Six Hundred and Ninety-Two. Sorry, I've Made Progress Again

Although no one can guard anyone, the Grizzlies are at a disadvantage here!

After the first 4 minutes of play, the Grizzlies were playing lively. Randolph hit the low post. Gasol was not as fierce as the first attack, but he was not easy to block when he hit high. Sun Ce sat down. It's also easy to hit Bill Walker in the low post.

But there are three points on the opposite side!

The Grizzlies scored 10 points in 4 minutes. If this efficiency continues, the score will exceed 100 points.

However, the opponent scored 14 points in 4 minutes!

The Grizzlies had two points here, and the Knicks made two three-pointers in the first 4 minutes!

Back and forth, after the Knicks' last attack before the timeout, Paul hit a mid-range shot, the point difference had widened to 4 points.

The Knicks don't pay attention to defense. It's not that they don't defend. They also focus on blocking three-pointers and closing down the basket. Paul's defense of Conley and Fields' defense of Battier's corner three-pointer today were both very good. .

And Sun Ce could see that because the opponent had no overall defensive discipline, he was very focused on individual defense.

The Knicks players are not fools. Everyone is saying that defense wins the championship. The Knicks are playing so well now, and their players naturally want to win the championship. Even if D'Antoni doesn't pay attention to defense, these people are not the same. They were born to accept D'Antoni's idea of ​​not paying attention to defense. Most of their players have played on other teams. They themselves are willing to defend, and they have a good record and are actually very active in defense.

The Knicks' defensive strategy only has two points: blocking cuts and three-pointers. Their players are motivated. Without a team to cooperate in defense, they will not cover up defense or double attack.

Under such a defensive method, the Knicks' interior was undoubtedly penetrated, but they did not shrink. Fields and Paul defended well on the outside. The Grizzlies did not make a single three-pointer during the lineup phase.

With such a defense, switching to a team with a bad offense would be a recipe for death, but the Knicks have the best offense in the league!

The Knicks threw in two three-pointers at the beginning. With Stoudemire's 6 points and 1 assist and Paul's 2 points and 2 assists, the Knicks opened the point difference to 4 points in one fell swoop.

What does it mean to be in extremely good condition?

Sun Ce really feels that the Knicks' current feel, competitive state, confidence, etc. are ridiculously good!

Fortunately, the Grizzlies took a long time to prepare, from the coaching staff to the players.

They are all fully prepared. The other party is in such good condition that he is also mentally prepared.

Coach Hollins called a timeout in time to make personnel adjustments when the score difference was widened.

Two point guards are enough, but Randolph, who has such excellent speed and flexibility, seems too slow to play power forward in this game, let alone Gasol, but compared to speed...

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After the timeout, there were no substitutions on the Knicks' side. In D'Antoni's mind, playing basketball with eight people is enough.

For the Grizzlies, coach Hollins sent out a rotation of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Yi Jianlian.

The Grizzlies serve from the center line.

"What do you mean Noah, you go run with your teammates and start the offense?"

Sun Ce came to the midline position to receive the serve, muttering in his heart. Is this what a serious coach should say?

Advancing beyond the three-point line, Sun Ce saw Paul switch to him.

Unlike most teams that don't dare to let point guards guard Sun Ce, the Knicks have no specific defensive details and players can be "free" on the court. When Paul entered the rotation stage with Sun Ce as the mainstay in the Grizzlies, , Paul took the initiative to defend himself.

Other teams don't dare to use point guards to defend Sun Ce, mainly because they are afraid that Sun Ce will play in the low post. Moreover, not every team has a point guard as good as Paul in defense, and the coach is not that good on the defensive end.

But Paul is strong on the defensive end and can read the opponent's lineup better than many coaches. Knowing that the Grizzlies lineup has little chance of letting Sun Ce sit in the low post, he will definitely let Sun Ce attack from the outside.

After Sun Ce reached outside the three-point line, Paul immediately followed him and tried to press and steal...

"Get off!"

When Paul was pressing up, Sun Ce pulled the ball to the right, and pushed his butt towards Paul. Paul's stomach was pushed by Sun Ce's butt. His left hand still kept the action of trying to press up and rush for a wave, and stretched out his short hand. He looked so helpless.

Sun Ce turned right and wanted to break through from the left, but Paul did not get angry or frustrated after being pushed by his butt. He stepped quickly and blocked Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was blocked from the three-point line!

On January 1st, some media once ranked the top five strongest players at each position. Paul beat Evans, Bledsoe, Westbrook, and Rose, ranking first at the point guard position. One person!

And no one questions it!

Coach Hollins played harder than Sun Ce expected. Sun Ce simply returned to the top arc, pushed Paul with his butt and looked sideways at the inside line, thinking quickly about how to solve the problem of the lineup's inability to attack in positional battles.

Suddenly, he saw Yi Jianlian move up the left baseline and took the initiative to move towards Stoudemire. Stoudemire unabashedly lowered his center of gravity. Sun Ce immediately grabbed the ball. , hooked towards the top of the head.

"watt?"

Paul's eyes widened. This kid was actually throwing a hook from the top?

It would be unreasonable if this goal was scored!

