Nine Hundred and Ninety-One. Thrilling Battle 1
Tonight, May 18, the Grizzlies will face the Thunder in the second game of the series.
Yesterday, two games were also played. The Lakers narrowly defeated the Spurs 114-105 and kept two home games.
Paul scored 28 points, Kobe 25 points, and Sessions 23 points. The three of them scored 76 points together. The Lakers' inside line performed mediocre today, mainly because Duncan retreated to defend the inside line. However, Duncan's retreat to defend the inside line could not interfere with Kobe and Paul's mid-range shots, and could only be double-teamed from the outside, and Sessions made 5 three-pointers.
The first 2-0 happened in the second round of the Western Conference, but in the Eastern Conference, the Heat lost to the Knicks 75-88 at home. The James-Wade combination played poorly on the sidelines in this game. Wade scored only 5 points with 2 of 13 shots, and James scored 19 points with 8 of 20 shots. The two of them combined did not score as much as Bosh, who scored 30 points. Bynum played very well, scoring 28 points, 26 rebounds and 5 blocks. Bosh scored 30 points while only getting 2 rebounds. The rebound gap in the whole game was as large as 22. The Knicks had 53 rebounds, but the Heat had only 31.
Sun Ce watched both games. It was already the second round. 2-0 does not mean that they will definitely win. 1-1, being robbed of a home advantage, does not mean that they will definitely lose. The strength gap in the second round is much smaller than the first round, and anything can happen.
Now Sun Ce's attention is on himself and the Thunder.
After a day of preparation and yesterday's tactical plan and training, Sun Ce and his teammates were fully prepared. Today, Sun Ce and his teammates were full of confidence and wanted to defeat the Thunder in one fell swoop, and wanted to go to Oklahoma City with a big score of 2-0.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Grizzlies and the Thunder began.
The Grizzlies planned very well, but plans often cannot keep up with changes. This time they made mistakes and wanted to seize the advantage of the first game too much, but they were taken advantage of by the opponent!
There is a law in confrontational sports, that is, the winner generally does not take the initiative to adjust. The winning side has an advantage, so there is no need to adjust. The main concern is that the adjustment will not work well. The losers need to adjust.
This is a very obvious comparison of advantages and disadvantages, because the loser's adjustment may not be effective, and the winner will naturally seize the advantage that was played before and continue to play.
If this kind of advantages and disadvantages are balanced, then the winning side will definitely have a greater chance of winning overall.
But if it is unbalanced, for example, the winner wants to seize the advantage very much, and the loser makes drastic tactical adjustments, and it is very effective, then the situation will be reversed.
Just like tonight,
After the game started, the Thunder seized the Grizzlies' defensive focus of targeting the Duwe duo and launched a targeted attack. Moreover, Durant was not as impulsive as the night before, and he was not so anxious to shoot, playing steadily.
The defensive end also began to pay attention. Durant's defense against Sun Ce was very effective. Sun Ce was not good at dealing with long-armed and long-legged defensive players like Durant in singles. In addition, the Thunder reused veteran Muhammad to defend Randolph tonight, freeing Ibaka to assist in defense.
In fact, the Grizzlies played well in the first quarter, and tied with the opponent at 24. Although they did not take a 12-point lead in a single quarter like in the first game, they did not fall behind.
But in the run-and-gun stage in the first half of the second quarter, the combination of Westbrook, Harden, Daequan Cook, Durant, and Ibaka performed very well on both offense and defense. The Thunder took a 5-point lead in the first half of the second quarter, and Harden scored 10 points in the second half of the second quarter, helping the Thunder to score 14 to 11 in the first half, and widened the gap to 8 points in one fell swoop.
After the half, the Thunder led the Grizzlies by 8 points 56 to 48 and entered the second quarter!
Sun Ce played 15 minutes in the first half and scored 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 2 fouls. He didn't play well in this regard, but he didn't play badly either. Randolph played 17 minutes in the first half and scored 14 points. They played really well on offense, and 48 points were okay. After all, in the playoffs, the opponent's defense was good tonight.
But their own defense was not good, especially in the second quarter. The opponent scored 18 points in the first half of the run-and-gun, and Harden scored 10 points in the second half of the positional battle.
Sun Ce's two fouls were all caused by Harden in the second quarter. Harden scored 5 of his 10 points from free throws, and he made 5 of 6 free throws in half a quarter!
Durant played the entire first half, making 9 of 14 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 26 points!
Harden and Durant alone scored 40 points in the first half, and their scores were only 8 points less than the entire Grizzlies team.
Fortunately, the Grizzlies did not mess up and insisted on the defensive strategy. Although the opponent's counterattack was fierce, after discussion during the halftime break, they felt that the opponent's play was a hidden danger.
Sure enough, persistence was right. In the third quarter, the opponent's defense obviously declined. Durant played too hard on both offense and defense in the first half. He defended Sun Ce from 3 of 9 while scoring 26 points himself. He was too hard.
