Nine Hundred and Eighty. This Time, No Longer on Par with Jordan!
According to Sun Ce's needs, the Grizzlies replaced the combination of Klay Thompson, Paul George, Randolph and DeAndre Jordan.
For the Mavericks, the combination of Conley, Jason Terry, DeShawn Stevenson, Nowitzki, and Chandler appeared.
The Mavericks were full of fighting spirit and wanted to attack.
Anyway, there are two days of rest in the next two days. In the second half of today, Carlisle is going to let Yao Ming, Nowitzki, and Jason Terry penetrate the opponent!
However, after returning from the timeout, Sun Ce started digging first!
After a pick-and-roll with Jordan, he accelerated straight into the paint with an S-level explosion and smashed the ball into the basket through Nowitzki!
The fans at the scene were excited for a long time. After the second half of the game started, Sun Ce first competed with Yao Ming, and now it seems that he will continue to compete with Nowitzki.
Doesn't this mean... the little bully from the night before yesterday is here again!
The point difference narrowed to two points. Sun Ce pulled up his blindfold after dunking and quickly retreated.
Sure enough, Nowitzki tried singles as soon as he came up, which was completely different from the previous game where he didn't start singles mode until the fourth quarter.
However, Nowitzki failed to score on his first attack. Sun Ce used Randolph to block the rush and Chandler got the defensive rebound to counterattack!
The Mavericks lineup can keep up with the counterattack speed, but Sun Ce plays very hard, sprinting with all his strength from the mid-line. Anyway, he doesn't have to be as tired as Westbrook to grab rebounds, and he has the S-level endurance of Westbrook in the half. , that's it, you don't need to slow down occasionally like using Rosca.
Sun Ce, who had just dunked on Nowitzki, attracted a lot of attention from the opponent. Jordan and Randolph, who followed up, were also restraints. The three of them attracted the contraction and mid-range defense of the other four. Paul - George was stuck by Jason Terry and was not easy to catch the ball. Sun Ce found Klay Thompson on the way!
Klay Thompson received the ball, and with the expectations of Sun Ce, other teammates and most of the fans at the scene, without hesitation, he followed up and shot a three-pointer...hit!
Sure enough, in this game, I tried my best to cooperate with my teammates and let them take more shots. Even if I fell behind by 4 points in two and a half quarters, it was not in vain. At least it was not like the last game where my teammates lost their touch, but they kept their touch.
In other words, the thinking in the bathroom last night was in the right direction! No, it was a 5-0 run, and we went ahead by 1 point with Klay Thompson's open three-pointer!
Klay Thompson was a little tearful, but the third brother still trusted him! Sure enough, the last ball the night before yesterday was not a blame-shifting, but trust!
The fans almost scolded him for missing that crucial three-pointer. Of course, some people said that Sun Ce did not dare to shoot a three-pointer at the last moment to pass the blame to the rookie, but Klay Thompson received a pass from Sun Ce today and already made his second three-pointer. Even though it was divided, he didn't feel that Sun Ce was passing the blame, because Sun Ce's three-pointers were not as good as when he was in junior high school, so it was right to pass it to him.
Sun Ce, who was retreating, felt the fiery eyes from Klay Thompson and shuddered - What happened to Buddha?
Decisively, Sun Ce started a style of play in which he plays the main role of breaking points, supplemented by his own pull-up jump shots and attacks to the basket.
The lineup is also what Sun Ce wants, and it works. Jordan has strong fast break ability.
The main reason is that Sun Ce feels that if the opponent wants their three strongest scorers to solve the problem with their personal abilities, Conley and Chandler's pick-and-roll play will be reduced, and Gasol's pick-and-roll defense ability will not be needed so much. As long as Jordan can withstand people, the focus is on offense.
This time it was the Mavericks' turn to be caught off guard. After being beaten 20-14 by the Mavericks, the Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks 22-14!
After three quarters, the Grizzlies led the Mavericks by 4 points 88 to 84 entering the interquarter break!
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After the first three quarters of the game, the fans watched the game lively. The commentator of Time Warner Cable Sports who broadcast the game and the former Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown also gave high praise in the analysis of the inter-quarter break. : "This is the most technical game I have seen in the playoffs this year. The two teams did a very good job with their tactical changes.
Both sides can find very good ways to respond when they are at a disadvantage. I am looking forward to how the fourth quarter will play out. "
Celtics star Luke Walton, who partnered with Hubie Brown, continued: "Yes, the Grizzlies obviously adapted to the Mavericks' style of play in the first half. The two teams dealt with running and gunning and Yao. Each did a good job, but the Grizzlies were slowly taking the initiative, but the Mavericks responded immediately in the second half, decisively giving up their steady tactics and starting to take advantage of the strength of their stars. However, the Lords were too strong, with 36 points and 9 rebounds in the third quarter. 11 assists, I think we saw the God of the new era... Hubie, which side do you think will take the initiative in the fourth quarter? "
"No side has taken the initiative. The Lords have already taken the initiative. Luke, didn't you notice that the Lords' first half today is different from the last game? In this wave of 22 to 14, the Lords only scored 5 points, and the other goals were all He distributed the ball and others made the shot. Although the Lords may not score 50 points today, today we...ah, no, the Grizzlies will definitely win!" Hubie Brown almost let it slip.
