One Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-Four. The Strongest Three-Man Team on the Perimeter Is Gradually Getting Better

"Hmph, not doing his job all day, running to be a singer, an actor..." Kobe muttered in his heart, and couldn't help but say it out loud.

But he suddenly stopped, and Kobe found that even if this guy was not doing his job, he didn't seem to delay training. Those things should really be purely based on talent... Depressed...

James listened to Kobe's mumbling. After getting along for a long time, he knew that Kobe was not complaining about Sun Ce not doing his job and not playing well, but pure envy.

Just like envy and jealousy of O'Neal who played so well, sold more than 80,000 records, got the honor of platinum records, and had fans watching him for guest appearances in movies.

James focused on the opposing players.

18 wins and 8 losses, although not as good as the Lakers' 22 wins and 6 losses, the second in the West, but considering that the Grizzlies have been plagued by injuries in the past month, this record is already very good.

The day before yesterday, Sun Ce won the second Player of the Week award this season with 70 points in three quarters. In the West, he is second only to Westbrook who won three Player of the Week awards.

The key is that 70 points in three quarters is extremely exaggerated. The record holder of three quarters, Kobe's 62 points, who played only three quarters, was broken. Chamberlain's 69 points in three quarters, which is generally not included in the three-quarter scoring record, was broken because he played the fourth quarter.

Sun Ce's original average score of 33.2 points per game soared to 34.6 points in a few days!

Durant played one game after his comeback and scored 25 points. His condition is okay, but James thinks it is difficult for Durant to compete with Sun Ce for the scoring title.

It is almost the middle of the season, and the average score can rise instead of falling. The last time there were such high-scoring players in the middle of the season was Iverson, McGrady, and Kobe at the beginning of the century.

Thinking of this, James looked at Kobe and McGrady on the bench... There are 4 players with this ability since the new century, and 3 of them appeared in this game tonight.

In addition, Sun Ce's averages of 12.8 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 2.8 blocks and 1.2 steals per game are simply explosive!

Fortunately, the Lakers also have Kobe, who averages 28 points per game, and James, who averages 25.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game. He has the opportunity to compete with Westbrook, Rose and Paul for the assist king.

The role player lineup, Nene, Leonard, Nick Young, JR Smith, Boozer, Mike Miller... This group of people is also better than the Grizzlies on the opposite side.

When he arrived at the Lakers,

Although James was not very happy when he was scolded by fans at the beginning, the team continued to strengthen and free agents came in. James finally understood what a real big city team is. With him and Kobe, from the first year of partnership, at least in the next three years, they will be the favorites to win the championship!

Kobe's playing style is very continuous. He will renew his contract with a salary cut next season and the season after that. Maybe in 2016, Kobe can renew his contract for two years. Even if he is just a pure shooter averaging 20 points per game, he can still bring great help to the team.

And there is Leonard! James can wait for three or four years for Leonard to reach his peak, and he is willing to play point guard and reduce shooting.

The ball market and management are too important. In the third stop of his career, James finally has the feeling of "no need to be afraid of not having good teammates in the future."

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At 6:28, the starting lineups of the two teams appeared.

After Sun Ce put on his equipment, he appeared with the starting lineup of Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian.

When he went on the court, the system prompt came.

The first prompt was the advanced event prompt of the balance bracelet. In the remaining three games against the Lakers this season, at least two games must be won, and at least two triple-doubles must be scored. Tonight is the first of the remaining three games!

In addition to this, there are new events triggered!

"The host, Klay Thompson and Paul George's outside trio have become famous; LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kawhi Leonard's trio have won the title of the strongest outside combination, and the Challenger series event: Getting Better is triggered."

"Getting Better (Challenger):

Goal: In the next game against the Lakers, the host's trio must have at least 3 data sums higher than the Lakers' strongest outside combination in the five data of points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

Event Reward: Mysterious Fragment*1.

Failure Penalty: Deduct Mysterious Fragment*2."

Sun Ce had heard about the competition for the strongest outside combination.

