One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Seven. The Most Difficult S-Level Event!

The Warriors' timeout did not play a big role this time. Not only did it not play a role, it also gave the Grizzlies a chance to rotate. Coach Hollins promptly replaced the combination of Sun Ce, Sessions, Carter, Klay Thompson, and Yi Jianlian, and took advantage of this momentum to play a run-and-gun game!

This time, Steve Kerr's timeout was indeed not as good as when he was absent due to injury at the beginning of the season and Luke Walton was the acting coach. Luke Walton may be better than Steve Kerr in playing the full-level account.

The last time the Warriors played the Grizzlies at home, it was Luke Walton who coached. Sun Ce scored 45 points in a single game. Sun Ce had a two-and-a-half-minute wave of 11 points to help the Grizzlies narrow the gap to 4 points, but Luke Walton was obviously calmer than Steve Kerr. He did not give the Grizzlies a chance to gain momentum, but stabilized his position and continued to consume.

Perhaps if Luke Walton's idea was followed this time, the effect would be better, but Luke Walton is no longer the acting head coach and can only worry on the sidelines.

Sure enough, after the timeout, the Grizzlies played very well, and the Warriors could not defend at all, so they could only passively follow the Grizzlies to speed up infinitely.

The current rules are favorable to teams with players who are good at finding confrontation on the offensive end. In the run-and-gun style, the Grizzlies also took advantage of this.

During this period, Sun Ce only scored 4 points. The opponent did a very good job of defending him. Carter and Klay Thompson were also closely followed by the opponent's flanks, and there were not many opportunities, but Sessions and Yi Jianlian scored a lot. Relying on the outside containment of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Carter, Sessions and Yi Jianlian scored 12 points in this half!

Moreover, the Warriors had to speed up a beat slower, and the Grizzlies played a wave of 21 to 14 in 5 minutes. When the official timeout in the second quarter came, the Grizzlies were already 14 points ahead of the Warriors 61 to 47!

The Grizzlies' 70+ in the first half seemed to have no problem at all, and it was even possible to get 80 points in the first half!

The Warriors were stunned. After the official timeout, the strongest defensive lineup of Harden, Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green, and Thabeet came on the court to curb the Grizzlies' offense.

The Grizzlies also promptly replaced the starting lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert to compete with the Warriors on defense.

Originally, the Warriors' offense was not bad at all. Not only was it not bad, it was very good. One of the points that the Warriors are stronger than the Grizzlies last season is that their defensive lineup is also surprisingly good at offense, unlike the Grizzlies and the Pistons that year, which were pure tank lineups that relied on stars to score.

When the Warriors were fighting hard on defense, their offense was at the top level.

But in the first half of this quarter, the Grizzlies' score of 26 to 16 in the first half of the quarter obviously made the Warriors a little panicked. Although they did a good job on the defensive end, it was not the best. The key was that they were also hasty on the offensive end and failed to play their due strength.

They didn't let the opponent play at the level they should have, which means that the Grizzlies played well! The so-called tactical role and star role are for this.

At the end of the first half, the Grizzlies were just a little bit short of breaking 80+ in the first half, 78 to 62, and the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 16 points in the first half!

In the next 6 minutes, although the Grizzlies' score was not as crazy as in the first half, it was also very good. Sun Ce, Aldridge and Randolph made several mid-range shots, and the half-quarter score was 17 to 15!

In the whole second quarter, the Grizzlies scored 43 points!

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11 of 18 shots in the first half, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, plus 5 of 6 free throws, scored 29 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal... Sun Ce looked at his half-time data, the score was okay, the Grizzlies scored 43 points in the second quarter, and it was normal for him to get 14 of them.

The key is 5 assists in a single quarter! Since the beginning of this season, Sun Ce has not played a performance of 5 assists in a single quarter, because the ball possession has decreased, of course, the corresponding shooting opportunities have increased.

The number of 20+ assists in a single quarter in less than half a season this season can catch up with the entire season in previous years.

After taking a physical potion, Sun played very well in this half. Compared with the last match, the Grizzlies have studied the Warriors' style of play more and more targeted, and he also grasped several key points!

The first wave at the beginning and Klay Thompson's three-pointer at the end of the first quarter also had a lot to do with him, the first wave of impact at the beginning of the second quarter made the opponent call a timeout, and Sun's excellent running and gunning organization of the offense after the opponent called a timeout, and the stable 7 points in the positional battle later... Sun Ce has done his best!

