One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty. The Crazy Western Conference Finals Ends!
Thanks to Aldridge's significant improvement in low-post offense last summer!
This season, Aldridge didn't have many opportunities to use this trick. It's not that he didn't use it well. A 72-win team doesn't have so many disadvantages that require him to play low-post.
After the game, Sun Ce and his teammates analyzed this game again. The Warriors' change in play made them very uncomfortable. Fortunately, the Warriors didn't execute it so well.
When the strength is strong enough, the rhythm change is really unsolvable, just like the Grizzlies' positional warfare and run-and-gun rhythm changes in recent years.
When the Warriors change the rhythm, the Grizzlies can only change the rhythm with it, or they will bite the bullet and fight the rhythm.
Fortunately, the Grizzlies held on and won.
The Warriors' strategy is to look for opportunities to disrupt the Grizzlies' offensive rhythm, and they also successfully took advantage of Klay Thompson's several defensive mistakes, causing Klay Thompson to foul and knock him down.
Because of this, Aldridge had to step up in the fourth quarter. Fortunately, he did it. Last year, when playing against the Warriors, Aldridge played very poorly and had to rely on Randolph to support him. This year, Randolph's state has seriously declined, and Aldridge stepped up!
Just as the Warriors need others to step up on the basis of Harden and Draymond Green as the foundation and Curry as the regular outbreak point, the Grizzlies also need others to step up besides Sun Ce, Klay Thompson and Aldridge. Aldridge played this role this time.
After a wave of discussions after the game, Sun Ce and his teammates were not relaxed. They led 2-0 and did not have to worry about being passive after losing both away games. They kept their home advantage.
But after these two games, they found a problem-they knew each other too well. Once they made major strategic changes, they might be seized by the opponent!
Therefore, the Warriors' adjustments are small-scale adjustments and rhythm adjustments, rather than overall adjustments in play.
The same is true for the Grizzlies. The playoffs are different from the regular season. If you really don't care about winning or losing in the regular season, you can play casually, but it's not the same in the playoffs. If you lose one more game by accident, it may affect the final outcome, especially since the Grizzlies and their opponent Warriors are of similar strength... They have entered the stage of hard power early!
I have thought about this situation a long time ago, but when it really happens, even someone as confident as Sun Ce still feels a headache.
You must be extremely focused and seize every opportunity.
The state will determine many things, but everyone is in good condition. Now it is between the good and the best.
On-the-spot response and tactical execution are extremely important...
Although it is a headache, Sun Ce not only enjoys this kind of game very much in the game, but also in the process of preparation, he is also excited!
Even though their Grizzlies took the initiative in the first two games and he, Sun, scored 40+ in two consecutive games, the Warriors still have the possibility of a comeback, but their Grizzlies played better and more steadily at the critical moment.
This kind of game is what he, Sun, wants and enjoys!
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May 19th is a rest day. There are no games in the Eastern and Western Conference Finals. The Eastern Conference Finals has the second rest day between the second and third games, while the Grizzlies have the first.
Today is also the day for the joint tryouts hosted by the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks.
However, this year's draft is miserable. The only favorite Ben Simmons, who had no suspense at all, was out for the season before participating in the draft, just like Embiid in 2014.
Brandon Ingram, the favorite for Duke University's second pick, is not as gentle as other Duke University core players. He was exposed to have a strange temper during college, sometimes hot-tempered and sometimes taciturn. He failed the university's assessment test and was evaluated by Sports Illustrated as having an unpredictable personality. Except for these two brothers, no other players in the 2016 class entered the T1 or T2 file, and the T2 file was directly empty.
The next ones are all rookies who are ready to fight or gamble. Only these two brothers are clearly talented. One of them is definitely out for his rookie season and the other failed the psychological assessment...
This is predicted to be the smallest draft year since 2000, which is lower than the predicted evaluation before the 2013 rookies came out.
But in such a draft year, Antetokounmpo, McCollum, and Gobert appeared in 2013, and it was just 3 years ago, so although it is a small draft year, the popularity is not low. In this small draft year, the drafts of those teams that did not get the top three picks are interesting.
Just when the joint tryout was held and stole the limelight of this rest day, Sun Ce's family, except for Sun, boarded the private plane sent by John to San Francisco.
