One Thousand and Six. Characteristics of the Panda Army
This progress is not in terms of technology or strength, but in terms of ideology.
With Paul as his superstar partner, Kobe has become more team-oriented!
And he has a stronger sense of teamwork than in the second half of the regular season!
Sun Ce clearly felt the difference between the current Kobe and the Kobe he played against in the last regular season.
Just watching the video, it is hard to tell how much Kobe has changed. He was originally a player who mainly shot. After Paul came, he completely transformed into a pure scorer.
But now, it is not just about giving up the ball in terms of playing style. It gives Sun Ce another feeling. After entering the timeout stage, Sun Ce thought about it and felt that he could only use "calm" to describe Kobe.
Use words to describe emotions to describe Kobe's playing style, but Sun Ce just thinks this word is the most appropriate.
Sun Ce felt the calmness and composure that he had never felt from Kobe in the past two years.
Kobe used to have the feeling of wanting to choose someone to bite and eat his opponent alive, but this season he gradually became calmer.
Sun Ce didn't know whether this was a distortion of human nature or a moral decline, but Kobe became less likely to be angered and more difficult to deal with.
And Sun Ce is sure that if it comes to a critical moment, this guy will change suddenly.
If you don't play against Kobe directly, you won't feel such details at all.
Shifting the focus away from Kobe, since everyone knows Kobe very well, Kobe's point is actually not worth studying. Sun Ce drank Gatorade and listened to Dave Joerger adjusting the defensive details.
At present, the Grizzlies are 5 points behind the Lakers 6-11. Regardless of the offense, the defense is really bad.
After the defensive details were adjusted, Coach Hollins pulled Sun Ce aside and asked, "How do you feel tonight?"
This question? Sun Ce replied, "Well? It's okay."
Coach Hollins continued to ask, "Can you defend for a long time with intensity?"
"Of course." Sun Ce was a little confused, but still nodded.
"..."Coach Hollins seemed to be unable to speak anymore. After a moment of silence, he continued to ask, "Zach has difficulty playing against Gasol. Can you score more points by the way?"
"..."This time it was Sun Ce's turn to be speechless. He snorted, closed his eyes, and nodded.
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After the timeout, the Grizzlies did not make any substitutions. The Lakers played well. The game had just started, and there were no substitutions either.
The Grizzlies were attacking. In the frontcourt, Sun Ce received the ball from Paul George and was ready to fight to the death.
They had already made plans. They had to win the first game. They couldn't lose the first game like they did against the Mavericks. That would be too difficult.
Seeing that Metta World Peace was defending him again and seemed ready to come at any time, Sun Ce was not in a hurry and waited for his teammates to get into position. This guy was not easy to deal with.
Metta World Peace, who has lost weight to the thinnest weight in his career, has good mobility. And that brute force is not just because of muscles. Metta World Peace was in the same size as he is now when he was a rookie. He broke Jordan's ribs... Sun Ce was very frustrated by Metta World Peace's defense before the timeout, especially after he made a turnaround jump shot in the first singles game. As long as Sun Ce got outside the three-point line, Metta World Peace would start to defend him, making it difficult for Sun Ce to speed up unless he did a pick-and-roll.
In other aspects, Metta World Peace has deteriorated a lot after losing weight, but his sticky defense is quite similar to the 2009-10 season two years ago.
So, Sun Ce started to play pick-and-roll with Randolph!
Let's not talk about the effect of the pick-and-roll. Sun Ce just wanted to use the pick-and-roll to get rid of Metta World Peace's close combat and break through. It doesn't matter if he is double-teamed or back-up. Randolph can follow up on the other side to rush for offensive rebounds and start shooting a lot.
Sun Ce's desperate and energy-saving style of play is not bad. The Lakers' interior defense is not as good as expected, especially with Randolph's offensive rebounds, Sun Ce shot decisively.