One Thousand and Seven. Use the Ultimate Move Directly!
After playing for 18 consecutive minutes, at the official timeout of the second quarter, Sun Ce returned to the bench with 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. The current score with the Lakers was 33 to 36. Their Grizzlies were 3 points behind. In this half of the second quarter, the Grizzlies struggled to limit the Lakers to 11 points in 6 minutes.
However, the Grizzlies only scored 10 points in the first half.
The opponent was so stable that Sun Ce felt terrible!
He felt that the Spurs were beaten to death by the Lakers in the second round, just like the Grizzlies were beaten to death by the Mavericks in the first round!
Kobe Bryant was determined not to organize the offense. Although Paul and Sessions, who came on the bench, were cut off from passing routes, Kobe would rather trust Paul and Sessions and let the two play alone rather than participate in organizing the offense. Gasol and Odom, who came off the bench, cooperated with the two point guards, and Kobe firmly acted as a containment point.
Point guards like Paul and James will simplify the functions of the team's other stars, especially the outside stars, but they can also make role players better!
For example, McRoberts, Brand, and Ci Shiping, these three people will definitely not be as good as starting players if they change teams, but when Paul is on the court, they seem to have become smarter in their playing style, maximizing their existing abilities. Even beyond the level!
Ci Shiping can always find opportunities to cut in, enter the inside and use his strong body to find confrontation inside; McRoberts is good at everything, shooting, passing, pick-and-roll, and cutting are all at a good marginal level, none of them are good, but they all have skills. , played very beautifully when paired with Paul.
Kobe was working hard to move, using his own threats to create good opportunities for his teammates. When he had the chance to catch the ball, he shot without knocking him down.
However, the Grizzlies are also very energy-intensive. They use Tony Allen and Klay Thompson to guard Paul and Sessions. Gasol and DeAndre Jordan guard the inside, and Sun Ce helps defend. They can block the inside if they can. Death, at least curb the inside singles of Gasol and Brand, forcing the opponent to take more mid-to-long-range shots.
In the first half of the second quarter, Kobe Bryant scored a three-pointer, Gasol and Sessions scored 5 points, and McRoberts cut inside to score with the support of Gasol from the high post, which also caused Jordan to foul and add penalties. scored a total of 11 points. No one else scored for the Lakers in this half quarter.
The defense is still good, let’s continue to endure!
After relaxing for a while, he drank a cup of Gatorade and saw Coach Hollins replacing Nash, Klay Thompson, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian. Sun Ce took a deep breath. The next half of the quarter is very important. If he can By taking the lead before halftime, the second half will be better and he will be under much less pressure.
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Officially back from suspension,
On the Lakers side, Kobe, who scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists after playing a quarter and a half, went to rest. Paul, who rested for half a quarter in the second quarter, came back on the court. Playing with Paul were Blake, Barnes, McRoberts, Odom.
When teammates Kobe and Gasol were resting, they could still have such a lineup. Paul thanked God every time he played in every game. When he was with the Hornets, the starting lineup was not much better than this rotation. .
When discussing with Kobe Bryant and the team's offensive assistant Bernie Bickerstaff just now, Paul came to the conclusion that the opponent would definitely send out a run-and-gun lineup for the rest of the first half.
Sure enough, I saw Nash coming up with a run-and-gun lineup.
Paul wasn't afraid either, wasn't he just running and gunning? It’s not like he hasn’t played before. If he hadn’t been young and ignorant, and didn’t have adequate warm-up preparations, which led to an accident and a season-ending knee injury, he would have hoped to win the MVP in the 10-11 season by relying on running and gunning, and he took the Knicks with him at that time The Sri Lankan team reached first place in the Eastern Conference.
After returning from the timeout, the two teams quickly started the confrontation mode.
Suddenly changing from an anxious defensive war of attrition to a confrontation mode, the style of the game became very abrupt, but the fans at the scene have long been used to it. They can just cheer for their own team and boo the opponent.
But the Grizzlies obviously have the upper hand!
Nash is already the strongest in running and gunning, and Coach Hollins assigned Sun Ce and Randolph, the team's strongest scoring inside and outside combination, to him. Randolph was okay, mainly as a containment point, and Sun Ce seemed to be going crazy and rushed when he had the chance. Nash just found Sun Ce and passed the ball over. Sun Ce rushed inside as if he was playing in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter.
With such an aggressive style of play, McRoberts and Odom couldn't defend well, and Barnes never defended Sun Ce.
Relying on his desperate play regardless of physical strength, Sun Ce played the entire 24 minutes of the half. He threw 19 times in the half and made 8 of 17 shots, including 2 of 6 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored a total of 23 points and 8 points. 4 rebounds, 2 blocks.
Relying on Sun Ce's performance, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 1 point 51-50 at halftime and entered the intermission.
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18 to 14, the Grizzlies once again fought back in the second half and narrowed the 4-point difference.
But the game was very unpleasant, and Sun Ce always felt unhappy. On the way back to the locker room after halftime, Sun Ce shared this strange feeling with Nash.