But the Lakers got into the state first, and the reputation of 23+24 was loud, so their Grizzlies' outside trio was indeed inferior.

Looking at the starting lineup of James, Kobe, Leonard, Metta World Peace and Nene sent by the opponent, Sun Ce felt like he was going to explode on the spot!

It doesn't matter if you can't complete the advanced event of the balance bracelet this season, but you can specify the reward to choose, or try your best to get 5 mystery fragments in the turntable draw. If you fail, two will be deducted, and he currently only has two mystery fragments.

Although James has passed his peak, he still has S+ level strength...it's just that he has passed his peak year; Kobe relies on James to be a greater threat than Paul, so he maintains his condition better, in other words, he has not declined so quickly, and played S-level performance, averaging 28 points per game; Leonard, who has A-level strength but S-level defense, is at the second defense level, slightly inferior to Paul George who played first defense this year, but not far behind; Metta World Peace at B-level; Nene at A-level.

The opponent's starting lineup is stronger than the current starting lineup of their Grizzlies!

Even if they use the combination of Larry Sanders and Randolph, or the combination of Prince and Gasol as the starting inside line, the opponent is stronger, and Randolph has been suspended for 5 games and can only play next month.

At 6:32 pm Eastern Time, the game between the Thunder and the Bulls ended. Durant found a better feeling in the second game after his comeback and scored 38 points! Westbrook also got a big triple-double of 20 points, 12 rebounds and 18 assists, raising the number of triple-doubles this season to 15.

Durant and Westbrook combined for 58 points, 20 rebounds and 22 assists to help the Thunder beat the Bulls. The Thunder's record also improved to 16 wins and 14 losses. After Durant's return, Westbrook played significantly better.

After 11 triple-doubles in 18 games in the first month, Westbrook "only" got 4 triple-doubles in December so far.

In fact, this is normal. In the original time and space, Westbrook averaged a triple-double for three consecutive seasons, but in one season, he "only" had 25 triple-doubles. It is normal to have about 5 triple-doubles in a month.

After the game between the Thunder and the Bulls, the Grizzlies and the Lakers waited for two more minutes, and the game started immediately.

Yi Jianlian and Nene stood in the center circle for a jump ball. The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Yi Jianlian jumped up hard... and flicked the ball to the back!

Yi Jianlian narrowly beat Nene in the jump ball!

When Sun Ce was pushed back by Yi Jianlian, he immediately rushed down. James blocked him in time, and the Lakers retreated quickly. When Sun Ce rushed to the left side of the three-second zone, the Lakers had already defended in place.

However, the defender's defense target was wrong!

Paul George saw that Sun Ce did not run out of the fast break opportunity, and pressed the rhythm to advance to the frontcourt. He encountered Leonard's defense and it was not easy to play, but in the low post, Sun Ce leaned on James to get the ball!

Yi Jianlian pulled to the middle distance on the right side of the three-second zone and took Nene out. Klay Thompson was watched by Metta World Peace on the left sideline, and Richard Jefferson was watched by Kobe in the right corner.

After the space was opened, Paul George passed the ball to Sun Ce, who leaned on James to get the ball in the low post.

Sun Ce received the ball and leaned towards James. Seeing that Metta World Peace and Leonard did not shrink, he exerted force suddenly, but could not knock James down. But it didn't matter. Sun Ce followed the force of the rebound from the collision, turned over, and shot backwards... but missed! But James did not stand still and rushed over!

"Low-post post-up skill (Randolph) Level 1 is triggered. When the host misses a low-post post-up single shot, if he chooses to rush for the offensive rebound, the impact of the previous shooting action will be greatly reduced, and the burst acceleration will be increased by 1 small level to S-, and the rebound speed will be increased by 1 small level to S-..."

After the shot, Sun Ce passed by James who jumped up and rushed over, entered the basket, grabbed the ball before Nene came back to grab the rebound, and then shot the ball!

