Six Hundred and Fifteen. Eastern Kings Team
James has been criticized in many ways, but in Sun Ce's view, James truly deserves the title of era-level superstar that Jordan calls him!
Although Jordan was pretentious when he said that, he said that among the players who entered the NBA in the 21st century, only James could become a superstar in the 1990s. This is now beginning to be confirmed.
If there is no pressure, there will be no motivation. At the beginning of the season, James played according to the style of last season and was repeatedly blown away. It took him more than a month to adjust and reduce the use of "footstep" offense in close-range play. More Cooperating with Wade to catch the ball and attack the basket, the efficiency of close-range shooting has been greatly improved compared to the beginning of the season. Coupled with Wade's mid-range and short-range containment, James's close-range scoring efficiency has reached a career high since entering December!
However, in terms of offensive efficiency alone, James is still not as good as last season. After all, there were too many whistles last season. So far this season, James' average number of free throws per game has plummeted by 3 compared to last season, averaging "only" 7.4 free throws per game.
The main reason is the improvement on the defensive end. He has gained weight enough to be able to carry some centers, and his speed and flexibility have been maintained, allowing him to achieve the second-highest defensive efficiency in the league, second only to Dwight Howard.
The Grizzlies can really only rely on their two advantages of defense and rebounding to compete with their opponents, mainly Sun Ce's rebounding...
After the timeout, the Grizzlies sent out a combination of Conley, Tony Allen, Morrow, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol.
On the Heat's side, Arroyo, Wade, Mike Miller, James, and Bosh's lineup.
Hei Pangda played very poorly today, but fortunately Bai Pangda played very well today. He was the pillar of interior defense, and together with a certain 1.92-meter rebounding pillar, restricted the Heat's counterattack.
It's just that the Heat, who have a magician behind them, obviously have a targeted strategy for Sun Ce as the core of the offense. Coach Hollins wants to change it and use Conley and Gasol as the core of the offense, with Morrow shooting three-pointers. , Yi Jianlian is responsible for entry.
It is good to have adjustments. Regardless of the results, good or bad, as long as there are adjustments, new possibilities will appear. The most terrifying thing is that when you are at a disadvantage, you can only look at the court in confusion, unable to make any adjustments.
But this time the adjustment failed.
The change from Sun Ce's agile style of play to Conley's steady style of play is a good idea.
But Conley doesn't have that strength now!
If Conley had the same strength in the three seasons from 2011 to 2013 and Randolph's peak period from 30 to 32 years old as he entered his peak period in the 2013-2014 season, they would really be able to break out of the Western Conference in these three years. But he didn't!
Sun Ce can still at least create a threat on the offensive end by relying on unlimited mismatches, and can also provide rebound protection, but Conley can't do anything against Wade!
In the second half of the first quarter, it was Morrow and Yi Jianlian who supported the game.
Relying on the three-point contest between Morrow and Mike Miller, and Yi Jianlian, who played with Sakuragi's own BGM, and cut into the second attack, the Grizzlies did not suffer a big gap in the first quarter.
21 to 26, the Grizzlies scored 12 points in the second half of the first quarter in 5 and a half minutes. The offense was much better than the first half, but they were also scored 14 points by the opponent. After the first quarter, the Grizzlies were obviously at a disadvantage.
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Although Coach Hollins' strategic adjustment failed, it was generally a good attempt.
In the second quarter, the lineup of Sun Ce, Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and DeAndre Jordan came on the court.
On the Heat's side, Spoelstra is indeed Pat Riley's disciple. The three of them have averaged more than 37 minutes per game this season. This is the state they often play in when they play weak teams recently. , the game can be ended in halftime or three quarters, which reduces playing time.
The Big Three continued to appear, with Eddie House and Haslem coming off the bench.
Sun Ce took a deep breath, received the serve and advanced to start the second round.
Let’s start chasing points again at a disadvantage!
Half a period of rest,
Sun Ce has been thinking about ways to deal with the opponent, and there are some defensive loopholes that can be exploited. After coming on the court, he started to focus on the problem that the opponent's interior defense needs to be supported by James. Whoever James is guarding, he picks and rolls with that teammate, so that the Heat can rely on James to support them. The inside defense that got up returned to a state of emptiness again.
Sun Ce's adjustment had an obvious effect. The Grizzlies played back and forth with the Heat at the beginning of the second quarter, but the Heat began to adjust after a few rounds, allowing James to return to the court. For the forward position, the center is once again abandoned, allowing James and James Jones to form a defensive combination of large and small forwards with unlimited defense, allowing James to stay in the mid-range and close range for a long time to help defend.
This adjustment was very timely for the Heat. Sun Ce's response helped the Grizzlies' improved offensive efficiency return to normal again. Although relying on the athletic ability of the two emperors, the Grizzlies' offense was better than in the first six minutes of the first quarter, but it was also Just an average season, and the defense is not as good as the starting lineup.
They can only rely on inside blocking and inside offensive rebounding threats. Sun Ce's style of play with the core of protecting rebounds is at odds with the Heat.
However, although the Grizzlies relied on the whole team to help Sun Ce rebound the ball and played some counterattacks and secondary attacks, this style of play made the Grizzlies very uncomfortable.
On the other hand, the Heat are used to it. When they play against teams with top big men like the Magic, Nets, and Clippers, they grind out the opponent like this and wear them out!
After Big Z was replaced and Dampier was abandoned, the Heat's infinite defense strategy with James as the central axis was their best defensive method when they were at an extreme disadvantage inside, and it was a very successful one. Defensive way!
Although it is a way of squeezing potential for James, for the Heat, they don't care about this at all.
With Sun Ce and two of the four inside towers on the court, the Grizzlies could still compete with the opponent and keep the point difference from being widened. However, in the middle of the third quarter, Sun Ce was replaced after playing for a quarter and a half, and Conley came on as a substitute. Finally, the Grizzlies collapsed.
Compared with Sun Ce, Conley, who is still in a long period of growth, is much easier for the Heat to deal with.
In the second half of the third quarter, the Heat launched a 13-5 scoring shock wave, widening the point difference to 14 points in one fell swoop!
Although Sun Ce went up to cooperate with his teammates in the fourth quarter and scored 3 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in a single quarter, once narrowing the point difference to 7 points, Wade and Mike Miller each scored one at the critical moment. He scored 6 consecutive three-pointers and contained the counterattack led by Sun Ce.
In the end, even though Sun Ce played 36 minutes and scored 15 points, 26 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks, the Grizzlies still lost to the Heat at home 93-101, ending their two-game winning streak! The Heat won three consecutive victories!
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