Durant looked at the scores on the big screen on the scene and smiled proudly.

As it turns out, the Warriors still have the ability to suppress the Grizzlies.

And as long as you can suppress the Grizzlies, you will most likely win the championship!

Durant certainly did not forget James' Cleveland Cavaliers, who are also powerful championship contenders.

But to be honest, compared to the Grizzlies, the Knight's threat is much smaller.

Durant is no longer the little devil who was trampled by James. James is no longer the biggest obstacle to his career, Link is!

After the first quarter, he scored 11 points, which was a huge benefit for the Warriors.

Once in Oklahoma, it was not safe to lead 11 points. Because Durant never knew what Westbrook would do in the next second.

But in the Warriors, Durant is not worried about this problem at all. They have succeeded once last season, so they have the ability to succeed for the second time!

The electronic beeping sounded to represent the start of the second quarter, and Durant couldn't wait to step into the court.

He can't wait to continue to open the score. If he can defeat the Grizzlies and Link by a big score, Durant will be even more refreshed!

In the past few years, Link has suppressed him and abused the Thunder again and again. Now, it is his turn to suppress Link!

However, when Durant saw the five players sent by the Grizzlies, he was completely stunned.

Not only Durant, but also his teammates and even the Grizzlies fans who came to watch the game on the spot, were all stunned.

What's the Grizzlies' current lineup?

"Wait, the Grizzlies have changed their team! After the second quarter started, the Grizzlies actually sent one..." Hubby Brown immediately flipped through the information in his hand, confirmed that he remembered correctly, and continued to add, "Send a lineup that has never appeared at the same time this season!"

"Also, this lineup is very weird and very anti-era!" Jeff Van Gundy was also confused by Huby Brown.

Conley, Dinwiddie, Link, Jokic and Mark Gasol, the Grizzlies actually sent a double-high lineup!

"This...what is this..." Steve Cole was also stunned. The double tower lineup might have been very popular four or five years ago. At the beginning, Kobe was raging the league with his championship.

But now it is the era of small balls. Almost 30 teams in the league are trying to play in small lineups, and even old-school teams like the Spurs are no exception.

Not to mention that there are teams like the Rockets who directly abandon middle distance and play more extreme than the Warriors.

Cole was completely stupid. He thought the Grizzlies would switch to Harrell to play the fifth position, with five small to five small.

Unexpectedly, he actually made the lineup bigger!

However, after looking at the Warriors' own lineup, Cole couldn't help but be a little worried.

It is obvious that the Warriors are in a very unfavorable situation in height now.

The reason why the Warriors dare to play in a small lineup is because there are no more high-quality centers in the league. Even those blue-collar and rough guys cannot gain any advantage in the inside line even if they face Green, who is over two meters tall but has a lot of strength.

It's like when the Warriors played against the Cavaliers last season's finals, Mozgov was completely out of the way.

But Jokic and Gasol are different, their skills are very gorgeous. And they also have three-point shooting range.

These two centers of the Grizzlies are very different from the centers of other teams.

Cole didn't know how the Grizzlies would play, but he was sure that Joggle was definitely not the one who changed into such a lineup because of his brain.

"The Grizzlies are very bold, really bold! I don't know what they planned, but their double tower lineup is undoubtedly a beautiful landscape now. I just hope that they don't want to be a good person."

While talking, the Grizzlies had already attacked.

With two big centers at the Grizzlies' offensive pace became extremely slow.

Link held the ball from the top of the three-point line, and Durant came to guard.

This means that Ian Clark, who is 1.91 meters tall and weighs less than 80 kilograms, must face the destruction of Jokic's "giant pork belly"!

"Fuck, what's the fuck..." Clark stood behind Jokic, and he couldn't see anything except Jokic's back!

This made him feel deeply despair.

Green wanted to assist in defense, but Gasol really couldn't ignore his three-pointer. Espanyol is already the most good center in the active league with three-pointers, no doubt about it.

The emergence of a small lineup has made the offensive space unprecedentedly broadened. Many teams now do not need traditional centers, and one of the major reasons is that traditional centers will squeeze space.

