One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Five. The Magic Sword Is Unsheathed!
Which effect to choose... Is there any doubt about this? Sun Ce must be hot!
Originally, he was most worried about not playing well in the third quarter. He made 1 of 4 shots, and the good feeling in the first half was consumed.
But now, he played slowly in the third quarter, and his physical strength was preserved. He also used the special use of "Demon Sword Out of the Sheath" by mistake.
At this moment, Sun Ce felt that he was Jordan, and he was much stronger than Jordan in three-pointers.
The fourth quarter started, and the Lakers attacked first.
The brisk and agile running is a very distinctive feature of the Lakers' offense. Leonard's two-side three-pointers and cutting ability, Jamison can shoot from any position inside and outside the three-point line, and even Kobe is now a top player in running and receiving the ball. With Paul and Earl Clark's pick-and-roll, although it is not as strong as the starting lineup, the main reason is that the defense is not that good, and the offense is still sharp.
Kobe took advantage of the threat from the outside, turned around without the ball from Jimmy Butler, cut in and received the pass from Josh Smith, and made a layup with a pull-up under Sun Ce's defense.
90 to 85, the Lakers extended their lead to 5 points.
After Kobe made a layup with a folding pull-up with Sun Ce leaning forward, he landed facing Sun Ce, opened his hands with five fingers facing himself, and looked at his palms, as if saying - how can I be so powerful.
This look of asking for a beating made Sun Ce want to kick this guy!
I don't know since when, Kobe has found it difficult to beat Sun Ce once. The last time he won against the Grizzlies was in the Western Conference Finals last year, and he only won one game, which is a whole year. Facing Sun Ce, Kobe has 1 win and 7 losses.
Now, Kobe feels that he has a chance to win again! As far as this season's confrontation is concerned, this is the first time they have such a clear advantage at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
In the transition between offense and defense, Nash did not speed up this time, but played steadily. In terms of the Lakers' lineup and playing style, no team can compete with them in speed this season.
Sun Ce looked at the opponent's brisk playing style and suddenly felt that in the original time and space, when old Buss died, he designated D'Antoni as the head coach. From the perspective of the future development of the NBA, there seemed to be no problem, because it entered the small ball era in less than two years.
It's just that the lineup is not suitable. Kupchak's trading methods are very strong, but the players traded back are not suitable for the small ball era. That is the worst situation that the management's trading plan did not keep up with the boss's vision.
Only by playing positional battles and playing slowly can the Lakers' score be suppressed like in the third quarter.
In the frontcourt, the positional battle pick-and-roll, Nash is not easy to play against Paul and Earl Clark's defense, but at this time Sun Ce wants the ball, Nash passes the ball to Sun Ce, and then pulls away with Paul to the sideline.
Facing Sun Ce's singles, Leonard felt like his heart was about to explode. He entered the NBA in the West, and in his rookie season with the Warriors, and this season with the Lakers. He has played against Sun Ce several times every year and has seen Sun Ce explode many times.
In this season's playoffs, Leonard gradually began to replace Metta World Peace as the Lakers' front line defense gate. Although it is not his turn at the critical moment, he tends to be nervous at the critical moment, but in the future, he will inevitably face Sun Ce more and more, which makes Leonard look forward to and uneasy.
On Sun Ce's side, dribbling, he can't feel any changes after using the "Demon Sword Out of the Sheath", the ball control rhythm is still very good, facing Leonard's strong defense, Sun Ce chooses to force a breakthrough!
Leonard saw Sun Ce break through, and he was too nervous to take a step back to prevent Sun Ce from directly attacking the inside line. Sun Ce had just stretched out his right foot, and seeing this situation, he immediately retracted his foot, grabbed the ball and raised it to a position slightly above his forehead, and jumped up to shoot...
Leonard reacted very quickly and rushed back, but Sun Ce had already finished the shooting action and shot smoothly. Leonard's excellent height and arm span could not interfere!
The moment he shot, Sun Ce felt that he would definitely score! It was just like the feeling of bursting his hands in previous games.
After the shot, before landing, Sun Ce had already spread his arms, turned around and ran back immediately after landing. When he spread his arms and turned around, the ball went into the basket!
The "defense" sound at the scene stopped abruptly.
When seeing Sun Ce spread his arms, the fans at the scene wanted to boo him-where did this confidence come from? In the third quarter, Sun Ce made 0 of 2 three-pointers!
But the ball went in, but it was silent for two seconds, and then the fans at the scene booed violently-that guy is here again? Suddenly broke out again?
Sun Ce had scored 72 points before. The Lakers fans were very uneasy at this moment and could only use boos to cover up their uneasiness.
The boos were for Sun Ce, but Leonard felt like they were for him. He knew that the fans were booing Sun Ce, but the fans' uneasiness was because he failed to defend.
Sun Ce's three-pointer hit and he started celebrating as soon as he shot, which boosted the morale of the Grizzlies. Randolph on the sidelines started waving towels again, competing with the cornerstone center on the opposite side. Coach Hollins punched directly to celebrate. Finally, such a Sun Ce appeared!
On the Lakers side, the dreamy backcourt cursed in unison, Kobe was okay, holding his jersey and running towards the frontcourt.
Paul was in a bad mood. Every time he played against the Grizzlies, every time at a critical moment, it was like this!
After receiving the serve and advancing to the frontcourt, Paul tried to calm himself down and played pick-and-roll with Earl Clark to pass the ball to Kobe.
Kobe and Jamison received the ball after the off-ball pick-and-roll, Sun Ce made up for the defense, Kobe passed the ball to Leonard in time, Leonard shot a three-pointer from the bottom corner... and it went in!
This time Leonard was not nervous, he turned the anxiety of the fans at the scene into motivation and hit this key three-pointer!
This is talent and the ability to realize it!
It is already very good for role players to seize opportunities, and the ability to score important shots stably is one of the differences between ordinary role players and stars.
There is no way to do this ball. Compared with Jamison, who is at the level of the best sixth man, Earl Clark who chooses to cut in, superstars Kobe and Paul, it is necessary to let Leonard help defend others on the defensive end, just like Metta World Peace averaged 14.4 points per game this season. He and Leonard have the most open opportunities at this point.
But this is not important. The fourth quarter has just begun. Sun Ce wants to throw the ball as soon as he gets it. The current shooting feels so good!
Nash pushed forward to the frontcourt. Sun Ce did not run this time. He directly asked for the ball from Leonard on the right side of the top arc.
Leonard was afraid of Sun Ce's cutting in, so he did not go around. Nash passed the ball to Sun Ce and pulled away.
Sun Ce received the ball and turned to face Leonard's defense. Seeing Leonard taking small steps nervously, Sun Ce couldn't control his mouth again and said, "Kawhi, do you want to see me shoot a three-pointer or do you want to see me break through?"