Six Hundred and Sixty-Six. The Beast Is Coming!

A strong duel, a bloody battle?

A defensive battle in the opening game, a matchup of MVPs?

The situation after the game started was completely different from what we imagined!

Sun Ce scored 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks in the first quarter, helping the Grizzlies to score the best single quarter!

With a 9-point lead at the start of 11-2, plus the unstoppable Sun Ce and Jason Williams who used his few minutes of good physical strength to the best effect, the Grizzlies led by 15 points after the first quarter!

Only Arenas came up and made two mid-range shots, plus two assists, to help the Magic get 9 points in the last seven and a half minutes of the first quarter, otherwise it would be difficult for the Magic to score in double digits!

Sun Ce himself did not expect this to happen.

He overestimated the strength of the Magic, a team that had reached the finals!

Nelson + Turkoglu + Howard, in 2009, could be called the Big Three, and the three were selected to the All-Star team at the same time.

But in fact, the Magic team's peak was only that one season. Last season, they were almost swept by the Celtics. After the Celtics relaxed, the Magic team won two games by chance. After the Celtics tightened up their defense, the Magic team only scored more than 80 points in the sixth game.

During the intermission, Sun Ce was replaced to rest.

He saw Howard only scored 2 points and 2 rebounds with 1 of 3 shots... The more he played, the more frustrated he became. Why did he feel like he saw Howard who was swept by the Lakers in the first round in 2013?

Sun Ce suddenly remembered that in the two playoffs in 2013, the Magic team was defeated in the first round!

The seemingly powerful Magic team is actually strong on the outside but weak on the inside. It really depends on Howard to win. Once Howard performs poorly, the entire Magic team will collapse!

It's just that Howard played the best year this season, and he rarely performed poorly.

Sun Ce analyzed that his team was originally stronger than the Magic team, and with his own outbreak... they, the Grizzlies, are holding the Magic team down!

Sun Ce watched the lineup of Conley, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol Jr. come on the court, and it seemed that they were going to officially grind the defense.

The Magic team sent out a lineup of Nelson, Redick, Quentin Richardson, Turkoglu, and Howard. Sun Ce estimated that Van Gundy was ready to rely on offense.

Sun Ce felt that there was something wrong with Van Gundy's substitution!

The Magic team only scored two points in the first four and a half minutes of the first quarter. The Grizzlies replaced Gasol Jr. and Conley, and did not replace Tony Allen. They put out an offensive lineup, but Van Gundy replaced it with a lineup that was better in defense and had good shooting, but it was not the most powerful lineup at the moment. Moreover, without Turkoglu, they relied on Arenas' breakthrough and passing the ball. Only Arenas' strength was okay, otherwise he would not have scored 11 points in a single quarter.

But when the Grizzlies sent out a pure defensive lineup to grind to death, Van Gundy actually sent out the best offensive lineup...

This on-the-spot command problem is too bad!

He felt that if he, Sun, were to coach, at least his on-the-spot command would be better than Van Gundy's.

Sure enough, after the game resumed, the Grizzlies steadily suppressed the opponent's offense.

Sun Ce was very surprised that Van Gundy's operation was so bad, but thinking about it, he suddenly felt that it was not Van Gundy who was really bad!

Maybe Van Gundy's on-the-spot command was really average, but at least he was the head coach who led the team to the finals, so he would not be completely restrained by the opponent when he made a substitution.

From another perspective, it means that the substitution on our side just happened to completely defeat the opponent!

This is the change in Coach Hollins' on-the-spot command style!

In today's game, Sun Ce did not hear Coach Hollins arrange tactical details during the two timeouts. Coach Hollins and David Fizdale both emphasized the running position on the off-ball end. The ball handler organized the offense and the choice of the end point were all left to their players!

After thinking carefully, Sun Ce found that in recent games, the coaching staff has made more and more detailed overall strategic arrangements for the game. When encountering emergencies, the coaching staff has made better and better adjustments in terms of substitutions and tactical system adjustments, but the detailed commands have become less and less!

Is this change good? Or bad?

Sun Ce doesn't know, but he knows that he seems to be able to beat the opponent today!

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At 3 minutes and 51 seconds in the second quarter, Paul George received his second foul. Coach Hollins saw that the score difference was already 19 points and it might not be possible to play in the fourth quarter, so he replaced Sun Ce.

The Magic wanted to test the offense and rush, but in more than three minutes, the Magic only had Howard's tip-in to score two points. The Grizzlies' lineup of one big and four small blocked the Magic's three-pointers!

Even if Turkoglu made both free throws next, he only scored 4 points in nearly four minutes!

And the Grizzlies scored 6 points steadily in these four minutes!

The Grizzlies currently have points!

After thinking about it, Coach Hollins replaced Morrow, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan, leaving Conley.

The Magic also made substitutions.

But just as Van Gundy substituted two defensive players, Pietrus Bass, with Turkoglu, Nelson, and Howard to play defense, he saw that the opponent actually replaced the offensive lineup!

Van Gundy almost vomited blood!

It seems that the opponent predicted it again!

After Coach Hollins made changes in his coaching philosophy, his coaching became better!

