One Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty. The Strongest First-Round Opponent in Five Years

Paul George's best performance in the playoffs is as good as in the regular season, or even better.

This is not an easy thing.

Such players are the so-called big-hearted players. Although there are not few in the NBA, there are not many either, accounting for about 30% of the 450 players in the NBA.

Among these 30% of players, except for stars like Paul George, even ordinary players with this trait can almost get a middle-class contract.

The most important thing is that the proportion of players with this trait is similar among stars and ordinary players!

In other words, Paul George is still a minority among stars. Many stars who play better than him in the regular season cannot match him in the playoffs.

At this stage, it is not that the top players in the regular season are weaker than him in the playoffs, but that he can maintain his form.

This is very important. It will not make role players feel that their pressure has become infinite. Role players are easily affected. When the core players do not play so well, they can obviously feel the pressure has increased.

Therefore, many stars who performed at the top level and had good records in the regular season still performed well in the playoffs, but they could not lead the team forward, because their teammates felt that they were not as good as in the regular season.

This is especially obvious when the opponent has stronger stars.

But Paul George does not have it!

Harden is currently one level stronger than him, and because of the changes in his career trajectory, his playing style continues to develop according to the characteristics of the Thunder period. He does not need to play for a long time like in the original time and space, and does not need to carry the team alone on the offensive end, and thus continues to have the original skills. Although his playing time is not as much as in the original time and space, his hit rate is not as low as in the original time and space, and his scoring skills are more comprehensive and not limited to three-pointers and free throws under the basket...

This season, except that his data is not as scary as Westbrook and his points are not as high as Durant, many fans feel that Harden is not inferior to Westbrook and Durant.

In the past half of the quarter, Paul George and Harden played back and forth!

The TV commentator used only one word to evaluate Paul George - superstar-like.

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The official timeout entered the second quarter, and the Warriors were very uncomfortable.

Paul George and James both had two games in the finals last year.

He was able to compete with Harden, which was not surprising to the Warriors.

The lineup sent by the Warriors in the first half of the second quarter was not very strong. When the Grizzlies were unable to guarantee the offensive stability of the defense without Randolph and Sun Ce, they still hurt each other. The Warriors scored 14 points in more than half a quarter, and Harden played very well.

The Warriors expected to compete at this stage.

The starters did not play as well as the Grizzlies, which was also expected by the Warriors.

But the score difference was 7 points behind! This was too hurtful for the Warriors!

They originally planned to maintain the competition in the first half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter. The second half of the first quarter was when they should create a leading advantage. In the second half of the second quarter, they would try to open up a little difference and create a stable leading advantage in the half.

But now, it is the Grizzlies who want to play a half-time advantage!

Whiteside became a surprise player in this game!

In addition, the Warriors clearly felt that the Grizzlies had already played out their momentum!

After the official timeout, the Warriors replaced Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Harris Barnes, and Thabeet.

The Grizzlies sent out a small lineup of Sun Ce, Beverley, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Amir Johnson.

At this stage, Sun Ce, who had rested for half a quarter, took advantage of three outside teammates who could shoot three-pointers and shot high!

Klay Thompson and Paul George cannot be let go, sitting on the home court advantage, Paul George shot so well today, Klay Thompson has the characteristic that he plays better when Sun Ce shoots, Beverley received a pass from Sun Ce and scored a three-pointer... The space was wide open, and Sun Ce had a good mid-range singles opportunity.

The key is still momentum!

The not-so-much but clear lead allowed the Grizzlies' outside trio to give the Warriors a head-on blow when they tried to counterattack! Sun Ce had two blocks in the first half, and Paul George also had a steal. Although Curry made three three-pointers in the last 5 minutes of the first half, the Grizzlies still beat the Warriors in the second half. After a wave of 15 to 11, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 11 points 63 to 52 into the halftime break!

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The Grizzlies established a clear advantage in the first half. The Grizzlies are also a team dominated by young players. Like other teams, they are in high spirits and can't be stopped!

Sun Ce played for 17 and a half minutes in the first half, and scored 21 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal in 7 of 13 shots. He performed extremely well. He didn't score three points in the second quarter, but he made as many as 4 mid-range shots.

Together with Paul George's 15 points and Klay Thompson's 11 points, their outside trio scored 47 points in the first half!

On the Warriors side, Curry scored 23 points with 5 three-pointers in the first half, and Harden also scored 17 points in the first half. The two of them scored 40 points together, but the other players of the Warriors could not provide more help tonight.

The key point is that in the rotation time in the second half of the second quarter, the Warriors role players were sniped by Whiteside when they should have scored.

However, the Grizzlies did not dare to be careless just because they had an 11-point lead. They no longer had the stable and consumable lineup of the past. If the original lineup was not traded, there might be more injuries. The previous three seasons were too tiring.

