Seven Hundred and Twenty-Two. I'm Waiting for You in Front

Sun Ce jumped up and excitedly bumped his chest with Gasol who rushed up to him.

No one expected that Sun Ce, who was leaning on Sefrosa to observe the formation just a few seconds ago, would suddenly explode!

He didn't jump very high, and his impact was not very strong, but it was so shocking!

Perkins was dunked like he had lost his soul. He didn't expect to be dunked at all! It's not that he had never been dunked before, but he didn't expect it this time.

A few seconds ago, Sun Ce was still looking for an opportunity at the top arc. Perkins didn't even know when Sun Ce passed the ball and cut in. At that moment, Gasol was about to go from the right side of the three-second zone to the left side of the three-second zone. Perkins used brute force to force Gasol to go to the baseline instead of going around the reasonable collision zone to prevent Gasol from getting a high-up position. With just such a small move, Sun Ce predicted the loophole in the defense of the outside line in less than three seconds!

Moreover, Conley dared to pass it!

Perkins couldn't get angry. He felt that these two people were simply crazy!

Not only Perkins thought so, but Sefrosa also thought so. He could not imagine such a cooperation anyway. Even if he asked the James-Wade combination to come, they would not play like this!

Maybe only the second-year No. 1 pick in Los Angeles could do it.

Sun Ce walked to the free throw line, took a deep breath to calm his excitement, and at the beginning of the second quarter, he gave the team a good start!

Originally, the Grizzlies were in a heavy mood when the confrontation started, and they felt that they were going to enter a bloody battle again.

Although the Grizzlies players did not dislike bloody battles, they played so much offense in the first quarter, and they always felt uncomfortable in their hearts when they switched to bloody play.

But Sun Ce's dunk made everyone on the Grizzlies, including himself, feel: Just be tough on defense! We are so tough!

Today's touch was really good, and Sun Ce also made the free throw, making 4 of 5 free throws!

Attack and defense switched, the Thunder attacked.

Nate Robinson started to play singles after advancing to the frontcourt, and Conley became extremely stable on the defensive end, and he seemed like two different people from the big pass he just made.

Nate Robinson, a master of chaos, came up to score, and had no intention of organizing the offense. Durant and Ibaka stayed on the court mainly to contain the defense and give Nate Robinson a chance to play one-on-one.

Conley knew this very well.

Steady defense did not give Nate Robinson too many opportunities to break through and cause damage.

As Conley expected, Nate Robinson's breakthrough was fruitless, and he just threw it!

Conley made a steady interference, and Nate Robinson missed the top arc three-pointer!

Ibaka was blocked by Battier, and Sun Ce overpowered Durant who rushed into the inside to grab the rebound and grabbed the defensive rebound.

It was already exciting, and Sun Ce immediately counterattacked!

Sefrosa is really a good player. He didn't touch the ball twice after playing for such a long time. He didn't feel discouraged at all on the defensive end. He was the first to retreat. Seeing Sun Ce rushing over, Sefrosa was heartbroken. Sun Ce looked thin, but he was a tall man weighing more than 90 kilograms. He couldn't defend him at such a speed.

Fortunately, Ibaka, who came back to defend, took it back. Sefrosa stood outside the reasonable collision zone, trying to force Sun Ce to change direction or simply block Sun Ce to create a chance for Ibaka to interfere.

At this time, Sun Ce passed the ball to the left sideline!

Although Battier's speed was almost the same as Ibaka, they both rushed into the three-point line at the same time. Sun Ce just threw the ball to the left sideline, and Battier just arrived there!

After receiving the ball, Battier turned around and faced Nate Robinson who rushed back and shot a three-pointer... and it went in!

The Grizzlies started the second quarter with a 6-0 wave, widening the score difference to 9 points!

It's already exciting!

Less than a minute had passed, and the Thunder didn't call a timeout.

After Nate Robinson advanced to the frontcourt, Durant struggled to get the ball from Tony Allen, and Nate Robinson immediately passed it to the boss.

Durant was ready to do it himself, but Tony Allen's confrontation and defense were more than one level higher than Paul George! Durant could beat Paul George with some effort, but he had already encountered a whole quarter of confrontation in the first quarter, and he encountered a sudden increase in confrontation in the second quarter. Durant's shot was a miss!

The ball hit the rim straight and bounced upwards. Gasol relied on his height advantage to grab the rebound from Perkins' head!

