One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Four. Peak Spurs Are Here!
An All-Star small forward has been integrated, a center who can carry the basket, Split, has grown up, and he has persuaded Kwame Brown not to exercise the player option to reduce his salary and renew his contract... Maybe Split and Kwame Brown would be ordinary backup centers if they were on another team, and their flaws are obvious, but in the Spurs system, the two have supplemented the last shortcoming of the Spurs!
Although Ginobili has been troubled by injuries this season, he still averaged 12 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game. With Duncan inexplicably playing an S-level performance, Gay integrating, and the system being more perfect, the impact of Ginobili's decline has been minimized.
After the game started, the Grizzlies did a good job in team defense, but they couldn't defend against the Spurs!
The Spurs went all out against the Grizzlies, and shot 14 of 20 in the first quarter, with a hit rate of 70%!
36 to 20 in a single quarter, the Spurs opened the gap to 15 points in the first quarter!
After the first quarter, Sun Ce was beaten so badly that he didn't know what to do. He finally understood what happened in the 2014 Finals. Why did the Heat have such a strong outside rotation defense, but the Spurs made a 46% three-point shooting rate? You should know that the Warriors, who are strong in three-point shooting, have an average three-point shooting rate of less than 40% in the finals.
Tonight, the Grizzlies were hit by 4 three-pointers by the Spurs in the first quarter! 4 out of 6 shots!
Everyone can pass, everyone can shoot, and they have good cooperation and smooth movement... There are almost no weaknesses!
Sun Ce played the whole first quarter, 3 out of 9 shots, scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and continued to play in the second quarter, playing harder than the first quarter.
The Spurs attached great importance to this and strengthened their defense against Sun Ce. They have been playing against each other for three years. They know that Sun Ce's play like this is a precursor to an outbreak.
In the eyes of the Spurs coaching staff and players, the most terrifying thing about Sun Ce is that he becomes stronger when facing strong opponents!
Sun Ce tried his best and scored 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 2 steals in the second quarter. Together with Nash's 5 points and 4 assists, he helped the Grizzlies play better in the second quarter and scored 28 points in a single quarter. He really tried hard. At the same time, he limited the Spurs' score to 26 points in a single quarter, narrowing the gap by two points.
The Grizzlies coaching staff was also trying to find a solution. The 70% hit rate of the Spurs in the first quarter was incredible. Even the TV commentator said that the Spurs' hit rate finally fell below 70% after Sun Ce blocked Duncan in the second quarter. However, the Spurs still had a performance of 11 of 19 shots in the second quarter. It was just that the Grizzlies defended the opponent's three-pointer better, but relatively speaking, the opponent's cutting opportunities became more, and Duncan and Gay also had more mid-range shooting opportunities.
The Grizzlies expected that the Spurs would be stronger than last season,
but the degree of strength was still beyond imagination.
The Grizzlies were well prepared, but not enough. During the halftime break, Sun Ce discussed the possible problems of the Spurs with coach Hollins and others.
Relatively speaking, Sun Ce found that the opponent's defense was not that good. It was mainly because the opponent's offense confused the opponent, especially those teams without strong-minded stars, who were beaten to despair later.
Sun Ce learned a little from the Lakers and Mavericks' matches with the Spurs. These two teams also fell behind by more than 10 points in the first quarter, and the Lakers fell behind by 22 points at halftime, but they caught up in the third quarter.
Sun Ce does not believe that there is a team without weaknesses. He thinks that this Spurs team still has weaknesses, that is, continuity. It is not that the Spurs are not strong except for the first quarter, but they are relatively not that strong.
This time they were not prepared, and... it seems that there is no good way to prepare. They have to compete with the opponent in the first quarter, at least they can't fall behind by almost 20 points when they come up, otherwise they will have no chance to play.
Fight!
This is the method Sun Ce got from Nowitzki and Kobe when they played against the Spurs to catch up.
After the halftime break, Sun Ce took the physical potion and changed his jersey. He did not use the Jordan card. It was the first time to play against each other, so he had to go all out with his teammates to try to see if he could find a chance to turn the tables. After all, there was not always a cheat to use.
This was even more true in the playoffs. It was not possible to use all the powerful cards accumulated when meeting the Spurs. Then when meeting the Thunder, Lakers, Mavericks, and Heat later, when there was a situation that was equally critical but the overall state of the team was not very good, the cheat could be used.
Moreover, even if Jordan himself led his most peak lineup, a decisive game might not necessarily win the Spurs. This season, the Spurs are definitely one of the strongest teams in NBA history!
The regular season is used to find the weaknesses of the opponent and their own weaknesses. Sun Ce suppressed his excitement. He was eager to have a stronger strength to play against the Spurs.
In the third quarter, the Grizzlies sent out Sun Ce, Paul George, Klay Thompson, Randolph, and Larry Sanders, which had a good effect. At one point, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson made three three-pointers in a row to narrow the gap to 8 points, but then Ginobili scored 7 points in a row, and Gay hit a fadeaway jumper against Sun Ce, making a 9-3 run and widening the gap to double digits again.
Both teams were trying to make adjustments. Coach Hollins of the Grizzlies used the big reverse as the strategic basis to make substitutions or adjust defensive tactics.
The Spurs kept making small-scale attacks. Apparently, Popovich did not expect the Grizzlies to be so tenacious. As a defensive team, they could not hold on after being scored 36 points by the opponent in a single quarter. Even the Pistons of that year could not do it!
Moreover, it was Sun Ce's "A-level leader's light". Sun Ce was unwilling to give up and could always infect his teammates, and his teammates were also unwilling to give up.
In the second half, the two teams did not dare to relax for a moment. Duncan's playing time was obviously higher than usual. He usually played 30 minutes per game. Tonight, halfway through the fourth quarter, he had played 33 minutes.
The Grizzlies once narrowed the gap to 5 points in the 8th minute of the fourth quarter, but the Spurs did not drop the chain at the critical moment. Gay caused fouls in two consecutive rounds and made all 4 free throws, widening the gap again.
This wave of 6 to 0, Sun Ce's 1 top arc three-pointer, Paul George's mid-range shot, and Gasol's two free throws were the last impact of the Grizzlies.
In the second half, they narrowed the gap to within 10 points several times, but the opponent soon made adjustments and was able to pull away again...
In the end, with Gay playing 41 minutes and scoring 29 points, Duncan playing 39 minutes and scoring 22 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists, Parker scoring 18 points and 9 assists, Danny Green scoring 5 three-pointers and scoring 21 points, and Dio scoring 7 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies 108-96!
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