roccoschili Chapter 404 A Rotten Start
Chapter 404 A Rotten Start
Chapter 404 A Rotten Start
The mentality of the Grizzlies players is not bad.The Spurs' home court has always been one of the most difficult home courts in the league. If it comes to the Devil's home court, they are definitely one of them.Losing to the Spurs away, they feel that it is not unacceptable.You have to know that your performance is indeed bad enough. If you can win in this way, how bad will the Spurs be?
On December 12, the Grizzlies returned home to face the Thunder, which had won two consecutive victories.
I don't know how the league arranges it. The Grizzlies' opening game was against the Spurs in the first round of last season's playoffs, and the second game was against the Thunder in the second round.Fortunately, the opponent in the third game is not the Mavericks, otherwise the league can definitely arrange it.
The Thunder were eliminated by the Grizzlies in the second round of the playoffs last season when most people were optimistic, and missed the Western Conference Finals.This made them very hurt, and Durant didn't go out for a month after the series ended.
Westbrook has not renewed his contract yet, and his situation is almost the same as Xie Kai.After the end of this season, it is very hopeful that he will enter the best team and then trigger the Rose clause.The agents of the two are the same-Thaddeus Fucher, who is also currently discussing the issue of early contract renewal with the team.
The salary space of the Thunder is even tighter than that of the Grizzlies, because Ibaka will be renewed later, so if Westbrook gets the same super maximum salary as Rose, then the team wants to renew Harden and Ibaka If not, it will face a lot of luxury tax pressure.
The Thunder, like the Grizzlies, are not giants, and the team owners are not willing to pay the luxury tax easily.
In this game, the two teams played for real as soon as they came up, and the level of seriousness was comparable to the playoffs. It made people feel that it was another playoff match of last season's playoffs.
The efficiency of the two teams was not high, and the game was very intense and anxious.In the whole game, the two sides took the lead alternately 22 times.
In the final stage of the game, Durant made two free throws to help the team lead by 3 points.
Xie Kai hit a life-saving 3-pointer, but the referee finally judged it as a timeout—invalid.
In the end, the Grizzlies lost to the Thunder at home and ushered in a two-game losing streak at the start.
Xie Kai performed well in this game, scoring a game-high 35 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, but unfortunately he failed to help the team win the game.
Although he lost two games in a row, Xie Kai used his performance to prove that he is not a short-lived parallel importer.Although it is only a temporary proof, at least he will not be chased and bitten by those trolls.
The two games exposed the weakness of the Grizzlies' second lineup.Facing the Thunder's second lineup led by Harden, the Grizzlies could not match the opponent's offensive firepower except for defense.
But this sticking point is indeed a little difficult to solve. The Thunder team solved the weak offensive of the second team by letting Harden, one of the three young players, lead it, while the Spurs have a system.If the Grizzlies want to solve this problem with the existing personnel, the best way is to let one of the starting lineup go to the second team.
Regarding this point, many people suggested it last season, but the coach of the Grizzlies, Lionel Hollins, was quite stubborn and never really implemented it.This is one of the reasons why he was criticized.
Two days later, in the final game of December, the Grizzlies were beaten at home by the Rockets, ushering in a three-game losing streak. …
The Grizzlies are one of the few teams in the league that has not yet won. Their winning percentage is 0%...
谢开的数据依然不错，砍下30+5+6+1+1，但是球队的防守出现了问题，被对方的了110分。
The fans of the Grizzlies team, which performed extremely well last season, were very disappointed. Some fans even left the field early...
The outside world is also criticizing the Grizzlies. If you choose the most disappointing team this season at this time, they must be among them.
Fortunately, the season has just started, and the Grizzlies' opponents in the first three games are not weak, so they haven't completely become the target of public criticism.
Xie Kai was also hacked. His statistics were good, but the team lost.Heizi said that he abandoned his teammates, because Gay's condition was not good after his comeback, with great ups and downs.
The Grizzlies are very united, and everyone is holding their breath, eager to win the first win of the season.
The time has come to 2012, and the Grizzlies' first opponent in 2012 was the Chicago Bulls, who were number one in the league last year.
Located in the south of Lake Michigan in the Midwest of the United States, Chicago is the third largest city in the United States and is known as "the hometown of skyscrapers".
When it comes to Chicago, it is easy to think of the Bulls, and the totem of the Bulls is the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan.
The 6 championship trophies the Bulls have won so far have all been won under the leadership of Jordan. He is almost everything to this team.
In the post-Jordan era, the Bulls had been sluggish for a while, and they were at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. It was not until 2008 when they got the "Son of the Wind" Rose that they became a strong team in the league again.
The ordinary regular season of Grizzlies VS Bulls, due to some special reasons, instantly became the focus of attention.
There are many similarities between the two teams. One is that they are both based on defense, and the offense is slightly weaker than the defense; The core of the team's backcourt is a rookie of the same class, and there are some connections.
Many similarities make this ordinary regular season no longer ordinary.
Xie Kai VS Rose is the most noteworthy matchup in this closely watched game.The media started to stir up speculation before the game, and the tickets for this game were sold out as soon as they were released, which shows how much attention this game has received.
The origin of the two dates back to the 2008 NCAA finals.In that game, Xie Kai's University of Kansas Jayhawks defeated the University of Memphis Tigers led by Rose in overtime.
And in that game, Xie Kai came off the bench, scored the highest score in the game, helped the team reach the top, and also took away the MOP that Rose was determined to win.
In the summer of 2008, both of them participated in the draft. Rose became the No. 28 pick, while Xie Kai was selected by the Grizzlies with the [-]th overall pick in the first round.
Unlike Rose's smooth journey, Xie Kai was traded back and forth that summer, and finally went to the Kings, and spent two years with the team, and was eventually squeezed out. It was not until the Grizzlies finally confirmed his status .
Last season, both of them played the best performance of their careers so far. Rose led the team to get the first record in the league, won the regular season MVP, and was selected for a team; Xie Kai was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career. Array.
If you only look at the current achievements of the two, Xie Kai is not worthy of being compared with Rose.However, there are still many voices saying that Xie Kai's strength is not inferior to Ross.
(End of this chapter)