Eight Hundred and Thirty-Three. The Wild Panda Army From the Beginning

Fisher protected the ball and passed it to Kobe who rushed over to receive it.

Looking at Sun Ce who sprinted up and tried to steal the ball but failed to retreat, Fisher's heart was beating non-stop. This guy was like a madman again.

And every time Sun Ce was like a madman, he seemed to be about to explode!

Of course, there are times when he doesn't explode, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

What are the characteristics of a strong team? Role players also regard themselves as an important part, which is a trait that role players of weak teams do not have. Fisher felt the pressure and wanted to work hard to do what he can do and what other teammates sometimes dare not do.

As soon as Kobe received the ball, Tony Allen came up and the Grizzlies pressed in the half court!

Sun Ce's defense often represents a signal of the team's defense. In fact, Sun Ce didn't think about it in this way. He just wanted to take a gamble to see if he could steal Fisher.

But after Sun Ce retreated and caught up with Artest who ran to the left corner, he followed Morrow who ran to the three-point line and began to tangle with Fisher. Fisher ran to the right corner in the confrontation with Morrow.

The confrontation started all of a sudden. Gasol under the basket also began to fight with Bynum, and Randolph went to hold Gasol who was standing on the right side of the free throw line.

Kobe protected the ball and advanced to the left side of the top arc under Tony Allen's defense. The closer to the three-point line, the rougher Tony Allen's defense. Seeing this, Kobe turned his back directly outside the three-point line, leaned against Tony Allen, and stretched his right foot to the left front. Tony Allen quickly moved half a step to the left, but this was Kobe's fake move!

Kobe turned around quickly, turned right and broke through from the 60-degree angle outside the three-point line on the left!

At this time, Kobe saw Sun Ce coming over immediately. Tony Allen didn't care about him after he lost his position, but ran directly to the left corner. Kobe slowed down his pace, giving Sun Ce a chance to defend, and then suddenly pushed towards Sun Ce, quickly changed direction, and rushed to the right side of the middle.

What Kobe didn't expect was that he had already given Sun Ce physical contact, but Sun Ce still managed to speed up and kept up with his pace on the left side of the free throw line!

Kobe reacted very quickly, stopped suddenly at the top corner on the left side of the free throw line, pulled the ball to the right back, turned 180 degrees, grabbed the ball on the way, jumped with his back to the basket, and turned 180 degrees again to jump shot... This ball was played like dancing, and the footwork was so sexy!

But Sun Ce didn't have the mind to appreciate Kobe's footsteps. Kobe suddenly stopped and turned around. Sun Ce immediately stopped his feet. Seeing Kobe grabbing the ball on the way around, Sun Ce rushed up to try to block it.

The second stage of the accelerated change of direction defense effect is in progress! Olajuwon's hand strap effect is triggered! The bounce speed increased by two small levels to S-level, and the bounce height increased by two small levels to B-level!

Kobe turned around and jumped to shoot continuously. He thought that Sun Ce could not defend this kind of ball, but when he made a shooting action in the air, he saw Sun Ce rushing up!

Kobe was frightened. He thrust his waist forward, leaned back his chest and shoulders, and forced a backward lean, so that the arc of the shot could avoid Sun Ce's fast defense, and successfully shot the ball out.

But for this kind of ball to go in, I don’t know how much luck a person has to use up. Kobe’s forced backward jump shot after jumping up missed!

Gasol held off Bynum who rushed to the right side of the three-second zone, and Randolph received the defensive rebound.

Gasol and Kobe, who missed the shot, quickly retreated. Fisher, Artest, who were closer to the baseline, and Bynum who failed to rush also retreated immediately, without any idea of ​​forcing the ball.

Kobe stepped back and saw Sun Ce who was advancing after receiving the ball. When Sun Ce wanted to sneak attack Fisher before, he felt a little uneasy. Sure enough, men's sixth sense is very accurate. Sun Ce's defense just now made Kobe feel more uneasy.

