The Vancouver Grizzlies have been the nemesis and bitter opponent of the Los Angeles Lakers in recent years, and it is difficult for this team to beat this team except for the 2002 Finals, and it is difficult for this team to beat this team, not only that Jerry West knows everything about the previous Lakers, but more importantly, this Grizzlies is indeed able to restrain the previous Lakers, and even suppress.

And today, the Grizzlies who are playing against the Lakers at Staples Arena are undoubtedly one of the strongest times of the year in recent times, especially after welcoming back Rasheed Wallace this year.

The Lakers' starting lineup in this game is the strongest combination of five without any changes, Webb, Hill, Hardaway, Kobe Bryant and Szebiak, the Lakers' lineup can basically be guessed by many people before the game, and the Grizzlies have not changed much, but the lineup of this team is much more traditional than the Lakers.

The center is Ben Wallace, one of the league's best defensive interior lines so far, and the power forward is Rasheed Wallace, who can become the fulcrum, which is also one of the strongest power forwards outside the league, and the small forward position is the team's second leader and the team's defensive core on the outside, Artest, the scoring guard is the team's big leader Carter, the team's organizer and first scorer, and the position of the organization guard is Billups.

In this game, the Grizzlies threw Michael Reid and Jason Terry on the bench, obviously this is to strengthen the team's starting defensive intensity, and it can also be seen that the Grizzlies' strategy in this game is to be able to not give up on both offensive and defensive ends, and want to be the most comprehensive.

You know, in the current league, many teams basically have two ideas when facing the Lakers. Either an all-out attack. Either that's all-out defense. Almost no team will choose a balanced style of play when they meet the Lakers, even Popovich, who is extremely confident in his own strength, after using a very balanced offensive and defensive system in the first game of the two teams, he immediately chose the run-and-gun tactics in the second game, and it also achieved good results, and even many people think that the Spurs have found a way to beat the Lakers, and it has been recognized by many people.

Obviously, the grizzly bear must have known about this. For this team, it is not impossible for them to want to play and run, but even so, in the end, they still insisted on choosing a balanced tactical system, rather than desperately fighting with the Lakers to attack, this is their extreme confidence in their own strength, they think that even if they don't take risks, they can beat the Lakers.

Of course, for Zhuang Fei, the Grizzlies' choice is not very unexpected, and he doesn't care what kind of attitude the Grizzlies face the Lakers. He just needs to think about how best his team can play so that they can win against any opponent. And I'm afraid that at this time, Grizzlies head coach Rick Carlisle also thinks so.

In fact, after the start of this game, the two sides began to get directly to the point after a little temptation, and at this time, both Lakers players and Grizzlies players are in good shape today, but what makes the Lakers a little pity is that the Grizzlies Bryant's defense in this game is extremely tight, so that the Lakers' leading guard does not get too many offensive opportunities

"Grizzly bears spin really fast"

The strength of the two teams in this game is very similar, after all, the two sides of this game are the first in the league and the second in the league, which is the way it is in terms of strength, and the same is true from the situation after the start of the game, the Lakers and Grizzlies entered a stalemate at the beginning of this game, and this stalemate is not just like the Lakers and Spurs, the two sides hit each other at the beginning, so the score entered a dog-tooth stagger, but professionals understand that although the Lakers and Spurs have similar scores, it has always been the Lakers who control the rhythm, so the Lakers were able to drag down the Spurs in the end, and this game was a real parity in offensive and defensive strength, neither of the two teams controlled the pace of the game, and this was a real stalemate.

"yes, the Grizzlies in this game are the fastest rotation and the best quality I've ever seen this season, and this team's confidence in themselves is not without reason," Kenny Smith also nodded with a smile after his partner sighed. To put it another way, the Lakers, who have been invincible on the offensive end for the past 33 games, are facing an opponent today, an opponent who can limit them.

Although the team's No. 5 tactics can still be played in full swing, but Kobe, who has always been the most important endpoint of this team's No. 5 tactics, has not scored many points since the beginning of this game, and the recent performance of this player's average of 40+ per game is obviously pushing himself to the opposite side of all the team's key strikes, some teams are limited to the strength of their own teams, even if they want to focus on Kobe Bryant, they can't do it, but the Grizzlies are undoubtedly not such a team, they can achieve a key blow to any player, Whether it's been a hot league lately, Maddy, Iverson or Arenas.