Even if he has upgraded his physical strength to S-level, he played a full half of 24 minutes, tried his best on both offense and defense, and did a very good job in assisting defense and single defense after switching defense. He even stole the ball from Harden once. He was exhausted after halftime.

Sun Ce felt that the physical potion played a huge role in his key games. He could burst out with stronger strength than usual in these games because he didn't need to worry about the distribution of physical strength like other stars when using the physical potion. He could go all out every second.

It was a pity that sometimes the physical potion was wasted, because sometimes the physical potion was not used for many consecutive games, but it could not be used casually when it was fully charged. If the opponent burst out or he was in a bad state, it would be bad if he used it casually because it was fully charged.

Sun Ce shook his head and didn't think about it for now. He wrung out the towel soaked in hot water and prepared to wipe off the sweat and change his jersey. Suddenly, the system prompt came!

"Fuck! I just thought about it, don't do this!"

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After the halftime break, the fans saw Sun Ce, who had the "strongest recovery ability in history", return to the court in high spirits, as if the desperate play of Iverson on the offensive end and Howard on the defensive end in the first half had no effect at all, and they felt even more miserable!

However, Sun Ce was also miserable when he returned to the court!

"Extreme Honor (S):

Event goal: Win the regular season MVP for three consecutive seasons.

Event reward: The physical potion charging version is upgraded to the physical potion storage version."

This is the first time that Sun Ce has seen an S-level event in the trigger event section. In the past, S-level events were all stage events or part of career events or challenger events, and at least there were multiple series of events to complete.

But this time, there is only one goal, but the requirements of this goal have only been achieved by two people in the 70-year history of the NBA, one is Chamberlain and the other is Bird.

It is true that Sun wants to win three consecutive MVPs, but there is no pressure. If he can get it, he will get it. If he can't get it, it will not affect his playoff performance, so he competes with Curry for the MVP with a very positive and positive mood.

But now, whether he can win the regular season MVP this season and complete the epic "Extreme Honor" three consecutive MVP achievements will definitely affect his playoff performance!

Although there is no penalty for not getting it, he has lost the "Physical Energy Potion Storage Version". Although it is only one word different from the "Physical Energy Potion Charging Version", the difference is huge!

Now he really has to win the regular season MVP this season at all costs. The upgrade of the physical potion will have the strongest bonus effect on his playoffs this season, future playoffs... and even the later years of his career after the activation of "Unfading"!

Now, most of the star experience cards, even some S-level star experience cards, may not help him improve his strength. The best effect may be a change in playing style, but some stars who are weaker than him may not have much effect even if their playing style is changed, unless they are players with strong functionality like Klay Thompson...

Sun Ce shook his head. What he should care about now is not the star experience card, but how to increase the probability of winning the MVP.

Record... The Warriors are expected to win at least 70 games this season. The Grizzlies don't have the conditions to catch up, and this is not a necessary condition, because they can't be better than their own record last season. If the voters want to vote for him, Sun, they don't look at the record, as long as they don't fall too far behind the Warriors.

The most critical thing may be the victory or defeat in the direct confrontation with Curry!

This may be the most critical point in the final decision of who can win the MVP!

Even a tie is not acceptable. Since the record is basically impossible to be better than the Warriors, the Grizzlies have to defeat the opponent in a direct confrontation, which means that starting from this game, they must beat the Warriors in every regular season this season, and they cannot lose a single game! Because the Warriors have already won one game before!

Then the pressure in this game is great!

Although the Grizzlies led by 16 points at halftime, for the Wave combination, 16 points is only two or three minutes!

With great pressure, Sun Ce played with Klay Thompson, Paul George, JaMychal Green, and Randolph.

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

Steve Kerr directly brought out the Death Five, which was within the expectations of Coach Hollins. The Warriors would definitely not give up. As long as the Warriors win one game, the Warriors will be guaranteed to tie with the Grizzlies in the regular season this season, and there will be no psychological disadvantage in the playoffs.

In addition, if the Warriors win 70+ games this season and accomplish what the Grizzlies have accomplished, the Warriors will definitely have high morale in the playoffs! This is definitely not a good thing for the Grizzlies, whose only goal is to defend their title.

On the other hand, Curry, who scored 17 points and made 4 three-pointers in the first half, and Harden, who scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 block and 1 steal in the first half, both had very serious expressions, and they also knew the importance of this game.

The strength shown by the Grizzlies tonight far exceeded the expectations of the two! The main one is Sun Ce, whose usual performance is terrible enough. In such a focus battle, Sun Ce's performance is simply indescribable by humans.

Curry had to admit that this former roommate can be described as the god of contemporary basketball!