One Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty-One. A Fierce Defensive Battle
The fans and the media criticized Mark Jackson, and the Warriors naturally heard it.
On the afternoon of April 23, after Sun Ce and his teammates finished training for tomorrow's game and returned home, they saw the news that Curry, Iguodala and Harden supported Mark Jackson in an interview.
"Juanjuan, you see, the internal atmosphere of the Warriors is really united and the relationship is stronger than gold."
"That's right, their team atmosphere is really great. They stand up together to support, as if they are afraid that others will suspect that they have conflicts within the team."
The stingy brothers and sisters started to make up their opponents as soon as they disagreed. Zu Ge has been watching basketball for two or three years and has long become a member of the basketball emperor.
The Warriors' lineup is so reasonable and strong, but they have not really played at their best level. Fans and the media have long complained about it. In the early stage of the season, the Warriors also exposed the news of conflicts between players and coaches, but after the All-Star Weekend, they won 10 consecutive games and there was no such voice.
Sun Ce felt that Curry, Iguodala and Harden took the initiative to speak out for the sake of their internal stability. They dare not let rumors ferment in the playoffs.
However, this also means that the Warriors players are really united, and Sun Ce does not feel strange about this.
The Warriors players are not fools. They naturally know Mark Jackson's ability, the team's ability to build an offensive and defensive system, a complete training system, and excellent pre-match preparation... These are all Mark Jackson's advantages. It is not that Mark Jackson's rotation is rigid and can be completely denied.
At this moment, the Warriors players will definitely work harder to unite with the coaching staff. They are not bad to begin with, but they did not play well in those 6 and a half minutes and lost the initiative.
After sincerely praising the Warriors coach for his excellence and the friendliness of the players with Zu Ge, Sun Ce did not practice extra tonight, but went to help his father make a small wooden horse for Little Gohan.
In the memory that Sun Ce got, there was an impression of playing with a handmade wooden horse when he was a child, but he did not expect that it was made by his big and strong father.
After helping out and being despised for a while, Sun Ce went to practice the Nash training method...
A day passed in a flash, and soon it was April 24, the day for the second game between the Grizzlies and the Warriors.
Regarding the schedule, Sun Ce wanted to complain.
Since signing the sky-high broadcasting agreement in 2012, the NBA has been working on schedule reform, but the direction is not quite the same as the media's prediction.
Without adjusting the start time of the season, the schedule was slightly extended.
In the past, the finals ended in mid-June or even early June, but now the NBA has announced that the longest schedule is expected to end in the extreme case of a tiebreaker in each series, and the final schedule can end on June 26, that is, two to three days before the draft.
However, that is only an extreme case, and the actual effect of the extended schedule on the playoffs is still small. This is just the beginning. In the end, it still starts with starting the season early, but at least it has begun to relieve the pressure on the players.
To put it simply, the first and second teams in the East and West will have an extra day of rest between the first and second games in the first round; if the third and fourth teams can reach the fifth game, they will have an extra day of rest between the fourth and fifth games.
Instead of the previous two days of rest only when the home and away games alternate between the second and third games, there was only one day of rest at other times.
However, the current slight changes are more to give the top two teams in the East and West a little more advantage. If the third and fourth teams want to get an extra day of rest in the first round, they can only play the fifth game. For the third and sixth, fourth and fifth teams, which have a smaller gap in strength, an extra day is beneficial to both sides.
The first and second teams play against the eighth and seventh teams, and get an extra day of rest at the beginning of the series, which can reduce the probability of the first and second teams being upset.
Sun Ce does not think there is a problem with such changes in the league. A good record should have some advantages.
In addition to some changes in the first round, the league will ensure that the promoted teams have at least two days of rest after each round.
The league's first consideration is still the playoffs.
As far as Sun Ce knows, the start time of the playoffs will definitely be advanced in the future. This delay is only a temporary solution. After all, such an operation compresses the operation time of the strong teams after the playoffs.
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After a day of preparation, at 7:40 pm, the second game of the Grizzlies and Warriors series will start.