Nash helped Sun Ce analyze: "They really want to keep playing with us like this. Maybe they saw that we didn't handle the key balls well when we played the Thunder and Mavericks. They are playing away games now. It doesn't matter if they lose, but they make money if they win. , so they may want to follow the example of the Mavericks and Thunder and drag us to the critical moment.”
Sun Ce nodded. He also had such a feeling, but he didn't have the ability to express the whole thing in words like Nash. This was the difference in experience. He, Sun, just had similar ideas, while Nash could narrate and explain them to his teammates. This could also be regarded as the difference in leadership experience.
Now it is certain that the opponent just wants to grind to the last moment.
The feedback Sun Ce received from his own coaching staff also wanted to grind and consume the Lakers.
Sun Ce also felt that consuming Gasol, Odom, Artest, Brand and others was a good way. Paul's physical condition was also average. After all, he only returned from injury in the middle of the season, and his physical reserves were average. Consuming the Lakers was definitely a good way.
But there was Kobe on the other side!
At present, Kobe's style of play is very efficient and consumes very little. Obviously, he is ready to save his physical strength for the critical moment in the fourth quarter.
It is important for Sun Ce to consume the Lakers, but it would be better if he could win while consuming.
The consumption tactics when playing against the Lakers, the Grizzlies, and the Bulls were a tactical strategy that had been clearly defined before the start of the playoffs. In this shortened season, the Grizzlies have a clear physical advantage.
But now, Sun Ce wants to win every game!
If he can sweep the Lakers, he can get the star experience card of Kobe's strongest season. 4 to 1 is also very good, and he can get a special card.
After returning to the locker room, Sun Ce went directly into the bathroom with a towel.
Looking at the Durant card, the S-level point guard card, the top ten cards in the triple-double list, and the S-level designated type lottery card... the four god cards are in hand.
Sun Ce will not use the S-level designated type lottery card for the time being. This is the bottom of the box. It is far from the time to fight desperately. He just wants to ensure that he can win the first game.
Whether it is the event or this series, the first game is very important.
After thinking about it, Sun Ce decided to use the big move directly!
Sun Ce walked out of the lounge surrounded by his teammates, took out Durant's backpack from the closet and put it on his back. After thinking for a while, he took out the kettle that he had prepared for Durant, poured out a cup, hesitated for a moment, and took a sip.
As soon as he thought about it, the system prompt came.
"The host uses Kevin Durant's 11-12 version of the star experience card, ability rating S, offense S+, defense A-, three-pointer S-, mid-range shot S, layup S+, speed A, bounce A-, strength A+, endurance A... matching bonus..."
"Because the host has Kevin Durant's backpack and drank Scarlett Johansson's bath water, it meets the advanced use conditions and is a 100% perfect match."
"The host's temporary ability rating is S+,
Physical fitness S-: speed S-, strength A+, endurance A, bounce A-, static confrontation A, leg explosive power A+ (explosive acceleration, bounce speed), explosive confrontation ability A+...
Shooting rating S+: three-pointer S-, mid-range shot S (mid-range S on the right side of the baseline, mid-range S in front of the basket, mid-range S on the right side of the three-second zone, left side of the three-second zone Mid-range A, left baseline of the three-second zone S-), layup S+...
Technical evaluation A+: left-handed ball control B-, right-handed ball control A+, pass A, pick-and-roll jump shot B+, dribble-and-shoot S, pull-up jump shot A, low-post back-to-the-basket technique A, high-post back-to-the-basket technique A, three-threat stance D-..."
The fatigue was swept away, and Sun Ce "recalled" the temporary playing memory. Seeing the temporary ability evaluation, he was both excited and speechless: "Carrying Durant's schoolbag and drinking Black Widow's bath water, it's a perfect match? This guy is perverted!"
Sun Ce wiped off the sweat, changed into a clean jersey and returned to the locker room. He came out with a water cup and happened to meet Yi Jianlian who had just come back from the hair salon to get mousse to strengthen his hair. Yi Jianlian reached out and took the water cup held by Sun Ce and drank it all up.
"..."
Sun Ce looked at Yi Jianlian speechlessly, without even asking what it was... It seemed that the water in the locker room could be drunk, and the water in the faucet could also be drunk directly.
"I didn't expect you to bring boiled water, little overlord. Boiled water tastes better. Do you have any more?" Yi Jianlian thought it was boiled water, which was different from the water from the tap. You could tell it was the kind that was heated and then cooled down.
Sun Ce was silent for a while, and took out the kettle from his schoolbag again. The kettle was not big, and it could hold about three cups. Yi Jianlian drank it all.
Looking at the empty kettle, Sun Ce silently said sorry to Durant.
Sun Ce secretly packed this kettle of water after Black Widow took a bath and prepared to give it to Durant. Of course, he would not leave his name, but only write "Black Widow's bath water" on the package he sent out.
Now, Durant did not drink Black Widow's bath water, but Yi Jianlian did!