Their family grew larger and larger, with two more children, two nannies, and a servant. In addition to the original nanny and two servants, Sun Ce's parents, two girls, and little Gohan, there were more than a dozen people, not much less than the number of players on the team. After a plan, Sun Ce and John jointly purchased a private plane to celebrate the sale of all the Bitcoins.
Luckily, they sold their bitcoins quickly. In the later stage, they could only sell them at a price slightly lower than the market price. At this time, for those who hold a large number of bitcoins, they have reached the point where there is no market for them. A large number of bitcoins can no longer be sold. If they sell more than 500,000 bitcoins now, the market will collapse directly. They started selling them at more than 10,000 US dollars last year. Although it seems to be a loss, they spent more than 1 million US dollars in total. Now they sell them all in time. Although they missed the highest point, they can only make money if they can sell them, otherwise they are just a string of codes.
And selling early has its advantages. In March this year, the US Internal Revenue Service has determined to impose taxes on Bitcoin transactions. Most of their more than 500,000 bitcoins were sold before March... After deducting taxes and commissions through a series of tax avoidance methods, both of them earned more than 3.1 billion US dollars.
In addition to participating in the investment in Lily Collins' clothing brand company, Sun Ce used all other funds for guaranteed investment to cope with inflation. On John's side, Sun Ce heard that he had already started to acquire the Clippers shares held by other partners except the shares held by the son of the Starbucks boss. With the funds recovered from other industries, he was ready to launch an attack in the field of copyright. It seemed that he had been prepared for a long time. After all, the money was not obtained all at once, but was received in transactions one after another.
Sun Ce didn't understand that. Anyway, when there was money to be made, John would discuss with him whether to participate. On Sun Ce's side, Lily Collins' team and Sun Ce's team would discuss the contract with John's team in detail. During the pure capital injection period, they would still focus on attracting investment. They would not help if they could not ask Sun Ce for help. After the pure loss stage in the early stage, they would look for Sun Ce for cooperation. When they bought the team before, they were required by the NBA to separate their investment companies, which just allowed them to avoid risks better, mainly Sun Ce's side.
Although John seems to have a net worth of 10 billion, in fact, when it was difficult to attract investment for more than a year, John had passed the easy period of relying on his father, and he needed to rely on himself. He was still young and did not have as strong connections as old Price. He really relied on the money from Bitcoin to inject liquidity to get through the most difficult period. The most amazing thing about investment is that when you have no money, investors will treat you as a vampire and avoid you. Once you recover, investors will come to you immediately. This is also a stage of accumulation.
When they arrived in San Francisco, Sun Ce took Lily Collins, John, John's latest girlfriend, and some investors that Sun Ce did not know to have lunch. John was ready to move to Seattle. Tax breaks, providing land to build office buildings, and the city hall raising funds to build a new arena together with Starbucks and Price Investment Group. After a series of investments by Seattle City Hall, John and his partners finally officially prepared to move their headquarters there.
Lunch, greetings, small talk, group photos... then they parted ways. John just brought the partners who wanted to meet Sun Ce to meet him when he was free, to satisfy the requirements of the sponsors and God for dinner. Otherwise, they would not bother Sun Ce during the playoffs. What made Sun Ce upset was that according to John's request, he had to act as cold as Kobe and Jordan when chatting with these fans and sponsors...
In the afternoon, Sun Ce continued to practice pull-up jump shots and pick-and-roll shots. Tonight, he didn't practice Nash's training method. He hugged the two girls and prepared for the process of having children next year...
The day's rest time passed by in a flash. On May 20, the Grizzlies came to Oracle Arena for training early in the morning.
The Warriors fans were also active. They came to the outside of the arena at more than 8 o'clock in the morning to express their unwelcome to Sun Ce and their unfriendliness to the Grizzlies.
Looking back, Sun Ce remembered that the fans of Memphis were also so active, but over time, the fans of the Grizzlies were almost spoiled into the noble fans of Los Angeles, looking down on everyone and becoming one of the most hated fan groups in the league today.
On the other hand, the fans of the Grizzlies treated their own players as treasures, even Bargnani, the Grizzlies fans would find ways to praise him.
