One Thousand Nine Hundred and Three. It's Not that Simple

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies still sent out the core combination of Sessions and Paul George, coupled with Tony Allen, JaMychal Green, and David West. Since Sessions and Paul George played so well in the second half of the first quarter, so of course he needs to play a little longer.

In the following period, in terms of strength, coordination, and shooting stability when given the opportunity, the performance was no worse than the second half of the first quarter.

On the Warriors' side, with Harden as the core, Harden and Sullinger's pick-and-roll offense, Iguodala's tandem offense, and the defensive end focusing on high-speed rotations... they surprisingly limited the Grizzlies to three points. Only scored 6 points in half an hour!

The state is good and the ability to seize opportunities is good, but the Grizzlies created far fewer opportunities during this period than in the first quarter!

The main thing is Harden! He was not as impatient as Curry, but really played steadily, making good use of Iguodala's setter, Sullinger's pick-and-roll, and cutting and shooting Harrison Barnes and Speights. The features are put to good use.

Compared to Curry, Harden obviously plays much better, because Harden and Curry have different mentality. Curry encountered something closely related, while Harden's mentality is to help Curry win the game, so he can be more confident. Analyze the problem calmly.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Warriors performed no worse than the Grizzlies. Harden made a calm decision and tried his best on both offense and defense. With the help of Iguoda and Harrison Barnes, he successfully defeated Sun Ce and When Aldridge and Klay Thompson were away, they bullied Paul George.

In terms of strength, there is still a gap between Paul George and Harden. With this style of playing steadily and looking for opportunities, Paul George is no match for Harden.

The course of this game is always unpredictable. The fans did not expect that the Warriors would collapse in the first quarter, and the Grizzlies did not expect that in the second quarter, Curry would take over after taking a rest. Deng didn't mess around, and insisted on a steady positional warfare attack. With Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, Speights, and Sullinger, he hit a climax!

In 3 minutes and 37 seconds, Harden scored 6 points and 2 assists. Coupled with a second pass from Iguodala, the Warriors surged by 13 points and hit a 13-7 run. At the end of the first quarter, the score difference was 12 points. Suddenly, there were only 6 points left.

Seeing that the score difference was about to reach a dangerous range, coach Hollins called a timeout.

Coach Hollins wasn't in a hurry, and the Grizzlies players didn't have that anxious mentality either, because Sun Ce had just taken off his training clothes.

Sun Ce is their backbone!

After the timeout, the combination of Sun Ce, Carter, Klay Thompson, Nance Jr. and Yi Jianlian came on the court.

For the Warriors, Steve Kerr plays it safe.

Curry was not replaced for the time being, but continued to use the outside combination of Harden, Iguodala, and Harrison Barnes, and Draymond Green and Gerald Wallace were sent inside.

After Sun Ce came on the court, the Grizzlies' style of play suddenly changed!

This lineup is here to score. In other words, the most stable way of playing for this lineup is to run and play.

The Warriors' current lineup couldn't keep up the pace and chose to follow the Grizzlies against the Biao. Their five-small lineup, whether offensive or defensive, was stronger than it was in just over 3 minutes.

But this is also relative. In the absence of Curry, the Warriors' lineup has a certain strength gap compared to the Grizzlies' run-and-gun lineup, because Sun Ce's appearance on the field has improved the Grizzlies, and Bidela Mond Green's appearance on the court has greatly improved the Warriors!

Although Harden played very hard tonight and played very well, in the following period, the Warriors only played anxiously with the Grizzlies. At 8 minutes and 53 seconds of the second quarter, the Warriors not only Instead of continuing to narrow the point difference, Yi Jianlian made two consecutive mid-range catch-and-shoot shots that widened the point difference by another 4 points, trailing 52 to 62!

At this time, Steve Kerr had no choice but to take a gamble by replacing Curry, because Harden needed to slow down after playing hard for more than half a quarter. He had just switched to guard Yi Jianlian, but his switch was not timely.

The Warriors sent a combination of Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Draymond Green, and Sullinger.

The Grizzlies also made substitutions at this time, with the combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, JaMychal Green, and Randolph.

They are all lineups that can be used quickly and in position.

In fact, after Curry had a poor performance in the second half of the first quarter, he saw Harden insisting on a steady play more than three minutes before the second quarter to help the Warriors gain an advantage in the rotation phase and begin to narrow the score. Know what to do.

He is not stupid. He started to wander in the second half of the first quarter because he didn't know how to gain an advantage. Because in the first half of the first quarter they played steadily and failed to gain an advantage. He didn't really trust in playing steadily.

But after Harden insisted on playing steadily and gaining an advantage, Curry gained confidence. However, Steve Kerr did not replace Curry when the opponent replaced Sun Ce, causing Sun Ce and his team to seize the opportunity to widen the point difference again. Open to double digits.

As the saying goes, it's not too late to make up for the situation before it's too late. For Steve Kerr and Curry, it is definitely no problem for both of them to make changes belatedly.

But trying to make up for it just postpones what you should do, and what a person should do may not necessarily achieve good results, because he has done what he should do, and there are many other things that they cannot control. of.

For example, Harden is tired!

The Wave combination, the strongest guard combination in the league, usually the two of them shoot through the opponent together, but tonight the two of them played at different times, far less than the usual 1+1 greater than 2 effect, Curry held the ball and attacked, Harden waited to shoot... Steve Kerr and Curry both knew that Curry had to make changes this time.

But the reality made it impossible for Curry to make changes, and he could only play like the second half of the first quarter, otherwise there would be no way.

Curry held the ball, Iguodala and Drummond Green assisted and cooperated, and the strength he played was not bad; but compared with Harden holding the ball, Iguodala and Drummond Green assisted and cooperated, Curry, the strongest three-point shooter in history, was obviously much stronger! The most important thing is that the Warriors have been playing the latter style this season!

On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, with Paul George's connection, Randolph and JaMychal Green's offensive rebounding, Sun Ce's occasional defensive rebounds and counterattacks... and other stable basic tactics, started a wild run from the last three minutes of the first half to the second half!