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After the halftime break, Curry and Harden returned to the court. Jack's performance surprised the Warriors. They thought that one of them would definitely play in the last two or three minutes of the first half. Unexpectedly, Jack played so well and once narrowed the score difference to 3 points. It was a pity that Klay Thompson made a three-pointer in the end.
Seeing Klay Thompson play for more than 15 minutes in the first half and make 5 three-pointers, Curry was completely excited.
Harden didn't have so many ideas. He just played well. It felt great to partner with Curry.
Richard Jefferson, Carl Landry, and this year's third-round pick Festus Ezeli appeared with the two point guards.
This lineup has strong athletic ability and excellent switching defense. Mark Jackson is ready to defend Klay Thompson.
The Warriors didn't understand the Grizzlies' substitution. Beverley and Larry Sanders, two players with extremely poor offensive ratings in the scout report, were put on. The offensive ratings of these two players are not as good as Tony Allen.
These two people matched with Sun Ce, Tony Allen, and Klay Thompson can't score?
But after the game started, the Warriors understood that the Grizzlies on the opposite side might not really plan to score, but wanted to bite them to death!
Beverly and Larry Sanders were like chicken blood, and they fought madly when they came on the court!
Larry Sanders guarded the basket, Sun Ce helped defend, Beverly, Tony Allen, and Klay Thompson changed their ways to defend Curry. It was almost impossible for Curry to get an open shot by running. Once a pick-and-roll, no matter who it was, they would immediately switch to defend Curry, or even double-team him to prevent Curry from receiving the ball.
Harden used Curry's containment to let other Warriors players get shooting opportunities, but it was limited to the first few confrontations before the Warriors players' shooting was affected. The Warriors' offense was still good, and they once played a wave of 9 to 3, relying only on Sun Ce to make a step-back three-pointer to get 3 points.
However, as the confrontation had a greater impact on the shooting of the players of both teams, the Grizzlies' tactics of blocking the basket and Curry became more and more effective, and the rhythm was also slowed down. Sun Ce and Larry Sanders defended the basket very well, and Richard Jefferson and Landry missed their shots from the outside and could not score in the paint.
In this situation, Harden's on-the-spot reaction was very fast. He took over the offensive banner and barely helped the Warriors continue to fire, but his shooting efficiency was average. After scoring 9 points in the first four minutes, the Warriors only scored 8 points in the next 7 minutes!
The Grizzlies' offense was not very good. At one point, they only scored once in more than 4 minutes. Because the Warriors had Thabit guarding the basket, it was difficult for the Grizzlies to score under the basket without Gasol's restraint.
There is a reason why Thabeet was selected as the second pick. He is 221 cm tall and has a better than average center speed. He has a keen sense of blocking and a strong ability to block positions. After three years of patient training, he has become a center with quasi-top defense. There is a reason why the Warriors are unwilling to trade Harden with him and would rather send Ellis and Leonard away.
Thabeet is too useful in positional warfare. He is so tall that he can contain the inside defense by standing on the edge of the three-second zone, and he is also a pillar on the defensive end.
So Sun Ce and Klay Thompson just float on the outside to shoot, gamble their lives, and defend the opponent to death.
But luck was good. Klay Thompson scored a three-pointer in the last 7 minutes of the third quarter, and also passed the ball to Paul George, who replaced Tony Allen, who scored a three-pointer. Sun Ce scored a counterattack dunk of 21 at 9:06, and also sent a high-altitude shot to Larry Sanders. Although the Grizzlies only scored 11 points in the last 7 minutes, after the Warriors' touch declined, the Grizzlies only scored 8 points in the last 7 minutes!
After a wave of 9 to 3, the Warriors were beaten by the Grizzlies 11 to 8. After the third quarter, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 3 points 72 to 69 and entered the last intermission.
Curry is going to collapse!
In the last attack of the Warriors in the third quarter, Curry was first chased by Klay Thompson, and then chased by Paul George after the pick-and-roll.
Finally, he used a change of direction to get rid of Paul George, and Curry chose to run away from Beverly, but Sun Ce appeared in front of him at the first time.
There is always someone! And it was always the kind of defense that blocked him from receiving the ball. Although this made it easier for Curry to get rid of the defense, the next defensive player came immediately, and Sun Ce, who was supposed to guard the mid-range and shouldn't have appeared, came to make up for the defense!
The crazy confrontation on the Grizzlies side caused Harden to play alone and scored 6 of the last 8 points, but Harden only shot 2 of 7 in more than 7 minutes, and he got the other two points by relying on the offensive rebound of Carl Landry who was rotated to the court and caused a foul.
Although the Warriors scored 17 to 14 in this quarter, the Warriors players felt like they were going to collapse.
In the first half, the Grizzlies defended very strictly in the first half of the first quarter and the second half of the second quarter, but now it is not strict enough to describe it. They simply don't want to attack for defense!
There was no chance to shoot a three-pointer in a quarter. If he passed with the ball, he would even be double-teamed. Even when Curry won the three-point king in the 1011 season, he didn't enjoy such treatment!
Curry feels that his teammates are still a little bit lacking. At this time, no one can stand up except Harden. David Lee is very good when the wind is in his favor, but when the wind is against him, even Sun Ce was blocked in a singles match. Today, David Lee scored 19 points in three quarters, but almost all of them were when Curry and Harden were restraining the outside line and cut in to score.
Mark Jackson was also very upset. His idea was different from Curry's. His idea was that he didn't make good use of Curry's containment!
The main reason was that he didn't expect any team to defend like this. There was a way to make better use of Curry's containment, but he had never practiced it. Except for the Grizzlies, Mark Jackson couldn't think of any team that would defend like this. Even if he arranged it, it didn't reach the ideal state. He just used Curry's containment in a conventional way.
However, Curry and Mark Jackson had the same idea that the Grizzlies were crazy?
If Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Paul George hadn't each made a three-pointer, the Grizzlies might not have scored double digits in this quarter!
On the other hand, Sun Ce was very satisfied with the current situation. He was still leading and had ruined the opponent's touch. Harden only shot 2 out of 7. Curry only shot 3 times in the third quarter, and none of them went in. Curry and Harden's three-point hits were still fixed at 5, while he, Sun, and Klay Thompson had already made 9 three-pointers together!
The official timeout in the third quarter just took the physical potion, and the fourth quarter continued! ()