"Get your goddamn head up!"

Tang Tian was a little annoyed when he saw this. Whiteside was good in every way, except for his brain.

Before the game, the coaching staff had reminded him countless times not to block shots easily, but it went in one ear and out the other!

Whiteside nodded, Tang Tian's immediate reminders were still useful.

Gasol adjusted his breathing and made both free throws, giving the Grizzlies the first points.

The Pelicans attacked to the frontcourt and played a positional battle, but Tang Tian's shot, forced to the basket, missed.

This was also a microcosm of the past two games; the Pelicans really didn't gain any advantage in positional battles.

Randolph secured the defensive rebound.

The Grizzlies' offense advanced to the frontcourt, and Gasol, with his back to Whiteside at the free throw line, asked for the ball.

In addition to his excellent physical talent, Gasol also had super-high basketball IQ.

He had played one ball before and already knew that Whiteside was the breakthrough point in the Pelicans' defense.

He signaled Randolph and Allen to spread to both wings.

Randolph had a mid-range shot, and the Pelicans' shrinking formation was pulled out a little.

Gasol then continued to attack Whiteside.

He turned and went for a layup under the basket.

This time, Whiteside straightened his hands and stood his ground without reaching out.

The Gasol brothers were good in every way, except for their strength in physical contact, which was also the origin of Da Gasol's ("jia sao") nickname. (translator's note: "jia sao" is a nickname given to players who avoid physical contact)

Although Little Gasol played tougher, his race determined that he could not gain the upper hand in strong physical contact with Whiteside, a black, rough, and tough player.

Whiteside had gained weight to 105kg in half a season, and his physical advantage under the basket was obvious.

Gasol didn't get up the first time after the contact, adjusted the second time, turned around, and shot again.

"Pa!"

His continuous contact gave Davis time, who came over to help defend and slapped his shot out of bounds.

There was a commotion on the sidelines.

Gasol's wingspan was terrifying, but Davis was not to be outdone.

This kind of help defense block was his specialty.

After the block, Davis and Whiteside slapped hands.

Davis was a bit slow-witted, and Whiteside didn't have a good brain, so the two actually got along very well.

The Grizzlies inbounded the ball from the sideline, Gasol forcibly organized at the free throw line, Lee weaved through the baseline, and Randolph cut into the basket after the pick-and-roll.

Gasol's pass.

"Pa!"

Davis was quick-handed and contributed a steal!

After shrinking the space under the basket, it was really easy to be intercepted!

Moreover, after Davis stole the ball, the Pelicans had a three-line fast break.

This was the tactical detail that Tang Tian had told Williams before.

The Grizzlies' defense was strong not only in positional battles, but their fast break speed was also the fastest in the league.

To compete with them in defensive counterattacks, the speed must be fast.

This was also the focus of the Pelicans' training in the past few days.

A three-line fast break at the same time was like three arrows fired simultaneously.

Davis had vision and wingspan, and directly made a long pass from the backcourt to the midcourt.

He didn't have many offensive skills, but his passing wasn't bad!

Tang Tian caught the ball, and Conley, who was retreating, directly pressed up to defend.

Tang Tian steadily passed the ball to Holiday, who was further ahead, and the latter accelerated straight into the Grizzlies' hinterland and scored a layup!

The tactic worked!

The Pelicans' bench was excited.

When they knew that the team was going to compete with the Grizzlies in defense, their expressions and thoughts were exactly the same as Williams' at the beginning.

But since they were going to lose anyway, they might as well try.

Now, they had really succeeded!

In the Grizzlies' offense, Gasol pulled to the high post, and Randolph sank to the low post to receive the ball.

If the White Bear didn't work, they would try the Black Bear.

Randolph received the ball and backed up against Davis, then used his big butt to push Davis away after turning towards the basket.

In NBA history, low-post masters were all about having a big butt, which helped them create safe shooting space for themselves in the paint.

"Bang!"

However, just as Randolph shot the ball, it was blocked by Whiteside who came to help defend!

Davis' block was strong, but Whiteside's was even stronger!

Randolph was blocked, but he reacted quickly, grabbed the blocked ball, turned his butt around, pushed Whiteside away, and shot again.

"Bang!"

Just as he shot, another long arm came over and directly blocked his shot onto the backboard!

Nail board cap!

Davis!

The fans in the audience were stunned.

Two wingspan monsters, two block maniacs, just took turns outputting on Randolph!

Moreover, the defensive cooperation between the two in this round was so tacit that it turned the Pelicans' restricted area into a no-fly zone.

No, it wasn't just a no-fly zone, shooting was also forbidden, it was a no-shoot zone!

Randolph looked depressed after being blocked. When had he ever suffered such a block party in the low post.

But it had to be said that the defensive pressure given by Whiteside and Davis, these two wingspan monsters, was indeed great.

The Grizzlies inbounded the ball from the sideline, Gasol broke through Whiteside with the ball, and it was obvious that he was going for a foul.

He also realized the huge energy of these two Pelicans' inside players on the defensive end.

Because Whiteside already had one foul, as long as he drew another foul on Whiteside, this inside combination would collapse on its own.

But Whiteside didn't block the shot at this time, he just stood still and reached out.

Gasol folded his long arm in the air and shot.

"Bang!"

Davis jumped up from behind Whiteside at this time and slapped Gasol's shot back out again!

The third consecutive block in a single round!

Moreover, after this ball was blocked, the red light on the side of the court lit up.

The Grizzlies were defended for 24 seconds!

The no-shoot zone was a no-shoot zone!

Davis and Whiteside bumped chests with each other after the block, and both of them were extremely excited.

They had been rubbed on the ground by the Grizzlies in the previous two games without any temper, and they finally vented it in this game!

Tang Tian looked at the inside duo with a smile at this time. This was the future of the Pelicans' inside.

Although they were still very young and immature, and their performance fluctuated greatly, when they found their form, this would be a combination with overflowing defensive talent.

The strength of Whiteside and Davis made the Black and White Double Bears temporarily afraid to attack the basket.

Conley's mid-range shot after a one-on-one against Holiday on the outside missed.

The Grizzlies' outside performance relied entirely on the inside to contain, and one-on-one was not their strength.

The Pelicans launched another defensive counterattack, and this time Tang Tian himself caught the ball, killed it to the frontcourt, and scored a layup.

After the Pelicans adjusted their play, the balance of victory obviously began to tilt towards them.

However, Joerger didn't sit still and wait for death. He replaced Allen with Prince.

The basis of the Pelicans' tactical adjustment was that Allen had no outside scoring ability, and the problem was naturally solved by replacing him with Prince.

Sure enough, Prince made a mid-range shot after a pick-and-roll in his first round.

The fans in the audience cheered again. It wouldn't be so easy to take victory away from their home court!