Chapter 297: Offensive Training
On the first day of the regular season, 26 of the league's 29 teams staged their opening game.
The Grizzlies play the supersonic is a national live broadcast, and in the new season, the Grizzlies have 39 games broadcast live in the United States, second only to the Lakers who broadcast 43 games live in the United States, which also proves the status of the Grizzlies from the side, relying on the dark horse results of last season, they are already the darlings of fans.
On the first day of the opening game, in addition to the Grizzlies vs. SuperSonics, the Lakers vs. the Trail Blazers, the Pacers vs. the Spurs, and the 76ers vs. the Knicks were all broadcast live in the United States.
The Lakers played at home against the Trail Blazers, and the Lakers started this game with point guard Ron Harper, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Rick Fox, Isaiah Ryder playing off the bench, power forward Hollis Grant, and center Shaquille O'Neal.
In the end, the Lakers relied on O'Neal's 36 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks to win the game.
The Spurs played at home against the Pacers, and Derrick Anderson and Bruce Bowen, who were recruited in the summer, did not start, and the Spurs started the same way, with point guard Avery Johnson, scoring guard Antonio Daniels, small forward Sean Elliott, power forward Duncan and center David Robinson.
But this set of starters has not been played well off the bench, and Derrick Anderson, who came off the bench, seamlessly connected and exploded directly, scoring 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and Bruce Bowen also prevented Reggie Miller to help the Spurs win 98-85.
The Knicks played the 76ers at home, and David Stern even appeared at the Madison Square Garden arena, but this game was the worst rated of the four national live broadcasts, especially in this game, the Knicks also ushered in a heavy defeat.
Allen Iverson exploded with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, while the Knicks, who lost Patrick Ewing, could only rely on Alan Houston and Sprewell, two second-rate stars, to support the whole game, and finally lost without surprise.
And he lost very badly, 72:106 in the whole game, and the Knicks lost by 34 points directly!
The Madison Square Garden Arena was full of boos, and in an embarrassment, David Stern also left the game early, no way, the court was full of scolding and boos, continue to stay, David Stern is absolutely crazy.
Four live broadcasts in the United States, the highest rating is the Grizzlies playing the supersonics, but compared to the Lakers playing the Trail Blazers, the ratings of the Grizzlies playing the supersonic are not much higher, and the award ceremony of a championship ring has pulled a lot of ratings for the Grizzlies, if there is no championship ring award ceremony, the ratings of the Grizzlies should not be higher than the Lakers, which is also a disadvantage of the small ball market, and the Grizzlies can only rely on their gorgeous style of play and excellent record to try their best to make up for this disadvantage.
In the new season, although the Grizzlies have switched to defense, they still attach great importance to offensive fluidity.
After playing supersonic, the Grizzlies go into training mode.
The defense has run out of practice, and the Grizzlies are now focusing on offense.
In the opening game, the Grizzlies' offense played averagely, except for Ginobili who scored 27 points, the performance of other players was average, Raheem had 22 points and 8 rebounds on 8-of-14 shooting, Billups hit 5 of 12 shots and got 16 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Sean Marion shot 4-of-10 and scored 12 points, all 4 goals were three-pointers, and there were 10 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Mike Bibby was the worst, shooting 6-of-15, scoring 15 points and 5 assists, almost a point per ball, and very inefficient.
Patrick Ewing also scored a double-double, Qiao Hai did not arrange offensive tactics for Ewing, in the game, Ewing relied on two dunks, two offenses after grabbing offensive rebounds, and a 22-second mid-range shot, scoring 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting, plus 13 rebounds and 4 big hats.
Therefore, in the first game of the season, looking at the data, the Grizzlies have a strange phenomenon, the new players who made their debut on the new team performed very well, including Ewing and Ginobili, but the old players performed averagely.
This shows that the Grizzlies' offense still needs to be strengthened, and under Qiao Hai's urging, the Grizzlies have stepped up training.
"Hurry, hurry! The speed of the breakthrough should be fast, and the speed of the air cut should also be fast! Sharif, don't be stunned, hurry up and give cover! If you miss this opportunity, it's useless for you to give cover! Mike! Can't you rush out without cover? Rush up! Bring up your speed ......"
The Grizzly Bears training hall was filled with Qiao Hai's roar, and Stu Jackson suddenly appeared on the sidelines, smiling: "Joe hasn't roared like this in a long time, right?" ”
Byron Scott also smiled and nodded very approvingly: "Yes, last season, he also roared at the beginning of the season, and in the middle of the season, when the team is on the right track, he is quiet." ”
"Actually, it's not bad to roar, the atmosphere in the training hall is warm." Stu Jackson would have liked Joe Hai to roar.
Byron Scott shook his head: "Haha, then you wait, Stu, in another month at most, Joe will definitely stop yelling." ”
Qiao Hai ended a stage of confrontation training, let the players rest, turned his head, and asked, "What are you guys discussing?" ”
Stu Jackson grinned and said, "It's nothing, discuss how long you can roar like you do today." ”
Qiao Hai also smiled: "I really don't know this, look, when the team's offense is slowly on the right track, maybe I won't yell." ”
There is no way to roar, don't roar, this training is a few blind exercises, Qiao Hai roared, and the team's offense could be practiced in an orderly manner.
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As soon as the training day was over, the Grizzlies went straight to the road.
Away, the Grizzlies take on the Clippers.
This is a game in Los Angeles, Qiao Hai flipped through the schedule by the way, and he found out that after this game, the next day, the Grizzlies will face the Lakers, and the staff who arrange the schedule in the league are really geniuses, they know how to attract topics, they know how to stir up the heat, and the topic of the regular season is hot all of a sudden.
Before that, though, the Grizzlies have to play the Clippers first.
Last season, the Clippers were the worst in the league, even the Bulls had to win two more games than them, such a bad team, also had a dark horse dream, in the new season, they let go of last year's No. 2 scorer Derrick Anderson, but through the draft, Garnett second-generation Darius Myers, plus last year's Lamar Odom, Olovokandi and Jeff McGinnis, and traded Troy Hudson for Cory Magetti.
This year's Clippers, through trades and drafts, as well as last year's swing training, have established a core lineup, and with the addition of new coach Elvin Gentry, the Clippers don't want to continue to mess up.
In this game, the Clippers fought very hard.
Lamar Odom became the main attacker, scoring consecutive points in the opening game, which really gave Clippers fans hope.
But then, Qiao Hai adjusted and changed Sean Marion to defend against Odom, and after the change of defense, Odom immediately became dumb.
In this game, the Grizzlies' offense was still sluggish, and the game was not smooth, and only when Ginobili and Billups partnered in the backcourt, the team's offense would come alive, with all kinds of quick positional battles and all kinds of scores.
At halftime, the Grizzlies led the Clippers by 20 points, and most of the lead was won by defense and the outbursts of Ginobili and Billups.
In the second half, the Grizzlies held on to their advantage and easily won Game 2 of the season.