Seven Hundred and Sixty-Three. Dunk to Win!

There are traces of whether Sun Ce broke out that night.

According to Coach Hollins’ observation, including the one where Sun Ce broke out, there were certain patterns for Sun Ce’s outbursts. First of all, Sun Ce would play very hard and be more motivated than expected or even overly aggressive, which would lead to unnecessary physical exertion. Secondly, He will take more shots, or make additional achievements on the defensive end, or make an amazing attack out of the blue.

When these conditions were not met, Coach Hollins used Sun Ce very calmly. A good knife should be used on the edge, and he did a good job in distributing Sun Ce's physical strength.

After returning from the intermission, the Grizzlies sent out a lineup of Sun Ce, Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol.

For the Hawks, the lineup of Teague, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, and Horford appeared.

As Battier beat Horford with a jump ball, the Eagles took the lead at the start of the second half. Teague received the serve and advanced quickly, and the Eagles moved faster than in the first half.

Sun Ce stayed at the top arc waiting for Teague to advance. The opponent's change in rhythm put a lot of pressure on him.

Teague was nicknamed a weakened version of Noah last season. He has almost the same speed, excellent ability to change directions while moving, and relatively average jumping but a keen sense of attack at the basket. These characteristics are very similar to Sun Ce, especially when switching offenses. Passing, much like Sun Ce, is regarded as a talent with the potential to average 5+ assists per game, and the few games after taking the starting position this season have proven this.

Moreover, Teague consciously imitated Sun Ce's style of play. After passing the center line, he began to accelerate directly! He rushed to the outside of the three-point line, dribbled with a sudden cross step, and changed directions at high speed to break through from the left.

Fortunately, Sun Ce had predicted it, and Sun Ce used the acceleration and direction change technique, leaning forward to the right one shot in advance, using the inertia of the body to increase the starting speed. Although the skill bonus could not be triggered, he was able to fumble around when using skills normally. Use the little tricks that come out.

However, when Teague changed direction, Gasol under the basket had already moved towards the left side of the three-second zone, because Teague singled Conley twice in the second quarter, both relying on Sun Ce to accelerate and change direction at close range. Conley's outside acceleration and change of direction passed Conley, and he broke into the inside and made 1 of 2 shots. As long as Teague broke in, his small throw was impossible to guard against.

Teague has good vision. After all, he is a first-class passer who will average 7+ assists per game in the future. When Gasol moves his feet, he quickly distributes the ball.

Josh Smith, who cut in after a wide run, received the ball, pushed away the pursuing Paul George, and threw the ball towards the basket before Gasol turned back...

Before he completely turned into a handsome boy from CIC, Josh Smith was really easy to use. He had everything he wanted, he was strong and fast.

The Eagles' rookie coach Larry Drew moved Josh Smith to the small forward position, which brought wonderful changes to the Eagles' offense.

This time, Josh Smith's movement and Teague's breakthrough movement attracted the footsteps of Gasol inside, creating a very good shooting opportunity, but...

As soon as the ball left Josh Smith's hand, he was slapped away by Yi Jianlian who rushed in from the baseline!

The Grizzlies' defensive positivity exceeded the Eagles' imagination and was more proactive than in the first half!

The ball was slapped to the left side of the three-second area by Yi Jianlian. Gasol was unable to react to what happened in a flash. Joe Johnson squeezed Morrow to grab the offensive rebound. After grabbing the rebound, he immediately took off and headed towards Morrow followed up and shot a jump shot...Morrow defended well this time. His feet did not move and his hands stretched straight upward, which did not give Joe Johnson a chance to foul. Joe Johnson did not jump enough during the confrontation and the shot was short.

Gasol finally had a chance to play at this time, and Kawhi took action!

Gasol pressed to the right side of the three-second zone, opened his hands, and blocked the rushing routes of Josh Smith and Marvin Williams. Sun Ce, who came in, grabbed the defensive rebound and counterattacked!

Yi Jianlian and Paul George had already stepped down when they saw Gasol moving to block the opponent. Sun Ce rushed out from the middle.

Morrow followed up from the right back, and the defensive counterattack formation was beautiful.

However, the Hawks did not rush for rebounds. They have long known how powerful the Grizzlies' top forwards are. These guys don't care about their own defensive rebounds at all and focus on blocking. Sun Ce has a good sense of rebounding. The five Hawks players, including Horford, retreated quickly from the start.

