One hundred and forty-eight: Long ago no
The embarrassment of Stephenson’s layup and his neck is like the epitome of the awkwardness of the Pacers’ entire game.
At the beginning, the Pacers showed an invincible temperament. But as the game progressed, the strength gap between the two sides began to appear.
The Pacers’ offense is just like Stephenson’s layup, seemingly aggressive, but in the end it can only end in failure.
After the first quarter, the Pacers suddenly lost their spirits. Their offensive efficiency has become increasingly low, and the Grizzlies have also used teamwork to dismember the Pacers’ defense step by step.
In the second quarter, the Grizzlies beat the Pacers 31 to 21 in one go. As a team that is not good at offense, scored 31 points in a single quarter. This signifies that the defense that the Pacers are so proud of is basically over.
At halftime, the Pacers trailed by 17 points. And in the second half, the points difference is likely to be further opened…
In the second half, Frank Vogel increased Paul George’s shots, but unfortunately, George’s offensive methods in this period are still very immature. As George, who had only been on street courts before high school, and had not played in the NCAA Division I in college, it really took a long process to adapt to the intensity of the NBA.
As for why Link, as his classmate, can adapt so quickly… Well, that’s another question.
George faced Tony Allen, struggling offensively. George in this period was basically a catcher and shooter, and his offense with the ball was still very bad. Therefore, a master-level defender like Tony Allen can easily determine George’s intentions.
George, Stephenson and Granger, Frank Vogel tried the three players he thought were most likely to take on the offensive task, but all ended in failure.
George is still too young, Stephenson is too funny, and Granger, after adapting to his quick shots, Link found that Granger’s shooting regularity is very strong, so it is easy to be caught. This is also Granger’s hit. Reasons why one section is not as good as one section.
Granger has never been the league’s top scorer, as long as he finds a way to defend him, it is not difficult to limit.
In this situation, the two coaches Frank Vogel and Hollins replaced all the main players 5 minutes before the end of the game. Because at this time, the game has entered garbage time.
“The Memphis Grizzlies have won another victory. This is their third straight victory after four consecutive losses. Uh, although the game is not over yet, I think the result will not change.” Reggie Miller sat in the commentary stand bored, he thought it would be a close matchup, but obviously this game is totally irrelevant.
This reminds Miller of the Grizzlies vs. Clippers confrontation a few days ago, which was once considered a focus battle. The results of it? The Clippers were so abused that even the top pick Griffin was beaten badly.
Today, the same situation happened again.
Reggie Miller couldn’t help thinking, maybe the Memphis Grizzlies are not at the same level as these teams. They are strong and they can peel off the top teams. It is even more important to deal with a team that has only had 30 victories.
It’s just that people always look at the Grizzlies with old eyes and feel that they are in the same league with a team with more than 30 wins. But in fact, they have risen to a level.
Miller laughed. The Memphis Grizzlies are now a time bomb. With that said, he really looks forward to the Grizzlies’ performance in the playoffs.
The electronic buzzer finally sounded, and only half of the fans in the Conseco Arena were still able to sit still. The Pacers players looked up at the score on the big screen, and then all shook their heads.
99 to 78, they were abused by blood.
“At the end of the game, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Pacers by 21 points on the road. This game was really high and low. Everyone thought that the eighth in the east and the eighth in the west would be fierce. But in fact, From the start of the second quarter, the situation has been one-sided. Let us congratulate the Grizzlies, this is their third consecutive victory after four consecutive defeats.”
Reggie Miller didn’t know how to sum up. The difference in strength between the two sides in this game was really too big to sum up. In this age of encouraging offense, the Pacers scored less than 80 points, which is enough to explain the problem. The Grizzlies’ defense is too strong for the Pacers.
Daniel Granger was 5 of 15 in the game. Although he scored 17 points, his 33.3% shooting rate is hard to be called excellent.
Paul George was 2 of 8. Vogel gave him a lot of opportunities in the second half, but George ran into the difficult Tony Allen.
Stephenson is 0-for-4 and he has no impressive moments except for the layup.
On the other hand, the Grizzlies, Link was 7-of-14, scored a double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds with a 50% shooting rate, and got a double-double for the fourth time in his career! Today, Link, as a third position, grabbed 4 offensive rebounds! He undoubtedly implemented Hollins’ tactical thinking clearly.
The performance of the rest of the Grizzlies is not bad, Randolph scored 17 points on 8 of 11, and Gasol scored 10 points on 4 of 7 points. Conley also scored 17 points but the shooting percentage was slightly lower than that of his teammates, only 44.4%.
But in all fairness, a player who can score 17 points with a 44.4% shooting rate is already very good. The reason he feels that his shooting percentage is low is simply because the others on the Grizzlies are shooting too high.
“It seems that this summer, I need to train with you, Link.” After the game, George looked helpless. Seeing his college friends leave himself far behind, George is still quite frustrated.
“Okay, we might be able to borrow the basketball gym at Butler University in the summer.” Link readily agreed. This guy is already planning to steal something from George!
Anyway, Link knows George’s career path very well, and that guy will become a super scorer sooner or later. So, this guy who made only 2 of 8 shots today is not simple at all.
At this point, the game between the Grizzlies and the Pacers has come to an end, and the Grizzlies players can go home with peace of mind and victory.
But at this time, in the luxurious box of the Conseco players, the Pacers basketball operations chairman Larry Bird did not leave. The guy stared at the court with a cigar in his mouth. To be precise, staring at the Grizzly 0.
“You said, how much will the Grizzlies offer that kid this summer?” Bird looked at Link directly, as if he was fantasizing about playing in the Conseco Arena in the future.
“What do you mean?” Pritchard, the Pacers’ vice chairman of basketball operations, stared.
“Um…nothing, I just think that guy might be very popular in the free agency market this summer.”
The season is not over yet, but the summer frenzy is already ready to move.
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