One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five. The Ambition of the Little Overlord

The top-notch jumping height that was temporarily upgraded to A level, his own A+ level bullet speed, and the body movements that are so stretched for such a body... Only one minute into the game, the cheers of the fans at the scene were detonated by Sun Ce's performance!

In the past, if Sun Ce wanted to make a beautiful dunk, when he cut in to catch the ball, there had to be a defender under the basket, and he had to fly past the opponent and then trigger the "overlord dunk".

On the contrary, when he catches the ball and eats the cake without anyone defending him, dunking is very passable.

So it gives people the impression of being non-violent.

But that’s impossible!

It’s different now! This kind of unguarded dunk under the basket, he can get excited!

However, the fans were watching the excitement, and the head coach Sloan on the opposite side was watching the Grizzlies' play... From the moment he saw the Grizzlies returning to this starting lineup, he had some guesses that this time the Grizzlies After the team played a complete positional battle attack, how could Sloan still not see the opponent's style of play?

Triangle offense! It's the triangle offense again!

Sloan was so worried. Why did he always encounter a triangle offense every time he played in the finals?

Sun Ce's singles and cakes kicked off this stage where the Grizzlies suppressed the Bulls at the beginning.

The Bulls' defensive strategy was completely seen through by the Grizzlies!

Obviously, the Bulls will definitely defend against Sun Ce, and they will definitely fight the defense that consumes their Grizzlies' strength. Although Snell is more than 10 kilograms lighter than Sun Ce, he has been constantly fighting against Sun Ce. It's probably difficult to shoot from the outside.

However, Sun Ce had anticipated from the beginning that his touch would be consumed by the opponent. The Grizzlies coaching staff also regarded this possibility as something that would definitely happen, so from the beginning, Coach Hollins had no plan. Just let Sun Ce shoot from the outside and maintain the threat. If he doesn't shoot, he won't be strong. If he doesn't shoot, the threat won't be small.

The real three-pointers are Klay Thompson and Paul George.

On the offensive end, Sun Ce looks for opportunities to cut in, eat the cake if he can, catch the ball and attack in the low post, and look for mismatches.

The main points of attack are Randolph's low singles and Aldridge's high singles. From these two points, a triangle attack is launched, with Paul George's high area second pass and Aldridge's high and low post serving as the central axis. Sun Ce and Klay Thompson is the third receiving point.

The key point to be able to play this tactic is that the opponent's Griffin has more than enough defensive enthusiasm but insufficient ability. He is a first-class defense, or he is a first-class defense with bounce, speed and explosive power. Randolph and Griffin do not hesitate to use their physical strength. They went all out to play in turns, and the Grizzlies team offense played very smoothly!

On the contrary, the Bulls had a terrible offensive start. They encountered a life-threatening Sun Ce they had never encountered before!

Sun Ce did a good job in blocking the Bulls' outside players. But tonight, Sun Ce dared to resist even Griffin and Noah. If he couldn't resist and was knocked back, he would also use his defensive awareness to try every means. The impact of Griffin and Noah's rhythm.

Sun Ce's desperate defense greatly made up for the defensive disadvantages of Randolph and Aldridge. After 5 minutes and 52 seconds of the first quarter, the Bulls called a timeout. Sun Ce, who had just cut in, caused two fouls and free throws. In the first, their Bulls are already 6 points behind the Grizzlies at 8-14!

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Entering the official timeout, the Bulls felt so stressed that they couldn't breathe!

They were a little confused and were beaten by Sun Ce! 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, this is Sun Ce's performance in half a quarter!

The Bulls don't really care about how good Sun Ce is. They have scored 60 points in a single game. Is there anything that Sun Ce can't do?

The key is that Sun Ce's style of play was completely unexpected by them. Their defensive preparation before the game was completely in vain!

It's not that they didn't expect the Grizzlies to play a triangle offense, but they didn't expect Sun Ce to become the least important part of the triangle offense. To compare the Grizzlies' triangle offense tonight with the role in the Jordan and OK dynasties, in In the Jordan Dynasty, Sun Ce’s role is probably equal to that of Luke Longley.

In the OK Dynasty, Sun Ce's role is probably equal to Horace Grant.

These two roles are the players with the lowest tactical status in the entire triangle offense - power forward.

But because Sun Ce has incomparable athletic ability and a full range of shooting threats compared to these two, the effect is completely different!

If a timeout had not been called, Sloan even felt that Sun Ce would have scored higher than the entire Bulls team just by playing!

Sloan called a timeout for no other reason than to give the Grizzlies a chance to make substitutions.

If Randolph and Aldridge continue to play, they can still play for a few minutes, but calling a timeout may stop the opponent's rhythm. The opponent may be afraid of this and choose to substitute.

This time Sloan's prediction was very accurate, and he was experienced and did a very good job in adapting to situations.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies replaced Randolph and replaced him with a combination of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert.

