Seven Hundred and Eighty-Four. For the Little Brother, of Course You Need a Large Size 3 Pair
It is said that the probability of a strong team being upset at the end of the season is high. The Grizzlies didn't have any idea last season. At that time, they thought it was acceptable to lose or win. But now, they are going to be upset by the Warriors. This is unacceptable!
Coach Hollins worked hard to restrain this uneasy and unhappy mood and analyzed the situation on the other side.
During the game, apart from the defensive end, he has no control over the offensive end. He mainly ensures the defense from the perspective of rotation while ensuring that Sun Ce, Conley, and Gasol, the three tactical cores, have room to organize the offense.
But the defense was broken tonight. The opponent shot too well. What is team defense? It means to defend the strong point, bring physical contact to the opponent's weakest point, let him go, and then go to cover and help defend the strong point.
But there seemed to be no obvious weakness in the Warriors' main lineup tonight. They all shot well. Even Thabeet used his height to score several goals under the basket.
Fortunately, coach Hollins restrained his negative emotions and showed off the analytical skills he has developed over the past season.
The opponent's physical strength is a problem!
The Warriors have suffered from injuries over the years, and the main players generally have to play for a long time. For example, Wright averages 38 minutes per game, Ellis averages 41 minutes per game, and Curry averages 35 minutes per game.
It was even worse tonight. Ellis didn't rest for a second for 48 minutes, Wright played 40 minutes, Curry played 41 minutes, David Lee played 44 minutes, and Thabeet played 29 minutes each!
Coach Hollins quickly analyzed his own advantage - rotation depth!
First, let’s exclude Tony Allen, Haddadi, and Sam Young, who didn’t play well today.
Teacher Tony didn't come in handy today. The 16 points Ellis scored in the first three quarters were all hard-earned goals. If they go in, they will go in. If they don't, they won't go in. He doesn't care at all. He mainly focuses on passing the ball. Tony It's useless for the teacher to spend time. If he doesn't take the initiative to play, his teammates will not be able to move out of position or he will not be able to create opportunities for his teammates to play in isolation. When his teammates shoot well, Ellis shows the ability and golf intelligence of a top combo guard.
Haddadi and Sam Young's pure strength is not enough.
But even so, Coach Hollins still has Sun Ce, Conley, Moreau, Paul, George, Battier, Yi Jianlian, Randolph, and DeAndre Jordan, eight players who performed well tonight. In addition to Paul George and Yi Jianlian and the other 6 players all scored in double figures, and Sun Ce, Morrow, and DeAndre Jordan also scored 20+.
The most critical point - balanced playing time,
DeAndre Jordan played the most with 33 minutes, Sun Ce was second with 30 minutes, and Conley only played 26 minutes. His physical condition is very good. Only DeAndre Jordan played more than he should have. It is best for him to play no more than 30 minutes, because He doesn't know how to allocate his physical strength. He just knows how to rush, fight, fight, and fight. He is obviously a jumping man with top physical fitness. He occasionally plays for more than 30 minutes, but it is obvious that he can't run in the last period. Fortunately, There was little confrontation in today's game against the Warriors, so he maintained his form until the end of regular time.
After thinking for a while, Coach Hollins began to lay out the tactical plan for the next five minutes...
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After the short "intersection" break, Coach Hollins sent out a combination of Sun Ce, Conley, Moreau, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian's 9 points and 2 rebounds were not bad. Jordan was tired, so Coach Hollins used Yi Jianlian. On top, go jump the ball first.
For the Warriors, head coach Keith Smart has no other tricks. Just put the best players on. Curry, Ellis, and Wright continue to play. Radmanovic Partnering with David Lee in the paint.
If Thabeet wasn't about to vomit from exhaustion, Keith Smart would definitely have continued to put on the starting lineup.
Yi Jianlian and David Lee came to the center circle to jump the ball, but there was still no suspense. Yi Jianlian easily won the jump ball, Conley received the ball, and the Grizzlies attacked first.
Sun Ce reached the frontcourt and excitedly came to the right side of the free throw line and leaned against Curry to ask for the ball.
Curry saw how excited his former roommate was. The excitement of his buzzer-beating three-pointer to force overtime suddenly came to his senses: Brother, you are my brother tonight, okay? Don’t be so positive!
