Nine Hundred and Seventy-Four. Is the Little Bully Autistic?

This is the fourth time in NBA history that a team lost a game with 50+ points in a single playoff game.

The last time was in the 2009 playoffs, when Ray Allen scored 51 points in a single game and the Celtics lost to the Bulls.

The last time was in the 2006 playoffs, when Kobe scored 50 points in a single game and the Lakers lost to the Suns.

The last time was the worst playoff scoring spurt in history, when Jordan scored 63 points in a single game and the Bulls lost to the Celtics.

Sun Ce won the "second in history" by scoring 57 points in a single game, and lost the first game of the playoffs to the defending champion Mavericks!

Sun Ce fled back to the locker room in disgrace, sitting on the toilet and not going out.

He had to calm down. Although he scored 57 points in today's game, he felt that he was calculated! Because he lost!

During the game, the Grizzlies did not obviously fall behind, and even when Sun Ce was very strong in some time periods, the Grizzlies still had the advantage.

In the last 55 seconds, the Grizzlies were still leading by 3 points, but when Jason Terry and Novitzki stepped out and each made a three-pointer, the Grizzlies did not score in the last 55 seconds. Sun Ce was suddenly double-teamed, and his teammates did not make the shot after passing it.

And this, Sun Ce could not blame his teammates, this should be blamed on him!

Later in the game, he already felt that something was wrong, his teammates slowly couldn't make shots. Originally, he played so well in this aspect, if others could have a 40% hit rate, they would not lose.

But the teammates' hit rate gradually declined from about 45% at the beginning. In the end, except for him, Sun, the others made 14 of 42 shots! Only a hit rate of 35%.

This is inseparable from his excessive reliance on his own scoring and wanting to win by himself!

In fact, in the second half of the third quarter, Sun Ce wanted to start organizing the offense, but it was too late. His teammates began to miss shots in succession, and the Mavericks still did not change their defensive methods, but relied on the offensive end to compete with him.

The game had already come to this point, so he had no choice but to continue playing, because there was still a chance to win.

But in the end, the team lost because the pitchers couldn't make shots at the critical moment. The reason was that they lost because of his 57 points!

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Coach Hollins was very worried,

not because they lost the first game.

Losing the first game put the series in trouble, but they almost won it after all. It was just that their coaching staff made a mistake in their prediction and didn't expect the opponent to play like this.

They always thought that the opponent would use the pick-and-roll of Conley and Barea with Mahinmi, Chandler, Brandon Knight, Marion and others as the core tactics, and Yao Ming and Nowitzki as the containment points and key balls.

This was the core playing style of the Mavericks in the second half of the regular season, and it was not wrong for them to prepare in this direction.

Any team would prepare in this way.

But they didn't expect the opponent's tactics to change so much in the playoffs, and because of the changes on the offensive end, the defense was better than expected and more targeted.

But in the end, they only lost by 3 points. Although the loss in the first game hit the spirit of their Grizzlies, in general, they can still find reasons to maintain the confidence of the players in the team meeting after the game.

After all, they only lost by 3 points.

What worries Coach Hollins is Sun Ce's mood. After the game last night, Sun Ce refused all interviews and stayed in the bathroom alone for an hour. He didn't even attend the team meeting and went home directly.

In fact, this was very unexpected by Coach Hollins. Based on his understanding of young players, if a young player scored 57 points with a high hit rate of 22 out of 38 shots and still lost, he would either be angry, unhappy, or dissatisfied with his teammates, and at best frustrated.

But Sun Ce shouldn't react like this. It seems... very self-blaming?

Coach Hollins learned from Zu Ge that Sun Ce went to the gym after returning home last night, and then lay on the sofa without moving.

The feedback Coach Hollins received was that Sun Ce was very self-blaming and felt that it was his personal problem.

This made Coach Hollins very confused and worried.

If Sun Ce didn't dare to shoot more after scoring 57 points... Coach Hollins thought he would go crazy!

Sun Ce's mid-range shot threat brought him excellent offensive opportunities under the basket, which was the key for the Grizzlies to deal with the Mavericks. Randolph was bound to be restricted in this series. Sun Ce was the top scorer of their team!

Worry aside, Coach Hollins had another headache - he couldn't understand the psychology of Sun Ce, a guy who changed his career halfway and started to formally get in touch with basketball after entering the NBA.

It was very different from other NBA players who became famous in high school, junior high school, and elementary school. Those who could enter the NBA were basically basketball geniuses since childhood.

What kind of thoughts would Sun Ce have? Coach Hollins, who was also a genius player and was accustomed to the psychology of most NBA players, couldn't figure it out!

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On Sun Ce's side, after losing the game last night, he tossed himself in the gym for two hours, and returned to the sofa exhausted, and slept like that all night.

After getting up in the morning, the self-blame was gone, and he learned more about some things.

Losing the first game is a loss, it's not a big deal, didn't they just lose one game?

And getting 57 points, is this considered standing at the top of the losing streak with Boss Qiao?

