One Thousand Six Hundred and Seventy. A Winning Streak at the Start!
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After the timeout, Paul George, Carter, and Gobert went down, and Klay Thompson, Pierce, and Aldridge came up to partner with Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian.
On the Warriors side, Harden, Barbosa, Iguodala, Gerald Wallace, and Ezeli came on the court.
Sun Ce knew that he would have to fight with Harden next.
Not only did the Warriors not expect the process to be like this after the start of the second half, but Sun Ce also did not expect it.
However, not only did they maintain their lead, but they also expanded their advantage and sent Curry down to rest... It was much better than expected!
The game continued, and the Warriors began to attack. Harden went all out to try to narrow the gap while Paul George was resting.
The Grizzlies, based on Klay Thompson and Yi Jianlian's stable long-range shots and containment, played singles with Sun Ce, Pierce, and Aldridge, competing with the role players led by Harden and Iguodala.
Harden was really amazing. From 8:21 to 10:49 in the third quarter, in less than two and a half minutes, he scored 9 points in a row, and sent a three-point assist to Barbosa, leading the Warriors to a 12-5 wave, narrowing the gap to 4 points in one fell swoop, and chasing the score to 91-95. However, just when the Warriors were a little relieved, the Splash Brothers came...
Sun Ce and Klay Thompson made three consecutive three-pointers in the last minute or so. Klay Thompson scored two three-pointers in a row, and Sun Ce scored the last ball, playing a 9-2 wave. At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies once again expanded their lead to 11 points!
104-93, the Grizzlies entered the intermission with a lead of more than 10 points!
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When the strength is very different,
any tactics are useless, but when the strength is very close, tactics can play a decisive role.
The Warriors planned to grind slowly and slowly at the beginning. When the score difference is not big, they will use their strong third quarter performance, strength and deterrence this season to overtake the score in one fell swoop in the third quarter. If it goes well, the Warriors' strategy will succeed.
However, their strategy has been used several times this season, but they are good. The opponents they met before either did not force them to this extent, or were forced to this extent. They could not beat them in the third quarter, so Curry and Harden were able to clock out in the third quarter.
But tonight, the Grizzlies have enough ability to take a slight lead in the half, and they used a strange trick in the third quarter. It happened that Harrison Barnes was pitted at a critical moment...The Grizzlies relied on tactical changes, bold defensive strategies, and aggressive consumption tactics to create a very stable lead!
In the final quarter, the lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Larry Sanders, and Gobert came on the court and started to act tough!
Seeing Sun Ce defend Curry, Paul George defend Harden, Tony Allen defend Iguodala, Larry Sanders defend Draymond Green, and Gobert staring at Thabeet under the basket... the fans at the scene were all excited!
They haven't seen such a tank lineup for too long. The last time the Grizzlies used a tank lineup without a word was in the 12-13 season!
Back then, Kobe, who was still at the end of his peak, and Paul, who was at his peak, formed a dream backcourt. Seeing the Grizzlies' tank army, their scalps tingled and they couldn't help but swear. The Warriors are better than that Lakers, but they didn't say that they were so different.
Seeing the Grizzlies' lineup with a pillar under the basket and multiple people rotating and switching rooms on the outside to double-team Curry or Harden, the Warriors players also cursed!
"Do you still dare to play? You are cheating after you have the lead? Don't you have any shame?"
No matter how the Warriors players and coaches cursed in their hearts, they couldn't stop the Grizzlies from wanting to regain the glory of the tank army.
So, the famous scene after the Grizzlies entered the fourth quarter with a clear lead came - 6 to 8 in half a quarter!
When the official timeout came in the fourth quarter, the Warriors only scored 8 points, narrowing the gap by only two points!
110 to 101, the Grizzlies used their strength to suppress the score that originally seemed to be likely to break 125+130+ for both teams, and it was even possible that both teams could not score more than 120 points!
After three quarters, the Warriors had already scored 93 points, but halfway through the third quarter, the Warriors players saw that they had just scored more than 100 points...their mentality was about to explode!
It is true that they started this season with 14 consecutive wins, but after all, they just lost to Sun Ce in the playoffs last year. As a truly top-level team, it is the first time for the Warriors to become one of the only two teams in the first-tier team.
In such a situation, it is inevitable that there will be fluctuations in confidence. Even the Grizzlies, who won two consecutive championships that year, encountered such situations several times in the shortened season before winning the first championship. Some of them were successfully overcome, and some were failed.
This time, it is the Warriors' turn to pay for their lack of experience!
In the second half of the final quarter, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Larry Sanders, and Randolph played the last 5 minutes or so. They did not want to score to widen the gap. Their own touch also declined, so they played defense firmly.
In the end, the Grizzlies scored 17 points in the final quarter, and after scoring 104 points in the third quarter, they raised their single-game score to 121 points with difficulty, which made the fans in front of the TV who almost forgot the Grizzlies two years ago go crazy!
But even if the Grizzlies only scored 17 points in the final quarter, they still won by 10 points in the end, because the Warriors only scored 18 points in the final quarter!
121 to 111, the Grizzlies limited the Warriors to only 10 points in the last 5 minutes and won the victory steadily!