"Hubby, are you sure you don't lean towards the Grizzlies just because you won the best coach there?"
"Of course not..." Hubie Brown started to tell lies.
Hubie Brown appreciates Coach Hollins' use of Sun Ce tonight. He didn't let Sun Ce continue to gamble at critical moments like in the last game just because Sun Ce was in good form. Now, Sun Ce's teammates can also make shots.
When Coach Hollins first became the head coach of the Grizzlies, he invited Hubie Brown to come back as a consultant, but Hubie Brown looked down on Coach Hollins at that time. Now he thinks Coach Hollins is a promising talent! He has improved so fast!
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Just as Hubie Brown said, Carlisle felt that he was going to be finished tonight.
Sure enough, after the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies continued to soar!
Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan came up. Sun Ce was responsible for scoring, rebounding, and defense at this stage.
If you can defend, defend. If you can't defend, don't you still have to attack?
After the fourth quarter, the Mavericks did rely on Yao Ming's singles to score two goals in a row, and then Yao Ming made a catch-and-shoot shot. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he scored 6 points and helped the Mavericks to play a wave of 11 to 8, narrowing the gap to 1 point.
But in the next two minutes, the Grizzlies scored 7 to 2! Sun Ce counterattacked and rushed to the basket, dunked 2+1 and made a three-pointer. He received the ball and rushed to the baseline to make a quick stop, causing Brandon Knight to foul. He made one of two free throws, and Yi Jianlian made a three-pointer against Nowitzki. The Grizzlies widened the gap to 6 points!
During this period, Sun Ce scored 8 of the 15 points scored by the Grizzlies, 2 of 3 shots, and 4 of 5 free throws!
After playing for 5 minutes, Yao Ming couldn't hold on any longer. The 20 minutes tonight were not like usual. The third quarter and the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter played too hard.
Indeed, Carlisle executed the tactics in the first half of the third quarter very well, especially the 9-2 wave at the beginning of the third quarter. However, the Grizzlies' crazy performance tonight was very different from the overall process expected, but they finally completed the tactical plan!
After the Mavericks called a timeout this time, the Grizzlies began to "play tricks", and the lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol appeared!
103 to 97, the Grizzlies, who led by 6 points, started the meat grinder defense mode.
Not only did the defense execute well, but Sun Ce also did a good job in the mid-range jump shot in the next 7 minutes. Although Chandler + Nowitzki's mid-range and close-range defense was very strong, Sun Ce shot 3 of 7 shots from the right side of the three-second zone against Marion. In the last 7 minutes, the Grizzlies relied on Sun Ce's mid-range singles to score.
In addition to Sun Ce's counterattack causing a foul and one of the two free throws, and Paul George's follow-up tip-in, the Grizzlies scored 9 points in the last 7 minutes.
This lineup did a very good job of defending the Mavericks. Although Battier couldn't defend Nowitzki's back-to-the-basket shots, he defended the face-to-face shots very well. The main reason was that this lineup rotated quickly, and Paul George and Tony Allen defended Jason Terry and Conley very well. There was also Sun Ce's help defense in the pick-and-roll...
Unlike the last time, when they needed to replace teammates with relatively better shooters as much as possible to open up space for Sun Ce to break through, but they failed to do so at the critical moment, this time the Grizzlies just defended and Sun Ce just shot.
Jason Terry didn't rest since the second half. In the second half of the final quarter, Jason Terry, who had already scored 21 points and 4 assists, couldn't hold on, leaving Nowitzki alone.
There was no way, Conley and Chandler's pick-and-roll cooperation became the main attack point at the last moment, but it was not played so well. The Grizzlies' lineup of one big and four small players was not afraid of pick-and-roll at all.
During this period, facing the Grizzlies' meat grinder-like defense, and the crazy defense regardless of the offense, without waiting for Yao Ming to slow down for half a quarter and come up to score two in the last minute, Nowitzki performed normally like in the fourth quarter of the previous game, scoring 4 points with 2 of 4 mid-range shots, and also made a three-pointer, and scored 7 points in the last 7 minutes, but Nowitzki couldn't shoot 7 times in 7 minutes like Sun Ce, he really couldn't do it, even if he was in the playoffs last season, he couldn't do it, this is not a problem of ability or state, but a problem of physical strength!
Except for Nowitzki, only Conley broke through and scored a 2+1.
In the last 7 minutes, the Grizzlies scored a "terrible" score of 9 to 10! This efficiency, especially the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency, 4 of 11 shots..., but they defended! The Mavericks, who are very capable at critical moments, only made 4 of 12 in the last 7 minutes! Except for Nowitzki and Conley, no one else scored a goal, and Chandler was slapped away by Sun Ce once.
In the end, the Grizzlies beat the Mavericks 112-107, refusing to fall behind 0-2!
When the final whistle sounded, the scene went completely crazy!
51 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 blocks, 2 steals...Sun Ce scored 50+ for two consecutive games!