Gasol's vision was amazing. He grabbed the rebound and turned around to throw it out. Conley received the ball at the free throw line and threw it to the frontcourt. Sun Ce had already run to the center circle!

When Sun Ce saw Durant being forcibly thrown out by Tony Allen, he judged that the ball was crooked!

When he received the ball, Sefrosa and Nate Robinson were chasing Sun Ce. Sun Ce rushed all the way to the basket. When Sefrosa pressed forward to confront and Nate Robinson was ready to interfere in the air with what might be the best bounce in the league, Sun Ce threw the ball to the left at a 45-degree angle. This time it was Conley!

Conley received the ball and shot a three-pointer without hesitation...

"Swish"

Another hit!

9 to 0!

40 to 28, the Grizzlies opened up the gap to 12 points at the beginning of the second quarter!

Thunder head coach Brooks couldn't help but call a timeout.

How could the Grizzlies beat him 9 to 0?

Sun Ce scored 3 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists right after he came on. How could he play like this?

Wesbrook had to be substituted in advance. Originally, Westbrook was prepared to play the whole second half and rest for about one quarter in the first half, but now he had to be substituted in advance.

Westbrook saw that Sun Ce had only played for more than 13 minutes and had already scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists... Idol!

Even though the opponent was almost a year younger than him, the strength and basketball IQ shown by the opponent made Westbrook admire him.

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In terms of the strength shown so far, the Grizzlies are definitely stronger than the Thunder.

Even the Nuggets, at this stage, are stronger than the Thunder.

The Thunder was able to hold on in the first quarter, relying purely on Durant's super high-range shooting rate of 7 out of 12 in the face of the rotation defense of Tony Allen and Paul George, plus 3 out of 5 free throws to score 17 points in a single quarter.

The last time the Grizzlies lost to the Thunder, it was also Durant who played so well and stunned the Grizzlies.

But this time the Grizzlies already had experience, they were not afraid, they did what they should do, they were not panicked, and they did a good job defending the other players of the Thunder.

Of course, the key point... was not Sun Ce, Sun Ce just did what he should do without any effort, and only scored 7 points in the first quarter. The key was that Morrow scored two three-pointers in the first quarter, and Paul George scored one three-pointer; after the start of the second quarter, it was even more amazing, Battier, Conley, and Morrow who was rotated in later continued the touch of the first quarter!

In the second quarter, Sun Ce came up and dunked over Perkins to ignite the morale of the team, which was definitely the most important part. Sun Ce dared to dunk on a bad guy like Perkins, and the anxiety of others about entering a bloody battle was swept away, and they should defend and throw.

Even if the Thunder replaced Westbrook and sent out a lineup, they could not withstand the offense of the Grizzlies who were already crazy about shooting!

Coach Hollins didn't expect Sun Ce to start showing off his power after wearing the Panda headband. In fact, Sun Ce only showed off his power once, dunking on Perkins, but with this one dunk, he could contain the defense by rushing into the inside. No one wanted to encounter the bad luck of Perkins again.

Coach Hollins did a great job in rotation. Conley, Battier, and Morrow, three three-point shooters, took turns to play. After Durant left the court in the middle of the second quarter, the Grizzlies replaced Yi Jianlian and Jordan. Because the outside shots were open, the players who cut in also played very well!

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies scored 34 to 22 in a single quarter!

65 to 50, at the end of the first half, the Grizzlies led by 15 points and entered the halftime break!

Even the Thunder fans saw that they were able to hold off the Grizzlies, who were in excellent form tonight, in the first quarter, purely relying on Durant alone.

Many fans watched the live broadcast of the game between the Grizzlies and the Nuggets the night before yesterday and studied the opponents. In comparison, those Thunder fans who watched the game between the Grizzlies and the Nuggets felt that their team was really not as strong as the Nuggets!

This is true. At least at this stage, the Nuggets, who are all soldiers, performed better than the Thunder, otherwise the Nuggets would not have surpassed the Thunder and reached the fourth place in the West.

Another point is that the game against the Nuggets the day before yesterday allowed the Grizzlies to find the state that they had not had for a long time in the middle of the season. The tense full-court confrontation with the Nuggets made the Grizzlies play more easily tonight than that night!

Of course, Sun Ce played the whole first half without hesitation, which was also one of the reasons!

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During the halftime break, the head coaches of the two teams had their own arrangements. For the Grizzlies, the main thing was whether Sun Ce could play.

