One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Three. Curry's Fatal Mistake!
The Warriors were very afraid that Sun Ce would specifically attack Curry. Now it was even more difficult for Curry to use his upper body strength to limit Sun Ce's jump and speed, so they made targeted arrangements for Sun Ce's flank attack.
Harrison Barnes on the outside and Thabit under the basket were the foundation. As long as Sun Ce used the pick-and-roll to attack on both sides, he would be attacked. Sun Ce soon discovered this and began to cooperate with Paul George, using the double attack to attract Draymond Green to the free throw line to make up for the defense. Sun Ce passed the ball to Klay Thompson on the side and Klay Thompson around the top arc. Paul George received the ball at the free throw line and passed it to the basket or the baseline. Aldridge and Gobert scored at the basket or the baseline.
Both sides used very common play styles. Generally speaking, they might only play a few rounds at the beginning, but the success rate was high tonight and the two teams continued.
When the official timeout in the first quarter came, the two teams were tied at 19 to 19!
After the official timeout, the Grizzlies sent out a running and gunning lineup of Sun Ce, Carter, Klay Thompson, Nance Jr., and Yi Jianlian.
On the Warriors side, the five-small lineup of Curry, Barbosa, Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, and Draymond Green.
With this lineup, the Grizzlies were slightly at a disadvantage, and were beaten 17 to 14 in the last 5 minutes and 22 seconds. After the first quarter, the Grizzlies were three points behind the Warriors 33 to 36.
But after the start of the second quarter, the Grizzlies used a combination of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, JaMychal Green, and Randolph to deal with the Warriors' five-small lineup of Harden, Brandon Rush, Iguodala, Gerald Wallace, and Salinger, and returned a wave of 13 to 5!
The defensive mobility of this combination of the Grizzlies is amazing! Although once it falls into a positional battle, it can only rely on three stars to dig, and it has to face double digs, but Sun Ce and Randolph have a high success rate of strong digs.
The key is to defend. The Warriors only scored one field goal in 4 minutes!
46 to 41, the Grizzlies overtook by 5 points.
But after the timeout, the Warriors made adjustments again, sending out a defensive lineup, and then Harden started to play hard.
The Grizzlies saw that they couldn't defeat the opponent all at once. Tonight, they were in good shape at home, continuing their good form after the All-Star Weekend. The Warriors were also good. They were similar in strength and it was too difficult to defeat the opponent, so they chose to play steadily. After the official timeout in the second quarter, Sun Ce was replaced and rested, and Sessions, Carter, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Aldridge were sent out.
The Warriors seemed to have a tacit understanding after the official timeout in the second quarter, sending out a combination of Harden, Brandon Rush, Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green, and Ezeli. It was not the strongest lineup, neither the strongest offense nor the strongest defense, but it was also stronger than the strongest lineup of ordinary playoff teams.
This tacit understanding comes from the fact that both teams are very afraid of each other and do not want the decisive moment of this game to come so soon. Once they start to fight at this time, it will be difficult to control the second half.
As the head coach of a team with the strength to win the championship, and they all have the experience of winning the championship as players or coaches, they want to have control over the team so that they can better mobilize the whole team. If they start to fight in the first half, it will become difficult to control from the perspectives of physical strength and the overall situation.
Then they can only fight for the stars. The two of them are not afraid of fighting for the stars, but fighting for the stars depends too much on the state. If the stars collapse in this game tonight, there will be no way out.
Let the stars continue their state and let the stars use their physical strength on the blade. This is the most basic thing for an excellent head coach.
The more excited the stars are, the calmer the head coach should be.
In the second half of the second quarter, Paul George and Harden led the team to compete. At the end of the half, with Paul George's 15 points and 4 assists, Sun Ce's 9 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Klay Thompson's 8 points, Aldridge and Randolph's combined 20 points, and other players' scores, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 3 points with 64 to 61 into the halftime break.
The 3-point difference and half-time of the game were equivalent to nothing for the Grizzlies and the Warriors. After the start of the second half, both sides replaced the strongest outside line combination at the same time and started the competition!
Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George VS Curry, Harden, Iguodala, the inside line adjusted according to the on-the-spot performance and cooperation, and the head coaches of the two teams did a good job.
But what had a decisive impact on the game was that Coach Hollins did not use Sun Ce to his full potential in the second half of the second quarter, but let Sun Ce rest for half a quarter. When the official timeout came back in the third quarter, Sun Ce directly used the physical potion. Originally, due to the influence of physical strength, his speed and explosiveness began to decline to varying degrees. Of course, other people also began to decline, so it was not easy to see.
But Sun Ce used the physical potion, and the decline in the physical strength of others was immediately visible!
Coach Hollins' personnel adjustment and Paul George's performance of 8 points and 1 assist in the second half of the second quarter gave Sun Ce the opportunity to use the physical potion later, allowing Sun Ce to concentrate on a more fierce performance in the second half of the third quarter!
Sun Ce scored 4 three-pointers in a row in the second half of the third quarter, and also led Klay Thompson to score 1 three-pointer. The Grizzlies made 5 of 7 three-pointers in this half of the game, and 9 of 13 shots in the half quarter. The score was 25 to 16 in the half quarter, and the score difference was widened to double digits in one fell swoop!
Sun Ce, who only scored 9 points in the first half, scored 22 points in the third quarter, helping the Grizzlies to score 39 to 31 in the quarter. The Grizzlies led the Warriors by 11 points with 103 to 92 after three quarters!
Fortunately, with Sun Ce's 22 points in the quarter, Curry played hard at the beginning of the last quarter. He made a steal and counterattack to break through the basket for 2+1. Then, after Randolph made a tip-in, Curry went to the frontcourt and hit a three-pointer against Klay Thompson. Finally, Harrison Barnes made a tip-in after a missed three-pointer and caused a foul, and the free throw was also made.
During this period, only Randolph made a tip-in on the Grizzlies side, and they were beaten 9 to 2!
101 to 105, Curry's explosive performance helped the Warriors narrow the gap to 4 points!
Curry scored 9 points in a row, raising his personal score to 41 points. It was thanks to Sun Ce's scoring in the second half of the third quarter that the score difference was widened, otherwise it would have been dangerous.
However, the Warriors have already gained momentum with Curry!
Fortunately, because they had an 11-point lead after three quarters, the Grizzlies were not overtaken by Curry's 1-minute burst, and they still had a 4-point lead. When they were about to panic, Coach Hollins called a timeout in time. He didn't think it was embarrassing to call a timeout just 58 seconds into the fourth quarter. He called it when he should.
After the timeout, Sun Ce looked at the score on the big screen with his hands on his waist, seemingly not in a hurry. His teammates, who were originally a little flustered by Curry, calmed down.
There was no way. Curry's scoring method was too demoralizing for the opponent. Even Klay Thompson, who was strong in three-point shooting, was a little upset after being hit by Curry.
There is still a gap between the top three three-point shooters in history and the strongest in history.
However, with Sun Ce, they are not in a hurry.
Although they don't have the best three-point shooter in history, they have the strongest player in their minds!
As for Sun Ce, it would be strange if he didn't hurry... but he had to be prepared. Fortunately, he was used to it.
However, psychological activities can affect physiological reactions, but physical activities can also regulate emotions in turn.
This time, when the timeout was called, Coach Hollins did not make any tactical arrangements, because they had not yet played out the arrangements for the intermission. After only 58 seconds, nothing could be seen. The opponent had already hit a wave of impact, so they couldn't mess up at this time.
The head coach and the soul of the team were not in a hurry. When the timeout ended, the entire Grizzlies team adjusted their mentality at an incredible speed.
The lineup of Sun Ce, Carter, Klay Thompson, JaMychal Green, and Randolph continued to play.
The Warriors did not make any substitutions. The combination of Curry, Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, Speights, and Salinger played.
Carter received the serve and dribbled to the top arc. Sun Ce leaned against Harrison Barnes in the high position on the right side of the three-second zone to ask for the ball, and Carter hung over.
Sun Ce received the ball, leaned against Harrison Barnes, turned over and made a jump shot... hit!
