One Thousand and Nine. Fighting Fifty+!

There is no other way. If we play as a team, we can only be evenly matched with the Grizzlies. Now Sun Ce's outbreak has broken the balance. After Kobe discussed with Paul and Gasol, Kobe decided to go all out!

The Lakers are very confident in Kobe's scoring ability. The reason why they did not focus on Kobe from the beginning is that Kobe is also at this age. Although his physical strength is still amazing, after reducing the physical investment on the defensive end, it is no problem for him to go crazy on the offensive end, but he has to use it sparingly.

Another thing is that Kobe shoots more. Although Kobe reduces the time he holds the ball, the opportunities for other people to touch the ball will still decrease, and the shooting opportunities will still decrease, which is not conducive to the team's offense, especially for Paul to organize the offense.

After all, it is unlikely that Kobe will win the playoffs alone.

But now the Lakers can only do this. Paul and Gasol work hard to pass the ball to Kobe, and Kobe uses the off-ball running ability he has trained this season to catch the ball and shoot.

Although it is a helpless move, Kobe's offensive firepower is really strong!

Kobe, who only scored two points in the first four minutes, scored 18 points in the last eight minutes of the third quarter!

Such a violent performance, in today's league, only James, Durant, and Anthony may be able to do it.

However, tonight Kobe met Sun Ce, who was stronger than him and temporarily had an S+ level ability rating!

After the timeout after the first four minutes, Sun Ce's three-pointer began to be blocked, which gave him a good opportunity to cut in, and his ball control ability was much better than Durant. Durant's current B-level ball-holding ability will definitely make mistakes once he wants to control the ball, but Sun has an A+ level of quasi-top ball control!

Kobe scored 18 points in the last eight minutes of the third quarter when he entered Kobe's time, and scored 20 points in a single quarter. Sun Ce scored 9 points in the first four minutes, 15 points in the last eight minutes, and 24 points in a single quarter to suppress Kobe!

Under the leadership of Sun Ce, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 9 points with 88 to 79 after three quarters and entered the intermission.

After three quarters, Sun Ce had 47 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists!

In this quarter, the Grizzlies scored 37 points. In the 8 minutes that Sun Ce and Kobe competed, the Grizzlies scored 23 points! That is, although Sun Ce scored 15 points less than Kobe's 18 points, the other Grizzlies still scored 8 points.

On the Lakers side, in addition to Kobe's 18 points in these 8 minutes, only Odom scored two points with a tip-in.

The impact of Sun Ce and Kobe's crazy scoring on the team is different.

The Grizzlies' offense is originally average. Whoever can score will shoot more. It has always been like this. If a rookie like Klay Thompson has a good touch, his teammates will keep giving him the ball. Teacher Tony will give him the ball if he can make a shot.

If someone has a good touch and keeps shooting, it will not affect the overall offense of the Grizzlies. It is not very good to begin with, and there is not much room for improvement.

But the Lakers are different. If we consider the team, we don't need Kobe to keep shooting like this. Of course, even if Kobe shoots more, he is more accurate than others, but the problem is that Kobe's more shots will reduce the shooting opportunities of other Lakers players, and the Lakers are an excellent offensive team, and role players' scoring is also very important.

Although the Lakers still relied on Kobe in the second half of the third quarter and did not completely lose hope of winning, when the Lakers tried to get more people involved in the offense in the fourth quarter, the role players' touch declined because they watched Kobe play for more than half a quarter, and they did not have the outstanding performance in the first half!

When Sun Ce threw in another three-pointer in the fourth quarter and raised his personal score to 50 points, the Lakers were not calm and began to double-team!

Coach Hollins took advantage of Sun Ce's double-team foul to replace Nash and use Sun Ce's containment to attack.

The Lakers' defense was in disarray, but their offense was not very chaotic and they fought hard. Kobe, Paul, Odom, Brand, and Gasol all tried hard to score.

Especially Kobe, seeing Sun Ce score 50+ again, he was not convinced!

The rhythm of the game had long been broken by Sun Ce's sudden hurricane mode in the third quarter. The two teams had no rules and no routines to speak of, and they tried hard to score by catching the opponent's defensive problems.

Temporary super scorer Sun Ce + organizer Nash VS super scorer Kobe + organizer Paul played a very beautiful offensive battle in the fourth quarter.

Relatively speaking, the Grizzlies' pitchers were more stable, and Kobe was still the main scorer on the Lakers.

After entering this chaotic state, the game became unpredictable, and the scores of both teams continued to rise.

At 8:06 in the fourth quarter, the Lakers narrowed the gap to 3 points with a small climax of 11 to 6, and the gap was only one ball left.

Sun Ce, who hadn't scored for a long time, stood up, broke into the inside line, smashed the ball into the basket through Gasol, and made a foul and free throw, once again widening the score difference to 6 points.

Facing Sun Ce, who had already made 7 of 12 three-pointers, the opponent came up to him as soon as Sun Ce got the ball, giving him a good breakthrough opportunity. If the double team came slowly, the inside line would be miserable.