When Sun Ce changed his jersey and came out of the bathroom, Coach Hollins was shocked and waved his hand to send Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Morrow, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. to the lineup for tonight's game.

After the halftime break, the players of both teams returned to the court.

Looking at the brand new Sun Ce, Westbrook had a headache.

He really thought he was better than Sun Ce!

If he wanted to average 20 points per game, he would have done it long ago, which is much better than Sun Ce who took half a season to stabilize his average of 20 points per game.

He averaged 8 assists per game last season, and it was not easy for Sun Ce to average 7 assists per game.

But every time he met Sun Ce, Westbrook felt his brain explode.

He didn't know why, every time Sun Ce played against them, it was like Athena's light shining on the small universe, fighting from beginning to end.

And Sun Ce had rested for so long in the last game against the Nuggets!

Westbrook played 18 minutes in the first half and got 9 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, which was almost his normal performance. He could play normally against the Grizzlies' defense, and his assists were two or three higher than the average half-time performance, which was considered a good performance.

But on Sun Ce's side, he had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists after playing for 13 minutes, and 14 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists at the end of the first half!

On the Thunder side, Westbrook, Maynor, Durant, Ibaka and Muhammad played.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Durant, who had rested for half a quarter, began to score.

On the Grizzlies side, Randolph, who had rested for a full quarter and a half, began to show his power!

Sun Ce had 10 assists, so he just gave the ball to Randolph, and ran to make a cut to contain Durant's defense. Morrow and Gasol both have shooting ability, especially Morrow, who scored 12 points with 4 three-pointers in the first half. The Thunder fell behind by 15 points at halftime, largely because Morrow was afraid of shooting and the defense was messed up.

Durant is indeed one of the best scorers in the league today. Regardless of physical strength, he scored 17 points in the first quarter and 21 points in the first half. He scored 15 points in the third quarter, and 36 points after three quarters.

But in this quarter, Durant's efficiency was far less than that in the first half. He only made 6 of 13 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. Of course, his hit rate was not bad, but it was far worse than his performance in the first quarter. His performance declined, and the Thunder was unable to catch up.

And Randolph's ferocity was not inferior to Durant tonight!

Randolph scored 13 points and 3 rebounds in a single quarter, and even had two assists!

In the third quarter, the Grizzlies scored 24 to 22 in a single quarter! After three quarters, the Grizzlies led 89 to 72 by 17 points and entered the intermission!

In addition to Durant's 15 points, the other Thunder players only scored 7 points in the third quarter. The more Durant shot, the more stagnant the others were.

Sun Ce really feels that the Thunder is not as good as the Nuggets in all aspects except for Durant. Westbrook is strong, but at present he is strong in all aspects. In terms of efficiency, Sun Ce thinks Lowry, who averages 14 points per game, is better, and Lowry has a clearer mind.

Sun Ce only had 4 points and 1 assist in this quarter, focusing on defense and rebounding. On the offensive end, there is Randolph who has been playing very hard recently!

In order to enter the All-Star Game, Randolph worked very hard, which is a good thing for the team!

Sun Ce had 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single quarter. The targets of the two blocks were Westbrook who broke through and passed the ball when Durant couldn't swing!

After three quarters, Sun Ce played for 36 minutes and scored 18 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 blocks!

The 11th triple-double of the season!

Westbrook played 30 minutes in three quarters and got 11 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Except for a lower score, rebounds and assists reached the average level. Of course, it was only reached. The original super-level performance in the first half did not continue in the third quarter.

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After the fourth quarter, both teams still had some main players on the court. On the Thunder side, Westbrook, Durant, and Harden finally got a chance to play, playing with Daequan Cook and Nick Collison.

The Thunder did not give up with a 17-point difference.

On the Grizzlies side, Randolph played for one quarter and went to rest, while Sun Ce, Conley, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan came up to support.

In the third quarter, Sun Ce's style of play changed... He rushed to the basket like he was holding a bomb to find a confrontation!

He did not use the rules to commit a foul, but to find a confrontation to get a free throw!

Westbrook, on the other hand, was frantically trying to grab a rebound.

One for free throws, the other for rebounds.

However, despite this, the Thunder also lost hope of catching up.

Durant couldn't swing anymore!

Westbrook is not an MVP-level player yet, and Harden has no chance to organize an offense if he comes up now.

