One Thousand Seven Hundred and Two. The Best Defensive Player Battle!

After landing, Nene almost lost his balance, his eyes were wide open, how could he defend this?

Is there any justice!

But look at the comparison between Sun Ce and James who walked into the inside...his hands are a little longer, it's really unfair!

Compared with the previous confrontation with Sun Ce in the inside to grab rebounds, Sun Ce's ability to block shots just now has obviously improved. In Nene's opinion, Sun Ce has improved again!

But this is too normal in Nene's opinion. It is normal for Sun Ce to improve, and it is abnormal for Sun Ce not to improve. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain that the Grizzlies, whose lineup is not stronger than their Lakers, can play such an exaggerated record.

The Lakers continued to attack, and there was not much time left. James passed the ball to Leonard, and Leonard played against Sun Ce.

In terms of defensive skills and single defense experience, Sun Ce is not the strongest one Leonard has ever encountered. Not to mention the Grizzlies' double 3D, their own team's Marion and James, the Spurs' Gay and Danny Green, the Clippers' Matt Barnes, the Jazz's Jimmy Butler... Compared with these people, Sun Ce may not have good skills or experience.

But Sun Ce's weight of 104 to 105 kg, his body shape that is longer than James's arms, and his top flexibility among point guards... Even if his explosive power and explosive speed are average compared to players of the same size, Leonard is still very good!

It must be said that Leonard was very motivated when he received the ball in this singles, but he panicked when he played alone. It was too obvious when he turned around, and Sun Ce reached out and took the ball away!

Fortunately, Leonard is a little shorter, and his hands are closer to the ground with the same arm span. He grabbed the ball in a panic, and there was not much time left after he protected the ball. At this time, Sun Ce had no flaws. The main reason was that Sun Ce did not force the steal, but defended honestly... He was really not good at this, so he honestly covered Leonard's head when he didn't grab the ball. Seeing that he was about to commit a 24-second violation, Leonard could only force a backward shot... When the ball left Leonard's hand, the whistle had already sounded, and the ball did not touch the basket. Although Nene under the basket grabbed the ball, it was a 24-second violation!

James was stunned by this ball. Although Leonard's offense is not top-notch, he is very good at singles on the two wings. Although Sun Ce's body size is indeed difficult for Leonard to deal with, it is not as good as Durant and Antetokounmpo's body size suppression, but it is also a relatively large body size advantage. However, if Sun Ce's previous defensive skills were used to defend Leonard, he would most likely be eaten by a high-post back-to-back.

For low-post back-to-the-basket, height and wingspan are the first considerations. Strength dominance is not important for players like O'Neal, but for most players, height and wingspan are the most important for low-post back-to-the-basket. For example, Duncan no longer has any strength or explosiveness advantages, but low-post back-to-the-basket and low-post defense are still top-notch; while for high-post back-to-the-basket, strength is more important,

which can lock in a better receiving position, and create better shooting space by combining skills, strength and bounce.

Leonard has unique advantages in high- and low-post back-to-the-basket and back-to-the-basket defense, but tonight he met Sun Ce. In just a few rounds, Leonard was completely beaten by Sun Ce in both offense and defense!

Of course, he was just surprised at Sun Ce's progress. Sun Ce's single defense has gradually changed from a type that specializes in outside defense to a comprehensive single defense expert.

Leonard is far from his peak. He is the kind of future superstar who needs a long growth process. Now he is only a quasi-top star, so it is normal for him to be defended by Sun Ce.

What surprised James was that Sun Ce had at least one clear improvement every summer.

Kobe, on the other hand, is used to it. Sun Ce had a one-on-one match with him... He had been challenged by him for about 30 mornings, and in the new season, Sun Ce had already mastered the high and low post-up moves similar to his.

Sun Ce asked him to learn the pull-up during the All-Star weekend and some free time, and then Sun Ce's scoring skills under the basket had a qualitative leap, becoming one of the most accurate players in the league's guards under the basket...

VP may be the three people who know Sun Ce best in this aspect besides his teammates, in terms of his learning ability and talent for turning what he has learned into game ability.

When the Grizzlies attacked, Sun Ce continued to post up Leonard in the low post, and Leonard defended more cautiously. The two misses on the defensive and offensive ends just now did not affect his belief, but only made him more focused and serious.

But it was really difficult for Leonard to defend Sun Ce in the low post. Leonard was fooled by Sun Ce's fake move of turning right. After defending closely, his first move was to quickly step to the right, and then he was teased by Sun Ce's left hand, which was like his dominant hand. When his left hand touched the ball in front of his chest, he changed from patting the ball to pulling the ball to the left and back. Sun Ce cut around Leonard and entered the basket!