But there is no such problem at all. They both have three-pointers with one hand, and they can create three-point threats like real outside players.

Therefore, there is no problem of inside congestion in the Grizzlies' double towers.

Link hangs the ball slightly and then hangs it to Jokic. Van Gundy covers his eyes in advance. For Clark, it's really cruel.

Sure enough, Jokic was not polite to Clark. He used his fat butt to destroy Clark's body, and Clark was paralyzed in two or three strokes.

After easily pushing into the basket, Jokic dunked directly through Clark's hands to score.

Clark could do nothing except look up.

Clark looked at Cole pitifully. There was nothing he could do. His body was so bad that he couldn't stand it at all!

"Damn, it's so difficult!" Cole also shook his head. This was the first time the Warriors encountered this situation.

Both inside players can play singles at low positions, and both can shoot three-pointers to expand space. Before this time, no team had such staffing configuration.

But this is not the end of the Warriors. It would be too naive if the Grizzlies thought that hoarding the inside would defeat the Warriors!

The biggest advantage of a small lineup is that it is on the offensive end! Just need a chance to misalign, Jokic and Gasol will become the biggest defensive loopholes.

In today's era, it is normal to find misplaced attacks. In addition to three-pointers, the Warriors' ability to find misplaced opportunities is very good.

Why can a player like Antetokounmpo play in the league? Because everyone he plays is misplaced.

What's more, neither Jokic nor Gasol are the kind of insiders who move quickly. It's easy to break through them with a small person!

So the Warriors did the same. The small misplaced game was a big misplaced, which is the Warriors' favorite thing.

Durant called for cover with the ball outside the three-point line, Green immediately raised it, and Jokic followed up to guard it.

Durant drooled as he looked at the shaking fat on Jokic's belly.

It’s not that he wants to eat, it’s that he wants to make trouble!

It is definitely easy and enjoyable to break through a fat boy like Jokic.

The screen is in place and Durant breaks through. Under normal conditions, Durant should now face Jokic's defense. If Jokic is not replaced, Durant will have a chance.

If both of them come up to double-team, then Green will be empty.

No matter how Link and Jokic cooperate, it will be a dead end.

However, Durant had just bypassed the cover and found that Jokic and Link were both in front of him!

Jokic delayed Durant in the first attempt, while Link quickly followed and continued to defend!

When Link followed, Jokic immediately chased Green.

Seeing this, Durant immediately passed the ball to Green who was passing the ball. But halfway through the basketball, Jokic stole it!

Jokic has always been among the top players in the same position. He is one of the few strange centers with more steals per game than blocks per game.

Of course, not every center can complete such defense. In fact, this kind of defense is much more difficult than the direct squat that most centers like.

Because this requires the player to keep moving, switch back and forth between high and low positions, and select precise positions. But these are exactly Jokic's advantages!

Since Jokic played a beautiful five-starter game this season, Joggel has been studying how to maximize Jokic's strength.

From now on, he seems to have succeeded!

"Jokic completed the steal, and the Grizzlies cracked the Warriors' attempt to find misplaced singles! Everyone believes that defending the pick-and-roll is the weakness of centers like Jokic, but the Grizzlies have made up for this weakness with their team strength!"

Just as Hubby Brown finished speaking, Jokic found Link after completing the steal.

Who said that if two big centers are there, they will definitely not be able to fight back quickly?

Link rushed into the penalty area, and Durant also caught up and prepared to block it.

But Link used a European step to dodge from the right to the left, avoiding Durant's pursuit.

Durant made a pass, while Link easily put the ball in.

After the start of the second quarter, the Grizzlies scored four points in a row, and the Warriors' five-squad lineup seemed to be no longer so deterrent.

After scoring the goal, Link pointed at Jokic and thanked him for his pass.

When passing by Durant, Link did not forget to blink at him.

"Now, let's see if our second round pick can change the situation!"

Previously, Durant said that the Grizzlies wanted to rise by relying on their second round picks, and the defense and offense in that round just now were undoubtedly the best response for the Grizzlies to this!

After returning, Link opened his arms and Jokic was on guard behind him, and the Warriors were about to face another round of tight defense.
Chapter completed!