Seven Hundred and Ninety. Emperor Yi, Deduct His Money!

In the crucial third quarter, the Mavericks failed to occupy an absolute advantage in the third quarter as they did last month with 15 wins and 1 loss. Nowitzki did not play and Yao Ming played only three minutes in the third quarter. The Mavericks could only rely on the defensive system with Chandler and DeShawn Stevenson as the core to support the third quarter.

After three quarters, the Grizzlies secured a 10-point lead, leading 79-69.

In this quarter, the Grizzlies only scored 21 points, but the Mavericks only scored 18 points.

Sun Ce played for 22 minutes in the third quarter and scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Conley also scored 8 points and 8 assists. His outside teammates shot too well.

While the outside teammates shot well, the Grizzlies took advantage of the Mavericks' lack of inside strength in the third quarter and blocked the opponent's outside shooters, widening the score difference to 10 points in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for the advantage.

After three quarters, the Grizzlies had already made 11 three-pointers, and many of Sun Ce and Conley's assists were made by teammates.

But a 10-point lead is not safe!

Back to the bench, Sun Ce saw Yao Ming finally stood up again.

Yao Ming played for 18 minutes in the first three quarters. He was not only playing less than 24 minutes in a game. That was the Mavericks' regular season strategy for Yao Ming. At this time, it was no problem for Yao Ming to play the whole last quarter! And because he was used well in the previous quarters, Yao Ming played as a containment point most of the time. He scored 23 points with 9 of 11 shots in three quarters and was in good shape. Sun Ce expected that the fourth quarter would not be easy.

But with a 10-point lead in hand, Sun Ce was not afraid. The opponent had Yao Ming who scored 23 points in three quarters, and the Grizzlies also had Yi Jianlian who scored 16 points in just 18 minutes! There were also four pitchers who scored 11 three-pointers in three quarters, which was 3 more than the opponent's 8 three-pointers!

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After the intermission, the head coaches of the two teams made arrangements for the last quarter, and the fourth quarter began.

The Grizzlies sent out a lineup of Sun Ce, Conley, Paul George, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian.

On the Mavericks side, Kidd, DeShawn Stevenson, Corey Brewer, Marion, and Yao Ming came on the court.

Randolph came up and missed a turnaround jumper. He wanted to grab the rebound himself, but was blocked by Yao Ming who stepped over. Kidd took the rebound and pushed forward at a low tempo.

Kidd currently has 5 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. He played very hard. The opponent's Morrow shot so-so today, average, 2 of 5 three-pointers, but Conley had two three-pointers tonight.

Battier also had two three-pointers, especially Paul George, who made a career-high 5 three-pointers in a single game tonight! And 5 in the first three quarters! He showed his excellent shooting talent and ability to withstand pressure that is different from ordinary people.

Fortunately, Yao Ming came on the court. Yao Ming does not have the ability to expand defense like Chandler, but his ability to defend under the basket is very good. Randolph's single shot against Marion was very hasty in the previous ball. There is no doubt that he was afraid of Yao Ming's defense under the basket.

With Yao Ming guarding the basket, they can completely defend with four outside players. The four outside players can switch defenses infinitely, so Yao Ming's retreat just now affected Randolph's hasty shot.

After Kidd advanced to the frontcourt, he waited for Yao Ming to block Yi Jianlian, and Kidd lobbed the ball over.

Many Chinese fans who came from afar to watch the game screamed excitedly when they saw this scene.

When Yao Ming received the ball, Sun Ce immediately retreated inside, not giving Yao Ming the opportunity to make a move and double-teaming in advance!

It's not common to see three Chinese players facing each other. Seeing that his two national team teammates didn't give him face, Yao Ming was not afraid. Although he was 2.26 meters tall and weighed 133 kilograms, he was not bulky on the offensive end. He turned sideways and pushed Sun Ce away, and suddenly rushed towards Yi Jianlian. Before Sun Ce, who rushed over after being pushed away, defended in place, he smashed the ball into the basket through Yi Jianlian!

Yao Ming bloodily and brutally dunked over Yi Jianlian while hanging on Sun Ce!

If it was DeAndre Jordan, it wouldn't be so miserable. With Gasol, he could simply lower his center of gravity to carry Yao Ming and give Sun Ce a chance to make a tip-off. But Yi Jianlian... it was really miserable! Even if Sun Ce retreated in advance, it was still so miserable.

If the referee didn't call a foul on Sun Ce who slipped off Yao Ming's back after Yao Ming's dunk, it was already a sign that he and Yi Jianlian were too miserable.

Watching Yao Ming run back to the backcourt with his iconic right fist clenched on his chest after the dunk, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian looked at each other... Damn him!

Attack and defense changed, the Grizzlies attacked, and after Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt, Conley and Paul George pulled away, and Randolph also pulled away to the baseline. The previous attack was not played well, so now he just needs to prepare well to rush for rebounds and open up space. Randolph knew what to do when.

Sun Ce reached the right side of the top arc, DeShawn Stevenson defended one step inside the three-point line, Sun Ce broke through from the right side, and DeShawn Stevenson was about to turn around when he was blocked by Yi Jianlian!

Sun Ce encountered Marion, who was switching defense with Yao Ming, and rushed to the baseline.

At the basket, Yao Ming saw that Sun Ce's position did not have a route to pass to Randolph, so he retreated one step outside the reasonable collision zone in front of the basket to prevent Yi Jianlian from cutting in. Yi Jianlian gave up the idea of ​​cutting in and ran to the left side of the free throw line to prepare for the mid-range response. .