This guy actually followed his sudden stop and continuous turn, and even Tony Allen gave him this sprint space and couldn't keep up! And from Kobe's point of view, Sun Ce obviously couldn't defend against his style of play. The only situation that could defend him was that this guy "exploded" again after "resting" for two games!

In fact, Sun Ce's performance was not an explosion. It was just the first time that he really defended Kobe alone after upgrading "accelerating and changing directions on the move" to level 4. There were occasional matchups before, but he only defended when Kobe was about to shoot. In addition to the bonus of Olajuwon's hand straps, there was no other bonus.

One-on-one defense, as long as Sun Ce can successfully predict, if the opponent uses a change of direction and a quick stop jump shot to deal with him, he can really defend well. The only thing that can be called top-notch in his single defense is the defense against change of direction breakthrough after upgrading "accelerated change of direction on the move" to level 4.

After Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt, as expected, the opponent's double defense came again, and Kobe also stuck to him.

Waving to find Gasol who ran to the left side of the free throw line for a pick-and-roll, pulling to the left, and breaking through the middle!

Bynum switched defense and took a big step across Sun Ce, using his size advantage to defend against the small.

Sun Ce did not choose to step over to the right and jump shot. Kobe had already gone around the bottom line. If he changed direction to the right, he would immediately enter the double team of Kobe and Bynum, and the three of them would block Gasol's cutting route. The key is that Gasol's mid-range shot is now extremely unreliable, so Sun Ce chose to continue to break through from the middle.

Bynum got close to Sun Ce when he broke through to the free throw line. Sun Ce had no space to accelerate and change direction, so his speed was affected, but he did not stop. With Bynum close to him, he rushed to the left side of the three-second zone, pulled back, half-turned and turned his back to the baseline to make a hook shot...

Sun Ce's error was not triggered in time, and he had not even jumped up completely before he was knocked over by Bynum's rough movements.

The referee blew the whistle, and Bynum committed a defensive foul. Hearing the whistle, Bynum immediately raised his hand to indicate that he had committed a foul.

When playing against the Grizzlies, it is okay to commit a big foul, but you have to admit it, otherwise the opponent will think you are provoking him.

Sun Ce was knocked over and fell to the floor. He took a deep breath, threw the ball tightly in his hand to the referee, and stood up holding the hands of Gasol and Randolph, the friendliest players on the opposite side.

Going to the free throw line, Sun Ce missed the first free throw.

This style of play is not pleasant. It is easy to be fouled by the opponent, and it consumes a lot of energy. When he doesn't have physical potions to use, he rarely plays like this except at the last moment of the game, and it also affects his touch.

But thinking of the star experience card that he will use next, physical strength? Touch? If he was not afraid of cramps, he would use his own physical strength to get through the first quarter. Sun Ce really wants to use it at the beginning.

In addition, Sun Ce wants to catch the opponent off guard with a sudden change in his style of play.

Sun Ce was so active on both offense and defense that the Lakers became alert. After Sun Ce made the second free throw, Kobe took the initiative to go to the backcourt to receive the serve and advance.

Because Tony's play was not like his own hair design, the little bully who was better than his teacher led the defense throughout the court!

Kobe advanced by himself. He controlled the ball better than Fisher, but he just spent less effort at ordinary times. He let Fisher advance under Sun Ce's full-court defense. Even if he was not intercepted, Kobe was worried that Fisher would violate the eight-second rule. Fisher was no longer the little fish who dunked over Iverson in the fast break. Kobe felt that he could not get rid of Sun Ce even if he changed direction.

When Kobe advanced, Tony Allen did not dare to stick too closely. Kobe's back-turning pass was the best in the league, and Anthony and Pierce were a little worse.

This time Kobe did not continue to play alone. Bynum was in position, and Kobe passed the ball to Bynum.