He only needs to focus on the overall situation, strategy, substitutions, and defensive system. He also had to do these four things well before, but he also had to spend some energy on adjusting the details.

In fact, it is difficult for a head coach to think about everything.

There are such coaches, certainly there are, such as Popovich, Carlisle, and Larry Bird, but these people, like those true geniuses, are only a few among thousands of coaches.

Even Phil Jackson, who holds 11 championships, focuses on certain aspects. Except for critical moments, he seldom makes detailed adjustments, and then he has achieved the ultimate in the most basic aspects such as overall situation, strategy, substitutions, and defensive system!

Coach Hollins also began to gradually become a Buddhist coach.

Turkoglu stepped to the free throw line, and the rebounding players on both sides of the three-second area stood still.

Howard looked at himself with Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian standing on his left and right. There was nothing wrong with this. The opponent would definitely not touch Buss. Anyone in the Grizzlies frontcourt trio could rebound better than Buss.

However, Howard looked at Sun Ce next to the baseline on his right! Next to the free throw line on the left is Yi Jianlian, who is tall as a center and athletic as a power forward!

"You don't play like this..."

Fortunately, Turkoglu made two free throws, and the Magic caught up with the score and did not let Howard compete with Sun Ce for rebounds, which did not cause Howard to worry.

After Turkoglu made his second free throw, Sun Ce immediately picked up the ball and sent it to Conley, sprinting towards the frontcourt!

The Magic's lineup defends very well. It is their lineup with the best defensive efficiency and effectiveness. It has good physical fitness, strong athletic ability, and retreats very quickly.

When Sun Ce rushed into the three-point line without the ball, Pietrus stepped forward and was knocked away by Sun Ce!

Turkoglu quickly came over to cover up the defense. At this time, Conley, who had just advanced to the top arc, distributed the ball to Morrow who was following up at a 45-degree angle on the right side. Morrow caught the ball and shot a three-pointer...

Missed!

Howard was about to get in position to grab a rebound, but when he saw it, he was about to curse!

Yi Jianlian's flexible movement avoided Bass and rushed inside, against the cherry wood. Yi Jianlian made rapid progress in this area!

Howard used his strong body to block Yi Jianlian and DeAndre Jordan, who also judged where the rebound would land. But at this time, Sun Ce pushed Turkoglu over and rushed in, jumping behind the three of them. , pressed on the heads of three people and smashed the ball into the basket!

"Hem home shovel!"

"FUXK!"

"SHXT!"

The three people under the basket all sprayed obscenities!

The three people under the basket were all moving in the block. Sun Ce dunked like this. If the three were all opponent players, there would definitely be extra penalties, but two of them were Sun Ce's teammates. If these two people and Howard were not blocked, Sun Ce had no such opportunity to make up for the dunk. Based on the principle of advantageous offense, the referee did not call a foul.

Listening to the crazy cheers at the scene, the three people under the basket looked at each other. At this moment, the three of them were no longer opponents and teammates, they were all fallen from the world...

Yi Jianlian and DeAndre Jordan didn't expect that this bastard of theirs would even dunk on their teammates! Just one deduction and two deductions!

The combination of the two emperors was okay, after all, it was their own dunk, but for the Magic players, the "bang" sound of Sun Ce's dunk just now seemed to be blowing their death knell!

This is only the second quarter!

Magic players don’t want to give up!

However, sometimes giving up is actually a better choice. The Magic team played harder on the defensive end and did not collapse as quickly, but it also gave Sun Ce more opportunities to perform!

After Sun Ce came on the court in the second quarter, he played even more violently offensively than in the first quarter!

In the next three consecutive attacks, Sun Ce exploded!

Pietrus was deflected in the low post and hit a small hook;

Howard switched defense. Sun Ce received the ball and pulled it out. He broke through and hit Howard who was moving. He suddenly turned sideways and hit a small hook shot;

Conley missed a long two-pointer, and Sun Ce grabbed the offensive rebound over Buss' head, turned around and faced Howard and smashed the ball into the basket...

On the offensive end, as long as he gets the ball, Sun Ce is like a Randolph with enhanced bounce, explosive power, and explosive speed in the three-second zone. He is unstoppable. No matter how powerful Howard is, there is no way he can guard Sun Ce while taking into account the threat of the two emperors cutting in. good.

On the defensive end, Sun Ce can be as ruthless as he wants. Just that ruthlessness makes all the Magic players except Howard shoot outside. This is the block leader this season! And he is more than 0.5 blocks ahead of the second place in the block list! But even if the Magic can't make a shot, their offensive rebounds are not guaranteed either.

Today, Sun Ce changed his way of grabbing rebounds and took the initiative to get blocked.

Because today he needs to ensure that his team rebounds more than the opponent! Block more shots too!

In the second quarter, Sun Ce came up and scored 9 points in a row, helping the Magic to call a timeout and enter the official timeout. He did not consider physical strength at all, and temporarily obtained O'Neal's S-level physical strength. He was enough to finish the first three quarters. As for the fourth quarter …

Wouldn’t it be enough to turn the fourth quarter into garbage time?