Seven Hundred and Thirty. Charge! Charge! Charge!

Sun Ce sat on the bench, watching Conley, Tony Allen, Morrow, Randolph, and Jordan on the court, as if he had replaced himself with one of them and continued to fight with Kobe.

However, when he saw the data, Sun Ce found that his performance did not seem to be much worse than Kobe. Kobe scored 10 points, 1 rebound, and 2 assists, while he scored 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists with 7 shots and 3 shots, and blocked Bynum who grabbed the offensive rebound.

This made Sun Ce feel very strange and surprised. When he faced Kobe on both ends of the court, he felt that he was at an extreme disadvantage.

But in fact, it seemed that there was not such a big disadvantage. He simply entered Kobe's rhythm and entered the state of torture that was difficult to get rid of.

This made Sun Ce feel that Kobe was simply a devil!

When facing Kobe, Sun Ce's physical strength was not much consumed, because Kobe did not do any extra actions against his defense. Usually, he would throw it away after a fake move or confrontation. Sun Ce had no chance to consume it. Sun Ce's physical strength consumption was mainly on the offensive end.

On the defensive end, Sun Ce was tortured by his little heart.

Kobe missed the first shot, missed the second shot, and still missed the third shot. And Kobe’s shots were often more accurate when Sun Ce thought he was defending well.

On the contrary, when Sun Ce lost his defensive position and did not defend well in some rounds, Kobe missed again, but when Sun Ce tried to defend in place, Kobe made another shot.

Time and time again, Kobe didn’t know what was “reasonable”, but even if he didn’t know what was reasonable, Kobe finished half a quarter, made 4 of 9 shots and scored 10 points, and there was one free throw!

The Lakers didn’t call a timeout. After Sun Ce scored 8 points, Kobe once again faced Sun Ce and made a strong shot to increase his personal score to 10 points and caused Sun Ce to foul. The referee blew the whistle and entered the official timeout.

Sun Ce played for seven minutes, and Coach Hollins replaced Sun Ce. Before the official timeout, Sun Ce’s defense against Kobe was a little exasperated. Coach Hollins wanted Sun Ce to calm down, and he was also worried that Kobe would play Sun Ce badly.

Coach Hollins was thankful that this was no longer the peak Kobe. Last season's Kobe could barely be considered the peak, but there was already a gap between him and the Kobe who was like a devil and ravaged his opponents. This season, the gap was even more obvious. Otherwise, with Sun Ce's defense, Kobe could have played Sun Ce to collapse.

The Lakers sent out a lineup of Blake, Kobe, Barnes, Odom, and Gasol.

Seeing Kobe go to the free throw line, Sun Ce tried to adjust his mood. Emotions will drive the body's hormone secretion. He needs to rest now.

In the past half quarter, he was not tired on the defensive end. Kobe did not give him the opportunity to get tired at all, but he played very hard on the offensive end because Kobe performed too well. If he did not fight, the score difference might be widened in one or two rounds. No one could predict whether Kobe could score the next goal.

Kobe's free throw hit the Lakers' lead to 3 points.

Attack and defense transition, the Grizzlies attacked.

Sun Ce and Gasol went down, and the Grizzlies' core organization became Conley, and the offensive core became Randolph, but the scorers to be counted on were Jordan and Morrow.

Conley passed the ball to Randolph who was blocking Gasol in the low post.

With Odom as his partner, the Lakers' defensive mobility in the interior was further improved. Both of them could play in two positions in the interior. It was Gasol who could defend Randolph, and Gasol had a greater height advantage, and the tonnage was not so disadvantageous.

Gasol certainly couldn't defend Randolph, and still needed to rely on help defense. Odom was not focused now, but he was not distracted. He was in a normal state, and his help defense speed was very fast. He shrank in time when Randolph turned around.

But this time Randolph was prepared, and threw the ball into the air in the double-team!

Jordan rushed into the interior and pressed the ball into the basket with one hand!

