One Thousand and Twenty. The Situation Is Dire!
Seeing that Sun Ce could still successfully take a shot and maintain stability to throw the ball into the basket with Lou Williams hanging on his body, many fans in front of the TV thought they had seen it wrong.
Three years later, fans other than Grizzlies fans still have the same impression of Sun Ce as a thin bamboo pole, because apart from being a little longer, Sun Ce's weight gain of up to 15 kilograms in the past three years cannot be seen.
After superstars such as Tracy McGrady, Iverson, Carter, and Webber have aged or even retired, many older generation fans may have watched very little regular season games. They basically only watch the games of Kobe, Duncan, and James. Those who played in the 1970s and 1980s Fans who were born in China are the main viewers in the regular season. Most people born in the 1990s are not yet financially independent and do not have much money to watch all the games they want to watch, so they only watch live games of their favorite stars.
Therefore, it is difficult for fans outside the Grizzlies to pay attention to Sun Ce's growth in the past two years. Many people discuss Sun Ce on the Internet, but in fact most of them argue with others, sometimes supporting this player, sometimes supporting that player... Anyway, that's it. When you need to use a player to set off your favorite player or when you need to use Sun Ce to suppress your favorite player's competitors, you use him as a weapon to discuss his data and performance, but maybe even his highlights I haven’t watched it much, but the impression I have of Sun Ce in my mind is what the media has promoted—a player who relies on the system and an explosive player.
Many fans even think that he only relies on the system and explosion, but they have not seen that even when Randolph, Gasol, Tony Allen and others take turns, he can still play a first-class star of 18+8+6 even without explosion. level data.
And it is true that Sun Ce still looks thin because his limbs are too big, and it is true that he cannot compete with Westbrook, Durant, Sefolosha, Kobe, Ci Shiping, Marion, DeShawn Stevenson, etc. He is stronger than a player. In the entire Western Conference playoffs, it is difficult to see the improvement in his impact power and tonnage.
But in the finals, when compared with Lou Williams, those non-Grizzlies fans in front of the TV and fans who didn't watch Grizzlies live broadcasts found that Sun Ce was very different from the inherent impression in their minds!
The opponent seems to be afraid of him entering the inside. Tonight, Sun Ce held the ball into the inside or caught the ball inside three times. The opponent chose to foul twice!
Sun Ce stood on the free throw line. After the player who grabbed the rebound stood still, the referee gave the ball to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce patted the ball, hooked sideways...hit!
This time Louis Williams couldn't even make a big move to foul. Sun Ce's rush was not something Louis Williams, a short shooting guard, could stop.
9 points and 5 boards!
Sun Ce surpassed Evans' 7 points and is currently the highest scorer in the game!
The score was also tied at 18-11. Evans did his best to help the 76ers narrow the point difference to 4 points and helped Howard create an opportunity to narrow the point difference to two points. As a result, it suddenly opened to 7 points.
Sun Ce's counterattack of 2+1 boosted the morale of the Grizzlies!
In the next few minutes, on the offensive end, the 76ers implemented a one-star and four-shot style of play, and indeed the offense was pretty good.
Lou Williams is the core scorer and organizer of this lineup. Originally, the 76ers were ready to give up on Lou Williams and wanted to trade him after the All-Star break for Jamal Crow of the Trail Blazers. Ford is truly the best sixth man, but one day when Howard and four pitchers were put into the lineup, Lou Williams played a role similar to Turkoglu, with sharp three-pointers and positional battles. His solid passing style greatly surprised the 76ers coaching staff, and he became the tactical core of this lineup.
On the defensive end, the 76ers implemented a style of blocking three-pointers and Howard guarding the basket, and tried their best to retreat. The Grizzlies had few opportunities to start a fast break.
The 76ers and the Grizzlies have a similar characteristic. The starting lineup is not as strong offensively as the rotation lineup. However, the 76ers rotation lineup is also very defensive and highly targeted. If the opponent does not have a mid-range shooter, it will be difficult to deal with it and reach the peak. A one-star, four-shot lineup with Howard as the core of the defense.
This is the core play that defeated the Celtics without Garnett 4-3 and the Cavaliers 4-2.
However, after Sun Ce fell into the position, he continued to break through pick-and-rolls and hit mid-range step jumpers very well!
Using the pick-and-roll to break through to the mid-range on the right side, the 76ers' current lineup cannot be defended. Holiday, Lou Williams, and Meeks can't interfere when Sun Ce makes a decisive shot. Thaddeus Young blocked the three lanes and another person blocked the lower three lanes, giving Sun Ce a chance to distribute the ball.
Due to the impact of DeAndre Jordan, Howard did not dare to extend the close range. He originally played very well tonight because of some things that he did not want to elaborate on, helping the Grizzlies to play a very beautiful positional attack.
