Five Hundred and Twenty-Four. Crazy Cannon!

Relatively speaking, the Grizzlies, from Tony Allen to DeAndre Jordan, can all attack the basket, and their interior offense is better than the Knicks team supported by Stoudemire alone.

The closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score. Although the Knicks are very accurate in shooting from the outside, the Grizzlies defensive end begins to shrink, allowing the opponent to throw three-pointers. In comparison, the Grizzlies, who mainly focus on inside offense, have a higher success rate.

Coach Hollins on the sidelines looked at the completely uncontrolled offense and defense... and was used to it.

By the tenth minute of the first quarter, the Grizzlies were 4 points behind the Knicks 23-27, and it was the Knicks' offense again.

This time the Knicks offense still uses the pick-and-roll style of Stoudemire and Paul. Paul's pick-and-roll mid-range is very good. Stoudemire's pick-and-roll offensive ability ranks first in the paint this season. Zell left Sloan and Deron to join the Bulls, and the Bulls really didn't take advantage of his pick-and-roll ability.

Amar'e Stoudemire, who can make mid-range shots and cuts, and the first point guard Paul restrained enough defenses to distribute the ball to the bottom corner...

A perfect positional battle to quickly block and split the ball, Sean Williams made a three-pointer from the corner...

It's a pity that it didn't hit!

Sun Ce used Jordan, who had not extended out, to block another bully and grab the defensive rebound. He turned around and broke his knees to accelerate the counterattack!

Originally, Coach Hollins was going to call a timeout after this offense and prepare to make substitutions. When the Knicks finished their offense, he was going to call a timeout and ran for half a quarter. It was time for rotation.

But when the counterattack started, they finished the fight first. When Sun Ce grabbed the rebound and rushed to the free throw line, Gay had already crossed the center line!

Gay played very happily today, with 14 points in a single quarter, setting a new record for the highest score in a single quarter in his career!

Sun Ce immediately hoisted the ball forward and led others with the ball!

Gay sprinted at full speed, got rid of Paul who was chasing him, and just rushed to the opposite free throw line when the ball fell just in front of him!

The ball was passed so comfortably. Gay took off after receiving the ball, stepped on the free throw line with his heels and took off. He held the ball and flew a long distance, and smashed the ball into the frame with one hand!

Guy's explosive physical fitness is on full display! The fans at the scene cheered the whole time when Sun Ce grabbed the defensive rebound and counterattacked, and when Gay caught the ball and jumped directly from the free throw line to dunk into the basket.

But something unexpected happened at this time. Guy couldn't stand firmly when he dunked, and fell down diagonally!

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed from wild cheers to exclamations!

And it was really scary!

Guy fell to the ground and screamed!

Coach Hollins didn't react at first, so why did he slide when he landed?

After being stunned for a moment, Coach Hollins looked anxiously at the opposite bench. Coach D'Antoni did not want to take advantage of this and quickly called a timeout.

At this time, they could have launched a wave of 5-on-4 offense to score two or three points and wait for the opponent to call a timeout, but Coach D'Antoni did not do that.

Coach Hollins glanced at D'Antoni gratefully, and immediately turned his head and roared at the team doctor. The team doctor immediately rushed into the court to check Gay, who was lying on the floor and patting the floor hard.

Sun Ce and three other teammates on the field had already surrounded him, but they didn't dare to touch Guy. They didn't know the specific situation. NBA players like them, at the training camp stage at the beginning of each season, have questions about how to react to injuries to their teammates. of stress meetings.

It's very simple. You can't touch an injured teammate who is lying on the ground. It's very important to let your teammates react and check with the team doctor.

The team doctor first examines the most important areas of the feet, legs, knees, waist and back, which will affect your career.

Coach Hollins also gathered around. Seeing the team doctor's relaxed expression after checking several key areas, Coach Hollins breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can you stand up?" the team doctor asked.

Guy's initial severe pain was over. He put his left hand on the floor and sat up, still grinning. The team doctor's initial diagnosis was that his right shoulder was strained when he fell on the floor. Tony Allen was asked to hold Guy up and he was not injured. 's left hand,

Taking Guy back to the locker room requires detailed inspection.

Although it was initially diagnosed that several key positions were not injured, detailed examination was still needed. Gay himself breathed a sigh of relief. He could see what the team doctor's relieved expression meant.

The 100-second timeout called by the Knicks was about to come. Although the referee sympathized with the Grizzlies for someone being injured, injuries are part of sports competition. The referee calmly signaled the Grizzlies to substitute.

Coach Hollins called another 100-second timeout and led the players back to the bench.

Gay's key parts were not injured, and there was no problem when Tony Allen helped him walk to the tunnel. Sun Ce and his teammates breathed a sigh of relief.

The initial diagnosis of the key parts is OK and it will not affect Guy's career, but now... Guy can't play at least for now!

The loss of an outside scorer who scored 16 points in the first 10 minutes was a huge blow to them!

Don't worry about Guy for now. The current game is important. No matter how worried you are about Guy, it won't affect the current game.

