One Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Three. The Person Who Should Not Appear (5,000 Words)

It was so crazy!

The fans in front of the TV felt it was too crazy. Sun Ce was going to break another record for active players!

Even though the Thunder tried their best to defend Sun Ce's offensive rebounds and scoring, Sun Ce still grabbed 4 offensive rebounds in the third quarter. Sun Ce's number of offensive rebounds increased to 15, which was only 3 away from Rodman's 18 offensive rebounds in a single game since detailed statistics in the NBA!

This may not be broken, but Sun Ce, who has 29 rebounds in three quarters, is only 5 away from Rodman's 34 rebounds in a single game! Just taking Sun Ce's 5 defensive rebounds in the third quarter as an example, in the fourth quarter, which is bound to be more intense and more confrontational, fans have almost seen Sun Ce break the single-game rebounding record since 1990! Even the 35 rebounds in a single game created by Charles Oakley in the 1980s seems to be unstable!

As for the single-game rebounding record for active players held by Love, no one doubts whether Sun Ce can break it.

The entire Grizzlies team spared no effort to grab defensive rebounds for Sun Ce. Sun Ce already had an advantage in grabbing rebounds. He was not as fast as him in the inside and not as tall as him in the outside. Durant, who was not at a disadvantage in speed, was not as fierce as him... 14 defensive rebounds in three quarters, Sun Ce almost had 5 defensive rebounds in each quarter, steady!

Moreover, Sun Ce scored 46 points, while Durant's score was less than 33 points. At least for now, Sun Ce's average score has surpassed Durant!

Moreover, judging from the progress of the two teams' games, Durant had almost no chance to overtake his average score tonight.

Durant mainly focused on containment. When it was time for him to shoot, he would shoot, and when it was time to take the blame, he would take the blame, but he mainly saved his energy for the critical moment and came up to score a wave of points.

The Thunder also took this opportunity to play an offense that the Grizzlies could not defend even if they tried very hard. Even if Sun Ce had 4 blocks in a single quarter, he could not stop the angry Thunder.

But on the other hand, the Thunder really relied on overall defense to greatly limit the overall offense of the Grizzlies. However, Sun Ce could not be defended, and the Grizzlies played well in overall offense. The key was that Sun Ce's personal scoring was really unstoppable, and he still scored 12 points in the third quarter! If it weren't for the Thunder's effective defensive strategy, Sun Ce almost scored 50+ in three quarters!

What made the Thunder players feel most helpless was that their strategy had been implemented very well, but Sun Ce still scored 12 points in a single quarter plus 4 offensive rebounds.

TV commentators were enjoying the fun. Barkley said with a smile, "Should we lock down the Overlord and prevent him from hitting crazy numbers or should we strive to win? Maybe this is what the Thunder players think. They should be very entangled and confused, but I don't think it's necessary because the Overlord has already hit crazy numbers!"

The result of the game,

The commentators of major TV stations did not dare to make a conclusion. In the third quarter, if Sun Ce had not blocked Ibaka's hook shot at the beginning and then Sun Ce made up for two points, the Thunder might have really overtaken the score. It was because of those 4 points that the Thunder failed to overtake the score in the stage of chasing points after the official timeout in the third quarter. The Thunder narrowed the gap to two points at the smallest. If there were no 4 points, the situation might be very different now.

Maybe the Thunder's morale was boosted after overtaking the score, and the Grizzlies would not have scored 12 points in a row.

Durant, who is fully committed to scoring and defending, Westbrook, who takes most of the work on the offensive end, Ibaka, who is in the top three of the defensive league and has strong mid-range shooting control... Fans in front of the TV and computer began to complain again-the Thunder chose a Big Three by themselves! And even after selling Harden, the remaining players selected by themselves can still form a Big Three...

What makes Thunder fans most uncomfortable is the Harden deal. After a year, it is like giving Harden away for nothing. Ellis left, Leonard was traded for Odom, but Odom was useless after leaving Los Angeles, which is like trading Harden for air!

And Harden has been ranked in the top ten of the MVP rankings for a long time this season.

