One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-One. Leonard's Humiliation

Both of them are players with strong defensive awareness. They return to their defenders through confrontation and pressure.

But Sun Ce's purpose is not to make the opponent switch defense at all, but to stagger the position and cut directly into the inside!

As soon as Sun Ce entered the free throw line, the ball flew over. Nash led the team with the ball. Sun Ce faced Jamison and received the ball one step outside the reasonable collision area. Jamison had no defensive ability. The defensive end mainly relied on hard work, and Yi Jianlian released the ball in time to collect it. return.

The key point of blocking, this is what Kobe told him, Leonard also followed Sun Ce closely. When Sun Ce received the ball and was blocked by Jamison, Leonard came up in time to form a flank attack, and was kicked by Sun Ce. Behind him, Leonard looked at Sun Ce, who was sticking out his butt, and wanted to use his long arms and big hands to do something bad.

At this time, Sun Ce made a false shot. Leonard did not stand up rashly to block the shot. Instead, he paid attention to Sun Ce's hand holding the ball. There was Jamison under the basket. He was an inside post anyway. Leonard concluded that Sun Ce would move his position. When Sun Ce shot The click of the ball was his chance!

When Jamison took off and Leonard was ready to steal Sun Ce's dribble, he saw Sun Ce stepping forward and raising the ball in front of Jamison who was jumping up and falling! Leonard quickly jumped up to shoot the ball, but he only hit Sun Ce's arm. Sun Ce bounced too fast, pushed past Jamison and smashed the ball into the basket!

The referee's whistle was a little late, but it still sounded. The referee at the bottom line was not sure whether Jamison fell first and hit Sun Ce who took off, or whether Leonard patted Sun Ce's arm first.

After some discussion, the referee signaled that Leonard had fouled and Sun Ce's goal was valid and there would be an additional penalty!

Leonard watched Sun Ce high-fiving the nobles across from him, and couldn't keep his poker face--Again?

Although Leonard doesn't play much time, he can maintain high efficiency whenever he is needed. He makes a lot of preparations outside the game. Before each round, he puts in no less time and energy than Kobe and Paul. , carefully studying every opponent that needs him to defend.

But when studying Sun Ce, he would always see some pictures that he couldn't understand in every game, but most of the time it was normal. When playing against each other, he also faced off against Sun Ce several times, but just like when studying Sun Ce, from time to time Situations will arise that are beyond his understanding.

Just like now, Jamison, who is 203 centimeters and 99 kilograms, cannot carry Sun Ce. Leonard can understand it, but Jamison fell and Sun Ce pushed past Jamison and smashed the ball into the basket.

This kind of explosive power is usually hard to see, but every time they play against each other, Sun Ce will have this incredible ball.

This is because the matchup time is not long enough. If you switch to a top player with more playing time, you will no longer wonder about this situation, and there will not be a situation where Sun Ce catches the ball at the basket and does not double-team directly but waits. Sun Ce moved sideways to steal.

No, Josh Smith came to instruct Leonard to decisively stick to Sun Ce when he received the ball.

In the regular season, Josh Smith defended Sun Ce, but after the last meeting in the regular season, the Lakers knew that it was impossible to defend Randolph with Ci Shiping like they did in the previous two games, and they could only use Josh -Smith went to guard Randolph and let Ci Shiping guard Sun Ce, so Sun Ce could play so well in the first half.

As Sun Ce made the extra free throw, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 3 points 16-13, and Sun Ce's personal score increased to 8 points!

When the Lakers attack, Leonard is actively looking for three-pointers and cutting opportunities. Paul faces Jimmy Butler's defense on the outside and breaks through in isolation. JR Smith and Josh Smith's off-ball pick-and-roll, opportunities arise. , although the Grizzlies' lineup was not good at defending, they defended very hard, and their attention was attracted by the two people in the pick-and-roll without the ball, but Paul passed to Leonard who was cutting in!

A team that doesn't defend well will always cause trouble for the attacking team if they try hard to defend.

But it is also possible that the other party takes advantage of their enthusiasm. For example, Paul is taking advantage of it now.

Leonard took a step directly towards the basket and took off, wanting to dunk in return for Sun Ce. However, the cheers of the fans at the scene stopped abruptly. As soon as Leonard dunked, he was slapped by a bandaged hand. Right!

Leonard's cut-in, catch and dunk was taken back and slapped by Sun Ce who was guarding Jamison at the bottom line, and rolled out of the bottom line!

Leonard knows that he needs to study Sun Ce's style of play. How could Sun Ce not study Leonard, a young star who has started to show his prominence in this year's playoffs? The key is that this time the "food shortage" was triggered, it was predicted that Paul's ball was not going to JR Smith, who was borrowing Josh Smith's pick-and-roll and pulling to the sideline, but to Leonard. Sun Ce judged Leonard. The movement and Nash's pursuit will definitely not be able to catch up.

In fact, even if the food cutoff is not triggered, Sun Ce will know that Paul will not pass the ball to the two Smiths when he sees J.R. Smith playing tactics instead of singles, either Leonard or Jamison, or he may play small and big. , the highest probability is Leonard, and he has been staring at Leonard.

This is one of the team plays commonly used by the Lakers.

After Sun Ce blocked the shot, he continued to follow Jamison and continued to invest in defense as if he had done nothing.

And Leonard, who was blocked, felt humiliated!

They didn't take him seriously at all. They beat him 21 and blocked him again, but his mood didn't change at all.

If Sun Ce was excited, excited, or even scolded him and humiliated him, Leonard wouldn't feel humiliated. But Sun Ce's reaction was like hating any ordinary player, which made Leonard feel a deep sense of humiliation.

The game continued, with 7 seconds left in the Lakers' attack time. This time, Josh Smith served from the baseline and directly found JR Smith. JR Smith received the ball and faced Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler's double attack. In singles, he didn't give the ball to Paul.

This is the correct posture for JR Smith when he wants to attack. He thinks he is Kobe and hits the three-pointer against two players who are taller than him!

Leonard wanted to rush for the ball, but was blocked by Sun Ce who took it back. Sun Ce's defensive rebound immediately passed to Nash, starting a fast break!

As Jimmy Butler caught the ball and made a layup, the Grizzlies came back from the timeout and went on a 5-0 run!

In fact, the difference is only one goal. If Leonard's shot just now was more cautious, Sun Ce could not block it if he used a pull-up layup, a one-step jump step or a three-step layup.

As a player with great talent and excellent awareness, Leonard also discovered this. Watching the opponent quickly counterattack, Leonard knew very well that the two sides should be at least evenly matched. Now they are 5 points behind. It's all their fault. he!

Not only was he blocked this time, but he was also beaten 21 by Sun Ce in the previous round!