Horford and Marvin Williams blocked the scary-looking Yi Jianlian. Paul George was stuck by Teague. When Sun Ce rushed to the frontcourt, Josh Smith stayed at the free throw line and followed up from the right. Morrow is guarded by Joe Johnson.

This Eagles lineup is too fast!

Sun Ce stopped his fast break. Yi Jianlian rushed in and didn't get a chance to eat the cake. He pulled out toward the outside and waited for Gasol, who had just run to the middle line, to come in.

Seeing that the Eagles blocked the defensive counterattack led by Sun Ce, the pace slowed down, waiting to fall into a positional battle.

At this moment, Josh Smith saw Sun Ce waving towards the right side of the three-second zone, and immediately looked back to avoid being picked and rolled by Yi Jianlian... There was no one on the right side of the three-second zone!

Josh Smith secretly screamed that something was wrong and quickly moved sideways to the right... Then Josh Smith saw Sun Ce break through from his left side!

Sun Ce's tactical fake move deceived Josh Smith, whose body reaction was faster than his brain's thinking speed. He "picked and rolled" with the air, passed Josh Smith, and broke into the inside!

When Josh Smith subconsciously moved to the right, he saw Yi Jianlian still standing on the right side of the three-second zone, and quickly chased after Sun Ce.

Sun Ce did not have a mid-range jump shot, he was not good at this, and Josh Smith was chasing him closely. He rushed all the way to the right side of the three-second zone and took off to hook the ball... Horford rushed out and bumped into Sun Ce, but Sun Ce had already hooked the ball out. When Sun Ce was knocked to the ground, the referee whistled and Horford was fouled in defense.

The ball fell into the basket with the referee's whistle! 2+1!

Josh Smith felt that his IQ was humiliated by this defense.

The fans at the bottom line saw that Sun Ce waved at the air and actually tricked Josh Smith into moving in the opposite direction. They all stood up and cheered with exaggerated "Oh oh oh" sounds, which hurt Josh Smith's young heart...

Morrow and Paul George came over to pull up Sun Ce, and Sun Ce walked to the free throw line. The fans at the scene began to shout "mvp".

After adjusting himself and not being affected by being knocked down, Sun Ce made a hook free throw, and the fans cheered again.

After 11 minutes of confrontation in the first half, long-term observation of the opponent's defense, and detailed analysis by defensive assistant coach Dave Joerger, head coach Hollins, and offensive assistant coach David Fizdale during the halftime break, Sun Ce made better use of the gaps between the direct defensive players and the opponent's positions.

Today's game was difficult to play from the beginning, and it felt like the opening game against the Magic, and Sun Ce felt that the Hawks were really better than the Magic this season.

The Hawks' record was not good, but they lacked pitchers, and their regular season record could not be improved, just like the Grizzlies without him, Sun, the Twin Emperors, and Morrow in the original time and space.

But the Hawks are very good at tormenting their opponents. In the original time and space, the Hawks only lost to the Eastern Conference Finals teams of the season in the three playoffs from 2011 to 2013, and won at least two games each time. They are indeed an excellent playoff team, but they have no explosive points. Not many people noticed their strength. Instead, some people mocked them for being eliminated in the second round every year, but no one noticed that their playoff performance was no worse than the Grizzlies, who are known as the troublemakers in the Western Conference.

Tonight's game, although difficult to play, is a good exercise for the players' will and flexibility of thinking, because it is difficult to easily complete the offense, and the defense cannot be relaxed, and they have to think about how to seize the fleeting opportunities on the offensive end.

Sun Ce made obvious progress in this game!

At the beginning of the third quarter, Sun Ce scored a 2+1 and chased the score to 38 to 40, only two points behind!

After Sun Ce scored this time, the defensive enthusiasm of both teams increased again. It was Josh Smith who raised the defensive intensity to a higher level. He was humiliated so badly by Sun Ce that he began to go crazy. He actively ran and received the ball on the offensive end and defended desperately on the defensive end.

Josh Smith, who was not played badly by the Hawks coaching staff, is still the powerful all-around warrior, with a shooting percentage of 45+, + steals and blocks. He has everything he wants. In the past two years, the Hawks let Josh Smith focus on three-pointers. Although this season, Josh Smith suddenly changed to mid-range shooting, the three-pointers he practiced in the past two years are not bad...

Josh Smith's enthusiasm has improved the Hawks on both offense and defense.

But the Grizzlies' defensive enthusiasm is also sufficient. Sun Ce played less time in the first half, and he can help defend everywhere in the second half without sparing his energy.

