One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-Five. Clay's Shining Moment
In the third quarter tonight, Klay Thompson was simply explosive. He didn't shoot if he didn't shoot, and he would shoot and he would make it!
Klay Thompson was good at running, and now he has a good touch. His need for open space is much lower than usual. As long as he is not stuck, he will jump up and shoot and make it!
It is with such an unreasonable style of play that the Grizzlies have changed from the role of chasing points in the first quarter to the current leading role!
In the second half of the third quarter, Sun Ce, Paul George, and Klay Thompson continued to play, and Randolph and Jimmy Butler were replaced. Sun Ce played the No. 1 position on the offensive end and... a big central guard on the defensive end!
When Klay Thompson didn't have a three-pointer opportunity, Sun Ce was not idle. Yi Muhua scored 8 points in the first half of the quarter, and 3 of them were assists from Sun Ce.
He can't be let go of this point. Klay Thompson has already blown up the Lakers' shooting. The Lakers dare not let Sun Ce, who is more terrifying in their minds, have a chance to shoot. Two kings together... that's called a king bomb!
So, Sun Ce took advantage of the restraint between himself and Klay Thompson and frantically got assists.
At 9 minutes and 16 seconds in the third quarter, Klay Thompson had another chance to receive the ball. He received a pass from Sun Ce and made a three-pointer!
5 three-pointers in a single quarter!
Klay Thompson contributed the fourth assist to Sun Ce. On Sun Ce's side, he had 11 assists in a single quarter. Before the end of the third quarter, he had already got 19 assists. He was one assist away from 20 assists in three quarters!
Paul got 5 assists steadily in the third quarter, but was gradually left behind by Sun Ce.
In fact, the Lakers' fear of Sun Ce's passing was far greater than their fear of Klay Thompson's shooting, but they had to block Klay Thompson, and they dared not let Sun Ce pick and roll to shoot. If Sun Ce also shot, there would be no game.
Klay Thompson made a three-pointer this time, and the Grizzlies were already 7 points ahead 99 to 92.
The Lakers felt exhausted. They played as hard as they could. They might score over 100 points in three quarters, while the Grizzlies were about to score over 100 points!
Even if they didn't score the next goal, the opponent might lead them by 10 points when they scored 92 points before the end of the three quarters!
Sun Ce retreated back to defense. This plan really couldn't keep up with the changes. He tried hard to defend Kobe, and Kobe only scored 9 points in a single quarter so far, but the other Lakers still scored 13 points. The Lakers might still score 30+ in a single quarter.
But who would have thought that
Klay Thompson had already scored 15 points in a single quarter!
There was an opportunity to force the Lakers to win, but it was also very dangerous. After all, both teams were already excited and could find opportunities. It depended on which side could seize the opportunity better.
Facing the current lineup of the Lakers, the Grizzlies were most likely to show up, naturally, Leonard, and they really gave Leonard a chance.
However, Leonard was too nervous at this moment. He missed the mid-range shot from Josh Smith at the free throw line!
Randolph passed the ball to Sun Ce, who counterattacked and saw that it was Paul who was chasing Klay Thompson. Sun Ce immediately passed the ball to him. Klay Thompson ignored Paul and shot a three-pointer from a distance of one meter from the 60-degree three-point line on the left...
Another three-pointer!
6 three-pointers!
Klay Thompson scored 30 points in a single game for the third time in his career. At the same time, Sun Ce's assists in a single quarter increased to 12!
102 to 92, the Grizzlies led by 10 points!
Sun Ce... 17 points, 14 rebounds and 20 assists!
The Lakers did not call a timeout. As before, the Grizzlies scored and the Lakers immediately served the ball. At the critical moment, it still depended on the dream combination. Kobe received the ball and attracted the double team and passed it back to Paul. Paul received the ball and hit a three-pointer, narrowing the gap to 7 points again.
It was the Grizzlies' turn to attack again. Sun Ce continued to pass the ball to Klay Thompson, no matter how far away he was.
Klay Thompson received the ball two meters away from the three-point line. Leonard stuck to him and didn't dare to let him go.
Klay Thompson faked a shot, Leonard jumped immediately, and Klay Thompson took the opportunity to break through!
Paul George was in the left corner, Randolph was on the left side of the three-second zone, Jimmy Butler maintained a threat of cutting in and a certain threat of mid-range shots from the right mid-range, and Sun Ce held Josh Smith on the right side of the top arc.
In this space, Klay Thompson rushed into the inside line as if he was in an empty space! The fans at the scene were already excited. This is Michael Thompson's son. With such confident steps, the dunk should be very handsome, right?
But on the other side, Sun Ce saw Klay Thompson rushing in. He didn't expect that this guy didn't stop outside the three-point line for a three-pointer, and then rushed in immediately.
Since Metta World Peace really didn't expect Klay Thompson to "pass" Leonard, he had no time to react and no chance to make up for it. Klay Thompson rushed to the basket and jumped up with all his strength. Amid the crazy cheers of the fans at the scene... Klay Thompson jumped up with all his strength to dunk, but the height was not enough!
Seeing that Klay Thompson could not dunk the basket and could only push the ball out with his fingers, the cheers of the fans at the scene stopped abruptly...
Moreover, the dunk turned into a layup and it didn't go in. Klay Thompson couldn't control the strength of this posture, and the ball hit the neck of the basket and bounced back.
Leonard who followed in gave up. He was not very good at chasing the block, but he didn't expect Klay Thompson to be so amazing! He rushed to grab the defensive rebound. At this time, there was another exclamation from the scene!
Leonard didn't know what happened yet. He just used his legs to jump up, but before he really jumped up, he saw a hand stretched out from his head and pressed the ball that had just bounced out of the basket into the basket!
At the same time, Leonard felt that he had pushed someone away.
Sun Ce landed and stood firm, secretly screaming in shock. If he hadn't reacted quickly, the opponent might have taken advantage of the ball again!
The referee whistled, Leonard blocked the foul, and Sun Ce's dunk was valid and he had to add a penalty!
When Leonard jumped up, he didn't expect someone to come to make a tip-in. God knew that Klay Thompson's dunk was so amazing. He thought the rebound was his, so he jumped normally and made an upward push against Sun Ce who jumped one step ahead. Although it didn't work, a foul was a foul.
Seeing Sun Ce pull Klay Thompson up with a look of disgust, Klay Thompson's eyes revealed sadness under his calm expression.
The players on the court who looked at Sun Ce's disgusted expression, as well as the fans who were watching the replay of Sun Ce's tip-in on the big screen and in front of the TV.
Not to mention, even the Grizzlies' own players didn't expect Klay Thompson to miss a dunk, and they didn't expect Sun Ce to be ready to come in and grab the offensive rebound!
Sun Ce's tip-in this time... How much trust does he have in Klay Thompson's dunk? ... This is trust!
Maybe he firmly believes that Klay Thompson can't dunk, but this is also a kind of trust, isn't it...
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