By the middle of the fourth quarter, although the score difference had not been pulled to more than 20 points, the Grizzlies were not in Randolph, and there was no morale-boosting single-quarter sprint like in the second quarter, so it was really difficult to continue to widen the score difference.

But the Thunder did not narrow the score difference!

With 5 minutes and 28 seconds left, Durant received a pass from Westbrook who was double-teamed and made a three-pointer out of bounds. It was an official timeout, and Coach Hollins replaced Sun Ce.

In this half-quarter, Sun Ce found an opportunity to cut in and got two points, causing a foul and making 3 of 4 free throws to get 3 points, plus 2 rebounds and 1 block. Although there was no assist, the performance was okay.

Coach Hollins used Jason Williams and Conley to hold the team, Paul George and Morrow played the forward line, and Haddadi played the center.

The Thunder also gave up. Durant's 4 shots in the fourth quarter were all iron, and he really couldn't move.

At 13 to 12 in the first half, the Thunder only caught up with the difference of 1 point, 85 to 101, with less than 5 and a half minutes left, there was no hope, and the lineup of Nate Robinson, Maynor, Harden, Muhammad, and Nick Collison was replaced.

Sun Ce sat on the bench and watched Conley actively give the ball to Paul George to practice singles and compete with Harden, who only had singles opportunities in garbage time. This is the future MVP favorites!

After working together for half a season, Paul George's talent is really good. Although regular time will not be used to train Paul George, garbage time will still give him opportunities.

Sun Ce played for 42 and a half minutes in the whole game, 8 of 15 shots, 9 of 11 free throws, and his free throw rate tonight exceeded the average level, scoring 25 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals!

Most of the data is concentrated in the first half, especially in the second quarter, he played too well.

When watching garbage time, Sun Ce was analyzing where to win tonight.

While watching the two future MVPs fighting each other, Sun Ce thought that there were two main reasons for winning.

The first is that the Thunder's head coach has a problem!

When watching the Thunder's games, although Harden is not reused, his ability to connect the team is actually better than Westbrook's breakthrough pass!

Although Westbrook has more assists in passing the ball and creates more shooting opportunities for his teammates than Harden, when Westbrook breaks through, except for Durant who will run to find the ball, everyone else is standing. Once Westbrook's passing space is blocked, he is likely to make a mistake when throwing it out. There is a reason why he has the highest turnover rate in the league with 3.9 turnovers per game. Sometimes opponents can guess that Westbrook wants to pass the ball.

Although Harden's turnover rate is also high, he is relatively organizing the offense in the way of organizing point guards, and his teammates will run with him. This is usually very important for the Thunder.

There is also the problem of Durant's physical distribution. His scoring is concentrated in the first and third quarters.

Sun Ce feels that this is an area that the Thunder can use before Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka grow further...

Of course, their own offense today is really good, continuing the state of the last game against the Nuggets, especially Randolph, who performed particularly explosively.

Morrow, Conley, and Battier made 10 three-pointers in a single game. The last time the Grizzlies made 10 three-pointers in a single game was in December.

At 8:53, the final whistle sounded. With Sun Ce's triple-double, Randolph's 19-minute playing time and super high efficiency to score 25 points, and Morrow's 6 of 9 three-pointers plus 2 of 3 free throws for 20 points in a single game, the Grizzlies defeated the Thunder 109-95 and won five consecutive victories!

When the final whistle sounded, Sun Ce's system prompt came, and both events were completed!

But at this time, the reporter asked for a post-match interview, and Sun Ce went to be interviewed first.

This is to play well and win the game. When asked about his performance tonight, Sun Ce first boasted about Randolph: "Zach is the key to our victory tonight. Without him, we might have fallen behind in the first half of the first quarter. He gave us confidence. 19 minutes and 25 points... I feel like God has gained weight tonight... Hey, Zach, don't hit me! I'm praising you."

19 minutes and 25 points, Sun Ce was jealous when he saw it. He played for 42 minutes without the star experience card and only scored 25 points! You can't help but make fun of Randolph's body shape.

When asked about his 11th triple-double of the season, Sun Ce was proud again and replied: "Russell is almost catching up with me, just a little bit, it seems to be 4 triple-doubles, I hope he can do it! I will go to get the MVP first and wait for him, I hope he will be quick, Derek and I can't wait for him... Durant? Is he still among the MVP candidates? He seems to have zero points in the fourth quarter, are you guys mistaken..."