However, Sun Ce thinks Boss Qiao is still the best, and even if he loses, he has to be the one who loses the most dazzlingly...

Last night's game made him realize something, no matter how strong a person is, he can't win.

And he scored 24 points in the first 18 minutes last night. In fact, he scored 24 points in the first 17 minutes. The offense stalled in the 18th minute.

At that time, he felt that it was just a matter of his physical strength. He missed two goals and allowed the opponent to score 4 points, widening the point difference to 6 points.

So he chose to continue working alone.

But now he has figured out many things, and he cannot do it alone!

The team was able to play such a good defense and limit the opponent to only 91 points in the first 47 minutes and 5 seconds because of the team. The reason why the team lost to the opponent on the offensive end was because their team did not do a good job.

Indeed, he played very well relying on the opponent's defensive tactics last night, and the opponent never expected that he could score 57 points, so the Grizzlies had a chance to win, but in the end Nowitzki and Jason Terry Two three-pointers killed the game.

Maybe the Mavericks were also in despair for a while, only to be resurrected by the life-saving three-pointers of Nowitzki and Jason Terry.

But this gave Sun Ce a clear understanding of what a championship-level team is.

It really doesn’t depend on one person! Even when Nowitzki was in his best form last season, he had to rely on Kidd to organize the offense and rely on DeShawn Stevenson, Kidd, Barea, Marion and others to make three-pointers in order to win. , and also need Deshaun Stevenson, Kidd, Chandler, Marion and others to defend...

Otherwise, Nowitzki's scoring guarantee in the final quarter alone will not be enough, and Nowitzki may not even be able to play the key ball in the final quarter.

Sun Ce learned from the experience and realized that he was too arrogant and relied too much on the star experience card. He thought that with the star experience card, everything would be safe, which is why he suffered the regret last night.

Although it was great to score points like that last night, Sun Ce knew that he had to find a balance point against the Mavericks with Yao Ming, Nowitzki, such a good lineup of role players, and Carlisle as the head coach.

There was indeed a chance to win last night. The Mavericks really didn't rely on one-on-one defense to guard him. He used pick-and-rolls and high-speed changes below the free throw line. He scored 24 points in the first 17 minutes all by himself. Of course, he also relied on the containment of his teammates, but at the last moment, the Mavericks had worn out the touch of his teammates. They flanked him and made it impossible for him to break in. He didn't even have a good chance to make a mid-range shot, so he lost the game.

It’s not that they don’t have a chance to win, but they have a good chance.

We just need to grasp a balance point... But the key is the opponent's defense. How to find a balance point?

This is a problem! Big, big problem.

After thinking about it all morning, he found that any method he thought of might be blocked by the opponent. Sun Ce didn't think about it for the time being and planned to have a discussion with his teammates and coaches during the team's training in the afternoon.

After thinking about it, Sun Ce read the news.

Sure enough, the Internet started to craze about the Mavericks.

On the other hand, his grandson was also highly praised.

He scored 57 points against the Mavericks, who had such a strong defense. It was really impressive. People compared it to Jordan's 63 points against the Celtics in the second-year playoffs, because they both lost.

Moreover, judging from public opinion, his Sun's 57 points were rated higher than Jordan's 63 points. Because of the fast pace of that era, Jordan's game was tied at 115 to 115 during regular time, with two games. In overtime, Jordan scored 63 points.

In the game between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks, neither team scored more than 100 points. In terms of efficiency, Sun Ce is higher.

Nowitzki also said in an on-site interview after the game: "I have never played against Jordan in his prime. I don't think it would be more terrifying than this. If Jason and I hadn't made a three-pointer tonight, I think I'm going to have nightmares."

Although he was highly praised, Sun Ce understood that this was related to the opponent's defensive strategy.

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Having a veteran, and a former MVP veteran with All-Star ability, is a blessing for any team.

After learning from Coach Hollins that Sun Ce blamed himself, Teacher Na began to greet his teammates to cheer up Sun Ce.

The training arranged by the coaching staff was to gather at 1 p.m., but Nash called his teammates to the arena in the morning to discuss how to "coax" Sun Ce.

Just coaxing, they didn't expect Sun Ce to blame himself for scoring 57 points, which made his teammates who didn't perform well last night also blame themselves.

From a certain level, Sun Ce's loss last night and Sun Ce's isolation for a few hours actually made the Grizzlies team cohesion stronger. Sun Ce was also a blessing in disguise, and his influence within the team was further enhanced.

It is true that Sun Ce is so different from others. If someone else scored 57 points with a high shooting percentage but lost, he would more or less blame his teammates, but Sun Ce was blaming himself.

This makes teammates feel so guilty!

However, Nash treated his teammates to a meal at noon and decided how to make Sun Ce happy. When he returned to the gym and waited for Sun Ce to arrive, he found that Sun Ce had already arrived.

Moreover, Sun Ce seemed to be happily singing rap that they couldn't appreciate...

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