One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty-Four. Black Panda Explodes!
The announcement of the award will more or less affect the players.
On the Grizzlies side, the players were dissatisfied that only one player was selected for the first defense.
But the opponent felt completely different.
In fact, there are more than 10 players selected for the best defensive team every year, and there are almost tie votes every year.
But when discussing, they will preconceivedly calculate based on 10 players in two lineups.
Under such a fixed mindset, the Grizzlies had 4 players selected for the best defensive team, which gave the opponent the feeling that the Grizzlies had 4 of the 10 best defensive players in the league!
The troika once played against a team with three best defensive team players. Although they won in the end, they never wanted to meet the Pistons again in that finals. Fortunately, that Pistons team disbanded within two years.
On May 19, the Grizzlies played against the Spurs at home in the sixth game of the series.
The Spurs had three best team players, one of whom was in the first team and one in the second team.
The Grizzlies had four best defensive team players, one of whom was in the first team and one in the second team.
This series, which was already highly watched, became even more popular after the announcement of the final awards of the regular season.
Gasol's second team is not very good, because there is really no one this year, but Gasol's selection means that his performance is more appreciated by most media than other centers except Duncan!
Even if he is a second-team center in the last days of centers, he is still a second-team center!
At 7:40 p.m., the players of both teams entered the court. Both teams wanted to win this game very much.
On one side, they were worried that they would be in a disadvantageous situation if they dragged it to the seventh game and played away, and on the other side, they were more anxious that they would be eliminated if they lost.
Duncan and Sun Ce came to the technical table again before the game and looked at each other. Sun Ce was defeated and fled...
At 7:58 p.m., the starting players of both teams came on the court.
Tonight, the Grizzlies made a lineup adjustment, and the lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol came on the court.
Directly send out the team's strongest lineup in theory.
Coach Hollins wants to use the team's "new" deterrence. The name is very important. Before and after winning the award are two different things.
Paul George was selected for the second defense and became one of the four officially recognized small forwards with the best defense. His status in the league was immediately improved, and his offensive talent was also recognized.
As the saying goes, the shadow of a tree is the name of a person. With a name, the deterrence becomes stronger.
Just like when Sun Ce was selected for the second defense in his sophomore year, his defensive deterrence suddenly increased in his third year. The opponent was worried about being defended by him, which made him more comfortable to defend.
The starting lineup of the Spurs did not change. Parker, Danny Green, Gay, Duncan, and Kwame Brown appeared in the starting lineup.
In the last game, the Spurs insisted on a steady style of play and won the game, which made them very determined and very determined to implement the strong attack at the beginning that they had maintained throughout the entire... ...
season.
After playing for two minutes and being beaten 8 to 2, seeing that the deterrence was ineffective, Coach Hollins immediately replaced Tony Allen and Gasol with Larry Sanders and Nash, and paired them with Sun Ce, Paul George, and Randolph to play offense.
The Spurs' offense was still fierce, and the Grizzlies still couldn't defend it, but Randolph exploded after he had space!
Four teammates won the Best Team or Best Defensive Team awards, but Randolph didn't win. He also knew that he couldn't win it for his regular season performance, but he worked hard because of it!
In the past two years, everyone thought that the Grizzlies completely defeated the Spurs because the Spurs didn't have a player who could defend Randolph in the low post, even Duncan couldn't do it, but now they have Kwame Brown. In the 9 previous matches this season, Randolph was restricted to scoring less than double digits 6 times, and in the playoffs, Randolph only played a distraction.
With Kwame Brown defending in the low post, and Duncan defending on both sides of the baseline, Randolph's scoring area was locked.
But tonight, Randolph went wild! After switching players to open up space, he asked for the ball three times in a row after falling into a positional battle and scored against Kwame Brown!
When Duncan started to double-team, Sun Ce took the initiative to find Larry Sanders for a pick-and-roll and shot. Larry Sanders' pick-and-roll was terrible, but fortunately Randolph attracted Duncan in. Larry Sanders did the pick-and-roll that he was not good at, so he just had to block. Randolph passed the ball in time, and Sun Ce made two consecutive three-pointers, bringing up the offensive firepower of the Grizzlies!
Randolph can open up, if the Grizzlies are an offensive lineup, they will have a chance to shoot from the outside!
After Sun Ce made two three-pointers, Coach Hollins replaced Paul George with Klay Thompson. Replaced Larry Sanders with Yi Jianlian.
Although the Spurs' offensive in the first quarter was still not defended, the Spurs scored 31 points in the first quarter, but the Grizzlies also scored 30 points. Sun Ce made 3 of 4 three-pointers in the first quarter, helping the Grizzlies catch up with the maximum score difference of 6 points.
After the first quarter, Sun Ce was replaced. Coach Hollins protected his touch and used the armored tank lineup of Beverley, Tony Allen, Prince, Battier, and Gasol to consume a few minutes, and then gradually replaced Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Randolph to slowly endure.
The Spurs did not play a clear advantage in the first quarter, and it was time for the Grizzlies to play an advantage. The Spurs only scored 7 points in 6 minutes and 2 seconds before the official timeout. Although the Grizzlies only scored 9 points, they had already surpassed the score, 39 to 38!
After the official timeout, the Grizzlies have taken the initiative and sent back the strongest offensive lineup of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Yi Jianlian.
Facing the combination of the troika, Gay, and Danny Green, Sun Ce and Nash led the team to withstand the opponent's counterattack.
In the last 4 seconds of the first half, with Yi Jianlian's cut-in, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson's off-ball pick-and-roll, Paul-... ...
-George hit the first three-pointer of the game, helping the Grizzlies lead the Spurs 56-51 into the halftime break!
Sun Ce was throwing a three-pointer, and Randolph created space. In addition to 4 three-pointers in the first half, he only had a baseline hook to get two points and a two-free throw, scoring 16 points.
The Spurs defended his mid-range shot very strictly, and Sun Ce took this opportunity to create a good cut-in opportunity for his teammates.
This is a rare halftime lead of 5 points over the Spurs!
Sun Ce had planned that if the situation was unfavorable, he would cheat and bet on whether he could get Bird or Jordan randomly, but he didn't expect Randolph to score 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter, especially the three assists, all of which found him, Sun, to hit three-pointers.
With Sun Ce's 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in the first half and Randolph's 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first half, they took a clear initiative!
Before, Sun Ce watched Ginobili and Parker explode next to Duncan. Although Nash and Paul George also exploded around Sun Ce, their explosions were definitely not as good as Randolph's!