After a day of very targeted training, in the evening, Sun Ce finished practicing the Nash training method and curled up on the sofa to watch the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bulls and the Celtics. The Bulls won this game, and the Celtics were basically sure to be swept. The Celtics did not have the strength of the Thunder, and there was almost no possibility of a comeback after falling behind 0-3.
After the game started, the Celtics were beaten by the Bulls 35-24 in the first quarter, and fell behind by 11 points in a single quarter. Sun Ce felt that the Celtics were almost finished, because the little assassin's unlimited pick-and-roll offense was restrained by Sloan, who was the best coach to use pick-and-roll and also the best coach to defend pick-and-roll.
Unexpectedly, the Celtics stood up in the second quarter! The reason for standing up was that they abandoned Thomas, the great contributor who averaged 31 points in the first two rounds, and used Beverley and Smart, two tank players, to partner with the back line, and Avery Bradley as a small forward. The three people formed an outside defense, and the defense played was not inferior to Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Paul George!
With Amir Johnson and Olynyk, the Celtics scored 32-21 in the second quarter, and evened the 11-point difference at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, the Bulls began to exert their strength, with a single quarter score of 31 to 26, and once again took a 5-point lead. However, in the last quarter, the defense went wild and several tank players on the offensive end were hot. The Celtics scored 29 to 21 in a single quarter, reversing the Bulls 110 to 108, refusing to fall behind 0 to 3, and making the big score 1 to 2!
This game was much more exciting than Sun Ce expected. He couldn't help but sigh that it was no wonder that so many people liked to watch upsets. It was really exciting!
Just looking at the data at the end, Beverley scored 21 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals, Smart scored 27 points and 7 assists, Olynyk scored 16 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assists, David Lee scored 11 points and 4 rebounds, Avery Bradley scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block, and 2 steals, and Amir Johnson scored 16 points and 22 rebounds... It was dazzling!
Although the team won the game due to the explosive performance of the role players, Sun Ce felt that Stevens, a head coach younger than the recently retired Duncan, was really amazing. He played the role players to perfection. Even Carlisle and Popovich would be hard to beat Stevens in this regard.
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On May 21, 2016, the day for the third game of the Western Conference Finals arrived.
After a day of preparation, at 8 pm, the third game between the Grizzlies and the Warriors started.
The Warriors gave a completely different feeling tonight, like a group of hungry wolves that were extremely hungry for victory, as if they would die if they could not win.
Sun Ce knew very well that the opponent would definitely fight hard in this game, because once the Warriors lost the first game back in Oakland, they would basically be eliminated.
The goal of the Grizzlies was to directly lock in the victory of the Western Conference Finals!
With the bonus of Sun Ce's "King of the Divisional Finals", the confidence and morale of Sun Ce and his teammates were not affected by the opponent's desperate momentum.
After the game started, the two teams quickly entered the decisive battle mode. At the beginning, the Grizzlies had the upper hand and strongly suppressed the opponent on the road. They continued the style of play in the fourth quarter of the previous game and caught the opponent off guard. First, Aldridge went to the high post to back Drummond Green, with Aldridge as the main attack point and high post support point. When the Warriors tried to use the combination of Salinger and Drummond Green to attack inside, the Grizzlies also replaced Gobert, letting Aldridge go to the low post and Yi Jianlian to open up space.
The Grizzlies also attacked, but they focused on Aldridge's low post success rate.
In the first quarter, the Grizzlies scored 36 to 29, leading the Warriors by 7 points into the intermission.
The Grizzlies took the initiative in the first quarter, and the Warriors made timely adjustments in the second quarter. Fighting hard when it is time to fight hard is the lesson the Warriors learned in the first two games, and the current situation does not allow them not to fight.
The Warriors made a good bet this time. After the loss in the second game, their ability to adjust and adapt to the rhythm change has been strengthened. This is an experience that must be won by suffering losses. The Grizzlies suffered losses from the Suns, Mavericks, and Spurs. That was all the three series that Sun Ce had lost since entering the NBA. In other losses, even if they did not lose the series, Sun Ce and the Grizzlies learned lessons, which led to the Grizzlies today.
