Nine Hundred and Eighty-Three. It’s Time for the Panda Army to Have Fun!
"Avengers' Gift of Appreciation (exclusive for small books) The second phase of Avengers' Ambition event, the host needs to help the team complete revenge against the Mavericks in this season's playoffs.
Goal 1: The host needs to defeat the Mavericks in the playoffs this season. If the host's team advances to the next round, but the Mavericks do not advance, the goal is deemed to be completed; if the Mavericks advance to the next round, but the host's team does not advance, it is deemed that Target failed. (Ongoing)
Event reward skill card Golden Rooster is independent.
Advanced reward: If the host helps the team defeat the Mavericks within 5 games, a 2011-2012 version of Dirk Nowitzki star experience card will be awarded. (Advanced failed.)
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Lying on the hotel bed, looking at the reminder of this incident, Sun Ce could only listen to Jay Chou's nocturne to soothe his sadness.
He played 35 minutes tonight, scoring 26 points on 9 of 17 shots, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. His performance was actually very good. Nash played 31 minutes tonight, part of which was played at the same time as Sun Ce. Well, with 12 points and 8 assists, the team scored more than 100 points.
But unfortunately the opponent's offensive performance was too fierce, and they were forced to put more energy into the offensive end.
However, Sun Ce's mentality was relatively calm, and he had already figured it out during the halftime break. They had never thought about winning two consecutive away games to tie 3-1 to get the match point.
Facing an opponent like the Mavericks, there is no need to rush.
If there is a chance to win, of course they have to try their best to win, but even if they can't win, they still have to show the characteristics of their Grizzlies team, and if they lose, they have to disgust the opponent.
Although he was ridiculed by fans online after the game, Sun Ce felt that at least they were following the stick!
It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to get Nowitzki's star experience card, but after the first game, Sun Ce didn't have high expectations for this star experience card.
Now we should accurately grasp what kind of situation we encounter in each game and what to do, and we should not be affected by these things.
Sun Ce feels that the current situation is not particularly bad. Although there have been many unexpected situations. For example, the Mavericks used a completely different style of play in the first two games of the series from the second half of the regular season, and the role players broke out in the third game, but they were disappointed. The Bears had one central goal and didn't fall behind in three games, all accomplished.
This goal is to consume the Mavericks' physical strength!
No matter what the reason or coincidence, the Grizzlies did it. In the first three games, the game was played until the last moment. In every game, Yao Ming was pushed to the limit of his physical strength. Novis Key also played until the last minute every time. Nowitzki played the entire fourth quarter in the first and third games.
If Nowitzki and Yao Ming were not affected by such consumption throughout the series, Sun Ce admitted it, but they tried their best to do it, and they worked hard in every game, making Sun Ce feel that the current situation is still Not too bad.
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On May 7, the first two teams to advance were announced. The Lakers and Clippers, and the Heat and Bucks. Neither the Lakers nor the Heat easily swept their opponents to advance without much effort.
The Lakers played very easily throughout the series. The Clippers have talent, but they can't turn it into strength. First of all, they don't have a good coach and they don't have a core organization. Their ability to enter the playoffs really depends on the talent of their players. This round In the series, the Lakers were led by Paul. Paul averaged 14 points and 135 assists per game, proving that he is the league's number one point guard.
There was no suspense from the beginning when the Heat played the Bucks. At least some people on the Clippers thought they could steal two wins by relying on their impact. No one on the Bucks thought they had a chance in the season. If they win in the later games, their entry into the playoffs is purely an accident. There are only seven playoff-worthy teams left in the Eastern Conference.
However, this situation in the Eastern Conference is not too surprising. The seventh and eighth teams in the Eastern Conference often have a winning rate of less than 50%. This phenomenon has been around for a long time. In Jordan's rookie season, the sixth to eighth teams in the Eastern Conference Both have winning percentages of less than 50%, and the seventh team is Jordan's Bulls.
People have been used to it for decades.
After the Grizzlies and Mavericks once again experienced a day's rest, on May 8, the fourth game of the series between the two teams came.
After the start of the fourth game, the two teams were evenly matched for a time. DeShawn Stevenson seemed to have a feeling for shooting. He had already planned it. If he wins against the Grizzlies, he can say it again. If "I am a certain terminator", last year he already said that he was a "James terminator".
But DeShawn Stevenson shot well, Conley and Chandler, Barea and Mahinmi or Brandon Knight played well in pick-and-roll, Nowitzki looked OK, but Yao Ming was obviously weak!
The first person to be affected was Yao Ming. Nash seized the opportunity accurately and led Klay Thompson, Paul George, Yi Jianlian and Jordan to rush. He played run-and-gun from the second half of the first quarter to the end of the first half. In the middle, Sun Ce and Randolph also took turns to play without changing their style of play.