Sun Ce seized the opportunity in the third quarter and used pick-and-rolls to score inside, scoring 14 points and 3 assists in 8 minutes. With the outstanding performance of Paul George and Jordan in the third quarter, the team scored 28 to 22 in the third quarter.
After three quarters, the Grizzlies chased the score to 76 to 78, only two points behind.
The final quarter entered a tense defensive battle. Durant, who only scored two points in the third quarter, played very well in the final quarter. He walked for half a quarter and rested for half a quarter in the third quarter. After resting, Durant was in full swing in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, helping the Thunder to keep the score close.
Fortunately, Sun Ce and Paul George still had a good touch in the final quarter. Randolph scored 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, and Paul George played for 7 minutes in the final quarter and made 3 three-pointers.
On the Thunder side, Westbrook and Harden did not perform well in the final quarter. Battier and Klay Thompson took turns to play against Harden, and Paul George and Tony took turns to play against Westbrook. Both of them did a good job in defense. Durant only passed two assists to Ibaka, and the Thunder only scored 17 points in a single quarter!
Except for Durant's 11 points on 4 of 6 shots and Ibaka's 4 points, Westbrook and Harden only scored 1 free throw in the final quarter.
The Grizzlies scored 20 points in a single quarter, and they won on the defensive end!
Sun Ce was used to defend Durant in the last quarter, and his defense was not very good. The opponent made 4 of 6 shots and 3 of 3 free throws in a single quarter. Sun Ce was completely beaten.
But with Durant resting for so long in the third quarter and the defense in the half quarter he played was also strolling, the Grizzlies predicted that they would definitely not be able to defend Durant in the fourth quarter, so they used Sun Ce to defend Durant alone, and let the other two groups of outside players rotate to deal with the other two outside talents of the opponent.
Randolph took the initiative, Randolph scored 6 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, and both of them were Paul George who made three-pointers. Paul George also made a single three-pointer. Sun Ce only scored two points in the last quarter, but he passed a three-point assist to Klay Thompson.
Relying on Paul George and Klay Thompson to make 4 three-pointers in a single quarter, the Grizzlies relied on the single defense strategy of cutting off Durant's connection with his teammates in the last quarter, and scored 20 to 17 in a single quarter!
Durant scored 39 points in a single game. In fact, in the first 11 minutes of the final quarter, Durant made 4 of 5 shots and missed the last shot. Not only Durant, but also Fisher and Sefrosa failed to score the ball to overtake the score. Although Fisher is good at key shots, no one will always count on him. If you really count on him, you will find that the number of shots that you miss is more than double the number of shots that you make.
In the last minute or so, neither team scored a single point, and the score of 96 to 95 was frozen in the last minute or so!
In the end, the Grizzlies beat the Thunder by 1 point and made the score 2 to 0!
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This game against the wind was exciting for the fans, especially the fans at the scene. At first, they were crazy when they saw Durant scored 26 points in the first half, and they felt very happy when they won in the end.
Sun Ce and others also felt very happy when they won, but it was too thrilling!
After the first three quarters, they were still two points behind, and Durant rested for almost the entire quarter. In the third quarter, Durant played for more than 5 minutes on the court and only shot twice. He basically opened up the space and walked inside on defense. The fourth quarter was bound to explode. The Grizzlies expected it during the intermission.
Fortunately, Coach Hollins had a lot of routines in defense, and the defensive strategy in the last quarter was executed correctly.
24 shots, 9 of them, scored 25 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks. Sun Ce got 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in the last quarter. With the cooperation of the whole team, he successfully limited the Thunder to only 17 points in the last quarter.
However, this strategy is not very good. With this kind of defense, the offense is basically useless. We need to slow down the tempo and not play fast. We cannot let the opponent's five-man team of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, and Muhammad, who have such good physical fitness, rush up. The Grizzlies' own offense is also very bad. If they play a whole game, they may not lose too much, but it is difficult to win. This is the so-called "shit-stirring" style of play, which is tormenting people and hurting themselves and the enemy.
There were few people who scored in the last quarter on the Thunder side, and they were concentrated on Durant and Ibaka. The Grizzlies' scoring was also concentrated on two people.
Fortunately, while the defensive strategy was well executed, Klay Thompson and Paul George, the 3D shooters, made 4 three-pointers, especially Paul George, who scored 22 points in a single game and made 6 three-pointers in a single game, otherwise it would be over!
This game was really thrilling. In the last minute or so, Durant and Sefrosa each threw a three-pointer, and Fisher had a breakthrough. Fortunately, they were all blocked, and Sun Ce kept the last three rebounds. Although he failed to counterattack, he was lucky that there were no mistakes or fouls.
But no matter what, winning is winning! No one cares about the process, the result is the most important. With a big score of 2-0, the Grizzlies are ready to go to Oklahoma City!
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