When the Warriors returned to their home court, the referee did not favor the Warriors. Now the league wants to support a new dynasty. The Grizzlies also have fair whistles when they go away. However, the Warriors have the fans' cheers and cheers to give them motivation and the pressure of winning. In addition, they are strong enough and have advantages and disadvantages with the Grizzlies. It's just that they are not as experienced as the Grizzlies, who have been strong for many years. Now under heavy pressure, the Warriors have made significant progress in this regard!
In addition, Harden and Curry soared in the second quarter, and the score was 35 to 26 in a single quarter. The Warriors did very well on both offense and defense. After the halftime, the Warriors surpassed the Grizzlies by two points with 64 to 62!
During the halftime break, Sun Ce decisively used the physical potion. He didn't use it in the last game. In addition to the five series with the Thunder and the physical potion saved from the game against the Suns, Sun Ce used one in the first game and had two left.
In the third quarter, Sun Ce scored 17 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. In addition to Klay Thompson's 9 points and Paul George's 5 points and 4 assists, the Grizzlies' super outside line combination led the team to soar 37 points in a single quarter. However, the Warriors also scored 36 points in a single quarter. Harden and Curry performed so well tonight, and Iguodala, who took advantage of the threat of the wave combination, opened the coffin and stood up, with 11 points and 6 assists in a single quarter, and his performance was not inferior to Sun Ce!
After three quarters, the Grizzlies entered the fourth quarter with a score of 99 to 100, 1 point behind the Warriors.
After the start of the final quarter, Iguodala became a surprise player. When Sun Ce scored 13 points in the final quarter, Iguodala also scored 10 points in the final quarter, and the entire Warriors team benefited from Iguodala's opening of the coffin lid!
Sun Ce scored 44 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block, Klay Thompson scored 26 points, Aldridge scored 17 points, and Paul George scored 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists, but still lost to Curry's 40 points in a single game, Harden's 35 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists, and Iguodala's 24 points and 10 assists.
The Warriors scored 32 to 29 in the final quarter. The key point was that Iguodala played well on offense and helped Draymond Green lock the inside line on defense. Although the Grizzlies had good outside shots in the final quarter, they lost their advantage in the inside offense. The Grizzlies were right to use Aldridge at the beginning, but Aldridge started too hard. When he was needed in the final quarter, Iguodala was able to defend him with declining physical strength.
In the end, in this battle, the Grizzlies lost to the Warriors 128 to 132, and unfortunately lost the opportunity to directly lock the victory.
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In the third game between the Grizzlies and the Warriors, the Warriors showed tenacious resilience, relying on Harden for stability, Curry for adversity, and Iguodala for desperation! Iguodala became the great contributor to this game. Although Curry and Harden had better data, Iguodala became the MVP of this game.
The Grizzlies finally felt the same feeling that other championship contenders often felt when they played against them - they did nothing wrong, but they just lost the chance to directly score 3-0.
Iguodala's explosion... Sun Ce couldn't predict it, it came too suddenly. Iguodala only scored 12 points in the first two games, and this game was twice as much as the previous two games!
The milestone night when Sun Ce surpassed Jerry West and James to become the second in the number of 40+ points in a single playoff game, turned into a milestone tragedy...
However, the Grizzlies still found it difficult to deal with the Wave combination. Iguodala's explosion helped the Warriors win, and it was also based on the strong foundation of the Wave combination. On the defensive end, they were able to limit Aldridge, Randolph, Yi Jianlian, and David West, and it was also based on Draymond Green and Thabeet.
Of course, Iguodala should not be underestimated. In some games, he can be seen as a poor version of Sun Ce. This is the Grizzlies' evaluation of Iguodala. Just like in the second half of this game, Iguodala soared and was really similar to Sun Ce, but Iguodala did not have Sun Ce's strength, so he was regarded as the perfect second in command.
At 8:30 pm on May 22, the fourth game between the Bulls and the Celtics came. The Celtics really felt that they were getting better and better. In the first three quarters, the Celtics actually led the Bulls by 11 points with 79 to 68! However, the Bulls soared in the last quarter. Rose scored 21 points in a single quarter, helping the Bulls score 40 points in a single quarter, and played a crazy 40 to 21. Rose scored as much as the entire Celtics team! He led the team to a crazy reversal of the Celtics with 108 to 100, making the score 3 to 1 and getting the match point.
