Seven Hundred and Twenty-One. Sudden Show of Power!
Paul George was too ruthless! Seeing Durant's eyes redden, Sun Ce didn't know whether Durant was hurt or angry, so he quickly stood up.
Players from both teams surrounded him. Durant took a deep breath, looked at Paul George, who seemed to be trembling after hitting someone, and called his teammates to disperse and go to the free throw line.
Although he was almost beaten to tears, Durant remained calm at this time. The opponent had no malicious actions, but the foul was fierce.
Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief. He said those words to Paul George just to stimulate Paul George's fighting spirit and let Paul George not be timid. Could he really beat Durant to death?
However, Paul George's arm swing was really cool to Sun Ce, so awesome!
He patted Paul George's back, who was a little scared after the fierce foul. Although this kind of thing is not recommended, he still hopes that Paul George will continue to work hard.
Durant was afraid. He also knew that this style of play was very hateful and easy to get beaten. He was not the first to use the big loop, but his third brother, who was so talented that he even surprised him, developed it. He had never thought of using the rules before. He always thought that using the rules was exclusive to the South Coast No. 6.
It’s just that the third brother was originally asking for a beating, so he rarely used it. He is not yet at the point where he is not afraid of being beaten after being enlightened by the World Peace Elbow in the future, so he rarely sees the third brother using it. Only the eldest brother occasionally uses it when he encounters defense that he can’t deal with or when he is not physically strong enough.
This time, he was teased by Tony Allen and was hit by Paul George. Durant felt that it was better to use this trick less. Improving his ability and playing singles well is no worse than using this trick.
Durant didn’t get angry, and the other members of the Thunder also dispersed.
However, although there was no conflict, the anger of the two teams had already been revealed.
The referee was also ready to discuss the scale of the penalty during the intermission. Sun Ce and Durant were in the same game, and both of them took advantage of the rules, which was also a problem for the referee.
These days, before the future King of Jingdezhen makes his opponent so tired that he doesn't even want to beat him, this style of play is too easy to cause conflict.
Durant made three free throws.
Paul George's arm was really fierce. Although he didn't hurt Durant, he directly numbed Durant's right wrist. The first two free throws were ridiculously off, and he missed two consecutive free throws!
This is rare for Durant. Durant's free throw shooting rate was 90% last season,
and 87.5% this season. It is rare to miss two consecutive free throws.
When Durant was about to take the third free throw, the double emperor combination had already started to frantically help Sun Ce block the position, and Sun Ce, who was standing next to the free throw line, was also ready to grab the defensive rebound.
Durant moved his wrist, took a deep breath, and threw the third free throw...
This time it was straight, hitting the rim, bouncing a bit, and falling into the frame.
Sun Ce was so sorry, Paul George still played too lightly, probably just need to rest for a while to slow down.
Jordan sent the ball out, and when Sun Ce received the ball, there were 1.5 seconds left, and he threw it directly to the front court...Three misses, the original 2 of 4 shots with a hit rate of 50% turned into 3 of 5 with a hit rate of 40%.
After the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Thunder by 3 points and entered the intermission.
Sun Ce scored 7 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and performed quite well.
Because his awareness is different from others, such as Durant, before confronting Paul George, Durant was originally prepared to play two shots and then play slowly, run around, receive pots, and wait until the third and fourth quarters to exert force. Players have plans for their physical distribution, so it is often seen that a superstar bursts in a single quarter.
Like Ibaka, he was beaten up by Randolph in the first half of this quarter. Not only did his efforts not work, but he also got a foul. So he was very restrained in the second half of this quarter, and the Grizzlies scored 15 points in more than 5 minutes. After the first quarter, the Grizzlies' hit rate was an excessively high 52%, far higher than the season average of 45.5%.
Sun Ce usually plays like this, but today he was ready to use the physical potion, so he played very hard, 2 of 5 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 7 points.
It's just that Durant is really good, 17 points in a single quarter, and Sun Ce only grabbed 1 rebound in the last five minutes.
He has to help defend Durant!
The key is that the help defense didn't play a big role. Durant made 3 of 5 shots at the beginning, and then 4 of 5 shots.
