One Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty-Eight. Excellent Offense and Collapsed Defense

“King of the Opening Game (A) (Career):

Goal: The host must maintain an undefeated record in the opening game of the regular season.

Event Reward: When the host maintains a winning streak in the opening game of the regular season, each victory in the opening game of the regular season will give a random skill upgrade card.

Failure Penalty: When the host loses the opening game of the regular season, the host will enter a sluggish state for a number of games for every number of points lost.”

Since scoring a triple-double in his rookie season debut and creating a 21-point comeback against Yao Ming, Sun Ce has never lost in the opening game of the regular season in the first four years of his career.

Perhaps the number 5 reached a certain threshold, so the event was triggered.

Sun Ce opened the event section, and as expected, as the annotation in the description of the triggering event, it was placed in the category of career events.

This calmed Sun Ce's originally excited heart a lot.

The pressure is coming!

Sun Ce is confident that as long as he is on the team, the opponent in the opening game will definitely not be weak!

For example, the opponent tonight has a strong lineup and is very balanced due to various factors. Every player on the court cannot be underestimated. Even Bonner has made 6 three-pointers in a single game when facing a team like the Heat with extremely fast rotation and defense.

And Bonner is almost a player on the edge of the Spurs bench.

Popovich, let alone using the characteristics of his players, is unmatched in the league!

Sun Ce came to the center circle, and the other four players on the new poster of the new team, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol Jr., played with him.

On the opposite Spurs team, the starting lineup of Parker, Danny Green, Gay, Duncan, and Kwame Brown remained unchanged.

At 8 o'clock, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air.

Sun Ce jumped hard... After landing, he quickly retreated, Kwame Brown won the jump ball, and the Spurs attacked first!

The Spurs started the game calmly and quickly. With Gay's help, Duncan cut into the inside line, bullied Gasol and made him unable to get back. He received Parker's ground pass and scored two points!

The Spurs started by focusing on Gasol's insufficient contraction ability due to his 131 kg weight!

After scoring, the Spurs quickly retreated, and Sun Ce felt great pressure on the first ball!

After receiving the serve and advancing to the frontcourt,

Sun Ce observed his teammates' positions and the opponent's defensive positions during the advancement. Gay was defending him.

Danny Green's defense against Klay Thompson was very strict and he stared at him very closely. Both of them are top 3D players in the league. Klay Thompson is a level stronger, but it does not mean that Klay Thompson can beat Danny Green. The two are in a situation of mutual restraint.

Kwame Brown fought with Randolph in the low post, and Duncan defended Gasol who was pulled to the left side of the free throw line in the middle distance.

The Spurs' defensive choice was clear, but this meant that there was a problem on the other side. Sun Ce passed the ball to Paul George, who was pulled to the right at a 45-degree angle.

Parker immediately stuck to him, not giving Paul George space to jump and shoot. Paul George squeezed Parker and rushed into the inside!

Duncan immediately retreated, Paul George broke through and passed the ball to Gasol Jr., Gasol Jr. received the ball, and at this time Gay was brought in by Sun Ce who cut in. Gay immediately interfered with Gasol Jr.'s shot. When Gasol Jr. passed the ball, Gay judged that Gasol Jr. would pass it to Sun Ce, and he promptly returned to defend!

Sun Ce received the ball and dribbled one step to the outside of the reasonable collision zone, and jumped before Kwame Brown and Duncan made up for it... Gay's defense scared Sun Ce, but fortunately Sun Ce reacted quickly, forced his body to sideways and pulled the ball, pushed it out and hit the backboard and fell into the frame.

Gay, who turned 27 in the summer, reached the peak of athletic ability and technology, and both offense and defense were at their best level!

Gay's defense surprised Sun Ce, and Gay was even more surprised. Sun Ce's pull-up has improved significantly compared to last year's playoffs!

Sun Ce was a little surprised by the ball just now. Although Gay is still A-level defense, he should be very close to the top. If he can reach A+ level defense, he will be a very powerful defensive player.

However, Sun Ce was very happy with this ball. He scored a beautiful goal and attracted cheers from the fans on the scene. This is one point. More importantly, their team's offensive coordination is very good.

Gasol's high-post pass and Paul George's breakthrough pass using the mismatch are both very beautiful.

Although the offensive rhythm is slow, there is a success rate!

However, it was miserable on the defensive end.

Parker received Duncan's high-post assist and slipped to the bottom line to get rid of Sun Ce and attracted Paul George to make up for the defense. He passed the ball to Gay. Gasol failed to defend in time, and Gay made a jump shot from the free throw line on the right side of the three-second zone!

Catching the weakness of the Grizzlies' defense, the Spurs will beat them to death!

In the next few minutes, although the Grizzlies had a good success rate, they made 5 of 11 shots in half a quarter, scored 1 three-pointer, and made 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 14 points.

However, the Spurs made 7 of 10 shots and scored 18 points!

The Grizzlies called a timeout and entered the official timeout stage!

After half a quarter, it still didn't work. Coach Hollins didn't make a substitution because the offense was good, but the Spurs' ability to seize opportunities was too strong. Whether it was shooting or passing, they were very decisive, and they seized the open or necessary scoring opportunities very well!

Sun Ce returned to the bench, under great pressure, and made 3 of 5 shots in half a quarter, scoring 7 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist, without any chance to steal or block.

Blocks are mostly assists, but tonight his teammates failed to create good assist opportunities for him.

Sure enough, back on the bench, Coach Hollins replaced Gasol. Gasol's offense was OK tonight, his passing was good, and his mid-range containment was good. The Spurs may have targeted Gasol's accurate mid-range shots in the preseason, giving Gasol a chance to assist from the high position.

Randolph's weight loss mainly affects his physical strength and touch. His movement and second-chance offensive rebounds are actually OK, but Gasol is not a talented player like Randolph. His movement is greatly restricted, which leads to the collapse of the defensive system with Gasol + Sun Ce as the core.

Maybe it's not just the Spurs, strong teams can take advantage of this when playing against them.

And Sun Ce has been accustomed to the defense of the thinner Gasol in the past two years, and can no longer return to the defensive habits of the 09-10 season and the early 10-11 season.

After 6 minutes and 11 seconds, the Spurs scored 18 points... and they are heading for 30+ in the first quarter!

Even though Sun Ce knew that the Spurs had been terribly stable in recent years because of Duncan's superstar performance, he still felt his scalp tingling when he personally experienced it.

There was another very strange point. Sun Ce found that Paul George still seemed to have no desire to play like a Mamba. He played the way he should play, without getting carried away...