One Thousand Four Hundred and Seven. Start with Strategy

James envied Sun Ce for being able to send out any kind of inside player he wanted, but Sun Ce was not having a good time.

Facing James' defense, the pressure was much greater than facing Leonard or Josh Smith, Gay or Danny Green!

In terms of defense, whether it was defensive efficiency, defensive data, or actual effect, the Heat were stronger than the Lakers and Spurs!

In the first quarter, the Grizzlies were 4 points behind 11 to 15 when the official timeout came.

From the early call to the official timeout, the Grizzlies only allowed the Heat to score 8 points, but they only scored 7 points themselves!

The Heat were not allowed to quickly widen the gap, but they could not narrow the gap either!

After the official timeout, Coach Hollins made a judgment and sent out a combination of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Yi Jianlian to attack.

Coach Hollins recalled the time when the Spurs and Lakers defeated the Heat in the regular season. The Heat, who were in a crazy 30-game winning streak, had overwhelmed the Spurs and Lakers.

In addition to the crazy 30-game winning streak, the Spurs and the Lakers have both defeated the Heat.

And the victory over the Heat was not based on defense. They do have defensive combinations that limit James, such as the combination of Gay and Duncan, and the combination of Metta World Peace and Josh Smith.

But in the game against the Heat, the Spurs relied on 37 points in the first quarter, and the Lakers relied on at least 28 points in each of the four quarters.

One is to use the super strong offensive in the first quarter to stun the Heat, and the other is to rely on the stable and terrifying scoring ability of the league's first to steadily defeat the Heat.

And these two points... The Grizzlies have none of them!

However, they tried to play defense at the beginning, but they couldn't beat them. The Heat's offensive efficiency against the Grizzlies' defensive lineup was not very good. Except for the high efficiency of 7 points in the first two minutes, the efficiency of only 92 points per 48 minutes in the next 4 minutes.

The Heat's offense against the Grizzlies' Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler, Klay Thompson, Randolph, and Larry Sanders was blocked. With Sun Ce and Larry Sanders, two players who are good at switching defense in the medium and short distance, Randolph squatted under the basket and used his mobility to hold off James, and Sun Ce and Larry Sanders switched defense to help defend Bosh's cut and James' turn, the effect was very good.

But on the other hand, the Grizzlies did not have Gasol, and only Sun Ce and Randolph led the team. There was no third player with independent scoring ability.

Just like the time they defeated the Heat in the early regular season, the Grizzlies' own offense was really not good!

It was difficult for the Heat to deal with their defense, and they did not have high-post players like Dio, Josh Smith, Duncan, and Noah, so it was also difficult to deal with the Heat's defense.

The Grizzlies sent out a running and gunning lineup, and the opponent also replaced Wade, Chalmers, and Nene with Norris Cole, Ray Allen, James, Bosh, and Chris Anderson. There are shooters and physical players, and they are not afraid of the Grizzlies' running and gunning!

Splash is used to break the opponent, and Paul George is used at critical moments!

Fortunately, Paul George hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer at the last moment of the first quarter. The Grizzlies entered the intermission with a 3-point deficit of 27 to 30, and did not fall behind by more than 5 points in the first quarter.

Back on the bench, Sun Ce had new ideas about how to deal with the Heat, but they were difficult to implement.

They don't have the offense of the Lakers or the Spurs!

Studying the opponent's game, but not directly fighting, has a clearer understanding. Sun Ce found that although defending James is a good way to deal with the Heat, the most critical thing may not be defense, but offense, and against the Heat's defense, high-position support players are the most important!

There will always be gaps in high-speed rotation defense, and the players who can play in the high position are undoubtedly the easiest to find the opponent's defensive gaps.

The high-post players of their Grizzlies team do not have the athletic ability of Duncan, Josh Smith, Dio, and Noah, and are indeed very limited.

The opponent has Nene to screen James, and limits Gasol's defense under the basket, which is not as effective as Larry Sanders, who has excellent athletic ability. Gasol and Larry Sanders are not as effective as Howard's defense at his peak last season.

Sun Ce shook his head and reorganized his thoughts. He found that no matter whether it is the Spurs' strategy, the Lakers' strategy, the Bulls' strategy, or the 76ers' strategy last season, their Grizzlies are not suitable.

Sun Ce squatted in front of the bench, posing in a cheerful thinking pose. Suddenly, it seemed as if a light was lit above his head, and he had an idea!

After a quick thought, it is feasible, but it is a gamble on luck and state. Sun Ce wants to be safe, but James is the most stable player in the league today, and may be the player with the highest team limit in NBA history. It is not a very suitable strategy to compare stability with the Heat.

Moreover, the reason why gambling hurts people is because the temptation is too great!

Sun Ce stood up, came to Coach Hollins, and reached out to take the tactical board.

Coach Hollins was struggling about what to do. Seeing Sun Ce's hand reaching out, he subconsciously loosened the tactical board that he had been holding tightly in his hand...

When Coach Hollins was squeezed away by the players and saw the assistants and players surrounding Sun Ce, he realized that the tactical board was gone!

After finally squeezing into the crowd, Coach Hollins found that Sun Ce was not arranging tactics this time, but asking offensive assistant David Fizdale and defensive assistant Dave Joerger for offensive and defensive strategies.

What is this routine? Coach Hollins saw Sun Ce let two assistants arrange offense and defense, and then picked players to play. Coach Hollins fell into deep thought and forgot about the tragedy of the tactical board slipping from his fingers again...

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After the intermission, the Heat team, Wade, Ray Allen, Mike Miller, James, Nene's combination played.

Ensuring that there are always two of the Big Three on the court is something that the Heat attaches great importance to.

The Grizzlies sent out a combination of Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol.

The Grizzlies' lineup surprised the Heat a little. They originally planned to use the offensive of the positional battle pick-and-roll to force the Grizzlies to reduce the use of Gasol.

Are they not afraid of Gasol's defense? Of course they are afraid, so they used the pick-and-roll offense from the beginning, hoping that the Grizzlies would reduce the use of Gasol and disrupt Gasol's rhythm. If Gasol is not in good condition at the critical moment, they will be more advantageous.

The Heat are ready, Gasol may play in the last moments of the first half, the last moments of the third quarter, or the last moments of the game, but Gasol is on the court now!