Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five. Crazy Eight Consecutive Wins!

After the start of the second half, the two teams began to compete in skills and tactics.

Coach Hollins was responsible for adjusting the personnel according to the situation and the status of the players. The offensive style was determined by the core players on the field according to the lineup. The only detail that Coach Hollins controlled during the game was defense. Even Nash had to keep up with the shooter he was defending. Even if he could not interfere, he could not lose his position, otherwise the defensive rotation would not work.

Especially when Sun Ce went to defend Conley, the team's defense level dropped sharply.

Carlisle also made tactical adjustments based on Conley's restraint on Sun Ce. Although the Mavericks could not play the pick-and-roll cooperation between Conley and Chandler, and lost the most important tactic, they only played one game, not a series, so they could seek changes as much as possible.

The key is the mentality of the two teams. The Grizzlies just want to win, while the Mavericks try their best to win.

So, in the third quarter, the Mavericks had a slight advantage!

After the first three quarters, the Grizzlies still maintained a 6-point lead, but the Mavericks scored 28 points in the third quarter.

Nowitzki made a strong effort in the third quarter, scoring 12 points and 2 assists in a single quarter. Together with Yao Ming who scored 3 goals at the end of the third quarter, the two scored 18 points to help the Mavericks narrow the gap by 3 points.

Sun Ce scored 18 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals after three quarters.

In this quarter, Sun Ce was trying to make Conley make mistakes, but Conley often passed the ball directly after advancing across half court. Conley, who protected the ball very well, did not make any mistakes in the third quarter, and also scored 5 points and 2 assists. After three quarters, Conley also had 15 points and 8 assists.

From the perspective of organizing offense alone, Sun Ce did not get any advantage.

Conley made 3 mistakes in the first half and 3 mistakes after the third quarter. Conley controlled his mistakes very well in this quarter.

However, Sun Ce did not choose not to defend Conley because of this, and did not have the reason to return to his usual defensive position to assist. Instead, he would rather run a longer distance to assist at a longer distance and continue to put defensive pressure on Conley, even if Conley only dribbled + caught the ball and shot, and the second pass was covered after receiving the ball in an open position, he did not choose to change his defense.

After three quarters, the Grizzlies led 89 to 83 by 6 points and entered the intermission.

Sun Ce's running distance in this quarter may be twice as much as the running range in the first half of 16 minutes! The desperate defense was so-so, but he was exhausted. Back at the edge of the court, Yi Jianlian and Jordan came to wipe Sun Ce's sweat. Sun Ce panted and gave instructions in his mind. With the system prompting him to replenish electrolytes, the feeling of suffocation quickly disappeared.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Ce stood up straight. Seeing that Sun Ce was no longer panting, Yi Jianlian and Jordan had already gotten used to seeing Sun Ce recover so quickly. Geniuses are always different. There are physical freaks like Iverson and Kobe, and naturally there are monsters like Sun Ce who have average physical strength but strong recovery ability.

After wiping off the sweat with a hot towel with the help of the two emperors, a group of teammates surrounded Sun Ce and helped him change into a clean jersey.

At this scene, the fans knew that Sun Ce, who was worried about his hard work in the third quarter, was fine, and he could continue to fight in the fourth quarter!

They didn't have so many thoughts, as long as they could win. Sun Ce could play in the fourth quarter, which was definitely a huge benefit to their team.

Sun Ce's defense was not good in the third quarter. Nowitzki and Yao Ming scored 18 points together, which was very destructive. Although the others only scored 10 points in 12 shots, Yao Ming and Nowitzki scored 18 points in 10 shots. But in general, Sun Ce only completed the outside defense or cut-in defense when Nowitzki and Yao Ming's teammates left their defenders free. He did not interfere with Yao Ming and Nowitzki, which made the two of them play very comfortably.

The score difference was narrowed. They could not establish a 10-point lead after three quarters and go all out on defense in the fourth quarter. The situation is still very dangerous. What if Nowitzki can score 10+ points in the fourth quarter like in the third quarter?

In addition, it is foreseeable that Yao Ming will play hard in the last few minutes, and the Grizzlies may be overturned.

But the goal was achieved!

Sun Ce still insisted on playing like this. There are two reasons for doing so. The first is that he played well in the third quarter. He scored 6 points and 3 assists. Nash also helped Randolph and Jordan to score 10 points together. Nash played for 8 minutes and scored 6 points. Tony Allen made a three-pointer. He scored 25 points in a single quarter and was not reduced by the opponent too much.