There is a premise for using Yao Ming to fight against run-and-gun. This is the key to the Mavericks not being afraid of run-and-gun in the first three games. That is - Yao Ming has enough physical strength when the Mavericks have enough lineup depth!
The Mavericks have a good lineup depth, which will not change, but Yao Ming can't stand it! He played half a quarter in the second half of the first quarter, and didn't play so well in the second half of the second quarter.
At this time, a chain reaction occurred. Nowitzki needed Yao Ming to play an efficient 20-minute performance to get enough rest time, so that he could compete with the Grizzlies in the period when he was the main scorer or the point of containment. The Mavericks could play key balls without the advantage of crushing and the gap in the regular time like in the third game.
On the other hand, Sun Ce had the experience of the first three games and knew that the opponent would defend him with all his strength. Therefore, he attacked with all his strength at the beginning of the game. In fact, his shots were average, 2 of 5 shots in the first half, but the Mavericks did not dare to bet on Sun Ce's condition today. This was a madman who had seen him break out for two consecutive games with 50+ points. Seeing Sun Ce's play, they thought he was going to break out again, so Sun Ce got 4 points in 2 of 5 shots and got 2 rebounds and 3 assists in the first half.
Sun Ce used this to help the Grizzlies hold up the Mavericks' starting lineup led by Nowitzki, who was in good condition, in the first half of the first quarter.
When it came time to change the lineup, Nash, who had been off early, came up to lead the team in running and gunning, and established a 4-point lead in the second half of the first quarter, leading 28-24. In the second quarter, Sun Ce came on, and Nash continued to lead Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Randolph in running and gunning, and withstood the fierce attack of the Mavericks led by the combination of Nowitzki and Jason Terry.
Finally, the Grizzlies' strategy, which had been implemented for three games and had never stopped for any reason or regardless of the game situation, finally paid off!
The Mavericks also had Nowitzki and Yao Ming rest during the regular season, but that was forced upon them. They spent half a season to let Yao Ming and Nowitzki, two superstars affected by the lockout, recover. They didn't want to let them rest at this stage to let them recover their strength, but they had no choice. The two were not in good shape for a long time before the All-Star Weekend. Carlisle had no choice but to give up the fight for the top four in the West. He would rather let the team be outside the top eight in the West before the All-Star Weekend, and let these two strongest stars who were in poor shape due to the long lockout recover their form.
If they could get into the top four, even if they didn't have to spend too much effort to fight for the fifth place, Carlisle would have fallen to the eighth place on his own initiative.
It was because he felt that even if he fought for the fifth place, he would be seriously injured in the second half of the regular season, so he chose the most difficult path.
Although the Mavericks had made full preparations to enter the playoffs as the eighth team, and even played a trick of changing their playing style at the end of the regular season and the beginning of the first round of the playoffs, they still almost lost the home advantage.
Who could have expected that Sun Ce would score 50+ in the first two games? If it weren't for Jason Terry's near buzzer beater, even if Nowitzki tied the score with a key three-pointer, the Grizzlies would have been dragged into overtime if Sun Ce and Klay Thompson didn't make a three-pointer in the last 55 seconds, which was also extremely disadvantageous for the Mavericks.
All three games were played to the last minute, and in the second game Yao Ming was exhausted in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter. In the third game the night before, the Grizzlies played dirty at the end, exhausting Nowitzki and Yao Ming. Although the Mavericks relied on DeShawn Stevenson to play the state of last year's finals and established a huge advantage in regular time, allowing Nowitzki and Yao Ming to hold on to the victory with a 12-point lead, this also seriously hurt the Mavericks.
Instead of having two days of rest between the second and third games, this time there was only one day. In this game, the Grizzlies finally ushered in the advantage they had expected, planned, and implemented after three games - physical strength!
During this period, Sun Ce mainly focused on receiving the ball and shooting and counterattacking the basket, reducing holding the ball and reducing consumption. In the second half of the second quarter, Sun Ce went down to rest again, and Nash led the team to play the rest of the first half.
At the end of the first half, the Grizzlies successfully widened the gap to more than 5 points, leading the Mavericks by 8 points 57-49 into the halftime break.
Sun Ce was substituted in the second half of the second quarter. Coach Hollins actually used a risky move, because on the Mavericks side, Nowitzki only played the first three minutes of the second quarter, and Yao Ming also played three and a half minutes in the first half of the second quarter. He saw Yao Ming put on his training clothes when he returned to the bench after the official timeout at the sixth and a half minutes of the second quarter, and Nowitzki did not take off his training clothes.
