One Thousand Three Hundred and Twelve. Surpass Kojo!
Duncan is a tough guy who doesn’t talk much. He just dunked on Gasol and then turned and passed the ball to Parker… Parker has played 70 games this season and made 29 three-pointers in total. Beverly stepped back to prevent the breakthrough and was ready to hit Parker when he accelerated. He didn’t care about the foul.
But Parker chose to shoot after receiving the ball on the sideline!
He is a big heart and not afraid of anything! And…it went in!
This forced the three horses to hurry up!
Duncan’s turnaround dunk just now is definitely not his current style of play, and Parker’s three-pointer is naturally not either. However, the Grizzlies have a good defensive lineup, so they chose what they are not good at, but they still made the shot.
96 to 100, the Spurs continue to keep the score close!
If you can’t defend, try your best to defend. During the retreat, the Spurs communicated with each other. Gay defended the three-pointer, Duncan blocked the mid-range, and Dio ignored Battier or Gasol and prepared to break through Sun Ce directly.
Sun Ce already has 59 points. With Sun Ce's 36 shots tonight and only 4 assists, he will soon score 60 points. They estimate that Sun Ce will never pass the ball when he has a chance to shoot.
If it is a direct double team attack, they think Sun Ce will definitely pass the ball back. This is a player who is willing to score single digits and wants to create a chance to win.
Therefore, Duncan did not command his teammates to double team in advance, but prepared to double team Sun Ce's shot when he reached the shooting point.
Duncan has clear thinking, excellent defensive awareness, and the Spurs have strong execution.
However, after Sun Ce's dunk just now, he scored two shots at the beginning of this quarter, and the last shot of the third quarter also scored... This is the second time in this game that he scored three goals in a row when Kobe time was not triggered, and Kobe time was triggered!
Sun Ce received the serve himself and crossed the half court with an 8-second violation, passed the center circle, and started to accelerate directly!
The Spurs responded quickly and moved in time, but Sun Ce still rushed to the right side of the three-second zone. When Duncan blocked him, Sun Ce pulled the ball behind him, took a step to the right, turned around and shot a long-range mid-range shot at a 30-degree angle!
This step allowed Sun Ce to get rid of the double-teaming of Duncan and Gay!
And two skills were triggered!
"Behind-the-back dribble turn shot level 1 (Irving) triggered, the host's shooting jump is not affected by the sudden turn..."
"Kobe time level 3 triggered,
The host's shooting effect caused by the rhythm of this shot is greatly reduced..."
This area is the most stable area for Sun Ce to shoot, and Kobe's strongest point is naturally the mid-range shot. If it is a negative bonus, the shooting ability will be affected, which will have a great impact on Sun Ce, because he is used to his quasi-top mid-range shot, but if it is a bonus, he will use it better, because he is originally one of the best mid-range shooters on the right side of the three-second zone in the league!
With his jump and shooting feeling unaffected, Sun Ce made a long two-pointer after dodging Gay and Duncan's double-team by dribbling behind his back!
23 of 38 shots! 6 of 12 three-pointers and 9 of 11 free throws, Sun Ce has already scored 61 points! 5th time in his career to score 60+, second place in the number of 60+ in a single season!
102 to 96, the Grizzlies still maintain a lead of more than 5 points!
However, for the game, Sun Ce has already scored 60+, and the Spurs have lost their obsession and want to win more!
Sun Ce has scored 60+ in a single game, and they are still only 6 points behind, which means that they played very well today, and their strength is not inferior to the Grizzlies.
Now we have to grind and hold on!
The Spurs have a strong desire to win, and they run and pass the ball calmly. The Grizzlies also defend very hard. They are eager to defend their opponents when Sun Ce guarantees scoring.
Finally, the ball from the Spurs team reached Parker, but Beverley still didn't make the pass. If he did, Danny Green would be left open.
Beverley's defense is like a mad dog, but his defensive awareness is excellent. The original defensive strategy of letting Parker shoot three-pointers is an important part of their ability to defend the Spurs, and it is when Duncan's physical strength is not good and the pick-and-roll effect is declining that they have the opportunity to limit other Spurs players.
Parker just made a three-pointer and shot decisively after receiving the ball... But luck can't always be so good. Parker has made 30 three-pointers this season, creating the sixth highest single-season three-point hits in his career, which is probably the end. This shot is iron!
Sun Ce threw himself into the air to grab the defensive rebound and counterattacked directly!
Shoot! With the ball in hand, Sun Ce had only this thought. After rushing to the front court, he directly chased and shot a three-pointer when Danny Green rushed over...
As soon as the ball was thrown, Sun Ce was knocked to the ground by Danny Green who was defending. As the referee blew the whistle, the ball went into the basket...
105 to 96, the Grizzlies expanded their lead to 9 points, and Sun Ce also had a free throw!
Compared to Sun Ce's 60+, the fans at the scene were more excited when this shot was made!
First time!
This is the first time this season that the Grizzlies have a chance to lead the Spurs by 10 points!
After being pulled up by Beverley and Paul George, Sun Ce went to the free throw line.
The fans at the scene cheered wildly, and even the MVP calls could not be unified.
There was no way. The Spurs suppressed them too badly this season. The one time they won was not able to lead the Spurs by that much.
Sun Ce adjusted his breathing and made the free throw!
24 of 39 shots, 8 of 13 three-pointers, 10 of 12 free throws, while helping the team expand its lead to 10 points, Sun Ce's personal score increased to 65 points!
The Spurs called a timeout again!
……
In the three attacks, the Spurs actually only scored a regular point with Duncan's strong play. Duncan just showed his playing style when he was young, which is Duncan's own characteristics, while Parker's play was purely lucky.
In other words, in the first three attacks of the Spurs in the fourth quarter, when Duncan was unable to run and pick and roll, the Spurs did not make a single successful attack!
It's not that Duncan played badly and there were others. The Spurs played as a whole. If one link is pitted, the whole will be pitted.
Duncan's current performance is still good, but compared with the performance of the double first team and the strongest forward in the league this season, it is definitely far from enough. Facing the pure defensive lineup sent by the Grizzlies, it is obviously not good enough!
And there is a lord on the opposite side who has been playing crazy!
Only 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, with 9 minutes left, Sun Ce has already scored 65 points. With Sun Ce's crazy performance of 25 points in the third quarter, Popovich didn't know why, but thought of Kobe who scored 55 points in less than 20 minutes in the second half after falling behind by 14 points at halftime against the Raptors!
Obviously, because Duncan fought too hard in the first half, he could not guarantee the first-team level on both offense and defense in the final quarter, let alone the first team, and even the second team.
In this situation, Sun Ce was in great form, and the Spurs were 10 points behind... Popovich chose to give up!
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