One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-Two. Never Let Your Opponent's Attack Go in Vain!

Seeing that Pau Gasol had no ball, no inside position, a center was blocking the basket and he couldn't go to the high position to assist in passing and cutting, and on the defensive end he could only stand in the bottom corner and chat with his old teammate Battier... Pau Gasol was very angry with Howard!

In the past few years, Pau Gasol was bullied by Howard, and now he finally has the opportunity to bully Howard!

Looking at the data, Howard is really good. He played for 9 minutes in the first quarter and got 5 points and 3 rebounds. After a game, he couldn't escape the data of 15+12.

But the 76ers only scored 13 points in 9 minutes!

23 to 13, when the 76ers called a timeout, the Grizzlies took a 10-point lead!

Finally, Howard could be replaced. 76ers head coach Doug Greens replaced the inside combination of Howard and Lavoy Allen with Gasol, who was replaced in the 4th minute, and Thaddeus Young. Evans and Holiday remained unchanged on the outside. Both of them played 40 minutes per game this season. Nick Young was replaced at the small forward position.

For the Grizzlies, Sun Ce made 3 of 3 shots in 9 minutes in the first quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block.

If the 76ers did not say that they had the top defense in the league last season, even if they had first-class defense, Sun Ce would have had a hard time playing.

But Sun Ce brought the fighting spirit of playing against the 76ers last season, facing the 76ers' defense that was below the league average this season, it was much easier than expected!

Without Iguodala, the front line defense gate, even if the opponent uses Howard and Lavoy Allen, the interior defense is better than the twin towers, but Howard has declined again. The combination of the two makes the 76ers' defense really collapse!

The 76ers are not without the ability to adjust their defense. In Sun Ce's view, there is still Howard with A+ level defense, Holiday with the second defense level, and Evans with A-level first-class defense, so they can still adjust.

But Howard still treats himself as the best defensive player and defends like before. He is unwilling to play even in cooperation with defense, thinking that he can support the interior defense. Holiday is a point guard after all, and has great limitations like Paul and Tony Allen, and he is not as good as these two in defense. Evans also doesn't like to defend the opponent's front line. Defending Sun Ce is Evans' last insistence...

The 76ers are unwilling to make drastic changes, fearing that Howard, who is in the contract year, will be unhappy, and they will cut off one arm and send Iguodala away...

So, Evans started the mode of carrying the team to chase points again.

In this situation,

Sun Ce feels the same as Kobe in the 12-13 season in the original time and space.

However, Evans is really amazing. When Sun Ce's position is uncertain and the league does not know whether Sun Ce will be placed as a forward or a guard when selecting the best lineup, Kobe and Duncan have almost locked a first-team position this season. Evans and Paul and Rose are competing fiercely for another first-team guard position. When the team's record is far worse than the other two opponents, Evans can still compete. It is conceivable how good his performance is.

The Grizzlies sent out a running and gunning combination of Nash, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Lopez.

Evans and Gasol worked hard together to help the 76ers narrow the gap to 4 points when the official timeout came in the second quarter. They were behind 35 to 39, and it seemed promising.

But after the official timeout, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Jimmy Butler, Randolph, and Larry Sanders came up to face the 76ers' combination of Holiday, Nick Young, Jason Williams, Lavoy Allen, and Howard. They immediately scored 7 to 0, and the 76ers scored 0 points in more than 3 minutes.

Howard may not be able to hit the fat version of Randolph before, but he can force a jump and throw the ball to the basket. But now Howard singles out Randolph, his explosiveness has decreased, and he can't jump completely!

Led by Howard, the 76ers trailed the Grizzlies by 13 points at halftime, 40 to 53.

Sun Ce played for 15 minutes in the first half, and scored 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks...

Evans played for 18 minutes in the first half, and scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 block. His performance was not worse than Sun Ce, but even better. However, after a 6-minute break, the 4-point difference became 12 points...

Sun Ce felt sorry for Evans, so in the second half, Sun Ce relied on the team's 13-point lead and started to play!

We couldn't let Evans score the highest points in the game and lose the game. Sun Ce went from playing steadily in the first half to playing recklessly. In the second half, Sun Ce played for 22 minutes, made 7 of 15 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers, and scored 22 points in the first half. In addition to the 4 of 6 shots in the first half, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws, he made 11 of 21 shots in the whole game, made 4 three-pointers, and scored 36 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks, helping the Grizzlies beat the 76ers 98-91!

Evans also scored 15 points in the second half, and scored 35 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists with 12 of 25 shots, but it was too late to save the situation!

But Sun Ce felt that the opponent was "lucky" that Evans was not the highest scorer in the game, so he didn't score in vain...

Watching Howard score 15 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks with 6 of 10 shots, but 6 turnovers in a single game, Sun Ce really understood why the Lakers were so miserable in the 12-13 season in the original time and space.

Howard's performance was not bad, but his attitude made the situation look bad. Howard had few successful singles. He only scored 4 points by singles tonight, and there were 4 turnovers in singles. The other 11 points were almost all scored by cutting in and offensive rebounds, but Howard was unwilling to block people and then cut in. When blocking people, Evans or Holiday were often trapped in a double-team situation. They could not receive the ball in the first time, and Howard stood outside the three-second zone without moving.

Another point Sun Ce discovered was that Howard was obviously unwilling to cooperate well with Gasol. Obviously, Howard had the potential to be a top blue-collar power forward, but he was unwilling to cooperate with the teammate who had defeated him in the finals.

Of course, Gasol's inability to return to the power forward position was also Gasol's problem.

The 76ers' strategy also had problems...

Sun Ce lamented that failure was not a matter of one person. Often a team collapsed due to many factors. This made Sun Ce very glad that he came to the Grizzlies, which was in an upward period and everything was going in a good direction.

…

Taking advantage of the 76ers’ collapse, Sun Ce scored 36 points, stabilizing the average score of 33.9 points per game for the Hangzhou team. The Grizzlies’ record also improved to 18 wins and 6 losses, and there are still 3 games to be played this month.

Sun Ce mourned for Evans. He felt that the world was fair. Kobe gave up the core position and might be able to prolong his career. Evans got a better development opportunity and became a top star like 077, but he also faced the test from the beast...

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