Six Hundred and Ninety-Three. Gambler, Master and Disciple

Paul's confident mid-range shot instead of a breakthrough was the most fatal mistake he made.

Sun Ce likes opponents who are obviously at a big disadvantage in size but want to rely on intelligence, rhythm and technology to deal with him, especially opponents who have not played against him for a long time.

Because opponents who are at an extreme disadvantage in terms of size and other aspects often have to go to the limit of what they can do in order to successfully shoot over him in one-on-one single jump shots from the outside, especially opponents who have had successful experience in this area before. Will be more confident.

Then, relying on the elastic speed and bounce bonus of Olajuwon's hand strap when blocking shots, Sun Ce gave Paul a big hat!

Seeing Sun Ce's arrogant look, Paul really wanted to jump up and knock this guy on the knee!

Isn’t it amazing to make rapid progress?

However, the speed of improvement of two Chinese players, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian, makes Paul feel terrible. Not only them, many players have made huge progress this season.

Love, Rose, Evans and Sun Ce, four such players appeared in one season. I don’t know how many years ago the last time was. Anyway, it was the first time in Paul’s career that he encountered this situation.

Paul came to the sidelines to receive the serve and was stuck by Tony Allen again!

Tony Allen, who is the best in single defense at the back, Sun Ce, who has outstanding assist defense ability, Paul George, who has excellent defensive talent, and Shane Battier, who is very good at guarding short shooting power forwards like Sean Williams. Plus Yi Jianlian, who has good mobility...

Now that the space is so open, Paul really wants to give the ball to Stoudemire in isolation. This is the simplest way to solve the problem.

But this doesn't work. The team relies on him and Stoudemire. He averages 39 minutes per game and Stoudemire averages 37 minutes per game. When the two of them are on the court at the same time, they can only play run and gun. Don't waste your energy needlessly.

In this case, Paul stepped back from the top arc and shot a three-pointer from a long distance...

Paul's three-point improvement this year has indeed been great! Such shots were all stable and accurate, but unfortunately they were a little too powerful and bounced off the back edge of the basket.

Yi Jianlian quickly blocked Stoudemire, and Sun Ce quickly moved in to grab the defensive rebound and counterattack!

Sun Ce quickly advanced to the frontcourt. The Knicks' defense was not very good, but they retreated too quickly. They only defended two points. Stoudemire retreated to the basket and blocked the shot when he encountered the intruding player. , pick up the ball quickly and serve if you can't cover it; try your best to block the three-pointer from the outside,

CIC likes to invest or not.

When Sun Ce rushed to the frontcourt, although the Knicks' defensive position was completely man-to-man, and the person they were marking was not the one they were supposed to defend, they retreated in place!

When Sun Ce saw Sean Williams guarding him in front of him, he did not slow down and sprinted directly to the right. Sean Williams was okay with the power forward, but it was difficult to guard the small forward, otherwise he would not have been beaten by D'Antoni. Get him to play center.

Sun Ce rushed into the inside without any hindrance. At this time, Paul rushed over from the sideline with great energy. Sun Ce grabbed the ball and took three big steps towards the three-second zone. Yi Jianlian, who had already entered the inside, quickly walked away. Stoudemire saw Sun Ce looked like he was about to buckle, but chose to take a step back.

Sun Ce put the ball into the basket with a one-handed dunk.

Sun Ce dunked the ball in, and while it was still landing, Stoudemire returned to the basket, caught the ball that bounced off the floor, and immediately sent it to Paul.

The Knicks charge again!

During the team's offensive phase, Stoudemire usually scores a few points in a row, and then relies on his containment to influence the opponent's retreat. Tonight, the Knicks continued their excellent performance in the past month.

Stoudemire restrained the defense, Paul pushed forward the counterattack, and Paul himself was also very threatening, a superstar with an accurate 180 hit rate, and Sean Williams, who rushed to the bottom corner, was free again!

After receiving a pass from Paul, Sean Williams hit his second three-pointer of the game!

The Knicks' offense was aggressive and their positioning was very messy. Yi Jianlian had been playing in the Grizzlies' rotation for so long, so he judged that it was time to serve quickly. He made a three-pointer from Sean Williams from the basket. When the basket fell, he immediately picked up the ball from the stuck position and moved out of the baseline, quickly passing it to Sun Ce. The Grizzlies also counterattacked!

When it comes to promoting counterattacks, Sun Ce is not inferior to Paul. The opportunity is so good, of course Sun Ce will not let it go.

The two teams started running and gunning!

The game turned into such a situation. The fans were the happiest at the scene. The confrontation between the two teams was really good to watch. The last time I saw such a confrontation with no regard for defense was when the Suns played against the Warriors in the 2006-07 season.

The players from both teams also played very happily. D'Antoni and Paul on the Knicks' side were very happy, but coach Hollins on the Grizzlies' side was not happy.

Sun Ce is still too young!