What a rare move! Even those die-hard fans who have watched every game since Sun Ce's rookie year and come to the scene to watch every home game, can't count the number of times Sun Ce has played low-post singles like this.

Sun Ce did not choose to go to the right low post because it was difficult to turn around and play against James. The opponent was wide and moved quickly. In the last match, Sun Ce had already found that James had strengthened his defense in the low post.

It was obviously a targeted defensive change. With Leonard as a defensive gate on the outside, James could build a better interior defense with the center.

So Sun Ce chose to go to the left low post for singles. Unlike the low post back-to-back on the right side of the three-second zone, Sun Ce mainly used hook shots and turning to enter the basket in the low post singles on the right side of the three-second zone; on the left side of the three-second zone, Sun Ce also mainly turned and cut in, but there were few hook shots in shooting. Most of them were shot in the Randolph-style flip shot, which was more accustomed to triggering the skills of low-post techniques learned from Randolph.

But in the past, whether it was a low-post hook shot on the left or a turn-over shot at an angle, it was not as accurate as the right side, so it was rarely used.

Although the left side is getting better and better now, I still prefer the low post singles on the right side because I am more familiar with it.

But this time when he met James, Sun Ce took the initiative to play in the left low post, changing to an unfamiliar way, unfamiliar position, and even unfamiliar defensive angle, and scored a self-made tip-in.

After scoring, Sun Ce quickly retreated, and James was a little dizzy by Sun Ce's shot just now. He felt like Randolph used a low post back-to-back when he defended Randolph last year!

It's okay to play low-post singles on both sides of the three-second zone, but it's a different type of play.

However, no matter what kind of performance Sun Ce plays now, no one finds it strange.

James received the serve and pushed forward, but he didn't rush to start a fast break. He just played slowly. Playing against the Grizzlies' starting lineup, he didn't need to rely on fast breaks to create defensive loopholes for the opponent.

Paul George stayed at the top arc, waiting for James to advance. Seeing James's unhurried appearance, Paul George felt his palms sweating. He didn't know how Jimmy Butler felt when he had to defend James almost all the time on the court in the finals last year. Anyway, he was really nervous.

But the team sent Jimmy Butler away in order to keep him. Paul George knew that he had to take on this responsibility and relieve the pressure on Sun Ce, otherwise Sun Ce would have to defend James.

Not only Paul George was nervous, but other Grizzlies players were also nervous.

James + Kobe!

After James arrived at the frontcourt, Kobe started to run, and Klay Thompson followed closely; Yi Jianlian in the interior followed Nene to the left mid-range of the three-second zone, ready to double-team or make up for the defense at any time. The effect was not good, but he had to work hard; Richard Jefferson defended Metta World Peace very well, and his body and movement were not at a disadvantage; Sun Ce defended Leonard.

On James' side, he waited for his teammates to run, seized the opportunity, and forced a breakthrough!

Yi Jianlian immediately moved to the middle to double-team James in advance, and Sun Ce also moved to a position between James and Leonard, and at the same time had the opportunity to defend Nene's cut-in and receive the ball.

Nene was also prepared. He did not try to see if he would be blocked by the three-time block king. He chose to move to the side of Sun Ce, took a step, and blocked Sun Ce's space to the baseline. Leonard took the opportunity to cut in!

James passed the ball to Leonard at the top corner on the right side of the free throw line. Leonard received the ball, dribbled one step, and entered the three-second zone. Sun Ce was blocked and failed to stop Leonard from cutting in from the baseline, but Sun Ce reacted very quickly and rushed to the basket at the first time.

When Leonard entered the three-second zone and jumped, Sun Ce rushed up with all his strength...

"Olajuwon's hand strap effect is triggered. The host's block speed is increased by 1 small level to S-, and the bounce height is increased by 1 small level to B+..."

When the system prompt appeared in Sun Ce's sight, Sun Ce's left hand just hit the ball that Leonard raised and smashed!

Although the ball was not blown away, Leonard's big hand also slipped out of his hand!

