One Thousand One Hundred and Thirty. Pressure Is Motivation!

8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals. Sun Ce looked at his own data. He didn't make a counterattack in the two steals, and he didn't score in the two positional battles, which was equivalent to no steals.

In 10 minutes, the Grizzlies only scored 18 points. If he hadn't scored 5 points in a row at the beginning, the Grizzlies might not have had a chance to score 20 points in the first quarter.

Fortunately, their defense was better, and they didn't send out a hasty running lineup. Instead, they replaced Jimmy Butler when Tony Allen needed a rest, and replaced Klay Thompson and Randolph when Gasol and Battier needed a rest. They played steadily and suppressed the rhythm, limiting the Nuggets to only 14 points in 10 minutes.

However, this style of play consumes a lot of energy, and Paul George, who played for 10 minutes, also needs to rest.

Seeing Coach Hollins replace Nash, Sun Ce knew that he had to play running and gunning, and then Randolph and Jimmy Butler were called and replaced to rest.

After the game with the Heat, Coach Hollins has a clearer idea of ​​how to use Randolph. He is really good at playing as a center under the basket. Of course, he can't play against those technical players, but he is very useful against ordinary centers. It's a pity that he gets tired after playing for more than ten minutes in each game.

But at least Randolph's presence will not be completely a side effect.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies sent out a combination of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Lopez.

On the Nuggets side, the lineup is Lawson, Evan Fournier, Wilson Chandler, Anthony Randolph, and McGee.

Still good at running! Sun Ce looked at the athletic inside duo on the opposite side, and sighed that the other side exchanged Anthony and Billups for a bunch of draft picks and role players, and then kept what George Karl wanted, and exchanged what he didn't want for what he wanted. Although these high-quality role players and draft picks exchanged for the dual cores failed to exchange for a new superstar as the Nuggets fans expected, after more than two years of operation, the Nuggets have also become a strong team.

Such an inside combination, coupled with Wilson Chandler, who is at the level of the best sixth man, and Fournier, a talented rookie, is still difficult to deal with!

Sun Ce was very impressed with Fournier in the scout report. He is a 201-centimeter tall and thin guard with a 51% shooting rate and a 41% three-point shooting rate. He has a tough style but poor athletic ability. He is not liked by George Karl. He is very efficient, but he has not been focused on training.

However, this is another lineup that is very suitable for Lawson.

Fortunately, they have Mr. Na, who has stronger organizational skills and comprehensive abilities similar to Lawson. Sun Ce thinks that he should not suffer when playing against each other.

However, Sun Ce underestimated this team with a balanced offensive and defensive team style. In the last two minutes of the first quarter, Lawson led the Nuggets to score 4 goals and 9 points in a row!

On the Grizzlies side, they only relied on Yi Jianlian's mid-range shot and Nash's three-pointer, and Sun Ce grabbed the offensive rebound and missed the tip-in, causing a foul and making one of two free throws to get 6 points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies only led the Nuggets by 1 point with 24 to 23!

Sun Ce thought that Nash and Lawson were similar in strength, and Klay Thompson was stronger than Fournier. These two points were indeed confirmed, but Sun Ce thought he should have an advantage over Wilson Chandler, but Sun Ce found that he underestimated the role of this kind of characteristic player in the team.

As a wing shooter and a reverse run to find an opportunity to cut in, Sun Ce failed to play as good a role as Wilson Chandler!

After all, this style of play is not what Sun Ce is best at. He is not bad at playing this way, but he is not an opponent to Wilson Chandler, the top player in this aspect.

It is rare to suffer such a big loss in a head-to-head match.

However, Sun Ce also knew that the opponent relied on this style of play to start with an 8-2 record. It was normal that they could not beat them. This season, the Nuggets are expected to break the team's regular season win record.

Sun Ce stood in front of the bench and watched the coaches discussing. A few minutes were needed to make the right decision. This was a test of the coaching staff's judgment on personnel rotation. Sun Ce also fell into thinking.

One game with the Heat and one game with the Nuggets. These two opponents are top teams. Even if the Nuggets are only a regular season team, now it is a regular season, and the Nuggets are also a top team.

When facing these two teams, the Grizzlies did not have an advantage!

The key is that there is no real absolute strong point. Sun Ce knows that although he averages more than 30 points per game, if the two games with 61 points and 47 points are removed, it is almost less than 30 points per game, and this is still a lot of waste shots in each game.

That kind of unwilling emotion spread in Sun Ce's heart, and he felt that he had to become stronger!

In the past, Sun Ce rarely had such emotions. Since he was basically the worst professional player at the beginning, he had been very patient and calm to slowly train and polish his skills. Moreover, with Randolph, he did not have to bear the heaviest tasks, and he could feel good occasionally.

Now, Sun Ce still will not give up patiently polishing his skills, but this kind of unwilling emotion has appeared a lot more times this season than before.

Without deliberately suppressing it, Sun Ce did not think it was a bad thing. His basic skills became more and more solid, and his physical fitness was also improved. He should have become stronger, but it just took time.

After winning the championship, two, he now needs this kind of motivation to push him forward, not just to compete with the stars, but to really become stronger!

Putting this aside for now, Sun Ce returned to the game state. The coaching staff also discussed and asked about Sun Ce's situation. After getting the response he wanted, Coach Hollins sent out a combination of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Larry Sanders.

After listening to Coach Hollins's tactical arrangements, Sun Ce and Larry Sanders high-fived and walked onto the court. The intermission was over, and the referee urged the players of both teams to play.

Seeing the opponent send out a combination of Lawson, Brewer, Wilson Chandler, Faried, and McGee.

Sun Ce found that the opponent's lineup had a feature, which he had not noticed before, because although the Nuggets were strong in the regular season in the past two years, they were not as strong as they are now, and were not enough to attract the attention of the strong teams in the playoffs.

But Sun Ce now pays attention to the opponent. He found that the opponent's lineup is always an organizing point guard, a shooting guard who can defend three positions, a sharp small forward, and two athletic inside players.

Almost no change! No wonder it is so easy to be restrained in the playoffs.

This gave Sun Ce a huge boost in his confidence in winning. Instead of thinking about how to improve himself, he just had to do what he was supposed to do and score more points!