Fortunately, Durant made 3 of 5 free throws, so Sun Ce didn't fall behind too much in the incident.
As the saying goes, one rice breeds a hundred kinds of people. Every time Sun Ce plays basketball with Howard's arm guard, his emotions are completely different from Howard's.
Howard originally has a kind of "childish" playfulness, and it is full of negative energy. Randolph is also "childish". When he is unhappy, he beats his opponent to death.
But Howard doesn't want to play well when he is unhappy.
Sun Ce got the elbow guard made by the system for Howard's emotional amplification. In addition to the small amplitude bonus when grabbing rebounds, it also has the effect of emotional amplification.
Sun Ce's characteristic is that he plays hard and will find ways to solve troublesome things. He has always been a positive person. He thinks that except for life and death, people can find ways to solve other things in their lives. When they can't think of a solution, they can think of it.
Shou Shou was unhappy when he encountered difficulties and never thought about how to solve the troubles. However, after Sun Ce got a similar BUFF effect, he played calmly when he encountered such a difficult free throw competition with Durant. He did not get into the matter of fouling with Durant. As the game went on, the situation improved little by little.
Especially Paul George's brilliant elbow, in Sun Ce's opinion, might dispel Durant's idea of fouling.
Sun Ce imagined that if he were Durant, there would be no need to use the rules to foul. Not everyone is as tough as the King of Jingdezhen.
However, Durant might not deliberately use the rules to foul, and it would not be so easy for him to get free throws. If they start to foul fiercely, the opponent will not be easy to deal with. This is a problem.
However, there is still a long time in the game, and there are still three quarters. Take it slowly.
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When he returned to the bench, Sun Ce felt the fiery eyes of Coach Hollins, which made him feel creepy.
Sun Ce walked up and asked, "Coach, what's up?"
"Today..." Coach Hollins only said timidly, and took out the headband that Sun Ce hated. After using this headband last time, Sun Ce deliberately "forgot" it on the bench chair and didn't take it away. As a result, Coach Hollins picked it up.
Sun Ce had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists in the first quarter, so Coach Hollins would certainly think that "Little Overlord is going to explode again."
Sun Ce looked at Coach Hollins's expectant look, took the headband speechlessly, looked at his fancy left arm, and then looked at this Panda color with a Panda headband on the front, and put it on with a hard heart.
Sun Ce watched Coach Hollins start to call the players to gather together to arrange tactics with satisfaction, and silently made up his mind: "One day I will draw a handsome headband!"
As for buying this kind of thing... Isn't there a ready-made one now? Although it looks a bit silly, at least it doesn't cost money.
Coach Hollins didn't know how to deal with Sun Ce, and even he often acted stupid in front of Sun Ce, but he was still very serious in front of others.
In the last few seconds of the first quarter, Paul George's hit on Durant did not cause a conflict, but as the referee expected, Coach Hollins also felt that his players and the opponent's players were angry.
Anger is not something that only occurs on the side that is fouled fiercely, but also on the side that commits a big foul. If you don't have anger in your heart, how can you commit a big foul?
Coach Hollins predicted the possible rotation of the opponent while making personnel adjustments and tactical arrangements...
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The intermission is over, the second quarter is about to begin, and the players of both teams will go on the court.
Sun Ce of the Grizzlies continued to play, and the caddy had already prepared the jersey. Sun Ce could change at any time, on the spot, in the locker room, and wherever he wanted.
Conley, Tony Allen, Battier, Gasol and Sun Ce played together, one big and four small!
Sun Ce looked at the opposing team's lineup of Nate Robinson, Sefrosa, Durant, Ibaka, and Perkins, and felt that Coach Hollins' prediction was correct.
The opposing coach really had no intention of letting Durant rest, and Sun Ce thought about it and it was right. Judging from Durant's average playing time of 39 minutes per game this season, the opposing coach would definitely not let Durant rest when they were behind in the game, and would use him to death.
