Nine Hundred and Thirty. Dream Backcourt

If it was Kobe who scored directly in a singles, Sun Ce could accept it, but the Lakers were ready to let Paul organize the offense at the beginning, and Paul would pick him as the only one to attack...

This is too much.

So, when the Grizzlies attacked, Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt and faced Kobe's defense, and took the initiative to find Tony to pick and roll, because Paul was defending Tony Allen.

Indeed, Paul switched defense, but Kobe ignored Tony Allen and directly sandwiched Sun Ce with Paul on the right side of the three-second zone!

Fortunately, Sun Ce reacted quickly and had a wide field of vision. He quickly grabbed the ball and passed it to Randolph, who ran to the left side of the three-second zone and the left side of the free throw line. Randolph received the ball, and Gasol and Brand switched defense and expanded. Randolph passed the ball to Gasol under the basket, and Gasol raised his head and shot over Brand's head and easily made a layup.

The Lakers' lineup has really bad interior defense. Gasol has A-level first-class defense, which is excellent, but his defensive function is similar to that of Gasol, both of which are guarding the basket. He is not the type of Duncan and Garnett who can move quickly between the basket and the mid-range. Even Gasol, who has S-level defense, can't do it, let alone Gasol.

Gasol can defend Randolph very well when he expands out. Gasol is one of the few players who can restrain Randolph one-on-one, but Brand's defense can't even prevent Gasol from receiving the ball in the low post.

However, on Sun Ce's side, he was happy when his teammates scored. Gasol actually had a scoring advantage at this point. It's good news.

But... he was actually double-teamed by Paul and Kobe!

The contrast between the offense and defense, picking him on the offensive end and double-teaming him on the defensive end... Sun Ce didn't know whether the other side looked up to him or looked down on him?

Back in the backcourt, Sun Ce was patted by Paul George, who pointed at Metta World Peace who was pulled to the baseline. Sun Ce knew that he was disliked for defending the pick-and-roll, but he could not refute it, so he could only run to Mr. World Peace, the weakest link in the opponent's offense, with a stubborn face.

However, some things cannot be escaped...

Sun Ce caught up with Metta World Peace, and saw Paul advancing to the frontcourt and waving at him. Metta World Peace pulled out to screen for Paul!

This damn shorty!

Sun Ce could only follow Metta World Peace to expand. Although Paul's explosive power and bounce were greatly affected by two major injuries, his burst acceleration was still top-notch, a small level faster than Sun Ce's A-level burst acceleration. Sun Ce moved sideways in advance and switched to Paul. Tony Allen also ignored Artest and retreated. After Sun Ce was shaken off by Paul's sideways change of direction, he immediately double-teamed Paul.

At the same time, Gasol in the interior moved to the right baseline, pulling Gasol out of the basket. Artest cut in from the middle, and Brand ran to the left side of the free throw line. Randolph, who followed Brand, saw Artest cutting into the interior and could only block him.

When Paul was about to be double-teamed, he passed the ball to the left side of the free throw line. Brand received the ball and took a mid-range jump shot...

Missed!

Randolph blocked Artest, and the ball Brand threw hit the back edge of his shooting direction and bounced back toward him. Sun Ce, who came over, just received the defensive rebound.

Sun Ce got the rebound and was about to counterattack when he saw a figure jumping over. He quickly raised the ball. Sure enough, it was the active Paul!

The other Lakers took the opportunity to retreat, and Paul's rush blocked Sun Ce's counterattack.

Protecting the ball and advancing slowly, Sun Ce felt that the opponent's offense was completely different from the match at the beginning of the season. It was too smooth! Although it seems that Paul's 8 assists per game is not much different from Sessions' 6.9 assists per game at the beginning of the season, the Lakers' offense feels completely different! This is the essential difference between organizing offense and passing assists.

The targeting of pick-and-roll selection on the offensive end, the purposefulness of passing, the tacit understanding of cooperation between teammates... all aspects have been significantly improved!

In just two rounds, Sun Ce felt that Paul's role in the Lakers' tactics was much stronger than Kobe!

In other words,

Sun Ce felt that Kobe and Paul led a team without other stars alone, and Paul was stronger than Kobe. Even the Kobe who was still in his prime in 2010 that Sun Ce saw could not make a team's offense so smooth like Paul.

Although Brand didn't score the ball just now, this offense was too beautiful.

Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt. Sun Ce saw that Paul and Kobe had a tendency to double-team him again. Although Kobe's defense was not as good as the previous two years, he was still at the second defense level and one of the four best defenders. Paul might be even stronger.

If the teammate in the backcourt was Nash... but Nash couldn't defend!

Sun Ce couldn't easily pass Kobe when he broke through, so he chose to look for a pick-and-roll. Randolph pulled out to block Kobe's left side, and Sun Ce took the opportunity to break through. This time, Gasol didn't switch defense and expanded. Brandela came out. Sun Ce accelerated after the pick-and-roll and easily got rid of Brand... Paul blocked him again!