Simple and rough, relying on personal ability!
The Grizzlies once again took a lead of more than 5 points, leading the Warriors by 6 points 107 to 101.
Attack and defense switched, the Warriors attacked, and Sun Ce directly guarded the top arc. Seeing this, Klay Thompson did not hesitate and immediately switched to defend Harrison Barnes.
Sun Ce came up to defend Curry, which was not a wise choice for the Grizzlies' overall defense. Their lineup is very suitable for defending the current Warriors' five-small lineup's pass-cut cooperation, and the key to defending is Sun Ce's defensive defense and tandem defense ability.
But tonight, the Grizzlies tried to use Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Carter and even Sessions, but they couldn't defend Curry, so Sun Ce chose to do it himself.
As for not being able to defend the Warriors' team offense... Sun Ce would rather not defend! When Curry is on fire, he is much more terrifying than the other Warriors players. This guy just made a strong three-pointer. If he makes several three-pointers in a row, the Grizzlies will have no chance to play!
However, Sun Ce made a wrong move this time. Curry was too excited. Seeing Sun Ce coming to defend him, he did not pass the ball to Iguodala, who was more suitable for holding the ball and connecting the team offense after advancing through half court. He did not use his strongest three-pointer threat to contain Sun Ce and create opportunities for his teammates, but chose to play singles!
Curry is very good, the strongest three-pointer in history, his core strength is in the history of the NBA, and his combination of man and ball is one of the best in the current league. He is very good in singles, but unfortunately, his explosive power and burst speed are insufficient, which is just restrained by Sun Ce!
Curry's size, speed and flexibility were restrained. Although Curry passed Sun Ce by changing his rhythm, Sun Ce was prepared. He did not think about defending Curry's breakthrough, but was ready to follow Curry closely. He went to the inside and cooperated with Randolph, successfully interfering with Curry's jump shot!
Using the advantage of size, after Curry missed the shot, Sun Ce grabbed the rebound over Speights' head and counterattacked!
Rushing to the opponent's three-point line and stopping suddenly, Sun Ce successfully kept the opponent's hastily retreating players outside the three-point line. Carter and Jamichael Green, flying on both wings, attracted the defensive attention of Curry and Speights, who retreated a beat slower. Sun Ce threw the ball to the left, and Klay Thompson received the ball two meters to the left of the top arc, and chased for a three-pointer from a distance of one meter away from the three-point line... hit!
"The splash force is triggered at level 5. If the host chooses to take a three-point shot in the next offensive round, it will greatly reduce the shooting interference caused by defense. If it is a three-point shot after catching the ball, there is a 50% probability of finding the shot easier. Feel..."
Klay Thompson gave Curry a three-pointer!
Sun Ce and Klay Thompson defended and attacked, then came back from the timeout and played a 5-0 wave to widen the point difference to 9 points, leading 110 to 101!
The Warriors were just about to gain momentum, but because of Curry's irrational singles, the momentum was not fully picked up, and they were pushed back by the Splash Brothers!
In the past minute and a half, the situation may have changed rapidly. Just now I thought the Warriors were going to make a comeback, but the Grizzlies immediately came with a wave of Answer-ball.
Things like rising momentum often happen very suddenly, and the way of rising momentum is also very simple. In turn, it is also very simple to suppress the rising momentum.
It's just a wave of star players.
After Curry missed a ball and lost the team's great opportunity to start, he woke up in time and gave the ball to Iguodala. Even though Curry had just been cheated, the threat was still there and he successfully attracted Sun Ce. Out, Iguodala broke through Carter and scored two points on a fake pass shot from close range.
The Warriors stabilized the situation by adjusting their ball-holding core.
Klay Thompson just scored a three-pointer. According to past experience on the Warriors' side, Harrison Barnes stayed close to Sun Ce after he arrived in the frontcourt, and was ready to attack from the mid-range and at the basket.
