One Thousand and Twenty-Three. Counterattack Against the Monster!

Looking at Sun Ce's data on the big screen, Howard's mentality was about to collapse.

25 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 blocks and 1 steal in three quarters, 3 fouls and 5 turnovers are nothing, today the main scorers or main ball-handlers of both teams made many mistakes.

The key is that Sun Ce had 6 rebounds, 4 blocks and 1 steal in the third quarter, while Howard himself only had 4 rebounds and 1 block in a single quarter!

Although the Grizzlies are recognized as the strongest defensive team in the league, Howard has always been dissatisfied, because in the playoffs, they are the team that limits opponents to the lowest score, and they are the only team in the entire playoffs this year with an average loss of less than 90 points per game, which the Bulls and Celtics cannot match.

The Grizzlies' average loss in the 16 playoff games in the West is 94.5 points per game. Howard therefore feels that the 76ers are not afraid of playing defense against any team, because they rely on defense to eliminate the three defensive teams of Celtics, Bulls and Heat in a row.

But now, the 76ers were suppressed in the defense against the Grizzlies!

Howard didn't care about the number of rebounds and blocks. It would be easy for him to get rebounds like Love and blocks like Camby, but that style of play would sacrifice defense. His strong defense lies in deterrence and the ability to interfere with shots, not in getting data.

But that was based on the fact that his team and any team were not inferior to the opponent in defense. Now that his team was behind in defense, he cared a lot about why it was not as good as the opponent, and then he noticed Sun Ce's data.

Isn't this a mental explosion? The team's defense was not strong enough, and the individual data was not as good as the opponent!

Although the other members of the 76ers were not as affected as Howard, or not as sensitive as Howard, their confidence was also hit hard.

In terms of offense, the 76ers' offense was the last among the strong teams in the league, and they were not the opponent of the Grizzlies; in terms of defense, they were not able to win.

How can they play this game?

Moreover, Evans and others felt that they narrowed the gap with defense in the last few minutes of the first half, angering the Grizzlies, who played desperate defense in the third quarter.

Thinking of this, their confidence was even more affected.

Even though they were eager to win through defense, everyone was saying that defense won the championship.

No matter how enthusiastic and motivated they were about defense, and they felt that it might be because it was their first time playing in the finals, they felt particularly motivated to defend desperately, but their confidence began to collapse!

Iguodala felt something was wrong and quickly began to mobilize his teammates. They couldn't be discouraged. There was an 11-point gap and a whole quarter of the game.

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On the other side, Sun Ce sat on the bench to rest. There was nothing to arrange in the last quarter. Coach Hollins emphasized vigilance and the speed of rotation defense. It had come to this point, so it was right to continue. There were no detailed tactics available, but he and his teammates were under a lot of pressure.

Sun Ce watched Nash score 8 points and 1 assist in a single quarter. He himself scored 7 points in a single quarter. He and Nash scored 15 points in a single quarter. As a result, Randolph came off the bench to score two points, and Jordan and Aaron Gray each scored 1 point. No one else scored!

That is, they defended well. If the opponent scored two more goals, the situation would be very different.

Sun Ce felt the side effect of the buff "Iron Blood Field". If the opponent's defense is better, the side effect of the entire skill is obviously higher than the positive effect. If you can't get 5 blocks in a single game, the side effect is far greater than the positive effect.

Sun Ce is very curious about what Mourning did this season?

Sun Ce borrowed Tim Hardaway's mobile phone to check Mourning's career and found that Mourning's career was divided into two ends. Mourning entered the NBA until the end of the 99-00 season, that is, before he got sick, Mourning played 534 games, with a total of 144 single-game at least 5 blocks, that is, a healthy Mourning had at least 5 blocks in a single game once every four games.

The 98-99 season was undoubtedly the peak year. In this season, Mourning played 49 games and had at least 5 blocks in a single game 29 times, which means that he had at least 5 blocks almost every two games.

Mourning led the Heat to the first place in the Eastern Conference with his iron-blooded defense and almost won the MVP, with a score difference of less than 2%. There was a conspiracy theory that year that VP should have been Mourning, but the NBA sacrificed Mourning to compensate Malone, the 97 VP.

This season, Mourning is synonymous with defense.

However, Mourning was eliminated in the 98-99 season. The equally iron-blooded Knicks used more iron-blooded defense to limit the Heat to only 79 points in the first five games.

"So this skill has this characteristic? It is advantageous to play against a team with poor defense, but if you play against a team with good defense, you will be hit by the side effects if you are not careful?"

Turning off the search and returning the phone to Tim Hardaway, Sun Ce felt annoyed by this pitfall buff skill, which actually transformed the characteristics of Mourning's elimination in the first round.

