One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Six. Show Off on Little Overlord?

13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal. Sun Ce looked at his data and thought he might as well change to a No. 24 jersey... But the team seemed to hope that he could play more "independently", or more accurately, reduce the ball holding and focus on scoring on the offensive end to reduce his offensive pressure.

Especially after seeing Curry's increasingly successful play this season, the coaching staff has become more determined to implement this point, and facts have proved that this is more conducive to Paul George's performance and more conducive to the adjustment of the team's play after the lineup changes.

But now a new problem has come. At the beginning of the second quarter, Aldridge and Gobert will definitely not be able to play, and the rhythm cannot be controlled!

But Sun Ce knows that this situation is a headache for both sides. The Warriors' Thabit will definitely not be able to play. Centers like Thabit and Gobert are best to play more than 20 minutes in a game. No matter how much playing time they have, they cannot guarantee their status. Maybe most other teams have such centers, and they may use them to exhaustion in anxious games because they are really useful.

But teams like the Grizzlies and Warriors won't. They know that at critical moments, the two players' ability to defend the basket is more important than anything else, because the closer they are to the basket, the easier it is to score, and they must defend it.

However, Sun Ce is now more confident than before the game started. After they have better coordination and clearer coping strategies, the gap in strength with the Warriors has narrowed significantly, and perhaps it will become smaller and smaller as the season progresses!

It's just that now, they are still slightly inferior to the Warriors in terms of strength, especially when Harden plays steadily and Curry raises his ceiling, the Grizzlies are likely to be overturned in an instant, and to seize the advantage created at the beginning of the first quarter, they must ensure that while the team performs well, someone continues to play at a high level comparable to Curry or Harden.

This depends on him, Sun!

Fortunately, with the adjustment of playing style and the improvement of physical strength, he is now playing half the game with a desperate attitude, and he is no longer as tired as last season. This season, it is common for him to play about 40 minutes as an offensive spearhead and a defensive gate. If he uses physical potions, there is no problem at all for him to play the whole game!

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The break is almost over, and the Warriors sent Curry and Nick Young, Iguodala, Speights, and Draymond Green to play.

On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, JaMychal Green, and Randolph played.

Curry looked at Sun Ce on the opposite side, and there was no need to guess. He was ready to play against Sun Ce for the whole game.

The reason why Curry was under pressure was that he could play more than 40 minutes in a game, but Harden couldn't.

This is something that people were very surprised about in the past two years. When Curry entered the peak period of combining physiology and technology, his physical performance was much better than Harden. For example, in the past three playoffs, Curry played more than 40 minutes per game, while Harden could only play 36-38 minutes. The difference is actually quite large.

Fortunately, compared with the rotation lineup, the Warriors' bench this season is even stronger than the Grizzlies.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Warriors attacked first.

Curry came up and created a layup opportunity for Nick Young. Nick Young received the ball and made a layup.

The Warriors arrived at the rotation lineup, and the excellent team performance of averaging 30.8 assists per game so far this season was immediately shown, showing a completely different style of play from the starting lineup. Curry, Iguodala, and Drummond Green quickly started a beautiful pass-cut cooperation style of play, with Iguodala as the main point, Drummond Green as the transfer, and Curry as the regular receiving point and the final decision point in some cases.

Nick Young scored a shot, and Sun Ce, who was dodged by Nick Young at the baseline, immediately picked up the ball that fell from the basket.

Paul George counterattacked!

Scoring the ball is a very important part of the defense. When Nick Young cut in and received the ball on the Warriors side, the others had already retreated, and Nick Young also followed his defensive target, the shooting guard, Tony, and did what he could.

Paul George advanced quickly, and Sun Ce followed up while observing the opponent's defense.

Sure enough, the opponent still had a tendency to block him. In the first quarter, he scored 13 points, most of which were close to the basket. When he pulled out, he didn't have any good shooting opportunities. He only scored one three-pointer. Most of the time, he was defended and the passing route was cut off before he received the ball. However, this also helped his teammates, especially Klay Thompson, create opportunities and helped the team achieve a super high success rate.

Since the opponent's defensive strategy remained the same, Sun Ce took the initiative to enter the opponent's defensive circle that could be double-teamed and assisted after he arrived at the frontcourt. Paul George seized the opportunity to quickly pass the ball to Randolph. Randolph took a step to attract the defense of Draymond Green and Speights, and then passed the ball to JaMychal Green!

The Warriors were more lax in defending JaMychal Green than they were in defending Tony Allen. However, the reason why the Grizzlies created opportunities for JaMychal Green was that this development player had made great progress in three-point shooting. He has played 12 games so far this season and can shoot nearly 1 three-pointer per game, with a decent hit rate of 35%...

