Beep, tee!

Brad Miller and Shaquille O'Neal leaped high.

Brad Miller's big white hand and O'Neal's thick black hand crossed, snapped, and the basketball was tossed aside.

"Shaquille O'Neal wins the jump ball!"

On the commentary seat, McBrin shouted.

For such an important game, NBC naturally sent their elite players, with McBrin and Marv Albert partnering to narrate the game.

Amid the cheers at Staples Arena, McBrin's eyes were on the Lakers' starting point guard, Ron Harper: "Ron Harper got the basketball and advanced to the frontcourt......"

On the sidelines, Qiao Hai got up from his seat and stood on the sidelines, holding his hands to his chest.

Phil Jackson sat on the bench and chewed gum at the beginning, not moving.

NBC TV's live broadcast gave a sub-shot, Qiao Hai and Phil Jackson appeared in the camera respectively, at this moment, the entire North America, and even the world focused on this game, Qiao Hai's name was immediately mentioned by countless people.

On the court, the Lakers' offense has begun.

The Lakers' starting point guard is Ron Harper, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Scott Pippen, power forward Robert Horry, and center Shaquille O'Neal.

O'Neal was stuck in mid-range and Ron Harper passed the ball straight over.

Brad Miller resisted O'Neal hard in the middle distance, O'Neill pushed hard two steps, and then turned around directly, a small hook shot, and the ball went in! 2:0！

O'Neal opened the scoring with a single, and the Staples Center was filled with cheers.

Qiao Hai paced on the sidelines, and the expression on his face did not change.

The Grizzlies' offense, Chauncey Billups advanced to the front court with the ball, and Brad Miller stood at the top of the arc and made a single block sideways.

Billups rushed directly in, the Lakers' defense was a little chaotic for a moment, Billups took this opportunity, rushed a step, made a stop-and-go jumper, bang, didn't score!

As soon as they saw that the ball didn't score, the Grizzlies immediately retreated across the board, leaving only Raheem and Brad Miller to compete for rebounds on the inside, but O'Neal stuck inside, and the whole person squeezed backwards, squeezing Brad Miller away, and grabbed the rebound.

The Lakers grabbed the rebound and immediately wanted to fight back.

But at this time, the Grizzlies' outside trio had retreated into place, and Kobe Bryant could only slow down when he received the pass.

Lakers positional battle, Kobe Bryant single.

Robert Horry on the left side gave a block, but Maddie quickly moved sideways to block Kobe's impact, and on the other side, Sean Marion also quickly leaned over, Kobe Bryant quickly took two steps, and then, he resisted Sean Marion and Maddy's sandwich, and chose a strong shot in passing and shooting.

Bang, didn't go in.

Fighting for rebounds again, this time, Brad Miller jammed O'Neal and Raheem grabbed the rebound from the other side.

Raheem, who grabbed the rebound, threw the ball directly to the frontcourt, and Maddie accelerated and received the basketball.

McBrin shouted, "Grizzlies are going to attack and counterattack!" The Lakers' defense kept up! ”

McBrin was right, the Lakers' defense did keep up, Kobe and Ron Harper quickly retreated to the backcourt, but the Grizzlies didn't seem to have any intention of playing positional battles, Maddy continued to lunge with the ball, and Kobe Bryant went up.

Maddie's footsteps didn't stop, and she rushed one step further.

Then, take three steps, go past Kobe, raise your hand for a layup, and the ball goes in!

2:2 draw!

Kobe Bryant was helpless, picked up the basketball that passed through the basket, and served in the backcourt.

Ron Harper took advantage of the situation to receive the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, which was still a positional battle.

Bryant opened his hand to ask for the ball, and after receiving the ball, he singled at 45° on the right side.

Pushing with his back, Maddie defended single-handedly and did not pinch the shot, but Sean Marion leaned towards Kobe's position and was ready to pinch at any time.

Bryant pushed two steps with his back, one rolled over, and threw a backward jumper.

With a bang, the basketball hit the edge of the basket and bounced out.

Brad Miller on the inside resisted O'Neal desperately, and Raheem picked up the rebound and quickly gave the ball to Maddie.

Maddie catches the ball and picks up the ball directly.

Kobe Bryant was in front of Maddie, and naturally he didn't want Maddie to accelerate and push the fast attack, so he stepped forward to block Maddie, Maddie changed hands behind him, and then changed direction, thinking about Kobe, at this time Kobe also broke out, and at the same time, a horizontal move that seemed to be predicted, blocked in front of Maddie again.

Then he raised his long arm and wrapped it around Maddie completely.

The Grizzlies' fast-break counterattack failed, and Chauncey Billups came from behind Maddy, took the basketball, and advanced to the frontcourt.

But at this time, the Lakers' defense has also fallen into place.

Positional warfare, the Grizzlies still play fast.

