Six Hundred and Fifty-Eight. This Kid Wants to Learn All My Skills!

At the end of the first half, the Grizzlies led the Suns by 3 points, 59 to 56, and entered the halftime break.

Sun Ce played for 14 minutes in the first half, scoring 4 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 block. Nash played the entire first half, scoring 11 points and 9 assists, almost getting a double-double in the first half.

When Coach Hollins replaced Sun Ce with Conley, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Jordan to improve the defense, the Suns did not replace Nash.

Gentry knew that the team had little chance of entering the playoffs. Of course, the team's publicity was still shouting "We will definitely enter the playoffs", but look at the Trail Blazers, who are currently eighth in the West, with 19 wins and 13 losses in 32 games, and the Trail Blazers were once fourth in the West.

The top eight teams are all monsters, and Gentry is sure they have no chance.

So when Nash is in good shape, let Nash play more. When Nash plays well, the game is good, the fans are happy, Nash is happy, Gentry is happy, and returning to the home court can attract fans to sell tickets. The boss is also happy, and everyone is happy.

Because of the coaching trade between Sloan and Thibodeau, many head coaches of teams with poor records have become cautious. Those who are incompetent are fine, but the most feared are head coaches who are competent but have big problems in their teams. It is okay to be traded to a big city, such as the US capital New York, Gentry is very happy and can continue to play run-and-gun happily, but what if he goes to Minnesota...

Although the probability is not high, he still has to be on guard against Gentry, after all, he is also a very good coach in the league.

However, Nash played really well tonight. When Conley and Tony Allen led the team, they consciously pressed the rhythm and played defense, but they still failed to suppress the momentum of the Suns. Fortunately, Morrow scored two three-pointers in the second half of the second quarter and withstood the impact of the Suns.

The rhythm could not be suppressed, which was directly related to the absence of Gasol. Originally, the Grizzlies had Gasol inside and Tony Allen outside. The two played together, with Sun Ce or Conley, Battier or Paul George, and Randolph, and could wear out any team.

But without Gasol, it is difficult to really play a slow-paced style that can grind down the opponent.

Just like Randolph's importance on the offensive end, the two bears are the foundation of the Grizzlies.

The tactics are centered around Sun Ce. From the beginning, Sun Ce only came off the bench to drive the rotation, but now it has gradually become Sun Ce on the court, and both offense and defense are closely centered around him.

In fact, this style of play has great flaws. For example, when Sun Ce is out, the offense is very simple, and there are only two ways left: Gasol and Conley cooperate to organize the offense and have to play together, and Randolph plays alone.

But the Grizzlies are not afraid of a single offense. It's enough to score some points. Their focus is on defense. No matter how bad the offense is, it won't be as bad as the Bobcats.

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After the halftime break, the Grizzlies continued to send out Conley, Tony Allen, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan to grind against the opponent.

On the Suns side, Nash was also replaced for a rest, and Brooks was replaced. Carter led the team, and Dudley, Hakeem Warrick, and Lopez played together.

With Nash, the Suns can still have the strength of an Eastern Conference playoff team, and their offensive firepower is fierce. Without Nash, Brooks controls the ball, and Carter can't even touch the ball!

The game started around rebounds. The double emperor combination is obviously much better than Lopez Jr. and Warrick, who is already 29 years old and whose physical fitness has declined.

Jordan Jr. and Yi Jianlian have played together for a long time, and have developed a tacit understanding and some small cooperation.

Relying on their fast speed, the two will cooperate if they have the opportunity to grab offensive rebounds. The one directly below the basket is responsible for blocking, and the one farther away is responsible for rushing.

If it is against the Lakers, Mavericks, Celtics, and other teams with a lot of big men in the interior and these big men have excellent blocking ability, this trick will not work well, and occasionally it will be used in reverse, such as when playing against the Mavericks.

But against the Suns, who have not been used to blocking for many years, the more agile Yi Jianlian is matched with Jordan Jr., whose card forward skills are getting better and better. Yi Jianlian scored 6 points and 3 rebounds in half a quarter, all of which were offensive rebounds!

The Grizzlies had rebounds to back them up, and Brooks's misses were purely for Jordan.

With the two of them getting 8 rebounds in half a quarter, the Grizzlies scored 14 to 6.

73 to 62, the Grizzlies led by 11 points.

When the Grizzlies pulled the score difference to 11 points, Gentry called a timeout.

After the timeout, both sides sent out their leading point guards.

Sun Ce played with Morrow, Paul George, Sam Young, and Yi Jianlian.

Nash played with Josh Childress, Dudley, Hill, and Frye.

They were all running offense lineups.

As long as Nash was on the court, Gentry would definitely be equipped with a running and gunning lineup. Without Stoudemire, they had nothing to pursue, and they just had to play happily and work hard to win.

Coach Hollins chose to accept his fate.