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Fans, TV commentators, and fans at the scene are all discussing data, the stars of the two teams, Harden and other things.

The players of the two teams now have different ideas. Their attention is all on winning or losing.

Based on the defensive strategies of the two teams and the differences in scoring between Sun Ce and Durant, Sun Ce is not so worried about his average score being overtaken by Durant. He only needs to score no less than Durant in the fourth quarter.

Now, the more important thing is to win!

Durant scored 8 points in the last two minutes of the third quarter... The Grizzlies, who scored 12 points in a row, were shocked. If Yi Jianlian and Klay Thompson hadn't made three-pointers, they might have been overtaken by the Thunder.

Durant has greatly raised the upper limit of the Thunder!

Without Durant, only Westbrook and Ibaka led the team, and the Thunder would be at the edge of the Western Conference playoffs. With Durant, they are a top team that can lead the 73-win team 3-1!

The minimum score difference was reduced to two points... Sun Ce felt the pressure of being closely chased by the opponent and not knowing when he would be bitten.

The whole Grizzlies team felt that pressure. Fortunately, most of their players have felt more pressure and can still bear it.

The players who just joined the Grizzlies this year are also very confident because they have the best players in the world!

At least, in the minds of the Grizzlies' own players, Sun Ce is already the best in the world, and the gap between him and Kobe and Duncan is only the gap in accumulated honors and the number of championships.

Of course, this gap cannot be erased by words, but they think Sun Ce will surpass these two people one day!

Because Sun Ce's performance is too incredible, even Duncan, who has been writing legends since entering the NBA, is not as crazy as Sun Ce.

On the other side, the Thunder bench once chased the score difference to two points, which made them feel extremely excited. Moreover, when the opponent played an offensive climax and was blocked by Sun Ce's block, Durant scored 8 points alone. They were not defeated by the opponent's sudden offensive outbreak. Although the score difference was still pulled to 6 points, the opponent scored 12 points in a row and they still maintained the possibility of a comeback. This gave the Thunder players hope, they have Durant!

But... Durant's thoughts are not quite the same as what his teammates and others think.

Teammates were glad that he could close the score, and excited that he had a chance to turn the tables, but Durant himself felt too much pressure, seeing that Sun Ce was only 24 years old!

He also felt the trust and dependence of his teammates, but for him, the joy was far less than the torture brought by the pressure.

He didn't like such great pressure, but for now, this emotion has not affected his fighting spirit. Now Durant just wants to win, and he is trying to relieve this pressure.

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The intermission is almost over. After the head coaches of the two teams made personnel adjustments and tactical arrangements, the starting players of the two teams in the fourth quarter came on the court at the signal of the referee.

On the Thunder side, Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams are ready to play the whole second half, and the shooting guard position is replaced by Andre Robertson, who is more sharp in cutting and better at defending off-ball shooters.

On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, Beverley, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Yi Jianlian continue to play.

There is no good way to defend. The inside line cannot be defended at all, and we cannot rely on Sun Ce's blocking to solve the problem. In the third quarter, Sun Ce blocked 4 times in a single quarter, but still could not stop the opponent's offense with Durant and Ibaka as the containment points and the other three scoring inside.

Then the choice is very simple, continue to fight for offense!

The fourth quarter began, and the Grizzlies attacked first.

Beverly advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Paul George.

Beverly, Klay Thompson, and Yi Jianlian pulled away, and Sun Ce sat in the low position to lean on Durant for the ball!

The Thunder team also wanted to try. Can Durant, who used to defend Sun Ce so well, limit Sun Ce in the fourth quarter? Sun Ce's consumption in each of the first three quarters is comparable to the consumption of other players in a game. At this time, there should be a decline, right?

Sun Ce received the ball, and the opponent had a height advantage. He did not choose to force it, but half-turned and threw a shot... Missed!

Sun Ce's shot was interfered with severely. When he shot, he knew that the ball was going to fail. Before Durant could turn around, Sun Ce, who jumped and landed first, pressed forward, bypassed Durant, and jumped high before Westbrook could get the defensive rebound. He shot and grabbed two points!