Fortunately, Sun had already blocked two shots in the first half. At the beginning of the third quarter, Thaddeus Young and Howard were unprepared to block two shots, and he quickly met the five-block requirement. The opponent poses a greater threat when he enters the basket and shoots. Sun Ce's four blocks in the third quarter were actually concentrated in the first half. In the second half, the opponent avoided him. They would rather make ridiculous shots than try their best to avoid him. His threat to block shots under the basket increased to a similar effect to Howard, and the Grizzlies slowly gained the upper hand defensively.

The timeout was almost over. After hearing Coach Hollins emphasize not to be careless, Sun Ce began to adjust the rotation. He stood up and prepared to go on the field and continue to fight.

Although I feel bad about the side effects of Mourning's iron-blooded field, don't the Grizzlies still have the advantage now? Isn't it just defense, then fight to the end!

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The Grizzlies sent out a lineup of Sun Ce, Nash, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Randolph.

What's the most incredible thing that's happened while playing defense?

That is, your team has Nash, but in a defensive game, Nash plays the entire third quarter and continues to play the fourth quarter.

But Nash's performance today was great! In the third quarter, he had 8 points, 1 assist, and 1 steal. Without his two open shots and 4-of-4 free throws, his score in the third quarter might have been lower.

Nash was allowed to play in the regular season just for the playoffs and finals. In 16 games in the Western Conference playoffs, Nash averaged 12 points and 6.8 assists per game. The effect was very obvious. In the first game of the finals, Nash performed even better. The offensive end played a key role.

The 76ers' starting lineup of Evans, Holiday, Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, and Howard will play the entire second half.

The 76ers mainly rotate eight players in this year's playoffs, and there are countless situations where players play the entire game.

The inter-section break is over, the fourth quarter begins, and the 76ers attack.

Holiday advanced to the frontcourt and gave the ball to Evans. Evans waited for his teammates to get into position and observed the opponent's defense.

He played 24 minutes in the first three quarters and scored 17 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block and 2 steals. Evans' performance was really no worse than Sun Ce, but he didn't expect to be blocked in the third quarter!

However, Evans' mentality may be the best among the 76ers players. He is calmly analyzing the situation on the court, playing hard, and working hard to win.

Observing Randolph relying on brute force to get stuck with Howard in the low post, and seeing Sun Ce defending Thaddeus Young, Evans immediately asked Howard for a pick-and-roll.

Howard really has no pick-and-roll ability. He pulled out, but before he could block anyone, he turned around and cut in, which meant that he had no pick-and-roll effect at all.

But that's enough for Evans! Because it was not Randolph who expanded with Howard, but Sun Ce who switched to Howard!

Sun Ce, who followed Howard out to defend against the pick-and-roll, saw that Howard didn't really block the ball and turned around and rushed to the basket. He quickly followed, but he felt a little uneasy. If Howard rushed up and directly lobbed the ball, he would never be able to defend it except for a foul. ! His grandson has already committed 3 fouls!

However, Howard didn't know what he was thinking. He suddenly slowed down. Evans, who was about to pass an alley-oop, raised the ball and stopped quickly. He saw Howard move to the low post, turned around and blocked Sun Ce, asking for the ball in the low post. singles!

No matter how good-tempered Evans was, he almost vomited blood. He failed to connect with a perfect counter-attack, so he had to play in low singles? But Howard should have an advantage against Sun Ce, and Evans lobbed the ball to Howard.

When Sun Ce saw Howard relying on himself to get the ball, he was frantically greeting Howard's 18th generation ancestors and could only defend hard.

Howard does have an advantage. Sun Ce can display the S-power of a power forward, but Howard's strength rating at the center position is more than S-, and Sun Ce can't stand it at all! Howard knocked Sun Ce back into the reasonable collision zone in one step, grabbed the ball, turned around and raised it for a dunk...

However, Howard did not choose to hit another back dunk but chose to dunk Sun Ce from the front. This was Howard's biggest mistake in this offense!

Howard turned around and just picked up the ball, but was cut off before he could lift it up!

Sun Ce had been ready for a long time. If Howard wanted to back dunk like O'Neal, there was nothing he could do. But Howard seemed to be obsessed with turning around, so Sun Ce had been waiting for Howard to turn around and cut hard!

The ball bounced on the floor. Sun Ce grabbed the ball first and quickly passed it to Nash to switch offense and defense!

Although he couldn't really start a fast break, the speed of this ball was rare. Taking advantage of the 76ers' defensive footing, Nash came to the frontcourt and used Sun Ce's pick-and-roll to break into the inside. Howard was intercepted and quickly retreated in anger. If you follow Nash, you will get a big hat! but……

After Nash entered the reasonable collision area, he took off at a matchbox height but did not throw. Instead, he waited for Howard to jump up and then hit the ball under Howard's crotch and bounced behind Howard.

Teacher Na, who didn't jump high after the pass, landed quickly and ran away.

Howard screamed inwardly, but it was too late. There was a huge impact from behind, followed by the whine of the basket... He was dunked again!

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