Bynum was in great shape after returning to his home court. He received the ball and pushed back to a suitable position with his weight and explosive power. He used his left foot as the axis and made a forward step and turn over jump shot to shake Gasol off. He retracted his foot and turned around to shoot... Bynum raised the ball and just got it to the level of his head, his right hand holding the ball was slapped on the wrist by Gasol.

The referee whistled, but Bynum was slapped in the face!

Gasol was going for a foul with this ball. If he was shaken off, he would probably be fouled, and he would be fouled directly, not giving the opponent a chance to play 2+1.

In terms of toughness, Bynum is really tough. Being hit on the head by the back of his hand and the ball showed his ferocity.

He didn't dare to fight, but Bynum's fierce eyes made his sister-in-law a little scared. Fortunately, he looked much more fierce than his brother with a beard. He really looked like a big white bear, and people around him felt that the two were going to fight.

However, neither of them took action. Bynum went to the free throw line, and Gasol went to the right side of the three-second zone to wait for the free throw.

The rough and wild defense of the Grizzlies gave all opponents a headache, and the Lakers were the same.

But the Grizzlies usually did not enter this wild state so early. The biggest problem of the Grizzlies may not be that there is no third independent attack point besides Sun Ce and Randolph, but that they have several main players who are not physically strong, Gasol in the inside, Conley and Tony Allen and Battier in the outside, and these four people are the defensive leaders of the Grizzlies.

So usually the Grizzlies play wildly in the second half or even the fourth quarter. Unlike the full-court rhythm in the original time and space, the Grizzlies in this time and space have Sun Ce or Conley to lead the double emperors to run and gun time, which is an important change in their ability to win so many games in the regular season.

And the opponents in this time and space, who know the Grizzlies, are naturally the Grizzlies with changing rhythm.

As the boss of the Lakers, Kobe clearly judged that the reason for the change in the Grizzlies was that kid! He played so hard at the beginning, and motivated the whole Grizzlies team.

It was originally a troublesome thing, and it might be difficult to play offense at the beginning, but Kobe thought about it... this is a good thing! Increase confrontation, slow down the rhythm, fight with the opponent, and consume the opponent!

Coincidentally, Bynum also missed the first free throw and made the second free throw. The two teams started with a 1-1 draw, and only Sun Ce and Bynum scored 1 point each.

When the Lakers retreated, Kobe greeted his teammates and said a few words.

When the Grizzlies attacked, the Lakers' defensive actions also became rough!

In the regular season, fans may prefer to watch offense, and this trend is becoming more and more obvious.

But in the playoffs, people still prefer to watch fierce confrontation, extraordinary skills and outstanding performance of stars under fierce confrontation, rather than a group of people running around and shooting at each other. The NBA ratings can get better and better, relying on the Magic Bird era, the God era, and the era of chaos in the early new century in the past twenty or thirty years.

Both teams started fierce defensive confrontation, so the game became very simple, but very exciting. The two inside players of the Lakers took turns to play low-post singles. Bynum was rough but delicate, with comprehensive skills, and Gasol was agile. Kobe used both high-post and low-post back-ups, not only wanting to consume the Grizzlies on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end.

The Grizzlies were simpler, with only two points: Randolph played mid-range singles at the baseline, and Sun Ce broke through the pick-and-roll. Randolph was okay, but his poor low-post play actually became a major role in containing the defense. He was good enough to compete with Gasol.

The main reason was Sun Ce's breakthrough without considering his physical strength and shooting feel, constantly looking for confrontation, and he was fast enough, and from time to time he could play a high-speed change of direction that made the opponent feel that he didn't need his knees and ankles. He kept looking for confrontation without considering his physical strength and the feeling of the next shot, which made Bynum, who had already been fouled, and Gasol, who also got a foul on Sun in the 4th minute, dare not defend too fiercely.

The two inside players of the Lakers were going crazy. They had never encountered such a player. Who would play like this? There was so much time left in the game. Even if Kobe played like this, he couldn't bear the physical strength!

