Nine Hundred and Eighty-Two. The Disgusting and Deadly Panda Army
Seeing Sun Ce start to gloat again, Zu E couldn't help but complain, "Brother, why do you always think James is unlucky? He is so pitiful!"
"No, I was just amazed by Bynum's amazing performance. Shouldn't such a center make it to the second round?"
"Juanjuan can't argue with you! Humph, hurry up, the game is over, play CS with Juanjuan."
"You are trying to abuse me in different ways, right? You want to abuse CS after you've abused StarCraft enough?"
"No..." Zu E's eyes flickered, "Juanjuan just wanted to share her favorite game with brother..."
"Then let's play online, we're on the same team."
"No! Brother, you're going to kill me!"
"Can we not be so direct?"
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The Knicks beat the Jazz 3-0 to take the match point.
On May 5, the 76ers, the third in the Eastern Conference, and the Celtics, the sixth in the Eastern Conference, started the game. The Celtics, who returned to their home court, beat the 76ers 93-91,
and held their first home court, tying the score to 1-2.
Sun Ce, who watched the live broadcast of this game, found that the strength of the two teams was too close. In the original time and space, the Celtics had made it to the Eastern Conference Finals this season and fought the Celtics for seven games.
Garnett's defense is really awesome, and Pierce's ability to attack in the playoffs is also amazing. Facing the siege of Iguodala and Howard, he averaged 26 points in three games. The Celtics lost the first two games with a difference of less than 10 points.
Sun Ce also watched the subsequent game between the Thunder and the Nuggets. After the Nuggets returned to their home court, they also won the first game. The Nuggets scored 113 points in a single game. Lawson scored 19 points and 12 assists, Lowry scored 25 points and 4 assists... 6 Nuggets scored in double figures, and defeated the Thunder 113-108 to avoid being beaten 3-0 by the Thunder. Now the Nuggets are 1-2 behind, but they still have hope.
The third game of the two series between the Heat and the Bucks and the Lakers and the Clippers was also played tonight, but these two games started early. When Sun Ce returned home to watch the game between the 76ers and the Celtics, the Heat and the Lakers had already finished the third game.
When Sun Ce read the battle report, he found that there was really nothing worth paying attention to. Both teams easily led 3-0, and James and Kobe did not score points.
The Lakers beat the Clippers 109-91, winning three consecutive "home games". The gap between the two teams was too big. Griffin was still young and could not beat Gasol. Eric Gordon was also out for the season. Bledsoe was young again. Mo Williams tried very hard, but he was completely beaten by Paul. Kobe played for 27 minutes and got 15 points and 2 assists before going to rest. The Lakers led by more than 25 points at one point. The last quarter became pure garbage time. The Lakers didn't even want to waste Sessions on the court to waste energy. The Clippers narrowed the gap to less than 20 points.
James seemed to have accepted his fate and stopped wasting energy in the series against the Bucks. He played for 29 minutes and got 18 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, which was a near triple-double. He didn't even want to get a full triple-double. He went to rest after the score difference widened to 20 points in the 10th minute of the third quarter. The Heat easily defeated the Bucks 98-80.
As Sun Ce expected, even if James stood in the middle distance today, the opponent had double teams, it was easy to get assists but difficult to score. 10 of his 18 points were scored on counterattacks. In the positional battle, there were only two goals in the running battle, and the other 4 points were free throws.
There have been 3 groups of 3-0 so far, and the situation in the first round is becoming clearer.
The best rookie award of this season was also announced today. The top pick of the Hornets, Kyrie Irving, won the best rookie award without any suspense. Irving played 53 games and averaged 174 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists per game.
This is no surprise, not in terms of how outstanding Irving's performance is, but relative. As far as the rookie season is concerned, the 2011 rookie is the first "successful" prediction by scouts in five years. From the current point of view, this is indeed a weak draft year comparable to the 2001 draft. After the award ceremony, Sun Ce saw from the blog of a famous scout John Carter that the 2011 rookie class may be the worst draft year since the new century. Irving is predicted not to achieve the achievements of Pau Gasol in his career, but he also said that it is not ruled out that this rookie class will have a player like Tony Parker in the future.
Sun Ce found that the scouts have also learned to be smart and don't say anything final. After all, many scouts lost their jobs in the four drafts from 2007 to 2010.
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After two days of preparation, on May 6, the Grizzlies and Mavericks rested for two days, and the third game of the series came as scheduled.
Before the game between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks, the third game of the series between the Bulls and the Hawks ended first. The Hawks were really tenacious. After returning to their home court, the Hawks won the first victory of the series with a difficult score of 88 to 86, making the score 1 to 2.
Sun Ce didn't watch this game, but Gasol did. During the warm-up, he came to Sun Ce and said, "Noah, do you know Al Horford?"
"Yes, he was the third pick in the same draft as you. How could I not know him when he was selected to the All-Star Game?"
"I watched the game between the Bulls and the Hawks during my break and found that Horford did a great job in assisting outside breakthroughs. I specifically looked for the first two games and found that Horford has always done a good job. I learned a lot. I think if I meet Rose next time, I will definitely be able to defend better!" Gasol was very excited.
After hearing what Gasol said, Sun Ce remembered that Horford's defense is not well-known now. When the small ball era comes in the future, when point guards only have two tricks, three-pointers and breakthroughs to the basket, Horford's defense will suddenly be praised to the sky.
Sun Ce felt that it could not be said that he was praised to the sky. It should be said that Horford was more suitable for that era.
However, Sun Ce thinks that if Horford is only used against Westbrook or Rose, he is really good.
