One Thousand and Seventy-Four. This Bastard Is Playing Dirty!
At 8pm, the game between the Grizzlies and the Bulls in Shanghai, China, began.
Originally, it was agreed that the game would be exciting, but Sun Ce saw that Rose had already had the foundation to take off, and he played very hard after the game started. He took advantage of the Bulls' relaxed vigilance and rushed into the inside line continuously at the beginning, scoring 6 points and 1 assist, and also got 1 block and 1 defensive rebound, helping the Grizzlies to start with an 8-2 wave.
"This bastard is here to sneak!"
Rose was angry after being blocked by Sun Ce and then counterattacked by Sun Ce!
He also wanted to show his strength in front of Chinese fans. This was a prime-time live broadcast of China's Chaoting Sports Channel!
Originally, Rose was envious of Sun Ce's treatment in Memphis after winning the championship, and even jealous, so Rose also began to exert his strength and cooperated with Boozer to play pick-and-roll offense.
It was agreed that they would play casually, but as the game went on, the two teams started to fight with real swords and guns.
The head coaches of both teams couldn't stop them. They could arrange the lineup rotation, but if the players on the field insisted on fighting, they couldn't stop them.
Moreover, Sun Ce played very seriously with Klay Thompson, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol. Coach Hollins didn't want to replace them. He wanted to see how effective this combination was in positional warfare. A strong team like the Bulls was just right for testing.
Sloan on the opposite side saw that both sides were serious, and he had the same idea. He wanted to see what kind of performance Rose, Hamilton, Luol Deng, Boozer, and Noah would have after hard training in pick-and-roll cooperation.
Although it was not quite the same as agreed, the two teams played seriously and the game was still very good. Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian's pick-and-roll cooperation, Gasol's high-post receiving and assisting, and the two pitchers' excellent running positions. Although it was a positional battle, the Grizzlies' offense was still very beautiful.
Especially after Nash replaced Klay Thompson and Lopez replaced Gasol, Nash led a very mobile lineup of Sun Ce, Paul George, Yi Jianlian and Lopez to play defensive counterattacks, and the cheers on the scene were louder and louder.
As the saying goes, the first to strike is the strongest, and the last to strike will suffer.
The Grizzlies, who were "disobedient" and played for real, took the initiative. During the period, they withstood four times when the Bulls overtook them, and then caught up.
After the official timeout in the fourth quarter, relying on Sun Ce's two top arc three-pointers, the Grizzlies widened the gap to 8 points, leading the Bulls 107 to 99!
This game was really good.
The score difference was small, and they kept overtaking each other, but in the last 5 minutes, Sloan called a timeout.
Sun Ce looked at Beverley who came on after the timeout... Sun Ce knew this player, who would be selected into the All-NBA Team twice in the future. He was too bad now, with a C-level ability evaluation, which was indeed a bit poor, but his defense was OK.
Other teammates, Matt Carroll, Battier, Larry Sanders...
Look at the other side, Rose, Daequan Cook, Radmanovich, Louis Amundson, Troy Murphy...
This is going to compete with Rose!
Sun Ce felt excited just thinking about it!
Just as Sun Ce thought, Sloan called a timeout not to arrange tactics, but the head coaches of both teams tacitly left only the star players. Sun Ce and Rose played in the final moments on the court, and the other main players were replaced with substitutes or training camp players.
There was no need to use the main players to fight in the critical moments, but the fans could not be disappointed, so the most popular players of the two teams were left to play in the final moments.
Rose looked at Sun Ce. Although Sun Ce's breakthrough was not as good as his and his pick-and-roll ability was about the same, Sun Ce was better at using rhythm and teammates' positions to break through and score, while Rose was better at using his physical fitness to break through and enter the inside.
In terms of pick-and-roll, Sun Ce relied on his brain and teammates, while Rose relied on hard power.
Rose had more advantages in these two aspects, but in terms of shooting...
Sun Ce made 3 of 6 three-pointers from the top of the arc today!
Sun Ce, who played for 31 minutes, had already scored 26 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, while Rose only scored 19 points and 7 assists in 30 minutes.
Rose couldn't understand how Sun Ce's technical progress could be so fast. When he played against Sun Ce in his rookie year, he knew very well that Sun Ce, who entered the NBA a year later than him, was worse than him in terms of technology except ball control and passing.
But as time went by, Sun Ce had become a top mid-range shooting expert in the league. After another summer, Sun Ce went to the Olympics, and his three-point shooting was better than Rose's!
Sun Ce's three-point shooting was not as good as Rose's at the beginning!
Rose has been practicing shooting for the past two years. He knows how difficult it is to go from having almost no basics to getting started and then having the ability to shoot as an offensive means in the game. He was originally happy that he could already use mid-range and three-point shots in the game.
Now compared with Sun Ce... nothing!
As for whether his breakthrough and pick-and-roll offense is stronger than Sun Ce, Rose doesn't care. He is stronger than Sun Ce in those two aspects. What he wants is to be stronger than Sun Ce in all aspects!
Also, in terms of Sun Ce's confrontation, Rose was surprised by Sun Ce's evolution. This Rose can only be described as evolution. It's incredible. When he broke through Sun Ce directly before, he found that Sun Ce could already withstand his breakthrough and forced him to use pick-and-roll.
This made Rose very angry. He was not angry that Sun Ce became stronger, but that he was angry that he could not become stronger.
Seeing the star duels deliberately arranged by the head coaches on both sides, Rose is now excited. Damn him!
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After the timeout, seeing the two teams make such substitutions, the fans at the scene also knew what was going to happen, Little Overlord VS Rose!
Star duel!
Is there anything more exciting for the fans who came to watch the game than this?
The Bulls attacked first, with 5 minutes left, and Rose was ready to go all out!
After coming over, he made a mid-range shot with the help of Troy Murphy's pick-and-roll. Sun Ce thought that Rose would take advantage of the fact that the Grizzlies' inside line was Larry Sanders, who had not yet made a name for himself, to use the pick-and-roll to break into the inside line. Sun Ce and Larry Sanders were shrinking after the pick-and-roll switch, ignoring Murphy, but Rose accurately grasped it and made the shot.
In the offense and defense transition, Sun Ce dribbled to the frontcourt and started to accelerate in the middle line. This trick had not been used for a long time, but Rose on the opposite side was impressed. The first time he played against Sun Ce, he was passed by Sun Ce with this trick, which led to Noah being dunked by Jordan in the team's defense under the basket.
However, Sun Ce couldn't defend Rose, and Rose couldn't defend Sun Ce without the cooperation of his teammates in the interior. Sun Ce started to accelerate with the help of the midline, grabbed the breakthrough space, and used the acceleration to change direction after reaching a close distance. He took a step to the basket, grabbed the ball with his left hand and smashed it into the basket!
The fans at the scene were all excited. Watching a preseason game, they could actually see two MVP candidates duel!