One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six. Take Down One City First

During the confrontation, Sun Ce felt that Harden was too stable!

In the ball just now, Sun Ce felt that if Harden did not find him shrinking, or found him shrinking in advance, he might not be able to defend.

Just now, Sun Ce held up Harden, and Harden still jumped smoothly. If Harden did not find him and shot decisively, he would most likely not be able to block it, and would not give Gobert the opportunity to turn around and double-team.

If Harden found him shrinking defense during the breakthrough, he might move faster or make other preparations, such as a mid-range jump shot in a hurry, and it would be difficult for him to make up for the defense.

There is also Harden's pass in the confrontation. In the situation just now, Harden still passed the ball steadily to Harrison Barnes in the bottom corner. He is worthy of being a guy with the talent of assist king. It is too difficult to deal with.

Why can Harden not lose to his big brother Durant in the first round? It depends on comprehensive technology! It is the technology that has been independently developed and honed since the Thunder, and has not been affected by the magic ball theory, and must bear the heaviest offensive pressure of the team! The foundation of Harden's skills is his physical fitness, which is one of the best among the 2009 rookie perimeter players.

He is stable and strong in the next round. Although Jimmy Butler is bigger, Harden is the most stable guard in the league today.

It's the Warriors' turn to attack again. It's the same. Draymond Green holds the ball in the high position, Harden cuts in to attract the opponent to shrink, and cuts in or runs to shoot from the outside.

This time Draymond Green is a little worried about organizing the offense. Why is Harrison Barnes so weak when facing the Grizzlies? It's mainly because he becomes so weak when facing Sun Ce's defense!

Sun Ce shrank in advance in the last round, and Harrison Barnes couldn't make a big shot.

This time, before Drummond Green pulled out to receive the pass from Harden, he signaled Harrison Barnes to go to Curry for an off-ball screen. When Harden cut and Sun Ce retreated, Drummond Green was about to pass the ball to Curry at a 45-degree angle by using an off-ball screen. Klay Thompson, who was supposed to be blocked by Thabeet, had already rushed to Curry, who was using an off-ball screen. Paul George ignored Harrison Barnes and chased Curry around the screen, forming a double-team trend.

The key is that Klay Thompson is now in the passing line between Drummond Green and Harrison Barnes in the bottom corner. Drummond Green did not pass the ball to Harrison Barnes in the first place, and now there is no good opportunity. If he passes the ball to Curry, Klay Thompson will be able to fill in the gap.

Drummond Green had no choice but to pass the ball to Harden. After Harden cut into the inside, he pulled out again to the right side of the three-second zone to receive the ball. At this time, he had been switched to defense by Sun Ce. Paul George also returned to Harrison Barnes after Drummond Green passed the ball to Harden. The rotation defense was extremely smooth!

Seeing that the offensive time was consumed to only 7 seconds, Harden could only do it by himself. Facing Sun Ce's defense, Harden was under great pressure. This position was close to close distance. Sun Ce's static physical fitness advantage in this position was very large, because Harden had no space to rush to the basket.

Under heavy pressure, Harden stepped back and shot a mid-range shot... Sun Ce's interference was very good. Harden was forced to step back and lean back. The ball hit the neck of the basket, bounced a little, and bounced into the basket in the sight of Sun Ce who was withdrawing.

Hearing the "Oh" of the fans at the scene, Sun Ce was also a little regretful, but generally happy. They defended the Warriors' power forward who opened up the space and held the ball at the top of the arc to support the offensive tactics very well! As long as they fall into positional warfare, they can let Harden play in the offensive area he is not good at, as they imagined. They defended the Warriors' team offense, which is very effective against most teams before the game, very well.

Harden's shot can be regarded as a fairy shot. If Harden can score such a goal all the time, Sun Ce can't do anything, because the defense can't be better.

And tonight, the Grizzlies are not so unlucky. At the beginning, the Grizzlies played a very targeted and excellent defense.

In the next period of time, the Warriors' style of play, which is mainly based on top arc holding and assisting, will not work on the Grizzlies' lineup!

The Grizzlies' style of play during this period of time at the beginning is very clear, and the success rate is guaranteed on the offensive end. Sun Ce and Aldridge, one low and one high, take turns to play back.

Harrison Barnes can't defend Sun Ce, and Drummond Green is very effective in defending ordinary players, but he is beaten every time he meets Aldridge. It's just such a simple and rough back-to-back + attracting double-teaming. Such a simple style of play, if you can't score, you can't score. Once the two play to their normal level, you can guarantee the offense! The simpler the style of play, the harder it is to defend.

And the simple style of play must be effective, and the foundation lies in the strength of the core players, and the Grizzlies have these two absolute strengths.