At 8 pm on May 23, the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals between the Grizzlies and the Warriors started.
Just like the conclusion that Sun Ce came to when he attended the team meeting after the first two games, the Grizzlies and the Warriors have reached the stage of competing in strength, that is, relying on hard power. Iguodala's explosion can also be regarded as competing in strength.
In terms of individual player ability, the Grizzlies have a slight advantage in this regard, and the advantage is Sun Ce. In terms of overall strength, the Grizzlies have a slight advantage in positional warfare, and the Warriors are stronger in a small lineup. They are equally matched. In terms of status, both teams are not bad. The advantage of the home court plays a key role. On-the-spot adaptability and execution are the most important factors affecting the outcome of the game.
This time, the two teams still played fiercely, which was the situation that Sun Ce enjoyed the most. After adapting to the Warriors' adjustment of rhythm to affect his style of play, his performance began to pick up. In the third game, although he scored 44 points, his hit rate was not as good as the second game, 13 of 32 shots, and almost 20 irons in a single game. In this game, Sun Ce's shooting efficiency returned to the top performance of the first game, 15 of 26 shots in a single game, including 5 of 5 three-pointers. This is Sun Ce and the biggest advantage of the Grizzlies tonight! In addition to 10 free throws out of 10, the hot-tempered Sun Ce played a full 48 minutes again tonight, scoring 45 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals and 1 block!
Sun Ce's crazy performance made the Grizzlies' offense more fluent, and his teammates made good use of his threats, so they could better invest in the defense.
Under Sun Ce's crazy performance, the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors 117-109 away in this powerful game, making the score 3-1! Get the match point and push the Warriors to the brink of elimination!
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4 consecutive games of 40+, Sun Ce surpassed Iverson's three consecutive games of 40+ in the playoffs, and tied Bernard King and Jordan's record of 4 consecutive games of 40+ in the playoffs.
The first place is Jerry West's record of 6 consecutive games of 40+ in 6 games in a single round of series.
After the first four games, the four teams in the Eastern and Western Conference Finals all got two days of rest. The Bulls have returned to their home court for the first day of rest. The Grizzlies returned to Memphis with the team on May 24.
Leading 3-1 is in line with the team's expectations! In fact, Sun Ce and his teammates can accept the 2-2 situation. Returning to the home court with a match point of 3-1 is of course in line with expectations and worth being excited about!
After a day of rest, on May 25, Sun Ce and his teammates once again started preparing for the game.
On the evening of the 25th, the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals started. The Bulls, who returned to their home court, did not give the Celtics any chance. They had adapted to the Celtics' deadly tactics and let Rose and Griffin attack fiercely, and no longer thought about playing casually based on their overall strength.
In the last game, Rose scored 41 points. Tonight, Rose continued his performance from the last game, shooting 18 of 31, 7 of 14 three-pointers, and 7 of 10 free throws. Rose scored 50 points and 5 assists! With Griffin's 24 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, Ariza's 14 points, and Gibson's 21 points... The Bulls defeated the Celtics 130-105, eliminated the Celtics 4-1, and reached the finals for two consecutive years with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses!
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The Bulls advanced 4-1, 12 wins and 2 losses... Coincidentally, the Bulls' record in the first 13 games was the same as the Grizzlies!
The Grizzlies are also 11-2, and they are also 3-1 back at home... Although it is a bit superstitious, it does not prevent the Grizzlies from using this to boost their confidence.
As long as it can boost confidence and fighting spirit, anything is fine. Didn't Drummond Green say that if there was no Sun Ce, the rest of the Grizzlies were trash...
Randolph responded decisively to Drummond Green's clumsy trash talk: "What kind of players are the ones who were beaten 3-1 by a bunch of trash?"
On the evening of May 26, the fifth game of the Grizzlies and Warriors series started at the FedEx Center, the home court of the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies were full of confidence. The buff effect of "King of the Divisional Finals" originally made them full of confidence, because the Bulls' 12 wins and 2 losses to advance to the finals and the confidence increased... made the Grizzlies feel that they would definitely advance immediately. As a result, the Grizzlies returned to their home court and received a wake-up call!