"Now it's up to Kobe to see if he can untie the set, but the rest of the Lakers players can continue the firepower perfectly, Coach Z has never been in the habit of putting all his eggs in one basket, even if Kobe's basket is extremely huge and solid" In the end, Barkley also looked at the two sides of the game on the court with a smile on his face and said, and after Barkley finished speaking, Kenny Smith also nodded in agreement

"Coach Z's team is really difficult" Rick Carlisle has been standing on the sidelines since the game started, this is not his coaching habit, but in this game he can't sit down at all, at the beginning of this game, the Grizzlies are ready to increase the defensive intensity, and it is the kind of maximum defensive intensity, and the defensive strategy is to squeeze the Lakers' offensive core Kobe, and then contain the Lakers' other offensive players, and then let the team, which is by far the strongest offensive team in the league, lose its power on the offensive end at the beginning, In the end, it was also to interrupt the team's offensive rhythm for the whole game, which was the right thing for Rick Carlisle to do. And in his opinion. Among all teams in the league. As long as the Grizzlies put their best defensive strength against them, no team will be able to function properly.

In fact, after the start of this game, his strategy did have some effect, Kobe Bryant was frozen by him, except for Artest staring at him all over the court, as long as the Lakers have signs of passing the ball to Kobe, almost all the defenders of the Lakers can face him, which makes Kobe completely immobile. Whether it's catching the ball or not having the ball, it's hard to get it, but what Carlisle didn't expect was that although Kobe Bryant was frozen, the rest of the Lakers players could still score easily, and because of the Grizzlies' imbalance in defensive strength, the team seemed to be a little untenable.

You know, this is the Grizzlies' strongest defensive force, and even so, it still can't choke the Lakers, which is undoubtedly a big blow to Carlisle.

"Is this the number five tactic? Sure enough, if in this tactical system, Kobe's role can be replaced by any other player except Webb. Then it's really hard to defend" Although there is no way to choke the Lakers' No. 5 tactic, but as a coach who is favored by Jerry West. Although the head coach is not very qualified, he is also extremely high in tactical literacy, and he can see the essence of the Lakers' tactical system at a glance, except for Webber's trunk, the other four players are branches that turn at will, so it is almost impossible to contain this team by containing one or two branches of this team, and if you start directly from the trunk of this big tree, that is, directly block Weber, But the tree's movable branches are the hardest hit for the person who cuts it down.

"It's really hard to do" Carlisle was also a little scratching his head when he thought of this, of course, for the Grizzlies and him personally, it is impossible to completely curb the Lakers' offense, but in fact they have done a lot in this game, although they have no way to choke the Lakers' offense, but it is definitely contained, at least, after the Lakers' strongest scorer Kobe Bryant is choked by them, the Lakers' offensive efficiency will definitely not be as high as before, and more importantly, This team can also put a certain amount of defensive pressure on other Lakers players after choking Kobe, which has not been seen in any of the Lakers' opponents before.

Therefore, Lakers fans who have long been accustomed to their team's crazy offensive mode as soon as they come up at home have also become extremely worried, because after the game played half a quarter, Lakers fans found that their team did not score more than 15 points after half a quarter, which was undoubtedly impossible to happen before, but this game happened.

"The Grizzlies' defense is really good" Even at this time, the old Bass, who has been sitting in the box with the current general manager of the Grizzlies, Jerry West, involuntarily sighed after watching half a quarter of the game, he can naturally distinguish the good from the bad after watching the ball for decades, if Zhuang Fei, the Laker, is the strongest offensive team he has watched over the years, then this Grizzly Bear dare not say that the defense is the strongest, but it is also one of the strongest.

"Yes, this team has taken a lot of effort from me" After getting the affirmation of his former boss, West also said with some pride, this team he did put a lot of effort into it, if it weren't for the group incident with the Boston Celtics in North Shore Garden in 2002, this is a team that can create a dynasty, but now the opportunity to create a dynasty is missed, but this team is still strong, so this team is not surprised to play such a game in this place, On the contrary, it was Zhuang Fei and the Lakers' offense that surprised him.

Of course, no matter what Jerry West thinks about the Lakers now, the Lakers players on the court at this time are quite depressed, especially when Kobe, who scores like chopping melons and vegetables this season, encounters a scoring drought crisis for the first time.

Especially when he saw Artest in front of him, who had been sticking to him, he was angry, the two were old rivals before, and Artest was also one of the few extremely feared defensive players in the NBA, and if Artest was just staring at him in this game, he was confident that he would be able to beat this guy, but after he received the ball, he was just about to get rid of the Grizzlies' defensive giant, but found that the eyes of the Grizzlies' other players were all aimed at him.

