Before the Grizzlies and Spurs tie-break began, the Heat and Knicks finished the tie-break, and the final result was that the Heat defeated the Knicks, completed revenge, and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Immediately after, at the General Motors Arena, in a cheer, Maddie lifted the trophy of the Most Improved Player Award.

This is also the last individual award that the Grizzlies can win in the regular season this season, and before that, the league has announced that the regular season MVP will be won by Shaquille O'Neal, and the remaining regular season awards have not yet been announced, and only the All-NBA and All-Defensive Team remains.

After Maddie lifted the trophy for the Most Improved Player award, the Grizzlies and Spurs battled for the seventh.

"Point guard Avery Johnson, shooting guard Mario Aley, small forward Jeremy Colsey, power forward Tim Duncan, center David Robinson."

McBrin and Marve Albert commentate on the game.

The Spurs' starters came first, followed by the Grizzlies' starters: "Point guard Mike Bibby, shooting guard Maddy, small forward Sean Marion, power forward Raheem and center Brad Miller." ”

"Both teams are regular starters, and it doesn't look like there will be much change in the style of play of both teams."

On the court, Brad Miller and David Robinson jumped the ball, David Robinson won the game, and the Spurs got the ball and started the game.

Avery Johnson advanced to the front court with the ball, and directly found an opportunity to give the ball to Duncan in the low post, Duncan singled in the low post, hooked his hand sideways, the ball went in, the Spurs scored at the beginning, Raheem couldn't withstand Duncan alone, and Qiao Hai couldn't do anything about it.

The Spurs opened the scoring and the Grizzlies quickly returned the ball.

In the half, Princeton attacked, and the Grizzlies' ball movement was unexpectedly fast, which caught Popovich's attention.

At the top of the arc, Brad Miller passed the ball to the fast and empty cut Maddy, Maddy shook off the defender in front of him, forcing Jeremy Corsi to rush over to change the defense, but Maddie did not stop the ball for a moment, directly across the side of the three-point line.

Marion received the ball and he had another three-point chance, but Mario Airy had already rushed towards him and was in the set position in the next second.

Marion made a gesture to throw, fake the point of flying Mario Aly, Marion immediately collected the ball, rushed two steps towards the inside, the Spurs' defense was completely messed up, Marion no one cared, rushed to the basket with the ball, raised his hand and threw it, and scored!

"Acceleration in half-time positional battles?" Popovich secretly thought to himself, there is nothing strange about this move of the Grizzlies, at least Popovich has seen a lot, this is also a fixed change of Qiao Hai, and he has to use it once or twice in every game.

The difference this time is that the Grizzlies used it at the beginning.

The acceleration in positional battles is very demanding on the physical fitness of the outside players and the passing of the players, so for the time being, Popovich has not adjusted.

The game continues.

The Spurs continued to attack the inside, it was still Duncan's single, and in the face of Raheem, Duncan turned and threw another mid-range shot.

On the Grizzlies side, the fast Princeton attacked, Raheem got the ball in the low post, raised his hand to shoot, also scored, and returned a ball.

But soon, Popovich shouted from the sidelines, adjusted the defense, let Brad Miller empty, let Brad Miller, who was not particularly accurate in the middle of the shot, shoot casually, and then split more manpower to defend against the Grizzlies' transfer ball, and increased the rotation defense, the Spurs' defensive intensity instantly improved, and the Spurs, who had excellent overall defense, soon strangled the Grizzlies' offense through a series of adjustments.

Grizzly bears start to strike iron.

The Spurs' offense continued to be efficient.

After the opening 4:4 draw, the Spurs played a wave of 12:7, and when the first quarter of the game reached the official timeout, the score of the two teams became 16:11, and the Spurs led by 5 points.

Paused time, Qiao Hai knew that he had to adjust.

Since half a quarter, the Grizzlies have been playing fast, but not in terms of overall rhythm, and in terms of rhythm, the Grizzlies are not playing fast, even slower than the Spurs.

It's just that this quick cut, screen, and passing will allow the Grizzlies to find opportunities quickly, and the Spurs' defense will be disrupted as a result.

And when the Spurs consciously cut off the Grizzlies' passes, and limited the Grizzlies' off-ball cuts through pseudo-defense, this style of play is somewhat unworkable.

Therefore, Qiao Hai's adjustment is also very simple, the positional battle is slow, and then the pace is accelerated.

"Pick up the tempo, get through the half quickly, then play positionally, find your chances and shoot."

This is a drop from the opening style of play.

You have to control the rhythm of this game, so Qiao Hai replaced Billups, of course, he only replaced Billups, this substitution, Qiao Hai's goal is to chase the score and equalize the score.

After the timeout, the game resumed.

The Grizzlies began to chase the points, and it took Billups only two or three seconds to take the ball across the halfcourt, and then, the rhythm was suppressed, and all the Grizzlies players were moving slowly in a slow positional battle.

Maddie catches the ball, singles.

After passing the screen, he burst to the inside line, attracting David Robinson's pinch, he divided the ball to the basket, Sean Marion slipped to the bottom line, caught the ball and pulled it up directly, a flying dunk.

With a clang, the GM arena erupted, cheering incessantly.

The Grizzlies pulled back two points.

Then, the Spurs' offense, they continued to force the inside.

David Robinson hit hard and the Spurs continued their five-point lead.

The Grizzlies' possession of the ball, they continued to pass the half court quickly, and after the half, they pressed the tempo, and in the slow positional offense, Maddie made a mid-range shot, and the difference narrowed to 3 points.

The Spurs' offense, Duncan singled inside, turned over for a layup, didn't score, but caused Raheem's foul.

Duncan made a free throw, hitting one of two free throws, and the margin became four points again.

The Grizzlies continued to attack, it was still Maddy, the position battle was empty to get the ball, the Spurs were sandwiched by three, Maddie split the ball, found Marion outside the three-point line, Marion made a three-point shot, the ball went in, and there was 1 point left in the difference.

The Spurs' offense is still a tough inside play.

It was still Duncan, who turned his back and hit a hook shot.

The Grizzlies' defense of the Spurs' two interior lines has not changed, it is very simple, it is a single defense, put Duncan and David Robinson alone, so that the Spurs' weak outside line can not open the hand, and if it continues, the Spurs can only rely on the interior to score.

Therefore, Duncan is raging in various ways, and Qiao Hai has been indifferent.

But then, the Grizzlies continued to push quickly to the frontcourt, and then opened up the game with a slow positional offense.

Maddie broke through, tore the defense inside, and the Spurs' defense was all concentrated in the penalty area, no way, although Maddie hadn't scored much in this game, his threat was still there all the time, and now Maddie's score is not crazy, once Maddie's score is really crazy, everything will be late.

Therefore, the Spurs' defense is also very simple, which is to lock up Maddie.

But Maddie can pass, and this one, he made another pass to find Billups, who had just moved to the top of the arc.

Billups received the ball, without any pause, and raised his hand to shoot.

Swish!

There was a crisp sound of wiping the net, and the white net flowers were flooded.

Three points in!

The score is tied!

At this point, there were less than four minutes left in the first quarter.

The Spurs' offense, the ball was given to David Robinson, and David Robinson couldn't score on the inside.

The old admiral already has a bit of a physical crisis.

The Grizzlies grabbed the rebound, and Joe called a timeout.

The pause came strangely, and Popovich looked suspiciously at Qiao Hai.