Five Hundred and Fifty-Five. Sorry, 3 Pairs Are Mine!
After halftime, the Grizzlies led the Thunder by 13 points.
He scored 57 points at halftime against the Thunder, which was surprising to Grizzlies fans.
The Thunder have improved in all aspects this season, including great improvement in defense. The entire team is very active in defense, and a group of young people are very motivated and good. Today, the Thunder are obviously very active, but the defensive effect is indeed average.
And when Durant rested in the first half of the second quarter, the Thunder only scored 9 points in the half.
Sun Ce didn't expect this. He didn't think too much, so he felt that he could use the defensive gap created by Westbrook's inexplicable enthusiasm tonight to make it easier for his side to score. At this point, he was defeated by Durant in a single. When this guy with long arms and legs shows restraint, he won't just point at Randolph.
But I didn't expect that Westbrook's stubbornness would cause such great damage to both offense and defense. The Thunder only scored 44 points at halftime!
Sun Ce came up and played for more than 5 minutes in the second half of the second quarter and more than 17 minutes in the half. He scored 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block. His performance was quite stable.
Although Westbrook had 11 points and 7 assists in the half, his assists were abnormal.
Usually when he plays normally, he mainly breaks through and distributes the ball, which is actually very effective. He is a threat to break through and can make his teammates move more easily. But this time he was able to get so many assists, and several of them came from his teammates. From the running position, Brooke must ensure that he can get an assist with a high probability before passing the ball, such as throwing it to Durant.
That is to say, Durant's shooting percentage of 8 of 12 shots in the first half and 22 points was frighteningly high. Otherwise, Westbrook would either stick to the ball or break away from the offense, and the Thunder's entire offense would have collapsed. Lost!
And they didn't know why they collapsed, because Westbrook looked particularly "selfless" and "positive" today.
However, 22 points in the half was a bit troublesome for Durant. He played the entire first quarter and was replaced in the sixth minute of the second quarter. He played almost 19 minutes in the first half. This was the helplessness of Thunder coach Brooks. With this move, the offense collapsed inexplicably, so Durant could only be replaced in advance. This was also the reason why he did not dare to replace Durant in the second half of the first quarter.
Durant is not the kind of player with particularly good physical strength. In his peak period, his physical strength was average. He scored 30 points a game as easily as drinking water. He scored 40 points four or five times a year in the past two years, but 50+... …not once!
Durant may be the only player in the league who has more scoring stability than James, but his scoring explosiveness is average.
The main thing is physical strength.
Usually he plays hard in the first half and starts to wane in the second half.
Sun Ce also understands this. Why did the Thunder's three young players fall from the finals level to the playoff level even with Ibaka? Even if Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka continue to improve?
Because Harden's outside singles ability brought from the bench is so important, Westbrook's outside singles efficiency is low, and one person needs to take on this task, so that Westbrook can break through as much as he wants, and he can also let Durant play in the first half. Just let the catcher and pitcher take a break and take over the game at critical moments.
But without Harden, he had to take on more of the task of shooting against the defense in the first half, and Durant... his ability to get rid of the defender and shoot is really average, usually taking advantage of his height and wingspan. When shooting, he uses his speed to defend him in the paint.
Durant scored 22 points in the half today... With Tony Allen and Paul George taking turns to defend, Sun Ce will also defend... And during the 17 minutes that Sun Ce played, Durant wanted to defend him to death when he saw him. In the second half of the second quarter, Sun Ce only relied on free throws to score 3 points, which proved that Durant is indeed a good defensive shooting player, but it also cost Durant even more!
In this case, of course you have to take advantage of this.
During halftime, Sun Ce communicated with the coaching staff that Durant might be sluggish in the second half and analyzed the reasons...
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The midfield is almost over, and the Thunder players returned to the court first to prepare for the second half of the game.
The morale of the two teams is completely different. The Grizzlies have high morale, their offense is targeted, and their defense just needs to go all out. The goal is clear, and they will win the game and refuse to lose in a row! The Grizzlies discussed slowly in the locker room, trying to make the most complete plan during the halftime break.
The Thunder team was beaten a little confused at halftime and felt that the atmosphere in the locker room was depressing. Even veteran Mohammed didn't know why he collapsed. Durant scored 22 points in the half and Westbrook scored 11 in the half. He scored 7 assists, and his dual-core performance was so good that he didn't even know where to start to adjust the team's atmosphere. He looked at each other with Nick Collison, the team's other locker room leader, and then fell silent.
So the Thunder returned to the arena early, with a wider space and a more comfortable mood.
According to their pre-match analysis, their strength may be slightly weaker than the Grizzlies, but not too different. Both teams are going all out and in normal condition. It may only be a 50-50 situation. They are both ready to play key goals. preparation.
However, the game collapsed inexplicably during the game. Although their tactics were successful, Tony Allen was exhausted after playing only 14 minutes in the half, and Durant also had his usual high shooting percentage in the half. But it’s the first half!
What they want is for Durant to consume Tony Allen's energy in the first half and explode in the second half.
And it's not that the Grizzlies broke out. Generally speaking, the Grizzlies performed normally, but they themselves were defeated.
