One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Six. The Most Brutal Defensive Battle!

Sun Ce's birthday was grand, so it was just their family dinner. This time they didn't even invite his teammates. This situation is quite normal in the American sports world. Many players regard their birthdays as a more private time.

Especially for the Grizzlies like Sun Ce, who took the initiative to work with the local government and the NBA to communicate with the NBA about not arranging the schedule for their Grizzlies on January 7 before the league set the schedule, there is even more reason to treat this day as a private time.

This is more or less a privilege.

But let’s not say it was not lively. Fans held celebrations on this day, and citizens also petitioned for a new day of rest in Memphis to celebrate Sun Ce’s birthday.

This proposal was supported by many local councillors. Sun Ce came to Memphis for more than six years and brought about earth-shaking changes in the city's sports, economy, culture and other aspects, making the city a world-famous city.

If this happens, it will no longer be a symbolic holiday, but a real holiday that will be included in the laws of Memphis and even the state of Tennessee.

Sun Ce's birthday was simpler than many people imagined. He had a big meal at noon, and in the afternoon Sun Ce took the two girls to make snacks with little Gohan, who was almost 3 years old. Little Gohan grew up faster than expected. Play with the egg beater and have fun

The birthday celebration was spent simply. On the next day, the second game of the Grizzlies' three consecutive home games arrived, and the opponent was the Nets.

Arriving at the arena in the morning, Sun Ce received many belated gifts. The main reason was that he had agreed the night before that he would not answer the phone on his birthday yesterday and would spend time with his family.

This is normal in the United States. Some people have given gifts in advance, and some people just bought them yesterday and delivered them today. No matter what, they are all sincere. Sun Ce is very happy.

He also returned the gifts, which were the snacks made yesterday afternoon, cookies, small cakes, etc.

At 5:30 in the evening, the game between the Grizzlies and Nets started.

The Nets performed well this time. Porzingis got the boards, Larry Sanders had 7 points and 15 rebounds, Wayne Ellington had 22 points, and Pierce also performed well, scoring 10 points, but the weird thing is Lopez, the Nets' heaviest cornerstone center, scored 4 three-pointers tonight, totaling 21 points and 11 assists, but only had 1 rebound, 21 points, 1 rebound, 11 assists and 2 blocks. Those who didn't know thought it was the performance of some point guard with good bounce.

On the contrary, the Grizzlies' Sun Ce performed poorly tonight, making only 6 of 18 shots and scoring 20 points. Fortunately, he had 22 rebounds, 4 blocks and two steals.

With Sun Ce’s double 20, Paul George’s assists, and Klay Thompson’s 30 points,

The Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Nets to improve their record to 34 wins and 6 losses.

After playing the game against the Nets, they took a day off. On January 10th, it was the Grizzlies' turn to play the Spurs at home.

Not only Sun Ce, the Grizzlies coaching staff also regards the Spurs as one of the strongest opponents in the playoffs.

However, you still have to take a rest, but it is not impossible to target the Spurs. There is always something worth trying.

The reason why people believe Duncan will retire after this season is that unless there is a real injury this season, the Spurs will never rest the three players. Occasionally, Duncan will be asked to play half of a game, such as a back-to-back game. section, if Duncan is not allowed to play later, he will also be allowed to appear.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game, which was broadcast live by multiple TV stations, began.

However, not long after the game started, both teams were surprised that the other side actually tried to play defense.

For the Grizzlies, Randolph will take a rest tonight, Gerald Green and Bargnani will be placed on the inactive list, and JaMychal Green will be recalled.

Originally, Tony Allen was supposed to take a rest, but Coach Hollins specifically put Gerald Green on the inactive list and sent out Tony Allen just to try out defense, because Aldridge happened to not have to take a rest tonight, and Aldridge was there. In combination with Gobert inside, you can try to deal with the Spurs defensively.

At present, they have 34 wins and 6 losses. They must win against weak teams and strive to win against ordinary playoff teams. This strategic goal gives them an opportunity to try when facing the real opponents in their minds. The Spurs are naturally one of the opponents who need to try the most. God knows how strong the Spurs will be in the playoffs after their lineup has been strengthened so much this season.

The Grizzlies' defense ranks among the top five in the league. The rotation consisting of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and JaMychal Green also defends very well against light lineups.

Although the combination of Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Sun Ce, and Gobert did not have much appearance time, this combination ranked first in the league in defensive efficiency, limiting opponents to only 97 points per 100 possessions.

Just limited by physical problems, this lineup will definitely not be able to exist for a long time. If this lineup is not used as the core lineup, the time of other lineups will be shortened. The main reason is that the offense of this lineup is really poor.