The ball was thrown high enough, and Gasol would definitely not be able to catch it if he was replaced, but it was Jordan who caught the ball! The high-post passing route was blocked, and Odom and Gasol did a perfect job of double-teaming the low-post single players.

Fortunately, Jordan could catch this very exaggerated high-throw pass.

Randolph's pass was not a random pass, but a height that Jordan could catch and Odom could not intercept, showing Randolph's delicate touch under his rough appearance.

When the Lakers attacked, Sun Ce made a wave that Kobe could not get through, and now it was Tony's turn to go head-to-head with Kobe.

The first quarter was Kobe's performance time. In the remaining five minutes, Kobe scored another 9 points, and played 3 of 5 shots against Tony Allen, including a three-pointer, plus one of two free throws after a foul.

Tony Allen didn't get any good results. Kobe led the team to 14 points in these 5 minutes. In addition to his 9 points, there was a three-pointer from Blake and a tip-in from Gasol. The Lakers scored 32 points in the first quarter!

Kobe scored 20 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in a single quarter, and his performance was explosive!

It was not that Tony Allen did not defend well, but that no one could stop Kobe when he got angry.

Fortunately, in the last 5 minutes, Jordan and Morrow scored 10 points together, plus Randolph's second attack after grabbing an offensive rebound, scoring 12 points in 5 minutes, so the Lakers did not widen the gap.

Jordan's 6 points and Morrow's 3+1 were crucial.

It’s mainly about Morrow. In the past five games since the game against the Bobcats, he averaged 3.8 three-pointers per game, which was an excellent performance. He once made 6 three-pointers in a single game. He was the best player of the Grizzlies after the fatigue period in the middle of the season, except for Randolph and Sun Ce.

When Morrow used Tony Allen’s pick-and-roll, Kobe and Barnes both rushed towards Morrow, leaving Randolph with a wide space for low-post singles, giving Jordan the opportunity to show his super physical fitness. The only time Morrow ran out of the gap, he made a three-pointer, and also caused Blake to foul after switching defense.

Morrow is like Korver of the Grizzlies, and Sun Ce on the sidelines is very envious.

Sun Ce actually wondered why he didn’t have much impression of Morrow in his previous life. Morrow averaged only 8.6 points per game this season. So far, he has averaged 2.3 three-pointers per game, ranking third in the league. Although he has almost no other performance on the offensive end except three-pointers, as a role player, he can’t ask for more.

Only Curry of the Warriors averaged 2.7 three-pointers per game, Wright of the Warriors, Quentin Richardson of the Knicks, and Jason Richardson of the Magic averaged 2.4 three-pointers per game, which was better than Morrow. Ray Allen, Ryan Anderson, Channing Frye, and Billups, who averaged 2.1 three-pointers per game, were not as good as Morrow in three-pointers.

Morrow played 20.4 minutes per game, with a three-point shooting rate of 42.3%, averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game. How efficient it is, and he is only 25 years old, but before Sun Ce met Morrow, he really had no impression of this player.

During the intermission, he slapped Morrow who walked back to the bench. Sun Ce was still very curious. This player who could average two three-pointers per game around 2010 was not so good after joining the Grizzlies, but Morrow was already one of the top ten shooters in the league in the chaotic Warriors team last season. This season, he has a better team and is more stable.

But such a player was not named in the three-point era five or six years later. Thinking that Korver had reached his peak in that era, and he was already 33 or 34 years old, Sun Ce could only guess that it might be due to injuries, not being reused by the team, not having a suitable team, etc.

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies were 4 points behind 28 to 32, and the score difference was not pulled to more than 5 points.

This is the credit of the team's efforts. Sun Ce scored 8 points in the first half of the quarter, and Jordan and Morrow scored 10 points in the first half of the quarter, which is very important.

As for Randolph, although his hit rate was only 33%, he only made 2 of 6 shots in total, both goals were second offenses, and he made 2 of 2 free throws. He also had 6 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter, and unexpectedly had 5 assists in a single quarter, which refreshed Randolph's career single quarter assist record!

