Eight Hundred and Twenty-Nine. One Wrong Step Will Lead to a Lifetime of Mistakes...

Faced with an unpredictable and unconventional genius, the Zen Master chose to use extraordinary means at an extraordinary time.

However, sometimes, when you feel that the opponent is unpredictable, you don’t know how to predict, and want to use unconventional defense to deal with the opponent, you actually make a wrong prediction again, and the decision you make may be wrong from the beginning.

Because you once again use ordinary people’s thinking to analyze a player with unprecedented unexpectedness.

In the game the night before yesterday, the Zen Master was made to doubt his experience of 13 finals and 11 championships in his coaching career by Sun Ce... Sun Ce’s performance last night made peak Jordan and Kobe unable to play. Sun Ce’s 38-minute, full-strength attack on both offense and defense, even Kobe Bryant couldn’t do it. Kobe just relied on his extraordinary physical strength and excellent physical distribution. In the No. 8 era, he didn’t seem to be tired even after playing the whole game + overtime. After this feature was transformed into a skill, Kobe couldn’t do it, just like Nash’s training method, Nash himself didn’t have such ability.

But others don’t know! Kobe played very well the night before yesterday. Facing the rotation defense of Tony Allen, Battier, and Sun Ce, he scored 31 points with a hit rate of 50%.

But as long as the Lakers' offense was a little slow, Sun Ce would bombard... 54 points in 38 minutes, such a great performance has never appeared in the playoffs.

So tonight, the Zen Master was worried that Sun Ce would start the king bomb mode again like the night before yesterday and offer such defense.

But...

In terms of the Grizzlies' outside shooting, Sun Ce has never been a king bomb. Randolph may not be worse than him. The only three-point shooter of the Grizzlies who can be called a bomb is Anthony Morrow!

Last night, Sun Ce scored 4 three-pointers in a row at the beginning, which made the Lakers fall into a continuous nightmare of chasing points in the first half, and then was defeated by Sun Ce in the third quarter.

This time, Morrow broke out. After scoring three three-pointers in a row at the beginning, his fourth shot also caused Kobe, who was too fierce in defense, to foul. He went to the free throw line and made all 3 free throws!

At the beginning, Sun Ce had 1 assist, Gasol had 2 assists, and Morrow scored 12 points alone, helping the Grizzlies to score 12 to 4!

Less than 3 minutes into the game, Bynum of the Lakers made 2 of 3 shots, and Kobe missed his first shot, totaling 2 of 4 shots, scoring 4 points, which was not a bad performance, a normal start.

But the Grizzlies started with a bang again!

The Zen Master was mentally prepared, and his goal was to prevent Sun Ce from finding his shooting feeling, and he would rather let the opponent's role players shoot,

That's right.

But Morrow couldn't help shooting like this!

Now Morrow has started shooting, plus Sun Ce, whose status the Zen Master is still uncertain... The opponent's two outside bombs, even if there is Tony Allen who can be ignored directly from mid-range and long-range, the opponent's firepower is already strong enough.

12 points in two and a half minutes... What's the difference between 16 points in 4 minutes the day before yesterday?

The Zen Master called a timeout.

This is the first time in 4 years that the Zen Master called a timeout in advance in two consecutive games in the playoffs.

With Morrow's initial touch, if he doesn't adjust, the Zen Master feels that the situation he is facing is even more dangerous than the previous game.

Sun Ce was ready. He relied on his personal ability and physical potions to fight hard in the first half, and shaved his hairline two or three centimeters to the top of his head during the halftime break, and then put on a headband and moved the arm guard to his right hand to see if these postures can improve the match with James.

Then before he could do anything, the score difference was almost 10 points...

However, after a few rounds, he also figured out the opponent's defense, which he thought was crazy, and he also had some considerations...

...

This timeout was not called by the Grizzlies. On the Grizzlies side, Coach Hollins was very surprised, but tried to calm himself down, emphasizing defense, decisive passing, and confidence in shooting, and did not make adjustments in terms of playing style.

After the timeout, the Lakers did not make any substitutions. Sun Ce estimated that the opponent should have adjusted the focus of defense, but let's put this aside for now. The Lakers attacked first. After Artest passed the ball to Fisher, he took Sun Ce to the left corner to open up space.