Defense, defense, defense, that's how the Grizzlies will start tonight's game.

On the Spurs side, even the lineup changed tonight. The lineup of Rondo, Danny Green, Gay, Duncan, and Boban. The defense of this lineup was even harder than the Grizzlies. It didn't take long to force the Grizzlies. Replacing Aldridge with Tony Allen gave the Grizzlies a slight upper hand on the defensive end.

But it’s useless to have the upper hand. Neither team can break through the opponent’s defense.

The Grizzlies' defense is slightly better than the opponent's, but it doesn't mean they can break down the opponent's defense.

When Duncan, Boban, Tony Allen, and Gobert needed to rest and were replaced, the defensive confrontation between the two teams had already started, and the referee's penalty scale was also biased by the two teams, who wanted to stop the defensive battle and start attacking. It can no longer be done

After the first quarter, the head coaches of the two teams looked at the scores. Coach Hollins was surprised. He was trying to think of a way to find out that there was no other way. He decided to just go for it. After so many years, he had never been afraid of anyone in front of him. This is true from the player days to the coaching days.

On the other side, Vicki felt as if he was in another world. For a moment, he seemed to have returned to 10 years ago.

In the second quarter, the two teams sent out smaller lineups with tacit understanding, but the offensive performance was still not good. The confrontation had already started and could not be contained. Yi Jianlian and Bonner were replaced after playing two minutes.

Both teams relied mainly on the speed of small lineups to score, and both teams shot poorly.

The Grizzlies scored a great score in the second quarter. At the end of the half, the Grizzlies overtook the Spurs by 1 point.

With this score, fans who just turned on the TV felt like there was something wrong with their eyes. These two teams are super offensive teams that can score 130 points in regular time.

The Grizzlies averaged 1,175 points per game this season, ranking first in the league, two points higher than the Warriors. The Spurs averaged 111 points per game, ranking third in the league. How could the games between these two teams be so good?

On the contrary, the fans at the scene were very happy to watch it, just like watching the playoffs. In this era where the rules are conducive to the outside and everyone is soaring in points, occasionally watching a game like this is simply not too fun.

The bloody collision, fierce confrontation, and finding scoring opportunities under such confrontation are not without highlights. Instead, they show the characteristics of the two teams' true superstars.

On the Spurs' side, Rondo's scoring under the basket, Duncan's stable mid-range shot under high confrontation, Gay's long two-point single, Duncan's catch-and-shoot mid-range shot and seizing the opportunity to rush.

For the Grizzlies, Klay Thompson can occasionally hit long-range shots under almost miraculous circumstances. If he hits a three-pointer, Sun Ce will definitely miss one in his next offense, and he really hits one. Sun Ce's own various A mid-range shot, Aldridge’s high and low post-up stability

The real star players of both teams all showed their characteristics that are different from ordinary stars in this situation.

During the halftime break, the game aroused heated discussion on the Internet. A game like this that few people would have been willing to pay to watch if they had looked at the score two or three years ago has become popular now. In the words of Duncan fans, This is called "Art Renaissance".

When fans discussed the shining performance of these real star players in the defensive battle, Raptors star DeRozan continued to improve this year, averaging 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, but , everyone already knows that he will be cheated in the playoffs, and the Eastern Conference happens to have the Bulls, 76ers, Heat, Nets, and Knicks who can play super defensive teams in the playoffs. Team.

Comparing the Spurs and Grizzlies, DeRozan didn't even play a game today, and he was called "trash brother" again, and Lowry followed suit.

The focus returns to the game between the Spurs and Grizzlies.

During the halftime break, Sun Ce used a stamina potion. He was too tired from playing tonight, even more tired than the time he played against the Warriors.

You must focus on defense more than ever, and while focusing on defense, you must also look for fleeting offensive opportunities.

One half-court rebound, 1 assist, 4 blocks, 2 steals, two steals, but no chance to counterattack. This was the most torturous part of Sun Ce's performance.

In the third quarter, the Spurs took the initiative and scored a single quarter. After three quarters, the score became, and the Spurs went ahead by two points.

However, in the fourth quarter, Sun Ce's "physical advantage" began to show on the Grizzlies' side. In the third quarter, the Spurs' offense and defense struggled to create an advantage. Although they succeeded, it was not enough.

In the final quarter, Sun Ce led his team to score 26 points in a single quarter, scoring the highest score in a single quarter for both teams in the game and limiting the Spurs to only 15 points.

In the end, relying on Sun Ce's third career 30 rebounds in a single game and his fourth career 10 blocks in a single game, Sun Ce, who had 3 blocks, 3 assists and 4 steals, helped the Grizzlies defeat the Spurs in this fierce defensive battle.