This time, Nash didn't have the magic of 11+9 in the first half. He didn't rest for a minute in the first half, which was a bit tiring for Nash. After all, he will be 37 years old in more than a month. 30-33 minutes per game is his limit. This time he played the whole half at once, and he couldn't recover to his best condition after a long time.

Of course, veterans will occasionally have a burst after their physical strength declines, but it is impossible to have it every day, at least not in this game.

The Suns did not narrow the gap, Carter's return to the court and singles were ineffective, and Hill was unable to support.

Carter + Nash + Hill, this trio that could be considered a dream combination if they were not injured at the beginning of the century, now can only watch the opponent sweat wantonly.

At the 11th minute of the third quarter, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian made a pick-and-roll and broke through to the right mid-range. When Hill switched defense, he faked the ball with his right hand but did not touch the ball. Instead, he hit the ball to the right with his left hand, shaking Hill away!

Tim Hardaway occasionally played one-on-one with Sun Ce after Sun Ce's training. Sun Ce deliberately learned this little trick and used it suddenly in the high-speed position change!

Sun Ce jumped one step to the right, and a beautiful face-to-frame single-handed lateral move and stride took off!

At this time, Carter rushed over, and the score difference would be 20 points if he scored one more goal.

Sun Ce did not notice where his teammates were when he jumped with this action. The jumping height was not enough, and he could not pass the ball in the air. He could only try his best to lean back to avoid Carter's block...

When Sun Ce lay back more than 60 degrees, the system prompt came!

Sun Ce pushed the ball out in a nearly flat position, but the force of the shot was perfect!

The ball was thrown out to avoid Carter, who was jumping high at such an old age, and hit a mid-range jump shot one step outside the free throw line!

When the ball was thrown out, the fans at the scene were all exclaiming, and there was fear in the exclamation, fearing that Sun Ce would get hurt.

But I didn't expect Sun Ce to actually throw the ball in!

And he kept his balance very well and landed steadily!

Watching Sun Ce throw the ball in, fall to the floor, and then quickly get up and pat his butt and run back, Gentry on the sidelines called a timeout.

Isn't this Nash's back-lying jump shot?

Such a big guy, with a huge body that is 1 cm taller than Nash, can actually do this!

This flexibility, this balance...

Gentry has always paid attention to Sun Ce and admires Sun Ce's attitude of always working hard in training. Yes, as a head coach, Gentry must use admiration to describe such a player.

But I didn't expect this guy to practice all these weird tricks in a very good way!

Even Nash, who was watching the performance nearby, couldn't help laughing.

He felt that one day this kid would learn everything he knew!

Sun Ce was so excited, otherwise he would definitely wail to see if he could fool the referee, and he would definitely not get up and run after making the shot.

90 to 69, the Grizzlies rarely scored so high, and Sun Ce walked back to the bench, knowing that he would be replaced.

He looked at a rare prompt in the system prompt just now.

"Steve Nash's back-lying shooting skill level 2 is triggered, and the host's back-up jump shot ignores the loss of balance caused by excessive back-up."

Ignoring the impact of face-to-frame lateral step jump shot on take-off, ignoring the loss of balance caused by excessive back-up... One skill from Nowitzki, one skill from Nash, but they were unexpectedly combined together!

The two really practiced the skills together!

It's just to combine these two moves together... Sun Ce himself didn't know how he pushed the ball out just now, he just felt the blood rushing, and he made the ball.

Let him do it again, he really can't do it.

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Sure enough, both teams replaced their main players. Since the opponent sent Brooks in garbage time, Conley from the Grizzlies also replaced him, and he was with Morrow and Battier. Sam Young and Haddadi were in the interior.

Jason Williams wanted to show Sun Ce a pass, but he had to wait for the next opportunity.

He wanted the team to see that he could now perfectly switch between normal and ordinary passes.

Jason Williams felt that his life was miserable!

At the peak of his athletic ability, he did not combine these two together. When he could only play well for seven or eight minutes in a game, he had such awareness, ability and experience.

This is the gap between ordinary stars and real superstars.

In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Suns 119-101 and won the third victory in 5 days and 4 games.

3 wins and 1 loss in 5 days and 4 games, this result is excellent.

Sun Ce played 19 points in three quarters today, with 11 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. It's not as good as Nash's 14 points and 11 assists, but it's not bad. Sun Ce played much less time.

In fact, Nash still has A+ level ability, but it's a pity that he lost a superstar inside.

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The Grizzlies had a beautiful ending this year, 25 wins and 7 losses, second in the West! Second in the league!

After playing the Suns, the Grizzlies got three days of rest. Although No. 4 and No. 5 are back-to-back again, there are only 13 games in January, which is very easy overall, only No. 4 and No. 5 are back-to-back this time.

However, Sun Ce, who went home after practicing Nash's training method, took a shower and slept with his little sister, looked at the team manual issued after the game tonight and saw the two opponents No. 4 and No. 5...

Magic, Mavericks!

Play these two teams back-to-back at home!

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