Coach Hollins originally planned to let Conley, Gay, and Randolph go on offense in the remaining two minutes of this quarter before the official timeout of the second quarter. Although these people cannot play fast breaks, they can also rely on blocking. Yi and Randolph competed with each other in singles, allowing Sun Ce to rest for a while.

But now that Gay is injured, Randolph alone...and Randolph, who has not yet returned to his best condition, may not be able to survive alone!

Conley also has a certain ability to attack independently, but he is still in the growth stage and has difficulty taking on heavy responsibilities.

Coach Hollins thought quickly and could only count on a certain sophomore.

He called Sun Ce over and asked, "Are you ready to change your jersey today?"

After hearing the coach's words, Sun Ce didn't know whether to say a word or not.

When did your own coach become like this?

So direct!

Weren't you a pretender before?

But Sun Ce already had a plan during the first long timeout. He relied on himself in the first half and gambled his life in the second half...

It was not necessary to use it originally. He was also planning to wait until the team rotated to see if his teammates could do something about it. After all, a team could not always count on him alone.

But now that the team's strongest outside player is injured and retired, the team's outside strength has been greatly damaged, and he can only support it.

Then start the life-betting plan!

Sun Ce sighed and nodded.

Coach Hollins received positive feedback and began to make tactical adjustments.

The head coach who decisively gave up on the tactics he originally planned and dared to make a big comeback when the Clippers fell behind by more than 20 points in five ups and five downs may have real problems with his tactics sometimes, but he must be brave enough! After all, he was the head coach who dared to pick the best player in the league in the original time and space and successfully defeated him.

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The timeout is about to end, and players from both teams come to the court.

The Knicks made no substitutions, and D'Antoni's eight-man rotation tactics remain unchanged.

Coach Hollins quickly made a new rotation, and the combination of Sun Ce, Conley, Paul George, Battier, and DeAndre Jordan was replaced!

In such a game, Paul George would not get much playing time. With Gay's excellent performance today, he is expected to have 40+ points in a single game. If the score is tight, it is possible to play the whole game.

But now that Guy is injured, he can only use the poor man's version of Guy to hold him up.

The timeout ends and the Knicks hit the ball from the mid-range.

Sun Ce was following Paul and wanted to prevent Paul from receiving the serve. Since Battier was playing power forward, Sun Ce would have to guard the point guard. This way, there would be no problem with his height when encountering pick-and-roll changes. Conley and Paul George followed. When the opponent's pitcher runs, the two of them are actually more tired defensively, but they don't need to use too much brainpower.

Sun Ce thought he could cause trouble for Paul when he received the serve, but he misjudged Paul's shamelessness. When the referee handed the ball to Fields, Paul leaned down and pushed his arm back, which separated Sun Ce and made it easy. Catch the ball.

Sun Ce didn't dare to press forward at all! Encountered an iron elbow to the egg!

Maybe because the relationship between James, Anthony and Sun Ce was okay, Paul didn't do anything against Sun Ce, but this kind of little tricks never stopped as long as they fell into a positional battle!

"Oh my God! This magical skill is really powerful, but I can't learn it! I have to squat to complete this action!"

Sun Ce cursed wildly in his heart and retreated to the three-point line, ready to defend the pick-and-roll with Battier.

But Sun Ce overestimated Paul's fear of his defense, and Paul broke through on his own! Breaking into the mid-range, he couldn't get rid of Sun Ce's speed, but Paul didn't pass the ball either. He stepped back to meet Sun Ce's defense and then shot from mid-range...

Hit!

Paul's ability to hit big with small things is fully demonstrated!

Sun Ce has been learning defense from Coach Hollins, Battier, and Tony Allen for almost a year, but if he wants to practice defense...

It took Kobe three years to go from an average defensive efficiency of 1.5 in the first three seasons to a top defensive efficiency of 4.5 when he was selected for the first defense in the 1999-00 season.

It took James about the same time as Kobe to go from no defense to first defense. It took him 4 years to become a top defensive player in his fifth season.

Although Sun Ce has improved faster than these two due to his advantages in size and speed in the learning section. These two sophomores do not have Sun Ce's current defensive efficiency of close to 3, but if they want to limit Paul, who has outstanding ability in small-time attacks, he still needs to Not even close!

It's not as good as Conley, who plays steadily on the defensive end. Although Conley has an obvious upper limit on the defensive end, his basic defensive skills are solid and will not give Paul such an easy opportunity to step back.

But... when Conley took the initiative to guard Paul, he was completely unable to limit the opponent's pick-and-roll attack!

Paul is so awesome, his overall offensive ability is not inferior to that of Nash in his peak period, and he always has a way to deal with his opponents on the offensive end!

Fortunately, Coach Hollins did a good job in making the substitution this time. Paul George is far inferior to Gay in attacking with the ball at this stage, but his counterattack ability is not inferior to Gay's, and his physical fitness is there, so he can barely hold on.

After the first quarter, relying on Gay's 16 points in a single quarter and Sun Ce's 2 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, in a fast-paced offensive confrontation, the Grizzlies trailed the Knicks by 3 points, 29 to 32, without letting the opponent. Widen the gap!