One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Six. Seventy Plus Is Not the End!
Latest website: In his first season in the NBA, Rose was evaluated by Pierce as "the most charismatic rookie". He is also a strong contender for the first point guard in many years except Sun Ce. He has both majesty and strength.
His words successfully reversed the current anxiety of the Bulls players.
Originally, the negative emotions of worrying about losing and being scored by Sun Ce turned into a "motivation". As long as they win, won't everything be fine?
Sloan was surprised by the effect of Rose's leadership ability. He had learned about Sun Ce's incredible leadership ability on the Grizzlies from Stockton. Now it seems that Rose is not bad!
In fact, even Sloan is very hesitant now. He doesn't want to see the opponent score high when playing against them. He doesn't know whether he should go all out and choose to block Sun Ce, giving the opponent an outside shooting opportunity and betting on luck.
But after Rose said this, Sloan immediately determined to make winning the game his first goal!
As a former top star who was selected to the All-Star Game twice, and was selected to the first defense four times and the second defense twice during his playing career, Sloan's pride is no less than that of the opposing coach Hollins.
Rose's words not only made his teammates excited, but even Sloan couldn't help thinking - if Sun Ce got 70+ and lost to their Bulls, how great would it be?
A man's happiness is simpler than you think.
Having made up his mind, Sloan, who has coached for 31 years and has countless experience in tense games, suddenly had a clear tactical plan for the fourth quarter in his mind and began to arrange it.
On the other side, the Grizzlies bench.
The intensity of the game was far beyond the Grizzlies' expectations!
From the beginning of the game, the opponent's earth-shaking rhythm change compared to previous encounters, to the process, to the situation after the first three quarters, all were unexpected.
Who the hell could have thought that they could score 109 to 110 in three quarters?
It has been more than six years since Sun Ce joined the Grizzlies... Not to mention these six years, the Grizzlies have only had such a three-quarter score once in their entire team history. The old players of the Grizzlies have forgotten the specific situation of that game, but they only remember that they won against Pao Ge in the end.
Sun Ce is now very focused, and the game is getting more and more uncontrollable. In the third quarter, the Grizzlies played so hard, but still did not overtake the score, and even could not see the advantage.
This completely swept away his restlessness during the halftime break. His previous mentality was still a little conceited!
It doesn’t matter if you are conceited, but you are afraid that you can’t recognize your conceit. Just pay attention to it in the future. You should still be proud of what you should be proud of, but in the next fourth quarter, you must calm down and play well.
His senses are different from those of the opponent. Let alone losing by 70+, losing by 50+ is very torturous! Tonight’s game cannot be lost!
But how to judge how the opponent will play in the fourth quarter now?
Sun Ce looked at Coach Hollins, and Coach Hollins also looked at Sun Ce. The two who have worked together for many years saw a sentence in each other’s eyes-I don’t know.
In this situation, who can guess what the opponent will do?
Coach Hollins thinks it is better to be direct and tough. In such a game, timely rotation adjustment plays a greater role than tactics! Take it one step at a time, it is like this anyway.
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The intermission is over, and the fourth quarter is about to start.
On the Bulls side, Rose, Snell, McDermott, Taj Gibson, and Griffin are on the court.
On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, JaMychal Green, and Randolph are on the court.
The Bulls attack first, and Rose advances to the front court with the ball.
It is another goal that must be scored. Although Rose said it very proudly, the pressure is infinite, and he is carrying the pressure of the whole team on his shoulders.
Tonight, the Bulls don’t know how many goals they must score, because if they don’t score, the strongest player on the opposite side will definitely seize the opportunity to bite them hard like a demon, and Rose has no doubt about this.
Rose came to the frontcourt and saw JaMychal Green entangled with Griffin. It was not easy for him to play pick-and-roll with Griffin. The best defense against the double-death pick-and-roll tonight was the forward combination of Paul George and JaMychal Green.
But it didn't matter. Rose had other people who could play pick-and-roll. He waved and found Gibson.
Gibson pulled to the top arc to block Paul George. Rose broke through to the deep after the pick-and-roll... There was no chance to pass the ball! Sun Ce, Randolph, and Paul George cut off his route to Gibson or McDermott. Klay Thompson followed closely from the outside, and JaMychal Green went around to defend Griffin!
The defense of this lineup of the Grizzlies exceeded Rose's expectations! There was no way. Rose turned around and faced the basket and took a step back to shoot a mid-range shot... This was not the shooting method that Rose was good at, and Randolph followed closely, so Rose's mid-range shot missed!
Rebound!
JaMychal Green failed to stop Griffin, and Griffin grabbed the offensive rebound!
Griffin was furious about this ball. After grabbing the rebound, he jumped up again excitedly and slammed the ball into the basket... "Snap"...
Griffin's overexcited second-chance dunk was slapped away by a hand with a bandage!
Jamiehl Green grabbed the ball and passed it to Paul George. The offense and defense changed, and the Grizzlies started a fast break!
