Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 280 280. Bloodbath in Portland!Single-game three-pointer record!A single-game bench scoring record!The strongest substitute in history!
What happened to Michael Reid made the Grizzlies coaching staff realize that there was indeed a lack of care for the former Bucks star.

The reason why the Grizzlies can make up this star-studded lineup in the new season is largely due to Michael Reid's willingness to give up the position of the main player and shine on the bench.

Otherwise, with a star who is unwilling to compromise, no matter how strong the Grizzlies are on paper, it will be difficult for them to compete for the championship smoothly.

After all, internal conflicts have always been the biggest hidden danger to the disintegration of the championship team.

Luke didn't feel wrong about Michael Reed's proposal to increase his team's status, and even planned to use "sewer tactics" to help Michael Reid play an excellent personal data in the next game.

Compared with Chris Paul and Kevin Martin, who started the Grizzlies and have always been the most watched in the league, Michael Reed really needs this way to find a sense of presence.

Otherwise, fans will only remember that Michael Reid is the first firepower of the Grizzlies' bench, and forget that last season Reed was still the "Deer King" of the Bucks, which ranked top ten in the league in scoring!
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On November 11, the Grizzlies, who have won 17 consecutive victories in the opening game, visited Portland and challenged the Portland Trail Blazers away.

The Blazers are the only team that has defeated the Grizzlies in this year's preseason. At that time, some fans believed that the Blazers were likely to become a dark horse this season and have the opportunity to challenge the majesty of the Grizzlies' defending champion.

In fact, up to now, the Trail Blazers led by coach McMillan has indeed had a good record, ranking fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, second only to the Grizzlies, Lakers and Spurs.

But to say that the Blazers will become an obstacle for the Grizzlies to win the championship, fans will only think it is a joke.

To paraphrase what Grizzlies coach Luke said after losing to the Trail Blazers in the preseason, "No one cares about winning or losing the preseason. As a championship team, the preseason is more like A romp between the players."

The Trail Blazers with full potential this season have been given too much expectation by the outside world. The main reason is that Greg Oden, the No. [-] pick in [-], finally ushered in his NBA debut this season after being reimbursed for his rookie season.

Greg Oden's potential is naturally unquestionable, and the Blazers also have "Yellow Mamba" Roy, Aldridge and "Lightning" Fernandez and other outstanding players.

This also made the Trail Blazers the third team in the West after the Grizzlies and Lakers.

What disappointed the fans was that after the start of the new season, Oden not only failed to perform as expected, but averaged only 8.9 points, 7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.

At first glance, the No. 22 pick Oden’s performance in only 36 minutes per game is not bad. Converted to [-] minutes, Oden can also score a double-double in scoring and rebounds, and close to two blocked shots. data.

This kind of performance is not a parallel importer in any case.

But it can only be blamed that outside fans have too high expectations for Greg Oden. When Oden's performance fails to perform as expected, this is an unforgivable thing.

Worst of all, Oden, who suffers frequent knee surgery, must accept time control on the court, which is why Oden only plays about 20 minutes per game.

Whether Oden can usher in an explosion later in the season is something that all fans are discussing and looking forward to, especially the Trail Blazers fans who have "Oden the Great", and they cannot accept the fact that Oden has reached the upper limit.

You know, Kevin Durant, the No. [-] pick in [-], has already played a star performance in the Thunder.

Watching Durant lead the young Thunder to kill all directions on the court, and seeing Oden can only sit on the court and rub his knees more often, this kind of contrast is really unacceptable to Trail Blazers fans.

Even the Blazers management began to regret, but whenever the outside media asked such a question, the management could only say with a strong face, "Kevin is very good, but even if he is re-elected a hundred times, the team Still going with Greg Oden!"

Before the start of the game, Luke rarely stood on the sidelines with a tactical board, gathering the players together, as if to explain something.

"Guys, the Trail Blazers were the only team that beat us in the preseason, which made the team face a lot of doubts when facing the Trail Blazers."

"I believe no one wants to hear doubts about us from the outside world. The Blazers are an excellent team, but the Grizzlies are the only overlord in the league."

"Show all your strength and defeat them! Dispel all doubts and fantasies of stupid fans!" Luke, holding a tactical board, shouted at the players.

Luke hopes that the team can establish the largest lead in the shortest time, so that fans can deeply understand the gap between the Blazers and the Grizzlies.

And Luke intends to use the "sewer tactics" around Michael Reid to brush up the data in the near future. Only when the team leads by a big score, it will become easier to clean up the data.

"Brandon is at his peak, and the guy called "Yellow Mamba" has gained a lot of attention recently."

"This is an opportunity to defeat him head-on! Defend your position as the league's second shooting guard!" Looking at Kevin Martin, Luke commanded ambitiously.

