One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-One. A Genius that Even God Is Jealous Of

Without Drummond Green, the Warriors had no way to defend against Sun Ce and Livingston's mid-range shots except for Salinger's good defense against Aldridge!

Drummond Green's defense against top scorers was average, and he was better at locking down ordinary players.

But this does not mean that Drummond Green's defense is weak. His ability to assist in close-range defense and switch defense on the perimeter are his real strengths that allow him to compete with Sun Ce and Leonard for the best defensive player!

In the second half of the first quarter, the Warriors were able to widen the gap to 8 points in one fell swoop, relying on Drummond Green's assist defense.

After the official timeout, Steve Kerr replaced Harden and Drummond Green on the Warriors side, and Curry, Harrison Barnes, and Gerald Wallace came on the court.

Once Iguodala took the lead, he seemed to be useless again. He had nothing but defense, and he was not as good as Harrison Barnes. Anyway, he could not defend Sun Ce's pick-and-roll offense.

The Warriors chose to strengthen their overall offense, hoping to regain the scoring feeling in the first quarter.

On the Grizzlies side, Coach Hollins didn't care how the players played on the court. The pre-match tactical training was sufficient, and the team had enough tactics for the ball holder to choose from. He focused on predicting the opponent's rotation and arranging the defensive lineup.

The lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Larry Sanders, and Randolph was replaced!

If the Grizzlies' lineup is to compete with the Warriors' current lineup in a team style, it really can't compete. It has been tried in the regular season, so Coach Hollins chose to use a running and gunning lineup in the second half of the first quarter.

However, if this lineup doesn't care about the team offense and doesn't counterattack, it will purely suppress the rhythm defense. It is perfect for defending the Warriors' five-small lineup.

Larry Sanders interfered with Harden's breakthrough layup, and Harden's layup hit the basket. After Sun Ce received the defensive rebound, he did not counterattack, but pressed the positional battle.

This lineup can play fast-paced offense and defense to suppress positional warfare. Sun Ce rarely plays like this. When he reaches the frontcourt, Sun Ce needs to slow down on the offensive end. His physical strength has begun to decline. He needs to use the remaining physical strength on the defensive end. Otherwise, he will use the star experience card early. What if it drags to overtime? It's hard to say!

However, Sun Ce doesn't have to worry about the offense. The opponent's Thabit is not there, and they have Randolph!

Draymond Green was beaten when he came up. Randolph received the ball and directly carried Draymond Green away with a small hook shot.

Draymond Green had to hold Gobert, who weighed 114 kilograms, tightly,

but it was too difficult to hold Randolph, who weighed 122 kilograms. He didn't even have the height advantage and was beaten by Randolph!

Randolph scored, and the first goal of the Grizzlies' defense was completed-not letting the opponent counterattack!

When the Warriors picked up the ball and forced to speed up, the Grizzlies had already formed a steady retreat formation.

When the Warriors got to the frontcourt, they could only solve the problem with the individual offense of the Waves combination. Larry Sanders could defend Drummond Green and get back to the free throw line in time. The Warriors knew this very well, so they directly chose to let the Waves combination attack with the ball.

Facing Klay Thompson's defense, Curry used his super man-ball combination to shake off a gap. Curry immediately chose to step back and shoot quickly before Klay Thompson came back... It only took 0.5 seconds from catching the ball to throwing it out! And it went in!

51 to 47, the Warriors led by 4 points again!

Defense certainly cannot completely kill the Warriors. The Grizzlies had expected such a situation. What they had to do was to hold on to the score and eat up the opponent's lead if they had the chance. If not, they would try to hold on to the score and consume it first.

From the first game, the Grizzlies understood the strength of the Warriors. They had no chance to defeat the opponent easily, so they could only take it slowly.

At this time, the confidence of the Grizzlies, who have been a top team in the league since Sun Ce's sophomore year, began to play an important role!

If you change teams, if you are always behind, and the star players play well on offense and defense, but are still ahead of the opponent, your mentality may collapse and you may start to get impatient.

For example, the Thunder in the first round, they were leading 3-2, but they played randomly in the sixth game because they were behind and couldn't catch up. The seventh game showed the characteristics of an impatient and uneasy team.

But the Grizzlies are different. Although Curry and Harden performed very well tonight, the Grizzlies made very targeted rotations but still couldn't overtake. They were not in a hurry and played slowly. The opponent replaced Thabeet, and they used Aldridge and Gobert to partner in the interior. Aldridge was unexpectedly restricted by Salinger and Gerald Wallace in mid-range jump shots, but at least he could play a role in containment, and his open mid-range shots were accurate.

Although the Grizzlies were still two points behind the Warriors at 68-70 at the end of the half, their mentality was completely different from the Thunder in the last two games of the first round!