This time, the Lakers' offensive point changed from Bynum to Kobe. Kobe waited for Fisher to receive the serve and immediately turned around at the high position on the left side of the free throw line to lean against Tony Allen to ask for the ball.

After Fisher passed the ball to Kobe, he took Morrow to the right corner to open up space. Gasol pulled to the right side of the free throw line to prepare to receive the ball and shoot, taking Randolph, who was good at offensive rebounds, away from close range, and Bynum contained Gasol at the basket.

After Kobe received the ball, he turned around suddenly, dribbled with his left hand, and used "inertia" to hold Tony Allen when he turned with his right elbow, breaking through from the bottom line!

The referee will not blow the whistle on this move, just like when Tony Allen and Kobe were blocking each other and pretended to move and "supported" Kobe's waist with his hands, it was a move recognized by the referee.

Tony Allen quickly retreated to the right rear to prevent Kobe from breaking through, and the defensive choice was very targeted.

Kobe turned and took a step forward, and Sun Ce made up for it! Tony Allen defended the breakthrough, and Sun Ce made up for the shot!

But Kobe was not affected by Sun Ce's help, and he did not pass the ball. He decisively stopped and jumped back...

Sun Ce rushed forward with all his strength and tried to block the shot. Olajuwon's hand strap effect was triggered... but he still didn't block it. Kobe played very decisively and resolutely, and made a mid-range stop jump shot at a 30-degree angle! 6 to 12, Kobe helped the Lakers narrow the gap to 6 points.

There was no problem with the defensive coordination between Sun Ce and Tony Allen in this ball. It was just that even with the height advantage and the effect of Olajuwon's hand bandage, Sun Ce was unable to block Kobe's shot that was almost 45 degrees backward. Kobe's shot in this posture could be called a magic shot.

Sun Ce was not affected. Kobe often scored this kind of magic shot the night before, but he scored more that night.

There was nothing you can do if you didn't defend hard. The next attack is very important and may affect the team's next attack!

After Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt, Kobe came up to defend again, but Fisher didn't double-team in advance.

Sun Ce knew that the opponent was still afraid of him scoring 10 three-pointers the night before, and would rather give him a chance to break through than let him shoot from the outside, because the opponent's formation... It was another 3-1-1 inside defense!

Sun Ce immediately decided how to play, and waved to Tony Allen. Tony Allen came to Kobe's left under Sun Ce's command to block Kobe, and Sun Ce broke through from the right! Kobe was blocked, Artest immediately came out from the low post on the right side of the three-second zone. Kobe did not go around the defense to chase Sun Ce's mid-range shot, but rushed directly to the baseline and formed a defensive cooperation with Artest.

Sun Ce broke through the baseline hook, Kobe could defend, Sun Ce moved horizontally from the mid-range jump shot, Artest who moved in advance could defend, the two people's defensive tacit understanding and cooperation trust are very high, this is a championship-level defensive forward and guard line! As for the inside, the two have twin towers behind them!

Sun Ce knew that the opponent had twin towers in the inside, but this time he had to go to the tiger mountain knowing that there were tigers in the mountain. After rushing into the free throw line, Sun Ce saw Kobe running towards the baseline, and stopped abruptly within the free throw line on the right side of the three-second zone, turned left suddenly, and accelerated and changed direction while moving! S-level burst speed! Artest, whose legs and feet are already "inflexible" at this age, has not reacted yet, and Sun Ce has entered the three-second zone!

Bynum on the left side of the free throw line has been paying attention to Sun Ce's movements. The defensive instructions he received at this point were that Gasol could choose to leave him open if he left the close distance. He rushed back to the inside line immediately when Sun Ce made an emergency stop, and blocked him when Sun Ce used his explosive speed to rush to the left side of the three-second zone half a step inside.

At this time, Sun Ce made another emergency stop, accelerated in the second stage, stepped to the basket, jumped in one step, and made a small hook shot on the right side of the basket...

Got it!

Kobe just rushed to the bottom line at this time, and turned his head to see Sun Ce's second stage acceleration burst to avoid Bynum's jump step layup. He had only one thought in his mind-is this guy a human?

Ellis and Rose made such continuous change of direction shots. He could understand, but Sun Ce was so big that he could make such a move that only a guard could make, and compared with the two, Sun Ce seemed to be unaffected by the interference of the defender. Bynum confronted him, but Sun Ce rushed out! Even Ellis and Rose couldn't do this!