The ball hit the rim with the force of the two players, bounced high, flew over the backboard, and fell out of bounds.

Out of bounds!

The referee was not sure who touched the ball in the end, so he could only go to the technical station to watch the replay.

The game had just started, and the fans at the scene were already agitated. Sun Ce had 1 rebound, 2 points, and 1 block in the opening!

Leonard's eyes widened for two seconds because he didn't get a block. It's not that he had never been blocked by Sun Ce, but he felt incredible every time, because he felt that Sun Ce should not be able to block the ball just now. With his understanding of Sun Ce's dynamic and static physical fitness, it should be a little bit worse.

But Sun Ce relied on "Olajuwon's hand straps" to smooth out that little gap, and relied on his sense of blocking to accurately complete the block!

Sun Ce looked at the referee and watched the replay, feeling a huge pressure.

Just now, the defense of the Grizzlies team can be said to be as bad as it can be!

It was too easy for the opponent to play a pass and cut cooperation.

This time it was blocked, but next time? If the opponent chooses to enter the three-second zone, he will throw the ball... Seeing the referee signal that Leonard was the last to touch the ball, Sun Ce stopped thinking about it and attacked well!

Since the defense is not guaranteed, then play offense.

Randolph is not here, and it is impossible to build a defensive system with Larry Sanders and Paul George to defend James, so the only way is to start from the offense.

The Grizzlies' baseline ball, Paul George received the serve and advanced.

Sun Ce went to the frontcourt and met Leonard. Maybe Leonard, who is only in his third year, is close to James, who is about to turn 29 and is at his peak in defense.

James has better physical fitness, better rim protection and assisting ability, and Leonard is already the best player in the Lakers' perimeter defense!

Although his physical fitness is not as good as James, Leonard also has advantages. He has a better arm span, better movement, and stronger movement judgment... There are many defensive details, and Sun Ce did not get a good opportunity to catch the ball in the high and low positions!

Leonard's high and low defense is very different from others. He starts defending from the opponent's position.

Instead of continuing to force the position, Sun Ce decisively gave up this and chose to cut in and go around the baseline!

Paul George immediately changed from the fish-like forward mode to the organizing forward mode, and Klay Thompson started to run.

Sun Ce slipped to the baseline and went out with the help of Yi Jianlian's pick-and-roll. It was Nene who switched to defend. Sun Ce continued to run out, and Paul George passed the ball to Sun Ce.

At this time, James rushed directly from Paul George who passed the ball to Sun Ce. Nene switched to Paul George at the first time. Paul George chose to cut in and easily got rid of Nene and entered the inside. Sun Ce received the ball but had no chance to shoot, so he passed it back to Paul George.

Yi Jianlian pulled away, Paul George received the ball, and Leonard rushed to block it, but even if Leonard was stronger, he stood still, and Paul George rushed in to receive the ball.

Facing Leonard's defense, Paul George smashed the ball into the basket through Leonard!

On offense, with Klay Thompson holding them back, and a 4-on-4 positional battle, the Grizzlies are also very strong!

But the Lakers are also very strong! Although the Lakers can't defend the Grizzlies' offensive lineup, the Lakers' offense is very sharp.

It's still the same cooperation as before, with James breaking through and Nene helping Leonard pick and roll.

Leonard was not discouraged because of being blocked in the previous round, and James did not stop giving the ball to Leonard because of being blocked. On the contrary, Leonard and Kobe cooperated more. When Leonard cut in, Kobe also cut in. After receiving the ball, Leonard cut into the inside line, passed it to Kobe, and then blocked Klay Thompson.

Kobe came to the baseline, and Sun Ce had the opportunity to go directly to the basket, but the space to go directly to the baseline was blocked by Nene!

Kobe turned around and jumped from the left baseline... hit!

Both sides showed strong offensive failure, excellent teamwork, and full trust!

Facing the strong offense of the Grizzlies playing at home, the Lakers did not rush, and played slowly one ball at a time, consuming first. The Lakers, who have a deeper and healthier lineup, are fearless!

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