Before the game between the two teams started, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Mavericks 99-97, and narrowly defended the home advantage. Carter's final dunk to tie the score failed to fully jump and dunked on the basket. Although the old flying man can still fly, he can't fly as freely as he did ten years ago. In the end, he ran out of energy.
This scene became a hot news after the game.
In another game between the Trail Blazers and the Thunder in the West, the Trail Blazers won this time, beating the Thunder 103-91 to defend the second home court, and prevented the Thunder from starting directly away from home with a score of 0-2.
Comparing these two games, Sun Ce was more concerned about the Nets' 89-90 loss to the Pacers last night. Garnett failed to hit the key free throws and missed the last two free throws, missing the opportunity to win an away game.
Sun Ce knew how big a blow this was to a team that had fought hard for the whole game!
Sun Ce is looking forward to seeing the playoff matchup between Deron and Paul. The two have been in the NBA for 9 years and have never played against each other in the playoffs.
The pre-match preparation time ended, and at 8 pm, the Grizzlies' second home game of the first round began.
The game was very different from what was expected. The Warriors played dominant defense tonight!
The Warriors promoted Draymond Green to the starting position, paired with Iguodala and Harden's forward and guard combination, plus Thabit who protected the frame, four dragged one with Curry, who was very active in chasing Klay Thompson without the ball, although his defensive ability was not good. The five played the whole first quarter, and only allowed the Grizzlies to score 15 points in a single quarter!
Although the Grizzlies only allowed the Warriors to score 18 points, the key was that in the second quarter, the Grizzlies still only scored 16 points. At the end of the half, the Grizzlies were 15 points behind the Warriors with 31 to 46. The Warriors soared in the second quarter. Curry used better stability than Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, and made 3 of 3 three-pointers in the second quarter!
The Warriors played hard today. They planned to play defense from the beginning. They were well prepared before the game and the players had strong execution. Then, relying on Curry's personal ability, they led the whole team in the second quarter and led the Grizzlies by 15 points at halftime!
Sun Ce played the whole first half, got 4 of 14 shots, 11 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, and his mentality was almost broken.
After returning to the bathroom in the locker room to calm down, Sun Ce began to concentrate on thinking, and finally, he chose to use Uncle Mu's card!
The confrontation has started. Curry made 3 of 3 three-pointers in a single quarter without a cylinder, plus two free throws and 1 mid-range shot, scoring 13 points in a single quarter, helping the Warriors to play a pass-cut cooperation. It was because he shot this point that the Warriors had a chance.
But the defensive confrontation between the two teams remained, which was also an important reason why the Grizzlies still only scored 16 points in the second quarter.
In the brutal confrontation, the Grizzlies did not have a player who could maintain stability like Curry. Sun Ce and Klay Thompson were a little bit worse.
But from the point of view of three-pointers, Curry, who averaged more than 4 three-pointers per game with a hit rate of 43.0% in the regular season, is the most stable three-point shooter among all the All-Stars!
The confrontation in the second half is expected to continue, and the feel has been affected. Whatever card is used will be affected. In this case, it happens that we have the Magician's balance bracelet now, and the center position gets a 20% matching bonus... Then use the center card!
"Dibeken Mutombo 1995-1996 version, ability evaluation A+ (peak), offense C+, defense SS, three-pointers, mid-range shots, layups B+, second offense A, speed A-, strength S, endurance S-...average 11 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.5 steals, 4.5 blocks..."
Seeing Mutombo's offensive evaluation, Sun Ce felt annoyed. In addition to physical fitness, his offensive skills are not as good as Hayes when he saw it at the beginning!
The ability evaluation is purely based on defense!
But the record holder of consecutive blocks before him, Sun, was really fierce, averaging 4.5 blocks per game... limiting the opponent's score by 92 points per 100 possessions!
Sun Ce remembered that in Howard's peak year, he limited the opponent's score by 94 points per 100 possessions, which is the defensive efficiency record since the new century, not much different from Mutombo.