During regular time, Curry defended Sun Ce head-on five times in singles. In these five defenses, Sun Ce was honored to have an 80% shooting rate...
Seeing Sun Ce asking for the ball, Randolph moved to the middle distance of the baseline, his best spot for catching and shooting. Morrow and Yi Jianlian also opened up the space, and Conley lobbed the ball to Sun Ce.
Curry was unable to stop Sun Ce from catching the ball and could only interfere with Sun Ce's take-off shot.
Curry was also speechless, why no matter when he met James, Kobe, Durant, Roy, Joe Johnson... or whoever, as long as he was in position, he would most likely be guarding him. Even if not, the opponent would find him in pick-and-roll singles. at this point.
Obviously his defense is not a hindrance. He was indeed a hindrance in his rookie year. However, he gained two kilograms this season. With a weight of 84 kilograms and a certain amount of confrontation, at least he will not be a hindrance with his enthusiasm. But after one season, due to various reasons, His defensive efficiency ranks at the bottom among starting point guards in the league, shoulder to shoulder with Suns’ Mike…
It's just bullying!
This time, Curry was bullied again. Sun Ce caught the ball and turned around, leaving Curry behind.
Sun Ce rushed into the paint, and David Li slowly made up for it. Sun Ce had already completely entered the three-second zone. While David Li was still moving, Sun Ce quickly took off and smashed the ball into the basket! David Li just returned to the reasonable collision area, and Sun Ce appeared right above him...
Sun Ce was stunned by David Lee's defense. When he retreated after landing, he looked back at David Lee several times. He thought that no one helped him and he missed the dunk. This happens in the NBA. Some people are not willing to help defend and do not want to be a background, especially when the opponent rushes in after failing to defend the outside line. But David Lee actually wanted to help defend, but for some reason, he took the initiative to move up and looked like he was blocked.
, the Grizzlies got two points first, ensuring a 1-goal advantage.
Attack and defense transition, the Warriors attacked, Ellis received David Lee's serve and advanced to the frontcourt.
David Lee and Wright really couldn't run anymore. After a few minutes of rest after the regular time, they felt more and more tired, and the two stood still.
Fortunately, the two had a good shooting performance tonight, and standing still could also contain the defense.
Ellis calmly observed the situation of his teammates and opponents. Curry was chased after two steps and then stopped. Ellis knew that Curry was tired, and he was tired too... At this time, Ellis saw the lively skiing man!
Facing Sun Ce's defense, Ellis waved to Radmanovich for a pick-and-roll, forcing Sun Ce to switch defense with Yi Jianlian, who had expanded after switching defense with Randolph.
After the pick-and-roll, Ellis did not force his way into Yi Jianlian. He knew that if he broke through from this position, he would definitely be double-teamed by Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian, and Radmanovich's shooting was bad enough tonight, otherwise David Lee would not have needed to play for 44 minutes in regular time, and he would have run himself sick.
Ellis directed Radmanovich to the low post. He felt that Radmanovich should have no problem playing Sun Ce in this position, as he had advantages in height and weight, and he had just scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, so he had enough restraint, and the opponent did not dare to shrink easily.
Radmanovich was the weakest and least restraining point of the Warriors' lineup. Putting him in an advantageous position, Ellis wanted to take a gamble.
Radmanovich also felt that this was an opportunity, and went to the low post to block Sun Ce for the ball. Seeing how confident Radmanovich was, Ellis also gained confidence and passed the ball to Radmanovich for a low post single.
However, Radmanovich was so soft that it shocked the world. Even the second-year Rondo in the 2008 Finals could not hit him! What about Sun Ce? Radmanovich pushed him with an awkward posture, but he couldn't push him!
Sun Ce lowered his center of gravity and prepared to do his best to defend the ball. He didn't want his teammates to double-team him and be shot away by the opponent's outside line because of his inability to defend, but he didn't expect to hold it so easily.
