One Thousand and Eighty-Nine. Excited Confrontation

At the beginning of the first game of the new season, Sun Ce felt that his defensive pressure had decreased. The progress of Klay Thompson and Paul George was very surprising. Larry Sanders could not be compared with Jordan, but he was much better at defending Larry Sanders. He could not match Jordan in blocking Larry Sanders, but Sun Ce's physical fitness had improved, and he was better at defending rebounds. With Tony, the team's defense was much stronger than last season when the lineup was rotated.

Even if Gasol was not there, the Grizzlies had the top five defense in the league.

This allowed Sun Ce to devote more physical energy to the offensive end. The so-called investment, that is, just throw!

When the person defending Paul George or Klay Thompson made up for the defense, Sun Ce would pass the ball, otherwise he would throw it himself. If there was a chance to break through, he would break through. If there was no chance, he would keep throwing it and let Larry Sanders rush for the offensive rebound.

Although this move made the offense very simple, it was like the 76ers' style of play in the 00-01 season. If Sun Ce was playing as a point guard, it would be better to say that he was a wave-type shooting guard.

But this at least ensured the basic offense of the Grizzlies. If they played according to the conventional routine, it would probably evolve into Tony's main attack, and even the basic offense would not be guaranteed.

This style of play, at least when Paul was not on the Lakers side, formed a counterbalance with the Lakers who started to exert their strength with Kobe, and did not let the opponent widen the score difference!

At 9 minutes and 06 seconds in the second quarter, the Grizzlies were still 7 points behind 38 to 45.

During this period, Kobe scored 6 points, helping the Lakers maintain a score difference of more than 5 points under such a strong defense of such an opponent.

Sun Ce has played very well, scoring 7 points and 1 assist. Klay Thompson made a three-pointer. Larry Sanders grabbed the offensive rebound and threw it to Paul George. Paul George caused the opponent to foul and made two free throws, playing a wave of 12 to 9.

The Grizzlies replaced Tony Allen, Paul George, and Larry Sanders, who had played for a long time, with Battier, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol, who played the last 3 minutes of the first half.

After these three teammates came on, Sun Ce's offensive pressure was reduced. Sun Ce gave the ball to Gasol to assist in the high position, Battier opened up space, and Klay Thompson used his off-ball running ability, which had improved a lot after playing for a year and training for a summer, to contain the defense. Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian's cutting + off-ball pick-and-roll shooting style increased the offensive firepower a lot.

However, after Paul came on the Lakers side, the offense was significantly improved.

In the last 3 minutes, the two teams played 7 to 7.

After the half-time, the Grizzlies still trailed the Lakers by 7 points with 45 to 52 and entered the halftime break.

Sun Ce played for 21 minutes in the first half, 8 of 20 shots, including 4 of 9 three-pointers, plus 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. His performance couldn't be better.

However, Kobe on the opposite side made 8 of 14 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 23 points!

Although Kobe scored 1 point less, Kobe took 6 fewer shots!

This is a huge difference!

However, Sun Ce was shocked. Kobe on the opposite side was calm on the surface, but he was about to explode in his heart. He wanted to take the ball and do it!

He played so efficiently, and the team's half-time score was almost less than 50 points!

But no... He knew that he could play with such efficiency because he regarded himself as a role player and shooter. If he took the ball and did it, there would be no problem if he was in good condition tonight, but when he was in average condition, he would have to go back to the old way.

Lost the Western Conference Finals for the first time last season, watched Sun Ce win the championship, and saw Sun Ce's crazy progress in the summer... Kobe wanted to win back!

Now for the first time in his career, Kobe has a point guard like Paul as his teammate. Kobe is determined to be a pure killer, not the one who competes with the opponent.

This needs to be developed into a habit... I have already endured the grief of Odom and Gasol being traded. Now, there is nothing that cannot be changed!

...

Back in the locker room,

Sun Ce stood in front of the bathroom. He hadn't been here for a few months and felt so excited.

It was so exciting to compete with such a Kobe.

It's just... After Kobe gave up on investing his physical strength on the defensive end, he could throw more than 30 times in a game, but he couldn't. He was almost at his limit.

Except for monsters like Kobe and Iverson, even as strong as James, if he continued to shoot after taking more than 20 shots in a game, it can be clearly seen that his physical strength has declined. It is not as simple as shooting 20 times to ensure efficient shooting in the game.

Superstars like O'Neal who can win the scoring title judge whether they have passed their peak period by whether they can guarantee 15 efficient shots in a game. McGrady's judgment of whether he has passed his peak period is whether he can complete 20 shots.

Although Kobe didn't say a word in the first half, Sun Ce knew that the opponent was going all out tonight and wanted to leave a dark night for the Grizzlies to wear rings.

Sun Ce didn't want the opponent to succeed!

Also, his score had to be higher than Kobe's!

Sun Ce opened the system space, Jordan card, S-level point guard card... There were only these two cards, Jordan card, he didn't want to use it in the regular season, using S-level point guard card, it was a gamble, there was a chance to draw a very suitable one, there was a chance that it was not so suitable.

After a bit of hesitation, Sun Ce decided to gamble!

The Spurs are aiming to defend their title this year, and they are likely to reach their peak; after a season of running-in, Paul has guaranteed the lower limit, and Kobe has raised the upper limit; the Heat seem to be dominating the East, and the Mavericks may have a last-ditch effort... More powerful cards must be left for the playoffs.

Decision made, a thought moved...

"Host uses the S-level point guard random player star experience card..."

The system screen in front of Sun Ce showed many players' animated pictures, marked with seasons that appeared in the front in turn.

"16-17 version of Turtle? 82-83 version of Magic? 95-96 version of Payton..."

Just when Sun Ce was looking at which stars had S-level performances in which seasons, 3 seconds passed, and the rotating animated picture stopped, and Sun Ce's eyes widened!

"Congratulations to the host for randomly drawing Stephen Curry's 14-15 version of the star experience card, which has been used."

"Stephen Curry 14-15 version, ability evaluation S, offense S+, defense B, three-pointer S+, mid-range shot S-, layup A+, speed A+, strength A... Characteristic transformation skills: level 5 of random shots."

"Because the host and Stephen Curry are both good at mid-range and long-range shooting, body size differences and other factors, the host and Stephen Curry match 70%.

LeBron James' balance bracelet is triggered, the host moves to point guard, and the match is increased by 20%.

Because the host's gift of Stephen Curry's headband has become Stephen Curry's symbol, the 10% match special use condition is triggered..."