Five Hundred and Twenty-Three. Sun Ce’s Adaptability

The defense was easily torn apart!

It's not a matter of whether the defense can handle the run and gun, but it's a question of whether the defense has even played a role and the opponent has already scored!

D'Antoni will also improve, at least in terms of running and gunning offense. From being unable to fight back against the Spurs in the 2005 playoffs, to having a clear strength advantage in 2007, although there were many defensive villains with the 2007 Suns. Related, but of the four games the Spurs won in 2007, three scored more than 105 points and two scored more than 110 points, which means D'Antoni has the ability to force strong defensive teams to attack them.

But now that Paul is able to play both offense and defense, there are some differences.

During the transition between offense and defense, as soon as Guy sent the ball to Sun Ce, Sun Ce was pressed and defended by Paul!

When playing against the Rockets, Sun Ce was directly blocked and intercepted by Hayes, the ultimate road blocker, at close range. After receiving the ball, Paul blocked it and could not hold it up. Sun Ce quickly grabbed the ball and raised it to avoid being intercepted by Hayes. situation.

Paul didn't expect the second-year student to react so quickly. He patted the ball and then lifted it up.

But Sun Ce has already dribbled the ball, so Paul is ready to jump up and grab the ball!

Paul struggled to jump on the spot and stretched out his hand...

With his short legs off the ground, he kicked feebly in the air, and stretched his hand as high as possible... Sun Ce keenly pulled the ball backwards, but Paul didn't touch the ball!

Paul thought he was the physically fit man who could dunk Howard and Duncan, had top speed, and had a vertical jump of over 90 centimeters.

But now he has recovered from his injury, but the serious injury to his knee has caused his bounce to plummet, mainly due to his bounce speed, and his opponent can already react!

This is embarrassing!

When Paul fell, Sun Ce collected the ball and threw it to Guy who ran to the frontcourt after serving, and then ran towards the frontcourt.

Hearing the laughter at the scene, Paul blushed and quickly pressed against Sun Ce.

There is physical confrontation. Although Paul is slightly slower than Sun Ce, he can completely limit Sun Ce's movement.

It's useless to go around the pick-and-roll. Although Paul's defense is not as good as Tony Allen and the young Kobe, he is still a first-level defense, almost the same as Rondo. He does a very good job in preventing off-ball pick-and-rolls and off-ball movements!

It is difficult for Sun Ce to get the ball!

However, Gay advanced to the frontcourt and faced Fields' defense. It felt like there was no defense, and he easily hit a long two-point jumper.

Although Fields is a white player, his athletic ability is actually very good. He is very good at open three-pointers, cuts, and defensive rebounds. However, the defense does not match his athletic ability at all. The main reason is that D'Antoni does not require defense at all.

Bad habits develop quickly. Fields has only been under D'Antoni for two months from training camp to now, and he has already developed the habit of waiting for the opponent to make offensive moves before making defensive moves. With his explosive physical fitness, Ina pulled up and already made a shooting motion. At this time, it was too late for the defensive players to press in and block the shot.

The Grizzlies couldn't keep up with the Knicks' pace at the beginning, which was much faster than the Suns last season. The Knicks simply couldn't guard the Grizzlies.

But relatively speaking, the Grizzlies fell behind!

From the beginning, the game was at the Knicks' pace, and it soon entered an offensive battle. It lasted for three minutes and 17 seconds. As Stoudemire cut in to attract the double attack, Fields' pass was two points long. With the hit, the Knicks led the Grizzlies by 4 points, 14-10. Seeing that they were about to be stretched to 5 points at the beginning, the Grizzlies quickly called a timeout.

This is amazing!

10 points in 3 minutes and 17 seconds is already a high score for the Grizzlies, but they played ball after ball, and the opponent attacked attack after attack. The difference was huge!

They are both outside shooting teams, but the Knicks are different from the Magic. The Knicks do not consider defense at all, so the Grizzlies are completely unable to draw the opponent into a confrontational style.

The Bear duo was replaced by Coach Hollins, and was replaced first by the Double King inside duo. Conley was replaced to rest. The point guard probably had to run enough in this game.

Let's go to Tony Allen to guide the defense first.

Gay continues to stay on the court and has one more outside singles point.

Gay played very comfortably at the start of the day, scoring 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting. He is as happy as he is shooting.

As for Sun Ce, the start was a bit miserable, and the serve had to be passed to Conley or Gay.

Paul's interception ability, pressure defense ability, especially small moves... are all very powerful, especially his tonnage. Sun Ce feels that the opponent's weight is at least about the same as him. Anyway, it cannot be the weight in the draft information. His body size alone is It's completely different from his rookie year.

Sun Ce lowered his center of gravity and retreated to defend, pushing the blocked position with his arms, but failed to push the opponent.

It doesn't mean that you can sit in the low post and play because of your height advantage. Just like Ben Wallace, who is just over 2 meters tall, can defend in the low post. Paul, who is 183cm, is very powerful in the low post and is not inferior to Rondo. .

Paul started with 2 points and 2 assists, a mid-range fadeaway to meet Conley, two direct pass assists, and many indirect assists with him as the core passing to his teammates, who had the opportunity to contain the defense and passed out.