Radmanovich was used to not being able to push his opponent, so he pushed again. His back-to-back action was not to push his opponent away or get a chance to turn around, but to let the small guard who switched to defend him lower his center of gravity! After the second push, Radmanovich grabbed the ball and threw it quickly. Radmanovich still had some brains... But... This trick of his didn't work against Sun Ce! As soon as the ball was thrown out, Sun Ce jumped up and slapped it away with a faster speed!
Yi Jianlian, who was at a 30-degree angle on the right, grabbed the ball and immediately passed it to Conley to counterattack!
Conley passed it to Sun Ce who was following up. Sun Ce hung the ball to the front of the basket. Conley rushed into the free throw line and jumped high and dunked the ball into the frame! 4 points difference!
Ellis felt that he was really blind. He actually believed Radmanovich, who was used by the Lakers to trade for Adam Morrison in his prime!
In the offense and defense transition, Ellis advanced to the frontcourt and shot a three-pointer against Sun Ce's defense... This shot was a bit too careless. It was a venting shot. It was not a waste, it was just a random shot. Sun Ce slapped it down.
Fortunately, Curry retreated first because the team had no rebounds. He received the ball at the midline and rushed to the top arc and shot directly... It went in!
Curry made his 9th three-pointer in a single game! 41 points in a single game! 40+ for the third time this season!
At this time, Randolph immediately passed the ball to Conley, using a quick attack to relieve the pressure from Curry's three-pointer.
It's good to have an experienced veteran. When the ball was passed, the desire to attack immediately suppressed the frustration of Curry's sudden three-pointer, because it was he who missed Curry who ran back after returning to defense.
After Conley arrived at the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce rushed into the inside. This time David Lee collected it much faster. Sun Ce passed the ball to Randolph at the bottom line. Randolph did not miss and made a mid-range shot at the bottom line. The score difference came to 3 points again, and the Grizzlies took the lead.
Assists and only 4 turnovers... This data, Curry defending Sun Ce feels really exaggerated.
But Sun Ce often played more exaggerated data than this, and Curry actually felt used to it. That vision is simply amazing, and you can't learn it. In terms of passing accuracy, Curry is confident that he is better than Sun Ce, but Sun Ce can always rely on his vision advantage to find the best passing route and avoid the "weakness" that his passing accuracy is not top-notch but only first-class.
After receiving the ball from Ellis, Curry immediately focused his attention. Now was not the time to marvel at Sun Ce's data. While advancing, Curry also wanted to scold Radmanovic. He could understand Ellis's random shot just now. It was so annoying. He was only a few centimeters taller than the opponent. It would have been great for him to turn around and face the basket and use his weight advantage when he had weak explosive power. However, he faced a head-on jump shot from this season's block king and was just trying to get blocked. If Radmanovic hadn't been crazy about this ball, he could have overtaken the score with a three-pointer in the last round. Now he is three points behind.
Curry pushed forward and saw that Ellis could no longer run. Even if Ellis had good physical strength and played 48 minutes in regular time and got assists, he was already at the end of his strength. Facing Sun Ce who rested in the third quarter, Ellis could not turn this into an advantage.
Wright was closely followed by Tony Allen. Tony Allen's task now was to consume Wright's touch through confrontation.
Although Radmanovich was useless, David Lee pulled Randolph to the mid-range. Radmanovich could still contain Yi Jianlian by standing on the right side of the three-second zone. Wright and Ellis took Tony Allen and Sun Ce away, so he could play one-on-one! Curry pushed to the three-point line and looked for shooting opportunities facing Conley.
Observing Conley's defense, Curry didn't know what was wrong with the guy on the other side. He didn't see any excitement in the overtime.
Excitement is a double-edged sword. It may make players perform beyond their level, but it will also make the brain lose control over the body to instinct.
But Conley didn't. From the beginning of the game to now, Curry didn't feel any emotional changes in Conley. Such an opponent has little possibility of explosion, but it is also very difficult to deal with. He can only rely on hard power to fight. If he has enough physical strength, it is not difficult to play Conley, especially today's game has been long-awaited and well prepared.
But now Curry and Ellis are similar!
Moreover, Conley defended very attentively, very attentively. With 9 seconds left in the regular time, he received a three-pointer from Sun Ce and didn't make it. Otherwise, there would be no overtime. It was his three-pointer that didn't make it that caused the team to play overtime.