The first quarter was 23-23, and the defensive battle was evenly matched. In the second quarter, the Grizzlies were 23-26 behind by 3 points in the rotation time. In the third quarter, the Grizzlies fought for the stars and the Grizzlies were 27-32, and the score difference was pulled to 8 points.
In the final quarter, although Sun Ce raised his personal score to 40 points with 13 points in a single quarter, surpassing Jordan with 40+ points for 5 consecutive games, second only to Jerry West, when Sun Ce scored 40 points, the Grizzlies only scored 15 points in the final quarter when Sun Ce scored 40 points! 93 to 111, 19 points behind the Warriors!
Although they played a wave of 12 to 6 in the last few minutes, they still lost at home with 103 to 116!
The Warriors relied on Curry's 27 points, Harden's 35 points, Thabeet's 22 points, Iguodala's 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and Draymond Green's 11 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists triple-double data, and stubbornly dragged the series to the sixth game!
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After the fifth game, the Warriors' call for a seventh game became louder and louder!
Two years ago, the Warriors also fell behind 1-3 against the Grizzlies, but the Warriors won two games in a row and dragged the game into a tiebreaker. It was thanks to Sun Ce's explosion in the tiebreaker that the Grizzlies were lucky enough to enter the second round, continuing Sun Ce's record of never being eliminated in the first round.
After James was eliminated in the first round this season, among the active players who have been selected as All-Stars, only Sun Ce has never experienced the tragedy of being eliminated in the first round.
Since Sun Ce's third year, as long as he made it to the Western Conference Finals, he has made it to the Finals. The last time Sun Ce made it to the Western Conference Finals but not the Finals was in the 10-11 season when he faced the invincible Nowitzki.
As many people are crazy about Sun Ce, as many people don't want to see Sun Ce continue to be great. Even if he will be great in the future, they are praying that Sun Ce's greatness will be interrupted.
For a time, in terms of public opinion, the Warriors' support was much higher than that of the Grizzlies, and fans of James and Kobe turned to the Warriors...
At this time, the Grizzlies' "closed management" played a big role. Except for Randolph who had nothing to do and went to spit with Draymond Green for fun, no one else was affected by public opinion, which minimized the negative impact from the outside world.
On May 27, the Grizzlies came to San Francisco again and took a day off. Now there is nothing to be sure of, just to compete in status and strength. Resilience, tactics, and execution are no longer able to be improved.
On May 28, the Grizzlies came to the Oakland Oracle Arena. The one-day preparation was mainly to adjust the status and watch videos. Now the coaching staff can control not much except rotation.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game started on time.
In the last game, the Grizzlies were suppressed by the Warriors as a whole. This time, the Grizzlies played very cautiously from the beginning, especially Sun Ce. He was not only cautious, but also completely enjoyed this evenly matched confrontation. He had a very clear mind, calm analysis, cautious choices, and decisive attacks... Sun Ce, who played only 15 minutes in the first half, scored 18 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals!
He stole Harden twice and Draymond Green's pass once, causing huge trouble for the Warriors on the defensive end! The steal efficiency of 1 time every 5 minutes is simply explosive!
In the last game, there was no physical potion, and Sun Ce suffered a loss. There was no physical potion in this game. Sun Ce learned a lesson. The kind of play that can fight to the end all the time is based on the physical potion. This made Sun Ce decide to save the physical potion in the regular season next season... This is secondary. The key is that Sun Ce played cautiously and calmly, and reasonably distributed physical strength, which played an important role! Utilize its current near-perfect state to the extreme!
In addition, the change in Sun Ce's playing style made the Warriors very uncomfortable! They were able to win the last game because they played to their best ability to adjust and adapt to the rhythm changes they had trained in the first two games. That rhythm change was aimed at Sun Ce. Sun Ce's shooting state fluctuated greatly from the 3rd to the 5th game because the Warriors defended well.
When Sun Ce stopped attacking, the Warriors were not used to it - they were used to changing the rhythm, but suddenly they did not change it... They did not have the Grizzlies' many years of experience in changing the rhythm!