At this moment, Sun Ce suddenly stopped abruptly at a position one meter away from the baseline on the right side, and accelerated and changed direction while moving!

Marion can defend James, Kobe, and Durant, but it is difficult for Marion to defend Sun Ce's low-post change of direction. Sun Ce rushed into the right side of the three-second zone before Marion and DeShawn Stevenson, who was chasing him, formed a double-team.

Yao Ming immediately moved one step to the right side of the three-second zone, covering the route that Sun Ce rushed in. DeShawn Stevenson wanted to run to defend Yi Jianlian's mid-range shot, but at this time Yi Jianlian was very sharp in judging the opportunity. When Yao Ming took a step towards Sun Ce, Yi Jianlian accelerated again and rushed into the inside. DeShawn Stevenson, who had switched to defend, blocked Randolph who moved up, but failed to stop Yi Jianlian who rushed in from the bottom line.

Sun Ce, who attracted Yao Ming's defense, seized the opportunity and hung the ball over Yao Ming's head. Yao Ming secretly said that it was not good and turned back quickly. Just as he turned back to the reasonable collision zone, he suddenly realized that turning back to this position was really bad. He turned his head sideways and saw that Yi Jianlian had already jumped and pressed towards him!

Yao Ming only raised his hand, and Yi Jianlian smashed the ball into the basket across Yao Ming!

The golden-haired Yi Jianlian excitedly celebrated with Randolph and Sun Ce, and the three of them were very excited and dunked over Yao Ming!

This kind of complex on-the-spot cooperation, they can't replicate it if they have to do it again. Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian were prepared to use force at the beginning. Whoever has the chance to rush in will be dunked. If they can dunk, they will dunk. If they can't dunk, forget it. But the route of Sun Ce's pass to Yi Jianlian was blocked by DeShawn Stevenson, who has excellent defensive awareness. He could only go deep into the baseline and prepare to accelerate and change direction before rushing in to dunk Yao Ming. Who knew that Yi Jianlian actually consciously went around the other side of the baseline to sprint. Randolph was on the spur of the moment to pick and roll and blocked DeShawn Stevenson's pursuit.

This operation was purely a reaction on the spot, and it was thanks to Conley and Paul George, the shooters who have already made 7 three-pointers today, who held back Kidd and Lien, who were excellent in defense. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so smooth.

And it was not planned at all.

However, this kind of ball is mostly unexpected, and because of this, the morale of the Grizzlies players was greatly boosted!

This kind of impulsive running and passing can complete such a wonderful goal as an alley-oop over Yao Ming. They feel that luck is on their side.

Yao Ming himself can't remember how many times he has been dunked by his national team teammates playing for the Grizzlies. Isn't it rare that he encountered Yi Jianlian's defense and dunked? These two people actually retaliated!

He also wants to retaliate!

Yao Ming continued to block Yi Jianlian's position roughly in the frontcourt, but just when he was about to get the ball, he saw Sun Ce rushing up. This is not over yet. Randolph also came to his side, blocking his space to turn up. He couldn't pass to Marion on the other side with this posture. It is likely that Sun Ce will judge and want to pass back to Kidd. Kidd was stuck by Conley. Fortunately, there was still one person to pass. Yao Ming passed the ball to the captain in the right corner.

The company commander shot a three-pointer from the bottom corner...

The company commander's 26.8% three-point shooting rate is also unique among the Mavericks' outside players. In the four years with the Timberwolves, he barely had a reasonable three-point shooting rate of 33%. When he came to the Mavericks, he shot more and more poorly, and this time he missed again!

Yi Jianlian and Randolph blocked Yao Ming. When Brewer shot, Sun Ce immediately moved to the left side of the three-second zone and leaned against Marion who was coming in. Yao Ming's low-post rebound king level 2 was triggered! In the case that the confrontation gap was not so big that it was a world of difference, Yao Ming's rebounding position skill was as stable as it could be. The ball bounced up after hitting the rim, and the position was stuck. Sun Ce received the defensive rebound!

This ball was blocked!

Sun Ce just wanted to counterattack, but was stopped by Marion's tactical foul.

After falling into a positional battle, Sun Ce's high throw from the right side of the three-second zone missed the rebound, and Yao Ming turned around and caught the ball from the baseline and made a turnaround jump shot.

After Yao Ming scored, the Grizzlies immediately went crazy and wanted to attack. Sun Ce missed the mid-range shot, but Randolph grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to the defensive player. After grabbing the rebound, Yi Jianlian also scored a mid-range shot in the open space!

Tonight, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming had a fight! After three or four rounds in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming scored 4 points and Yi Jianlian also scored 4 points!

With Yi Jianlian's mid-range shot, his personal score has increased to 20 points, the second time this season that he scored 20+!

This ball made the Grizzlies happy. They didn't care how many points they scored, even if they only got 4 points in 4 rounds, they were happy to keep the score.

Yi Jianlian was naturally happy, and he was competing with Yao Ming... He used to do this as the core of the Bucks, and he was beaten every time. Now he is a small supporting role and has a chance!

Both the fans at the scene and the domestic fans were happy. The former knew the characteristics of their own team, and the latter saw the strongest inside combination of the national team competing against each other... But Yao Ming couldn't be happy. The opponent's lineup had too strong an ability to shrink, and he was forced to play singles in the mid-range!