After the head coaches of the two teams made lineup rotations and tactical adjustments, the second quarter began.

The Lakers sent out a lineup with Bynum, Odom and Blake as the core, rookie Derek Karacott as the power forward, and Shannon Brown as the shooting guard.

Although Kobe was in good shape, the Zen Master made the same choice as before and replaced Kobe. If Kobe was not expected to score 20+ in a single quarter, the Zen Master would have replaced Kobe when the Grizzlies called a timeout in the 9th minute of the first quarter.

No matter what, Kobe only plays 30 to 35 minutes in a game, no matter how important the game is. For the Lakers, the regular season ranking is important, but not as important as Kobe's health.

Of course, only the Zen Master can keep Kobe, who scored 20 points and 3 assists in 7 of 14 shots in the first quarter, on the bench.

The Grizzlies sent out a combination of Jason Williams, Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian and Gasol.

The four towers were replaced by coach Hollins according to their respective characteristics.

Sun Ce and Conley both rested, so Jason Williams went up to hold on for a few minutes in advance.

The Zen Master's coaching has been criticized by many people, but he is capable. If the head coach is changed, the team will have a young player like Bynum who is full of talent but unpredictable. You know, he is only 23 years old, but the Zen Master can find a way to suppress his desire to perform and let him play well in defense and play at the level of the third center in the league.

Press when you should press, and release the beast when you should release it!

In the first half of the second quarter, Bynum became the absolute offensive core of the Lakers. Odom moved to the point guard position to organize the offense, Blake became a shooter, Shannon Brown and Karacot ran to prepare to attack the basket, and Shannon Brown, who has entered his peak and has C+ level strength, is also good at three-pointers this season. Bynum beat Gasol.

Really unstoppable! He has mid-range shots and footwork, and Bynum weighs 126 kilograms and has such athletic ability. In one-on-one situations, except Yao Ming, Howard, Duncan, and Perkins, few people can limit him.

Gasol's overall defense has become stronger after losing weight, but he is not as good at defending Bynum as he was in the past two years.

Being forced to compete with the Lakers in offense is not what the Grizzlies are good at, but they have to do so, and they dare not replace Sun Ce in advance. The substitutions during this period are also rotations in other positions.

Fortunately, Jason Williams and Gasol's cooperation in positional warfare is not bad. Gasol's high-post support is not as top-notch as Gasol, but it is also top-notch. With Yi Muhualian, Paul George and Morrow, and Battier who rotated in, the Grizzlies maintained a good mid-range and long-range shooting, and did not let the score difference be widened too much in the few minutes when Bynum exploded.

Coach Hollins called a timeout immediately after the sixth minute of the second quarter.

The Grizzlies scored 12 points in the first half, which was their season average, but the opponent scored 16 points.

Bynum scored 8 points alone, and Yi Jianlian blocked his shot when he cut in!

If he hadn't played against the Lakers in person, Sun Ce couldn't imagine how strong Nowitzki was to sweep this Lakers team!

This is not the Lakers coached by Mike Brown and D'Antoni, but the Lakers coached by Zen Master with three towers and Kobe. Moreover, the Lakers' role player lineup this season is much stronger than last season. With the addition of Blake and Barnes, Shannon Brown has reached his peak, and the Lakers have 9 players in rotation.

Playing against the Lakers has made Sun Ce more stressed about the possibility of meeting the Mavericks in the playoffs.

At this time, Coach Hollins called his name. Sun Ce put aside the pressure from the Mavericks. That was all for the future, and the current game was also very important.

For the Grizzlies, what is the difference between meeting the Lakers and the Mavericks in the playoffs? Isn't it the difference between a god-level team and a super god-level team? They are the same. They all have to play well. Winning is one thing, but they also have to go all out to let the coaching staff find a better way to deal with them.

In addition to this, Sun Ce had another incident.