On the contrary, Westbrook, who rested for almost 5 minutes in the first quarter, continued to rest, while Harden did not even have a chance to perform in the first quarter. He just came up and dribbled the ball for more than 5 minutes before being replaced. Ibaka played for 11 minutes in the first quarter and was still playing in the second quarter.
This rotation was very touching. Sun Ce remembered that Ibaka would suffer a devastating blow to his athletic ability when he returned from a serious injury one year in the future. It seemed that this coach did it.
Sun Ce thought carefully about the Thunder. Although the lineup seems to be very deep, there is often a strange situation. Except for Westbrook, Sefrosa, Durant, Ibaka, and Perkins, other players may not have a chance to play for a second in the next game even if they played well in the previous game. For example, Harden played 30 minutes in the previous game and played 10 minutes in the next game without much performance.
Sun Ce also thought of some strange things in other teams. He felt that some head coaches may have really taken the blame for their bosses.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies attacked first. Sun Ce received the serve, put away his divergent thinking, and pushed forward to the frontcourt.
The space of this lineup is relatively better than at the beginning of the game. As soon as Sun Ce arrived at the frontcourt, Sefrosa came up and made direct physical contact!
In addition to Sefrosa, Thunder center Perkins was also entangled with Gasol. The two big men of similar tonnage seemed to be fighting. Perkins looked very fierce and his movements were even more fierce. Gasol was not a good guy either. The Spaniard was also wild and entangled with Perkins.
Sun Ce first observed sideways and found that the opponent's movements were not small. Except for Battier who stayed at the sideline honestly, Ibaka had no place to attack, and Conley was also fighting with the strong Nate Robinson.
The movements were not small, but the referee did not call a foul!
Sun Ce judged the referee's whistle scale, probably to reduce the probability of fouls causing conflicts...
Just when Sun Ce was looking behind with his body sideways, he suddenly saw an opportunity under the basket!
At this time, Conley just broke free from Nate Robinson's entanglement and ran to the top line. Sun Ce immediately passed the ball to Conley and turned to cut into the inside without the ball.
Sefrosa first helped Nate Robinson, who was not keeping up with the man, to block Conley who ran up to receive the ball, to prevent Conley from receiving the ball and shooting. If Sun Ce went to the right mid-range, Ibaka could make up for it. As for Battier on the right, Sefrosa could judge that Conley would not pass to that side. That was not Conley's passing area, but Sun Ce's passing area. There were several people between Conley and Battier.
However, Conley threw the ball out as soon as he received the ball!
Sefrosa turned around immediately, but he didn't see anyone in the right mid-range. He originally planned to rush up and double-team Sun Ce who received the pass in the right mid-range.
At this time, the fans at the scene exclaimed!
Especially the baseline direction was particularly terrified!
Sefrosa turned around and saw Perkins struggling with Gasol. The two were arm in arm. Gasol stood under the basket with his back to the baseline, while Perkins was facing the top arc. The key point was that behind Perkins, Sun Ce had already jumped and touched the ball in the air!
Ibaka's physical fitness couldn't save Perkins with this ball!
Just when Perkins turned his head to look at the top arc, he tilted his head and saw No. 3 rushing towards him. Perkins quickly reached out to block... but it was too late! It was too late to foul!
He remembered that when he was entangled with Gasol to prevent Gasol from going out for a pick-and-roll, he clearly saw Sun Ce still sticking his butt up against Sefrosa with a soft look at the top arc, and he came in all of a sudden!
Sun Ce leaned forward in the air with his arms straight. When the jump point and the point where the basket was perpendicular to the floor were more than one meter away, he smashed the ball into the basket across Perkins!
Sun Ce relied on his height and wingspan to dunk over Perkins despite not jumping high enough and being a little far from the basket!
After Sun Ce smashed the ball into the basket, Perkins's move to pull Sun Ce down finally worked. Sun Ce was pushed and fell back several steps, sitting on the ground, luckily he was not injured.
The referee whistled, Sun Ce's goal was valid, and Perkins committed a defensive foul!
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I wanted to write more. I wanted to have an outburst like the day before yesterday, but I only wrote 13,000 words.
It's 12 o'clock, I'm going to sleep first, and I'll continue tomorrow.
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