However, after using Mutomboka, Sun Ce saw a hint of matching degree bonus method...
"Every time the host shakes his finger after completing a block in the game, the matching degree will increase by 10%, until the matching degree is 100% and enters the perfect use state..."
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"The host's temporary ability evaluation is A+..."
After the halftime break, Sun Ce, who changed into a clean jersey and returned to the court, was very upset. The matching degree was only 40%. With the bonus of the balance bracelet, it was only 60% matching, and then almost all shooting was useless.
Fortunately, Mutombo's physical fitness and athletic ability were top-notch when he was young, so Sun Ce's athletic ability was not affected too much, but his skills were gone.
Now Sun Ce can only point at the block and shake his finger to increase the match and weaken the impact on shooting and technique.
However, Sun Ce was mentally prepared when he used this card. The first thing to do was to defend!
After the second half of the game started, the first block came faster than Sun Ce expected!
In the second half, Coach Hollins replaced Beverley, Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, Whiteside, and Sun Ce to play defense together at Sun Ce's request.
Trailing by 15 points at halftime, this is really helpless, just like the Warriors were helpless in the last game, it was too miserable.
If you can't think of a way, just do what Sun Ce said, what if you see a ghost?
The Warriors re-deployed the starting lineup in the third quarter, with Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Draymond Green, and Thabeet on the court.
The Warriors, who had a 15-point lead, naturally played steadily, mainly with pick-and-roll passing and cutting.
So, when the Warriors came back from the timeout and attacked for the first time, Sun Ce fanned Draymond Green's emergency stop and throw outside the three-second zone!
This time the block was so strong that it went straight into the player tunnel. The referee was about to pick up the ball when he saw Sun Ce shaking his finger at Draymond Green after the block!
Draymond Green was stunned. Sun Ce actually shook his finger!
He was 15 points behind and actually wanted to shake his finger? Draymond Green was not stupid, but very smart. He did not go berserk as Sun Ce worried, but looked at the referee calmly.
The players on the court were also stunned for a moment, and the referee forgot to blow the whistle at the first time!
But he didn't blow the whistle at the first time. After the referee reacted, he really didn't blow the whistle. He ran a long way to get the ball picked up by the staff in the player channel and continued to play.
Different people have different views on the same thing. Sun Ce was prepared to improve the matching degree by only 10%. He was worried about shaking his finger and getting a technical foul, and he was also worried about causing a conflict.
But unexpectedly, none of them happened!
After the referee's first tolerance, the probability of blowing the previous behavior in this game was not high!
So, the nightmare of the Warriors began... They saw with their own eyes that Sun Ce's protection under the basket became stronger and stronger in the third quarter!
It was Sun Ce's protection under the basket that was seen with the naked eye!
Whiteside and Amir Johnson took turns to squat under the basket, Sun Ce ran frantically to make up for the defense at close range, and the Grizzlies blocked Curry and Harden on the outside. If others wanted to play pick-and-roll or cut in, they would leave it to Sun Ce to assist in the middle and close range, and Whiteside to the basket.
Paul George replaced Tony Allen in the middle of the third quarter to keep the perimeter defense from declining.
During this period, the Warriors' role players scored 10 points with open shots from the outside, but the Warriors scored only 4 points inside, two of which were caused by Harden's breakthrough and Sun Ce's foul, and the other was a layup by Curry in the offense and defense transition.
Curry and Harden only scored 6 points together in the third quarter!
Because Sun Ce and Whiteside or Amir Johnson did a great job in the basket defense, Beverley and Klay Thompson could focus all their attention on defending Curry's three-pointer, and they had no ball double-teaming, just to prevent Curry from having a three-pointer.
In this quarter, the Grizzlies broke the Warriors' offense! The Warriors only scored 17 points in the third quarter!