But Kobe had encountered it... In the finals ten years ago, they encountered a guy who played like this and played the whole game in the first game! That guy played for 52 minutes in a game, and he was able to get 7 points in overtime by breaking through and defeated them who had won 11 consecutive games in the single season playoffs at that time.

There was no other way. The Lakers did not use force when they met such a desperate player. Their goal was to consume the Grizzlies' physical strength. Although they were shocked by Sun Ce's play, it was beneficial to their plan. This style of play was unscientific. If Kobe played like this, he could play more fiercely, but Kobe could not play like this, even when he was at the peak of his physical strength. There was no continuity at all.

However, the Lakers did not just watch Sun Ce desperately enter the inside line and the twin towers did not dare to defend too tightly, and ignored Sun Ce. The Lakers began to shrink in a targeted manner.

Gasol and Yi Jianlian, who replaced Gasol, got a lot of mid-range shooting opportunities, which were not bad overall. The two made 2 of 5 mid-range shots. Morrow made a three-pointer with the help of Tony Allen and Paul George, who replaced Tony Allen.

At this time, Sun Ce's vision advantage was greatly demonstrated. When the opponent shrank, he passed the ball. He didn't care whether his teammates shot or passed the ball. He just attracted the shrinkage, and there were few mistakes, only 1 mistake in the first quarter.

Sun Ce played the entire first quarter and shot 4 of 7, plus 3 of 5 free throws, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter.

The Grizzlies scored 23 points in the first quarter.

On the Lakers side, Kobe played the entire first quarter, 3 of 7 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 9 points.

Gasol of the Lakers was replaced by Odom after the official timeout, but no matter how the substitutions were made, the Lakers continued the style of play in the previous game today, just the stars.

It's just that today's state doesn't seem to be as good as yesterday. Of course, a TV commentator analyzed that the Grizzlies started this defense today and contained the Lakers. The Lakers only scored 21 points in the first quarter.

However, the Grizzlies, who led by 2 points into the intermission, are not so optimistic.

Tony Allen is fine. He has always been focusing on consuming the opponent regardless of his physical strength. Paul George, who finally got a chance to play today, is no longer timid. He is responsible for defense and pick-and-roll. He just needs to work hard on the defensive end. His excellent physical condition performs well in the confrontation defense. On the offensive end, if the opponent leaves him open, he will take the initiative to pick and roll for his teammates on the outside. He is much more aware than Tony Allen in this regard. Tony Allen does not have the ability to pick and roll without the ball independently, and needs his teammates to call for it. The action of calling for a pick and roll is to give the opponent a chance to defend. But Paul George's offensive awareness is much stronger than Tony Allen. He grasps the timing of picking and rolling without the ball for his teammates very well, showing the performance that his talent should have.

But Gasol's point, the Lakers may not score double digits in a single quarter, but after Gasol went down in the 9th minute of the first quarter, the Lakers scored 8 points in the last three minutes! And the Lakers only scored 13 points in the first 9 minutes.

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Entering the intermission, the Lakers felt that they were beginning to gain the upper hand. With the last wave of 7 to 4, they successfully narrowed the gap to within 5 points, leaving only a 2-point disadvantage.

As Kobe expected, Gasol played a particularly crucial role in the Grizzlies' style of play. His sometimes-effective mid-range shooting was secondary. He was better than Yi Jianlian in receiving the ball, passing it, and picking and rolling without the ball. Yi Jianlian was best at cutting in with his athletic ability, but he couldn't do anything famous when facing their three-tower rotation. Jordan, who was more sharp in cutting in and better in defense, didn't have the ability to open up space.

Kobe felt that the initiative was beginning to be in their hands. He really wanted to see the expression of Sun Ce, who had a good basketball IQ and should be able to analyze the situation... What were they doing?

Kobe looked at Sun Ce sitting on the bench, and he was wearing a... haircut! There was also something like a hairpin on his head.