One-on-one defense is impossible! The Thunder players immediately gave up the strategy of trying single defense as the head coach said. This is suicide!

In the next round of defense, the Thunder immediately resumed the main defense of Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, and prevented Yi Jianlian from cutting in. They tried their best to rely on the speed of switching defense to interfere with the three-point defense of Yi Jianlian, Beverly, and Paul George.

This defense is very passive, but the Thunder players have no choice but to defend in this way.

The reason why they still maintain their fighting spirit is that the Grizzlies can't defend their offense!

The Grizzlies have no choice but to attack.

At 1 minute and 16 seconds in the fourth quarter, Sun Ce received a defensive rebound and got the 31st rebound of the game, breaking his personal career record of 30 rebounds in a single game, and tied the record of the highest single-game rebounds held by Love!

At 2 minutes and 31 seconds, Sun Ce received another defensive rebound and successfully refreshed the current single-game rebound record!

At 2 minutes and 43 seconds, Sun Ce pulled to the outside line, turned around and cut in, received the ball and dunked to score two points. The Thunder team didn't dare to block him. Sun Ce was too fierce! He played like that for three quarters, and he was still fine in the fourth quarter. Only Westbrook's breakthrough dunk just now could compare.

This dunk was successful, and the Grizzlies once again opened up the lead to 5 points. At the same time, Sun Ce's data increased to 50 points, 32 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 blocks and 3 steals, and he was about to get 50+ quadruple-doubles!

The quadruple-double did not come late. Turning back, the Thunder attacked, Andre Robertson received Durant's pass, cut in and dunked, but was slapped down by Sun Ce. 50+32+10+10, Sun Ce got the most terrifying quadruple-double in history!

But the Grizzlies didn't grab the rebound this time. Westbrook rushed to the three-point line and grabbed his seventh rebound. There was no time left, so he threw the three-pointer directly!

And it went in!

96 to 98, the Thunder narrowed the gap to two points!

Attack and defense changed, the Grizzlies attacked. This time Yi Jianlian played a trick. After cutting in and receiving the ball, he attracted the defense. He jumped in the air and passed the ball to the right back. Beverley received the ball and shot a three-pointer...missed! But Yi Jianlian cut in and jumped to attract the opponent's defense. Sun Ce grabbed his 17th offensive rebound, dunked and scored two points, and caused Westbrook to foul. The goal was valid and he had to add a free throw!

17 offensive rebounds, tied Charles Barkley's second place in regular season single-game offensive rebounds!

The only ones who ranked before Sun Ce in the number of offensive rebounds in a single game were Rodman's 18 offensive rebounds in the regular season and Moses Malone's 21 offensive rebounds in the playoffs.

As for why there are more rebounds in the playoffs than in the regular season, it is because the two points of scoring and rebounding champion are reversed in the regular season and the playoffs. Chamberlain also had more rebounds in the playoffs than in the regular season.

This free throw, Sun Ce threw it carefully and made the free throw!

The fans at the scene were helpless. If Sun Ce could shoot free throws more accurately tonight, they might have killed the game. This is not important. It is precisely because the score was so close that they could see the miracle of 50+30.

However, Sun Ce shot 13 of 22 free throws tonight... The most helpless thing for the fans is that they don’t know whether they should shout "MVP" when Sun Ce shoots free throws, because he often misses!

Fortunately, the previous performance of 12 of 21 free throws was not good, but not too bad. The opponent did not dare to use the tactic of cutting the shark. After all, Sun Ce is usually an excellent free throw shooter with a free throw rate of nearly 80%. He is not top-notch, but at least not bad.

Cutting a player who is famous for shooting, this operation, even old Nelson can't do it.

The scores of the two teams continued to be tense, and the Thunder team was fiercely chasing points. Generally speaking, the Grizzlies were in a passive state, but whenever the opponent launched a counterattack, someone on the Grizzlies always stood up and widened the score gap again!

Both teams were exhausted, but neither team dared to make substitutions easily, and the Grizzlies were the same.