With Sun Ce's 18 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, Paul George's 16 points, 3 assists, Randolph's 11 points, and Yi Jianlian's 9 points, the away Grizzlies led by 4 points with 62 to 58, showing a strong performance!
In the third quarter, the Warriors finally adapted to Sun Ce's style of play. When the strength is sufficient, pressure can promote its progress. Obviously, the Warriors have made great progress in experience in this series with the Grizzlies.
At 4 minutes and 11 seconds in the third quarter, relying on Curry's three-pointer, the Warriors overtook the Grizzlies by 1 point with 70 to 69, and played a wave of 12 to 7!
Just when the fans at the scene began to cheer wildly, feeling that their team was going to take the initiative to drag the game into a tiebreaker, and had the opportunity to win three games in a row and enter the finals again after 40 years, something unexpected happened!
G6 Tang, Tang broke out in the third quarter!
He scored 6 three-pointers in a single quarter, scored 18 points alone, and ignited Sun Ce's touch. Sun Ce got 4 cut-in opportunities in the later time. He chose to cut in when the opponent blocked his three-pointer. He seized all of them and made a strong three-pointer. Sun Ce scored 11 points in a single quarter!
With Sun Ce and Klay Thompson scoring 29 points in a single quarter, plus 7 points in the first 4 minutes, and 4 points in the last 7 minutes, the Grizzlies scored 40 points in the third quarter!
The Warriors were defeated! They scored 12 points in the first 4 minutes, and only 14 points in the last 7 minutes. The Grizzlies scored 40 to 26 in a single quarter. After three quarters, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 18 points 102 to 84 and entered the fourth quarter!
In the fourth quarter, Thompson in G6 and the third quarter lost his magic, but he had completed his mission. Sun Ce came on the court after the score was overtaken in the third quarter. Sun Ce played for 23 minutes in the first three quarters and played the whole game in the last quarter.
Driven by Klay Thompson, Sun Ce entered the best state in the last quarter, scoring 21 points, scoring 20+ in a single quarter for the 9th time in his career, overpowering Curry who also played 20 points in a single quarter. In general, the Warriors performed better in the last quarter. In the first three quarters, the Grizzlies wanted to let Sun Ce rest more, and the others could not hold on in the last quarter.
However, Sun Ce's 21 points in a single quarter were enough! Sun Ce helped the Grizzlies score 29 to 34 in the last quarter! The Warriors only narrowed the gap by 5 points!
Sun Ce made 18 of 30 shots in a single game, including 6 of 11 three-pointers, plus 8 of 10 free throws. After playing for 35 minutes, Sun Ce scored 50 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 6 steals and 2 blocks. With his crazy personal performance, plus Klay Thompson who scored 18 points with 6 of 6 shots in the third quarter tonight, the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors 131-118 away!
Originally, Sun Ce planned to use Jordan and Chamberlain's random star experience cards to try his luck, not wanting to drag the game into a tiebreaker, but he adjusted his mentality and playing style, and instead really played out his full strength in his best condition!
For Sun Ce, this is undoubtedly another improvement!
Relying on Sun Ce's 40+ in 6 consecutive games and a 50+ triple-double in the sixth game, the Grizzlies eliminated the Warriors 4-2 and reached the finals for the fourth time in 5 years!
Curry, who scored 38 points and 10 assists tonight, has done his best. He averaged 36.5 points in the entire series, and Harden also averaged 32 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists. The former is the one who raised the Warriors' ceiling, and the latter is the cornerstone of the Warriors. The performance of the two can't be better. They have tried their best. Harden has done his best in both offense and defense, and Curry is the same.
But, he still can't beat that man!
Sun Ce, who averaged 46 points in the series!
Watching the fans leave in disappointment and watching Sun Ce celebrating on the opposite side, Curry glanced at the two bosses who were covering their heads on the sidelines... Curry cursed a few words, and the impulse in his heart became stronger and stronger... But it's not time to make a real decision yet.
Feeling the truest thoughts in his heart, after being eliminated, Curry was not as irritable as he thought when he made the worst plan before the start of the Western Conference Finals. He ignored his teammates, Curry adjusted the headband on his head, did not take it off, and turned silently into the player channel.
This year's glory still does not belong to him, the grassland Curry...