One Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-Five. A Breathtaking Defensive Battle

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All teams have a headache when playing against the Grizzlies, and they are afraid of the Grizzlies' defense, but they will more or less underestimate the Grizzlies' offense.

Even if they know that the Grizzlies have a running and gunning lineup, most teams will choose to attack the Grizzlies at this time, and usually will not suffer losses against the Grizzlies at this stage.

But the biggest purpose of the Grizzlies' running and gunning is not to widen the score. Even if Sun Ce is there, the defense of this lineup can keep the score close with the opponent.

The biggest purpose of the Grizzlies' lineup is to use running and gunning to bring out Klay Thompson's touch and Yi Jianlian's cutting feeling, and almost one quarter of the time, Paul George and Jimmy Butler will get a chance to play during this period to find the feeling of shooting or the feeling of counter-running and cutting.

After cultivating the feel, when it comes to positional warfare, playing better shooting performance than normal defense and seizing better cutting opportunities, this is the real purpose of the Grizzlies' running and gunning.

And this point was seen through by the Pacers coach Vogel!

Vogel had planned it from the beginning, and was determined not to give the Grizzlies a chance to find their touch. They sent out the fastest lineup, but played at the slowest tempo!

Fortunately, this lineup fell into a positional battle, and Nash's organization of offense was also good. With two shooters, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian cut in, Nash and Lopez Jr. playing pick-and-roll, the Grizzlies' positional battle can still maintain an offensive performance of two points per minute.

It's just that with this lineup, Sun Ce's defense is more difficult. Nash and Yi Jianlian are not good at defense. They are very active, but the effect is not very good.

The Pacers' adaptability to low-scoring wins is no worse than that of the Grizzlies. On the defensive end, they are fully suppressing the rhythm, and on the offensive end, they break into the inside to cause damage.

In the sixth and a half minutes of the second quarter, the Grizzlies and the Pacers were tied at 34 to 31.

22 to 23, the Grizzlies' lead was reduced by 1 point in the past 12 and a half minutes!

And they failed to maintain their touch!

In 12 and a half minutes, only Sun Ce made a single three-pointer.

The Pacers' defense against the Grizzlies was very clear, defending against counterattacks, slowing down the pace, chasing Sun Ce, defending against Klay Thompson's three-pointers, blocking the basket, and letting Yi Jianlian and Nash shoot mid-range shots...

If Yi Jianlian and Nash hadn't scored 8 points in the mid-range,

Nash made a mid-range shot and got two free throws, and Yi Jianlian made 2 of 4 mid-range shots, the Grizzlies might have been overtaken!

From a good shooting performance of 2 of 5 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, to 5 of 14 shots and 3 of 4 free throws... Sun Ce was going to explode!

14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, the data is okay, but the shooting percentage... Sun Ce doesn't care so much. The opponent doesn't let him score well, and he doesn't want the opponent to score well!

Entering the official timeout, Sun Ce pulled Beverly, Paul George, Battier, and Larry Sanders, who were about to play together, to discuss how to kill the opponent!

Sun Ce was so angry about the defense, and Hayward was about to collapse.

I thought that with this lineup, when they defended the Grizzlies, they could take advantage of the opponent's average defense and completely narrow the score or even overtake.

But Sun Ce was like crazy, playing desperate defense, and Hayward was closely watched. After playing for a quarter and a half, he took 10 shots for various reasons and made 3 shots, with a hit rate lower than Sun Ce!

But in such a game, Hayward really wants to win!

It's more fun to win such a game!

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The Pacers re-sent the outside trio of Darren Collison, Stephenson, and Hayward. David West went down to rest and replaced the white tough guy Tyler Hansbrough, and Hibbert returned to the court.

After the timeout, the two teams went directly into a defensive battle!

Hibbert is not Gao Yuanyuan yet, but his rebounding is OK. Stephenson is one of the best rebounders in the league. Sun Ce is under a lot of pressure in this regard, but he doesn't care. He just wants to win tonight! He wants to win in all aspects! So he tried his best to help defend and grab rebounds, and targeted Darren Collison and Hayward on the defensive end.

Hayward has already enjoyed Sun Ce's help defense before, and Darren Collison was a little broken. Beverly's defense is so-so at present, but the mad dog-like defense makes Darren Collison very uncomfortable. In addition, Sun Ce's ubiquitous help defense deliberately left Stephenson's shooting empty, and Darren Collison was defended to the point of wanting to explode on the spot.

Stephenson wants to "prove himself" tonight. This year is his contract year, but his request for a 10 million annual salary extension was rejected. Tonight, he got Sun Ce's "recognition" first, and then because of his inaccurate shooting, Sun Ce showed "confusion", which made Stephenson want to prove himself even more.

But Stephenson is not such a good scorer. He averaged 9.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.4 steals in 31 minutes per game. He is a very good player, but Darren Collison and Hayward were unwilling to let him hold the ball. The efficiency was too low!

If Stephenson hadn't done a good job on the defensive end and had greatly restricted Sun Ce, the Pacers coach would have wanted to replace him.

9 to 8!

In the second half of the second quarter, the two teams played 9 to 8!

43 to 39, at the end of the half, the Grizzlies led by 4 points into the halftime break.

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6 of 17 in the first half, 17 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals. Such a high-intensity defense was accompanied by 2 fouls and 4 turnovers.

And, a lot of physical energy consumption.

Back in the locker room, Sun Ce came to the mirror in the bathroom sink under the gaze of his teammates.

Tonight Sun Ce just wants to win!

Although he knew Stephenson's mouth was annoying, he was mentally prepared.

But just like when facing Garnett, he was easily angry. Everyone knew that the other party was that kind of person, but he would still be provoked.

Stephenson didn't make Sun Ce angry, but made Sun Ce more eager to win this defensive battle!

Especially since he had already made 6 of 17 shots, it would be too embarrassing not to win!

The first game of 2013, the first game in the mid-season, Sun Ce wanted to win!

After looking at it, the A-level designated lottery card... Sun Ce wanted to use this designated A-level designated position star experience card, but in the end he chose the "NBA History Top Ten Strongest Opening Game Personal Show Season Random Player Star Experience Card".

Stephenson played 14 minutes in the first half, and Hibbert played 12 minutes in the first half. The two had a total of 8 rebounds, and Sun Ce was under great pressure.

On the contrary, the pressure on scoring was not that great. Hayward scored 11 points, Darren Collison scored 4 points, and the two of them only scored 15 points in total.

Once you decide, do it! With a thought, the system prompt came.

"The host uses the star experience card of the random player of the season in the top ten strongest opening game personal shows in NBA history..."

10 three-dimensional images appeared in front of Sun Ce, flashing randomly, and after three seconds...

"Congratulations to the host for randomly obtaining the Sun Ce 2012-2013 version of the star experience card..."