On the other hand, the Grizzlies' offense exploded. In the first half of the third quarter, Sun Ce couldn't take the blame and shot three-pointers. One shot missed and the other hit the rim. Then he didn't dare to shoot. But at 7 minutes and 11 seconds in the third quarter, Sun Ce got his fourth block in the quarter, fanned Harrison Barnes's floater and shook his finger. After the matching degree bonus was full, Sun Ce regained his muscle memory of shooting and technique. After Klay Thompson made a strong three-pointer, Sun Ce began to shoot three-pointers with pick-and-rolls, triggering the effect of "Ball Pick-and-Roll Expert Level 5". The three-point evaluation was temporarily upgraded to S level, and the "Splash Power Level 4" was triggered, and Klay Thompson and Klay Thompson started a three-point frenzy!
After only scoring 9 points in the first 7 minutes, in the last less than 5 minutes, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson worked together to help the team score 13 points and played a wave of 13 to 6.
22 to 17, the Grizzlies chased the score to 53 to 63 after three quarters, only 10 points behind!
Sun Ce scored 6 points, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 assists in the third quarter, raising his personal data to 17 points, 17 rebounds, 8 blocks and 4 assists!
In this quarter, the Grizzlies set off a prelude to a defensive counterattack frenzy!
The Grizzlies finally have a top-level player who can truly protect the rim!
Whiteside is good at defending the basket, but his rim protection is not very good. Compared with the opposite side, Thabit, it is far worse. Rim protection is not about defending the opponent in the three-second zone. It is called rim protection. The opponent's close-range shooting, or even the opponent's defense after the pick-and-roll, can be limited. Only then can it be considered a successful rim protection. At least it must extend to a close distance, otherwise it is just a pillar under the basket.
Larry Sanders is not big enough, Amir Johnson is not tall enough, and Whiteside can't expand. After Valanciunas was reimbursed, the Grizzlies' rim protection ability became weaker.
But now, they have a big center back!
In the fourth quarter, Coach Hollins was very direct. Sun Ce and Larry Sanders partnered in the interior. Sun Ce went to guard the basket, Larry Sanders helped defend from mid-range, and Beverley, Klay Thompson, and Paul George continued to play and defend!
In the final quarter, the Grizzlies continued to maintain a strong defense. In turn, Sun Ce's touch came out! After the 100% match allowed him to avoid the impact of shooting and technology, he began to grab rebounds and counterattack!
In this game, the "King of Counterattack Advancement" finally showed its power. In the last game, the Warriors shot well overall. Most of the time, the Grizzlies could only fight in position and rarely triggered this skill. In the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the third quarter, Whiteside played well, and it was difficult to start a fast break. Whiteside was too slow, and the Warriors retreated quickly.
But tonight, Sun Ce's strong rebounds were completely different!
The Grizzlies had fewer blocks in the fourth quarter. The Warriors players tried their best to avoid Sun Ce when they received the ball in the paint. Although Sun Ce did not complete the block, the defensive effect was better. Sun Ce could not defend some of the opponent's balls. His teammates' blocking ability to prevent cut-ins from the outside and Larry Sanders' assisting ability all declined with their physical strength, but the opponent deliberately avoided shooting, and his shooting feeling was also affected.
In the final quarter, the Grizzlies scored 27 to 17 in a single quarter!
80 to 80, the two teams played a game with a very low score!
23 points, 22 rebounds, 9 blocks, 5 assists, and 2 steals, Sun Ce played a signature 4 times 5 data... and also got his second double 20 in the playoffs in his career, helping the Grizzlies drag the game into overtime when they were 15 points behind at halftime!
The Warriors were beaten in the second half and their mentality exploded!
In the first half, they tried their best to limit the Grizzlies to only 31 points. As a result, Sun Ce exploded in the second half, blocking 7 shots in the first half, helping the Grizzlies to defend against the Warriors' 34 points in the first half.
The Grizzlies chased a 15-point lead in the second half!
Watching Sun Ce score 23 points, 22 rebounds, and 9 blocks... it was simply devastating!
However, it was the Warriors who started the confrontation first, and it was they who sent Sun Ce to a situation where he was forced to defend desperately. He had to finish the fireball he had invited with tears in his eyes!
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