In today's era, few combinations of inside and outside can cooperate so well.

Once upon a time, the combination of big and small stars was almost the standard for most teams. For example, Yao Ming and McGrady, Kobe and O'Neal, Kobe and Gasol, Roy and O'Don, etc.

But after entering the small ball era, such a combination disappeared.

As the status of inside players continues to decline, most teams are more willing to use outside players to form core lineups.

For example, among the four Warriors, Curry, Thompson, Durant and Green, none of them are pure insiders.

For example, the Trail Blazers, both of their core are defenders.

For example, the Raptors' "trash brothers" and so on.

Before we knew it, the classic combination of inside and outside is disappearing.

However, the performances of Link and Jokic in the previous rounds brought the fans back a few years ago.

This exquisite connection between the inside and the outside has been a long time since fans!

"With the beautiful dribble behind the scenes, Nikola Jokic is like a real defender, making the Grizzlies' offense smooth and comfortable. He is definitely one of the most delicate centers I have ever seen. He is simply a giant white chocolate!"

"Hahahahahaha, yes, but after eating this whole piece of white chocolate, I'm afraid I'll get diabetes directly. The Warriors are in trouble now. With Jokic's help, the Grizzlies' offense has been smooth. Once again, Jokic has changed completely!"

Everyone was conquered by Jokic's wonderful performance, and even the Warriors fans were shocked by Jokic's series of actions just now and opened their mouths.

Can you imagine? A chubby, stupid center forward can actually dribble through half the court and even carry someone on his back!

This is really different from Jokic's image, just like you can't imagine how Dior defeated Stoudemire in a high place with a cup of coffee and slippers.

During the game suspension, the funny performances of the mascots on the field became a decoration. Because everyone was still immersed in Jokic's wonderful performance just now.

"Next, your offensive pressure will be much greater than before. The Warriors can't let you do whatever you want, so you have to play more cautiously in the next attack." Jogel looked at Jokic. He didn't expect that one day he would set up tactics specifically for this second-round pick.

At the beginning, the Grizzlies chose Jokic for two reasons.

First, the team needs to find a qualified substitute for Gasol, but the requirements for him are only a qualified substitute.

Second, because Link likes it.

Unexpectedly, just in the second year of playing in NBA, Jokic had exceeded people's expectations of him.

In fact, it was not just Jokic Dinwiddie, Richardson and Harrell who also performed better than expected.

At this point, Jogel had to admire Link.

He inherited many of Michael Jordan's traits, but his poor vision did not.

When it comes to looking at people, Link is undoubtedly the perfect existence of Jordan.

After a simple pause, the game restarted.

Sure enough, Draymond Green has now strengthened his marking against Jokic.

Under Green's rough confrontation, it was no longer that simple for Jokic to catch the ball and make moves calmly.

But this also means that Green will not be able to play his greatest feature - assisting defense.

Green's excellent defense is not only one-on-one. In fact, his assisted defense and supplementary defense are the reasons why he really affects the Warriors' defense.

Green has mobility that other traditional insiders do not have, so he is always able to appear where he needs him the most.

Curry was broken through? It doesn't matter, Green Durant behind him can't stand James and Link? It doesn't matter, Green behind him.

But now after being nailed to Jokic, Green's advantage in assisting defense can no longer be used.

So, the Grizzlies bombed in mid-range and under the basket!

Wade just made a jump shot from mid-range, and Link broke through to the basket and easily scored points in the next round.

Conley made Curry a sieve, and after Green wiped his butt, Conley's score was also very smooth.

The Grizzlies' offense has been fully opened, which seems to be everyone's credit.

However, all this can happen mainly because of the ordinary white and fat center.

In the first quarter, the Grizzlies came from behind and walked to the end smoothly.

32 to 24, the Grizzlies took an 8-point lead in one go!

The Warriors scored 32 points in a single quarter, which is enough to show the Grizzlies' strength on the offensive end today.

"People say that the playoffs are a stage for making a player famous! There is no doubt that today, this stage belongs to Nikola Jokic!" During the break during the festival, Mike Brynn's admiration for Jokic still did not stop.

His impact on the game today is no less than that of any superstar present!

Draymond Green gasped. He felt a little tired just after the first quarter.

He thought he could easily kill Jokic today, just like he did last season.

However, Jokic taught Green a lesson.

After the start of the second quarter, the Warriors strengthened their offensive and changed their defensive strategy against Jokic.

They switched to Pachuria and McGee to play in turn to defend Jokic, while Green defended Gasol, who had no performance today.

The purpose of Cole doing this is to free Green from Jokic and make full use of Green's cooperative defense capabilities.

As a result, Gasol was not ruthless today.

On several occasions, Link accurately found Gasol Jr. after breaking through.

Although Gasol is not as sexy as Jokic, his open jump shot is still very stable.

What's more, Gasol's shooting range this season can continue beyond the three-point line, which provides him with more shooting options.

So, in the second quarter, Link and Gasol scored a lot.

Last season, Gasol failed to play in the Western Conference Finals due to season reimbursement, and could only watch the Grizzlies be eliminated at home.

So, this year, he will return the regrets of last season!

In this way, after the half-time game, the Warriors fell 12 points behind!

Their offense in the second quarter was excellent, with Durant, Curry and Thompson all playing at their due level.

But even so, the Warriors were still 12 points behind.

To be honest, this is not a very big gap. What's more, it is for a team like the Warriors that have very fast points.

But he was still 12 points behind when he performed well, which undoubtedly shows that the Warriors were completely suppressed by the Grizzlies today!

The whole game was played at the rhythm of the Grizzlies.

Faced with this situation, even if it is only a 12-point difference, it is difficult to completely fill it.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, the Grizzlies kept stabilizing the gap in the 8-12-point range.

No matter how hard the Warriors work, the score is nowhere to be approaching.

Today, maybe Link didn't play a magical single like 60 points in a single game, maybe neither Jokic nor Gasol had to take the opponent's inside in the low post.

But they cut the Warriors' defense into pieces with their wonderful and simple cooperation time and time again.

Jokic's wonderful pass after a low post feint always makes the cut-in easy to score.

Link's pass after the pick-and-roll, which always gives Jokic a chance to make a layup easily.

Gasol is moving wildly on the outside, and he shoots and hits the ball whenever he has a chance. It is hard to imagine how a traditional center can transform and become so successful after experiencing such hardships as season reimbursement.

Until the start of the fourth quarter, the Warriors still did not take the lead! Except for those rounds at the beginning of the game, the Warriors were chasing points throughout the game!

When the fourth quarter ended in the eighth minute, Curry made a 3+1 shot outside the three-point line and sounded the Warriors' counterattack.

In the last few minutes, the Warriors had to fight the game anyway!

In such a series, no one wants to be the first to fall behind.

Seeing this, Jogel hurriedly replaced Link, Jokic and Gasol who had just rested for a few minutes.

This means that the final showdown between the two sides will begin ahead of schedule!

While Mike Brin was excited, he did not forget to look at the Grizzlies' data list.

Tonight, since the Grizzlies' shooting distribution was very even, there was no exaggerated data.

Link has only 25 points recorded so far.

Of course, 25 points are a lot. But for Link, this is indeed just an ordinary scoring data.

But Mike Bryn always thinks that this data sheet is special. Under the mediocre data of everyone, there seems to be something unusual hidden.

When Curryga made a free throw, narrowing the gap to 5 points, and fans in the FedEx Arena started cheering again.

Mike Bryn also suddenly realized and saw the secret in this data sheet.
Chapter completed!