This is the defensive strategy of almost all teams in the league against opposing superstars, with one leading the defense and four keeping an eye on them. As long as Kobe Bryant gets rid of Artest. Others will be able to come around. So even if Kobe Bryant defeated Artest, he was still left with a pocket formation. And the team that arranged this pocket formation is still the Grizzlies, even if Kobe Bryant is arrogant, he doesn't have the confidence to get in, and this time Kobe, who received Webb's pass, changed his face several times when he thought of this, and finally saw Artest who kept making small moves to himself, the Lakers' head guard was also hot, and he was pulled up directly under Artest's defense, and this also made Artest, who was defending Kobe, also stunned. It's not surprising that Kobe Bryant was in the past, but Kobe Bryant rarely attacks so brainlessly anymore.

And at the moment when Artest was stunned, in the eyes of everyone who was a little surprised, Kobe Bryant, who jumped up, smashed the basketball in his hand to the basket, and at this time the Grizzlies' interior defender Ben Wallace was also surprised. And the Lakers' offense also made the Lakers fans who had been holding back the whole court immediately high.

"Kobe. Are you now so cowardly that you don't dare to confront me head-on? actually chose to pass the ball in the end" Although the Lakers scored the ball in the end, Artest looked at Kobe Bryant who came down from the air with disdain, and at this time, the joy of Kobe Bryant, who heard Artest's taunt, just passed a wonderful pass, also dissipated, and was replaced by a look of anger. Originally, the Lakers' leading guard was going to teach the Grizzlies defender in front of him a lesson, but in the end, it seemed that after thinking of something, the Lakers' leading guard finally swallowed this breath, and finally left with a cold snort.

"This guy actually held back" This also made Artest, who deliberately provoked this game, also stunned, although Artest's emotional intelligence is not very high, but the ball quotient is definitely top, and he is extremely clear about what he wants to do on the court.

"It seems that Kobe Bryant is not the same as before" Just when Artest was thinking, he suddenly heard a laughing voice behind him, and after hearing this voice, the Grizzly Bear's defender also nodded slightly, and at this time, Carter, who was standing behind Artest, also looked at Kobe, who was constantly patted on the head by his teammates, and was also a little distracted.

"He's really a good opponent now," Carter said with a smile after thinking about it, but he didn't expect Artest on the side to quit after Carter just finished speaking.

"Vince, you can't rob my prey, we have bet, I want him to score no more than 20 points in this game, you won't be afraid of losing, right" Artest looked at Carter with some suspicion, at this time Rasheed Wallace, who was already preparing to enter the Lakers half early, seemed to whisper 'idiot' after hearing Artest's words, which also caused the other Grizzlies players around him to laugh.

"Okay, since the Lakers played a beautiful offense, this time, we have to pay it back" Looking at his teammates who were laughing at Artest, Carter also restrained the smile on his face a little, and then said a little seriously, and at this time the other Grizzlies players also nodded seriously.

Zhuang Fei, who has been paying attention to the situation on the court, frowned after seeing the interaction between the Grizzlies and the players on the court, this Grizzly Bear is more united than the team that fought with the Boston Celtics crowd three years ago, or is more mature, and his most proud disciple Carter also accepted this team in the real sense.

"It's really interesting now," Zhuang Fei said with a smile on his face.

Zhuang Fei didn't know what these Grizzlies players were discussing when they interacted just now, but when the Grizzlies attacked next, it startled all the Lakers fans in the audience, because the player who ended the Grizzlies' offense this time was actually the Ben Wallace who was only seen by many people as a rebound, that is, the Grizzlies center who had just been dunked by Hardaway.

Only this time, the center, who had just been dunked by Yan, dunked it back directly in front of Hardaway, and received a high-throw pass from Carter after breaking through the Lakers' defense, and finally Ben Wallace completed the first score and aerial relay of the game.

"Vince is beautiful" At this time, after seeing his team equalize again, Grizzlies head coach Carlisle on the sidelines also subconsciously shouted excitedly.

And at this time, Kobe Bryant, who has been watching all this happen, is a little gritted his teeth, this game is his most uncomfortable game this season, especially under the shine of Carter, the light on his body looks dim.

"Boy, you're far worse than Vince now" seemed to guess what Kobe was thinking, and Artest didn't miss this opportunity to provoke Kobe, but this time Kobe still glared at him tightly and didn't speak again. And this also made Artest a little surprised, but he didn't know what Kobe Bryant was thinking.

"I'm going to beat him, definitely" (To be continued.) )