Brad Miller responded high, and Maddy took a step at the top of the arc to catch the ball and go straight to the basket.

The Lakers sandwiched, Maddy passed, and on the other side, Sean Marion received the ball and shot directly, outside the three-point line.

Scott Pippen reflexively pounced, but was a step too late, and Sean Marion hit a three-point shot, 5:2!

The Lakers' offense, O'Neal received the ball, played an inside single, and forced Brad Miller to score another 2 points.

Qiao Hai still doesn't care, the Grizzlies' established defensive strategy in this game is to put O'Neal to defend Kobe, Kobe has missed two shots, although O'Neal is two shots, but it proves the success of the Grizzlies' established defensive strategy from the side.

The score on the court was 5:4, the Grizzlies led by 1 point, the ball belonged to the Grizzlies, and the Lakers' defense was in place, and it seemed that it was still a positional battle.

But with several waves of offense, the Grizzlies' opening offensive play has been revealed - they just want to play fast!

The same is true for this wave of offense, Chauncy Billups quickly advanced to the frontcourt, Raheem moved to the mid-range to receive the ball, made a single shot, attracted the defense, a hit pass, the orange ball bounced, directly pierced the Lakers' defense, Maddie jumped out from the other side, and the Lakers' defense instantly focused over.

But Raheem's pass target wasn't Maddy, it was Chauncey Billups.

Billups received the ball, made a layup, and scored 2 points.

At 7:4, the Grizzlies led by 3 points.

When Billups scored, the old monk Phil Jackson finally moved, he stood up and walked to the sideline.

But at this time, Qiao Hai, who had been standing, turned his head to look at his seat and sat back.

The different performances of the two are actually a reaction to the situation on the field.

At the beginning, the Lakers are at home, the Grizzlies are away, and Qiao Hai has made a lot of targeted arrangements, so Qiao Hai stands on the sidelines to supervise the game, and if the opening offense is not smooth, or the defense is not smooth, he will immediately make adjustments.

But it is clear that the Grizzlies opened with a 7-4 lead, and the Lakers only O'Neal could score, which fully shows that the Grizzlies' opening arrangement worked.

The Grizzlies are dominated by anti-visitors at the Staples Center, and the rhythm is flying.

Phil Jackson naturally couldn't take it anymore, he stood up, and didn't mean to call a timeout, but he walked to the sidelines, waved his hand, and seemed to make an adjustment.

On the court, the Lakers' offense and rhythm dropped sharply.

The Lakers forced a slowdown, Ron Harper controlled the ball, and waited until O'Neal got stuck on the inside before hoisting the ball inside.

O'Neal hit Brad Miller on the inside, and the Grizzlies didn't pinch it, allowing Brad Miller to defend alone.

Brad Miller gritted his teeth for a while, and was finally squeezed away by O'Neal's buttocks, but just when O'Neal reflexively wanted to dunk it, Brad Miller fell to the floor like a kite with a broken string!

The referee was stunned, beeped, and whistled.

The referee didn't want to blow the whistle, but after thinking about it carefully, the Grizzlies' coach didn't seem to be easy to mess with, and even the president of the league, David Stern, instigated once, thinking of this, the referee didn't hesitate and blew the whistle directly.

Then he pointed to O'Neal, who was already hanging on the basket: "Offensive foul!" ”

“hat？” O'Neill landed, his face full of shock. "No, Mr. Referee, he's faking a fall!"

O'Neal looked innocent, he felt that there was nothing wrong with his offense just now, maybe it was a little too hard, but it was certainly not an offensive foul.

The referee didn't listen to O'Neal's defense, this ball can be judged or not, it has not been judged in the past, because O'Neal is a top superstar in the league and has a superstar whistle in his hand.

This time, the referee will not change the decision, at most it will be found later.

On the court, Brad Miller stood up with the help of his teammates, then went directly to the baseline to get the ball, the baseline served, Chauncey Billups controlled the ball and rushed straight to the frontcourt.

Brad Miller also trotted all the way to the top of the arc without pausing and directly gave Billups a one-block cover.

Billups crossed the screen and hit another pull-up jumper.

Bang, the ball goes in!

At 9:4, the Grizzlies led by 5 points, and the margin widened.

Phil Jackson walked back and forth on the sidelines, spitting a few times at Ron Harper, as if saying something, the noise made by the fans on the sidelines was too noisy, and Qiao Hai didn't hear it clearly, but the general meaning could be guessed, Phil Jackson should be criticizing Ron Harper's defense.

Of the nine points the Grizzlies scored, Billups accounted for four points, made two of three shots, missed the opening pull-up jumper, and then received Raheem's assist for a layup, and just scored on a pull-up jumper.

The remaining 5 points, three points for Sean Marion and two points for Maddie.

The Lakers' offense is back.