The second is... to consume the physical strength of other Mavericks' ball-holding outside players except Conley!

Tony Allen defended Jason Terry in a physical battle throughout the whole process. Whether he had the ball or not, when the Mavericks sent out Conley and Barea as double point guards, Neil came up to defend Barea. Regardless of anything else, he mainly confronted Barea. Although Barea got 4 free throws in 5 minutes, the effect was obvious!

Barea's physical strength has always been poor, Jason Terry played for a very long time today, and was replaced from the second half of the first quarter with 9 minutes left in the third quarter. Boubowa's ability to organize offense is not good, so only Conley, who did not consume much energy in the third quarter, was left!

Carlisle's tactical changes were excellent. When the team had not yet reached its best form and was inferior to the Grizzlies in strength, he narrowed the score gap by relying on tactical adaptability. However, Sun Ce also made tactical changes after discussing with the coaching staff and teammates!

Nowitzki scored 12 points in 4 of 6 shots in the third quarter. He was in such a state that he could not be defended. Even if Sun Ce went to help defend, it might not be very effective. Yao Ming dunked on Jordan twice in the low post and made two free throws after a foul. This was also unstoppable. In this case, Coach Hollins thought it would be better to do as Sun Ce suggested.

Carlisle grasped the timing of Nowitzki and Yao Ming's outbreak too well. If they changed rashly, Carlisle would definitely respond. Maybe he would release Conley, who performed well in the first quarter, and then it would really be the Big Three.

Although Sun Ce failed to steal Conley in the third quarter and failed to make Conley make mistakes, at least the goal was achieved.

Reduce the number of guards who can help Conley shoulder the burden of organizing the offense, so that Conley needs one person in the fourth quarter.

However, Sun Ce was also prepared. In the fourth quarter, he continued to focus on defending Conley. He had to try his best to affect Conley's ball control, force Conley to pass the ball, and find the right time to steal the ball. Moreover, if he was defending alone, he also needed to create steal opportunities for himself for the skill of "cutting off the food", which predicts the passing target of the ball holder. If he was one meter away, even if he triggered the skill to judge who the opponent was going to pass to, he could not interfere.

Sun Ce would occasionally trigger this skill, but most of the time he used it to predict the help defense in advance, not to steal the ball, but to increase the success rate of blocking and help defense interference. After all, he was not defending the ball holder.

And Sun Ce did not think that the new effect of "cutting off the food" "siege" was only useful when he was defending the pick-and-roll alone and letting his teammates double-team. He went to defend the ball holder, which was also double-teaming. If the opponent passed the ball, he also had a 10% prediction probability!

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Sun Ce was concentrating on defending Conley. On the Mavericks side, Carlisle saw Sun Ce panting for a while and drank a few cans of Gatorade. He was almost angry to death!

Finally, with Nowitzki and Yao Ming's successive explosions, Sun Ce was forced to run long distances on the outside to make up for the defense, which consumed Sun Ce's physical strength, but this guy's terrifying recovery ability quickly recovered.

And it's not just a superficial recovery. Carlisle estimates that Sun Ce has at least recovered half of his physical strength. There is no problem playing one quarter. This is too uncomfortable for him. The physical consumption tactics are useless for Sun Ce!

This is unsolvable, just like the peak Jordan, Kobe, and Iverson.

James can find a way to make him tired to cramps, but people like Sun Ce can't! He can only rely on strength.

Give him another month or two to adjust. Carlisle is confident that Nowitzki and Yao Ming can further improve their status and reach the best state they can achieve. Carlisle does not expect the state of last year's playoffs. His goal is to make Nowitzki and Yao Ming reach the level of the second and third teams in the regular season last year. With a better team system than last season, it is not impossible to defend the title.

But there are some big problems in this game. In the third quarter, it was really supported by Nowitzki and Yao Ming. Not only did they fail to consume Sun Ce, but they also made Barea and Jason Terry exhausted. Jason Terry played for 26 minutes and could not be counted on in the fourth quarter. Nowitzki played for 24 minutes in the first three quarters, but he could be sent to block the diversion point. He could not be counted on in singles, but he still had a diversion effect.

Then, if we want to win, we can only rely on Conley and Chandler + two wings.

The key is Conley!