For the first time, the Warriors felt the powerlessness of other championship teams facing the Grizzlies in the Twin Bears era if they fell behind too much in the third quarter and reached the fourth quarter.
Curry played more than 42 minutes tonight, 9 of 20 shots, including 6 of 14 three-pointers, and scored 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. The difference between the first and second half was a bit big.
It's not that he is not capable enough, but that he was targeted too badly.
And he was not the only one who played poorly in the second half, the Warriors played worse than usual in the second half.
The Warriors scored 31 points in the first quarter and 35 points in the second quarter, but in the third quarter, when they should have been the strongest, they suddenly plummeted to 27 points, and only scored 18 points in the fourth quarter. The score difference between the first and second half reached 21 points!
Experience, on-the-spot response, and confidence in implementing the whole game... There is still a gap between the Warriors and the Grizzlies in these aspects!
Sun Ce played the whole game, 48 minutes without rest, 15 of 29 shots, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and soared 41 points, 17 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 blocks, and 5 steals!
Sun Ce's performance of 15 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 block, and 3 steals in the second half played a huge role on the defensive end!
Yi Jianlian made 4 three-pointers tonight, plus a long two-pointer, two dunks, and 2 of 3 free throws, scoring 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block. Among them, he scored 11 points in the third quarter and became the Grizzlies' surprise weapon to win the game!
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Two undefeated giants met, and the Grizzlies won!
With 14 wins and 0 losses, the Grizzlies beat the Warriors with 14 wins and 1 loss to the top!
There is always a team that wants to continue its winning streak, and Sun Ce did not let the opportunity to continue the winning streak fall to others this time.
Sun Ce's performance was as strong as ever, and he won the 20th 40+ triple-double in his career and the second triple-double of the season!
He originally had the advantage that the better his teammates were, the easier it was for him to use his teammates' abilities. In addition, he became stronger personally. As long as it was a difficult game this season, he played very strongly.
Of course, the premise is that his teammates obeyed him.
However, this premise is not necessary now. The call for the first player in the league is so loud. The Grizzlies are looking for low-key players like Aldridge when they are looking for players, and they only look for veterans with personality players, such as Blake, who was called the white lightning when he was young and once set a single-quarter assist record, and Pierce, who was stabbed more than a dozen times but still played in the new season.
The Grizzlies have a lineup of 110 million, and the annual player salary and luxury tax expenditure may be up to 150 million US dollars. They will not be as blind as the Knicks back then. With so much money spent, they naturally have to do their best.
So it is normal for fans to think that Sun Ce performed well.
The two teams played evenly in the first half, and the Grizzlies won the game in the third quarter by changing tactics. This is also easy to see.
In people's opinion, the Warriors lost in experience and lost in the confidence that they could not carry out from beginning to end when they met the Grizzlies, a team that suppressed them for many years in the past.
It is obvious that the Warriors were confused in the last quarter. Even if the Warriors only maintained the offensive level in the third quarter, there is still a chance to compete.
What the fans are talking about is the Grizzlies' inside rotation, which is more varied than that of the year!
Randolph, who started this year in a better state than last year, and Aldridge, may not play together for a long time, but fans think that as long as neither of them rests, the Grizzlies will at least keep one of them on the court in the game.
But no, the Grizzlies dared to let Yi Jianlian play the whole quarter, and dared to let Randolph and Aldridge sit on the bench at the same time.
Not to mention, watching Aldridge play for 22 minutes tonight, getting 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, many fans really feel that Aldridge is taking the most difficult road... and it is not clear that Aldridge is unhappy.
Winning is a very important part of the running-in process. It does not mean that you cannot run-in after losing, but if you can win while discovering your own problems and knowing that your team needs to change, even if you change, you will change with full enthusiasm.
As for Aldridge, he was happy that he only played for 22 minutes and almost didn't score double digits... Of course he was happy, 14 consecutive wins!
He has never had the experience of sitting in the first place in the league after playing for a month in the season!
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The Grizzlies strongly defeated the Warriors, who had won 14 consecutive games, and topped the league. Not only the media was hyping it up, the fans were discussing it, and the experts were analyzing it, but the major championship contenders also felt nervous.
The Grizzlies are too strong!
Let's look at the Grizzlies' upcoming schedule. There are 6 games left this month, and the opponents are the Rockets, Trail Blazers, Mavericks, Nuggets, Nets, and Spurs.
This is not a good thing. If the Spurs have a rest or are in poor condition, they may lose 20 consecutive wins to the Grizzlies!
As for the Rockets' historical record of 15 consecutive wins at the start, the Grizzlies are about to play the Rockets. It is said that after the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors, the media changed the name of the Warriors, one of the two alternative news that had been written, to the Grizzlies, and changed Curry's team to the Lord's team.
The Warriors and the Grizzlies, these two teams, other teams think they may play very well in the new season, but they play too well.
Especially the Grizzlies, they have thought of ways to play against the Warriors.
Confident teams, such as the Lakers and Spurs, the two teams that have won the most championships since the new century, keep their mentality and wait for the season to go deeper to reduce the Grizzlies' current one-step lead.
