One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty-Nine. Death Dunk!
"Host temporary ability rating S,
Physical fitness S: speed A+, strength A+, core strength S-, endurance S-, jumping A+, static confrontation A+, leg explosive power S- (explosive acceleration, rebound speed), explosive confrontation ability S...
Shooting rating A+: three-pointer B (right sideline three-pointer B, left sideline three-pointer C, top arc three-pointer A-), mid-range shot A+ (mid-range shot on the right side of the baseline A+, mid-range shot on the front of the basket A+, mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone A+, mid-range shot on the left side of the three-second zone B+, left-hand three-second zone left baseline A-), right-hand top Layup A+, left-hand layup A+...
Technical evaluation A: left-handed ball control A, right-handed ball control A, passing A-, pick-and-roll jump shot A-, dribble-and-shoot A, pull-up jump shot B-, low-post back-up technique A+, high-post back-up technique A, three-threat stance C, jump step C+..."
3 seconds later, Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluation after the bonus ended. The three-pointer was weakened, the mid-range shot was not affected, the speed was reduced a little, but the burst speed and explosiveness, strength, and confrontation were greatly improved. The passing and control were affected to a certain extent, but the low-post back-up was improved...
The focus is on the improvement of static confrontation! Playing pick-and-roll with Nash will definitely play better!
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After the intermission, the Grizzlies sent out Nash, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. to play 3 to 2 defense.
Coach Hollins is not only focused on this season, but also started to think about next season at the end of the regular season, such as switching the rhythm, starting with a balanced offense and defense, and rotating the lineup to fight hard on defense... We need to try. Now we are leading by 18 points in the first quarter, so we can try it.
Coach Hollins is very courageous. He dares to play around in the playoffs. Otherwise, he would not have led by more than 20 points in three quarters and was overturned in the original time and space...
On the Clippers side, Griffin, who scored 13 points in the first quarter, continued to play. Billups and Willie Green played as double point guards, and Matt Barnes and Motiejunas played. The Clippers also strengthened their defense.
On the Clippers' offense, Billups was not as good as before after suffering a serious injury of Achilles tendon rupture in the late last season, but he was still okay as a substitute. He returned to play 44 games this season, with a 39% three-point shooting rate and an average of 1.5 three-pointers per game. He averaged 8.8 points and 3.3 assists per game in 19 minutes of playing time. He is an excellent substitute + veteran leader.
After advancing to the frontcourt, Billups tried a three-pointer against Tony Allen's defense... and missed!
But Griffin, who was stuck in position, relied on the bounce to push the ball back to the basket with his short hands and made a tip-in.
25 to 41,
The score difference was reduced to 16 points.
The Grizzlies didn't think of counterattacking with this lineup. In the frontcourt, Sun Ce and Nash screened!
Willy Green, who was defending Tony Allen, double-teamed and defended two at the top of the arc, but Willy Green and Billups together couldn't stop Sun Ce from cutting in!
Because Klay Thompson and Paul George played for a long time in the first quarter, Sun Ce knew that the space would not be good in the second quarter, so he used the Admiral card... Sun Ce directly pushed through the two people without the ball and rushed into the inside!
Motiejunas followed Randolph to the left baseline. He thought that Sun Ce would not be able to cut in with a double team. Even if he cut in from the wing, he could get back to the basket in time. Now it was too late to go back.
But Griffin moved quickly, letting go of Gasol on the right baseline and retracting it. Seeing Sun Ce jump after receiving Nash's pass in one step inside the free throw line, Griffin rushed towards Sun Ce to block the shot!
For this ball, Griffin jumped from the reasonable collision zone, and the position was very good. The confrontation was also within the scope of joint confrontation. Even the direction of the hand block was accurately judged, and there was no misjudgment because Sun Ce grabbed the ball with his left hand.
But... Sun Ce jumped much higher than usual. When Griffin was parallel to Sun Ce's line of sight, his hand only reached Sun Ce's wrist!
And because Griffin swung his right hand to the right, when he rubbed Sun Ce's hand for dunking and the referee whistled, he was unable to slap Sun Ce's hand away. Sun Ce grabbed the ball and continued to slam it into the basket...
"Bang..."
Accompanied by the whistling of the basket, Sun Ce took several steps back after landing because of the opponent's impact and sat on the ground, which looked a bit miserable...but the fans at the scene were boiling!
Explosion again!
Sun Ce dunked Griffin 2+1 head-on!
The big screen immediately gave a replay. The fans at the scene saw on the big screen that when Sun Ce rushed up to confront Griffin, he seemed to be suspended in the air for a while because of the opponent's too fierce impact, but relied on the advantage of arm span to smash the ball into the basket!
This kind of ball was often seen in Griffin's games in the past two years, but unlike Griffin, Griffin often needs to press people to avoid being blocked due to his arm span disadvantage. Sun Ce not only has no arm span disadvantage, but also has the top arm span-height difference in the league, except for monsters like Larry Sanders, Anthony Davis, and Gay whose arm span is only 20 cm longer than their height!
Griffin, watching Sun Ce being pulled up by Nash and Tony Allen, couldn't help but look at his own hands... Is it that short?
This is too outrageous! The line of sight is parallel, but it is actually one palm shorter than the opponent's reach!
With Sun Ce's hook shot and free throw, the Grizzlies led the Clippers by 19 points 44 to 25!
Sun Ce's dunk boosted the morale of the Grizzlies no less than the 4 three-pointers in the first quarter. On the defensive end, they did a very good job. It was only because Griffin faced Gasol's tilted body and made a layup that they scored two points with difficulty.
There is no way, Gasol has forced Griffin to the point where he had to lean his body to force a hook shot at a negative angle, purely because of Griffin's personal ability.
But when Rondo rested, the Clippers could only rely on Griffin to score, and this style of play could not continue!
Sure enough, in the next round, Randolph relied on Sun Ce's cutting in to get a pass from Nash and made a mid-range shot. Looking back, Griffin's fadeaway shot against Gasol's switch defense was slapped down by Sun Ce before reaching the highest point, and Sun Ce himself grabbed the defensive rebound.
When the Grizzlies attacked, Sun Ce received the ball and was sandwiched in the middle distance, and passed it to Gasol who cut in and made a layup. The Grizzlies extended their lead to 21 points with a score of 48 to 27! The Clippers called a timeout again!
After 15 minutes of the game, they were already 21 points behind. This was the most brutal blow to the Clippers players who were looking forward to an upset in the first round before the start of the playoffs!
They were not opponents at all! They felt that the confident words they said in the interview before the playoffs were just a slap in their faces!
ESPN intentionally took the lead in guiding them to restrain the Grizzlies, and they actually believed it!
However, the confidence of others was hit, and Rondo, who was replaced, and Griffin, who had already scored 17 points, did not give up!
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