive players are strong in attack and weak in defense. Except for Ji Feng who has a super first-class stealing strength, the defensive ability of other people is very general.
The inside defense is also a mess. Gasol has a flexible play style and can’t carry an inside like Dayao. Milicic moves too slowly and the position is not good. The rest is Swift. At the same time, this muscle man who can only run wild and jump is a natural loophole on the defensive end.
But ESPN also sucked the Grizzlies, they think the Grizzlies can use strong offensive firepower to make up for their lack of defensive strength, and bluntly optimistic about the Grizzlies’ prospects for the new season.
“I’m going to milk us like this.” Ji Feng had a toothache after seeing ESPN’s report. When he was in China, he knew that ESPN is famous for poisonous milk. Such accidents were eliminated.
After several times of ESPN’s poisonous milk, the teams optimistic about ESPN can only tremble in the corner, fearing that people will sit at home and milk from heaven.
However, many media believe that the Grizzlies in this configuration should be a playoff team as long as they are used properly.
When some people also disagreed, the famous domestic basketball commentator Su Qun was worried about the weak defense of the Grizzlies in his basketball column. He bluntly said that the defense won the championship and the offense ignored the defense team in the season. The playoffs are not far away.
But fans who like Ji Feng are happy now, hoping that the Grizzlies will make the playoffs, and even hope that the Grizzlies will be able to join the Rockets in the playoffs and even the Western Conference finals.
There is also such an overly optimistic atmosphere in the Grizzlies team. Coach Mark is also very proud of his spring breeze. The boss expressed his trust in him. Gasol, who has been in trouble for a while, has not mentioned it for a while, which makes Mark feel This season may be an opportunity for the Grizzlies.
But Ji Feng always feels that they haven’t encountered a real strong team. The opener against the defending champion Spurs, Ji Feng thinks this is the real test.
But even Ji Feng did not expect that the blow came so fast!
The time came on October 27, the Grizzlies took the main scene against the Pacers of the Eastern team. In the previous game, the Grizzlies lost the Pacers. Today, the Grizzlies have run through several games and are considered the best opportunity for revenge.
After the Pacers defeated the Grizzlies, the record was bleak and they have lost three consecutive games. They have not been slow since the Auburn Hills Palace incident. Then, as Miller retired, O’Neal lost his courage. The special departure team that year, the Jagged Pacers fell apart. It can only be maintained by Mike Dunleavy, but it turns out that Dunleavy did not have the ability to lead the Pacers out of the quagmire.
Today’s Pacers are also strong contenders for the league’s countdown every year.
And the current head is Danny Granger, a small forward with good potential. The Pacers also pinned their hopes on him.
Before the game, the Grizzlies were full of confidence, and the stadium attendance rate was close to 100%. The Grizzlies sent Mark’s strongest lineup to play.
Is center Milisic, power forward Gasol, small forward Guy, shooting guard Mike Miller, point guard Lori.
While Ji Feng, who had previously performed well, returned to the bench again, Mark is now using Ji Feng as a sixth man, and as a starter, he still thinks Guy can handle most of his opponents.
The Pacers sent their strongest line-up, center Harrison, a league rovers, power forward Diogu, later CBA fame, small forward Danny Granger, shooting guard Karim Rush, point guard Jamal Tinsley.
The Grizzlies auditorium made a huge noise, and Mark loudly emphasized in the dressing room that they want to win this game to start a good start for the new season.
The media did not focus on this game before the game. They thought that as long as they played normally, the Grizzlies with the advantage of home should be able to win.
But this is the NBA. No team is a soft persimmon. In the case of carelessness, the league is likely to overturn the boat. The despised Pacers broke out a strong desire to win. When you come up, you will directly defeat the Grizzlies!
“Oh! Danny Granger steals the ball from Guy’s hand and he rushes forward! Dunk!” ESPN commentary shouted wildly: “In the first round, the Pacers showed their powerful victory Desire! Guy did n’t expect Granger ’s defense to be so aggressive. He was n’t prepared, and he did n’t seem to wake up. That ’s not very good. ”
In the first round, Granger used aggressive defense to force Guy to make a mistake and make a dunk directly.
This made the Grizzlies audience very angry and burst out a huge booing ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ But the Pacers were not scared by the booing of the sky, but were stimulated, and then they exploded in exaggerated fighting power.
In just 4 minutes of the start, they played a 15-4 attack wave, including Danny Granger 4 of 4 shots, scored 8 points, which made the Grizzlies at home silent.
Then Mark transferred his troops and replaced Ji Feng, Navarro and Conley stepped up their offense, and Ji Feng came up to complete a wonderful steal and assisted Conley to make a 3-pointer. After that, he scored again and again, but the Pacers have gone crazy.
Insider Diorgu carries Gasol to complete the one-handed buckle! Gasol was stunned, and Granger shot three points unreasonably and hit again!
End of the first quarter, the Pacers 43-25, has led by 18 points!
“This ball is coming to an end.” Yu Jiajie said bluntly.
Ji Feng also felt the same way. In the first quarter, he had done his best. He scored 8 points and had two assists. He also steals Granger, but his teammates are really weak and really can’t score.
In the second quarter, Mark also wanted to struggle. Guy once again replaced Ji Feng on the field, which made Gasol on the field very puzzled, and Ji Feng felt very painful. After playing, he was still playing iron. Other teammates It ’s not much better. The baskets at FedEx Stadium are like putting a lid on their team, but they ca n’t get in.
Under such a spur, the Grizzlies were defeated. 42-22 in the second quarter. After two quarters, the Grizzlies have fallen close to 40 points. The game also declared failure in advance and entered garbage time.
Ji Feng took a bunch of substitutes in the third quarter to chase the points, but the pit is too big. Then Ji Feng also sat back on the bench.
143-103, the Grizzlies lost the Pacers with 40 points at home!