"Relax! Coach! No one can make me back down!" Kevin Martin clenched his fists firmly.

In this game, the Blazers' starting lineup is: Blake, Roy, "Lightning" Fernandez, Aldridge, and Greg Oden.

Looking at the starting lineup alone, the Blazers are definitely one of the teams with the most potential this season. If it weren't for the existence of the Grizzlies, the Blazers could even remove one of the latter.

After all, the core players of the Blazers are too young. Except for Steve Blake, the other four main players are all under 25 years old. Even the oldest "Yellow Mamba" Roy is only 24 years old.

Such a young lineup can make the Trail Blazers one of the best in the Western Conference. Fans can't imagine where the upper limit of this Trail Blazers will be.

The Grizzlies are still the same here, Paul, Martin, Artest, Paul Gasol, and younger brother Marc Gasol.

As soon as the game started, Martin showed a very strong desire to attack. Facing the flourishing "Yellow Mamba" Roy, Martin first used Pau Gasol's pick-and-roll mid-range emergency stop jumper to succeed.

Then he scored 2+1 against Brandon Roy in the fast break counterattack.

The offensive desire shown by Martin made the Grizzlies players soar. Even Artest, who has been playing a 3D role this season, was excited to sit inside and bully "Lightning" Fernandez with his back.

Fernandez is 1.9 meters eight, but weighs only 84 kilograms. It is a tragedy to meet Artest, who is like a beast out of the cage.

Watching the Grizzlies play a sharp personal offense at the beginning of the game, Trail Blazers head coach McMillan stood on the sidelines and frowned.

Assistant coach Smith also said worriedly, "Oops, the Grizzlies seem to be in good shape in this game. If this trend continues, the team may not last until halftime."

After hearing assistant coach Smith's words, McMillan's brows frowned even deeper.

McMillan is a typical "stable" coach. Before the game against the Grizzlies, McMillan had already prepared for both offense and defense.

But what McMillan didn't expect was that the Grizzlies took the lead in starting the game, which obviously didn't conform to the Grizzlies' regular style of play this season.

Although the Grizzlies rank first in the league scoring list this season, the Grizzlies' main time period is the second and third quarters.

In other words, the Grizzlies are a relatively slow team that needs outside shooters and stars to find shooting touch. Often in the first quarter, the Grizzlies will not play too sharp offense.

But at the moment, the Grizzlies' offensive rhythm seemed to be full of chicken blood, but they caught McMillan by surprise.

Had to call a timeout just over two minutes into the game and rearrange the defense against the Grizzlies.

However, after returning from the timeout, the Grizzlies still did not change their firm offensive beliefs, and the team's core Chris Paul also ushered in an explosion on the offensive end.

In the face of Steve Blake's defense, Paul is like a father beating his son, there is no reason at all.

Blake is an excellent organizational player. Although his strength is not as good as starting in a strong team, he is definitely one of the most stable backcourt organizers in the league.

However, Blake's defensive ability is very bad. Although Blake is 1.9 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms, he has the most standard body template for a point guard.

But the poor lateral speed made Blake meet Chris Paul, and he could only ask his teammates for help, otherwise Paul would definitely be able to beat Blake in one-on-one.

On the other hand, the Trail Blazers, while unable to prevent the Grizzlies' offensive end, the head star Brandon Roy also encountered some troubles.

This season, Brandon Roy averaged 22.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. The comprehensive offensive and defensive data made Brandon Roy one of the most popular shooting guards in the league.

Especially the mid-range jumper with a touch of elegance makes people see the shadow of Kobe Bryant in Roy.

It's a pity that it was not Kevin Martin who was responsible for defending Roy in this game, but Artest at the best defensive player level.

Roy has shot 37.7% of his three-pointers this season, but Roy is not a good outside shooter.

With an average of less than three three-pointers per game, Roy's more lethal method is the mid-range position on both sides.

This area is Artest's best defensive hotspot. Facing "Yellow Mamba" Roy, who continuously uses off-ball pick-and-rolls to find offensive opportunities, Artest showed tracking ability like a hungry wolf.

The candy-style defense is different from the "scalpel" Christie guys. Artest's pressure on the defensive end is more explosive.

The combination of sufficient upper body strength is enough to keep up with the lateral speed of the No. [-] position. Roy almost played in the first quarter of the game, and he was deeply aware of the horror of this guy Artest.

Roy, who wiped the sweat off his face with a towel until he was replaced by head coach McMillan, said indignantly, "Who said Ron is no longer at his peak! You told me that the beast on the field is no longer to be feared?"

Facing Brandon Roy's complaints, assistant coach Smith looked a little embarrassed.

It is worth mentioning that Greg Oden, who was highly anticipated by the Blazers fans in the first quarter, also got two post-up opportunities in the paint.