So, in the second half of the second quarter, when the Mavericks played a good team offense with the pick-and-roll lineup of Conley, Jason Terry, Marion, Brandon Knight, and Mahinmi, coach Hollins insisted on replacing Sun Ce and using Nash to lead the double 3D and double emperor combination. In fact, it was not stable. Although he was confident that the opponent's lineup would not be well defended under Nash's leadership, their lineup could not defend the pick-and-roll offense of Conley and Mahinmi well, and if Jason Terry exploded, no one on their side could respond.
However, the result was good. Nash was experienced and taught Conley a good lesson.
Sure enough, in the third quarter, the Mavericks' playing style suddenly changed. Nowitzki, who played only 9 minutes in the first half, attacked fiercely for half a quarter, and Yao Ming, who played 9 and a half minutes in the first half, attacked fiercely for another half a quarter.
From the middle of the second quarter to the halftime break, Yao Ming and Nowitzki both rested for more than half an hour and were ready. In this quarter, they helped the Mavericks score 29 points in a single quarter. They performed very fiercely, especially Yao Ming. He fought hard in the second half of the third quarter, not considering the fourth quarter, and wanted to catch up.
Fortunately, the Grizzlies were prepared. Sun Ce, who played only 12 minutes in the first half, came up in the third quarter and led the team to attack fiercely with Randolph, who played 14 minutes in the first half!
Sun Ce looked like he was going to go crazy, so the Mavericks naturally put the focus of defense on him. Since Randolph's role without the ball was very simple, he only had to catch the ball and shoot in the second attack. With his age and 11th season in his career, it is basically impossible for him to develop off-ball running now.
But if Randolph wants to play one-on-one, he will still be threatening. In the third quarter, the Grizzlies let Randolph play one-on-one. Every time he received the ball and attracted Chandler to shrink, he passed the ball to Gasol, who was at the free throw line. Gasol passed the ball to Sun Ce, who was coming from the right side of the three-second zone, and then blocked Marion, giving Sun Ce the opportunity to break through the middle.
Sometimes things are relative. Sun Ce is too threatening. At this time, Nowitzki and Chandler often rush out to prevent Sun Ce from using his low-post high-speed change of direction. At this time, Sun Ce has the opportunity to pass to the basket!
Using Randolph to play one-on-one prevents the opponent from double-teaming Sun Ce in advance and blocking Sun Ce's pass, which in turn creates continuous opportunities for Randolph to score!
In the third quarter, Randolph, Sun Ce and Gasol played together as the main offensive means. Neil, Klay Thompson and Paul George, two of the three who were in good condition, opened up space. If Chandler of the opponent could not double-team Sun Ce in advance and double-teamed him from the outside, the outside shooters on the court would have a chance, and Gasol could choose to pass the ball after receiving it.
Although the opponent scored 29 points in a single quarter, the Grizzlies also scored 26 points in a single quarter!
After three quarters, the Grizzlies still led by 5 points with 83 to 78 and entered the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Yao Ming couldn't hold on any longer. Since Jason Terry's shooting performance was average today, Nowitzki played the entire fourth quarter and performed well. At one point, he helped the Mavericks overtake by 1 point with a mid-range shot at 4 minutes and 26 seconds. But then Hu Xiong took the initiative again. Sun Ce received two consecutive passes from Nash and Jordan in the paint after Chandler was pulled out by pick-and-roll. He pushed Nowitzki to dunk and helped the Grizzlies take a 3-point lead. The Grizzlies completely took the initiative. At seven minutes into the fourth quarter, Sun Ce passed the ball to Klay Thompson to attract the defense and then passed it to Paul George for a three-pointer. The Grizzlies opened the gap to 10 points in one fell swoop!
After the Mavericks called a timeout, they had a 10-point lead. With 5 minutes left, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol were on the court again!
This made Carlisle collapse. Even though he had a thousand plans, he couldn't stand up to a group of rogues!
He had long guessed that the Grizzlies would choose to wear them down and not have the pride of a regular season champion, so he used strange tactics from the beginning, but he was still worn down by the Grizzlies to this point today.
Meeting such a team, what should he do?
Just like the Grizzlies encountered buzzer beaters in the first and third games, and encountered the explosion of the opponent's role players and couldn't think of a good solution, in this situation, Carlisle was helpless!
When leading by more than 5 points and only half a quarter is left, the Grizzlies can win eight out of ten games. At least in the past two regular seasons, the Grizzlies have been able to maintain such stability in such a situation. To win, the opponent must have a big shooting explosion.
But tonight, the Mavericks didn't do it!
Teacher Tony and Gasol led Sun Ce, Paul George, and Battier to defend and grind out the last 5 minutes!
Sun Ce played 33 minutes in the whole game. His playing time was the lowest since the start of this year's playoffs. His score was also a new low, 19 points, but he also got 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal!
In this game, Sun Ce did a great job in passing and singles, helping the team beat the Mavericks 106-97 away and regain the home advantage!