Compared with Paul's sharpness before his serious injury last season, Paul now plays calmly, yet as fast as the wind.

Sun Ce, on the other hand, made a mid-range jumper in 3 minutes and had no data whatsoever.

Sun Ce can be sure that Paul is really better than Rose, who is only entering his peak period in the third grade...

When the coaching staff was arranging rotations and emphasizing the need to keep up with others on defense and the need to quickly switch defenses when encountering pick-and-rolls, Sun Ce was thinking about the problems he encountered.

There is a very serious problem, that is, when meeting Paul, fighting in a positional battle, it feels like he is actively coming for the opponent to fight... After thinking about it carefully, Sun Ce feels that this is really the case!

After thinking about it, there are two ways to solve the current problem, either to strengthen confrontation or to avoid confrontation.

Although the height advantage cannot be used, the height advantage is there. As long as there is enough confrontation and you can get into position in the low post, scoring and assisting will become very simple with the defense of other opponents. At least you can compete with the opponent's offense. , we won’t fall behind like we are now.

Otherwise, run and gun with the opponent to increase speed and reduce confrontation...

Sun Ce felt that there were only two ways to deal with Paul's defense.

Open the props section and take a look. Each team’s single-game shot-blocking leader will be given random star experience cards for the season, and the Grizzlies’ starting star experience cards. This will definitely improve confrontation, but there is a high possibility of encountering beasts. In this situation, the hand feels collapsed... After all, most shot-blocking masters don't know how to attack.

There's also the matter of physical strength. If you draw a player who doesn't have very good physical strength...he just used a physical potion again in the last game!

Then you have to grab it with both hands!

The decision was made, the coaching staff's arrangements were almost complete, and it was about to go on the field. Sun Ce called his teammates who were going to play together to discuss it, and then stepped onto the court together!

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After the timeout, the Grizzlies replaced the lineup with Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Gay, Yi Jianlian, and DeAndre Jordan.

Excellent athletic ability and excellent defensive changes are the advantages of this lineup.

The Knicks also made a substitution, replacing Turiaf with Sean Williams, and put together a lineup of five players who can shoot and cut!

The Grizzlies served the ball in the midfield. Sun Ce received the ball in the center circle and immediately started to accelerate and sprint. He stopped playing positional battles and started to attack quickly!

Paul reacted quickly and immediately increased his speed. He wanted to intercept Sun Ce within one step of the three-point line. Yi Jianlian pulled out to help Sun Ce block Paul. Paul and Stoudemire, who had extended out, both attacked Sun Ce. Sun Ce passed the ball to Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian was really good at controlling the ball. He received the ball from the mid-range and broke through towards the basket. After attracting Sean Williams to defend, he threw a high pass towards the right side of the basket... Gay used the help of Jordan to pull out the ball. The ball entered the inside lane on a pick-and-roll, took off one step inside the free throw line, and scored two points with an alley-oop and dunk!

The Grizzlies' offense is picking up quickly! It only took less than 8 seconds from Sun Ce receiving the ball at the center line to accelerate and sprint, to teaming up with Yi Jian to split the ball, and finally Guy dunking!

"This second grader is really good..."

Paul knows that the main problem with the current team is the lineup. If he really wants to give D'Antoni Laga Bell, Kurt Thomas, Jaylen Rose, Tim Thomas, Hill... these powerful defensive players, D'Antoni can also Make sure the defense won't be too bad, it's mainly a problem with the current lineup.

Paul knew that the opponent must be a genius, but he found a way to deal with his defense so quickly, and found a way to take advantage of their overall defensive flaws in a timeout. He was still amazed by Sun Ce's golf intelligence.

However, there are big problems on the defensive end, and Paul is still able to handle it on the offensive end. In terms of offense alone, this lineup... is better than the season when he was second in the MVP rankings in the 2007-08 season! Mainly Stoudemire!

Sometimes there is no need to cooperate. For example, in this offense, Paul advanced beyond the three-point line and saw Stoudemire turn his back without the ball and wipe out the lateral area of ​​his body. Yi Jianlian, who had no outstanding lateral movement, cut into the inside. Paul immediately hit the ball. For a lob, Stoudemire caught the ball outside the three-second zone, took a step, and before Jordan took off to cover the defense, he suddenly jumped up. As if his legs were equipped with jets, he quickly took off and smashed the ball into the basket!

This bullet speed is incredible! Little Jordan was a beat too slow! Stoudemire smashed the ball into the basket!

Paul's assist came so easily.

Jordan gritted his teeth and quickly picked up the ball and sent it out. His teammates were already running!

Just as Sun Ce expected, as long as the speed increases, no matter how good Paul's defense is, he can't withstand the poor defense of the whole team.

The Grizzlies and Knicks are soaring!

Although the shooting is not as good as the opponent's, and the opponent's two superstars are not comparable to them, the opponent's defense is really bad!

The offenses of the two teams began to clash.

The Grizzlies played very hard. In the next few minutes, they did not let the opponent continue to open up the point difference, and they insisted on not letting up the point difference!