One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-One. Left Hand, or Left Hand

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies entered the second quarter with a 4-point deficit of 28 to 32.

Fortunately, JR Smith's ultra-long three-pointer from the center line in the last second hit the basket and fell out of the basket. The Grizzlies scored 9 to 6 in less than 3 minutes in the first quarter, narrowing the gap by 3 points.

Sun Ce scored 7 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter, which was not much different from Paul's 5 points and 4 assists.

But the Lakers also have Josh Smith with 4 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists!

The Lakers' points in the first quarter were basically scored by cooperation, with a total of 9 assists in a single quarter. Paul and Josh Smith made good use of the threats from Kobe and JR Smith.

Fortunately, they had Nash on their side, who scored 3 points and 1 assist in 3 minutes, helping the team narrow the gap.

During the intermission, the Grizzlies made adjustments. Paul was really amazing. Kobe rested and could still ensure the Lakers' scoring efficiency.

As expected, Kobe will play in the second quarter. The other three stars have performed so well in the past two games. Coach Hollins made up his mind and sent out the lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier and Gasol.

Directly use the strongest defense!

The game was passive at the beginning, and now it can only be risky.

Sun Ce has not come up with any good solution for the time being. Playing defense when there is no other choice is definitely the safest choice.

On the Lakers side, Paul, Kobe, Leonard, Earl Clark and Josh Smith played, trying to maintain the continuity of the offense.

The game in the second quarter was so tragic. Both teams had no chance on the outside and kept rushing to the basket.

On the Lakers side, Leonard, Earl Clark and Josh Smith became the main scorers. With the help of the dream backcourt composed of Kobe who scored 11 points in 9 minutes in the first quarter and Paul who scored 5 points and 4 assists in 2 of 3 shots in the first quarter, they tried to attack the basket.

On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce and Jimmy Butler and Larry Sanders, who came off the bench, tried to rush to the basket.

Relying on Gasol's dominance in the defense under the basket, the Grizzlies kept the score close.

From 28 to 32 in the first quarter, to only 16 to 17 after 11 minutes in the second quarter, the Grizzlies played the game to the point that the fans in front of the TV felt desperate.

But the fans on the scene were very excited and slowly got the feeling!

Kobe scored 11 points in the first quarter, and only 15 points at the end of the half. The Lakers' offense was not good.

Although the Grizzlies' scoring was not very good, Sun Ce played hard on the defense and the offense. In 11 minutes, he scored 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 steal. While sending out a tank lineup, the Grizzlies kept the score close.

44 to 49, the Grizzlies were 5 points behind, with 1 minute and 3 seconds left in the first half, the Lakers attacked.

At this time, Kobe, who had only made 1 of 4 shots and 2 of 4 free throws in the first 11 minutes and scored 4 points, stood up!

He came over and made a turnaround jump shot after receiving the ball from the high post. With 50 seconds left in the first half, the Lakers led the Grizzlies by 7 points, 51 to 44!

Watching Kobe whistling and retreating with his gun finger, Sun Ce received the serve, stretched out his right arm, and pushed forward with his left hand under the close defense of Leonard who was rotating on the court.

Leonard wanted to try to make Sun Ce make a mistake by defending closely and blocking Sun Ce's dominant hand, but failed. Sun Ce switched to dribbling, and it felt no different from using his left hand to separate the defender and dribbling with his right hand. There was even no subtle difference between the left and right hand control of players like Kobe and Paul who are good at two-handed control.

If it were an ordinary defensive player, this detail would not be seen, but Leonard has the talent to become the best defensive player, and his observation angle is much more delicate than others.

Sun Ce felt that he was about to reach the point of exhaustion.

Almost played the entire half, 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals, but now he has to hold on!

Observed the positions on the court. At present, on their Grizzlies side,

Tony Allen, Jimmy Butler, Prince, and Larry Sanders are on the court.

The opponents are Blake, Kobe, Leonard, Josh Smith, and Jordan Hill.

The opponent did not directly double-team the upper limit because the Grizzlies sent Tony Allen, but chose to shrink to prevent him from rushing to the basket and using his body to score, and the focus was on blocking the right three-second zone.

Leonard stuck to him outside the three-point line again, and the Lakers' shrinking defense also greatly restricted Jimmy Butler's mid-range shot. Jimmy Butler can hold down a defender, but he can't move the defense by running in the middle distance.

Just do it!

Sun Ce saw Jimmy Butler running around the baseline to the right side of the three-second zone, and immediately broke through to the left!

There was no chance under the basket. Sun Ce took a step from the left mid-range, triggering the "Face-to-frame single-player lateral jump shot level 3" and took off with his left mid-range shot...

Leonard reacted very quickly, but habit becomes nature. Seeing Sun Ce switch the ball to his left hand while lifting the ball, Leonard was still confused for a moment, and the direction of his hand did not interfere with Sun Ce's shot!

Sun Ce's head was almost short of oxygen, and when he shot, he tried his best to shoot according to the feeling in training.

After the ball flew over his head, Leonard turned his head and saw that the flying ball went into the basket!

Sun Ce's left mid-range shot hit!

46 to 51, the Grizzlies once again narrowed the gap to 5 points!

Even the fans were not used to Sun Ce's left-handed shooting, let alone the opponents. When Sun Ce shot, everyone thought that Sun Ce had no choice but to shoot randomly, but it went in!

This ball went in, and Sun Ce instantly felt refreshed! Striving to retreat, the Lakers' current lineup wanted to score easily, so they had to play fast. Josh Smith received the serve and quickly advanced, and passed the ball to Blake Blake quickly. Kobe Bryant, who cut in, received the ball and flew to shoot... Sun Ce, who struggled to catch up, slapped him away and hit the backboard with a "bang"!

Larry Sanders was a beat late and didn't catch up with Kobe, but he grabbed the defensive rebound after Sun Ce blocked it before Jordan Hill who was following closely!

Larry Sanders swung his arms to prevent being stolen. After Kobe and Jordan Hill retreated, he handed the ball to Sun Ce. Sun Ce saw that there were 14 seconds left and 5 seconds left to advance across half court, so he quickly advanced across half court. Leonard also quickly stuck to Sun Ce at the midline.

When Sun Ce dribbled to the three-point line, he clearly felt that Leonard was defending tighter. He broke through to the mid-range, but Leonard still did not let go. Sun Ce faked a move and changed direction to the middle, pretending to go to the free throw line for a hook shot. Leonard took advantage of the fact that there were people under the basket and stepped back to guard against Sun Ce's hook shot at the free throw line. Sun Ce used his last bit of strength, turned around and accelerated his change of direction while moving to the left baseline. He stood on his right foot and hooked his left foot. When Josh Smith pounced on him, he faced the baseline and made a left-handed hook shot... and hit it again!