However, the Grizzlies' defensive end is not very good. It can only be said that the offense under the basket is limited by Sun Ce. He really can't stop outside shots. There is also rebounding. Without the Double Bear, Jordan is grabbing rebounds with Howard at his peak. It was difficult to get the ball and get stuck, which gave the 76ers offensive continuity.
After the first quarter, the two teams did not change their playing style. The 76ers maintained their good offensive style of play and did not even change their lineup. After all, 8 players rotated and each player played for a long time, especially the inside. Duo.
On the Grizzlies side, coach Hollins wanted to see the opponent play offense, so he only rotated Klay Thompson and Neil's shooting positions, and rotated DeAndre Jordan and Yi Jianlian in the interior. Anyway, rebounds could not be guaranteed, and it was almost the same whether Yi Jianlian or DeAndre Jordan played. One could open up the shooting, and the other's impact was second only to Howard tonight.
In the second quarter, the official timeout was called, and the Grizzlies led the 76ers by 8 points 40-32.
In the past 10 minutes, the Grizzlies scored 22-21. The 76ers called a timeout when Louis Williams was almost tired. Without Louis Williams, the one-star four-shooter could not play out the power, just like the 09-10 season when the Magic team was hot-headed and replaced Turkoglu with Carter, and was abused by the Celtics 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals and was almost swept.
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Back on the bench, Sun Ce felt that he was doing fine for now. Thanks to the fact that the opponent sent out a one-star four-shooter lineup for some unknown reason, he could play more easily on the offensive end, which allowed him to run around on the defensive end and still have enough energy to finish the first half even though he couldn't defend.
The pressure was really too great! Since Sun Ce found that the 76ers were not inferior to any team that the Grizzlies had played against in the West, the pressure came. Fortunately, the opponent didn't let Iguodala, who was not very stable in three-point shooting, come up to play one-star four-shooter, otherwise he really couldn't hold on.
18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, only got two rebounds in the past 10 minutes, but also got 9 points and 2 assists in the past 10 minutes! Two mid-range hits, a baseline hook, a total of 4 shots 3, forced the opponent's defensive structure to change, helping the Grizzlies to expand the score difference by one point.
Coach Hollins began to arrange the rotation, preparing to use Nash, Sun Ce, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol, a lineup that can both defend and organize positional warfare offense, to establish an advantage before the end of the half.
On the other hand, why didn't the 76ers head coach Doug Collins consume Sun Ce?
When he studied the Grizzlies, he gave up this method that the Mavericks, Thunder, and Lakers had tried. He felt that the three teams with better lineup depth had failed, and they couldn't do it either.
So Iguodala and Evans, two players who can keep up with confrontation and mobility and are not particularly disadvantaged in height, Doug Collins asked them to rest more and hold up the offense.
With 5 and a half minutes left in the first half, Doug Collins sent Evans, Meeks, Iguodala, Lavoy Allen, and Howard to make a final attack.
After the timeout, the two teams started the positional warfare offense and defense with their respective goals.
Evans watched Sun Ce take the lead, even relying on mid-range shots to beat Howard, who scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block in 10 minutes. He couldn't hold back and launched a fierce attack.
The Grizzlies thought they could establish an advantage at the end of the half, but the 76ers, led by Evans, had a terrible impact on both offense and defense!
At the end of the half, the 76ers scored 12 to 8 in the last 5 and a half minutes. The Grizzlies only scored 8 points in 5 and a half minutes, and the 76ers scored 12 points, narrowing the gap to 4 points in one fell swoop!
Evans scored 6 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal, and the rebound was a tip-in, which was an amazing performance!
At the end of the half, Sun Ce was almost exhausted, but fortunately, he had an 8-point lead before, so he and his teammates didn't panic when the 76ers were frantically chasing points, and played well. Under the desperate defense of the 76ers, the offensive end remained stable. There was no way to miss the shot, at least there was no random play.
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Back in the locker room, thinking about Evans playing 12 minutes in the first half and getting 13 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, which is even better than his own 24 minutes and 18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in terms of efficiency, Sun Ce was under a lot of pressure!
Although they are both S-level ability evaluations, Sun Ce feels that Evans is very close to the real S-level!
Evans is like the peak 1.0 version of James of the Cavaliers who is shorter, less impactful, but much better at shooting! The unsolvable physical advantage at the point guard position, Tony Allen and Paul George can't defend, and only Deron can match his strength.
Before Rose developed his shooting ability, Sun Ce felt that Evans was stronger.
The word genius made Sun Ce feel hurt. Although he improved faster than Evans, he couldn't stand Evans entering the NBA as an A+ star who could get 20+5+5 data. He only improved a small level in three years, but his starting point was high. He improved three big levels in three years, but his starting point was too low.
Fortunately, his teammates were better, and they still had the advantage when he fought hard!
After drying himself in the bathroom, Sun Ce thought for a while...
"Uncle Learning Machine, use the Block King Card!"
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