Sun Ce's ball made the Lakers more certain that Sun Ce was still in an explosive state.

However, Sun Ce, who scored the goal, was very glad when he returned to defense that Kobe did not come up to him immediately. Tony was very obedient and helped him with the pick-and-roll and then helped Morrow on the right side at a 45-degree angle. Kobe had to defend Sun Ce from going to the baseline while also guarding Morrow from running to the bottom corner to shoot. This was the only way for him to successfully complete such an attack.

It would be difficult to score like that in the next round. Even if there was a physical potion that could be used to distribute the physical strength in this game, it would not be a big problem, but the opponent would definitely double-team more decisively.

But it worked, making the opponent more decisive in double-teaming, which was enough. This was what Sun Ce wanted.

At the beginning of this game, Morrow broke out, and the Grizzlies started better than expected. The process was also smoother than expected because the opponent's head coach was a little confused by Sun Ce. At the seventh minute of the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Lakers by 9 points with a score of 22 to 13!

Morrow's containment and Sun Ce's containment created opportunities for Randolph's mid-range shot and Gasol's cut-in. Even Tony Allen caused Kobe to foul once.

And the most critical thing was the foul caused by Tony Allen's cut-in. When the official timeout came, the Zen Master didn't know whether to let Kobe continue to play the whole first quarter, because Kobe had already committed two fouls!

Kobe wouldn't have committed so many fouls. The foul that Kobe committed after Morrow scored three three-pointers in a row was an unexpected situation.

Sun Ce scored 2 points, 3 assists and 1 block in a little more than half a quarter. He scored a goal. The Lakers didn't even want to give him a chance to shoot, and double-teamed him anytime and anywhere, but he was well prepared. Later, he passed an assist to Randolph and Gasol, but it was a pity that the pass to Tony Allen failed to be converted into an assist. However, Teacher Tony made both free throws, and caused Kobe to foul, which was very beneficial to their Grizzlies!

Sun Ce was ready to attract double team passes, so he played relatively easily. His energy was mainly consumed on defense. On offense, except for the acceleration and change of direction during the continuous movement, the other offensive rounds were very easy. He has no problem with his energy at the moment. He estimates that he can hold on to this defense for half the game! There are still energy potions in the second half!

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After the official timeout, the Zen Master still replaced Kobe and used the lineup of Blake, Shannon Brown, Barnes, Odom, and Gasol to play the rest of the first quarter.

The Grizzlies made 4 of 4 shots in 7 minutes, including 3 of 3 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws. Morrow, who performed best, was replaced for rest. He even made the long two-pointer passed by Gasol, but his energy consumption was greater than Sun Ce. First of all, his physical strength was average, and then he had to try his best to run and find almost. Even if he didn't have a chance to shoot, he had to use the threat he made at the beginning to maximize the defensive containment.

Sun Ce and Conley, Battier, Randolph, and Jordan played.

After returning to the court, Sun Ce saw that there was no Kobe on the other side. When he paused, he said that Battier could wait and play later, but Coach Hollins insisted that Kobe should continue to play.

Fortunately, this was not a big problem, and Battier played a big role after he came on.

In the first attack after the Grizzlies came back, Sun Ce chose to back up Barnes from the high post. Sun Ce hadn't shot for a while. The Lakers wanted to try whether Sun Ce's touch had cooled down, but he relied on the "king of turnaround jump shots" to back up Barnes and turn around jump shots. His bounce was temporarily improved to B+ level. In addition to Sun Ce's fadeaway, Barnes didn't even touch Sun Ce's forearm. Sun Ce was lucky enough to trigger the 10% "shot interference exemption". Facing Barnes' defense, he turned around and made a mid-range jump shot. Barnes hit Sun Ce's elbow, and the referee whistled. If he scored, there would be a penalty!

Unfortunately, Sun Ce's arm was hit a bit hard by Barnes, and he didn't score the hook shot when he took the free throw.

