One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven. One Goal that Cannot Be Defended

Leonard's current style of play is still simple. In positional warfare, he can shoot three-pointers from the sideline or look for opportunities to cut in when he doesn't have the ball. When he attacks with the ball, he will single out and pass the ball.

Such a player is very suitable as a championship puzzle. He can partner with any type of organizational core, just like Kobe can be suitable with O'Neal, Gasol, and James, because they don't actually occupy the ball, but only occupy the right to shoot.

Sun Ce was hit, and he felt that perhaps James is still the most stable point of the Lakers' scoring, and he will score more than Leonard, but at the moment of attack, Leonard is the best of the Lakers and even one of the best attackers in the league!

As the game progressed, the Lakers gradually stabilized their position and adjusted very quickly, which made the TV commentator admire the Lakers' ability to withstand pressure.

Especially Leonard, this season Leonard has entered the house. The Lakers no longer point to James, double nerves, or have to let Kobe solve the problem when they encounter troubles like last season, but have a clear one-on-one master who can help the team stabilize their position in the battle, and this person is Leonard.

After years of polishing basic skills and more than two years of careful guidance from Kobe and Metta World Peace, he began to have superstar-level strength.

After Leonard helped the Lakers stabilize their position, James began to look for opportunities for counterattacks and pick-and-roll passes in positional battles, which led to Kobe's running and shooting. When the official timeout came in the first quarter, the Lakers were still at a disadvantage, but they did not give the Grizzlies a chance to open up the score, and gradually brought up the rhythm!

At 6 minutes and 22 seconds in the first quarter, the Grizzlies called a timeout. The Grizzlies currently lead the Lakers by three points with 17 to 14, but have been unable to open up the score. There is still a possibility that the Lakers will overtake them. Gobert has been run away by the opponent twice, and Aldridge really can't hinder the opponent's fast break.

The lineup of James, Kobe, Leonard, Ed Davis, and Brandon Bass can run, shoot, pick and roll, and can also play a role in space containment. Except for the lack of strong defense ability under the basket and being singled out by Sun Ce in the low post, they really have this strong strength on both offense and defense.

Sun Ce has a clearer understanding of the Lakers' strength. After the Lakers put out this lineup, they have extremely strong wing defense capabilities, that is, they do a very good job of defending the Grizzlies' triangle offense and off-ball pick-and-roll cooperation! Obviously, the Lakers still use the Grizzlies as their imaginary enemy and continue the tactical system created by the old Bickerstaff's James as a point guard!

Sun Ce secretly thanked that the opponent did not have a big center who could protect the frame, otherwise Brandon Bass or Ed Davis, coupled with James and Leonard's wing defense, one of them is not particularly strong, just Valanciunas or Howard's current level of frame protection center, the Lakers can create big trouble for most pick-and-roll teams on the defensive end, including their Grizzlies!

Fortunately, the Lakers did a good job on both offense and defense, and the Grizzlies did not do badly either. Sun Ce made 3 of 4 shots in half a quarter, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal. When Sun Ce did not play alone, Paul George also made good use of his threat, and cooperated with Aldridge's high and low post singles ability and Aldridge's high post second pass ability to organize the Grizzlies' offense in an orderly manner.

Not as sharp as James, but Paul George's performance at least at this stage is not inferior to James.

On the Lakers side, the highest scorer was not Leonard or James, but Kobe who scored 6 points. Kobe has learned running positions from Reggie Miller and Mike Miller in recent years, and even found Klay Thompson, Curry and Durant to learn running positions. Anyway, he will learn and communicate with whoever has good running positions, and will not care about face at all.

Becoming stronger is the hard truth.

Kobe is very familiar with James's offensive organization and Leonard's vision of singles. He is also very clear about the defensive reading and the running habits of his teammates, and he can always find comfortable shooting opportunities.

Kobe's excellent shooting rate in the first two games is not given for nothing. The older he gets, the more exquisite his shooting and excellent running are the key.

Perhaps as the season progresses, Kobe's physical strength will decline, and his running and receiving efficiency will gradually decline, but at the beginning of the season, when the Lakers are adjusting, Kobe's receiving and shooting performance is so good, which will definitely bring great help to James and Leonard, the two superstar teammates.

However, Kobe played for half a quarter and had to rest. The Lakers replaced the lineup of James, JR Smith, Leonard, Mike Miller, and Tarik Blake.

On the Grizzlies side, if it was the first two games, Sun Ce would go down to rest, but not tonight. After the timeout, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, Carter, Nance Jr., and Yi Jianlian came on the court and ran and played!