In the second half, the Grizzlies rotated seven players, including Beverley, Klay Thompson, Sun Ce, Paul George, Amir Johnson, Yi Jianlian, and Larry Sanders, because these people were fast enough and the rotation and defense on the outside were good enough.

The key was to maintain the offense. Facing the Thunder led by the Duwey trio in a violent state, the Grizzlies were forced to fight for offense.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, before the official timeout, Westbrook's data had increased to 27 points, 7 rebounds and 20 assists!

From the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two teams played back and forth. For the Grizzlies, it was enough to maintain the lead and not be overtaken, and Sun Ce was the most critical!

After the official timeout, the Thunder relied on Durant to hit another strong three-pointer and narrowed the gap to one point.

Then, Sun Ce made a long two-point shot from the baseline, and then Sun Ce blocked Adams's cut-in jumper. He also grabbed the ball, raising his personal rebound number to 35, breaking Rodman's record for the highest rebound in contemporary basketball since the 1990s, and tying Charles Oakley's record for the highest rebound in a single game since 1976!

After grabbing the rebound, Sun Ce advanced to the midline and made a long pass!

Paul George received the ball and rushed into the basket to avoid Westbrook's pursuit and scored two points with a layup, and the score difference was widened to 5 points!

Here we go again!

Every time at the critical moment, Sun Ce can stand up and complete the block!

Efforts again and again, all went to waste because of Sun Ce's strong performance... The mentality of the Thunder team is about to explode.

But the Thunder team still did not give up, withstood the pressure, and continued to fight!

This also gave Sun Ce the opportunity to get 60+ in a single game for the 7th time in his career!

The Grizzlies had already had two offensive climaxes in the fourth quarter, but both of them were caught up by the fierce attack of the Thunder. If the Thunder did not perform so well and the score difference was widened, Sun Ce might not have been able to get 60+, but the opportunity came just like that!

At 9 minutes and 43 seconds in the fourth quarter, Sun Ce made a mid-range shot from the right side of the free throw line, helping the team to open the score to 124 to 120. The Grizzlies led by 4 points again, and Sun Ce's personal score increased to 60 points!

Tied Kobe Bryant's record of 7 active players with 60+ in a single game!

Sun Ce's single-game 60+ times rose to the second place in history, and he was only 25 times away from Chamberlain's 32 single-game 60+...

I don't know how many times this situation has occurred. The Thunder players gritted their teeth and continued to fight. It was like this every time. Every time they were about to turn the game around, Sun Ce stood up at the critical moment.

As the saying goes, hard work may not be rewarded, but if you don't work hard, you won't be able to catch the opportunity in front of you.

Because of the humiliation, the Thunder still withstood the pressure even in the face of Sun Ce's crazy performance of dimensionality reduction. The mentality on the verge of explosion still did not explode. Finally, it was rewarded!

At 11 minutes and 3 seconds, Westbrook grabbed the defensive rebound and started a rare fast break. Durant received the ball and hit a three-pointer, raising his personal score to 40 points, helping the Thunder to tie the score at 128 to 128!

Durant's data increased to 40 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, and Westbrook's data also increased to 31 points, 9 rebounds, 25 assists and 3 steals, just one rebound away from a triple-double!

When the Grizzlies attacked, the Thunder defended with all their might. Seeing that they were about to turn the game around, they were so excited that their adrenaline burst out and their steps became much faster. After Sun Ce ran out of position with all his strength, he was sandwiched by Durant and Ibaka on the left side of the three-second zone!

On the other side, Yi Jianlian and Paul George had no chance to receive the ball, and Klay Thompson was closely followed by Andre Robertson. When they ran out of position, Sun Ce, who had already stopped the ball, felt that he had been intercepted!

But at this time, Sun Ce saw a player who should not be in the three-second zone - Westbrook!

Sun Ce quickly turned back, and sure enough, Beverley was empty, and Sun Ce immediately passed the ball to Beverley at the top of the arc!

Beverley is a brave man, receiving the ball and shooting a three-pointer... hit!