When Sun Ce hooked the ball, Paul was shocked. His eyes followed the ball and his head rotated along with the flight of the ball. He saw the arc of the ball flying out and screamed...

Then I saw Yi Jianlian appearing on the left side of the basket, catching the ball in the air and pressing the ball into the basket!

Yi Jianlian smashed the ball into the basket and excitedly rushed back to the top arc to high-five Sun Ce in celebration.

What is tacit understanding?

This is called tacit understanding!

Yi Jianlian saw that Sun Ce seemed to be unsure, so he immediately thought of ways to create cutting opportunities. He likes to play like this very much now. Facing Stoudemire's paper-like defense, Yi Jianlian easily thought of ways to cut in, and when he reached the three-second zone, he Opportunity to catch the ball and hit it high.

But Yi Jianlian didn't expect Sun Ce to pass the ball in advance. This trust, I, Yi Muhualian, accepted!

But on the other side, Sun Ce felt a little guilty when he high-fived Yi Jianlian...

In order to avoid being intercepted by Paul when he caught the ball due to the large gap in center of gravity, he used a hook shot to grab an offensive rebound for Yi Jianlian. Unexpectedly, the top arc hook missed, and it was indeed too far away. It's not in the rhythm of running the hook, otherwise it should be no problem to touch the basket.

But everyone thought it was an assist, so Sun Ce just thought it was a pass, and he took advantage of it and made a fortune quietly.

With 2 points and 2 assists, Sun Ce and Paul's data were even after this attack.

Paul returned to the inside to receive the serve and advance quickly. He really felt that Sun Ce's "pass" just now was a shot. As one of the best defensive players in the point guard position, he could see the opponent's power movements when passing the ball and when shooting. The difference in force movements made him really feel that Sun Ce was shooting just now, but Yi Jianlian's cut-in surprised Paul. Compared with the beginning of the season, Yi Jianlian's first cut-in tonight surprised Paul.

Paul had an impression of Yi Jianlian in the past, mainly because of Fagan's operation during Yi Jianlian's draft. Later, whenever he went to China or played games with Yi Jianlian's team, he would be asked questions about Yi Jianlian, and he got tired of being asked.

This is not to say that there is no discrimination against anyone. An NBA role player is asked to question a superstar repeatedly, let alone a superstar. An ordinary fan is asked repeatedly, even ordinary domestic fans are asked too many questions. bother.

But this also made Paul have a deep impression on Yi Jianlian, but it has been less than half a season since the last match. Yi Jianlian's appearance has changed, it seems that the transformation of his playing style has almost been completed!

"I become stronger when I'm red? Kidd seems to have been dyed golden hair, how about I try it too..."

In his random thoughts, Paul quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and the pressure was greater than when he started.

Yi Jianlian's speed is not much slower than Stoudemire's. It can still be done by focusing on staying between Stoudemire and the basket regardless of assisting defense.

Sun Ce had no problem chasing Fields, Paul George chased Bill Walker, and Battier defended Sean Williams very well. The key is that these three people are extremely fast in switching around pick-and-rolls and high-speed rotations. !

However, the focus is on the defender in front of him, Tony Allen!

Tony Allen's weathered face, ferocious eyes, and strong body would have made Paul feel frightened just looking at him from an ordinary perimeter player. Paul would have had a headache just looking at him.

Call it a pick-and-roll!

Stoudemire came out to help Paul block Tony Allen. Paul used the pick-and-roll to break through and found that the opponent did not use a big man to defend. Yi Jianlian followed Stoudemire who cut from the left after the pick-and-roll and retreated. As he retreated, Sun Ce expanded from the baseline, and Tony Allen also retreated, quickly switching to Fields.

This speed of defense change is simply amazing!

This is one of the tricks that Coach Hollins originally planned to use against the Spurs. When he meets the Knicks, he will try it first.

Paul looked at Sun Ce, who was bigger than him and faster than him. He was shocked, took a step back, stepped on the three-point line and started dribbling continuously with his hips.

Paul would be wary of Sun Ce's assist defense, but Sun Ce's single defense was just average in Paul's opinion.

Paul dribbled continuously, adapted to the rhythm of Sun Ce's footsteps, seized the gap, and broke through to the right!

This rhythm was quite well controlled. Paul rushed to the right free throw line and made a sudden stop jumper!

Paul shot the ball very decisively and was not worried about being blocked at all. He believed that Sun Ce could make the jump, but if Sun Ce didn't foul, based on his experience the last time he played against Sun Ce, at this distance and the speed of the shot, Sun Ce would definitely not be able to block...

"Snapped"

As soon as the ball left Paul's hand, it was slapped hard by Sun Ce and flew out of bounds!

"How can it be!"

Paul looked at Sun Ce in surprise. He was sure that he had calculated everything!

The referee's whistle sounded and the Knicks had the ball. Sun Ce ran to pick up the ball. Sun Ce saw Paul raising his head in shock and spreading his hands and said: "Sorry, I seem to have improved again."

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Sorry for being late. I spent an afternoon in the hospital injecting fluids, and started writing when I got home. I have one more chapter before going to bed, and I promised to finish the 10,000 words today~

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