But this time James was prepared. As a former best defensive player, although it is unlikely to be selected for the first defense or the best defensive team now, it is mainly because his physical strength has declined after playing for more than ten years. When defending seriously, his sense of assisting defense is still the top. He seized the opportunity and made up for the basket at the right time, blocking Sun Ce in the reasonable collision zone, and also cut off the space for Paul George to pass the ball to the free throw line. Sun Ce forced a shot...

Missed! Nene protected the defensive rebound!

Leonard + James + Nene, it is simply a nightmare for offensive players!

Because of the angle, Sun Ce's attention is on Nene after he turns left. If Nene shrinks in to defend, he can pass the ball to Randolph, who will have the opportunity to shoot or attract a double-team and pass the ball, thus launching a triangle offense.

But first of all, the Lakers have Kobe, who won 5 championships with the triangle offense. He had analyzed to his teammates and coaching staff how to defend the triangle offense when preparing for the game against the Grizzlies. It was the same as Rivers's. And they also have such ability, that is, this ridiculously strong point guard + small forward + center defense combination.

James also made good use of the visual blind spot when Sun Ce turned around and seized the opportunity to double-team.

The Grizzlies had a very high success rate in the triangle offense even when playing against the Warriors before, but it was blocked here in the Lakers!

Fortunately, looking back, because Sun Ce could also block Nene's deterrence when switching defense under the basket, James chose to pass the ball to Leonard after the pick-and-roll breakthrough. Leonard singled out Randolph, and Randolph really kept up with Leonard's pace. Leonard chose to lean on Randolph at the bottom line. When Randolph subconsciously lowered his center of gravity, Leonard stepped back half a step and stood up to shoot...

The action was beautiful, but it didn't go in!

Sun Ce protected the defensive rebound. Leonard, who missed the shot, knew that it was off target when he shot. He had long been familiar with Sun Ce's greatly improved ability to catch rebounds and counterattack, and had studied it many times. After shooting, he rushed up to block Sun Ce and counterattack.

Sun Ce passed the ball to Paul George helplessly and continued to grind the positional battle.

Low-post back-to-back has advantages and a wide field of vision, but there are always flaws, such as when turning to the baseline, it is the easiest time to be double-teamed.

Sun Ce found that perhaps Leonard was not fooled every time. Leonard may have consciously moved in a direction that is beneficial to the team's defense when he knew that he could not defend, and he did the best defense he could do, because he had two teammates with good defense, James and Nene, and Ed Davis' defense was also good.

Sun Ce couldn't open the low post at this point, but it didn't matter. There were also Aldridge's high-post back-to-back and Randolph's low-post back-to-back against Nene. Although it was not easy to play, Sun Ce would not be worse than Sun Ce in singles when facing such defense.

The Grizzlies began to try as much as possible, but the overall effect was not good.

Then the Grizzlies put the starting point of the offense on the outside, with Sun Ce and Klay Thompson picking and rolling, but they didn't play well. Sun Ce's pick-and-roll offense was basically Sun Ce's singles against Kobe. Kobe usually became a traffic commander, but his defensive awareness was there. He could play more focused with less playing time. It was unnecessary to defend poorly at ordinary times. The team needed him to rest, but Kobe defended Sun Ce desperately. It didn't matter if he couldn't defend him. At least he could let his teammates focus on locking down other Grizzlies players.

The Grizzlies didn't really play well in the first quarter!

But on the other hand, the Lakers didn't play well on offense either, especially after Randolph was replaced by Gobert after more than 4 minutes. The Lakers could only score goals by their personal ability and touch.

The Grizzlies followed the Lakers' positional warfare style, with Gobert guarding the basket, Paul George defending James on the outside, and Sun Ce defending. The two prevented James from going straight to the basket, and Gobert guarded the basket. In addition, the Grizzlies' outside trio switched defense very quickly, and the Lakers' offense became worse and worse, especially after Kobe was replaced by JR Smith, the Lakers' scoring efficiency was not as good as the Grizzlies.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams' scores were about to break 20 points, and the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 1 point with 21 to 20 into the intermission!

4 of 10 shots, Sun Ce scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 steal, and 2 turnovers in the first quarter. The hit rate was a bit miserable, and the turnover rate was also sad, but the defense was very good!

The key point was the front blood cap on Nene, which helped the prison brothers to defend the basket before Gobert came on the court, preventing the Lakers from the inside attack that they wanted to play at the beginning.

Back to the bench, both teams knew that the tone of tonight's game had been set - a fierce defensive battle!

But to play defense, what you need to do is not to improve your defense blindly, but to find a way to make the ball more confidently.

Seeing that Sun Ce was not ready to sit down and rest, Coach Hollins knew that this beloved disciple who deserved a beating was ready to play the whole game tonight, and began to analyze the opponent's rotation and make adjustments.

Sun Ce didn't want to rest, but he couldn't rest, not just for victory. When the first quarter ended and the intermission began, the system prompt came!

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