Sun Ce suddenly came up with a 2+1, making the Lakers' double team more active against him.

Taking this opportunity, Nash continuously sent assists to the cut-in players. In three and a half minutes, the Grizzlies counterattacked the Lakers with a small climax of 12 to 8.

With 36 seconds left, the Lakers gave up!

111 to 121, 36 seconds, 10 points behind, the Lakers didn't play anymore.

Sun Ce already had 56 points. God knows if Sun Ce would take the opportunity to get 4 points if he attacked two more times.

The Lakers didn't play the last attack. Before the 24-second violation, the ball was thrown out and hit the basket and bounced down. After Paul George received the ball, there were only a few seconds left. Coach Hollins on the sidelines clapped his hands. Paul George didn't play either. After advancing through half court, he used up the 12 seconds of the last attack.

The final whistle sounded, and the Grizzlies defeated the Lakers 121-111 at home and won their first victory in the Western Conference Finals!

Watching Sun Ce play for 48 minutes and get 56 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, not to mention the opponent, even his teammates felt incredible.

In addition, the game, at the end of the half, they felt very tortured.

In the past, they always consumed the opponent, but this time it changed. The Lakers took the initiative to find consumption, which made them very uncomfortable.

But just when they were ready to continue to consume the Lakers, Sun Ce suddenly ended the game.

Just like a god descending to earth, with 24 points in the third quarter, the Grizzlies suddenly took an absolute advantage!

The Lakers were going crazy! They were playing well and the plan was implemented very well, but Sun Ce suddenly exploded.

Kobe was forced to compete with Sun Ce. He played 42 minutes in the whole game, 18 of 32 shots, including 5 of 9 three-pointers, 10 of 11 free throws, and scored 51 points, especially 40 points in the second half, and 20 points in two consecutive quarters in the third and fourth quarters.

Such a crazy scoring performance, but when Kobe was scoring crazy points, he felt that he was doing useless work!

There was a feeling of more despair as the more points he scored, Nash followed Sun Ce's containment and made the Grizzlies' offense play very well.

Moreover, Sun Ce made 19 of 37 shots, including 7 of 12 three-pointers, 11 of 12 free throws, and scored 56 points!

In terms of the amazing performance, Kobe might have scored 20 points in two consecutive quarters, which was more amazing, but... Kobe felt that he was suppressed for the entire half, and he was suppressed for the entire half in the scoring aspect that he was most confident in!

It seemed that there was a slight chance to turn the game around with 4 minutes left, but Kobe felt that there was no chance in the entire second half.

It’s not that Kobe has never lost in the playoffs. On the contrary, he has lost 86 playoff games in his career, which is more than many superstars have played in the playoffs. He has experienced the most terrible defeats, and losing by 10 points is not a big deal.

But he felt that this loss was the worst! This game was obviously evenly matched, the half was very tense, and the plan was going smoothly, but it was suddenly broken by a player on the opposite side.

In the past, he always did this to his opponents, and now he became the victim!

Seeing the kid on the opposite side accepting an on-site interview after the game, Kobe hurriedly left the scene to avoid hearing anything that would make him want to hit someone.

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When Sun Ce was asked about his 47 points in three quarters and 56 points in the whole game, he answered honestly: "I don't know why the opponent didn't defend my three-pointer. I am the three-point king in the playoffs!

But every three-pointer I took tonight was an open shot. I was lucky to seize these open shots and made three-pointers. I couldn't get 24 points in the third quarter without those four three-pointers."

"In fact, you made two three-pointers under Kobe's defense."

"Really? I thought they were all open shots. Sorry, I didn't notice anyone defending."

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After hearing Sun Ce's words, even the reporter wanted to hit him this time!

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After accepting the on-site interview and taking photos with the lucky fans, Sun Ce returned to the lounge to apply ice. After entering the divisional finals, there is only one game a day, and he must play the game in the time period that is most suitable for live broadcasts in China and the United States.

It's almost 11 o'clock now. Sun Ce doesn't have time to complete the Nash training method before 12 o'clock, so he uses ice and physical therapy to relieve physical fatigue.

After reviewing the game, Sun Ce understood a truth. To break the deadlock, tactics and cooperation are actually secondary, and the personal ability of the players is king!

Sun Ce felt fortunate to use the Durant card. If it was not used, Kobe would have scored 40 points in the first half, and the Lakers would have scored 61 points in the first half. If the Grizzlies played steadily, they would have estimated that they could score 50 points in the second half? That's how they lost!

The Grizzlies never relaxed their defense against Kobe. No matter whether Kobe was picking or running, there was always a defender in front of him, but even so, Kobe scored 20 points in two consecutive quarters with Paul, Gasol and Odom passing the ball.

Of course, Kobe can find the weakest link in the Grizzlies' defense, such as Nash or the inside line, through pick-and-roll and running, and shoot more easily.

After reviewing the game, Sun Ce thought: "I thought they wanted to last until the last critical moment, but I didn't expect them to be so despicable and want to play a sneak attack. Let's just go for it in the next game! Don't play with them!"