Sun Ce and Josh Smith were the most outstanding players of both teams. Sun Ce kept trying to start a fast break. Even if he couldn't score, he had to speed up and consume his opponent. Gasol stayed in the Grizzlies' own half for a long time, and had few opportunities to enter the frontcourt. The Hawks were fast, and Teague, Josh Smith, and Jamal Crawford, who came off the bench, could keep up with Sun Ce as the defensive arrows of the top arc, which had a great impact on Sun Ce's counterattack.

On the other hand, the Hawks' offense was not very good. The Hawks did not play well in fast breaks during Teague's possession. Gasol stayed under the basket for a long time, and Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian protected the basket. They could only shoot while floating. Only Josh Smith scored a three-pointer in the fast break. Most of the time, the Hawks' fast breaks fell into positional battles.

When Jamal Crawford replaced Teague, the Hawks' fast break was gone, and the offensive efficiency declined further. Jamal Crawford was blocked by Sun Ce. In this playoff-level game, Jamal Crawford looked as useless as he could be.

At the 9th minute of the third quarter, Randolph, who was substituted in during the official timeout, grabbed the offensive rebound of Tony Allen's missed throw and passed it to Sun Ce who was in the middle distance on the right side of the baseline. Josh Smith and Joe Johnson, who had just returned to grab the rebound, rushed towards Sun Ce in the middle distance on the right side. Sun Ce threw the ball to the right side of the basket. Jordan slipped from the baseline and bypassed Horford from the left side of the three-second zone to the right side of the three-second zone. He jumped on the spot, touched the ball in the air and dunked it into the basket. The Hawks successfully surpassed the Hawks by 1 point with 54 to 53.

Hawks head coach Larry Drew called a timeout!

In the defensive battle, the Grizzlies, who had stronger defensive strength, ultimately had the upper hand!

After the timeout, Sun Ce was replaced and Conley was replaced. The lineup of Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Jordan continued to play the rest of the third quarter.

Sun Ce played very well in these 9 minutes, taking advantage of the favorable conditions he could use, better space, and the opponent's defensive tendency, which are the two key points.

Defending Sun Ce is very awkward for the Hawks. Sun Ce has a height advantage. They need to use Josh Smith to defend for a long time. Josh Smith is very active in defense, has outstanding assist defense, and often shrinks in. This makes the Hawks pay much attention to defending Sun Ce, but they always let Sun Ce open up for mid-range shots. Sun Ce's next 5 shots were almost all open mid-range shots. He made 2 of 5 shots, plus the 2+1 at the beginning of the third quarter, and the counterattack after the official timeout in the third quarter caused a foul and made two free throws. Sun Ce scored 9 points in 9 minutes in the third quarter.

It's mainly defense. After playing for 20 minutes, Sun Ce has blocked 5 shots. After the official timeout, he blocked Jamal Crawford twice, which is a very important node for the Hawks to overtake the score.

In the third quarter, Sun Ce has made 3 of 6 shots and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists. In 9 minutes, the Hawks scored 19 to 13.

During this period, the coaching staff's defensive arrangements and Sun Ce's independent offensive changes on the court were very good. With Randolph's offensive rebound, they successfully overtook the score in this quarter.

Once the score was overtaken, the Grizzlies had an advantage! The Hawks had a sense of panic.

The Grizzlies were both teams with poor overall offense, but their record was better than the Hawks. In addition to their overall defense being much stronger, more importantly, the Hawks often had people who stood up at critical moments.

Randolph, Sun Ce, Battier, Conley, Morrow and even Yi Jianlian all had outstanding performances at critical moments this season.

The Hawks were relying on Joe Johnson alone. Josh Smith was prone to getting carried away at critical moments and wanted to gamble on his touch. Jamal Crawford's playoff-level defense was a rare season in the past, present and future, and it was as pitfall as it could be.

Every time at a critical moment, the Hawks could only rely on Joe Johnson.

After the score was overtaken, Hinrich, who replaced Crawford, passed the ball to Joe Johnson after half court.

But at this time, Tony Allen, who had rested for a long time, came up and put great defensive pressure on Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson was forced to pass the ball to Josh Smith first and prepare to go to the low post.

However, Josh Smith's gambler mentality came, and he faced Battier from outside the three-point line and shot a three-pointer... "Bang" sounded, but it was missed!