Sun Ce didn't find a chance to perform an accelerated change of direction or a mid-range jump shot under Paul's close defense. The opponent's defensive footwork was very good. Sun Ce rushed all the way to the baseline and made a mid-range hook shot...

The ball hit the basket, bounced, and fell into the frame!

Fortunately, it went in. Sun Ce pulled up his pants when he saw the ball go in. Fortunately, the belt was tied tight enough before the game. This Pao brother has too many small moves. When Sun Ce was caught by Paul and jumped to hook, Paul actually pulled his pants!

Sun Ce ran back to the backcourt and had a headache. These two guys are the first point guard and the first shooting guard! They actually kept an eye on him!

In the first two goals, the Grizzlies scored, and the result was not bad, but it was very different from what they expected, that is, they didn't play well.

On the contrary, the Lakers showed that they had adjusted the details in just two attacks, and the changes on the defensive end were also obvious.

Slowly, after a few rounds, the Grizzlies began to fall behind!

Their defense is better than the Lakers, much better, but they can't stand their 4 vs. 5 offensive end. Tony Allen almost has no ball on the offensive end, but his number of shots is not small. After all, he is always ignored by his opponents on the offensive end when he is on the court, so he really averages 4.8 shots per game, and his hit rate is very high, 52% shooting rate, averaging 6.8 points per game.

Among them, he averages about 3 shots per game after receiving the ball, and there are offensive rebounds when he is ignored. 1.9 of the 3.1 rebounds per game are offensive rebounds.

These are not reflected in the usual games, but they are very important, because he is the most overlooked point, so there are always good shooting opportunities. He grasps them and can at least bring 5-8 points to the Grizzlies in every game.

But today, Tony Allen did not score one or two goals at the beginning as usual when he started. For the Grizzlies, it obviously had an impact on their offense.

On the Lakers side, facing Sun Ce's breakthrough to the baseline or Gasol's low-post high-up shooting by the opponent's switch defense, most of the time they can't defend, and whether they can score depends on the touch of Sun Ce and Gasol.

But the Grizzlies' Randolph, Tony Allen, and Paul George were defended very well!

And Tony Allen, who scored 13 points in the last game against the Lakers, was locked up today! His receiving route is always cut off. Other teams don't value Tony Allen's six or seven points, but Lakers head coach Mike Brown values ​​it very much! This is an excellent defensive assistant coach who made the Cavaliers play the strongest defense in the league. With Paul, Kobe, and Gasol, Mike Brown does not have to worry about the offensive end, so the defense is very targeted. Mike Brown's defensive accomplishments are not inferior to Dave Joerger and Coach Hollins of the Grizzlies, and even stronger.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies replaced Nash with Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Yi Jianlian to play offense.

The Lakers also replaced Gasol, and Paul, Kobe, Kapono, Artest, and Odom played offense.

During this period, the Grizzlies and the Lakers competed, but did not play an advantage, and were blown up in the positional battle stage!

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies entered the intermission with a 4-point deficit to the Lakers 24 to 28. If Sun Ce had not hit the buzzer-beating mid-range shot against Odom who was switched, the score difference would have been 6 points!

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Sun Ce played the full game in the first quarter, 3 of 5 shots, 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, no blocks, the opponent mostly shot, layups, blocks, high shots are easy to be blocked, shots are rarely blocked.

Watching Paul play 12 minutes in the first quarter and get 4 points and 4 assists, Kobe quietly got the highest 10 points in the game by catching the ball and shooting, and Kobe only played 9 minutes in the first quarter, the two of them had a total of 14 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

And he, Sun, and Nash, had a total of 10 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Lakers seem to have become a team with strong offense and decent defense. On the defensive end, the backcourt defense is so strong that it explodes, with two quasi-top defensive masters, and Paul can be foreseen to return to top defense, and Gasol in the interior... barely makes the defense reach a good level, the overall defense is not bad.

And on the offensive end, it is extremely strong!

The main reason was that I didn't expect Paul to play the whole first quarter, and he didn't seem to have any problems. Unlike Nash, he really needed to reduce his playing time. Paul's playing time was relatively short in the previous 10 games, and he didn't play back-to-back games. Sun Ce also understood that the Lakers were afraid that Paul would get injured.

But today, even Kobe was replaced by Blake in the 9th minute of the first quarter, and Paul was still playing, proving that after a long and patient recovery phase, rehabilitation phase, and restorative training phase, Paul has recovered! And the playing style has been adjusted very well. Except that his shooting has not been fully recovered, it is no longer a problem for him to be a core outside player.

Moreover, when Paul played with Kobe, Kapono, Josh McRoberts, Odom; Blake, Kapono, Odom, Jordan Hill, the two lineups played run-and-gun, and his performance was not inferior to Nash!

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