Although this did not affect Conley's mood, it made him very motivated to defend and wanted to avenge his previous shame.
Curry made continuous fake moves to break through Conley's defense. The beautiful combination of man and ball looked very comfortable, but Conley's rhythm of small steps was very strict. He knew that he had the advantage of physical strength, so he was not afraid of the opponent's breakthrough. He specifically blocked the opponent's sudden shooting. Curry's speed of shooting while dribbling was almost as fast as McGrady's speed.
Curry had no choice. He couldn't deceive the opponent. If he wanted to pick and roll, he would be trapped in a double team. His teammates had no physical strength. Radmanovich was the only one who had physical strength... Curry chose to grab the ball quickly and push the three-pointer on the left side of Conley's top arc...
Conley was very focused. When Curry quickly picked up the ball and raised it, he immediately jumped up and didn't give Curry a chance to foul. Moreover, he jumped high. Conley, who was a few centimeters shorter, jumped up and almost touched Curry's face!
Complete interference! Curry's three-pointer missed!
David Lee tried his best to squeeze Randolph to grab the offensive rebound, but Randolph did not make any rebounding moves. He kept his center of gravity steady and was not pushed away by David Lee. Instead, he frowned at David Lee who was pushing hard.
David Lee was still wondering why this black fat man frowned if he didn't want to grab the rebound, when he saw Sun Ce appear in front of them and took the rebound from right in front of him.
Assist! In today's game with a fast pace and both teams taking more than 100 shots, Sun Ce only got his 10th rebound at this moment. It can only be said that the two teams' hit rate in regular time was too high, especially the Warriors, who had a hit rate of 58.4% in regular time. With a low total number of free throws, they still scored 127 points by shooting.
The Warriors tried hard to retreat this time, but Sun Ce did not start a fast break, but slowed down and played a rhythm change.
Now Sun Ce is not in a hurry, and he advances slowly, making Curry, who is trying hard to retreat, feel that his IQ is crushed... "That bastard is playing with me!"
This rhythm change is not a problem for the Grizzlies, who have a good distribution of physical strength in regular time and can still play normally, but it is a big problem for the Warriors, who are already exhausted and are retreating with all their strength!
Sun Ce slowly advances across half court, waits for the opponent to stop completely, and suddenly starts to sprint. Yi Jianlian tacitly leads Radmanovich to the outside line. When Sun Ce rushes into the three-point line and passes Curry to attract the opponent's attention, he suddenly runs back to the inside line. Sun Ce hangs on the right side of the basket, and Yi Jianlian rushes to the right side of the three-second zone and jumps, pressing the ball in the air into the basket with one hand.
5 points difference!
In the transition between offense and defense, Ellis failed to break through for three consecutive rounds. The random shot didn't consume much energy. It was mainly to vent. Now he finally had some strength after a few rounds. He counterattacked and rushed into the inside. With Randolph and Yi Jianlian shrinking, Ellis made a layup.
The Warriors have not given up! The score difference is still 3 points!
However, Sun Ce immediately passed the ball to the basket when Randolph turned around without the ball and cut into the inside by bypassing David Lee. Randolph received the ball and made a layup. The score difference was still 5 points.
Then Ellis missed a mid-range jump shot against Sun Ce. Yi Jianlian guarded the rebound and passed it to Sun Ce. Sun Ce passed it to Tony Allen who was running down and made a layup...
In this game, Curry was completely desperate!
He and Ellis, David Lee, Wright and even Thabeet... played so well! Including overtime, the five of them have scored more than 110 points, but they still can't beat Sun Ce's big triple-double! Because the opponent has too many powerful teammates.
Their outburst failed to win the game in regular time, and in overtime, the difference in strength was too obvious! He didn't think he was worse than Sun Ce, this was the difference in overall strength!
As Curry missed another three-pointer, Sun Ce grabbed the rebound and advanced to the frontcourt. Curry followed him. This time, Sun Ce did not break through to pass the ball. Instead, he broke through to the right side of the free throw line and suddenly jumped to the right to shoot a mid-range jump shot...
Watching Sun Ce hit the mid-range shot over his head, Curry knew that this dream night of scoring 41 points in a single game against the Grizzlies was over!
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