JaMychal Green took the ball and shot decisively... but missed!

But Sun Ce bypassed Curry and Iguodala, rushed in, and scored two points with Randolph holding down the opponent's two inside players!

The outside line was infinitely guarded by Curry and Iguodala and the passing route was cut off. When both teams had big centers, Sun Ce played more tired. In addition to attracting defense, he also had to work hard to find shooting opportunities to ensure that the other team members could hit the mid-range shot stably when there were no good scoring opportunities.

But now it is different. Sun Ce took the initiative to enter the double-teamed position, using the opponent's defense to defend him from receiving the ball and shooting, creating mid-range and long-range shooting opportunities for other teammates, and then using Randolph's threat to rush and grab!

At this time, his size advantage was unmatched on the court!

15 points and 4 rebounds!

37 to 33, the Grizzlies still maintained a 4-point lead.

The Warriors coach looked at Sun Ce's play and felt that the opponent was completely cheating! How could a point guard play like this? The one who was the best at grabbing rebounds among all the people in the court was actually a point guard.

Similar to the Warriors, when JaMychal Green shot, Tony Allen and Paul George had already retreated. JaMychal Green also retreated immediately after shooting. He had tried his best to shoot. He had to shoot whether it went in or not. The third brother said to him: Shoot boldly when there is an open position, and you will definitely get better and better.

Sun Ce's words gave JaMychal Green great encouragement, allowing him to play in the NBA with more confidence.

The Warriors also served the ball immediately. Their lineup needs speed very much, and playing offense and defense transition is what they are best at.

Curry pushed forward to the frontcourt and used the almost perfect combination of man and ball to pass Tony Allen. Although he did not have Harden's strength and explosive speed, Curry was not inferior to Harden in one-on-one passing. He successfully attracted JaMychal Green. Curry passed the ball to Draymond Green, Randolph quickly made up for it, and Draymond Green made a second pass!

Speights's timing of cutting in was just right. He received the ball one step outside the three-second zone. Speights could take a step to layup or directly throw the ball. Fortunately, Sun Ce retreated to the basket in time. Speights took a step into the three-second zone and jumped. Sun Ce blocked him in time. At this time, Speights passed the ball to the right side of the three-second zone in the air.

Iguodala received the ball at close range on the right side of the three-second zone, and the opportunity to dunk over Sun Ce came! Iguodala took a step into the right side of the three-second zone and jumped up! Just when Iguodala jumped to the highest point and slammed the ball into the basket with a stretched tomahawk dunk posture, a hand with a hand bandage was printed on the ball that Iguodala dunked!

One-defense-two block! Sun Ce defended Speights and Iguodala's two attacks in a row! Paul George, who followed Iguodala, grabbed the defensive rebound! Paul George pushed forward to counterattack!

This time, Sun Ce's block disrupted the Warriors' retreat. In the follow-up, he ran to the right corner with the help of JaMychal Green's pick-and-roll. Paul George quickly passed the ball to Sun Ce in the corner. When Drummond Green got to the position, Sun Ce had already made a complete shooting action and shot a three-point hook shot in the right corner... hit!

40 to 33, the second quarter was only played for more than 1 minute, and the Warriors called a timeout!

The ball just now was too morale-destroying for the Warriors.

Curry and Drummond Green successfully pulled JaMychal Green and Randolph out. Facing Sun Ce who was received under the basket, whether it was Speights directly using his tonnage to force a shot against Sun Ce, or Iguodala receiving the ball at close range and directly throwing it, it was a good choice, but Speights and Iguodala were too reckless. The former wanted to use the pass to play with Sun Ce, and the latter wanted to dunk over Sun Ce. As a result, they failed to force it, but gave Sun Ce the opportunity to show his excellent static physical fitness!

Iguodala was about to dunk the ball into the basket a few tenths of a second before Sun Ce, who jumped from the spot after landing, took advantage of his height and wingspan to hold him down! The key is that Sun Ce was given a three-pointer opportunity next, which is a point that the Warriors must block in tonight's tactics. They said that they could not let Sun Ce shoot from all directions. Mid-range shots are difficult to defend, and it is difficult to stop Sun Ce from attacking offensive rebounds due to the height problem of the rotation lineup. But they are fully capable of blocking Sun Ce from connecting with Klay Thompson in three-pointers because they have one of the best wing defenses in the league.

But in the previous round, they were defeated on both ends of the offense and defense. It was originally their opportunity to play an offense-defense transition, but it turned out that the Grizzlies played an offense-defense transition. Sun Ce made a successful defense that was almost impossible to complete and a hook three-pointer. Seeing the excitement of the opponent, Steve Kerr knew that the opponent had already started!