He performed very well in the first quarter. He made 3 of 4 shots in the 7-minute incident, and 2 of 3 shots against Kobe. The one-on-two against Kobe and Bynum was counted in his goal against Kobe, but the one-on-one against Bynum was not counted.

Coach Hollins finally agreed to replace Sun Ce, and matched him with a combination of Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan.

Morrow was replaced after playing for two minutes in the second quarter. He rested for a while and now came up to play run-and-gun with Sun Ce.

Coach Hollins has been able to figure out some signs of Sun Ce's explosion. At least in the first seven minutes of the first quarter today, Sun Ce did not have the tendency to explode, so he was very cautious about the rotation of the lineup. It was not that Sun Ce played badly, but that Sun Ce was playing with his usual style, and just found a way to deal with Kobe's defense, instead of the kind of despising power when he exploded.

Then we have to follow the plan. Coach Hollins doesn't know whether the plan can succeed. Using the Zen Master's coaching philosophy to deal with the Zen Master, Coach Hollins is very uncertain. It's not that Kobe exploded and Bynum was brutal, and they couldn't stop it at all. It's only because their Grizzlies have been in good shape recently and continued their performance in the past two games against the Nuggets and Thunder that they were not completely pulled away.

The Lakers did not replace Kobe, and sent out a lineup of Blake, Shannon Brown, Odom, Artest, and Gasol.

Kobe played only 12 to 14 minutes per game in the first half of this season. He played the full first quarter. The Zen Master would definitely let him rest for a while in the second quarter, unless the score was reversed. Moreover, if they were behind, even if the score difference was widened, the Zen Master would not care, because they had the strongest player in the third quarter, Kobe Bryant.

The Lakers are very good at chasing points in the third quarter when they are behind by a large margin in the half. The third quarter is the quarter that distinguishes the real strong teams from the ordinary strong teams. The Lakers have done the best in the past two years, and their performance in the third quarter this season is also one of the best teams in the league.

After Sun Ce came on the court, he played with ease against Blake and Shannon Brown's outside line. Facing the most difficult defense of Kobe + Bynum, now that only the twin towers are on the court, it is relatively easy.

However, the psychological pressure is not small. The score difference must be caught up during the second quarter, otherwise the third quarter will be difficult to play!

Looking at Sun Ce who immediately accelerated after receiving the serve, Coach Hollins could only hope to narrow the score difference before Kobe came on the court.

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Sun Ce received the mid-court ball from Yi Jianlian and started to accelerate from a distance of more than one meter from the three-point line!

Blake defended very hard and was very tough, but it was obvious that he was passed, but the Lakers' interior defense changed!

The Zen Master made a small adjustment, letting Odom play small forward and Artest play power forward.

This change is very effective. Odom can keep up with Paul George, and Artest's body can carry most power forwards, and the defect of slowing down his movement speed is covered up.

Sun Ce just passed Blake and came to the free throw line, and was blocked by Artest! However, Sun Ce didn't want to score by himself, and quickly passed the ball to Yi Jianlian on the left side of the three-second zone.

Yi Jianlian didn't shoot, but rushed into the inside with the ball. Gasol immediately moved over to prevent Yi Jianlian from directly attacking the basket. Yi Jianlian moved towards Gasol, turned his back to the right side of the three-second zone, and looked back to the moon-like throw... No! It was a pass!

The ball flew over the basket, and Jordan took off from the right sideline of the three-second zone and smashed the ball into the basket behind Gasol!

Yi Jianlian's pass was a bit slick! Obviously, there could be an easier pass. He could have passed the ball directly to Jordan when he just broke into the three-second zone, but he played a slick operation!

The Grizzlies players were very excited to play in the Staples Center, otherwise they would not have such strong enthusiasm for consecutive away games and would not have performed so well overall.

If Kobe and Bynum had not performed more brutally than expected, the Grizzlies would have scored 40 points in the first 18 minutes, which was already very good, and they scored 40 points in one and a half quarters against such a good defense of the Lakers.