Sun Ce knew that there were tigers in the mountains and he went for them. He dribbled past Harrison Barnes with a beautiful crotch dribble and rushed to the basket. He was blocked by Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, and others from close range on the right side of the three-second zone. Speights flanked Randolph and Sun Ce from the free throw line. JaMychal Green, who took the initiative to pull out when he rushed in, was also cut off from the receiving space. However, Sun Ce did not force the shot and threw the ball directly towards the left side of the basket. go out.
Alley-oop pass!
Carter cut in from the left side of the three-second zone, jumped high without confrontation, received the ball on the left side of the basket and slid through the basket, and scored two points with a one-handed backhand dunk.
People are so irritating! Despite his age, Sun Ce feels that Carter's performance dunk is still much better than his... The main thing is to jump high. Jumping high means he can do whatever he wants in performance dunk.
Obviously, Carter dared to play like this because he was already high! At this time, the Grizzlies have regained the upper hand!
The Grizzlies just broke the Warriors' momentum, and the Warriors were the ones affected. In turn, the Grizzlies responded after being beaten by the opponent. As soon as their morale dropped, they immediately rebounded. , even more fierce than at the beginning of the fourth quarter!
At this time, the difference between long-term winners and long-term losers emerged. Curry was in high spirits. When he saw Sun Ce, he wanted to continue playing and wanted to prove himself excessively.
As for Sun Ce, there is no need to prove himself in a game.
If you have an advantage, you can fight more freely!
Sun Ce's calm distribution and Carter's wild alley-oops, the former represents the Grizzlies' calmness, and the latter represents the Grizzlies' relaxation.
A calm and relaxed mentality is definitely one of the best mentality to have!
Carter's dunk once again boosted the morale of the Grizzlies, while the Warriors were further suppressed.
Curry knows that this is all his fault, but now he can only grit his teeth and continue to do it to see if there is a chance to do it again.
However, after falling behind by 11 points in three quarters, the only chance the Warriors had to gain momentum in the final quarter was Curry's opening, but Curry himself wasted the opportunity. It will be difficult to find opportunities again!
Because the Grizzlies don't care about the Warriors' team offense that doesn't improve morale much, because the Grizzlies can also use the threat of the Splash Brothers to play a team offense. Randolph can also play Speights and Sullinger in the low post. Very advantageous.
The Grizzlies are just running out of money, and there's nothing the Warriors can do.
By the time Harden, Draymond Green, and Thabeet came on the court in the second half of the fourth quarter, and Curry and Harden formed the strongest lineup, the momentum of Curry and Iguodala had been worn away. Gone.
Before the game started, the Warriors emphasized the need to pay attention to every round, emphasizing that one round may determine the direction of the game.
Now, it has become a prophecy!
After losing the comeback opportunity at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors were already in trouble.
In the last six minutes or so, the Grizzlies used the combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert to fight and drag on. Even though Harden performed bravely, the Warriors also Failed to create another comeback opportunity.
At the end of the final quarter, Sun Ce scored a 2+1 from the basket, widening the point difference to 15 points and sealing the victory!
In the end, Sun Ce scored 42 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal, Klay Thompson scored 18 points, Aldridge and Randolph scored 35 points together, Paul George scored 28 points and 8 assists... He overcame 45 points. Curry and Harden, who had 29 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists, the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors 132-118 at home, winning 10 consecutive victories, ending the Warriors' 9-game winning streak, and personally destroyed the Warriors' pursuit of success. A chance to tie the best record in history!
What is strength? This is called strength! The fans at the scene looked at the 65-10 record on the big screen... They had lost 9 games before the All-Star break. Grizzlies fans never thought about winning 70, but now it seems that they not only have A chance to win 70 games and tie the Bulls' second-best record in history!
Also, with the excellent rotation adjustment of coach Hollins and the outstanding performance of Paul George, Sun Ce was suppressed at first and then rose. He scored 9 points in the first half and 33 points in the second half, scoring 40+ for the 30th time this season, tying the fifth highest single-season 40+ record held by Chamberlain in his rookie season!
This is definitely a perfect game from the coaching staff to the players!
Compared with the excitement of the fans and the happiness of the Grizzlies players, Curry of the Warriors went directly to the player tunnel after the final whistle.
Tonight, he played well, but the loss was also because of him!