Nine Hundred and Thirty-One. Poor Man’s Version of Zen Master

Although the results of Paul's trip to the Big Apple were not great, after he was injured, the New York media continued to ridicule him. The Knicks also withdrew their offer to renew his contract. When he was traded, New York reporters All celebrating the Knicks avoiding the next Houston-style contract.

During the year he played in New York, Paul experienced the feeling of being touted to the sky. He once ranked first in the MVP rankings, but finally fell to the bottom and experienced tragic ups and downs.

But there are also some improvements, such as learning better fast break organization under D'Antoni.

Although Paul is more suitable for positional warfare, especially now that his physical fitness has declined due to injuries, positional warfare is his favorite style of play, and it can also bring out his defensive abilities.

However, Paul is really worthy of running and gunning with Nash at his age!

This group of teammates is much better than the original Knicks teammates, with a total salary of more than 91 million and not even a full middle-class contract. This is the key to the Lakers being able to enter the Finals for three consecutive years and complete a title defense during the Koga era. , which is something that the Spurs cannot compare to when they won four championships before.

Without a middle-class contract, there would be no middle-class crisis!

During the OK era at the beginning of the century, they also encountered a middle-class crisis. With five or six middle-class contracts, the salary exceeded half of the salary cap, which made it almost impossible for the Lakers in the OK era to recruit players. Therefore, the OK group was invincible and only won three consecutive games. crown.

Every time the Spurs win a championship, they have to spend a year cleaning up those mid-level contracts that turned into junk contracts after winning the championship.

The Lakers have already had experience in this area. In recent years, they have hardly seen mid-level contracts given to players they signed.

Also, the Lakers' lineup of more than 90 million is really deep and bursting.

I don’t know if the Rockets owner is the biological son of the Lakers owner, but he actually gave Jordan Hill to the Lakers for free. This reminded Sun Ce of the original time and space where the Lakers were short of point guards and the Rockets gave Jeremy Lin to the Lakers for free. The Lakers also drafted Larry Nance in the first round.

Sun Ce looked at the opponent's seven-man rotation of Sessions, Kapono, Matt Barnes, Blake, McRoberts, Jordan Hill, and Odom in addition to the five starting lineups.

Goodlock and Darius Morris, two rookies, went to the Development League, and Murphy wore a suit.

This is the second-highest-paid lineup in the league after the Mavericks, and the depth is so explosive.

The Lakers had 9 players on the court in the first quarter, allowing Paul to easily get 4 assists in a single quarter without any effort.

When Sun Ce was about to go all out in the second quarter to defend the opponent in the second half, coach Hollins waved his hand to him, told him to sit down, and called Nash, Neal, Klay Thompson, Randolph, The names of Aaron Gray's five players did not continue to let Sun Ce play.

For the Lakers, the lineup of Sessions, Blake, Barnes, Odom, and Gasol took the field.

After the second quarter started, Sun Ce sat next to coach Hollins and said, "I think I'm in good shape today."

"I know, but we have to examine more possibilities. At this stage of the season, we have to start preparing for the playoffs..."

Coach Hollins is also looking forward to Sun Ce's explosion. However, the playoffs are not two games or two games, nor are there only one series. We cannot focus on Sun Ce to explode in every round of the series. Once Sun Ce's condition is average or even bad, , the rest of the team is used to Sun Ce's outbursts, so they just point at Sun Ce, which would be tragic.

The lineup is so good that the Lakers dare to put Kobe and Paul on the bench together to let them rest. The depth of his lineup is no worse than that of the Lakers.

Sun Ce chatted with Coach Hollins and sat down quietly.

He previously only paid attention to the Lakers, Marriotts and Bulls, and regarded the Thunder as an "unimportant" opponent that "will be disbanded one day."

After hearing what Coach Hollins said, he discovered that in the playoffs, in addition to meeting at least one team from the Lakers, Horses and Bulls, there was also the Thunder!

In other words, if the Grizzlies can at least reach the Western Conference Finals,

You have to play against at least two teams from the Lakers, Mavericks and Thunder!

It is unrealistic to expect the Lakers, Spurs, Thunder, and Mavericks to rank second, third, sixth, or seventh.

What if it really happened and the Mavericks fell to eighth place and entered the playoffs, with the Lakers, Spurs, and Thunder ranked 2-4... That would be incredible. Of course, if this were the case, all five of their teams would be dead. The situation was so internal that it collapsed.

But it’s hard to talk about competition! Neal and Klay Thompson went up and threw three three-pointers in a row. They went on a 9-5 run and tied the score in just over two minutes!

Sun Ce felt that he was right to sit down. He originally planned to just sit back and do it, but that might not be as good as Neal scoring two three-pointers in a row and Klay Thompson hitting a three-pointer immediately afterwards.

Sessions is also very good there, shooting 46% from the field and 48% from the three-point range! Not a lot of shots, but accurate!