After Jordan scored the ball, the Grizzlies quickly retreated. When the Lakers attacked, the Lakers were not confused by the Grizzlies' 8-second quick 3-man cooperation. 46 to 40, the Lakers still maintained a lead of more than 5 points.

The combination of the two kings is actually a very effective inside combination against the Lakers' three towers. Yi Jianlian has mid-range shooting, dribbling, and a passing awareness that is outstanding among NBA inside players, and both of them have extremely good eating skills. He has great ability, but why not replace the two of them in advance in the starting stage?

The Grizzlies are a team where both Sun Ce and Randolph can be on the bench if necessary. There is no problem of worrying about the mood of the two bears. They play as a team.

But because of defense...

Gasol is now starting to sigh that he didn't hit his younger brother more times sooner. He is very sad, but when he hit Jordan, Gasol sent Jordan flying with two fake moves, turned around and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

The Lakers don't have a top three-pointer, and Kobe doesn't count. He is the number one three-pointer when he hits three-pointers accurately. He holds the record for consecutive three-pointers and the record for three-pointers in a single game, but it's a trap. It's worse than someone who doesn't have three-point ability. Someone who doesn't have three-pointers doesn't shoot at all, but when he becomes iron, he shoots to death.

Blake and Fisher are already the Lakers' best three-pointers, but there are a lot of above-average three-pointers. Blake, Shannon Brown, Odom, and Artest all have at least 100%. With a 35-point three-point shooting percentage and an average of more than 0.8 three-pointers per game, Jackson's rotation is not a random substitution, but a well-planned one.

Gasol had just smashed the ball into the basket, and Jordan, who was thrown to the ground after being thrown away, did not do anything else. He immediately turned around to pick up the ball and sent it to Sun Ce. The Grizzlies started a fast break!

No matter how strong Gasol is in isolation, he can't score every time, so the Grizzlies must improve their offensive success rate! Whether the Lakers score or not, start the fast break!

This is not quite the same as the defensive counterattack that Coach Hollins wants. It seems to have always been the same, but now he is no longer yelling from the sidelines like he did at the beginning of the season. He needs to be calm and let the players solve the problem themselves, and cannot lose to the opponent. What a pretense!

Coach Hollins used to like to yell on the sidelines, which would more or less affect the determination of the players, such as this pure run-and-gun that seemed extremely unreliable.

What is needed for running and gunning is an indomitable impact!

Now Coach Hollins is carefully studying strategy and starting from the overall situation, which is an important reason why the running and gunning lineup led by Sun Ce is getting better and better. This time Coach Hollins chose to trust, and Sun Ce responded positively to him.

The Lakers want to suppress the tempo, but they are also suppressing the tempo, but Sun Ce doesn't care so much, he will counterattack when he has the opportunity to rely on the double emperor to grab the rebound. When the Lakers score, he will also counterattack, no matter what. Fight back.

Tonight, Yi Jianlian's setter and cut were excellent, Jordan has already scored 8 points, and his performance is extremely good. There are also Morrow, who has been very strong in three-pointers recently, and Paul George, who likes to cut during counterattacks...

The Grizzlies have the upper hand!

The Grizzlies have maintained a very high shooting rate during this period, and just as Sun Ce expected, it's true that Jordan couldn't guard Gasol, but Gasol can't score without a ball, and he can't score without a ball. They all played like that, let alone Gasol, even Randolph couldn't hold on. The Lakers began to use a team attack to focus on mid-to-long-range shots, and their shooting percentage began to decline.

Once the Lakers fail to make a shot, it's the Grizzlies' world!

The Grizzlies hit hard and tied the score with two minutes left! Moreover, Jackson replaced Kobe and Barnes, but he couldn't stop the Grizzlies who were already running crazy!

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I clocked out of get off work~ Let’s go get something to eat first, and continue writing after I get home. I have one more chapter before going to bed, so I’ll finish writing this game~ Please give me a monthly recommendation!