Although the Grizzlies' role player lineup has become weaker, the Lakers' lineup has also become weaker! The Lakers did not successfully complete the task of one side gaining while the other side loses as the Thunder and the Warriors did. They have a longer-term goal, so they did not complete too many competitions for high-quality role players in the past summer.

Moreover, after the Lakers entered the rotation lineup, they were not able to hold the score in regular time like they did against the Bulls, and they were not able to take the initiative in regular time like they did against the Pelicans. Instead, they were beaten in a mess!

The main reason was that Sun Ce, who started to counterattack crazily after entering the rotation lineup and mostly chose personal offense!

Sun Ce understood that it was unlikely to limit Kobe's score to less than 13 points tonight. Obviously, at the beginning of the season, Kobe was in excellent condition. He was not idle in the summer and reached the best level he could achieve. As the season progressed, Kobe would definitely decline in performance due to physical strength and the Lakers' reduction of his playing time. However, it was difficult to limit Kobe's score at the beginning of the season.

In this case, let's go all out! Attack with all our might and have a good time!

In the counterattack, Sun Ce used his richer close-range footwork and stronger core strength to improve his layup level, and scored points continuously. In the positional battle, Sun Ce showed off his increasingly sophisticated scoring skills...

After the first quarter, Sun Ce's score increased to 16 points. After the half, Sun Ce had scored 33 points!

The Lakers were already in the running-in period. In terms of team defense, if James, Leonard, Brandon Bass, and Ed Davis were on the court, it would be fine. When they entered the rotation lineup, if the wind was favorable, it might be good, but in the face of adversity, they encountered the newly upgraded Little Overlord and collapsed!

In fact, when playing against the Bulls at home in the opening game, the Lakers' starting lineup had an advantage. Noah's speed was not much faster than Hibbert, and his shooting was scum. The Lakers once led by 11 points in the first half of the quarter, but as the players in the rotation lineup played more minutes, the Bulls tied the score in the third quarter and played in good form. In the fourth quarter, the Bulls were no less than the Lakers' strongest lineup, and in the end, Rose completed the buzzer-beater.

Tonight, relying on Sun Ce's opening attack, the Lakers could not even take the initiative with the strongest mini inside combination plus Zhan Lunke's combination. When it came to the rotation lineup, the Grizzlies had a clear advantage and led by 12 points 65 to 53 at halftime and entered the halftime break!

Kobe scored 11 points in the first half, Leonard scored 11 points, James scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, which added up to the same amount as Sun Ce's score!

Fortunately, Sun Ce had physical potions to use, and his physical strength naturally increased to S-level in the past summer, so he could score the same as three people in the first half.

As for the lead in the score, it depends on teammates. The Grizzlies' rotation depth advantage against the Warriors, Thunder, Mavericks, Bulls and other teams has narrowed, but against the Lakers, the rotation depth advantage has increased! The point is that the Lakers' new substitute lineup needs to be re-run, while the Grizzlies have left 9 players anyway, and although the new Nance has many shortcomings, his enthusiasm is not inferior to anyone in the team, and counterattacks are very suitable for Sun Ce.

During the halftime break, Sun Ce took a physical potion. Seeing that the three stars on the opposite side all scored 11 points... He had completely given up on limiting Kobe's 13 points. Now all he had to do was to use his personal ability and the strength of his teammates to win the game! And continue to score!

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After the halftime break, the Grizzlies' lineup of Sun Ce, Carter, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Randolph came on the court.

On the Lakers side, Kobe, who played 14 minutes in the first half and scored 11 points, continued to play. James and Leonard also played. The inside players were Ed Davis and Tarik Blake.

Ed Davis, Tarik Blake, and Brandon Bass, as long as the Lakers played a tense game, these three blue-collar inside players would alternately play. Compared with the Lakers' inside combination in the past two years, it was simply heartbreaking.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers attacked first.

After James advanced to the frontcourt this time, he passed the ball directly to Kobe, who was leaning against Sun Ce on the left side of the free throw line.

Sun Ce waved his hand to refuse Paul George's help defense behind him. After Kobe received the ball, he leaned back. At this age, he was no longer at an advantage in confrontation, footwork, and jumping against Sun Ce, but Kobe still found an opportunity and shot a high-post back-up turnaround jumper... During the period, in order to avoid interference in the shot, Kobe used the Golden Rooster Stand when he turned around and jumped. Sun Ce's interference was quite in place, but it still failed to stop Kobe. Kobe's backward Golden Rooster Stand mid-range shot hit the backboard and bounced into the frame!

Kobe's fifth goal of the game, scoring 13 points!

Sun Ce turned his head and saw the ball fall into the basket... He couldn't help clapping his hands, thought about it, and didn't receive the serve, so he called a timeout!