This lineup seems to be suitable for running and gunning with one senior and four juniors, but he arranged this lineup not to compete with the opponent, but to defend!

If we really want to fight a run-and-gun, Morrow + Shuangdi combined with Sun Ce are not much better than this. Two seven-foot men rush in and Stoudemire will cry.

But in terms of experience, judgment, and decision-making ability on the court, Sun Ce is still far behind Paul.

Sun Ce didn’t even know that he had been educated by Paul!

But the game was already like this, and it was impossible to make temporary adjustments. When the official timeout came, coach Hollins did not stop the run-and-gun game. He just replaced Battier and Tony A with Moreau and DeAndre Jordan. Lun, plus Sun Ce, Yi Jianlian, and Paul George, changed into the most suitable lineup for running and gunning.

It's really not a wise choice to attack the Knicks. The opponent has too many three-pointers! In the 8-9 man rotation, except for Mozgov, who has not appeared in the first quarter, the other seven or eight people, including Stoudemire, all have a three-point shooting rate of over 35%!

Coach Hollins really wondered how D'Antoni could find so many good shots from a pile of "rags", and this was not the first time. He had "picked through rags" twice during the Suns' period.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies were 4 points behind 33-37 and entered the inter-quarter break. If Yi Jianlian hadn't scored a late deduction, they would have fallen behind by more than 5 points in the first quarter!

The Grizzlies are good at maintaining an advantage when they are leading, but they are not so good at coming back when they are behind by a big score. In that situation, they usually rely on Sun Ce.

Generally speaking, the Grizzlies are a slightly strengthened defensive version and a weakened offensive version of the Spurs at the beginning of the century. The weakness does not mean that the Grizzlies team's offense is not as good as the Spurs at that time, but that it does not have the invincible ability of Duncan in his peak period. players.

In Duncan's first MVP season, he averaged 25 points per game. Since the new century, except for O'Neal and Yao Ming, no inside player can average 25 points per game like Duncan in a team with a poor offense. Stoudemire Not very likely.

Randolph was originally the target of coach Hollins' expectations, but facts have proven that it is possible for Randolph to score 30+ points in eight of ten consecutive games. During a period of sluggishness, Randolph was the best choice to score about 18 points per game. He could maintain long-term stability and occasionally break out. At the end of the season, he averaged 20+10 per game again.

Coach Hollins has a headache. The game is always different from what he expected, especially now that he is trying to direct the team from the overall situation, thinking more, and feeling more troublesome when encountering changes.

Keep running and wait until halftime to make changes? Or make a prompt decision?

It depends on Sun Ce!

Coach Hollins called Sun Ce over: "Noah, today..."

"Get my jersey ready!"

"..."

Coach Hollins looked at Sun Ce, who turned around and went to the technical stage, and seemed to rush up and kick the damn kid to death.

Can you give the head coach a chance to finish his sentence?

But there was no problem with Sun Ce. Coach Hollins chose the first of the two ideas and began to equip Sun Ce with a suitable partner...

In fact, Coach Hollins quite enjoys strategizing like this, not speaking easily during regular times, and showing off happily, but he has to win!

We can only hope that the first half can be sustained so that the plan for the second half can be implemented smoothly!

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Sun Ce came to the technical table to apply powder. The TV commentator saw Coach Hollins laying out tactics for the players. Conley did not take off his training clothes. There were only three other players who were not wearing training clothes. Sun Ce was second. It seemed that the game was about to start, but he didn't listen to the tactics and just focused on applying powder in front of the technical stage.

The Canadian TV station commentator was the first to say that in the American signal, the American cable TV commentator was fine, mainly because he was used to it.

On the domestic TV station, Su Qun started to wipe Sun Ce’s ass for not listening to tactics again...

Although Sun Ce didn't realize that he was being driven by Paul, he also knew that his performance was not as good as Paul's.

I wasn’t too tired in the first quarter, and it was no problem to run and play with all my strength in the first half.

He now has 9 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Paul has 6 points and 6 assists in a single quarter. From a team perspective, he does not play as well as Paul. He has to score more by himself. This is also related to the fact that there are not as many pitchers as opponents, but There's nothing we can do about it, as the opponent doesn't have as many inside men as they do.

It's just that the opponent's shooting condition is really good.

The break is almost over. Sun Ce took a look at tonight's event goals. He dunked on Stoudemire twice and didn't have a chance. He tried his best to assist but couldn't match Paul's appearance. He and Stoudemire When comparing the number of dunks, he dunked 3 times, while his grandson only dunked 1 time.

He blocked Paul once. He averaged 3.6 blocks per game this season, and there were 3 more...

Sun Ce had to admit that blocking shots seemed relatively easy with a little effort.

But the key is to win!

His data looks better than Paul's. Comparing the two's per-game data shows that he is better.

But as long as you are not blind and watch the game, you will know that Paul performed obviously better than him.