However, this did not affect the Lakers' defensive double-teaming tendency, which immediately became active again. After Gasol received the pass from Odom and made a mid-range shot, Sun Ce went to the frontcourt and continued to block Barnes in the high position on the right side to ask for the ball. High-post singles at this position are difficult to defend. Right-handed people generally do not back up at this position, which is Sun Ce's "weird guy" in the eyes of his opponent. As soon as Sun Ce received Conley's lob, Shannon Brown in the right corner doubled over. Sun Ce passed the ball to Battier, and Battier made a steady three-pointer from the bottom corner!

27 to 15, the Grizzlies widened the gap to 12 points!

There are still 4 minutes left in the first quarter!

Although the Grizzlies' touch declined in the future, it was mainly because the Lakers' lineup had stronger defensive mobility on the perimeter and defended more crazily, which led to the Grizzlies' touch declining, but the Grizzlies also scored 4 points in the last 4 minutes of the first quarter, and scored 31 points in the first quarter!

But the Grizzlies' defense was not bad either. The Lakers scored 6 points in the last 4 minutes, 21 points in a single quarter...

Because Kobe was in a foul crisis and couldn't play the last 4 minutes, the Lakers' performance in the first quarter tonight was not as good as the last game, while the Grizzlies played better than the last game when Sun Ce only scored 4 points in the first quarter.

4 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, the scoring side couldn't explode, Sun Ce took advantage of the opponent's defense, his own analytical ability, and boldness, and exploded from another aspect!

4+6+5+2 in the first quarter, who dares to say this is not an explosive performance!

Opportunities are in the hands of those who work hard. Sun Ce and his teammates seized the big problem on the opponent's defense.

After the first quarter, the Zen Master finally realized that he really thought too much, but the opponent seized the opportunity.

He began to calmly arrange defense, no longer so extreme, and was not so strict. If the opponent really exploded, he would have no way to deal with it. Popovich couldn't do anything to Kobe back then. He didn't think his defense could be much better than Popovich's. On the basis of having defensive players of the type he was good at using, the two were at best the same.

But it was too late to figure it out at this time. Sun Ce began to "run wild"!

Not long after the start of the second quarter, Sun Ce caused Kobe, who had just come on the court, to foul, and then was knocked to the floor by the angry Kobe.

A long-lost foul by throwing himself into Kobe's arms!

The referee didn't want to call this foul at all. Sun Ce took advantage of Kobe's close defense to actively swing the ball and hit Kobe's armpits, and then dived into Kobe's arms who was much shorter than him...

If it was someone else, such as James Harden, who will be extremely strong in the future, in the playoffs, the referee could completely ignore it.

But looking at Sun Ce's efforts, compared with Kobe's thin body, the referee suddenly felt reluctant, and according to the rules, he could blow the whistle.

This is the effect of a master of fouling!

Although the referee decided that Sun Ce would never be whistled if he played like this again, for Kobe, this foul was a nightmare. He only played for two minutes in the second quarter and had three fouls!

Looking at Sun Ce who was pushed by him, Kobe wanted to step on this guy to death, but he still stretched out his hand when he turned around.

Sun Ce stood up holding Kobe's hand. After Kobe pulled Sun Ce up, he walked towards the bench without looking back. He wanted to beat this kid to death when he saw him, but he was his "successor". It was not easy to have an MVP successor. How painful it would be to beat him to death.

However, this little episode made the fans at the scene give Kobe sparse applause, which was a pleasant surprise for Kobe.

There is no way. The fans of the Grizzlies felt that Sun Ce's foul was too despicable. How could anyone play like this? Even Kevin Martin, the Timberwolves' free throw leader with 11 free throws per game this season, relied on creating a shooting threat and then faked the opponent to make a foul. Sun Ce was just going for the rules.

The fans of the Grizzlies were happy, but they didn't want to admit that they were happy...

"One wrong step will make a lifetime mistake. Going to the sea to dance for a living..."

Yi Jianlian, who was walking to the right side of the three-second zone, heard Sun Ce singing Dancer's Tears on the free throw line, and his legs almost went weak and fell.

It's hard to say whether it sounds good or not, but singing this song at this time... is actually quite appropriate!

When coach Hollins made substitutions during the intermission, he had already analyzed that the opponent's defense was wrong from the beginning.

But when he heard Sun Ce just committing fouls so vulgarly and magnifying the opponent's mistakes, and singing this song so proudly.

Even his teammates didn't want to be with him... But he was leading the Lakers by more than 10 points, so happy!