Due to the rapid rise of Roy and Aldridge, this also led to Oden's status in the Trail Blazers team not being as exaggerated as fans imagined.

The average number of shots per game is only a poor 5.8 times, even in the entire Trail Blazers team can only rank sixth.

Faced with this hard-won singles opportunity, Oden made full use of his terrifying physical fitness. Even Gasol, who was selected to the best defensive team last season, felt the pressure.

However, the young Oden still failed to escape the fear of being dominated by Marc Gasol. He was blocked by Marc Gasol for two consecutive offenses, and he was fouled by Gasol Jr. again, which made Oden Somewhat annoyed.

With the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Trail Blazers away by as much as 14 points, relying on the Grizzlies' more blooming style of play as soon as they came up.

Before the second quarter, Luke called the players who were about to play to his side. After looking around, he shouted loudly, "The protagonists of today's game are Kevin and Michael. Now Kevin has completed his performance in the first quarter. His solo performance will blow up his counterpart Brandon to perfection."

"Next, I hope everyone can cooperate with Michael to play an excellent personal data game!"

"The team is definitely the most powerful presence in the league this season, which also means that the team can often send the game into garbage time in advance, allowing players in need to play better data."

"Everyone will have opportunities in the future, but today's protagonist is Michael. I hope everyone can cooperate fully and don't hide suspicion in your heart."

Luke hopes that Michael Reed can come off the bench and break the record for scoring in a single game by a bench in NBA history.

The current record is held by former Magic player Nick Anderson. In the 92-93 season, Anderson played a total of 79 games, 76 of which were starts.

But in the limited three games played as a substitute, Anderson made 25 of 17 shots in one of them, including 7 of 4 three-pointers, 12 of 12 free throws, and scored 50 points. NBA history record.

It is definitely very difficult to score 50 points off the bench. Looking at the entire history, only Anderson has achieved it.

Although the rhythm of basketball is getting faster and faster on the court today, through the "sewer tactics" arranged by Luke, Michael Reed can also make it easier to collect statistics.

However, it is still very difficult to break Nick Anderson's historical record. Even if Michael Reid feels hot, he must play at least 30 minutes to have a chance.

Fortunately, Luke doesn't seem urgent about this matter, he just regards it as a goal. It is naturally good to help Michael Reed break this record. If he can't break it, he can continue to look for opportunities.

At the beginning of the game, when Blazers coach McMillan saw the Grizzlies' tactical play in the second quarter, his face, which was already as black as coal, turned even blacker.

Of course, McMillan is aware of the Grizzlies' tactics. To put it bluntly, it is to collect data for a certain player. To put it a little more complicated, as D'Antoni said, it is to promote the counterattack speed of the entire team.

Because of this incident, Luke was criticized by many fans from the outside world not long ago. After all, it is a bit shameless to help Louis Williams come off the bench to get a triple-double.

It's just that McMillan didn't expect that the Grizzlies would use the "sewer tactic" so defiantly after just one quarter of the game.

It seems that he wants to help Michael Reed get a triple-double, which makes McMillan so angry that his hands are shaking.

In McMillan's personal understanding, Luke's "sewer tactic" is to let players achieve triple-doubles. After all, triple-doubles are too rare in this era. Once they are played, they will definitely become the focus of the entire league.

Finding that the Grizzlies actually wanted to use him as a background board, McMillan immediately stood up and shouted to the field, "Don't double-team Michael! Cut off the connection between him and other teammates! Force him to hold his own. Ball singles!"

Hearing what their head coach meant, the Trail Blazers players began to execute step by step on the court.

Luke, who saw this scene, couldn't help laughing while sitting off the court.

Originally, I didn't intend to let Michael Reed get a triple-double, or compared to breaking Anderson's historical scoring record, getting a triple-double is just a trivial matter.

As long as Luke has an idea, he can arrange players to play data that has been completely derogatory in later generations at any time.

Originally, Luke was still thinking about how to make Michael Reid avoid being double-teamed by Trail Blazers to the greatest extent.

Looking at it now, McMillan directly helped him solve this problem, and Luke couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, "There are still a lot of good people in the league."

For the Trail Blazers, the backup shooting guard responsible for defending Michael Reed is Rodriguez from Spain.

Rodriguez is 1.9 meters tall and weighs 76 kilograms. He is a combo guard player.

Originally, Rodriguez's most suitable position should be point guard, but with Webster's injury this season, the Blazers are very short of people at the position of shooting guard, which makes Rodriguez have to be replaced by the head coach McMillan topped the No. [-] position.

However, European defenders are far behind American players in terms of physical confrontation. What's more, Rodriguez is at best a qualified backup defender.

And Michael Reid was the head of the Bucks last season, and the strength gap between the two stars is too obvious.