Larry Drew stood on the sidelines and covered his head in pain. The first attack after the timeout was too important. Joe Johnson was originally arranged to play a singles, but Josh Smith threw it directly and didn't throw it in!

Looking back, Conley made a beautiful pass, and the opponent and teammates didn't react. Fortunately, Randolph was in a good position, and Conley's pass bounced into Randolph's arms, and Randolph caught the ball and scored Marvin Williams fouled, another 2+1!

After Randolph made the free throw, the Grizzlies widened the gap to 4 points, leading 57 to 53!

Although Josh Smith did not get carried away again, that one time of getting carried away gave the Grizzlies a clear lead!

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In the following time, the Grizzlies played steadily, rarely able to widen the gap to more than 5 points, but did not give the Hawks a chance to catch up with the difference of these two goals, slowly grinding and playing slowly.

When the official timeout came in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies still maintained a 3-point lead, leading 77 to 74, and still had the ball!

Sun Ce rested for 10 minutes of game time, which is nearly 20 minutes, and returned to the court, and played again with the starting lineup of Conley, Battier, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. to play the key moment.

On the Hawks side, the strongest lineup of Hinrich, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, and Horford also played. Larry Drew still trusted veteran Hinrich more at the critical moment.

Jamal Crawford was abandoned at the critical moment again. Today, he shot 1 out of 7, which was as bad as it could be. Teague was too young.

The official timeout came back and the Grizzlies attacked.

After resting for more than a quarter, Gasol came back and made a fierce first attack. He took the initiative to fall to the low post, received Conley's pass and shot high, helping the Grizzlies to score 79 to 74, leading by 5 points!

Looking back, Sun Ce defended Joe Johnson well, Joe Johnson's shot was off target, and Sun Ce grabbed the defensive rebound himself.

The Grizzlies played very successfully in the offense and defense after the timeout!

After grabbing this rebound, Sun Ce had 14 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 blocks and 1 steal! It is very important that except for his two turnovers in the first quarter, he made few assists in the two minutes of the second quarter and the 9 minutes of the third quarter, but he did not make any turnovers!

After grabbing the rebound, Sun Ce immediately launched a counterattack, catching the Hawks off guard. The Hawks did not expect Sun Ce to counterattack without running teammates. When Sun Ce rushed to the frontcourt, only Josh Smith retreated to the defense. The other Hawks also retreated quickly, but they all retreated in an orderly manner and fell into the defensive position. Only Josh Smith could play a defensive role against Sun Ce.

Sun Ce rushed all the way to the right side of the three-second zone, suddenly accelerated and changed direction, and rushed to the left.

Josh Smith followed Sun Ce's footsteps. Sun Ce rushed to the left side of the three-second zone and turned to face the baseline one and a half steps away. He failed to get rid of Josh Smith. Just when Josh Smith calmly stretched out his arms and stood still to cover Sun Ce's head, Sun Ce changed direction again. The second skill effect of accelerating and changing direction while moving was triggered. Sun Ce suddenly jumped to the right side of the reasonable collision zone. This time, Sun Ce was excited. He jumped on the spot, swung the ball with his right hand, and smashed it into the basket with one hand!

This is not over yet. Marvin Williams, who rushed in from the right, rushed over and hit Sun Ce who was swinging the ball up. The referee blew the whistle, and Marvin Williams was called for a foul!

The fans at the scene jumped up when they saw this ball. They thought Sun Ce was going to make another windmill layup, but he really dunked it!

Although Sun Ce missed the free throw, the Grizzlies widened the gap to 7 points with Sun Ce's counterattack dunk, leading 81 to 74 and locking the victory!

Joe Johnson tried to lead the counterattack, but there was not much time left, and the opponent had already stood up. Joe Johnson did not have the opportunity to drag the game into the critical moment to show his lore ability.

Sun Ce seized the opportunity, a successful defense, a key dunk!

In the end, relying on Sun Ce's 16 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks, 1 steal in a single game and an excellent performance with only two turnovers, the Grizzlies defeated the Hawks 86 to 81 and won six consecutive victories!

At the end of the game, the big screen at the scene gave the camera to Sun Ce's family on the sidelines. The excitement of Sun Ce's mother, girlfriend and chatty Loli made Memphis fans feel the warmth of family.

But Sun Ce's father's strong and broad body, cold expression, and vicissitudes of life face... The fans had the same idea as Wang Keying when she first saw Sun Ce's father - it seemed that Xiao Ba Wang's father looked more suitable for playing in the NBA... Especially when compared with Sun Ce's image...