Without the consumable lineup of the past, Curry still made 5 of 9 three-pointers in the first half! In the second half, Coach Hollins brought Whiteside up from the beginning, matched with the outside three-man team, plus Yi Jianlian, to reproduce the lineup in the second half of the first quarter.

Coach Hollins' prediction this time was quite accurate. As he expected, the Warriors wanted to rely on Curry's three-point threat and Harden to organize the offense in the third quarter, matched with Iguodala and Harrison Barnes who can shoot and cut, plus O'Neal's big and small combination to play pick-and-roll pass-cut.

Not to mention Coach Hollins, even the TV commentators said that they could think of the personnel adjustments that Mark Jackson would make with their eyes closed after seeing Curry's data.

It can only be described in one word-rigid!

Sun Ce felt that if he were the head coach of the Warriors, he would create three-point opportunities for Curry now, let Harden take the opportunity to find an individual scoring opportunity, and send a defensive lineup.

In the playoffs, just use two stars in good condition to death, just like the Grizzlies, the three major outside players only rested for half a quarter in the first three quarters, and scored as much as they could when they came on the court.

It is important to focus on the team, but too much emphasis on the team and ignoring that the more important thing in the playoffs is the superstars, which is like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

In the first three minutes of the third quarter, the Warriors wanted to play team passing and cutting, wasting Curry's hot hand in the last few minutes of the first half. In the second half of the third quarter, Mark Jackson sent Tabit to protect the frame. When Curry, one of the three major outside trios in the league, Harden, Iguodala, and Speights' starting lineup tried to catch up with the style at the beginning of the game, they had missed the best time.

Curry, who made 5 three-pointers in the first half, only made two three-pointers in the second half.

The Grizzlies firmly maintained their lead and once widened the gap to 21 points. Although the Warriors also narrowed the gap to 6 points in the first half of the fourth quarter, Sun Ce rested for half a quarter in the second half of the fourth quarter and came back with Klay Thompson to start the "splash mode", scoring 4 three-pointers in a row. In more than a minute, the Warriors were beaten 12 to 5!

The gap was widened again, and the Warriors lost hope of a comeback.

In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors 116 to 104 and won the first victory in the series!

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Winning happily!

After the game, Sun Ce felt that he won so well tonight. The feeling of tactical crushing was no worse than his feeling of breaking out!

The coaching staff spent time and effort to study the Warriors, and then took a gamble at the right time, and the result was successful!

After the game, Sun Ce returned home after the interview and physical therapy, and watched the full video of tonight's game that he brought back before going home.

During the game, Sun Ce focused on the situation on the spot. When he was in the lead, he focused on the current offensive and defensive rounds, and focused on thinking about how to maintain the lead and how to play well in this round.

After the game, he watched the video and analyzed the game from the perspective of a "spectator". He found that winning tonight was not only because his coach did a good job, but also because the opponent's coach had a poor on-the-spot reaction.

Or Mark Jackson was too rigid, always thinking of using the same routine to deal with different situations. The key is that his tactical record is not really unsolvable, but there is no change.

Curry played 42 minutes tonight and only rested for half a quarter in the first half of the second quarter. Although he scored 33 points with 11 of 23 shots, he gave people a feeling that he was restrained.

Sun Ce felt that it was not that Curry played badly. Curry had a hit rate of nearly 50% tonight, 7 of 14 three-pointers, 33 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and played very well.

But when Sun Ce watched the video, he felt that Curry did not get the opportunity to fully demonstrate his abilities!

He felt that fans would feel the same way if they watched the live broadcast.

The key point is the second half. Curry made 5 of 8 three-pointers in the first half, but he didn't get any tactics to create three-point opportunities for him for a long time in the second half! Although he also made 6 three-pointers in the second half, they were basically single shots. Under the defense of Beverley, Klay Thompson and Tony Allen, he only made 2 of 6 shots.

Harden played normally, with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

But the two brothers did not get the right support in tactics when the situation was unfavorable.

On the other hand, on the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, who played the least time among the three players, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson and Paul George, played 37 minutes in this game, and Klay Thompson and Paul George played more than 40 minutes.

This is just one point. The important thing is that the Grizzlies have experience in winning in the playoffs. All the offensive arrangements of Coach Hollins are based on the scoring of the three of them.

The first thing is to create scoring opportunities for the three of them, and then consider the scoring of role players.

Sun Ce played 37 minutes tonight and took 27 shots. He rested for half a quarter in both the first and second half, but he took 4 more shots than Curry, who played 6 minutes more.

He made 13 of 27 shots and scored 38 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal.

Paul George made 9 of 17 shots and scored 25 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals. Klay Thompson made 7 of 16 shots and scored 18 points... The Grizzlies made a total of 88 shots in this game, and the three of them combined for 60. times, accounting for more than two-thirds of the team's shots!

The right to take action is highly concentrated, but the three of them have the strength! Because the three of them scored 79 points, from shot ratio to score ratio, the three of them averaged points per shot, which is more efficient than role players who have better shot opportunities!