Although his ability to push forward and break fast is not as good as Sun Ce, Paul George's ability to counterattack is not bad. He passed the ball to Klay Thompson in the frontcourt. Klay Thompson passed the ball to Sun Ce who followed up. Sun Ce cut in and received the ball and made a layup under Gibson's defense.
111 to 110, the Grizzlies overtook by 1 point!
Sun Ce's block just now made Rose's face so anxious that it was squeezed into a daisy. Why didn't he rush all the way to the basket? Wasn't it because he saw that Sun Ce had a chance to make up for the defense at any time! As a result, Griffin completely ignored Sun Ce behind him after grabbing the offensive rebound and was blocked.
Look at Sun Ce's layup in the defensive counterattack just now. The touch is still explosive!
This is the father raised by the Bulls' offensive from the beginning of the game tonight. No one else can blame him. Rose ran back to receive the serve and pushed forward. He just suffered a loss. Now he has a way to deal with it. He calmly analyzed the opponent's defensive position and directed his teammates' movements after half court.
Rose came to the three-point line, and when McDermott slipped to the baseline, Sun Ce, McDermott, Griffin, and JaMychal Green were crowded together, Rose directly crossed and broke through!
High-speed change of direction followed by high-speed acceleration breakthrough, this is no longer Rose's regular offensive method after 2011, but it does not mean that he does not know it, but he uses this move as the last weapon to play key balls!
Paul George was passed in one step, and Rose rushed into the inside, so fast that Randolph had not reacted before Rose threw the ball into the basket over his head.
Rose bloomed again!
In this ball, the other person in the double evil understood the meaning of his partner's communication... Let's just do it!
Sun Ce also got excited, no longer playing back like in the third quarter, but using the threats of his teammates' outside shots in the third quarter to focus on personal offense.
Rose and Griffin took turns. If there was a chance for a pick-and-roll, they would do a pick-and-roll with two players. If there was no chance, they would catch the ball and play one-on-one. Rose and Griffin cooperated with each other in a pick-and-roll against Paul George, JaMychal Green and Sun Ce. It was very difficult to play, but there was no problem in a one-on-one match. They could play against these two people at will.
The God of Basketball VS the Twins. This scene made the old fans at the scene a little dazed... Before the formation of the Big Three of Sloan + Rose + Griffin, they never thought that one day they would cheer for the Twins!
The one-on-one match between Sun Ce and the Twins was more tense than the fans expected. Sun Ce had no dead angle in his shooting area, strong comprehensive ability, and the ability to seize opportunities was different from ordinary people. Rose and Griffin were strong, and no one could match their two-player cooperation. With the lineups and tactics specially built for them by the two teams, the success rate of positional warfare offense was almost the same!
The key point is not the positional warfare offense of both sides, but the ability to seize counterattack opportunities!
In contrast, without Yi Jianlian, the Grizzlies' counterattack success rate was not as good as the Bulls'. At 4 minutes and 11 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Bulls relied on Griffin's counterattack dunk to lead by 4 points, 126 to 122!
Fortunately, Klay Thompson stood up in time and hit a three-pointer after Paul George's pass, narrowing the gap to 1 point.
And Paul George's three-pointer played a bigger role. In the next round, Rose made a three-pointer after a pick-and-roll, and Sun Ce immediately took advantage of the "Splash Power Level 5" to trigger a three-pointer in return, keeping the score close.
At 7 minutes and 55 seconds, Griffin passed the ball to Ariza for a three-pointer, and Ariza made a steal on Sun Ce. Rose received the ball and made a mid-range shot in the counterattack, widening the gap to 5 points.
Fortunately, Sun Ce made a high-post back-to-back jumper and scored 2+1. In the next defensive round, he stole the ball from Ariza who cut in and received the ball. In the counterattack, he caused Rose who was chasing him to foul. He went to the free throw line and made two free throws.
138 to 138, the two teams tied again!
With these two free throws, Sun Ce's personal score increased to 71 points. In more than half a quarter, Sun Ce had already scored 18 points!
The players on the court were fighting hard and doing what they could, ready to seize the opportunity at any time. The three superstars who were holding the ball dared not make any mistakes, and the others who did not have the ball dared not be distracted. They had to seize their opportunities. Even if the core player with the ball did not pass the ball in the previous round, they had to pay attention to the next round. Once the ball was in their hands, they had to seize the opportunity. Once they failed to seize it, they would be easily counterattacked by the opponent.
At 11 minutes and 51 seconds into the game, Sun Ce, who had not scored for two minutes, seized the opportunity to catch the ball and hook the ball, raising his personal score to 75 points, 145-145 tie!
In the past few minutes, the scoring efficiency of both teams has declined. In 3 minutes, the two teams only played 7-7, and there was no timeout!
After Sun Ce scored a hook shot, Rose could only receive the serve and advance directly. He immediately attacked in the frontcourt and rushed all the way to the basket. His layup against Sun Ce who was defending was cut off!
As Sun Ce missed the ultra-long-range three-pointer, the regular game time ended, 145-145 tie, and the two teams entered overtime!