Stephenson's embarrassment of the layup and the neck was like a microcosm of the Pacers' entire game.

At the beginning of the game, the Pacers showed an invincible temperament. But as the game progressed, the gap in strength between the two sides began to emerge.

The Pacers' offense was like Stephenson's layup, which seemed aggressive, but in the end they could only end up in failure.

After the first quarter, the Pacers seemed to suddenly lose their energy. Their offensive efficiency became increasingly low, and the Grizzlies also dismembered the Pacers' defense step by step by step by step using teamwork.

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies beat the Pacers 31-21 in one go. As a team that is not good at offense, they scored 31 points in a single quarter. This means that the Pacers' proud defense is basically over.

At the end of the half game, the Pacers were 17 points behind. In the second half, the score difference is likely to be further widened.

In the second half, Frank Vogel increased Paul George's shots, but unfortunately, George's offensive methods were very immature during this period. As George, who had only been on the street court before high school and had not played in the first-tier NCAA league in college, it really took a long process to adapt to the intensity of the NBA game.

As for why Link, as his classmate, can adapt so quickly, that's another question.

George struggled very hard against Tony Allen. During this period, George was basically a catcher shooter, and his ball-holding offense was still very bad. Therefore, a master-level defender like Tony Allen can easily judge George's intentions.

George, Stephenson and Granger, Frank Vogel tried three players he thought were most likely to take on the offensive responsibility, but all ended in failure.

George is too young, Stephenson is too funny, and Granger, after adapting to his quick shot, Link found that Granger's shooting regularity is very regular, so he is easy to be caught. This is also the reason why Granger's shooting percentage is worse than that of the quarter.

Granger has never been a top scorer in the league. As long as he finds a way to defend him, it is not difficult to limit it.

Under such a 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 had already entered garbage time.

"The Memphis Grizzlies have another victory, and this is the third consecutive victory they have experienced after four consecutive losses. Well, although the game is not over yet, I think the result will not change." Reggie Miller sat in the commentary seat boredly. He thought this would be a wonderful showdown that was evenly matched, but obviously this game has nothing to do with the excitement.

This reminded Miller of the match between the Grizzlies and the Clippers a few days ago. The game was also considered the focus battle. What was the result? The Clippers were so cruel that they were beaten, and even the No. 1 pick Griffin was beaten very badly.

And today, the same situation happened again.

Reggie Miller couldn't help but think that maybe the Memphis Grizzlies are no longer at the same level as these teams. They are strong and they can make the top teams lose their skin. It's no problem to deal with teams that have only won more than 30 games so far.

However, people always look at the Grizzlies with their old eyes and feel that they are in the same 30-something teams. But in fact, they have already improved to a higher level.

Miller laughed. The Memphis Grizzlies are now a time bomb, and whoever meets them is unlucky. Speaking of this, he is really looking forward to the performance of the Grizzlies in the playoffs.

The electronic beep finally rang, and at this time only half of the fans in the Consecko Arena could still sit. The Pacers players looked up at the scores on the big screen on the scene, and then shook their heads.

99 to 78, they were tortured by blood.

"After the game, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Pacers by 21 points away. This game really started high and ended low. Everyone thought the showdown between the Eighth and the Eighth of the West would be very fierce. But in fact, from the second quarter, the situation has been one-sided. Let us congratulate the Grizzlies, this is their third consecutive victory after four consecutive losses."

Reggie Miller didn't know how to summarize. The gap between the strength of the two sides in this game is really too big, and there is nothing to summarize. In this era of encouraging offense, the Pacers only scored less than 80 points in the whole game, which is enough to illustrate the problem. The Grizzlies' defense is a bit too strong for the Pacers.

Daniel Granger made 5 of 15 shots in the game. Although he scored 17 points, his shooting percentage of 33.3% is really hard to be excellent.

Paul George made 2 of 8 shots, and Vogel gave him many opportunities in the second half, but George encountered the difficult Tony Allen.

Stephenson made 0 of 4 shots, and except for the layup and stumbling neck, he had no impressive moments today.

In contrast, the Grizzlies made 7 of 14 shots, scoring a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds with a shooting percentage of 50%, and got a double-double for the fourth time in their career! Today, as a third position, Link grabbed 4 frontcourt rebounds! He undoubtedly implemented Hollins' tactical ideas clearly.

The other Grizzlies' performance was not bad either. Randolph scored 17 points in 8 of 11 shots, Gasol Jr. scored 10 points in 4 of 7 shots. Conley also scored 17 points, but his shooting percentage was slightly lower than that of his teammates, only 44.4%.

But to be fair, a No. 1 player can score 17 points with a shooting percentage of 44.4%, which is already very good. The reason why he thinks his shooting percentage is just because the other Grizzlies have too high hit percentages.

"It seems that I need to train with you this summer, Link." After the game, George looked helpless. Seeing his college friends leaving him far behind, George was still quite frustrated.

"Okay, we might be able to borrow Butler University's basketball court in summer." Link agreed readily. The guy was already planning to learn something from George!

Anyway, Link is very clear about George's career trajectory, and that guy will sooner or later become a super scorer. So, today, this guy who made only 2 of 8 shots is not simple at all.

At this point, the game between the Grizzlies and the Pacers came to an end, and the Grizzlies players could bring the victory home with peace of mind.

But at this time, in the luxury box of Consecko players, Larry Bird, the Pacers basketball operations chairman, did not leave for a long time. The guy was holding a cigar in his mouth and staring at the stadium. To be precise, he was staring at the Grizzlies No. 0.

"You said, how much will the Grizzlies offer that kid this summer?" Bird looked straight at Link, as if he was fantasizing about how he would play in the Consecco Stadium in the future.

"What do you mean?" Pacers' vice chairman of basketball operations Prichard widened his eyes.

"Well, nothing, I just think that guy might be very popular in the free agent market this summer."
Chapter completed!