Tony Allen was holding a rechargeable razor and carefully shaving Sun Ce's hairline along the hairpin.

Kobe was stunned. What was the group of people on the other side doing?

Not only Kobe, but all the Lakers and fans were attracted.

Tony Allen, who was shaving Sun Ce's hair, felt like a thorn in his back. He didn't know why Sun Ce called him the hair director. He really didn't know how to shave hair. Although most black children with goals and aspirations learned to do many things due to family problems when they were young, such as modifying adults' worn-out clothes... and shaving hair.

But Tony Allen had an older cousin who had always cut his hair since he was a child. After he started working, he became a small millionaire. Why did he need to shave his own hair? He really didn't have this skill.

And he had never seen Sun Ce's request to shave his hairline higher. Many players with hair loss would like to have hair transplants every day. Tony Allen really couldn't understand why Sun Ce asked him to do it.

But he still did it. Sun Ce's reason made him unable to refuse - I am going to change my style and play well for the rest of the time. If I don't change my style, I won't play well. If it's not for the hair director Tony to help me cut it, I won't play well either.

Although I don't know why Sun Ce insisted on calling him the hair director, Tony felt that this was a kind of trust. Even the teacher was called, Tony Allen gritted his teeth and shaved Sun Ce.

Fortunately, it was simple to operate. Sun Ce shaved well along the hairpin. After the hairpin was removed, the team staff next to him wiped the hair on Sun Ce's forehead and face with a hot towel. After helping Sun Ce wipe the sweat on his head, face and neck, he felt that the shave was very round! Yi Jianlian also handed a mirror to Sun Ce next to him.

Sun Ce praised: "As expected of Mr. Tony, his skills are great."

Tony Allen seemed to say: I really can't cut hair... The referee came. He was chatting and resting with the technical staff. He saw that the Grizzlies were doing something and came to ask.

It turned out that it was really a haircut... The referee was speechless and wanted to give a technical foul, but the rules didn't seem to say that players were not allowed to cut hair on the spot...

The fans at the scene were dumbfounded. The TV broadcast did not switch back to the live broadcast room or play advertisements during the intermission. It just broadcasted the scene of Mr. Tony shaving Sun Ce's head on the spot.

This scene is too rare.

Americans just watched it incomprehensible, and in China... Without Sun Ce's initiative to promote it, the nickname of "NBA Best Hair Stylist" has already fallen on Tony Allen.

Coach Hollins didn't know what Sun Ce was doing, but he didn't know how to stop it. This had never happened before. Just when he felt a headache, Sun Ce reached out to him.

"What are you doing?" Coach Hollins glared at Sun Ce in annoyance. As the head coach, he certainly knew that the opponent was starting to take the initiative. He was having a headache now, and he also watched a live hairdressing show, which was a "joint performance" by his strongest offensive and defensive players on the outside line. He was even more troubled.

At this time, Coach Hollins heard a word "headband!"

Hearing Sun Ce say this word, Coach Hollins seemed to have an electric current passing through his head, numb from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.

He was waiting for this word yesterday, but it didn't come, and it finally came today!

He quickly took out the headband in his pocket and gave it to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce took the headband and put it on his head to cover the "lost" hairline, then took off the arm guard on his left hand and changed it to his right hand. He didn't move the balance bracelet, and took the orange-yellow braces he had bought and left with the staff from the staff and put them on.

Looking in the mirror, Sun Ce felt that he had tried very hard...

With a thought, the system prompt came!

"Host uses LeBron James 2008-2009 Star Experience Card (First Peak), Ability Rating S... Physical Fitness SS..."

Sun Ce stopped looking and opened his arms. His teammates, staff and coaching staff came around to help him change his jersey!

The Lakers players on the opposite side were completely dumbfounded.

Kobe didn't know why he was getting angry. He wanted to rush over and grab Sun Ce and ask: We finally got the upper hand, but you stole the spotlight like this! Are you bullying me because I don't have hair?