It was still O'Neal who singled, and the Grizzlies insisted on not being pinched, and was successfully eaten by O'Neal Brad Miller alone.

Brad Miller plays very smart, fake fall is a good trick, but you can't use it all the time, you can use it old time, you will use it old enough, the referee is not a fool, you fake a fall, the referee will also give you a technical foul, so you can't eat and walk around.

Therefore, Brad Miller didn't fall when he had a chance to fall this ball, and he didn't defend it against a ball.

6:9, the Lakers' opening 6 points were all scored by O'Neal, O'Neal shot 3 of 4, and the shooting rate was very high, but Phil Jackson frowned, he knew that this was not a good phenomenon.

Qiao Hai was smiling all over his face, communicating something with Byron Scott beside him.

"Do you want to limit Shaq's score?"

Qiao Hai shook his head: "No, there is no need to restrict, if you limit it, there will be problems." ”

"Will something go wrong?"

Qiao Hai's brain circuit is very strange, Byron Scott can't understand it a little, Lionel Hollins also came over, Qiao Hai explained: "If you want to limit Shaq, you can only wrap him, but once Shaq is trapped, Shaq can pass the ball, so that the Lakers' overall offense will be driven." ”

"And now, without Shaq, the Lakers' offense is Shaq alone."

"Then why did you wrap Kobe?" Lionel Hollins asked again.

"It's very simple, OK combination, one of the outbursts, we can withstand, but there is no team in the league that can withstand the full-blown outburst of OK combinations, so we have to flank one of them."

Even Qiao Hai must admit that the power of the OK combination is huge, if the whole court does not pinch O'Neal, O'Neal can easily score 40 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks in a single game, and if he does not pinch Kobe Bryant in the whole game, when Kobe Bryant is in good shape, he can easily score a 40 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in a single game.

Two 40 points and one plus, that's 80 points, and if the Grizzlies let the OK combination team up to score 80 points, then no one really wants to win.

Therefore, in the face of a choice, Qiao Hai could only choose to flank Kobe.

Because compared to O'Neal, who has a total rating of 98 points, Kobe, who has a total rating of 92 points, is easier to deal with.

On the court, the Grizzlies played another wave of rapid offense.

Chauncey Billups swooped out to attract the pinch, split the ball to the outside, Maddie received the ball, pulled out outside the three-point line, and hit it directly!

At 12:6, the Grizzlies led by six points.

This time, Phil Jackson did not hesitate and directly called a timeout!

……

"Well done, guys!" Qiao Hai stood on the outside of the bench and high-fived the starting five tigers on the field one by one.

The opening six-point lead, the offense is like a whirlwind, the defense is like a rock, the Grizzlies opened the game really well, Qiao Hai's targeted arrangement played a targeted role, but if you really want to achieve this role, you have to rely on the efforts of the players on the court.

The starting five on the court worked hard for the Grizzlies to take the lead in the opening period.

On the other side, Phil Jackson has turned on the hair dryer mode, and the spit stars are spraying wildly.

"Assault! Storm! Who are we? We're the Los Angeles Lakers, we're the Purple and Gold! Look at your offense, a little grizzly bear has stalled your offense? Bryant! Tell me, aren't you that Tracy McGrady's opponent? ”

"And Shaq! You can't deal with a Brad Miller? ”

"I want you to work hard and break down the opponent's defense!"

……

After squirting around, Phil Jackson made adjustments.

Derrick Fisher and Bruce Bowen come in, one providing consistent outside shooting and the other providing strong one-on-one defense from the outside.

At this time, the task of Bruce Bowen is naturally to defend Maddie alone, and Kobe Bryant will be freed up to participate in the help defense.

This adjustment is naturally to curb the Grizzlies' fast offense, and with two flexible defenders on the outside, the Grizzlies' fast-break rhythm will be restrained no matter how perfect it is.

And then, on the offensive end, Phil Jackson emphasized singles and passing, the Lakers' offense really has nothing to change, that is, superstar singles and passing, Phil Jackson made Kobe Bryant resolutely single, but as long as he encounters a pinch, he must pass the ball and can't shoot indiscriminately.

In the face of the strong Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant could only nod.

On the Grizzlies' side, Qiao Hai did not make a substitution.

guessed the Lakers' adjustments in advance, and then made a fine-tuning: "Let's change the rhythm, don't blindly play fast, shoot again when we have a chance, and look for opportunities if we don't have a chance......"

In summary, the Grizzlies need to focus on the success rate.

In fact, Qiao Hai's adjustment is also something that someone can guess, because Qiao Hai often opens a wave of fast play and fast attack, and after taking the lead, he immediately lowers the rhythm and uses mature and stable offense to maintain the lead.

In this game, Qiao Hai copied this style of play, first fast attack and then the success rate of playing, that is, to maintain the lead, although they are only 6 points ahead!