Even if he doesn't know that his rhythm has been brought to Paul's side, he also knows that his performance is not as good as Paul's. The score is obvious!

"Gamble! Keep fighting first and bet on that card!"

Sun Ce and Coach Hollins had the same idea this time, and the gambler master and apprentice were dispatched!

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Back from the break, for the Grizzlies, the lineup of Sun Ce, Jason Williams, Morrow, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian came on stage.

The Knicks sent out a lineup of Paul, Derrick Brown, Novak, Sheldon Williams, and Turiaf.

Looking at the group of role players on the Knicks, if they were offered to play for the Grizzlies for free before the season, Coach Hollins would not take it.

But now, most of these players whose contracts will expire this summer have become popular, and their worth has doubled!

The Knicks' role players are playing well, which is related to D'Antoni's suggestion to the management to give them a one-year contract. Only players in the contract year can play the hardest and hardest after joining a new team. This is D'Antoni's experience.

Another thing Coach Hollins is worried about is that the opponent did not send Paul + Mozgov to slow down the rhythm in the first half of the second quarter as usual. Obviously, the opponent's mustache judged that their side was going to be in the second quarter. Festival focuses on offense!

The game is difficult, but you have to be calm. Coach Hollins sat on the bench calmly on the surface, but he was panicking inside!

Fortunately, their offensive performance is not very bad. The inside combination of Yi Jianlian and Randolph is quite mobile, and the two pitchers Jason Williams and Morrow also shoot well, allowing Sun Ce to compete with Paul. Opportunity.

However, Sun Ce is actually scoring more goals by himself. Paul consciously asked his teammates not to flank Sun Ce. If Sun Ce breaks into the inside during a positional battle or counterattack, he would rather let Sun Ce face the "center" one-on-one and score easily, trying to influence Gray The Bears' outside shooters feel good. Although the Grizzlies have an offensive rebound advantage, they can't grab it every time.

However, these teammates of Paul fought hard, but there was no specific defensive tactical arrangement. When Paul emphasized, they would listen to the arrangement, but after one or two rounds, they forgot that Sun Ce did a good job passing the ball to his teammates.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Grizzlies were still very strong and narrowed the deficit to two points thanks to Morrow's three-pointer.

This all depends on the fact that the Grizzlies' lineup is better than the opponent's. Even if the water cooler managers on the opposite side are under D'Antoni's hands and perform well on the offensive end like magic, they are still not as good as those few. Quite far.

However, in the seventh minute of the second quarter, after the Knicks replaced Stoudemire again, the Knicks went on a 14-9 run in the last 5 minutes, opening the point difference to 7 in one fell swoop. Entering halftime.

Scored 64 points at halftime. The Grizzlies tried their best, but the Knicks scored 71 points at halftime!

The last few minutes were indeed just enough, and the situation was like this. Without entering the interval or halftime, coach Hollins did not dare to adjust the style of play at will. At least it could still form a confrontation. Instead of taking risks, it is better to fight like this Intermission.

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Back in the locker room, coach Hollins began to arrange the defense. In the second half, there was a strong change of rhythm. Coach Hollins was not worried about problems with the change of rhythm on his side. Sun Ce, as the core ball-handler, is very capable in this area, too. Conley can't compare.

When doing lineup rotation in the first half, Coach Hollins also consciously rested the three key players who set the pace. Their rhythm was controlled by Sun Ce, and theoretically they would not be affected too much by the first half, especially After an intermission, there should be no problem.

Whether it can be defended and whether it can curb the opponent's rhythm depends on this wave!

Sun Ce ran for 24 minutes at halftime. Although it was running and gunning, he was still very tired. He had to score! Teammates alone are not enough to support such a high score.

I'm getting ready to change my jersey, but this time I won't use any physical potion...

"Master Learning Machine, you are the master! Use four pairs of cards!"

"The host used a random star experience card with four pairs of players in a single game, and it was randomly selected..."

Seeing Chamberlain, Olajuwon, Ervin Robertson, David Robinson, Nate Thurmond... and others' three-dimensional images of themselves appear on the system screen, this time it really is. Betting!

If he or Irvin Robertson is drawn, it will really be over.

The self he got in this season... is not much different from the physical potion. Thinking about it this way, Sun Ce himself doesn't know whether to be sad or lucky...

The most annoying thing about Sun Ce is that the general manager of the Pacers missed a steal in three quarters and didn't get a quadruple-double!

The guy chosen is obviously the most suitable in every aspect!

Just when Sun Ce was thinking wildly, the system prompt came.

"Congratulations to the host for randomly receiving the Hakeem Olajuwon 1989-1990 version of the star experience card.

Hakeem Olajuwon 1989-1990 version, 27 years old, ability evaluation S+, offense S-, defense S+...averaged 24.3 points, 14 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.1 steals, 4.6 blocks per game...with matching bonus..."

"Oh my God! What kind of magical data is this!"