Carlisle really didn't expect that Sun Ce could restrain Conley so much. Now he is counting on whether Conley can come up with a solution. Carlisle can't help Conley with this. The tactics are well thought out, and the execution depends on the players themselves to find a way to execute.

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After the break, the fourth quarter began.

On the Mavericks side, Conley, Beaubois, Marion, Nowitzki, and Mahinmi played.

Yao Ming played only 14 minutes in the first three quarters and scored 11 points, while Chandler played 22 minutes in the first three quarters. Both of them had to rest, otherwise they might not last through the fourth quarter.

At this time, Mahinmi was very important. He not only played when Yao Ming was resting, but also when Yao Ming and Chandler were playing, he needed to be prepared to play for a period of time. He must be able to make contributions in the fourth quarter even if he did not play in the first three quarters like today. This 4-year, 12 million contract is not easy to get. Mahinmi averaged only 3 points and 2 rebounds per game in the three years of his rookie contract with the Spurs, Mavericks, and Timberwolves. Carlisle took a fancy to him and was willing to give him a mini-mid-level contract because he was very hard-working even if he only played a few points in the last garbage time.

Sometimes signing a player is not because of how good he is, but because he is suitable.

Fit is very important. For example, on the Lakers side, if Kobe and Paul were to team up four years ago, they would fight, and at least one side would be dissatisfied with the other side like Howard. Now, neither of them is as strong as they were then. Kobe has established his own historical position, and Paul has experienced the darkest two years. The two are no longer the first and second in the MVP rankings at the time, but they cooperate very happily.

On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, Neil, Paul George, Battier, and Yi Jianlian played.

The two bears and Tony-Teacher rested first, and Sun Ce and Neil double-point guards played together.

The Grizzlies attacked first.

Conley followed Neil and watched Sun Ce push forward. He didn't expect that after leaving the Grizzlies, he would still be under Sun Ce's shadow.

Sun Ce didn't expect that he could defend Conley better than before, and underestimated the improvement that his physical fitness brought to his one-on-one defense against technical players; similarly, Conley didn't expect that he would be more restricted than before when facing Sun Ce's one-on-one defense. He was very clear about his progress, but he didn't expect to play worse against Sun Ce.

Of course, Conley would not just accept his fate!

Sun Ce used Yi Jianlian's block to break through Marion. Under Mahinmi's active defense, he suddenly changed direction at close range, and accelerated the change of direction while moving. Mahinmi rushed directly out of the baseline. Marion came back but didn't make up for it. Sun Ce instantly soared to S-level change of direction speed, and took two steps to the left side of the three-second zone to make a low layup and scored two points.

Sun Ce usually wouldn't play like this except at the beginning and the critical moment of the fourth quarter, but today, the physical potion was saved until the end of the third quarter. Now his physical strength is not just half recovered as Carlisle predicted, but full!

If Chandler defended, he couldn't play this ball. Chandler's excellent pick-and-roll defense ability would definitely find an opportunity for him to make physical contact.

Sun Ce was very confident in playing against Mahinmi. He knew this player and was impressed by him. In the original time and space, in the summer of 2016, even if the Lakers' two dead old players were included in the shockingly bad contracts, Mahinmi's 4-year 64 million contract was still the worst. In the contract year, he averaged 9 points and 7 rebounds per game, which made Mahinmi worry about food, drink and fun for the rest of his life.

Sun Ce remembered those rubbish contracts very clearly.

During the long time of offense and defense transition, Mavericks offense, Conley opened up space in the third quarter and rest between quarters, he was thinking about how to deal with Sun Ce's defense. He was thinking very calmly, and did not give up because he was locked by Sun Ce or because his performance against Sun Ce was far below expectations.

However, after thinking of many ways, when he dribbled across half court and was covered by Sun Ce before leaving the center circle, his mind went blank...

Fuck!

This is too exaggerated!

Sometimes the more you pay attention to something, the more you think about how to deal with it. It happens that this matter cannot be solved in a short time, and the more you think about it, the more terrible it will be.

After a quarter, Conley was in control again. The terrible situation that he had been worried about for more than a quarter reappeared. He was so scared that he quickly passed the ball to Bubowa who had just passed half court after serving the ball.

The moment Conley grabbed the ball and pushed it out, Sun Ce rushed out immediately, hit the ball with his body, and knocked the ball to the front court. Sun Ce immediately followed up and grabbed the ball - steal it!

