129: Kobe-style offense
Randolph's jumping and dunking in place finally made the Grizzlies' lifeless offense improve. This dull game finally added a hint of passion.
Link's wonderful story of not watching people has challenged the Spurs' carefully designed defense. He has been preparing for this game for so long, but he is not here to serve as a foil for Vicky.
8-12, the score difference began to narrow. And Randolph's goal just now undoubtedly greatly improved the morale of the Grizzlies. Now, the Spurs are probably not that easy to break through the Grizzlies' defense.
The Spurs' offense is as simple as ever, covering, running and restraining in a straightforward manner. Vicci doesn't like fancy things, professional basketball, and pursues victory rather than good-looking. Victory in the most direct and effective way is what Vicci believes in.
However, the Grizzlies' tight defense did put the Spurs in a quagmire. They passed the ball very patiently many times, but they had no chance to export. Don't underestimate the role of morale, such as immeasurable things, in basketball games.
Sometimes, a breath of energy comes up enough to make a team change drastically.
In the end, Ginobili played an individual offense only before the 24-second offensive time was exhausted. Ginobili averaged 174 points per game this season, the second highest in his career. This is mainly because Ginobili is not the sixth man this year, but the real one. Therefore, the number of shots has increased, second only to Parker.
But unfortunately, not every time Tony Allen lets the Argentinian finish the performance. Ginobili's emergency stop jump shot ended up hitting the iron out of Tony Allen's interference, and the Grizzlies got the opportunity to continue narrowing the gap!
"This is definitely a veritable defensive battle. The winning method of both teams today is to use defense to curb each other! The first quarter game has been halfway through, the Grizzlies' score has not yet been in double digits, and the Spurs' score is not high either."
As Steve Cole spoke, the Grizzlies had already attacked halfway. Richard Jefferson was on the verge of the draft, and the assist he had just lost the draft really impressed him.
Vicci has said more than once that the undraft was very smart and the basketball IQ was extremely high. But if you don’t compete with Link once, you will never know how high this evaluation is.
Link is still observing the Spurs' defense this time. Their position is very terrible. Inside players can always assist in defense as soon as possible. But after experiencing Randolph's dunk just now, will the Spurs still dare to assist in defense resolutely?
It feels so satisfying to put your opponent in a dilemma.
Conley made several gestures outside the three-point line, and the others immediately began to run. Instead of continuing to fight Duncan in a low post, Randolph scored to the middle distance elbow area and received the basketball.
"Randolf mentioned the middle distance. Does he want to hit Duncan with a breakthrough?"
No, Randolph received the ball as soon as he reached the middle distance, and Link immediately cut to the low post and asked for the ball with his back!
Randolph did not hesitate and gently hanged the ball into the penalty area. Link singled Richard Jefferson with his back!
"This is a low post attack that opens space for the outside line. Duncan doesn't know who he should defend. If he doubles the team Link, Randolph's mid-range will definitely punish the Spurs. But if he lets go, Richard doesn't know if he can withstand Link's impact!"
Cole knew that Duncan was in a dilemma. Indeed, the taciturn No. 21 was one of the greatest players in NBA history. But even the greatest players were indecisive.
Link can now play Richard Jefferson in a low-single single, and Jefferson holds Link's waist with one hand and prevents him from exerting force. But Link doesn't care at all. His low-single single is not brute force.
Link started dribbling with his back, and Richard Jefferson's heart was beating quickly like a basketball. Seeing that the distance was almost over, Link suddenly shook his shoulder to the right!
Richard Jefferson immediately changed the center of gravity. Although Richard Jefferson was not a low-post defensive expert, his experience still prompted him to react the fastest. Experience and wingspan are the two things that Richard Jefferson relies on most on the defensive end now.
Unfortunately, neither of these things poses a threat to Link.
Just now, Link shook his shoulder to the right just a fake move. After feeling Richard Jefferson behind him, Link immediately turned left and then turned over and jumped!
Link used to use a lot of turnover jump shots before. After all, Grant Hill's offensive steps were already very exquisite during this period.
But this time, Link was deliberately sitting in the low position to play, which surprised people. The most important thing is, why did that guy's movements look so much like Kobe?
Although there is still a gap compared to Kobe, it is already a bit charming. Link learns things very quickly because Grant Hill has a good foundation. At the time, James, McGee and others went to learn how to learn how to walk the dreams, but they couldn't learn it well because their own low-level footsteps were poor.
It is difficult to go from 0 to 1, but from 1 to 2 and from 2, it is very fast.
Richard Jefferson was completely fooled by Link and could only watch the basketball jump into the net.
11-12, the Grizzlies have scored consecutively since Lionel Hollins just paused. Most importantly, both of these scores have something to do with Link.
Seeing the undraft who actually played Kobe-like back-attack, Vic frowned. Why didn't even know the Spurs at the beginning?
So, no matter how developed the NBA scout network is, there will always be surprises.
Link revitalized the Grizzlies' offense, but the Spurs would not be defeated so easily. After that, both sides fought back and forth. This back and forth refers to defense.
Both teams have made the defense to the extreme. No matter how sexy Ginobili is, he cannot completely get rid of Tony Allen, who is determined to defend him. On Link's side, the Spurs' defense cannot fail again and again. On several occasions, he was still caused by the front and back attacks of Duncan and Richard Jefferson to give up taking action.
But overall, the trouble that Link brought to the Spurs far exceeded Vic's expectations. Vic already attached great importance to Link, but Link still performed well.
After the first quarter, the score was 21-20, and the Grizzlies led the Spurs by 1 point. Link scored 6 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, making the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency the most. Ginobili made 4 of 9 shots and scored 9 points, but others, including Duncan and Parker, had a very difficult offense.
This game made neutral fans drowsy, with endless ironshots and slow-paced offense and defense, making the game unappreciable.
But it was interesting to the fans of both teams, and for them, defense is also a pleasure.
Vicci looked at the big screen on the scene. He played the first place in the West and was only 8th in the West. After 12 minutes, he was still 1 point behind. To be honest, Vicci was a little dissatisfied with the team's performance.
The Spurs did a good job in defense in the first quarter, except for allowing Link to score 6 points, there was nothing big wrong with it. Now Vic mainly wants to solve the offensive problem. Duncan is not in good shape today. In 82 games in the regular season, even a stable player like Duncan will occasionally occur.
The same thing happened to Parker, of course it also has something to do with the Grizzlies' tough defense.
Vicci looked at his bench, George Hill, Garlin and others, and could only receive the same treatment as Parker when he went up. So the old man turned his eyes to the red-haired guy.
"Matt, you will play in the second quarter, you know what to do!" Vic called a big white man, and he wanted to increase his offensive points!
Chapter completed!