After Klay Thompson scored the Grizzlies' third three-pointer in the second quarter, Sessions used Gasol to pass back the ball and hit a three-pointer to help the Lakers temporarily alleviate the crisis.

After a stalemate for a while, the Grizzlies replaced Aaron Gray with Yi Jianlian. He received a pass from Randolph and hit a three-pointer from the corner. The Grizzlies scored at 5:09 of the second quarter. 39 to 38, leading the Lakers by 1 point!

In these more than 5 minutes, the Grizzlies played a 15-10 wave!

The Lakers were quite stable, but they waited until the dead ball entered the official timeout at 7:03 before making a substitution.

Sun Ce was finally substituted in. When he came on the court, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 3 points, 45 to 42.

Sun Ce rested for more than half a quarter and came on the court. Now he is in good physical condition. However, he did not expect to have an advantage. Mr. Na and other teammates worked very hard, especially Randolph, who was not very effective in singles against Gasol, and he worked hard to grab offensive rebounds.

But chasing points is not scary...

The teammates who played with Sun Ce were Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol.

On the Lakers side, the strongest combination of Paul, Kobe, Barnes, Josh McRoberts, and Gasol came on the court.

Sun Ce put away his regret that Jordan could not play and devoted himself to the game.

He knew that the teammates who played with him at the moment... were a little uncomfortable on the offensive end. He was "used"!

Their lineup was used to consume Paul and Kobe.

But the team strategy has such a demand, and Sun Ce has to try his best to implement it.

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After the game resumed, the Grizzlies began to defend hard, and there were obvious changes. Tony Allen went to defend Paul, Paul George defended Kobe, Battier defended Barnes, and Sun Ce went to defend Josh McRoberts.

Josh McRoberts is a very useful multi-functional role player with no technical expertise, that is, he can do everything, but nothing is average. He is useful, but you can't expect him to do it well.

Sure enough, as Sun Ce and Battier communicated when they chose to switch defense when they came on the court, Paul did not continue to pick and roll with Sun Ce's defender. McRoberts can do everything, but he has no real strengths, not even as fierce as Metta World Peace.

McRoberts has almost no low-post skills, and his back-to-the-basket play is worse than James last season. Sun Ce also chose to leave McRoberts open most of the time to shrink the inside line, and formed a no-fly zone inside with Gasol, forcing Paul and Kobe to shoot more from the outside.

With the younger brother blocking the older brother, the Lakers' offensive rebounding was not good. Even though Kobe made 2 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws in the last 5 minutes to get 6 points, the Lakers did not play well at this stage, scoring 8 points in 10 minutes.

Even though the Grizzlies only scored 8 points during this period, they maintained their lead. At the end of the half, the Grizzlies led by 3 points 53-50 and entered the halftime break!

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In the third quarter, the game entered a white-hot stage. Although the Grizzlies could not beat Mike Brown in defensive command, Coach Hollins showed his overall view and rotation strategy that was far better than Mike Brown.

Every coach has his own style, and Coach Hollins' style has gradually been determined in the past three years - a poor version of Zen Master.

Sun Ce and his teammates went all out. Sun Ce was devoted to the defense, grabbing rebounds, passing the ball, scoring points, and not thinking about how many points he would get to compete with Kobe and Paul like in the first quarter. He worked with Gasol, Tony, Battier, and Paul George to build up defense and consume Paul and Kobe.

Even when he was replaced in the 9th minute of the third quarter, the Grizzlies were overtaken by the Lakers by 4 points. In these 9 minutes, the Grizzlies only scored 12 points and were beaten 19 to 12. Sun Ce and others insisted on implementing the strategy.

The effect was obvious. After the Grizzlies called a long timeout, they replaced Nash, Neal, Klay Thompson, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian, and played a 9 to 3 wave in the last 3 minutes of the third quarter!

The Lakers played well in the first 9 minutes of the third quarter. Although they only scored 19 points in 9 minutes, which was not very efficient, they defended the Grizzlies' almost lame lineup on the offensive end very well. However, Sun Ce and others also consumed a lot of the Lakers' dream backcourt. It was okay when they didn't call a timeout, and they could hold on, but Coach Hollins seized the opportunity and called a timeout when the opponent could continue to hold on but wanted to take a break.

Sure enough, after the timeout, the Lakers' touch plummeted. Except for Kobe's foul outside the three-point line that caused Klay Thompson to make three free throws, the Lakers did not score any goals in the three minutes!

After the third level, the Grizzlies took a two-point lead again with 74 to 72.

Kobe played 26 minutes in the first three quarters, 9 of 16 shots, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, and scored 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Paul played 29 minutes and scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

This dream backcourt is crazy on both offense and defense!

But Sun Ce found that the opponent was not without flaws. The opponent's head coach seemed to be almost useless except for defense!

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