When Reed faced Rodriguez's defense on the offensive end, Michael Reed was in nowhere. Breakthroughs, mid-range and three-pointers scored eight points in a row in just over three minutes, allowing Mike Milan stood off the court and began to be at a loss.

Flank Reed?

This idea only flashed in McMillan's mind for a moment, and then McMillan shook his head and threw it to the back of his mind.

McMillan also made an in-depth analysis of the sewer tactic developed by Luke, and learned that this tactic can indeed improve the counterattack speed of the entire team, but it is more likely to allow players to easily win triple-doubles.

Seeing that the Blazers have already lost to the Grizzlies by as much as [-] points on the court at this time, there is basically no hope for a comeback to win.

Since the outcome of the game is based on points, and the Blazers can't prevent Michael Reed's personal offense on the court, McMillan does not want to be played by Michael Reid in this game with dirty "sewer tactics" to play an epic three-pointer. pair.

In order to limit Michael Reed's performance as much as possible, McMillan took part of the main lineup in advance, and used Fernandez, who was slightly better defensively than Rodriguez, to match Reid.

However, in Michael Reid's view, these two guys who came from Spain one after another are the same.

In front of the deer king, everyone is equal.

No matter who he was facing, Reed played very easily, and there was no pressure on his face.

Especially the teammates around him can attract a lot of defensive attention for Michael Reed, and Reed is simply a god.Let the Blazers bench see what real bench firepower is!

With Michael Reid's explosive performance of 22 points in a single quarter, the Grizzlies extended their lead to 29 points away.

Reed's performance of 22 points in a single quarter shocked the fans' scalps, and many fans voluntarily gave Reed their knees, bluntly saying that Reed is the real boss of the Grizzlies!

Even the on-site commentator Coney Flake was overwhelmed by Michael Reed's performance, "I can't believe it, Michael scored 22 points in this quarter, and almost broke through the Blazers' outside line with his own strength." Defense."

"Based on the current shooting style, how many points will Michael score in this game? Forty? Fifty? Or sixty?
"Oh God! This is an unbelievable show!"

Luke shook his head and felt amused by the excitement of the fans and commentator Flake, "What a group of guys who have never seen the world."

Although Michael Reid's performance of 22 points in a single quarter was shocking enough, for Luke who witnessed Klay Thompson's 37 points in a single quarter, Kevin Love's 34 points in a single quarter, and Carmelo Anthony's 33 points in a single quarter, Michael Reid's performance is really weak.

Especially "Buddha" Thompson, who scored 37 points in a single quarter, if he made nine out of nine three-pointers in a single quarter, at least half of the fans at the scene would kneel out, and the commentator Freck would be so excited. Hypoxia on the spot.

Entering the second half, Luke, who had already entered the garbage time ahead of time, did not send the main players on the field. He simply let Paul, Martin, Gasol and others sit on the sidelines to rest, and gave all the performance opportunities to Reed.

Kevin Martin has proven himself against Brandon Roy in the first quarter, proving that he has the ability to blow up any player in one-on-one.

In the third quarter, McMillan, who felt that things were going wrong, began to pinch Reid, but Reed, who felt hot, was like a microwave oven that could not be cooled down. He could easily send the damn basketball to any position on the court into the basket.

What makes McMillan even more desperate is that Michael Reed is a player who is good at playing off the ball. Even if the Blazers double-team Michael Reed, Reed can still use a lot of off-the-ball running positions to kill the ball. dead match.

Michael Reid's style of play is largely similar to Klay Thompson of the later Golden State Warriors.

The opponent knows that Thompson will use the off-ball pick-and-roll method to find opportunities to shoot from the outside, but they just can't strangle Thompson's shooting from the root cause, and can only watch Thompson break records again and again on his head.

Throughout the third quarter, the hilarious Michael Reed directly regarded the Rose Garden Arena as his own back garden. As long as he ran out of opportunities, Michael Reed dared to let go of the shot no matter where he was.

The outcome of the game has already been divided, which makes Michael Red wave no pressure to shoot, and only needs to use one shot after another to break the scoring record.

Now Michael Reed has only the basket in his eyes, and his obsession with breaking Anderson's 50-point scoring record in a single game is also all in his mind.

Under this kind of mental stimulation, which was like taking a stimulant, Reid, who played the third quarter, was not even willing to take a rest, and continued to play the full court in the fourth quarter.

At the end of the game, while the Grizzlies blew the Portland Trail Blazers with 41 points in the away game, Michael Reid also successfully stood at the pinnacle of his life, scoring 56 points and breaking the bench scoring record held by Nick Anderson!
And 13 three-pointers in a single game not only set a new career high, but also surpassed Donyell Marshall's record of 12 three-pointers in a single game, rising to the first in history!

Michael Reid!The well-deserved strongest substitute in history!
(End of this chapter)