Of course, Whiteside's 8 points and 12 rebounds in a single game and 8 offensive rebounds are very important, allowing the three of them to shoot more.

Theoretically, the duo of Curry + Harden, coupled with Iguodala, is not inferior to the Grizzlies' perimeter trio, but Curry made 23 shots, Harden made 20 shots, and Iguodala. After pulling out 7 shots, the three of them took 10 fewer shots than the Grizzlies perimeter trio!

Sun Ce clearly felt the difference in coaching philosophies between coach Hollins and the Warriors’ Mark Jackson.

Coach Hollins clearly understands that the stars are the most important in the playoffs. The reason why role players are role players is because their open shot shooting accuracy may not be higher than that of stars when they are defended.

When it's time to vote for the stars, vote for the stars.

And Mark Jackson is too obsessed with the so-called "team first."

In Sun Ce's view, a real team is when stars bear the responsibilities they should bear and take the shots they should take. Everyone has a different division of labor. It does not mean that every player must score.

The style of play of the Spurs and Mavericks is not something you can just learn if you want to. It takes countless years to adjust the lineup and tactics, and the head coach has that ability.

If you want to do something, you have to consider the actual situation, and you don’t have to copy it.

The most important thing is that the team concept must be suitable for the current lineup. The team concept of each team is different.

Just like their Grizzlies team, Whiteside played 22 minutes tonight and got 8 offensive rebounds. It turns out that the rebounding leader of their Grizzlies team is someone else...

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The Grizzlies defended their first home court, which did not exceed the expectations of fans, media, and experts.

In the analysis before the playoffs, general public opinion believes that the two teams are about the same strength, and the Grizzlies, who have the home court advantage, should defend the first two home games.

And we can also see it during the game. Although the performance of Curry and Harden is not inferior to that of Sun Ce and Paul George, Iguodala's offense and defense are not as good as Klay Thompson.

There is also Mark Jackson's coaching... After the game, Sun Ce analyzed the things that Mark Jackson did not do well in this game from the perspective of fans. Fans, experts, and the media can also see those things.

As a result, the Warriors lost and the coach was criticized after the game.

When Sun Ce saw the news, he thought it was normal for Mark Jackson to be trolled.

This head coach may be better at building the foundation of a team, but he does not have the ability to control a championship-level team.

However, after winning the first game, Sun Ce worked intensively with the coaching staff and teammates to prepare for the second game the next morning.

The Warriors lost the first game due to insufficient adaptability. They did not try changes after encountering trouble, but made rigid rotational tactical adjustments. Only then did the Grizzlies win the game steadily.

The Grizzlies were able to make this happen to the Warriors because Whiteside broke out with 8 offensive rebounds in a single game.

The opponent will definitely make changes in the next match. The opponent's on-the-spot response is not enough, but the preparation before the game is very good.

If they didn't have an 8-point lead in the second half of the first quarter, gain a psychological advantage, and take control of the situation, otherwise the Warriors' steady and steady strategy would most likely be delayed until the critical moment. In that case, the result would not be the same. That’s easy to say.

After winning the first game of the series, the Grizzlies did not take it lightly because it was not easy to win. During the tactical meeting, the coaching staff emphasized that Klay Thompson played 41 minutes and Paul George played 42 minutes last night. , Sun Ce 37 minutes, he still needs to fight hard in the next game.

The opponent is the strongest opponent they have ever encountered in the first round in five years, bar none!

After the first game of the playoffs, they really felt that their overall strength was indeed not as good as before.

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In another game last night, Sun Ce woke up and watched the news this morning.

I thought that the Jazz could cause some trouble for the Spurs. Not only Sun Ce thought so, but public opinion also believed that this series would be interesting to watch.

As a result, the Spurs beat the Jazz by 25 points in the first game 116-91.

Gay had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists and 4 steals, Duncan had 16 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks, Parker had 9 points and 11 assists, Ginobili had 24 points and 6 assists... George Hill had 10 points and 5 assists.

Facing the performance of the Spurs' four major stars, the Spurs team had 30 assists in a single game. The Jazz had nothing to do and was beaten!

It’s all about pressing and hitting!

Among the four series in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, only the Spurs won the easiest, crushing the average strength.

To beat a 51-31 team like this, the Spurs were stunned at the beginning of the playoffs.

Two game days have passed in the playoffs, and people have made a preliminary judgment on the situation in the first round of this year's playoffs.

The Bulls and Spurs, the top teams in the East and West, completely crushed their opponents.

The Heat and the 76ers both have huge advantages. The former has an overall strength advantage, and the latter is Evans' crushing of DeRozan.

The Nets and the Pacers are similar in strength. It is hard to predict who will win in the duel between the old and young teams. From the current point of view, it is very important for the Pacers to have the home advantage.

The Lakers, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Thunder, Warriors, Grizzlies, the second to seventh teams in the West, three series, it seems that any side may win!

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