Rushing to the front court, Sun Ce was going to dunk lightly, but Yi Jianlian caught up at this time. Sun Ce was surprised, but the three-step dunk turned into a two-step high throw. Yi Jianlian scored two points with an alley-oop dunk before Mahinmi caught up.

Sun Ce didn't pay attention to the back when he was defending Conley just now. Mahinmi saw Sun Ce going to defend Conley in the half court, and pulled out to block him, but Conley didn't see it. His vision was not as good as Paul of the same height, otherwise Sun Ce would not have been so easy to steal the ball.

But in the final analysis, the Mavericks still underestimated Sun Ce's "recovery ability" and thought that Sun Ce should not be able to fight as hard in the fourth quarter as in the third quarter.

Sun Ce's data increased to 20 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 blocks and 4 steals. At the same time, Conley made 4 turnovers and stole Conley's defense twice!

The Mavericks almost didn't make it past the half court, and the Grizzlies beat them 4-0. The score difference came back to 10 points, leading 93-83.

Conley went back to receive the serve from Mahinmi and pushed forward. He regretted not waiting for a moment. When Mahinmi came to the pick-and-roll position, he could use the pick-and-roll. Sun Ce obviously didn't notice that someone came out from behind. This time the pick-and-roll would work.

Conley was a little distracted. After passing the half court, facing Sun Ce who pressed to the center circle again, Conley was startled and subconsciously took a step back. The referee whistled and Conley returned to the court!

Sun Ce just rushed up, and before he could even take a small step, he just took a horse stance, and saw the opponent take a step back - I am not a hairy face thunder god mouth, is it that scary?

But this is a good thing, Conley made 5 turnovers! Assists lead 10 to 8, Conley has 5 turnovers, now there is only one steal from Conley, and then win the game!

Carlisle has stood on the sidelines, directing Beaubois to advance, but did not call a timeout or make a substitution.

It doesn't mean that if the situation is unfavorable, you must make a substitution, otherwise you will see the weak or poorly played side making substitutions all the time in a game.

Someone has to make a substitution.

Barea has poor physical strength, Jason Terry is exhausted by Tony Allen, they do have a fifth guard who can hold the ball, Azubuike, who was once an explosive player of the Warriors, but has long been useless, and there is also a second-year player Dominic Jones... None of them can do it, and none of them have entered the activation list.

Beaubois is really not good at organizing the offense. His method is to carry it to the frontcourt to find teammates. Seeing Nowitzki leaning against Battier, he passed it to him regardless of the position on the court.

Nowitzki, who received the ball, wanted to strangle this unreliable teammate with the ball. At such a critical moment for the Mavericks, if the ball didn't go in, the opponent might really lock in the victory. This guy actually passed the ball like this.

At this time, Mahinmi just ran out of the free throw line and was about to screen for Bubowa, which happened to bring Yi Jianlian out. Nowitzki, who was in the high position on the left side of the free throw line, was double-teamed by Yi Jianlian and Battier as soon as he received the ball!

Neal gave Boubois a physical confrontation and did a very good job of preventing Boubois from receiving the pass. At this time, Mahinmi reacted and cut inside. Nowitzki quickly jumped up and passed the ball. Yes, Mahinmi also caught the ball well. After receiving the ball, he lifted it up and took two steps to fly and dunk...

"Snapped"

Sun Ce, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed in and slapped him with a big hat!

Nowitzki provides good support in the high post, but compared to the Gasol brothers and Garnett, there is still a gap, reflected in the field of vision, even behind Duncan. After all, he is different from these players, scoring is what he is best at. Conley pulled to the other sideline, and Sun Ce moved in. Nowitzki didn't see it, and Mahinmi didn't notice it either.

Paul George, who was guarding Marion in the left corner, grabbed the defensive rebound and immediately passed it to Sun Ce who had just blocked the shot and landed on the bottom line. Sun Ce counterattacked!

The Mavericks are very anxious now and are trying their best to retreat, including Mahinmi who has just been blocked. When Sun Ce rushes to the frontcourt, Mahinmi is chasing behind him. There is a reason why this guy can earn 64 million in 4 years. He He is characterized by good physical fitness and rough skills. At that time, he seemed to have developed his potential and had the ability to become a double-double player, and he played hard.