The Thunder's thinking at that time was - we played so well, why are we still behind?

Sun Ce has always recognized the strength of the Warriors. Except for Curry, Harden, and Draymond Green who have not yet reached their peak, the Warriors have almost no flaws. If they want to strengthen them, except for forwards and guards like Klay Thompson and Durant who do not occupy the ball and have first-class defense, they cannot become stronger even if they are given a superstar.

The Warriors' tactical system, ball distribution, and tacit understanding have all reached an excellent state.

Sun Ce saw that they were still two points behind at the end of the first half, and his thought was - we have kept the score close! Here comes the opportunity!

He has been thinking this way since the score was close. His attitude towards this situation also gave his teammates strong confidence. Although the team leader is Paul George, as long as Sun Ce does not collapse, his teammates will not collapse!

...

Tired enough!

"Olajuwon card? This is not suitable tonight.

James card... um...

Mutombo or Cambica... This is a broken reward for the five consecutive block kings.

Ross card... The new version of Rose seems to be very useful, but it is not useful against the Warriors, without teammates like Griffin...

Kennon and Gill... It's better not to use them.

Then there are only Durant cards and the new century scoring champion cards..."

Sun Ce looked at it and got so many rewards after the regular season ended this season. It seems that the plug-in library is full, but when it comes to really using the cards, he finds that there are not many options to play against the Warriors!

Durant card, this is an absolute god card. Compared with the new century scoring champion card, Durant card can definitely play a role, while the new century scoring champion card has uncertainty.

But I really don’t want to use Durant card when I encounter a difficult game for the first time in this season’s playoffs. I have to save it for the real life.

If they lose tonight and lose the home advantage, it’s not really that they have no chance for the Grizzlies. They have the ability to win 3 games in the next 5 games.

“Take a chance? What if you draw Durant again? Take a chance!”

Sun Ce’s mind moved, and the system prompt came.

"The host uses the new century scoring champion's random player scoring champion season star experience card, the time range is from the 2000-2001 season to the 2014-2015 season, and is randomly selected..."

"Iverson, Iverson, McGrady, McGrady, Iverson, Kobe, Kobe, James, Wade, Durant, Durant, Kobe... Damn! Three of me, Old Sun!"

Sun Ce suddenly discovered that he and Iverson were the two with the highest probability of being selected!

Looking at the 15 flashing stereo images in front of him, Sun Ce had a lot of thoughts in his mind within three seconds. Anyway, he just wanted to avoid Iverson, James, and Wade, three players with poor long-range shooting ability, especially James in the scoring champion season, who didn't shoot at all, and his free throws were terrible. It was like he didn't get a foul when he took the extra free throws. He would rather draw himself as a physical potion...

Just as Sun Ce's thoughts were surging, the flashing stopped, and the other 14 stereo images disappeared, leaving behind a stereo image of the scoring champion that made Sun Ce's eyes widen.

Seeing the system prompts, feeling the rapid breathing and fatigue quickly subsiding, Sun Ce fell into ecstasy!

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Tracy McGrady 2002-2003 version of the star experience card, which has been used.

Tracy McGrady 2002-2003 version, 23 years old, ability rating S, offense S, defense A, three-pointer S-, mid-range shot S, layup S, breakthrough S, speed S-, strength A, endurance S, jumping S-... 394 minutes per game, 321 points, 65 rebounds, 55 assists, 17 steals, 08 blocks, 26 turnovers, 21 fouls...

Shooting percentage is 45.7%.

Average three-pointer hits per game, 23, hit rate is 38.6%.

Average mid-range hits per game, 44, hit rate is 43.2%.

Feature conversion skills: Heaven's envy, King of pull-up shots, forward step...

Matching bonus..."

"This is McGrady in his second year with the Magic? He is so awesome at the age of 23? Where is the brush you promised?"

Sun Ce was already very excited when he drew McGrady, Who would have thought that the 02-03 version of McGrady was even more awesome than imagined!

Just when Sun Ce was drawing the lottery, a group of players from the Grizzlies blocked the bathroom door and watched Sun Ce "admiring himself" in front of the mirror. They watched Sun Ce standing there, and his breathing quickly changed from rapid panting through his mouth to steady... His teammates couldn't get enough of his recovery ability!

It was so morale-boosting!

All the players and coaches of the Grizzlies have been engaged in the basketball industry or love the basketball industry since childhood. They know how much consumption such a high-intensity game can cause to a player, and how tired the player is.

But they never thought that a player's physical recovery ability could be so strong.

They never thought that one day a player's physical recovery ability would become a source of their confidence.

But this kind of thing happened to Sun Ce, and they didn't find it strange at all.