One Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty Six. The Resurgent Grizzlies

Beautiful low post pass and cut coordination!

Mainly because Sun Ce has developed a new offensive posture under the basket in the past two months to score the ball!

Ellis on the sidelines watched Sun Ce's folding layup. He didn't jump high and bounced quickly. He quickly reached the highest point and started to fall when he shot. In such a situation, the stability of the movement must be ensured. It's difficult, but Sun Ce really used it in the game!

With such a big body, even if Durant has the size advantage, he can't interfere!

Start 4-0!

This offense, no matter how good it is, may only be an average level of coordination. In these two rounds of offense, Randolph and Sun Ce relied solely on their personal abilities to score goals that theoretically should not have been scored.

But the Grizzlies are able to bring out the personal abilities of the team's two best scorers. It's not a wasteful shooting, but a relatively easy shot opportunity through cooperation. Compared with the Grizzlies' offensive state in the last match, There have been earth-shaking changes!

The last time they played against each other, the Grizzlies only averaged 95.5 points per game!

At that time, the Thunder relied on a defense ranked around 4-8 in the league. Although they were defended by the Grizzlies and only scored 93 points in a single game, which was far lower than the season average of 107 points at the time, they also defeated the Grizzlies. They only scored 83 points, and they can win by relying on defense. After all, they are also a top defensive team. So far this season, they have averaged 106.3 points per game and conceded 95.9 points per game. Their net rating is astonishingly high.

But this time, they couldn't restrain the Grizzlies at the beginning!

The main reason is that Perkins has lost his previous low defensive dominance!

Fortunately, in the next offense, Durant was strong. He received a pass from Westbrook and hit two long two-pointers from Paul George. Together with Sefolosha's corner three-pointer, the Thunder scored consecutive goals. He defended the Grizzlies once while scoring three goals, making the score 7-6.

But then, when Sun Ce was holding the ball and running a pick-and-roll with Randolph, he passed the ball to Gasol who was pulling the second pick-and-roll on the left side of the three-second zone. Sun Ce used the pick-and-roll to empty the opponent's basket and entered. Gasol received a high-post ball inside, and the overlord dunk was triggered at level 2. Ibaka, who recovered from the top, smashed the ball into the basket!

Sun Ce scored 6 points in a row!

8 to 7, the Grizzlies did not lose!

Thunder coach Brooks called a timeout and replaced Perkins.

Howard's self-confidence is not an exception. Most players who have performed at the top level in some aspects for many years are the same. They are very confident in themselves, especially when they are young.

Perkins is a player of the 2003 Platinum Generation. This is the tenth year of his career, but he is a high school rookie. He was born in November 1984 and just turned 28 years old. Theoretically speaking, he is in his prime. I feel the same way, so I don’t feel like I’m declining, I just feel like I haven’t regained my form yet. What if I get it back in the next round?

Therefore, in the past few rounds, when Perkins defended, he still made defensive decisions based on his previous mobility, jumping, and explosive power, and was fooled by Sun Ce and Randolph.

Not only on the defensive end, Perkins was also a pie-eating expert with a 60% shooting rate back then, but this season his shooting rate is 44%. As a pure pie-eating player on the offensive end, this shooting rate is not bad. Side.

This year, Perkins' performance of 25 minutes per game is not as good as that of Nick Collison, who replaced him and averaged 21 minutes per game.

The Grizzlies started off pretty well without any substitutions, so they just continued to wear out the game. They first used Paul George and Jimmy Butler to wear down Durant.

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After the timeout, Durant played well at the beginning of each game when he was most energetic. After receiving a pass from Westbrook, Durant faced Sun Ce's defense and hit a three-pointer.

Seeing that Westbrook had already provided 3 assists, Sun Ce felt that there was really no one else. He could not be described with other adjectives except awesome.

Sun Ce was under a lot of pressure and scored 6 points in a row in the beginning. He mainly relied on the opponent's defense against his long-range shots.

Use the pick-and-roll or Randolph's low-post threat to create scoring opportunities for yourself.

But after Nick Collison came up, this veteran was different from Perkins, who was once the league's top defensive center. He just did what he could do without being overconfident, which was against Westbrook, who had an A-level defense. , Sefrosa with A+ defense, Durant with A-level defense, and Ibaka with S-level defense are the biggest help.

This caused Sun Ce's chances to deteriorate a lot.

On the other hand, the current starting lineup of the Grizzlies is not as good defensively as when Teacher Tony and the President were there. After a stalemate at the beginning, they slowly fell behind!

At the official timeout of the first quarter, the Grizzlies were 4 points behind the Thunder 14 to 18!

The two teams began to change players.

The Thunder replaced the combination of Westbrook, Ellis, Lamb, Durant, and Ibaka.

For the Grizzlies, the lineup of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Lopez Jr. is on the court.

After this lineup came on the field, the Grizzlies' offense was able to compete with the Thunder.

Compared with the beginning of the season, the Grizzlies have undergone tremendous changes, not to mention the earth-shaking changes, but whether it is the mutual adaptation and cooperation of the teammates in the new year, they have made great progress. Compared with last season, the Grizzlies have made great progress. The new run-and-gun lineup also plays better now.

But although this lineup is strong in offense, it does not have the ability to decide the outcome. When the opponent's offense is also strong, it is the defense that determines the outcome. Therefore, this lineup can have a slight advantage, and it turns out that Sun Ce and Ibaka's defensive ability is a competition!

In comparison, Sun Ce does not have a group of teammates with good defense to cooperate with, and is indeed inferior to Ibaka. Fortunately, the overall offense of their Grizzlies is better. The Thunder's offensive lineup is still mainly based on breakthroughs, and they don't want the Grizzlies to pass except for Lopez.

The Thunder has played with the Grizzlies for a long time and understands the characteristics of the Grizzlies. This way of running and playing fast offense reduces confrontation. Thunder head coach Brooks is also willing to do this. Durant can rely on this style of play to catch the ball and shoot, reducing confrontation consumption.

Both teams made substitutions in the middle, and the game lasted until the middle of the second quarter. In 11 minutes and 44 seconds, the Grizzlies scored 29 points and the Thunder scored 28 points. The two teams played 43 to 46. The Grizzlies fell behind by 3 points and entered the official timeout again.

Sitting back on the bench, Sun Ce felt that he couldn't continue playing like this!

Westbrook got 7 assists in one and a half quarters, which was terrible. The Thunder were obviously well prepared for them, and Jimmy Butler and Randolph started the game. The offense was better than Tony and the president, but the defense was more than a level behind!

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