The Mavericks don't care about these, and the Bulls, with Sloan, will not have much of a problem.
But the players of the 76ers, Heat, Thunder, Raptors, and Hawks are really uneasy about the situation this season. As time goes by, some stars may be able to get over it, but some stars may really not be able to get rid of the uneasy mentality when they meet the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies, after 14 consecutive wins, rested for a day. On November 18, they welcomed the fourth and last game against the Rockets this season at home, and easily won the victory with 105 to 90!
After 15 consecutive wins at the start, 20 years later, the Grizzlies broke the NBA history record of consecutive wins at the start created by Olajuwon in the 1993-1994 season!
In this game, the Grizzlies may have been affected by the second half of the previous game. They did not play well on the offensive end. It was purely because the Rockets could not defend that they could score more than 100 points in a single game. They won on the defensive end, leading 80 to 56 in the third quarter, and played casually in the last quarter, and the Rockets narrowed the gap.
The defense in this game was initiated by Sun Ce, who directly suppressed the opponent for three quarters. Sun Ce scored 21 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal in three quarters and clocked out.
The reason why Sun Ce initiated the defense was not only to break more records, but also to trigger an event!
"Because the host has led the team to a 14-game winning streak at the beginning, only one game away from the NBA historical record, the Challenger section event: the glory of the opening winning streak is triggered."
"The glory of the opening winning streak (*):
Goal: Break the Rockets' record of 15 consecutive wins at the beginning of the season created in the 1993-1994 season.
Event reward: Hakeem Olajuwon 1993-1994 version of the star experience card.
Note: If this event fails, it will continue to the next season, and the reward will be downgraded to the Rockets' 1993-1994 season random player star experience card."
Of course, you have to get it.
The Rockets became the first team this season to be swept by the Grizzlies in the regular season.
After playing the Rockets, the Grizzlies' four-game home run continues, with two more opponents, the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks.
Sun Ce discovered a problem with this year's schedule. The league has obviously intentionally divided the games into "focus games" and "games with lower ratings".
The Grizzlies' game against the Mavericks, for now, only has high ratings in China, and it is not very special in North America, so the game was scheduled early.
The same is true for teams such as the Rockets and the Trail Blazers. For many fans, it is not important whether Aldridge was a player of the Trail Blazers before. Joining the Grizzlies is important. The Trail Blazers are so easy to be overlooked.
As for the popular and powerful opponents such as the Pelicans, Lakers, Spurs, Heat, Thunder, 76ers, Bulls... Sun Ce found that the games of his team against these teams are distributed more evenly.
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On November 20, the home court ushered in the game against the Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers now have a better record than the Spurs, with 11 wins and 5 losses in 16 games. They have already gotten out of the uncomfortable state at the beginning, but people still believe that the Mavericks and Spurs are the strongest among the five remaining opponents of the Grizzlies in November.
However, being ignored does not mean that the Trail Blazers are not strong!
At 5:30 in the evening, after the game between the Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers started, the Grizzlies were beaten 14 to 8 in the starting stage and fell behind by 6 points in the first half.
Aldridge and Randolph played together, which was really uncomfortable. They used the triangle offense... It didn't work. Brian Shaw had an idea, but completely overturned the previous plan and started from scratch. There was a fixed routine when dealing with the Warriors, but suddenly faced with the pressure brought by the Trail Blazers' strong starting lineup, the Grizzlies were caught off guard.
Fortunately, in the second half of the first quarter, Blake, Carter, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert came on the court. With the steady adjustments of Blake and Carter, Paul George and Aldridge controlled the situation and relied on the positional battle to stop the decline in the second half of the first quarter and prevent the Trail Blazers from further widening the gap.
However, the Trail Blazers took advantage at the beginning. Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Amir Johnson, and McCollum, who began to show his talent, and Whiteside, who was not able to defend the middle and close distance but had strong protection ability under the basket and made Gobert and Randolph headache with offensive rebounds, maintained the lead until 10 minutes and 19 seconds in the third quarter. At this time, the Trail Blazers still led the Grizzlies by three points with 68 to 65.
However, Klay Thompson stepped up at this time. When Sun Ce was being closely watched by Batum, Klay Thompson ignited Sun Ce's touch with a three-pointer. After Lillard made a three-pointer immediately to help the Trail Blazers take a 71-68 lead, Sun Ce immediately made a three-pointer, and then grabbed the defensive rebound of Lillard's three-pointer against Paul George and counterattacked to score 2+1.
Relying on Sun Ce's 6 points in the last moments of the third quarter, the Grizzlies overtook the Trail Blazers by 3 points with a score of 74-71 and entered the fourth quarter.
The Trail Blazers played very hard in the fourth quarter, but every time they overtook, the Grizzlies could fight back. In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers' rotation lineup only had McCollum and Hardaway Jr., and the 7-man rotation was dragged down by the Grizzlies. When they were overtaken and could not take the lead again, the Trail Blazers lost their temper.
Relying on a 14-6 run in the second half of the final quarter, the Grizzlies finally defeated the Trail Blazers 100-95, winning their 16th consecutive victory and breaking the Rockets' record of winning streak at the start of the season!