Teammates didn't feel anything was wrong with Westbrook today, because he is usually very active and hard-working, and flanking Randolph was a very correct approach. It was just that the wrong person was wrong. He shouldn't have been the one to flank Randolph, but he was so active... …It really doesn’t look like anything is wrong.
Westbrook saw that he would soon have a double-double. Today he consciously wanted to get assists. He had 7 assists in the half and scored double figures early, but rebounds...
Thinking about the first half, Sun Ce not only had a keen awareness of rebounding when his teammates helped him get in position, Sun Ce himself was also very good at getting in position, and even once again directly carried Ibaka to get a defensive rebound...
Westbrook's mind was clear: "Should I practice blocking?"
Thinking about the one centimeter height difference between him and Sun Ce... Westbrook thinks it's better to take his time.
Just as Westbrook was thinking, the Grizzlies players came out.
Trailing by 13 points at halftime...it's actually not a big point difference. In theory, there is a chance to catch up.
Just when Westbrook was about to regain his strength, a scene that had frightened him appeared on the opposite side, and the scene was filled with overwhelming cheers. This scene seemed to have returned to Turkey more than two months ago...
"Hey, let me tell you... can I change in the locker room?" Sun Ce watched as a group of people surrounded him again. They refused to let him change his jersey in the locker room and insisted on changing it on the spot.
"Noah, you see the fans are so enthusiastic about watching you change your jersey and shorts... Don't worry, we will surround you, and the TV station also asked us to put this scene into the game..." Coach Hollins said, Do you believe me?' expression.
As a former player... At this moment, the game situation is dominant. Sun Ce wants to change his jersey again, and coach Hollins also wants to tease Sun Ce.
"When did my image in your minds become like this?"
Sun Ce looked at the tightly surrounded teammates and helplessly began to take off their upper body jerseys.
Sun Ce gave up on him, but he was still surrounded to death.
Seeing Sun Ce changing his jersey on the spot and walking into the stadium as if the game had just begun, the scene was completely boiling. Westbrook looked at his eldest brother again, should he let his eldest brother also change his jersey?
That night when Sun Ce broke the world championship scoring record, Westbrook thought about it again!
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After using the physical potion that can only be used once in three games, Sun Ce regained his physical strength at the beginning of the game in the second half!
The lineup of Sun Ce, Paul George, Moreau, Battier, and Randolph came on the field.
Instead of a center, they sent three players who could shoot to help Sun Ce and Randolph attack, hoping to widen the point difference in the third quarter.
It went very smoothly. Westbrook started to get frustrated. Durant was the only one among his teammates who could get the ball from Westbrook. Seventeen's shooting percentage was 47%, 8 of 12 in the first half, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, it became 11 of 23...
Paul George is so awesome on defense!
He almost cried in the first half when he defended Durant in several rounds. He was completely abused, and the effect was not as good as Sun Ce. Sun Ce had more game experience, and Paul George had no choice at all.
But in the second half, I met Durant, who was beaten by Tony Allen for more than ten minutes... Hehe! Things turned around, and he played for 15 minutes in a row, preventing Durant from shooting 3 of 11!
As for Sun Ce, after Randolph's physical strength also declined, he began to take over the game!
Randolph is different from Durant. Randolph is a real inside man. He can contain the defense by squatting inside. Sun Ce has a good enough opportunity to play in isolation, and Durant can't guard him...
In the second half, Sun Ce played from the beginning to the third minute of the fourth quarter, scoring 9 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, helping the Grizzlies score 87-65 before the Thunder called a timeout!
For 15 minutes, the Thunder only scored 21 points, and the entire offense was in chaos.
In the past, they used Westbrook to shoot, Durant to shoot, Harden to organize the offense in the transition period, and Jeff Green, the favorite for the best sixth man, was responsible for scoring in the transition period, coupled with Sefrosa, Ibaka, and Mohan. The defense of Mulder and Nick Collison, coupled with the shooting ability of Kostic, a European insider, is now in chaos.
The Grizzlies only scored 24 points in the third quarter, which was considered a normal score. They scored 6 points in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, which was just a normal score. However, they suddenly went on a 30-21 run to widen the point difference to 22 points. !
If the Thunder stabilize the rhythm and play the game they planned as they did in most of the first dozen games of the season, Sun Ce will not play so easily even if he uses a physical potion during the halftime break. After all, the opponent is on the outside two. With an offensive core and two scorers, coupled with such a good defense, Sun Ce used physical potions, which at most increased his chances of winning.
But Durant used up all his energy in the first half to keep the point difference from getting too wide. In the second half, the Thunder completely collapsed!
Seeing Sun Ce playing 32 minutes and scoring 18 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 blocks... Westbrook, who scored 21 points, 13 assists and 4 rebounds, was shattered!
Let the peak Westbrook come, and Sun Ce will most likely not be able to do it, even with the help of his team.
But now Westbrook, Sun Ce's performance is really much better!
When the Thunder called a timeout and were about to raise the white flag, Sun Ce had just grabbed his 12th rebound, and coincidentally, he grabbed it over Westbrook's head.
Sun Ce threw the ball to the referee and said to Westbrook before leaving the court: "Um...I'm sorry, the triple-double is mine!"
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