Sun Ce thinks that he should watch more video of Horford's games. Although he has not advanced to the second round yet, he must face the game with the mentality of advancing. He should learn how Horford assists Rose. It may be effective to use it against Westbrook.
While chatting with Gasol, the warm-up ended. At 7:40 pm, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the court together.
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This time, Sun Ce finally found comfort. When playing away, they also cheered!
Compared to the Grizzlies' home games, at least two-thirds of the tickets were snatched by local fans. In Dallas, more than half of the fans were bought by fans from China and Asian countries and regions and Chinese.
Sun Ce's performance in the first two games of the series was too crazy. It has been two days, and the popularity is still high. Especially since Kobe and James did not score a lot, Sun Ce's VP call has become more and more popular.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks started.
The Mavericks' tactics have changed significantly tonight. It seems that they have returned to the regular season after the All-Star Weekend. In regular time, Yao Ming and Nowitzki are the containment points, and Conley, Barea and the pick-and-roll offense of the frontcourt players with good pick-and-roll are the core. They want to rely on the team to fight.
Anyway, they have grabbed the home advantage at present. Carlisle decided to take a gamble. He thinks it is unreliable to play against stars!
Carlisle really didn't think that he would be defeated by the stars with Nowitzki, Yao Ming and Jason Terry under his command!
Meeting the Mavericks’ tactical style, the Grizzlies are theoretically very advantageous. After playing a few rounds and discovering the opponent’s tactical changes, the Grizzlies are very excited. They prepared for the Mavericks’ style for a long time before the start of the playoffs.
However, being well prepared does not necessarily mean that it will be effective. The Grizzlies’ defense was defeated by the inconspicuous DeShawn Stevenson!
In the playoffs last season, DeShawn Stevenson was the most accurate three-point shooter for the Mavericks. In two series, he averaged more than 22 three-pointers per game. The three-point shooting rate in these two series exceeded 50%, especially in the finals, which made the Heat doubt their lives.
This time, the Grizzlies also doubted their lives. They defended the other Mavericks very well, but DeShawn Stevenson made a three-pointer from time to time, and then made a three-pointer from time to time, slowly leading the Grizzlies’ defense astray.
At the end of the first half, the Grizzlies were already 17 points behind with 44 to 61.
This made Sun Ce hesitate for a long time, and he finally gave up using the star experience card in this game. The opponent's role players burst out and led the whole team to fierce firepower. This was not the situation in the first game where he could score points and fight the Mavericks to the end. It was obvious that it was basically a waste of a chapter of the star experience card, but he had to use it and risk his life.
In the second half, Sun Ce adjusted his rhythm. When he cooperated with Nash, he ran to catch the ball and shoot. When he should rest, he rested. When it was his turn to control the ball, he tried to lead his teammates to catch up.
If Sun Ce plays the full 48 minutes, it will definitely limit the performance of Nash and other teammates including Randolph and Gasol, and it will definitely affect them. When he is resting, his teammates can actually do well. Of course, they are not as good as when he is playing, but at least they are not bad.
The Grizzlies once narrowed the gap to 6 points in the first half of the fourth quarter, but then Yao Ming and Nowitzki led the Mavericks to a 12-6 run, which widened the gap to 12 points again. The Mavericks led 108-96.
Just like what Coach Hollins said when the Grizzlies prepared for the Mavericks in the last few games of the regular season, if the Mavericks want Nowitzki and Yao Ming to keep their physical strength to play in the key moments during the regular time, there is a prerequisite, that is, the Mavericks role players must play well.
This judgment was indeed proved to be true tonight.
With 4 minutes left and 12 points behind, the opponent had already sent Yao Ming and Nowitzki up, and seemed to have made up their minds to rely on offense to win in the last 4 minutes. Coach Hollins knew that the chances of winning were slim, but that didn't mean he couldn't do anything!
In the last 4 minutes, Coach Hollins sent Nash, Sun Ce, Paul George, Randolph, and Jordan to attack!
Coach Hollins saw Carlisle's idea. At this time, Carlisle did not replace Yao Ming with Chandler to stabilize the offense and defense, but put on a double tower posture of relying on offense to suppress, which was actually to bluff and make the Grizzlies give up the game. Coach Hollins said no! He wanted to be tough!
Sun Ce and others received instructions. In the next attack, Nash and Jordan set a pick-and-roll, and Jordan rushed to the inside line towards Yao Ming. Sun Ce looked for an opportunity to cut in, and Randolph looked for an opportunity to rush for the rebound... It didn't matter whether they could score or not. Of course, this was also hoping for a miracle, but even if there was no miracle, Yao Ming had to be consumed.
And if Yao Ming was not defended, the Grizzlies might really create a miracle.
On the defensive end, Yao Ming was given a low-post single-player opportunity. When Yao Ming made a single-player move, Sun Ce and Randolph went up to help Jordan double-team Yao Ming. Although they didn't restrict him, Yao Ming only failed to react in the first round and was blown away by Sun Ce. The subsequent passes were all done well, but it was not easy. He didn't make a low-post strong eat or turnaround jump shot, and he was really threatening. The Grizzlies didn't double-team.
Looking at the Grizzlies' play in the last few minutes on the court, Carlisle felt that this troublemaker was too disgusting! Even if they lose, they can still play so many tricks, but they really can't make substitutions at this time. If the substitution causes a sudden interruption in the offense, and the Grizzlies make a big reversal, it will be troublesome.
Deshaun Stevenson, who seemed to be dreaming of last season's playoffs, made 8 of 12 shots, including 7 of 9 three-pointers, and scored 23 points in a single game!
Relying on the explosion of role players, the Mavericks defeated the Grizzlies 117-109 and kept the home advantage they had regained.
But it was not a happy victory over Carlisle! The opponent was too despicable!