Sun Ce rushed all the way to the free throw line, always observing both sides. Neal and Paul George were stuck to Conley and Boubois. Marion returned to the basket. He had no chance here. Marion and Mahinmi went one after the other. , there is no way to vote.

Sun Ce stopped suddenly at the free throw line, turned around and saw Yi Jianlian following up just past the center circle, and immediately passed the ball.

Yi Jianlian just made a dunk, and now he's a little excited. He followed up and caught the ball on the left side of the top arc. Nowitzki, who was on the left side of the three-second zone, quickly followed up. However, Yi Jianlian did not take the opportunity to break through, but chased after him from outside the three-point line. Jump shot...

Paul George rushed in and jumped up, finding an opportunity to prepare for a make-up dunk. As long as Yi Jianlian didn't stick to the rules or miss the frame, he was confident that he could make up the dunk. But Yi Jianlian's current state is indeed good. Facing his template, King Nuo, that night He played very well and hit a three-pointer from behind!

96 to 83, the Grizzlies started the fourth quarter with a 7-0 run!

In this situation, Carlisle knew that calling a timeout was of little use. He originally thought that Conley could shoulder the heavy responsibility, and he did shoulder the heavy responsibility before the All-Star Weekend and performed well. However, this game was suddenly restricted. Carlisle thought We need to see how much of a disadvantage Conley has against Sun Ce, so that we can make a good plan before the next match and prepare for the playoffs.

As for whether Conley will be beaten to the point where he loses confidence? Carlisle wasn't worried about this. No, Conley's expression of disapproval came again. Conley, who was slowly advancing, lowered his head slightly, with a stern expression, and looked directly at Sun Ce. His eyes were not afraid, but stared at Sun Ce, trying to judge. Any mistakes made by Sun Ce.

In the next two attacks, Conley controlled the ball and used Mahinmi's pick-and-roll at the beginning of the half, creating a layup opportunity for Marion who cut in. He scored in one of the two attacks. These two attacks were pretty good. good.

After the Grizzlies scored three goals in a row, Sun Ce and Battier each missed a shot, and the point difference was narrowed to 11 points.

However, when the Mavericks attacked again, Conley used a pick-and-roll outside the three-point line and was double-teamed by Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian! Conley wanted to lob the ball, betting on Mahinmi's physical fitness, but this time Sun Ce triggered the "food break" to take off first, and when Conley threw the ball before it reached the highest level, he picked the ball off. .

Steal and counterattack!

Yi Jianlian scored two points with a quick catch and dunk, and the point difference returned to 13 points!

Carlisle wants to see how big Conley's disadvantage is. This approach is to push Conley into the fire pit! After trying hard to play two good pick-and-rolls, Sun Ce found a way to restrict him again. Yi Jianlian's double-teaming was a bonus, mainly Sun Ce, who completely defeated Conley!

At 6 minutes and 11 seconds of the 4th quarter, the Mavericks called a timeout and surrendered!

Mahinmi was supposed to be replaced two minutes ago, allowing Chandler to play 4 minutes and Yao Ming to play 4 minutes. Based on the physical exertion of this game, Carlisle arranged the rotation in this way, but Carlisle did not call a timeout or make a substitution. People, it’s not called a suspension until it reaches the official suspension stage.

There was no way, the point difference could no longer be narrowed, and after 4 minutes of play, it had already opened to 15 points.

Conley played 34 minutes and scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists. Two assists in the fourth and half of the fourth quarter were okay. He made 3 passes well and scored two assists, but most of them were mistakes. Mistake after mistake, two steals in the first half of the quarter, two passes out of bounds, one return... 5 turnovers in the fourth and half of the quarter!

15+10 is beautiful, but 8 mistakes killed all Conley's outstanding performance in the first quarter!

And the person who facilitated all of this was the Little Overlord!

Sun Ce, who played 38 minutes, scored 22 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 blocks and 6 steals, and ignored 4 turnovers...helping the Grizzlies score 105-90 halfway through the fourth quarter, sealing the victory!

It was another iconic 4 times 5 data, but the fans guessed the data, but not the details. Sun Ce's 4 times 5 this time was actually a steal!

In the end, relying on Sun Ce's 8th triple-double of the new season and the iconic 4 times 5 data, the Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks 118-106. In the past five opponents, they were the Nuggets, Thunder, Spurs, 76ers, and Mavericks. In this situation, he won 8 consecutive victories!

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