Sloan made a rotation and sent out a combination of Rose, E'Twaan Moore, Snell, Griffin, and Noah.

Both teams sent out super strong defensive combinations!

Sloan's judgment at this time was very simple. Since the Grizzlies were prepared that Sun Ce's touch would be consumed, they had to make this happen!

And not only does it consume Sun Ce, but it also consumes the entire opponent's team.

Anyway, the Bulls had a bad start, Griffin and Dunleavy didn't shoot well, so don't try to get lucky and make too many outside shots. Sticking to defense is the way to go!

I have to say that Sloan is indeed experienced. Coach Hollins, who is also playing in the finals for the third time, is obviously not as well prepared as the other team. It's not just a matter of preparation time. Although it's the third time to play in the finals, Sloan has too much playoff experience. This is the 25th time Sloan has led the team to the playoffs!

The Bulls made a decisive move to stick to defense after the official timeout in the first quarter, which came earlier than the Grizzlies expected!

14 to 8, leading by 6 points, this is the score of half a quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies and the Bulls played 20 to 18! In the second half of the quarter, the two teams only played 6 to 10!

Gobert's defense at the basket is currently not much different from Noah, but Noah's mid-range defense and even switching defense on the outside are something Gobert can't compare to.

But fortunately Gobert has Sun Ce, and many things can be left to Sun Ce. The Grizzlies don't have to defend the most comprehensive and strongest center, as long as they are suitable.

The Bulls have Rose, Snell and Moore on the outside, and the Grizzlies have Paul George and Tony Allen. The Grizzlies are stronger, but in a defensive battle, just like Gobert is not as good as Noah but does not suffer, as long as they do not suffer.

However, the Grizzlies still suffered a little at the beginning, and the score difference was narrowed by 4 points.

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies came back to their senses and performed better on the defensive end.

The lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Pierce, Larry Sanders and Randolph played, and fought hard with the Bulls' lineup of Hinrich, Moore, McDermott, Gibson and Muhammad.

At this time, the two teams had no touch to speak of, and they had to rely on hard digging to score. Pierce and Randolph of the Grizzlies took turns to play low-post singles, while Hinrich and Gibson of the Bulls played pick-and-roll and scored by mid-range shots that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't.

Sloan's defense was really amazing. The Grizzlies only scored 17 points in the second quarter. Fortunately, they defended the Bulls even worse, and the Bulls only scored 15 points in the second quarter.

At halftime, the Grizzlies led the Bulls by 4 points 37 to 33 and entered the halftime break!

If the two teams played like this in the regular season, the fans at the scene would probably be drowsy, and the defensive battle came too early, but this was the finals! Fierce confrontation, brutal pulling, hot quarrels... Mainly because Noah could quarrel with anyone he saw, and the fans at the scene were cheering wildly!

The main reason was that the Grizzlies regained the initiative after the start of the second quarter and led by 4 points at halftime!

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Although they were leading, Sun Ce felt great pressure when he returned to the locker room. He found a problem. Two key players of the opponent went to rest after playing for a while in the first half. These two players were Mirotic and Aaron Brooks!

The former was the best scorer in the starting lineup of the Bulls in the previous game except for Rose and Griffin, and the latter was the best scorer on the bench of the Bulls. Both of them can score in double digits.

In addition, Aldridge and Randolph were exhausted! Gobert was in danger of fouling. After the fierce confrontation and being scolded by Noah, Gobert, who was not calm in character, received two fouls in the last 3 minutes of the second quarter. Fortunately, the opponent only made 2 of 4 free throws, otherwise their advantage would be smaller.

The defensive combination of Randolph and Larry Sanders, and the defensive combination of Aldridge and Gobert are the two strongest inside defensive combinations of the Grizzlies. Once there is a problem with these two defensive combinations, the Grizzlies may not be the opponent of the Bulls who are determined to fight to the death on defense, and if the opponent takes the opportunity to attack at this time... their inside defense will be in trouble!

But Sun Ce is not in a hurry, because he has been fully prepared since the beginning of the game! He thought about this situation when he discussed it with the coaching staff. Although the process is different, it has reached this point.

Now Sun Ce's thoughts are completely different from the first three rounds.

Before, I never thought about winning the championship with all wins. Which player would think about sweeping the championship at the beginning of the playoffs? It's crazy. 4-0 and 4-3 are both in control of you. There is no difference.

But now, the opportunity to win the championship with all wins is in front of us, and Sun Ce is ready to increase their advantages as much as possible! This is the second time in NBA history that such an opportunity has appeared. They don't want to have regrets like the Lakers in 2001!

Moreover, there is another very important thing for him personally-playing dominance!

After the Western Conference Finals, he officially ascended to the throne of the league's top player. The first round of the series after that is the Finals, so he must celebrate!

Celebrate with the Bulls!

The most suitable star experience card tonight is not the Curry card, not the Durant card, but... the Dream card!