The Warriors' offense at the beginning is quite difficult. As long as they fall into positional warfare, Harden's pick-and-roll breakthrough effect is greatly limited. Gobert's defense under the basket and Sun Ce's contraction are huge threats that Harden will face. Moreover, if Tabit doesn't run into the inside with all his strength, that is, as long as the Warriors can't play a fast break, Gobert will have enough opportunities to complete the defense against Harden.

If Harden sets a pick-and-roll, Aldridge fails to interfere with Harden by confrontation, so he chooses to block his shot. Harden can go to the basket if he wants to. Even if he can't interfere with Harden's route, it's no problem. If Harden wants to go to the sideline, Sun Ce can just double-team him.

If it doesn't work, Sun Ce will just leave Harrison Barnes open and shrink into the inside, and the latter will shoot or not.

After playing like this for a few rounds, Harden gave up this style of play. Not only is it very consuming, but the effect is not good. He can only wait for Gobert to rest before using pick-and-roll to break through and attack.

And Harden is okay when he plays without the ball... but he is better at receiving the ball and shooting from the outside without the ball. Cutting in is also okay, but not that good.

The Grizzlies are also fully prepared. One of the key links is to put Harden in a disadvantageous environment of close-range singles against Sun Ce. This is what the Grizzlies planned from the beginning. Sun Ce spared no effort to invest in the defensive end, which was done very well.

At 3 minutes and 19 seconds, the Warriors called a timeout but did not make a substitution, but the adjustment was not effective. At 5 minutes and 44 seconds, the Warriors called another timeout, 9 to 16, the Warriors were 7 points behind, and the game entered the official timeout stage!

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The start was very smooth! The teammates were high-spirited and confident in themselves. Both offense and defense dared to make moves, and the execution was very strong!

The key is to be well prepared. After discussion, the coaching staff and players unanimously agreed that the opponent only had two days to prepare, and on the first day they had to fly from Oakland to Nashville Airport in the south of Memphis to take a bus to Memphis to rest. The Warriors' preparations must be based on the best tactics and strategies played this season. It may be difficult to change much in the first game. This is an advantage that the Grizzlies must take advantage of.

And the facts proved that their predictions were correct!

The Warriors did not make many adjustments at the beginning, and the Grizzlies made changes from the starting stage, which was also unexpected by the opponent. The opponent probably did not expect that the Grizzlies would put Randolph on the bench.

But now the trouble has just begun. After the timeout, the Grizzlies sent out a combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Pierce, Larry Sanders, and Randolph.

On the Warriors side, Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, and Drummond Green played.

The Death Five is coming!

At this stage, Larry Sanders and Klay Thompson on the Grizzlies side have particularly heavy tasks!

The former has to help Sun Ce with double-teaming, and the latter has to follow Curry closely, even taking the pick-and-roll into consideration.

But the Grizzlies are in better shape tonight, and their morale is also high. The most important thing is that they are more fully prepared! Among them, the Grizzlies did a very good job in rebounding positioning in this lineup!

The advantage of the five-small lineup is that it is easy to create mismatches, and it is easy to rush to grab offensive rebounds, because the opponent needs to use the inside to switch to defend the outside.

The Grizzlies avoided this very well tonight. They did not rashly send out the five-small lineup, but tried to increase flexibility as much as possible. They would rather be beaten by the opponent on the outside, but also defend the rebound in time.

And the Warriors did not do a good job in shooting from the outside tonight. Curry only made 2 of 8 three-pointers in the first half!

This is related to the fact that Harrison Barnes was defeated when he encountered Sun Ce's defense. In the past two years, Harrison Barnes had too many psychological shadows when he encountered Sun Ce. For this, the Warriors did not make enough adjustments. The Warriors were more prepared to guard against the Grizzlies' triangle offense, and wanted to make good use of Harden on the offensive end. Harrison Barnes was considered to be a relatively important link on their offensive end, and they did not take him into consideration.

Of course, the key is that the Grizzlies played well!

At the end of the half, the Grizzlies were already 14 points ahead of the Warriors 61 to 47!

The advantage of preparation time brought by the first round sweep of the Pelicans was used very well by the Grizzlies!

In the second half, the Warriors began to counterattack, and the Grizzlies' explosive state began to decline. Fortunately, Sun Ce took a physical potion and was not affected by the full-strength attack and defense in the first half. Aldridge played for 13 minutes in the first half and had enough physical strength in the second half. Although Randolph did not score much, he consumed the opponent very well. Randolph must be strictly guarded by the Warriors. It was expected before the game, so Randolph focused more on consuming the opponent and helping Aldridge create better singles opportunities.

Although the Warriors once narrowed the gap to 4 points, Sun Ce and Aldridge's alternating mid-range singles at the critical moment kept the advantage!

108 to 102, the Grizzlies took the lead and firmly defended the first home court!